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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 2h

NATO troops not in combat even after 11+ years of this war is like kids refusing to write multiple exams and expecting good grades. The US hurriedly left Afghanistan in 2021 sending a clear message that the US & NATO are not interested, hence more intelligence interventions only and not in combat.

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 2h

youtu.be/1kYgmE6QZFw?...

Clinton: I feel personal mistake because I got Ukraine to give up their nuclear weapons

YouTube video by ONEST

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 2h

Ukraine can’t win unless NATO troops are put in combat. Just providing moral support and low-level weapons don't win combats and wars. It was the US that forced Ukraine to give up on nuclear weapons. Ukraine is a victim of the US & European screw-ups same as in Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 2h

That's good but some need to keep eyes 👀 on all of those teenage-type posts and also accounts. It goes without saying that when we have the House, Senate, and Presidency, all of them will need to unblock 🤷‍♂️. I don't block anybody as I need their narrative/posts to see how weak MAGA/GOP government is.

rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 3h

Americans don't understand left or right-wing. Americans understand Democrats or Republicans only. #VoteForDemocrats

rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 3h

It will help in the ongoing and upcoming elections, such as gubernatorial elections in NJ and VA, and mayoral elections in NYC city among other ongoing local elections. There are also 2 vacant US House seats up for special elections in TX-18 and TN-7.

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

That shows how many people (>61k now) can't even stand the Trump white house for a post. I saw some childish posts from that channel today and I still keep wondering why this President hates his own country and citizens. Why would a President in office hate the citizens? It’s unheard. #Unforgivable

rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe change the party affiliation. What's the point of being a Republican now? It’s become the MAGA party. Better to be mainstream than feel leftover in GOP. This is a good moment to ask people, leaders, and elected Republican officials to change party affiliation and move to DEM or at least IND.

rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

Why would a President go against the citizens? It could be due to his knowing that it is his last term but that doesn't apply to his cabinet members. The U.S. presidency comes with way too much privilege even after retirement. I doubt he’d have led a full life if it were not for the Secret Service.

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

The root cause is at the top. Trump is operating like the President of the world, but there is no such position. I can't understand a head of country going against their own citizens. I doubt if he even runs a weekly staff meeting with the cabinet members or just follows the news headlines.

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

Who does not remember in my generation when Mandela was freed after 27 years of imprisonment? It was a massive moment worldwide. It was more than segregation in South African Apartheid. They were banned from playing cricket at the world level for a great reason - for - a so-called gentlemen’s game.

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

He is 53; an elder generation and they get some leeway same more than 70+ on it for example. When we think of South African apartheid that it is like people don't get it but they were banned from playing cricket due to it. I didn't live there but I do remember their comeback as a team.

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

That's vile but for Snoop 🤷‍♂️, not that I heard of it before but the discrimination based on gender and sex is backward.

PS: don't come to me with religion and I don't give a crap about any religious phobia let alone Islam but they are the quickest to jump the gun on it either way.

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

I was just doing a quarterly check on the Fox News website and that's what they had today as a headline. Can Foxy News share more details?

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

Israel is a developed country with an HDI of 0.919 (#27th in the world), is #15 by military strength, and is #26 by GDP. So why does the US have to babysit Israel all the time? I push this point that Israel is self-sufficient and it doesn't need babysitting; a prerequisite for a truly free country.

rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

Israel is a developed country with an HDI of 0.919 (#27th in the world), is #15 by military strength, and is #26 by GDP. So why does the US have to babysit Israel all the time? I push this point that Israel is self-sufficient and it doesn't need babysitting; a prerequisite for a truly free country.

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

The kind of videos and cases I have seen and read suggests something is wrong in the chain of command. It’s definitely more than filling quotas. I don't know why the US newspapers don't give coverage to it, but they have some 24x7 Israel-Gaza running. The fascination of the US with Israel is weird.

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

It is officially symbolic and let's not fall for it. The Cold War was called “cold war” for a reason as there has been no direct combat between them even before WWII. It has always just been a “cold” symbolic war. Both are former allies. Obama couldn't manage this one. Bush managed this one better.

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

How can one be both powerful and weak at the same time? Republicans and MAGA show they are so powerful in the House, Senate, and Presidency but then it comes to legislative actions they feel weak.Don't you see a problem there? How can one be both powerful & weak at the same time?Hence they are weak.

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

I spent some time in Florida and a common sentence is,Oh it’s an immigrant state.I had to ask,which ones because it is opposite to there. People here know who is an immigrant from where. This is not an FAFO place.This is a lively and lovely place. That's why I love Musk, Ellison, Benioff, etc left 🎉

rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

This is not the East Coast, the Midwest, or the South. One has to be educated enough to look at the map of the USA in 1789 how big it was. Mexico not only survives but thrives. Who are these people who migrated to California from the East Coast etc?They need to digest that they are in Mexican lands.

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

I have wondered who these people are. Mexicans are natives of California. Who are these people if not English who were running from persecution? Irish came running away from famines. And don't get me started with Nordics, Spanish, French, Dutch, Germans, Italians, etc. Who are these people&why here?

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

You summarized so well. None of these groups is native. Most won't be even able to name their 7th Grandpa from either side. The King and the Nobles didn't use to immigrate centuries ago. They are all raised to think that they are privileged but all ran away from England due to religious persecution🤷‍♂️

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rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

I interpret that teenage type post as King (👑) is watching (👀). Big deal, huh. He himself is under watch. He is going to go into the grave at his EOL with wide celebrations. Kindly use words so we understand clearly. The president is 80 years old “Grandpa” and a teenage post didn't reflect as such.

rkm14.bsky.social @rkm14.bsky.social · 1d

Any day is a good day. Level up. Someone with a thick skull is posting. I'm going to wait for some more posts and then unfollow. FYI, Republicans have the US House (D214 vs R219, 2 seats vacant), the US Senate (D+47 vs R53), the Presidency, and also a Majority on the SCOTUS 🤔. #RepublicanShutdown.

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