This is a board of corruption and has nothing to do with peace.
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Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo are European contries
I was going to wince at a US publication not doing European geography, but no, it's actually the British The Independent, of all places.
Arguably Turkey as well, albeit sitting on two continents. This hurts. Erdoğan is a stupid shithead but I don't want anyone - not even him - to play Nazimurica's little bitch. And the people of Turkey do not deserve this. Atatürk would turn in his grave..
Ataturk was wise enough to create a strong, secular nation.
Erdogan embraced religion as part of public life.
Europe and Asia are not separate continents.
A continent is a continuous piece of land. Those are only considered separate because certain folks don’t want to mingle.
There are several definitions for continent. Some go by tectonic plates, some land masses, etc. as many as seven or as few as four.
What is the definition required for Europe and Asia to be separate continents?
The mountain range forms part of the conventional boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia, marking the separation between European Russia and Siberia
A quite impenetrable mountain range from coast to coast is probably what contributed to the distinction historically.
A continent is a relatively arbitrary cultural and historical definition, which even varies from region to region.
How do these people feel about paying big chunk of their GDP (10% in Kosovo's example) to appease a foreign king? Crazy.
If we’re being pedantic…Eastern Europe isn’t Europe proper. If we’re stretching “Europe” to mean the EU, Kosovo isn’t in the EU.
Axis of Evil 2026
They need to stop calling it a UN alternative. It's literally just a Trump Appreciation Club. It's all about appeasing his ego, as made clear by his temper tantrums against anyone who doesn't want to join
This really sounds like a knockoff of Legion of Doom.
So all these countries forked over 1 billion USD?
Pretend that I posted a picture of the Skeksis council from the Dark Crystal. For the last few days, Lemmy hasn't been able to handle the posting of pictures. That really puts a crimp in memery.

Where possible I try to embed photos that are hosted elsewhere online, rather than waste space on a copy on Lemmy servers. This one is lifted off https://ictnews.org/lifestyle/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance-an-enchanting-journey-following-seven-clans-of-gelfling/
Don't give this distraction any oxygen.
Soon to be "previously banned."
Anyone know what happened with Australia?
I assume we just plain were not invited because we're unimportant, which is fine.
Australians don't have a problem telling some skag to Fuck Off.
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