International Politics

[Skip997]

4 hours ago, charlierc said:

Anyone else uneasy after this week? I don't think we're yet at the point where a nuclear NATO v Russia war is inevitable but it feels like we're getting too close for comfort. It's certainly the most uneasy since the Cuban Missile Crisis of the early 60s or at least perhaps the tension of the early 80s that nearly lead to a war over a computer malfunction.

90 seconds to midnight 

[steviewevie]

21 hours ago, charlierc said:

Anyone else uneasy after this week? I don't think we're yet at the point where a nuclear NATO v Russia war is inevitable but it feels like we're getting too close for comfort. It's certainly the most uneasy since the Cuban Missile Crisis of the early 60s or at least perhaps the tension of the early 80s that nearly lead to a war over a computer malfunction.

It's ok, Trump will save us all.

[charlierc]

17 hours ago, Skip997 said:

90 seconds to midnight 

The review of that is in January. It wouldn't exactly be a surprise to see it tick closer to the end of the line.

[steviewevie]

It's all about drones these days anyway. Next war will be fought by who is best at playing on consoles.

[charlierc]

Just now, steviewevie said:

It's ok, Trump will save us all.

Do you have any better saviours?

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Good news with Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal...although probably not good for Palestinians as looks like it's decoupled from any deal over Gaza. 

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I guess this is good for Biden not that it matters, he will still be looked on as a bit of a failure.

[Neil]

And the Corbyn supporters love a lot of russian genocide.

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France has said Netanyahu has immunity from ICC arrest thing in France...maybe that was part of the Hezbollah ceasefire deal. 

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kicking off again in Syria apparently.

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Syrian rebels closing in on Assad...Russia or Hezbollah not there to help this time...

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Hamas attack on Oct 7th not only led to their near destruction along with the rest of Gaza, but also huge damage to Hezbollah and now this in Syria, and has made Iran look a lot weaker than it did. Israel looks stronger than ever, and now has an even more pro Israel president on the way. An unprecedented disaster for Hamas, Iran's proxies, and now maybe Assad.

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Sinn Fein in power in both north and south would definitely be a thing.

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Looks like biggest winner in Ireland is centre right Fianna Fáil, biggest losers are the Greens...they're getting the blame for unpopular carbon tax.

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France is a bit f**ked, like Germany, like much of EU, like Europe..and the west altogether. All good things come to an end I guess.

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..and looks like Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is about to fall apart, so that's good.

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Blimey, martial law in S Korea.

[charlierc]

Well, the South Korean situation is unexpected and given there's been a lot of criticism of it even from the President's own party, let alone the opposition, begs the question as to why.

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

Well, the South Korean situation is unexpected and given there's been a lot of criticism of it even from the President's own party, let alone the opposition, begs the question as to why.

looks like parliament has managed to block it...so more likely this will be the end of Yoon's presidency.

[mattiloy]

On 12/1/2024 at 5:51 PM, steviewevie said:

Looks like biggest winner in Ireland is centre right Fianna Fáil, biggest losers are the Greens...they're getting the blame for unpopular carbon tax.

 

 

I would guess that green voters havent abandoned the green party because of the introduction of a carbon tax. Seems more likely that that was a rare win in otherwise having to swallow a truckload of free market, anti environment sh*t.

 

The lib dems weren’t unpopular after the uk coalition because they managed to get same sex marriage done, but because they also submitted to tory austerity and u turned on pretty much all their manifesto commitments (ie the reasons people voted for them).

[charlierc]

6 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

looks like parliament has managed to block it...so more likely this will be the end of Yoon's presidency.

Potentially - a majority of South Korean MPs voted to block martial law and under their constitution, that means it can't happen according to a Guardian summary.

 

Still, makes ya think what the hell's going on there for the President to go mental in such a way.