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This article is particularly sharp and observant in outlining US strength and weakness. Also, touches on Europe.

I agree with it wholeheartedly. This is what the US of A is reluctantly waking up to. It's four strengths are crumbling though imho.

1. US advanced military power is in dispute and questionable whether it still has the lead. Ability to destroy is less powerful than the ability to create and build. This is fundamental to winning wars but with the dumb cowboys it doesn't rhyme with "You are either with us or against us" speel.

2. It's role in the global financial system is also precarious. With 32 Trillion of debt the dollar standard is on shaky ground. Weaponising the international banking system placing embargoes on countries it disagrees with is well like the cowboy shooting him self in the foot.

3. Lead in R&D and technology is probably still there. How AI is utilised is one challenge they are facing. However, I think that is like a two edged sword in many respects. It can work for you or against you if it's not handled correctly. New frontier and all that. Unintended consequences and risks abound. Stuff we don't know off our radar, over the horizon. So yes that is a strength but abuse of power is what lets the US down.

4. Idealogy and values is a bit of a joke to me. The huge inequality and skewed distribution of income, coupled with capitalist greed is shocking in US. I don't think democracy exists either. Two parties equally worse than each other. If a leader is not from the establishment willing to support Dogs of War and the gun lobby along with other minority interest lobbies, who can run for President? Need at least $250-500m to manage ones campaign.

You aint gonna get no backers if you don't support their sick corporate fantasies to rob people of their nickles to further screw average Joe down.

Idealogy and values of the US of A is well and trully no longer in play. Not exactly Little House on the Prairie or the Waltons anymore. I grew up loving the US of A. I have seen how it has changed and support no part of it.

I do not think they have the capacity or the will to change either. Just a matter of time how the US fizzles out. Same goes for the UK, pretty much a side-kick to everything US does.
 
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I think in April we will be involved in a regional war that sadly has the capacity to become global.
I mean, the Russians are not fools .... Russia will not stand by and allow us to bomb Iran into the stone age ...

Douglas MacGregor: Turkey will fight in Gaza in April, conflict will escalate into global war
 
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US, France to lead artillery coalition for Ukraine
 




 
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Ukraine fires kamikaze drones at major gas producer and missile plant in Russia as Kyiv hits series of military targets overnight
 







 
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Nearly 40% of US Attack Submarines Are Out of Commission for Repairs
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11 July 2023 at 10:00 BST
 




 











 

Another super article here well worth reading. Sometimes I wonder what is happening to the fabric of British society which was admirable and highly regarded all over the world.

My main gripe is with all the Brexit shenanigans and the far freaking right obsessed with migration.

Here are the facts.

UK has a declining birthrate currently around 1.54.
UK has an aging population, living longer with more ailments requiring long term care.
UK has a shrinking tax base.
UK NEEDS migrant population to support essential public services often under paid. i.e. NHS

UK is not a small Island as only 7% of all land is built up. Government could pass laws to allocate 3% more land to housing and prices would drop over night. However, the aristocracy and all the land owning top 1% would see their assets shrivell up along with their genitals. Unthinkable as the Lords would never pass such a decision.

Approx., only 14% of the are migrants. About half that from Europe and the other half from the globe most from Commonwealth.

By all accounts the lack of Government funding accounts for failing hospitals and sale of social housing to raise revenue by councils to support essential services. A remarkably stupid political decision started by that old tart Mrs T.

UK has a whole host of poor productivity growth and excess imports over exports coz pretty useless in producing mass consumption goods desired by the public.

Services now also failing especially finance since Brexit.

Heavy defence and high tech sectors require big upfront capital and continued warfare.

When you turn on the TV all they EVER talk about is migrants.

Far Flucking USELESS LAISY Sausages seen only on Tuesdays looking down at hard working migrant populace.

Same goes for recent events in Germany who is in the same pickle with migrants (500K needed annually) to keep the tax base constant. However, because they are a better balanced economy producing goods and services, slightly better than the UK. Far right also banging their drums over there.

That's the problem with such people called the super Aryan race, who like to blame other successful migrants for their plight.

I appreciate this is the Ukraine thread but having read that article about sowing discontent in the national id, I wonder if motor mouths like Farage are just plants working for the enemy.

UK really has lost the plot. Now I feel we are losing reputation globally along with those daft cowboys across the pond.


Thank you very much. Rant over :)
 
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Thank you very much. Rant over :)
At',
Oh dear! Suffice to say, I disagree with almost everything you've said. However, I won't respond to your points because, as you rightly say, this thread is about the war in Ukraine and not about the migrant crisis here in the U.K. Besides which, I'm on holiday. That said, just as a little flavour as to where I stand on this issue - have a gander at this article in the Express about the BBC's travel journalist Simon Reeve blasting mass-migration as a “racket” as he slammed lefties during a conversation on Laura Kuenssberg’s Sunday Morning politics show . . .
Simon Reeve blasts mass migration as a ‘racket’ and hits out at Lefties on BBC show
I've always liked Simon Reeve!
;)
 
At',
Oh dear! Suffice to say, I disagree with almost everything you've said. However, I won't respond to your points because, as you rightly say, this thread is about the war in Ukraine and not about the migrant crisis here in the U.K. Besides which, I'm on holiday. That said, just as a little flavour as to where I stand on this issue - have a gander at this article in the Express about the BBC's travel journalist Simon Reeve blasting mass-migration as a “racket” as he slammed lefties during a conversation on Laura Kuenssberg’s Sunday Morning politics show . . .
Simon Reeve blasts mass migration as a ‘racket’ and hits out at Lefties on BBC show
I've always liked Simon Reeve!
;)
I agree it is a racket and a business. UK and US create the sh!t by destabilising otherwise stable governments.

But certainly not the biggest issue facing the UK.

Taxes need to rise. Not fall. Sooner or later the public and dissent will all turn on each other.
 
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Taxes need to rise. Not fall. Sooner or later the public and dissent will all turn on each other.
Well At', assuming Kier Starmer and his crew win the next general election - your wish could well be granted! Taxes will probably rise - as will public dissent. Personally, regardless of politics, I couldn't vote for a man who doesn't know what a woman is and doesn't know whether his two children are both boys, both girls or one of each. He's not fit to hold public office, IMO.
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Well At', assuming Kier Starmer and his crew win the next general election - your wish could well be granted! Taxes will probably rise - as will public dissent. Personally, regardless of politics, I couldn't vote for a man who doesn't know what a woman is and doesn't know whether his two children are both boys, both girls or one of each. He's not fit to hold public office, IMO.
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I agree re: Kier Starmer. He is simply emulating Blair will not end well as he has no belief other than chasing a seat. Even his own party is not happy with him. I suspect he may get booted sooner or later. He is not winning but the tories are giving him the position.

Have you considered LibDems? :)
 
Have you considered LibDems? :)
You gotta be kidding!!!
They're the third leg of the uni-party: if the Tories and Labour are two cheeks of the same ar$e - the LibDems are the crack in the middle - and full of 'it! Besides, Ed Davey is another politician who doesn't know what a women is - so he's no more fit to stand office than Starmer - and that's before one takes the Post Office scandal into consideration.
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