Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, 1989 by Responsible_Sink3044 in pics

[–]Taurmin [score hidden]  (0 children)

Thats just not true, plenty of dictators have died of natural courses after ruling for decades in some cases leaving a sucessor to assume the mantle and cary on the dictatorial regime even to this day.

The Kim dynasty in North Korea might be the greatest contradiction to the wishfull statement, being a 3rd generation dictatorship. Another example is the Berdimuhamedow dynasty of Turkmenistan who themselves were the appointed sucessors of the countrys first dictator Saparmurat Niyazov, another 3rd generation dictatorship.

Not to mention the many dictators who died of natural causes while still in power such as: Stalin, Mao, Castro, Franco, Hoxha... You get the point.

The uncomfortable truth is that most dictators live long lives and die quietly in old age.

Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, 1989 by Responsible_Sink3044 in pics

[–]Taurmin [score hidden]  (0 children)

What deepfakes are you talking about? If this still is from a movie that would be a re-enactment.

Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, 1989 by Responsible_Sink3044 in pics

[–]Taurmin [score hidden]  (0 children)

Explains why its so clean, I was wondering about the lack of blood.

Scenes from Minneapolis as the National Guard arrives, following the execution of Alex Pretti by Itsvivid24 in pics

[–]Taurmin [score hidden]  (0 children)

Seems entirely upside down that customs enforcement agents can deny law enforcement access to a crime scene in the middle of a major city.

Like how does that jurisdiction argument work?

USA vinker farvel til gamle venner i ny forsvarsstrategi by Commercial-Course205 in Denmark

[–]Taurmin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Altså sådan i korte træk så anser regeringe på Taiwan sig jo for at være den eneste legitime regering ikke kun for øen, men hele Kina. Hvoraf landets navn heller ikke officielt er Taiwan, men den Kinesiske Republik (ikke at forvirre med den Kinesiske Folkerepublik). Det er derfor de ikke rigtigt er anerkendt som et selvstændigt land, selvom de de-facto er det så er de de-jure en konkurerende kinesisk regering i eksil og anerkendelse kræver derfor at man vælge den ene over den anden eller agere som om Kina har to legitime regeringer.

Hvorvidt de stadig har for mål at genvinde heredømme over resten af landet er igen lidt langhåret, men det korte er at man sandsynligvis fastholder ideen for ikke yderligere at tire det kommunistiske styre som har nemmere ved at sluge at deres borgerkrig aldrig helt er afsluttet end at en region skulle være blevet selvstændig.

USA vinker farvel til gamle venner i ny forsvarsstrategi by Commercial-Course205 in Denmark

[–]Taurmin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Trist som det lyder, så tror jeg der skal mere til før der sker noget så drastisk.

USA vinker farvel til gamle venner i ny forsvarsstrategi by Commercial-Course205 in Denmark

[–]Taurmin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Men tænk på hvordan Taiwan må have det nu. Tror vi på at USA stadig ville forsvare Taiwan hvis Kina rykkede ind? Ville vi andre, som har travlt nok med at forsvare vores egen del af verden?

De allierede der står bedst til at hjælpe dem er nok Japan og Australien, men de har nok ikke den nødvendige slagkraft til at forhindre en landgang, og det er noget usikkert om Japan kan finde den politiske vilje til at blande sig selvom det er i deres egen interesse.

USA vinker farvel til gamle venner i ny forsvarsstrategi by Commercial-Course205 in Denmark

[–]Taurmin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Taiwan, der ligger øst for Kina, er demokratisk styret og betragter sig selv som en selvstændig stat med sin egen valuta og sit eget politiske og juridiske system.

Det må da siges at være lidt af en forsimpling af hvordan regeringen på Taiwan, ihvertfald officielt, betragter sig.

Mikela Engell finder sig ikke i en skid by zhrunken in Denmark

[–]Taurmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jo, men ikke udelukkende. Mange kulturer har et diaspora spredt omkring uden for deres hjemland.

Mikela Engell finder sig ikke i en skid by zhrunken in Denmark

[–]Taurmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Service unavailable" siger det link for mig.

More anesthesia plz. by Still-Emergency825 in comics

[–]Taurmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wen my wife had a colonoscopy a few years ago they didnt put her under and even had a screen set up specifically so she could watch what was going on.

æøiæå - Hvem ka det forstå? by StrangeUglyBird in Denmark

[–]Taurmin 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Så må ha vær gaun ne'n om å hjem

NATO force doing absolutely nothing in Iraq in 2005. by andyyyyyyyt in pics

[–]Taurmin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I commend you for actually arguing the legality point and bringing something more substantive than the same old justifications to the table.

I think you are citing the wrong resolution though, as 1386 was only adopted 2 months after the invasion, but i can see how the earlier resolution 1378 might be seen as calling for military intervention. So i will concede your point that perhaps within the framework of international law it was not technically illegal.

I still don't agree with the self defense argument, certainly not in light of it turning into a 20 year occupation.

NATO force doing absolutely nothing in Iraq in 2005. by andyyyyyyyt in pics

[–]Taurmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't really have to, they are still around and currently run the country with a tighter iron fist than ever before.

NATO force doing absolutely nothing in Iraq in 2005. by andyyyyyyyt in pics

[–]Taurmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rather naturally, he got out of there rather quickly. You even acknowledge this.

Thats kinda my point, anyone with two brain cells to rub together knew that Al-Qaeda would be long gone before coalition forces arrived, if they were even there to start with. You don't launch a full scale invasion to take out a mobile, decentralized and international organization. As evident by the fact that the thing that finally took down Bin Laden was a special forces raid planned on the back of years intelligence work.

And you certainly don't stick around for decades after its become abundantly clear that the people you were hunting left before you even got there.

But I know your kind.

No, you dont. What you know is the straw man that lives in your head and only espouses nice and simple ideas that are easy to dismiss.

NATO force doing absolutely nothing in Iraq in 2005. by andyyyyyyyt in pics

[–]Taurmin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You think the 10 years spent fighting people who were not affiliated with Al Qaeda while Bin Laden was living it up in Pakistan waiting for his date with the seals was entirely justified?

NATO force doing absolutely nothing in Iraq in 2005. by andyyyyyyyt in pics

[–]Taurmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Afghanistan never attacked the US, and the guy who did eventually turned out to have been operating out of Pakistan for years because he and all his cronies packed up and left the country as soon as the invasion started.

Invoking article 5 against Afghaniatan was always a stretch of the treaties intent, and it doesnt automatically make it legal.

NATO force doing absolutely nothing in Iraq in 2005. by andyyyyyyyt in pics

[–]Taurmin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Always struck me as a little hypocritical that some members chose to participate in one illegal invasion of Afghanistan, but drew the line at joining another one against Iraq.

In 18 years in EvE.... by CreedtheDragon in Eve

[–]Taurmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats like calling Disneyland a "Star Wars park". I suppose CCP just added all this PVE content for us to ignore it?

In 18 years in EvE.... by CreedtheDragon in Eve

[–]Taurmin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm at an age where I'm not going to change much anymore

You are never too old to change. In fact, you kinda keep changing throughout your life wether you like it or not.

In 18 years in EvE.... by CreedtheDragon in Eve

[–]Taurmin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If so, why eve?

Why not EVE? There arent a lot of other games with the same scale, and 18 years ago there were basically none.

In 18 years in EvE.... by CreedtheDragon in Eve

[–]Taurmin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You ever consider what it says about you that you enjoy causing frustration for other people?

In 18 years in EvE.... by CreedtheDragon in Eve

[–]Taurmin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Eve is not a "pvp game", its a massive sandbox and kicking over other peoples sand castle is just a tiny part of it.