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So poverty incidence will be double counted, first counting towards poverty incidence overall, and second counting as part of the effects of war? Anyway, we're hairsplitting here. The point is overall America has established an undeniable record of global benefits from 1946 to the present. But...

Just look again at publicly available data on deaths from wars versus poverty, life expectancy, child mortality, literacy, from 1991 to the present. Look at the trend. As to corporate America's greed, don't be such a Marxist. While you can argue that capitalism is naturally based on greed, the...

So much unfounded grievances. Just look at the number of wars and the number of human deaths from wars that happened during Pax Americana after the end of WW2 until now. Also look at the data on poverty, data on literacy, data on life expectancy, etc. America undeniably has been a good power...

A321XLR is not obto a new market. It is serving the B757 market, long distance but thinner passengers where single aisle is more economical.

There is still a window for a new Boeing A321XLR replacement since a lot of B757 are going to be retired soon. But Boeing perhaps has to write off the development cost of a new single aisle since Airbus can easily upgrade its A321 with composite wings or even better engines.

It's what happens when you let the bean counters make strategic decions in companies. They are almost always short sighted. Boeing should have immediately responded in the early 90s after A320 was launched. But Boeing were trying to squeeze .ore money out of a dezign that already earned them...

Change will come slow to Philippines in Gov. Most of our military officials, civil servants and politicians grew up and trained by Marcos. The vast majority of them are corrupt and pea-brained. Whatever economic growth hapoening in the country is mostly due to private businesses fending for...

Sorry for OT. The dominanat religion in the Philippes pre-Spanish times from Luzon, Visayas to Mindanao was Islam while some ethic groups were wrshiping trees and other dieties. My great ancestors from Visayas region were non-Islam warriots. They were the first to convert to Christianity and...

Our crazy nationalists reared their stupid ugly heads again in the 1990s when they decided the kick out the US military from their bases in the country, both close to the SCS areas being grabbed by China. I'm sure that had the USN and USAF Znot beeh kicked off China would not dare move into out...

Colonializationis not all negative for us. Remember that we have 7,107 islands woth a dizzying array of ethnic groups that were constantly at war with each other. We did not have a concept of being a unified political, economic and social entity pre colonialization. Then the Spaniards came...

There is no Atlas V rocket in that video since Atlas is old tech and weak. The video only mentioned Delta IV Heavy and it does not use any old and cheap Russian engine.

These most sophisticated Russian rocket engines are Soviet left-overs. And they are Jurassic by current rocket technology standatds.

You must be confused. None of the US most powerful US rockets in that video have Russian engine! And here is the most powerful Soviet (which Russia can claim its own) N-1 moon rocket. All 4 examples failed!

And look at how SpaceX boosters return to earth like a Bolshoi ballet! So again, where is Russia?

You obviously don't know what you're talking about: So where is Russia there? At the bottom of the pack. Here's SpaceX's Star Hopper prototype testing using Raptor Engines: And here's the more complete Mk1 prototype of just the top of SpaceX planned interplanetary rocket being readied for...

US purchase of Russian engines was not due to lack of expertise in the US to man8facture rocket engines. It hsppened after the collapse of the Cold War when Russia had lots of surplus rocket engines. Later on the practice was continued because Russian engines were cheap. But rocket engine in...

Agility is only one thing. A Zero or P-51 would be more agile in a turning fight than either Sabre or Mig-15. But would you consider Zero or Mustang citting edge over Sabre or Mig-15? Especially in today's technological realities, agility is only second class capability. The mantra is "see...

The 100 series and succeeding fighters of USAF, USN and USMC were definitely more cutting edge than Soviet supplied Mig15, 17 and 21. But where the Americans erred in Vietnam was in that tactics and training. They simply were not trained to exploit their aorcrafts', sensors' and weapons...

I don't even know how you define "fair" in international relations... All that matters here is national interest and which party, organization, power or country/ies can best deliver it in partnershipnor close alliance with you. Anyway, America, due to its vast military budget will always have...

I my history is correcy Americans first approached India after WW2 when Cold War was starting. But Nehru was playing this pathetic holier than thou game. The Americans from Truman to Eisenhower to Kennedy courted India. Had India only earlier accepted American overtures the Pakistanis would not...