The problem becomes this, once a government has the ability to conduct extrajudicial killings, all they have to do to kill you without a trial or any kind of due process, is to put you into those circumstances. Want to execute an undesirable? Kidnap them, drop them on a boat with no fishing gear or lights, on a well known drug smuggling path, and then kill them.
what nonsense don't you understand, you willing to bet against me? you don't know what a bet is? i intentionally use the word BET? if you dont know what bet is, i rest my case
Assuming they are 100% drug dealers, the US does not prescribe death sentences to the drug dealers they prosecute in the country. Even the most notorious ones get life, which is usually accompanied by additional charges of various severity. Mules (who these people allegedly are) get few years with a possibility of parole. How does sinking boats in another country or international waters reconcile with that then? I do not think it does.
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Then your 1938 is irrelevant.
I have to say, you are very good at avoiding the point.
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No joking, but there is a chance that Putin has to get into negotiations if the attacks will harm Russia over months.
I’m not sure what counterpoint you’re trying to make here.
Well, you made an absurd claim, got called on it, and are now trying to hide behind semantics. Just concede that you were off there and move on.
My question as well. The article seems to be quite clear about it. This seems to be the provider: https://vantor.com
Fairy Tale, I started with that.
You said, 'Besides the questionable statement, “Only boots on the ground” is a strange way to dismiss the people paying the highest price in this war'.
No, i didn't, you guys should allow it, ok. i will explain more if it helps.. i still believe that there are foreigners working with Ukrainians and manning some of of their local military industries. it could be skilled labour or some sort of design specialist or even unskilled labour, and am ready to place a bet on it that, if investigated, i might be right. Now, your not sure 100%, that there are no foreigners manning or working in Ukrainian arms industry but your seriously challenging my statement as if your sure for real, that there are no foreigners working in Ukraine.. your so sure right?
You're playing word games. You were clearly implying that it was a substantive staffing of Ukrainian manufacturing with foreign personnel, because Ukrainians would steal it all.
I am not playing word games, i mean what i said. i said, i will bet my last that most of these production lines you mention are being manned by westerners, if not Ukrainians will steal all of the money and nothing will be done. now that's what i said. i said i can bet my last for a reason. in the dictionary BET means to risk money or make a prediction on an uncertain outcome, or an agreement where the loser pays the winner based on an outcome of an event. i meant what i said i wasn't looking at causing an argument when i said it.
I think we have seen positions shift from both sides. It's a little fuzzy because neither side is telling us exactly what they'll settle for, but it seems that Putin went from demanding the full territories of the 4 regions he declared annexed, to just the rest of Donetsk region. To be fair Russia has almost all of Lugansk region and Kherson/Zaporozhye were always a stretch, but not an impossible stretch. Zelensky's position has shifted more than Putin's because he started out with bigger goals, and is the weaker side. But neither side is able to achieve their original goals, or their shifted goals post '22. Both currently have to compromise, and both are willing to, to some extent. They're still pretty far apart though.
Words have meanings but so do idiomatic expressions. "I will bet my last" is an expression intended to convey an extremely high level of confidence in something being the case.