Just enough time to have your chargeback denied by the bank.

If Xi put a break on China's growth, Trump surely did throw US influence and soft power straight into the bin. The only winner is China.

> Most countries that historically had a Soviet/Russian kit are now mandating French+Israeli interoperability becuase of India's success at using it to replace older Soviet or Russian systems where possible.

Elbit also has previous experience retrofitting Soviet MiG-21s to operate with NATO munitions.

Yep, because India demanded Israeli munitions (which are NATO compatible) be interoperable with the MiG-21 and other Russian/Soviet jets India had in the 1990s.

India was the 2nd largest MiG-21 operator in it's heyday and the only one that also operated NATO compatible munitions.

> India was the 2nd largest MiG-21 operator in it's heyday and the only one that also operated NATO compatible munitions.

Elbit also did retrofitting for Romania, although they operated a relatively small MiG-21 fleet (25..36) which are now decomissioned and replaced by F-16s. The MiG 31 LanceR could use use both NATO and Russian/Soviet armament such as the R-60M, R-73, Magic 2, or Python III missiles.

If the doesn't turn up as the first US president to actually be impeached. You've got other two who got assasinated. The right to bear arms mskes that sort of thing a bit easier than impeachment.

Andrew Johnson was the first US President to be impeached.

Clinton too, then Trump twice.

Didn't go through. None of them were removed from office.

> None of them were removed from office.

Correct. But that's not because they weren't impeached.

Impeachment is part of the process; three presidents have been impeached, Trump twice. Then comes the trial, and conviction/acquittal.

All defensive means can mean anything. Like a military escort that would shoot back at Iran in case of an attack, which amounts to further escalation.

Not arguing about what that can mean; all I'm saying is that France and Iran exchanged favours.

I wouldn't call non escalation a favour. It should be standard practice.

I wouldn't call "letting a tanker pass in international waters without blowing it up" a favour either.

France also has a problem with Israel waging war in Lebanon, a former French administered teritory. As long as Israel sticks to eliminating Hezbollah only, they'll shut up about it, but anything beyond that, like that bridge bombing or displacing and killing civilians it's bound to have a negative reaction from France.

Mainly because people older than 45 have a hard time marching with 30 kilos of equipment on their backs while blindly obeying orders.

You die for your country and the refugees make the state survive. Germany becomes Deutschstan, Köln Dom is converted to a minaret and Hildegard is required to wear a hijab in public at all times, that's how. At least that's probably how Michel Houellebecq would imagine it.

Chill, they will soon send robots because everybody else is going to give'em the finger or they're too slow and hard to replace. Look at Russia/Ukraine. Russia is sending minorities and North Koreans to war and they get blown up by drones assembled and flown by Ukrainians. I would totally assemble drones rather than dig trenches or crawl through mud infested with mines. Guess what the North Koreans are now doing in Kursk? De-mining.

Even if she was fired it was an act of courage and a step in the right direction to write a book about it. The company is cancer, no wonder they named it Meta.

Courage guided by righteousness or vengeance? I feel like the motivation is very important here.

I don't particularly think so. What matters is whether the stuff in the book was true, not whether the author is of unassailable character

When one's goal is to look for any reason to downplay facts, questioning the character of the messenger is a standard tactic.

Indeed it is. One can't help but wonder why such a well-known distraction tactic still remains so effective against so many

Could be courage guided by a paycheck. Would not be surprised if the publisher did not reach out directly to suggest writing a book.

How is it courageous? She’s profiting off her book. Seems pretty normal.

Are all these comments written by meta AI bots?