Its a manufactured identity that is poorly defined, or perhaps has a scale as you suggested depending on how close you are to the core.
Regardless, would you accept being part of a heirarchical identity that puts you at the lower end when your are the decendant of ancient greece and Rome ...
This is true unfortunately, I can only hope this is all part of a genious 'bide your time' plan and not a critical strategic mistake.
The white identity is far far weaker and shallower than one might be led to believe, heck greeks and italians werent considered white at some point, greece is...
They did kill tens of millions of each other though, so its definetly not all roses.
All collective entities can be broken by a capable and knowledgable adversary, by amplifying differences, empowering alternative identities instead of the common one and other subversion tactics, Russia is...
Untangeling the web that is the power structure of the west can be difficult for spectators, regardless a nation state should account for all possible scenarios including the worse one, which in this case would be the collective west acting together against China.
China should really work on...
There is nothing progressive about democracy, at best it gives poor governance and at worse it destroys nations.
Chinas meritocracy is its prime strength, it would not have reached half what it is now, had it been a democracy.
Not true, Sadam forced Shia to fight Iran, there were executioners shooting any conscript that backs from the frontlines, some surrendered to Iran, most ended up as canon fodder.
The name Iraq is older than the ottoman empire.
Nope, the spokesman for hezbolla brigade is Muhammed yehia.
https://www.alalamtv.net/news/4848521/كتائب-حزب-الله-العراق-توجه-رسالة-تحذيرية-لأميركا
Also the PMU has its own official spokesman.
Do note that this is not the first conterversial statement coming out of this account, the name...
I dont ever recall saying that Iran doesnt use militias to project power and threaten adversary interests, we know Iran helped al-houthi and we know what al-houthi did and does.
This hizbolla brigade is supposedly part of the PMU, though the man mentioned is not the official spokesman...
This is all over the social media here.
While it is true that House of Saud are both incompetent and corrupt, a division of KSA should never be an option, why break up the nation ? The people are getting alongside each other just fine, how did the break up work for Sudan ?
Reforming the...
Their phone business can survive on low and mid-range devices, they'l lose market share but the reward is complete independence in the medium-term.
On the other hand, who is going to buy TSMC's production capacity with China no longer a buyer ?
A spoiled child, kicking the very health professionals trying to save him from a severe drug addiction that is destroying the quality of his life.
This sums up the scene basicly.
The problem is that the central government is incredibly corrupt, love it or hate it, part of why the PMU is effective is because its much harder to infiltrate, you attach it to that corrupt body and its less of a threat.
We can try and keep a balance between the different armed forces, but...