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Rich, coming from a Chinese guy in Canada.

But that does mean that he is harbouring plans to reconstitute the old Soviet state in which he formerly served as a KGB officer. .... In any case, a revitalised Soviet Union of sorts is already underway. ... A new Soviet Union of nations is thus already taking shape that will stretch from...

I agree, but for a different reason. You have to assume that hostilities with the PLAN will include hostilities (or at least cooperation with PLAN) from Pakistan. If PLAN is the aggressor, you can't block the Straits of Malacca, because the subs are already through and operating from Pakistan...

I'm not sure i'd consider them "warships". They would be used in the US for coastal patrol - rescuing drunken civilians who've gotten in trouble, interdicting smugglers, various police-type duties. We would not expect them to get into a stand up fight with, say, the Cuban Navy. We have a Navy...

It's Russia's money, so they can do what they want. If it were my money, I would not. DSI dates to the 90s, with F-16 research. It produced a marginal benefit. Not enough to retrofit the fleet. Enough that it was incorporated into the F-35 (but not the F-22?? not sure). If Russia couldn't...

If it puts free speech at risk, I'm against it. Let them talk. Reason is not achieved by censorship. If you cannot persuade, maybe your argument isn't so good. In this case, it looks like a way to declare things off-limits for discussion by screaming "nazism!" It is exactly what Russia has...

From what I can see, the embassy grounds are not expanding, they are just doing some new construction inside the old area. They have a pretty big campus with a lot of buildings already. People in Islamabad could go over and have a look... 33°43'31.06" N 73°07'01.82" E in Google Earth This...

Looks to be a gas leak, not Pakistani political maneuvering. :-) 14 injured, wish them all a full recovery.

Who paid for it? If he paid himself, that's ok. $400 US is not that unreasonable for a major city, though that should get you pretty nice accomodations. Las Vegas can run $40,000 US per night, if you are really looking to waste money. The Most Expensive Suites at Vegas’s Top Hotels - Condé...

The story in the US at the time was that the US did not have enough of it's own troops in Afghanistan to do everything - we had to rely on Afghan troops for most things. OBL was "trapped" in Tora Bora, but escaped by bribing some Afghan militia who were supposed to be securing part of the...

Not sure of the exact 310 model, but Aircraft comparison: Airbus A310-300 vs. Boeing 777-200ER | aviatorjoe.net The 777 is roughly 50% bigger. So, i'm trying to make sense of this. No offense please, correct me gently! 1) Pakistan has a Prime Minister who needs to travel. 2) The PAF operates...

This is very confusing to me. I am assured daily that only a tiny number of Muslims backed OBL, that he was not representative of true Islam, etc, etc. If you came to the US and killed a serial killer we couldn't find, I would praise you and criticise our government for not being able to do...

:-) I didn't see it myself until Monday or Tuesday. By then, it was old news. I considered posting it just for the MiG-29/Su-27/Su-25 dynamic - I expect people here like looking at photos to identify aircraft, but then found this thread running. I thought the most important thing was to head...

It is entertaining to see Pakistanis try to spin this into something where Pakistan comes out looking good. About the raid itself: 1) Pakistan knew, and did nothing but complain later and lie about not knowing, or 2) Pakistan knew, and participated by looking the other way, and complaining...

Old news. The photo was debunked by Reddit the same day it was shown on Russian TV (14Nov14). bellingcat - Russian State Television Shares Fake Images of MH17 Being Attacked In brief: 1) The "attacking aircraft" in the photo is an Su-27, rather than a MiG-29, as claimed by the "experts"...

Your map shows only the single most popular site in each country, so has limited use. Here's a more direct look - a review of the top 1 million websites - Study: Where the Web is Located & Ghost Servers Haunting the Internet | Superb Internet The US hosts 42% of the worlds web servers, per...

Look at the size of the dots. Google alone is bigger than the top 5 chinese sites, and that does NOT include all the local Google sites. 3 or 4 American sites are bigger than the total area of Russia - Russia collectively does not attract 45% of internet users (not that many people even speak...

We don't rip on England enough here.

lol, coming from a nation where it is illegal to "insult Turkishness", you're calling American's obedient? To what? Burning Man happens here, not in Turkey.

I was around for the 70s, and it was a pretty down time in the US, all things considered. The 80s had a much more vibrant tone. The 70s was double digit inflation and double digit unemployment at the same time, with oil shock from the Arab oil embargo and the reverbations from that for years...