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Why are the distinctions "artificial and self-serving"? Freedom of speech is not without it's boundary. Note that I don't agree with the french law against holocaust (genocide) denial, but I can, somewhat, understand it's reasons: by never allowing to denial/forget those crimes, the chance of...

But the correct question should be "can you draw caricatures of other religions, or just Islam?" - and the answer is yes, yes you can. Ergo, equality. Why many on this forum equal denying the Holocaust (or other genocides) with drawing religious caricatures is beyond me....one is a religion...

First, R.I.P to the fallen. Secondly, I can speak for my country only, but France is similar in this regard: All religions are equal. Freedom of speech is a guaranteed right, including satire aimed at different religions. Islam doesn't get special status on this one. The holocaust and...

"Normal relations" with Russia are very well illustrated by the above picture. :) I'm sure they're not that interested in Russia, overall, all things considered. We're making progress with Lukoil, thanks for asking..how did things work out with South Stream in the end? From what I gather...

Czech Republic is pro -Russia? :)) Lol, that's a first....I must share this with my czech friends, they sure as hell haven't heard of it... Orban is just playing the nationalistic card - good thing that nobody really cares, they're free to exit the EU, take jobbik with them and go join CIS -...

Nope..to occupy something the size of Ukraine you need what?.. around 500-700k troops give or take..if you need to keep the occupation The more realistic scenario would be to close E Ukraine, which in itself would be very hard due to terrain and would anyway require somewhere around 100-150...

+1, may people tend to overlook this simple thing - which is - Russia will do anything possible not to escalate this further. They are hurt, and hurt badly already. There is nothing else to gain. USA/EU, on the other hand, aren't satisfied with the current situation and will keep pushing, how...

Sources are given in the link, feel free to dispute them with your own. (reputable ones, please). Actually 15 times is pretty conservative, it was probably higher.. Until then...terracotta army and any other assumptions are not important Edit: btw, the annual estimated production of iron was...

Comparison between Roman and Han Empires - Wikiversity ^^ This should help settle it.The metal production output is pretty telling, with Rome producing around 15 times more metal than Han.. The Roman empire was also demographically larger then the Han I'm partially biased here, but I think...

But then again..if you sale them those ships..things might get "unpleasant" for French business and business interests in Europe ( that's without mentioning the political backfire - ie, next time you want support in Africa or want to pull a Libya. you'll be all on you're independent own, or...

Lol, we wish :)) maybe we could get some things done with frau Merkel ruling .. Alas, that's not the case..:( @deadmau5e that ship has long sailed...currently the only country that has a pro-Russian attitude, to a point, is Serbia. And that's to a point only, as they are more interested in the...

Unfortunately for them they missed out on the only insane weapon that could win the war: and instead build a lot of useless junk (aka the Mouse, 13424 types of jet planes, etc)

Well, you are overly positive on this one...I know that the official party line is "Russia, doesn't need an economy, we will sink the $, China, bla bla "...but I see that many forget one simple thing: Russia is an empire. And as an empire, it's made up of a multitude of different people. And as...

You must lend me that crystal ball sometimes....I mean it's good that he promised some stuff and all, but Iohannis chief of staff ( this guy - Vasile Blaga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ) is -surprise - one of the barons listed above by Flamer as a negative example, responsible for one of...

Best track record. Best doctrine. More importantly, crucial, tradition.They know how to fight, and they can actually implement what they know. Since I don't see Turkey as ME that leaves Israel as the premier fighting force in the ME, bar none. In that respect, the order is 100% right. IMHO...

Who is "we"? You're an Iranian in the European forum, passing judgement on Romania, Russia and North Korea, without having even a basic understanding of the dynamics involved. In fact, I'm pretty sure you haven't event meet a N Korean, Romanian, or Russian before, in your life So please spear...

Ah, yes , Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The place everybody, no matter how inept, thinks that it can conquer for fun in a couple of days...o_O Of course, the realitys are pretty different on the ground,,,

Than me, personally? Yeah, Cuba is richer :( If you mean my country, Romania has 3 x the GDP of Cuba..not that it matters. @MarkusS they're buthurt that we don't want want to have anything in common with them. Besides, it's relative. Romania is in a relative bad position comparing to the EU...

This is hilarious :)))) Senheiser, go home, you're drunk. (and if you're not, get drunk)

Russia's opponents don't have nuclear weapons. That can be changed. And on South America, I can clearly see it now, thanks. Countries like Argentina will be thrilled to throw their economy in the garbage and face sanctions just to house Russian nuclear weapons, with the goal of ending up in a...