When the facts change, I change my mind. German was acting deeply immorally while they were keeping NS2 and arms blocks to Ukraine. Now they are doing the right thing, they deserve credit. (View Post)

+1 It also led to a lot of Westerners seing things through a simplistic "anti war" vs "pro war" perspective. (View Post)

It should be. The UK is the 5th largest economy in the world and Russia is 11th. (View Post)

Because Japan has been committed to pacifism historically but that mentality is undergoing change. Also, real power is determined by the economic base of a country, which is needed to sustain a milit… (View Post)

It is also interesting that France overtaking the UK for fifth place was covered everywhere by the Remainer press, but when the UK retook its place no-ome mentioned it. (View Post)