volgr
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That, ladies and gentlemen, is called tipping your hand.
russia invades less powerful nations, kills civilians intentionally, and decimates the infrastructure. It's what they do. Holding that as 'reasonable' is just sad.
If russia ever engaged a capable military, they would get their teeth kicked in. They know it. Heck, looking at comparable sizes Ukraine has absolutely humiliated the russian military. russia will likely end up capturing territory, but based simply on cannon fodder numbers alone.
Disagree.
We are all combatants - direct or indirect.
By paying taxes here, we each are helping arm Ukraine. Ditto all Russians in helping Russia.
I'm still following your recommendation.I love the Founders to death but sometimes they still make me chuckle. They warned against foreign alliances shortly after welcoming massive aid from France in defeating the British. Humans in every time, even the most honorable ones, displays remarkable ability to modify their views in response to current circumstances (and yes, I clearly do so too)![]()
I'm still following your recommendation.
Today was Federalist No 2: John Jay
The foundational premise for this paper is the first sentence of the second paragraph....
Nothing is more certain than the indispensable necessity of government, and it is equally undeniable, that whenever and however it is instituted, the people must cede to it some of their natural rights in order to vest it with requisite powers.
Something (someone) else for @hog88 to hate.
Yes it will. People are making their minds up based on the information they are receiving. This will be another piece of undeniable information that will be hard to hide from the Russian people.
Of course natural rights are defined by society.I believe you have stated numerous times that our rights are granted to us by society (government).