Italy and South Korea virus outbreaks reveal disparity in deaths and tactics

Re:Italy and South Korea virus outbreaks reveal disparity in... by neuronic on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:38PM (#22563593)

Geopolitics has seen massive impact since then. For example, the rise of ISIS is a direct descendant of the Iraq war which is a direct consequence of corrupt and criminal decision making by the Bush/Cheney admin in response to 9/11.

Debatable if the Arab Spring would have occurred without it, as the Middle East might have been much more stable.

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Re:Italy and South Korea virus outbreaks reveal disparity in... by netsharc on Friday March 13, 2020 @12:20AM (#22564684)

Hear hear. And war refugees entering Europe is causing right-wing populism to rise (not that years of stupid austerity polcies was helping).

Would Brexit have happened without 9/11?

There's an ancient TIME article I have in my archives highlighting how the Dubya admin ignored Clinton's intelligence team's attempts to hand over info about the threat of a terrorist attack in the US. Would 9/11 have been prevented if Gore had won 2000? God damn hanging chads and rigged elections...

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Re:Italy and South Korea virus outbreaks reveal disparity in... by marcinzm on Friday March 13, 2020 @12:15AM (#22564649)

Sure but the comment I responded to wasn't about geopolitics but daily life changes.

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Re:Italy and South Korea virus outbreaks reveal disparity in... by jacobush on Friday March 13, 2020 @09:04AM (#22566911)

Because geopolitics does not change daily life? Damn, you should see some geopolitics where I live.

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