Perhaps you arent 100% blindly pro-American, but you are pretty blind to reality about it, democracy especially in the US is becoming a sham, a joke. And democracy in general gives the people no actual power, it does in some ways reflect their will when you have elections. But then again, their votes are controlled by the media and the parties and all of their lies to gain the votes and so on, and the whole circus election bull**** in the US especially, thats not healthy democracy at all in my opinion, and your blind pro-US stand, will probably make you angry at me for saying so, and deny that reality, like it always does when I say things arent perfect in the US, or even Europe when it comes to democracy. I love the thought of a functioning democracy, but I hate the way democracy is in the US in particular right now, but also most parts of Europe.
I never said the US democracy was perfect. However, the US system as well as those in most of Western Europe, an increasing amount of central and Eastern Europe as well as some East Asian democracies gives people far more rights and freedoms than some of the regimes you defend, especially Russia and Georgia. I don't have to read US or other Western media to know what is happening in Russia. I only have to talk with people who have LEFT Russia because the promise of democracy and freedom has been destroyed by Czar Putin.
Russia felt differently just like the US felt differently about Iraq.. So they went in, no difference there. At least those regions are happy now, and got rid of the "suppressive regime"..
Except that those regions were part of Georgia. This was agreed on my Russia in the 90s and were the internationally recognized boundaries of Georgia. This bears NO comparison with Iraq at all. Iraq was a regime that was the subject of something like a couple of dozen UNSC Resolutions against it, all authorizing the use of force via its reference in Res 678 and the clause "all subsequent relevant resolutions."
Did you know the leader of Georgia is a democratic elected maniac just like the leader of Iran. Complete mental case, just like Ahmedinajan.
On what basis do you regard the leader of Georgia as a manic? Because he wants to ensure the territorial integrity of his country
And now there is peace and not intra or any other Georgia conflict. The murder of their own people has stopped.
Who was responsible for the "murder" of the people? Any state has the legal right to protect its territorial integrity, including from irrendentist and sepratist movements. Russia's actions in Georgia and tearing the territories away violate Georgia's territorial integrity and are a clear violation of international law. I hope the government in Tblisi makes a case regarding this before the ICJ because Russia is clearly in the wrong.
Lol, none of them justifies war.. You know this, you can be as technical as you want, but you also know there was no security council approval for the war, and you also know France didn't join your war efforts because of it.
All of them authorize it through 678. Russia had no such authorization regarding Georgia.
Of course they are not aimed at Russia, but then why was Russia not brought in on the plans and for approval of the system? What if Russia placed missiles in Cuba to defend them from any potential attacks? What if they placed a missile defense system in south and central America to protect those states from Cuba?
Because this was a U.S-NATO operation. The US actually offerred to cooperate with Russia, but the Russians declined.
You know the politics of the missile shield is shady, and the US broke the anti ballistic missile treaty over it, which is another point Russia is trying to make if you arent so blindly pro-American.
Russia, as the USSR, violated the treaty back in the 70s. It is a moot point.
I know better than that, but do you know where to find neutral ground when the news and the politics is about the US, or any of its perceived "enemies", or do you then blindly listen to US politics against those enemies, or do you indeed listen to what those "enemies" are saying? And in general you do take a very anti-Russian stand, and a very pro-US stand, and of course you do have the incredibly blind anti-Iranian stand to think of, which I think is the result of listening ONLY to the US side about things, JUST like your president do not even negotiate with Iranian politicians, a retarded way of conducting politics by your previous regime.
I take a very anti-Russian stand because I support democracy and human rights. Russia is a major violator of human rights and is a sham democracy at best.
Mexico and Texas and the US? Wow.. Yo for once showed a neutral way of thinking rather than blind pro-US way like you always have on this forum, and 90% of the people on this forum have?
This is not the only time I have taken a position against the US government - only the most recent.
Why arent you critical of the poor way democracy is developing in the west, the decline of real democracy and the enhancement of "circus politics exploitation of the dumb" democracy? Do you really want political elections to be about everything except politics?
I have never said that Western Democracy is perfect. Far from. However, it is the best system we have going right now. Nothing that involves human beings is perfect as we are inherently sinful. We can't help that. However, when I compare the representative republics of the West, they are far better in their preservation of human, political, and legal rights than countries like Iran, Russia, and China.
Do you really want politics do matter less than drama, scandals, tv facing time and so on? Do you want money and who has it be the most important part of an election? Do you find the two party system a functioning system? Increased political and social polarization and so on.. All these things is also increasingly happening in European democracies, and I find it horrific. I dont want so sound like a grumpy old man, but elections should definetely not be about fun and entertainment, like it has become, to accommodate all the morons of our societies.
Of course I do, but at the same time, I also enjoy having a choice, something people in Russia do NOT have.
Elections should be about politics strictly, and everyone should have the same sponsored money to run their platform and media should be less involved.
No argument there. That does not mean that Russia and Iran do it better. Far from.
Definitely, even Japanese seems easy in comparison.. I did try some basics of both just to get a feel, and Chinese was just incredibly difficult, even in the beginning, Japanese was comprehensible and learnable.
But then again, I do want to learn Chinese some time, when I have the time and dedication for it, I refuse to give that up. Perhaps Japanese could be a stepping stone?
For speaking, it is not a good stepping stone for while there is some common vocabulary and writing, they are not even in the same language family. The two languages have very different grammars. When I started learning Mandarin, I thought my high school study of Japanese would help. Only with some of the writing - definately not with the speaking.
Regardless of what you try to do with it, good luck. Both languages are endlessly facinating.