Oh it's true. There are ultra-right people in the Azov battalion. I'm not denying it. That's the brilliance of Russian propaganda in 2014, the whole "...
Again outright lie from you, but please do continue with neonazi theme! After all, I mentioned Mariupol and where other place is the National Guard re...
:up: I would add that the present global economic situation as a cause that is making the countries in the worst state (as Sri Lanka) now to drop in t...
It's the issue of not having the US to be seen as this White Knight in the Ukraine crisis. It's so obvious that even people have in that thread openly...
My point is that the war in Ukraine is obviously in the center of attention. And that those that shed tears for Ukraine wouldn't care about what happe...
What does a stupid intervention started by MBS suit me? A strawman. But at least your open to thoughts and sometimes do read what others write, have t...
Is that so? So what was the latest US talking point? Was it this: Or perhaps it was that I referred to the mayor of Mariupol estimating that 21 000 ha...
Well, I'm still not sure about that "radio silence" you refer to. At least it's in the news. Like for example here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy...
Yes. 17 or 20 people were hurt in the clashes with the police. Yet I think it's better to look at this from a larger context: Of course, then on the o...
? You think it's racial? Or what would that wrongness be? Or you think others think so? Of course knowing you...that's your ideas how you portray anyo...
The unfortunate conclusion that I have come to is that this war was only avoidable if Ukraine could have somehow made it clear to Russia that they ind...
Add to the spectacular dismissal of the people in the FSB, who's job was to give intel about Ukraine. Obviously Putin was angry. Likely they had given...
If anybody hasn't yet heard this eloquent response from the Kenyan UN ambassador, one should hear it. It was given just before the war actually starte...
Well I'm not. Some utterly delusional people might think it's totally equivalent to live in Belarus or in the UK as if UK being an ally of US is thus ...
:up: Similarly to my country, Ukraine's only deterrence would have been it's will to fight and ability to cause losses to the Russian army. A deterren...
I really don't think all Russians accept or support Putin's imperialism. Some do, but I know some and actually many if not all of them are against Put...
I believe in defensive alliances, not offensive. And alliances that really put emphasis on that between members, if they have differences, the militar...
Just what is slipping up from them? The opportunity to take back Ukraine? At least they surely try to get even more of it. So Russian imperialism is O...
Yet Russia's actions aren't Western propaganda, to put it simply. Why do you think Finland and Sweden are now shedding it's foreign policy stance that...
When errors are made, they should be pointed out. Yet the agency and agendas of all players ought not be forgotten. Looking at the events from the age...
Ah, I understand your point. I don't like the rhetoric of "Russians will never change" or "Russia will never be democratic" either. Well, I think a lo...
Brazil was the case. But of course India is another player too. Basically the US uses it's foreign policy to keep competition out. Now usually it happ...
We are only fooling ourselves now, actually. Everybody can see how reckless Russia can be. Oh boy! Would the Finns have liked that! EU having a defens...
? If India was colonized by Great Britain and Kazakh Khanate by Russia, what is racist? It's a fact. The only difference is that other imperialist Gre...
I think that there's actually many countries that want to keep a distance to the US. Like China and also India. Remember the BRIC countries? Yet Brazi...
Lol. Well, it's MSNBC, the liberal version of Fox News. Applying the same techniques like Fox, Russia Today etc. You just have to use your internal "c...
..from strategic nuclear weapons. And likely not in the mood to hear anyone say that it was only a small warhead. Just to make this point: how many pe...
At least this story has a happy ending. 2 billion dollars for Jared's fund. Draining the swamp, as Trump said. I think a bit more than the Hunter Bide...
Conscription happens normally every year in Russia. With martial law you can call the reserves, those that have already done their conscription servic...
I think the sinking of the Moskva and the alleged attacks on Russian towns can result that Putin finally admits this is a war. And he can declare a ma...
If Russia uses one tactical nuclear weapon, that actually isn't an existential threat. Then an Ukrainian unit or part of a city is destroyed. If it wo...
Ummm... the BM-21 Grad is quite functional and useful. Nothing wrong with it, does it's job. I think the most popular multiple rocket system ever. An ...
Because it really questions this delusional idea that war could have been avoided ...if only NATO wouldn't have enlarged itself. If the Baltic states ...
That Russia has these imperial aspirations to dominate other former Soviet states is obvious. NATO has nothing to do with it. First a Russian minority...
Worth remembering that Ukraine was indeed led to believe that Russia would respect Ukrainian independence and sovereignty in the existing borders it h...
The propaganda push will basically be naturally to the Russians themselves. But yes, there's also a crowd in the West that is willing to such lies as ...
I can ascribe to incompetence or that leaders have these utopian visions of grandeur that can sometimes backfire. Or simply failed regional policy of ...
Didn't btw Sri Lanka already default in it's debt in a Chinese port venture? I remember that China took over the port (70% of the stock) and leased it...
It is absurd. Historical events don't happen for one reason, but for a multitude of reasons. Yet to argue that Putin needed to make a large scale atta...
I think he (Putin) will portray this as he has been correct all along. See how treacherous Finland and Sweden have been? The West is out to get fortre...
Now here is the ACTUAL mistake that NATO did. President Kuchma declared that Ukraine was seeking NATO membership in 2002. NATO basically responded tha...
Yet the people aren't actually as materialist as they even think they are. Put them into a tight spot and actually those old values that everybody tho...
This might be a likely way the attack happened against the Moskva. History books certainly will tell it later the facts. But the fact that Russian rep...
Yes. Basically we have simply lied to ourselves that we can have NATO membership as an option and also have good ties to Russia. Well, Putin doesn't c...
When the Russian army is getting is ass kicked in Ukraine and has massed it's troops there, what better time to join NATO? You know, it's quite tellin...
Ok. An example El Salvador isn't a threat itself to the US during the Cold War. But the Sandinistas presented a threat for Reagan government because a...
If the referral is that "to assist a third country with weapons" didn't mean that the Cold War would escalate to WW3, I think history pretty well show...
The old Soviet "Slava" got it. Talk about a warship boasting with huge missiles. I think this puts an end to the thoughts that there could be a mariti...
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