Good to see we agree here. There is a big difference. First, there is basic political stability. No one would entertain the notion that some faction o...
A healthy exercise! for those of us who appreciate the hellscape we live in, anyhow. Sweden has essentially zero military significance. Finland in NAT...
As I mention in my comment, the main narrative at the very start of the war was "Russia's Afghanistan", which links up to the collapse narrative if th...
The mechanism changes, but the prediction of "collapse" was literally on day two of the invasion. Moreover, I think Reuters clarifies themselves their...
You also simply ignored completely pretty much the most anti-democratic move possible which is straight-up banning 11 opposition parties including the...
Again, how is that freedom of the press? Moreover: Which, notably, is press and journalist banning 5 years before the war, reported by a source you ci...
Well, when you've framed things as Hitler vs. The Buddha, it might be hard point of view to introspect from. You go to war with the points you have, n...
Ukraine is ranked 126 and Russia 148. Ukraine has a score of 36,79 and Russia 43,42. This is in the context that the top score, Finland, is 6,38, and ...
With. Due. Process. And "hateful lies" is not even enough to be convicted of hate speech or slander. Where's the proof, in a fair court, these 3 TV st...
Was there due process that they were actually "enemy operatives" or then what is the classification "enemy operatives" based on? Likewise, what's the ...
So you're saying Robert C. Byrd serving in the US senate over half a century (51 years) establishes US is not a democracy? Furthermore, your argument ...
What kind of argument is this? Merkel was Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. Also, the whole point of introducing term limits in the US was so t...
What criticism of Russian democracy does not also hold for Ukraine? Or for the US for that matter. If you say some people think Russian elections are ...
Russia is also a democracy, and arguably a bit more democratic than Ukraine at the moment, to the extent you can argue Russia hasn't banned as much op...
This is so bizarre. Ukraine get's a say in what its individual citizens believe? What's Ukraine other than just the collection of individual citizens?...
I agree, the danger of larger scale nuclear is more in the cycle of retaliation continuing at some point going haywire. "Asymmetric moves" such as blo...
There's actually two reasons for not using nukes in Korea. One was the political ramifications, which are obvious and more-or-less the same as today. ...
That makes absolutely zero sense on a debate forum. Point here is to present analysis and then defend or reformulate it in light of critique and rebut...
You clearly don't understand what sources are about. Sources are about facts, not analysis or opinion and certainly not questions to other parties to ...
I agree this is likely. The nuclear fear-mongering has a lot of different reasons. Even if Putin believes he can't "lose" at this point, he'd still wa...
Again, this matters little if Ukraine has does not have better tanks in the situation. The reason Ukraine is now asking for Western tanks maybe becaus...
Usually yes, but discussing the use of nuclear weapons I think is an exception. The West has made mountains of every mention of Putin not even mention...
These are facts. And the point of this fact is simply to establish the obvious that the Kremlin has obviously been thinking about conflict in Ukraine ...
I don't disagree, they are still acts of war. And, my position is that basically the policy framework is the same as in the cold war with each side do...
Who's disputing that Russia could withdraw entirely from Ukraine, whatever definition, tomorrow? Question was what geopolitical strategy might there b...
The Nazi state did not collapse in WWII, but they lost the war maintaining the state even under conditions of sending children to fight to keep defend...
As @"Isaac" mentions, the question of "show me one plausible scenario" requires extrapolation to answer. However, I am at least putting undisputed fac...
Yes, until now nuclear deterrence has limited arms shipments to Ukraine and things like: As NATO denied Zelensky's request for a no-fly zone despite b...
The question is not dumb and the answer is not "we will retaliate". Nearly certainly, the question and answer is setup before hand, precisely to just ...
I've been meaning to ask you as an actual professional of these things what would need to be proven for a judge to consider an actor "irrational". May...
Again, any evidence this has a chance to stop the war? Will all these people be signing up to fight to Ukraine? How many will just return to Russia af...
I'll give it a shot. The West insists the war is a "mistake" or "miscalculation" as basically Westerners don't approve. I think this sentiment is more...
What are you talking about? The issue under discussion was how Ukraine would be victorious, or Russia not-victorious, through military means, such as ...
The US diplomatic strategy ... finally just talking directly to Russia after all this time insisting only Zelensky can be discussed with ... Seems to ...
You state that once the territories are annexed that there's nothing left to negotiate. There is obviously the rest of Ukraine that can be negotiated ...
Please cite the hypothesis if it's been made. And, you've already moved the goal posts as your criteria for "not victory" includes things like technic...
Yes, indeed, let's sacrifice every single Ukrainian for a chance to "have some consequences". As an observation of the legacy of the war, you maybe ri...
Exactly, this is the position you're supporting along with the other pro-NATO policy and Zelenskyites: See if the Russians lose for as of yet unexplai...
Being "hard on Putin" NATO could have done by sending NATO troops into Ukraine before the war to defend a dear ally, create a standoff and then negoti...
Unfortunately, most of this debate is arguing with obvious denial of facts (there are definitely more Nazi's in Ukraine with more power than in the ty...
The idea that Ukrainians should keep fighting and dying for the strategy that Putin is weak internally and eventually the whole Russian state should c...
I just was talking to an American a few days ago who was complaining about the love of people where she comes from for firing into the air on every ho...
Vietnam is not an example of protesting a war leading directly to the collapse of the US government or ending the war or anything remotely similar to ...
Firing into the air is pretty normal in some cultures. Certainly would be a "huge deal" in the West, but a good indication that it's not a big deal in...
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