nobody will enter on Israel’s side (no middle eastern despot would fight with Israel and survive the week) so yeah.
Perhaps not directly, but if America steps up it’s involvement, they will be relying on their relationships with allies in the region to do so.
I think the lens of a localized, regional war in the Middle East is becoming too narrow. If we’re escalating things to the point of America’s direct and significant involvement (beyond shooting missiles out of the sky, but rather conducting its own attacks on Iran), then I think Iran’s potential allies extend beyond the region as well.
Most likely Russia first, as it’s already in a proxy war with the US/West.
Potentially China, but not likely until it’s most advantageous for them to do so. Or perhaps they’ll enter opportunistically, such as attacking Taiwan if America’s Naval might is sent to the Gulf, opening a potential three front war.
The economic connection between these three has continued to grow in recent years, and may be reason enough.
No no no, you don’t understand. We’re just de-escalating through escalation.
I wish this was /s rather than a direct quote…
The British gave time, the Americans gave money, the Soviets gave blood.
The Russian capacity to throw seemly endless bodies toward a goal is virtually part of their mythos. The above quote is from Stalin in regards to defeating the Nazis. The situation couldn’t be more different, other than in the propaganda coming from Putin.
Right, the party with the most seats won would get first shot at forming government.
If your assumption is that the Conservatives would win the next election with a majority, then they would be able to form government without needing to rely on any other party (like the Libs rely on the NDP now).
Since political parties in parliamentary democracies typically vote uniformly, a majority party is generally able to pass legislation regardless of the position of opposition parties, which is why I questioned the presumption of gridlock.
NDP +Libs outnumber them now, yes. I assumed by “Cons can grab majority” you meant a majority of seats following an election, no?
Cons can grab majority but will be gridlocked on every move
Genuine question, why the assumption of gridlock if the conservatives form government with a majority?
It doesn’t appear to use either.
The MLS® HPI is based on the value home buyers assign to various housing attributes, which tend to evolve gradually over time.
I can’t seem to find how they define value, or how they determine a home buyers interest in various housing attributes.
Since it’s MLS own metric, I would take it with a grain of salt anyways.
Average home prices are from the CREA MLS® Home Price Index (HPI)
I was able to match the pricing data in the article to the “Composite” figures on the HPI website. The amounts include condos.
I actually find it hard to believe people don’t think Trudeau’s leadership has been a very significant problem for this country. It’s just laughable that anyone thinks Pierre is better.
I keep having this conversation with people who hate Trudeau. I get them to list out their issues with him, and none are problems the Conservatives are looking to solve. But the anti-“woke” brainworm is just too strong. They will literally vote against their own interests to own the Libs. The Americanization of Canadian politics is already here.
God I wish I could find just $2k a month rent. That’s what I’m being forced to give up. Everything I’m seeing is 50-100% more.
Christ, with that title I thought I was getting a Beaverton article.
massive oversteps and oversights.
It’s ok, you won’t be needing those pesky privacy rights anyways.
I’ve been feeling the same way for years now. I think the course of Canadian politics massively changed for the worse from his passing. Though I never thought of it as a real inflection point until years later.