That’s war. You have a victory target and try to achieve that. We do not know the victory target of Russia (we only know the propaganda they are spreading publicly).
The victory target may also change over time with what is realistically achievable.
So it is difficult to speak of winning or loosing without that information.
In a sports game, the teams agreed on the terms before the game started.
PS: I don’t know your step mother. Maybe she is a world class samurai swordswoman. I apologise if my analogy insulted her.
Here, they are less afraid because almost no household is armed. It is a dangerous situation to enter a home, but they always come in pairs and might do so with guns drawn.
But we are talking about very extreme cases. German police shot 14 people in 2017, 11 in 2018, and 15 in 2019. So about the same amount of people that die from lightning strikes. The vast majority of policemen do not discharge their gun in their whole line of duty.
If you compare likelihood of violent crime the bigger danger comes from people inside your house, rather than burglary. Therefore, weapons in houses would make life more dangerous here, since you are less likely to escape your step mother armed with a gun, than your step mother armed with a kitchen knife.
The article states that any gain in substantial ground for Russia would be deemed a victory.
If these are the victory conditions, then Russia is really close to victory. They just have to negotiate a cease fire and uphold it, until the borders become normality and a peace treaty is signed with them.
It is really just a definition of what it means to win and loose.
How long does the police need to arrive at your home? For me in case of an active break in it would probably be around 120 to 180 seconds. So this usually only happens when nobody is home, it’s too dangerous otherwise.
Someone stole my e-bike from the back yard. And I have heard of break ins in cellars. But that kind of crime that you describe is very very rare.
Does that mean that gun ownership is a side effect of a security system that has flaws in itself?
I cannot relate to that. I am 37 years old and I think I have never witnessed violent crime, except in television or on playgrounds (children are assholes to each other!)
Maybe the law should say „books must be carefully recycled by licensed recycling companies. Other means of disposal or destruction are illegal“ 😁
I can’t read the article. Need to set up a subscription.
But the title does not sound promising. To be a victor, you first have to define what your victory conditions are. Depending on those, Putin might be right before victory, or light years away.
Do backups. Don’t forget to test if recovery works as expected.
18 countries have been founded in the last 60 years. That’s almost 10% of all countries. I don’t think that can be a valid indicator.
Is there a growing resentment and hate against rhodesians?
Is Rhodesia internationally recognised?
I don’t want to say what a Palestinian should do.
But if someone wants to become German, they must not have extremist tendencies. And not recognising an internationally recognised state is an extremist opinion.
You can still say the Israeli government is committing atrocities and should be removed from office. That is ok.
The only times I see pistols is when I see policemen.
The only times I see machine guns is in the hands of policemen at the airport, or when extremist groups are demonstrating and need protection by the police.
Why would I even need a gun, when hardly any criminal owns one?
The concept of gun ownership is flawed in itself.
I am against the burning of books disguised as freedom of speech.
It is bad for the environment. Too much co2 production in the process. If you must destroy books, recycle them!
The Nazis did this very popularly. I always get reminded of that, when people burn books.
I feel it is a very marginal impact into freedom of speech. I can not remember a single occasion where I had to burn a book to be able to articulate my thoughts.
I think most countries ban burning houses, even if it is infringing the freedom of speech. Why should it be different with books?
The headline is wrong. Nobody needs to support Israel. But it is clear you must acknowledge its right to exist.
Is it even true? USA has the same concept, and a lot of decisions are on a state level. China also has a lot of different local policies, even though in a totalitarian structure. Some cities have their own government, because they are so big. Germany has 16 states, which also do their own laws.
I don’t think it would be like France, where everything is mandated from Paris.
I thought the picture showed a graph 📈 indicating how it is rising over time.
“To the moon” Nice little point and click adventure. I played it through one afternoon and was sad for the following two days.
That’s long. 😱 For non emergencies I have waited long times. Like 40 minutes or even hours. But when I called the fire department once it came like 30 seconds after I had hung up. And it was just a smoking trash can, nothing really dangerous.