Moscow Theatre Attack - 22 March 2024
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Imagine if all of them apply to NATO…
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Having visited some of them, I’m not sure that’s a good idea, other than causing Putler a great deal of angst. I’d rather just arm them lightly and have them being active threats to Russia.
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The American urge to create terrorist boomerangs
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The Enemy of my Enemy may also be my enemy, but if I can get them killing each other what’s not to like…
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20 years of conflict in Afghanistan?
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How much peace has Afghanistan had? If it's not a external empire, it's inter tribal warfare.
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A few media outlets are now reporting that the suspects have been tortured by Russian authorities,
Not the most legit new source (Daily Mail), but seems to be the best of the lot....plus there are lots of photos and details.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Not the most legit new source (Daily Mail), but seems to be the best of the lot....plus there are lots of photos and details.
Russian forces torture Moscow terror suspect using 80v battery
Photographs show one of the suspected terrorists, named as Shamsuddin Fariddun, lying on a gym floor with his trousers pulled down and wires evidently attached to his groin area.
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No thank you.
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During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan it was heard that soldiers from the SSRs that were Muslim at one time were being converted by the Muhajadeen, and trading AKs for copies of the Quaran.
The "Stans" have a long history with Russian and Soviet issues.
The "Stans" have a long history with Russian and Soviet issues.
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If there is one thing that unites a country it’s vilifying another nation or ethnicity. We’ve seen this over and over.
Including in this nation.
Including in this nation.
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you mean like they are trying with Ukraine? The Caucuses are barely holding together, if Kadyrov and his family were removed from the picture Chechnya would fall apart, Dagistan would likely follow, Russia would be facing the same problems as it had in the 90s at that point. They can ill afford having a mass domestic conflict on their doorstep. Especially one that would threaten their holdings in Georgia from being protected.
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Isn't like half of Canadian identity just thinking we're better than Americans?
I’d love to see real stats on that. I think it’s like any other friendly big neighbour via smaller neighbour. Hate is a big word.
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Agreed. Rephrased for fairness.
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Americans define themselves by what they are. Canadians define themselves by what we are not: Americans
“Human beings are contradictory, hypocritical, a mix of good and evil, selflessness and selfishness - and our countries cannot help reflecting that.
Yes, the United States, as a superpower, has done many abhorrent things. It has also done many praiseworthy things. The first can also be said of the Soviet Union and China; neither merits the second.
History and politics gave the United States responsibilities few would want. It accepted those responsibilities and the rest of us tagged along. And we in Canada were happy to tag along. We wanted to profit from their economy; we have. We felt free to reduce our military to inconsequence because they would protect us; they have. (In a military sense, do the Americans really need NORAD? Hardly.)
We wanted to have the television and washing machines and dishwashers they have; we do. Yet we laughed at their simple-minded glitz, their ignorance of the world - all the while heading in droves for Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
We wanted the American Dream - without the name and without the responsibilities; we have it, to a large extent - and it is this that allows us to caress our little sense of moral superiority. The number of Canadians who expressed sympathy for the victim while blaming him (and watching his movies and his TV sitcoms, listening to his music, eating his food and dreaming of Florida) attained, in a time of grave crisis, a level of self-satisfied hypocrisy that is usually found only in the NDP, those paragons of democratic values who have few good words for the Americans but much mindless applause for Castro.
We're lucky in this country to have none of the international responsibilities the Americans do, because then we wouldn't be able to lord it morally over them - and then where would we be? Canadians have no problems anywhere in the world, we like to boast. What we don't realize is, it's not because we're likeable, it's because we're inoffensive. We're welcome by default.”
― Neil Bissoondath
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Part of the dynamic ....
Moscow attacks: why the Kremlin may have ignored any terrorist warnings from the CIA
The US said it shared information about a potential attack weeks before the Crocus City massacre.
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