That doesn't answer any of my questions. You claimed Russia made no attempts at negotiating about their red line, despite the fact that Ukraine has be...
How do you know this? The Russians have spoken about this red line for decades - you believe no talks happened between the United States and Russia ab...
No, so why would you believe a US president when they say Ukraine is about Russian expansionism? Speaking of Bush, you understand that what we're look...
Except that these are official statements made directly in an international context on behalf of NATO, and thus on behalf of the United States, and th...
Except when someone with insight into NATO and Russian affairs argues that Russia does perceive NATO expansion as a threat. But I suppose when expert ...
Constant destructive, genocidal wars all over the world, domestic human rights violations (bodily autonomy, freedom of speech, right to property, righ...
Yes, this is exactly your problem. You look at the West through pink-coloured glasses, apparently unable to acknowledge political malpractice when it ...
Don't try to change the subject. You tried to imply that being "free" to become a political refugee means one is not being forced - a truly vile state...
Five years later, in 2013, the United States proved its willingness to follow through on its 2008 promises, when it supported regime change in Ukraine...
To me, the concept of evil has always been closely related to deceitfulness and lying or being untruthful to oneself or another. There is a category o...
If that's what you believe, then how could you argue with Putin? That the United States could annihilate Russia has been a fact for well over half a c...
That wouldn't be my conclusion. However, where two nations fight over influence in Ukraine, I see them both as part of the cause, and I am not buying ...
The irony in this is that a large part of the world views the United States in exactly the same light. Everything you list here the United States has ...
Russia is far from a perfect nation. So are the United States. I don't see any justification for the cartoonish super villain role the Russians been a...
None of it seems all that relevant to me, but if you want to hear my thoughts anyway: Sounds like a value judgement to me, which aren't very useful wh...
Sounds like your issue is that you're only able to look at this conflict through a western lens, which might be why the idea of the US actively workin...
Before 2008 Putin was lauded internationally as a great, reasonable leader with whom the West could do business and form partnerships, etc. Things wer...
Well, yes. Nothing new under the sun there. However, this video gives a lot of insights into the mechanisms of how that works. How economic policy tha...
No one sane is even considering an invasion of Russia. The last time a nation thought Russia was weak enough to invade, it didn't end so well. The dif...
In a nutshell, it is about a report done by an analyst at BlackRock in which they predict the next financial crisis (the one we're about to be in now)...
Those are not the words I would use, but it's clear that southern Ukraine has been Russia's primary concern since 2013, and probably will be for a lon...
The Scandinavian countries have been part of mutual defense agreements for over a decade, so what exactly do you believe has changed that would make t...
Just so we're clear, I don't pretend to have conclusive arguments. Observers like us are probably only seeing half the picture, and the best we can do...
You've been mouthing off a little too much. We'll continue our conversation as soon as you elaborate on your ideas about cruise missile SEAD strikes. ...
I believe this issue stems from something I've tried to address before. It seems a lot of western military experts had a terribly inflated view of the...
Well, NATO expanding into Sweden and Finland probably is a problem for the Russians. The only way they can interpret it is as a decidedly anti-Russian...
You believe this is evidence? Apparently you do not understand what constitutes evidence. But since I would not wish to wrongfully dismiss your story,...
As if bombing things is the only way to deny the enemy. :brow: Besides, we've already established that airfields are important strategic targets. Why ...
Denying its use to the enemy, securing it for future use, etc. The issue is, airfields are incredibly important in war, and any occupying force would ...
The United States have expressed their desire to incorporate Ukraine into NATO at the Bucharest Summit in 2008. In 2013-2014 the Maidan revolution too...
And how exactly did you envision GPS-guided cruise missiles taking out MANPADS and mobile anti-air platforms? Bomb every single building, ditch or tre...
What's next? Experts telling us the Russians "intended" to sail cruise ships up the Dnieper to stage an amphibious assault on Kiev? What a bunch of du...
That isn't speculation. You don't seem to be aware of what SEAD is, how it functions and the obvious issues it faces when targetting non-emitting anti...
SEAD strikes to facilitate landing large, slow-moving cargo planes on the frontline? What scale of suppression do you have in mind? A nuclear strike o...
Comments