I'm a person who would love to emigrate but don't have the financial means to do so; that of course is the rule rather than the exception. I'm also 'stuck' for similar reasons in Texas where I've lived for many years but which is getting too hot for me to be able to handle, esp. w/my COPD; I literally can't breathe in it, so must spend a…
I'm a person who would love to emigrate but don't have the financial means to do so; that of course is the rule rather than the exception. I'm also 'stuck' for similar reasons in Texas where I've lived for many years but which is getting too hot for me to be able to handle, esp. w/my COPD; I literally can't breathe in it, so must spend almost 6 months at this point only able to be outdoors very early in the day for brief intervals. I envy you because Europe has already gone through similar crises more recently than the U.S. and some of them, Brexit for instance -- seem to have served as lessons learned re White authoritarian nationalism.
You guys, Putin is Trump's boss. The first thing he's going to do is take Ukraine. Then he's going to turn Netanyahu loose on Palestine. Then, NATO will fall. Do you think Putin is going to use his brand-new control over the American military to defend any free European country from...himself? Europe is not any safer than the US, under the Trump/Putin rulership.
Christina you might be right about NATO. We shall see. Right now in Europe it is much safer than the US because we just don't have the level of gun ownership or violence. In Germany they are talking about making some restrictions on knife ownership. I can tell you the crisis is from 2 attacks in the past year. Still, students in schools here are not doing knife attack drills, and parents are not telling their children how to act in case someone attacks them with a knife while they are walking to school. In fact, first graders going on their own is not uncommon. So, violence is much less, and most people are not so worried about it, as is common in the US.
Both leaders have been holding on to the level of war they are engaged in counting on Trump winning and backing each of them. So two separate leaders counting on support from the US under Trump. I would also say that they both did their parts to help Trump to victory.
I'm a person who would love to emigrate but don't have the financial means to do so; that of course is the rule rather than the exception. I'm also 'stuck' for similar reasons in Texas where I've lived for many years but which is getting too hot for me to be able to handle, esp. w/my COPD; I literally can't breathe in it, so must spend almost 6 months at this point only able to be outdoors very early in the day for brief intervals. I envy you because Europe has already gone through similar crises more recently than the U.S. and some of them, Brexit for instance -- seem to have served as lessons learned re White authoritarian nationalism.
You guys, Putin is Trump's boss. The first thing he's going to do is take Ukraine. Then he's going to turn Netanyahu loose on Palestine. Then, NATO will fall. Do you think Putin is going to use his brand-new control over the American military to defend any free European country from...himself? Europe is not any safer than the US, under the Trump/Putin rulership.
Christina you might be right about NATO. We shall see. Right now in Europe it is much safer than the US because we just don't have the level of gun ownership or violence. In Germany they are talking about making some restrictions on knife ownership. I can tell you the crisis is from 2 attacks in the past year. Still, students in schools here are not doing knife attack drills, and parents are not telling their children how to act in case someone attacks them with a knife while they are walking to school. In fact, first graders going on their own is not uncommon. So, violence is much less, and most people are not so worried about it, as is common in the US.
In fact, the USA ranks #132 on the Global Peace Ranking. European countries rank higher. In fact there are at least 20 countries in Africa considered safer. See pages 8 and 9. https://www.economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GPI-2024-web.pdf
There is no causal connection between Putin’s actions against Ukraine (or elsewhere) and Israel’s actions vis-à-vis Palestine.
Both leaders have been holding on to the level of war they are engaged in counting on Trump winning and backing each of them. So two separate leaders counting on support from the US under Trump. I would also say that they both did their parts to help Trump to victory.