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Azath Vitr (D, on 08 January 2025 - 04:24 PM, said:

Not if you go into the specifics of replacing one administrative system with another.

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Nope. Putin is tethered to China. Even if he would pivot to a Trump-led US, he knows any Trump successor (especially an elected one) will turn against him. Trump wants Putin’s personal approval, maybe. He certainly envies his autocratic position and image as sole ruler - but more than Putin’s approval, Trump wants to look strong and in charge.

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Because that’s not how things work?
Again, Trump will be president for 4 years. After that, even if somehow he manages to get another term (biiiiiiiiig assumption), he will still be ruled by short term interests, because his lifespan will be short. Occupation is never short term. IMHO, when and if he gets legal immunity and get his kids and sycophants into the best positions possible, he’s done and doesn’t care anymore.

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The US has used plenty of iffy justifications in the past 80 years to intervene in foreign countries, but it hasn’t started a war of aggression with the outright aim of conquest… “only” regime change. It won’t now. Chances are too large of being caught with their pants down by China attacking Taiwan. Even if Trump does not think of that, his China hawks will. Getting him to respond to that correctly is going to be hard enough, all the more so if he’s on a personal adventure.

My WRs and TEs were mostly inconsistent, but I did not manage to find a good solution for either on the waiver wire. Jordan Addison was a pretty decent pickup, though.
Don’t know what went down in Philly with their passing game. Saquon ought to have allowed more shots downfield, instead AJ Brown never reached the highs he had last few seasons. Cooper Kupp and George Pickens were the only other draftees who reached the end of the season and neither truly impressed either.

Biggest success was Jahmyr Gibbs - too bad he didn’t play as the bell cow until Montgomery got injured, but then, that’s how Campbell likes his lineup anyway.

Already looking forward to next year’s draft 😀. Feels like this season shook up a lot of things.

Congratulations Stalker!

Vengeance, on 29 December 2024 - 07:17 PM, said:

Yep.

Also, the final is going to be tight! Starting Indy D over Buffalo though?!

Let’s be honest: conquering and occupying a country is the work of decades. Greenland would be easier than Afghanistan or Iraq, but the timeline there is not take it today, integrate it tomorrow, exploit it the day after.
He wants access to Greenland and its resources and the access it offers to the resources in the Arctic Ocean. If NATO breaks up over this or he raises exhorting tariffs on NATO states (which this might be the pretext for), he is cutting his own fingers when it comes to curbing China’s global outreach.