South America, namely Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.

Trying to create UNASUR is a horrible idea. I have few ideas on Brazil, except the fact that the government is corrupt as shit. Argentina's economy is currently in the shitter due to unscrupulous governmental activities, and Chile is actually pretty respectable.

Mexico

Our War on Drugs is killing them.

India

Just fucking backwards.

Australia

I think it's a great country. Their government was reliable enough to help them not get caught up in the Great Recession and they pulled through in okay shape.

Eastern Europe

I don't know why we allow them into the E.U. knowing it'll antagonise Russia and create international tensions within the Union.

South Africa

Not even going to go there.

Iran

The government is disgusting. This is the same country which allowed the fatwa on Salman Rushdie to continue for a decade. The people of Iran are rightly fed up with their government - demonstrated as far back a '09 with protest at the Al Quds day.

Cuba

So utterly inconsequential as for me to not care.

Quote from: Meta Cognition on September 29, 2014, 01:24:13 PM

Quote from: IcyWind on September 29, 2014, 01:14:49 PM

South America, namely Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.

Trying to create UNASUR is a horrible idea. I have few ideas on Brazil, except the fact that the government is corrupt as shit. Argentina's economy is currently in the shitter due to unscrupulous governmental activities, and Chile is actually pretty respectable.

One would argue against you on Brazil.

One could and I'd still sleep at night. I'm not educated enough to have a proper opinion, although what I saw during the World Cup was certainly unsettling, to be put mildly.

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Eastern Europe

I don't know why we allow them into the E.U. knowing it'll antagonise Russia and create international tensions within the Union.

Fuck Russia. The USSR is long gone. They can no longer drain Eastern Europe of it's resources and use them as puppet states.