Why would we be interested in the 'fastest' way? The fastest way would be to launch nuclear strikes on both Russia and Ukraine. No countries, no wars....
So, because he's not short of ammunition, that makes discussing his ammunition irrelevant? I don't see the link. If twenty people each give a criminal...
How so? We've been talking about the role of hypocrisy in bolstering and providing cover for Putin's invasion within Russia (and other sympathetic sta...
1. The US and Europe continue to supply weapons, intelligence, political and media support to continued war - thousands more Ukrainians die, eventuall...
Speaking of... A little taste of just how much 'support' we in the west have for Ukrainian welfare https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/19/ukr...
You complain about black and white thinking yet you exclusively blame Putin for everything. You complain about partisanship yet you assume anyone crit...
Yes, but what kind of dogmatically blinded idealist would be so stupid as to assume such a complex situation was all down to one reason or another...?...
A good principle. Seems to lose against 'who's benefit does it benefit me to ask about'. I've quite clearly included Europe and NATO in my analysis, r...
Yep. A situation has come about in which... 1. A major legitimate nuclear power among America's major emerging competitors (the BRIC countries) has tu...
Then why did you use the word 'only'? Pretty much anything from the list I gave at the end of my post would have had just as much chance (if not way m...
Neither do I. You can have at my moral judgements using any data you like. Simply saying 'because X you must think Y' is not an argument. I've claimed...
I don't think anyone was questioning the role of morale. What I was questioning was the the idea that morale was disconnected from material circumstan...
Right. So not 'will'. Weapons, governmental stability, and foreign support. Who's providing the weapons, the governmental stability and the foreign su...
No, you didn't miss it. I'm no expert so wouldn't presume to be able to come up with a plan. I am of the belief that if one thinks that one's governme...
So what factors are responsible for that variation? So that would be a bit like assuming that everyone talking about American, European, and NATO culp...
A parody of what? Indeed. So are we to say that some nations are 'pluckier' than others? Because if not, we can simply divide through and cancel it ou...
Yes, that must be it. After all we can look back at the media frenzy back when the US-backed Yemeni civil war started. Here, for example is the Atlant...
You see, your average Palestinian just lacks the 'pluck' of your average Ukrainian. That's what it mainly comes down to. The fact that the world's lar...
Just wondering if you and @"SophistiCat" et al are willing to accept the corollary of your praise for the Ukrainians, it seems not. You see any succes...
Go on then... Tell us what's wrong with the Afghans. While your at it, you can explain the flaws in the Chechen national character. Then tell us what ...
What a delightful construction. No doubt in your simple world it's the only possible interpretation of what has been an extremely long and complex exc...
I treat 'experiences' as the packaging up and logging to memory of discrete subsections of the continuous interaction with our environment. As such th...
As I pointed out. Putin's speech clearly shows that his agenda is not limited to a simple binary promise. He associates NATO membership, EU membership...
Looking at events from the agenda only of hairdressing doesn't give you a correct view, so that too should be avoided. Fortunately no one's doing that...
Indeed. If there's a causal relationship that's an immutable fact about our shared reality (ie, not just a narrative we create to navigate it), then t...
Something which no one's denying. You said... ...which I took issue with. The length of time some factor has been around for has no bearing at all on ...
Yes, but you don't. I'm asking you why you think it so important that others don't also. What harms do you see their 'delusions' causing, such that th...
Yesterday the wheel came off my wheelbarrow. The bolt holding it on was rusted almost through, but it had been that way for months and yet the wheel r...
Fortunate then that no one has made any such claim. Again - will anyone invade America? No. Does America have security concerns? Yes. So in what world...
Yes, but you don't say "ouch" because of the experience. You say "ouch" because of a completely physical and traceable series of neural molecular and ...
I have to prove nothing of the sort because I'm not the one claiming your position is preposterous. Look back at our conversation. Who made claims and...
I'm not suggesting they were identical, I'm asking why the deaths are significant yet not the military capability when it comes to an assessment of ri...
So no one died in Georgia? No one died in Chechnya? I may well be. Fortunately for me (and the world in general) international diplomacy in foreign po...
The world was always that way. So why is it now sufficiently necessary to obtain the NATO deterrent where it wasn't before? So he's not an egotist sur...
Rebuilt by the destroyed Russia we're assured will result from Putin's disastrous invasion? Mistakes learnt by the leader we're told listens to no one...
The argument doesn't require you to know. It only requires that you accept they had a reason. Ie joining NATO is not a option with only one factor to ...
The bombing happens anyway, NATO don't do preemptive attacks on potential aggressors. They support those who are attacked. Support the smart Finns and...
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