Gas station with nukes, huh?

but they got NIMBY’d by property owners who wanted a bigger setback

What kinda property owners? Do you happen to have a news link or some such? Were those landowners or what?

said Russian forces were not mingling with U.S. troops

Why would they?

Arguably because it was not the goal to begin with

You mean like a false target? Pretty sure ICBMs at least have those already, specifically to ensure payload is not intercepted

If only. But methinks a drone is a more difficult target than people trying to hide from them

Conversely - those FPVs and quads with thermals that drop grenades are a pretty bad news for the proletariat

So who’s growing the wheat? As I understand it, it’s an ongoing practice for over a decade. So someone is growing wheat every year only for the US military to swoop in and harvest it? Or do they ambush trucks with already harvested wheat? Article doesn’t seem to mention the hows, focusing on oil. But oil is a bit different from wheat

they would at least have a roof and food

Oh they’ll be made to pay an arm and a leg for the “privilege”. In fact, given US For-profit prison system, I suspect this move is wholly intentional, with the purpose of creating precariat. Indentured workers, forced into labour, but with none of proletariat’s power. Sounds like a bourgeoisie dream

Ah, thanks!

Re-authorize? It was ever unauthorised?

Jfc they’re going to kill us with a software error on something nuclear aren’t they

Really, so that was the line? Not stomping Yugoslavia into the ground? Not Iraq and Afghanistan? Not Korea and Vietnam? Not Somalia, Syria, Ukraine?

OK, cool.

United States had as an advocate for human rights has almost entirely vanished

Have fun clinging to the rest of your delusions, pal.

I agree. It is time we talk about fall of capitalist system in Russia which putin represents and establishing socialist republic

Different situations, imo. For one, Germany after ww2 benefited immensely from the western propaganda machine, whitewashing it, painting USSR as worse, etc. Additionally, it could be argued Germans never had such a terrible reputation to begin with. Compared to the notably more diverse Russia, which is being slanted as “the other”

How small is relatively small? I live in a standard 33 square meter apartment: one room, balcony, kitchen, combined bathroom (as in, toilet, bath and washing machine in the same chamber). It’s alright, although it’s gotten cluttered over the years. I don’t, however, have any children or other relatives in the apartment (just my partner and the cat). Usually people live in the same amount of space, but with children (often multiple), grandparents and other additions. Now that gets cluttered.

On the other hand, there are new apartments being sold and rented that are 15-20 square meters. Now that’s where things get interesting. 20 or so meter apartments are what’s labeled “studio” here - means they don’t have a separate kitchen (it’s just one big chamber) and no balcony or anything. 15 and below have strange layouts, arguably closer to something like a trailer - storage space under a bed, which also serves as a sofa/chair to sit in. There’s a folding table next to the bed, which functions as both a dining table, working table and whatever else you might need a table for. There are some overview videos on YT, if you’re curious.

Now does that all sound livable? Maybe, if you’re young and single. Except they still cost an arm and a leg. So yeah. How small is relatively small?

I’m not even sure what could be done. Desalination plants?

Late soviet intelligentsia: “STUPID evil sovok building tiny 33 m² apartments! They are too tiny! Unlivable! Not like Blessed America, where everybody lives in spacious, comfortable suburban houses!”

Modern day: “Actually 33 m is too much, 15 would be just fine. Even 3 square meters could be alright!”

Yes, that’s what I said (I think I did?). So now that’s done, why bother keeping up the pantomime? Never spend more on an acquisition than you have to

I’ll believe it when I see it. And I mean see proper leaving, not the current “Oh we’re not even there, pls ignore using nato airfields for attacks, supplying intelligence, directly providing orders and weapons control, and merce- I mean volunteers totally unaffiliated with the military and totally not currently employed!”

Besides, it would just mean the main goals have been achieved - Ukraine is in ruins, the bad blood between Ukraine and Russia will now run for generations to come, Europe is frothing at the mouth and seeking to either enter a direct war with Russia, or at least cut economic ties, etc.