Both have the same ultimate cause, as well: politicians safe at home demanding immediate results no matter what it costs.
At this point Putin’s goal is pure personal survival. He needs to not lose the war because that would make him look weak, which is very dangerous for a dictator. To keep himself alive and in power he is willing to throw any amount of Russian soldiers into the meat grinder.
All South Korean male citizens are required to perform 18-21 months of military service.
While this is true, the fact that war would be a bad idea doesn’t necessarily mean it won’t happen. People make bad decisions all the time.
If politicians want people to have more children, maybe they could do something to make having kids less ruinously-expensive.
There is no red line. Netanyahu could literally kill and eat a Palestinian baby on live TV and nothing would change.
it does seem excessively lurid to suggest, without direct evidence, that they have been raped in captivity for the past several months
But you’re just going to do it anyway?
The worst thing about the campus protests is that there are no universities left in Gaza.
Note the framing: it’s the PROTESTS that are creating the rifts, not the support for genocide. Everything would be fine if the plebians sat down and shut up.
For their sake, I hope they’ve read one of those posts of advice for this situation or otherwise have a good plan. Their life getting fucked seems the more likely outcome, though.
This is an important part of it. The other part is the fact that success in politics is very hard without money, and most rich people aren’t progressives.
Actually, it is. The owner decided to match the wage increase to dodge the controversy, though it seems the question of whether the law actually covers Panera will need to be settled in court for a definitive answer.
https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/hype-aside-panera-exempt-californias-wage-bill
Actually the battle lines have hardly moved at all since Ukraine withdrew from Avdiivka.
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/can-either-side-actually-advance
Lol, no one’s putting a gun to people’s heads to make them act bigoted. If your response to being accused of racism is “Oh, yeah? I’ll show you racism!” then you’re just showing your true colors.
Well, of course he is. He’s evil, not crazy. He knows he would lose that war very badly.
Great. That always works out well. /s
Right, a smaller country can never successfully resist a larger one. That’s why Vietnam has been under US occupation (or was it French? I can never remember for some reason) all these years since Ho Cho Minh wisely surrendered to spare his people’s lives.
Even if he can’t formally quit, he could effectively quit by just refusing to meet the obligations of the treaty. Who would stop him?
No it isn’t. The Democrats haven’t had their convention yet.