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I don't know what 'get along' means. Many times, people cannot get along in the same household but can get along with strangers in London, New York or Toronto. Shared ethnicity is neither necessary nor sufficient to live as peaceful neighbors. People whose origins are in nomadic tribes, as in...

Since Afghanistan is in a precarious state, did anyone try to relocate them in other neighboring countries to reduce the burden on Pakistan? Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, even China are all neighbors. Why should only Pakistan bear the burden?

If they want, is there a path to citizenship? It doesn't make much sense for a person who is fourth generation India born but not a citizen. Especially, when their loyalty is beyond question.

But he has been jailed and neutered. How can he come to power with or without rigging?

Your father is a kind gentleman. I would make just a minor change: we should never stop showing support to oppressed non-Muslims around us too. There is no need to contain compassion within religious constraint. Most likely, if he were to go to treatment in Canada, it may be a Christian hospital...

Who may be the likely Prime Minister With rigging? Without rigging? Any predictions?

I have some non-legal questions: Since the injured person Liu is a Chinese national and the suspect Ye is a Chinese national, why not handover the evidence collected to China and wash 'our' hands off, 'No dog in the fight' as Chinese may say. If Liu was sitting in a car driven by Ye, going at...

Even post 9/11, there was some bad blood during Obama administration. Hotheaded Netanyahu butted head with coolheaded Obama because of his maximalist politics. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/inside-barack-obama-benjamin-netanyahus-strained-relationship/story?id=44414492

There is some subtle politics in that. In the 1980's and 1990's, many U.S. administrations were unhappy with the settlement activity and tried to squeeze Israel whenever they could. For example, see this action by George H.W. Bush...

May be, but they haven't raised even their pinky finger supporting Gaza in this war. This is the sum total of their action: Kuwait Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed concern over the escalation in Gaza, calling on the international community to stop the violence, protect the...

I am suspecting Netanyahu may be going a little bit 'rogue', seeing the difference between Biden's words and his actions. But anyway, my speculation does not affect anyone. Let's see if anything happens with Blinken's latest pilgrimage.

Palestinians also have a cursed gambler's misfortune of always picking the wrong side of a conflict. They supported Saddam Hussein in 1990 after he annexed Kuwait and Kuwaitis 'ethnic cleansed' them after the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_exodus_from_Kuwait_(1990%E2%80%9391)

I feel U.S. going to war with Iran would need Congressional approval, but not with Hezbollah or Lebanon. Congress will just look the other way. Just as it happened with the killing of Soleimani.

Yes, this looks like a multi-dimensional mess like the prelude to the WW1 and WW2. Some stupid people make some stupid plan and the whole house of cards falls down. The sad thing is, we barely came out of 20 years of Middle East wars, and we have, what may be, another generational conflict...

This public, albeit feeble, messaging is an indication that private messaging is being ignored by Israel. If Israel is not going to act on even this minor request, it can be interpreted that U.S. has a much weaker hand in this war than many seem to think. Blinken is going there today for some...

Mostly correct, except I disagree with stance on Arab countries. It is not their weak morality that is holding them back but calculated self-interest. They have learnt from previous experience that getting into Palestinian's fight is expensive and thankless. I posted this history lesson earlier...

However hard I look, I can't see many successes. You forgot one other side effect: Pakistan was destabilized too. And with Taliban returning to Afghanistan, things have gotten more energetic on the border.

You seem to have many misunderstandings about U.S. gun laws. Yes, regrettably, gun violence is high in U.S. compared to many other countries. However, 'Stand your ground' defense can't be used to just shoot somebody out of fear. There must be credible fear for one's life. As for the statistics...

I am certain they did not plan on this. They likely bit off far more than they could chew. That is the problem with all wars. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was not meant to destroy Europe. Pearl Harbor was not meant to destroy Japan. 9/11 was not meant to destroy Middle East.

A bunch of neocons did get drunk on rage after 9/11 and wanted to completely remake the whole Middle East into a 'gentler' more 'civilized' region like Europe and East Asia. They imagined they will wage a big war and at the end there will be Germanies, Japans and South Koreas. It was pure hubris...