Do you hear that? It sounds like the squeak of tank tracks, circa 1968 in Prague. Or maybe 1956 in Budapest.
Lithuania is considered, along with Latvia and Estonia, to be a developed country now. It really took a step forward after being freed from the chains of Russian subjugation.
I think the PRC lacks something in the soft power stakes; they've created some degree of good will outside the West, but they suck at projecting cultural output that doesn't stem from the imperial Chinese era.
You hang it out the side of the plane when you want to get out and taunt your enemy face-to-face. Well, face-to-face with a separation of a few miles, that is.
I'm guessing there is also some schadenfreude, at least among some people, at seeing a European country getting colonised by a semi-Asian one.
All this tells me is that Indians' objection to colonisation is that they weren't the ones doing it.
It absolutely is our war; do you think Russia will stop with Ukraine? Do you think it sets a good precedent to once again allow states to annex territories that aren't legally theirs with impunity?
It is a moral imperative to ensure that Russia can no longer engage an offensive war within our lifetimes.
Its original purpose was always Gold Standard 2: The Digitalisation for Austrian School-influenced ancap wankers.
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