I am pointing out that having particularly strong views on the issue might influence his account, so it is a somewhat questionable to portray him as '...
Jeffrey Sachs from the very beginning of the conflict blamed it on the US and claimed that the only reason for the war is the NATO expansion. Also, he...
'Far from certain' is even further from 'no chance of winning'. Besides, as we have already discussed, Ukrainians already succeeded in stopping the pr...
Who exactly wrote that Ukrainians must fight? I certainly did not. However, if they do want to fight and risk their lives against the agression, I bel...
In every way. It is suffcient to compare the number of missiles launched in September and October. Artillery attacks are also much more limited (Count...
Well, if Russians just packed up and left all the occupied territories, like they did in Kherson... that is a 'failure' that Ukrainians could live wit...
We have two proposed scenarios: mine that Ukrainians have led a campaign of attrition due to which Russians had to leave Kherson and yours, in which U...
Their ability to bomb Ukraine has decreased quite dramatically, in part thanks to the weapons supplied, so yes, there is definitely improvement there....
Yes. Tzeentch, in his own words, taken to 'to evaluate the balance of power in the conflict'. It was worth pointing out that he might not be the best ...
The aim of the campaign was to take Kherson and Kherson was taken. It is not that hard, is it? If Ukraine lacked the capability to take Kherson, then ...
I was just pointing out that his track record of prediciting offensive failures was not that good. Russians have invaded Ukraine, Ukraine needs weapon...
That is what you wrote ten months ago: That is, you have declared the Kherson offensive as failed (and Ukraine as losing the war) a bit prematurely, h...
I would just add that the qualification of 'starting to exist' does not make much difference. Suppose we see a painting and when we ask 'Who painted i...
Glad that we understand each other now. I have disagreed with your objections due to such claims of yours like 'If it began to exist, if there was a "...
It might violate logic if you assume that before the first moment of existence of everything there was another moment of existence of nothingness. You...
No, that is exactly where you are wrong. I understand that you are very attached to this notion, but that makes it nearly impossible to understand wha...
Of course it precludes it - the totality means exactly that. You cannot have 'two everythings'. If there are two systems, they still comprise a single...
If a transition, change or event occurs, it must be from something to something. I would define a 'state' as the totality of what comes before that tr...
Because it is logically impossible. A 'last state' by definition entails that it is a result of transformation from another state. You are asking 'why...
As far as I see, there are three options: 1. The universe is uncaused, therefore it is rational for no reason. 2. The universe is caused by a non-rati...
For those who believed that the 'Prigozhin's feint' was supposed to inspire confidence in Russians, here is the RUB/USD exchange rate at the Moscow Ex...
You seem to have forgotten that in the meantime Russia took part of Ukraine (Crimea) by force, breaking the Budapest Memorandum. Have it not occurred ...
I have read the thread with interest and it instantly reminded me of the famous Einstein's quote: I thought it would fit perfectly here, but then I lo...
And in that model nothing is synchronized enough to be called 'the present'. If you see a bird flying in the sky near the sun, the light that bounced ...
That is correct, because that what the underlying material of language - information - is: just differences. A photosensitive organism does not see 't...
Today Lukashenko has told the press how Putin asked him for help, as Prigozhin was not returning his calls. As he tells it, Lukashenko then gave him w...
And that is exactly why there are good reasons to think it was not staged: the most damaging for Putin was his speech: if he waited for the situation ...
Putin's reputation in the West is completely irrelevant; for him his reputation at home is essential. The propaganda monolith is very sensitive to any...
Yes, you seem pretty hung up on that argument, but it does not follow. As in our previous discussions, you seem to treat the issue in a restrictively ...
So either we go with what we know, and the known loss/gain ratio practically excludes the 'staged coup' scenario, or we assume we know almost nothing ...
You can see how 'relieved and comforted' people are on Russian TV... On Solovyov's show Bezrukov is complaining about the weak and impotent government...
They might want to step lightly here, though. Many regular soldiers heartily agree with the grievances voiced by Prigozhin and definitely prefer him t...
Of course it was a feint! A guy openly challenges Putin, Putin calls him a traitor and the guy just walks free. The generals of MoD, also openly chall...
Taking Moscow would not mean much if the top run away and he could not actually govern anything (as Napoleon found out). Maybe he believed some admini...
Today has shown that in one thing Putin was more successful than he probably expected - he wanted to have a politically apathetic population and that ...
Prigozhin is not stupid and he certainly is not insane. He has no chance to take down Putin, but he does have a chance to make him share some of the p...
Another astounding video from Prigozhin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgZ3dqAAOa8 (unfortunately, I could not find a version with English captions)...
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