Things are perhaps not as black and white as you believe. Understanding the history, nuances, perspective and what in negotiation we call "legitimate ...
Very possible out positions are close. If you're sympathetic to @"ssu" position, then we are mostly debating different sides of the issue. Obviously h...
Ok, well then re-imagine my little bully story but you're not motivated to do anything at all about the situation except for some purely academic anal...
Although the bully analogy is useful for the intended purpose of imagine I tell you guys I got a whole group of marines going to back you guys up, tot...
Exactly why NATO didn't just let Ukraine in a month ago when a invasion "might" happen and "NATO's Ukrainian friends" could have easily been helped wi...
That's why countries want into NATO; way easier to be defended by the largest military block on the planet. The problem with this is that, sooner or l...
What mattes in the rules of war is who's to blame. Russia also has video cameras and as soon as the war ends will start to justify their military deci...
Ok, well we'll see, but I have not seen any similar analysis that Russia is engaging a majority of it's total force. Yes, Putin committed to not consc...
I was just responding to your mention Putin as a dictator, which I initially interpreted as just moral condemnation, so wanted to make that part clear...
The analysis I've seen of the Russian overall military position is they are still garrisoning their usual border positions, in particular close to Geo...
Neither me nor @"Isaac" or @"Benkei" (to the extent he's criticizing NATO / EU as well) have defended Putin's decisions morally. We are simply being r...
... I've heard a lot of Russia analysts mention this 1/10th figure. https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/INTERACTIVE-Ukraine-Russia-he...
I just explained it pretty clearly. The whole basis of Russia wanting Ukraine not to join NATO and commit to neutrality, is because NATO has nukes. He...
Yes, when I say "Western media" I mean the dominant narrative, but there's definitely exceptions. And, of course, even the journalists are sometimes c...
NATO and EU represent more nukes, more conventional military power (both direct and indirect by supplying Ukraine), and more economic power than China...
This is what this whole nuclear escalation situation has been about ... that Russia has nukes, and so too NATO. And it is this nuclear standoff that c...
Continuing my analysis of the military situation, which is obviously relevant to make decisions about it. Again, only Ukrainian commanders can know if...
A. you don't need to be a CBRN expert to have such experts in your staff somewhere who have told you the state of bio-weapons. B. if she's just talkin...
This is the pattern of the war, as Russia needs to setup forward operating bases before going to the next objective. Russia has only committed 10% of ...
This is simply false. NATO has far more nuclear weapons than China, far more and more advanced aircraft (could make a "no-fly zone" or help the Ukrain...
They should too. This is classic whataboutism. The reason to focus on EU / NATO and US policy is because: A. They have the most leverage with Russia c...
Nuclear war wouldn't kill us all, and at some point continued environmental destruction would, by definition, kill us all as we need an environment to...
Ahh, such a tough guy adding your "moral support" to the fight. Neither @"Isaac" nor my position is "surrender already", but to do diplomacy in a cred...
I'm pretty sure that's not Isaac's theory, but, sure, nuke Russia, US and China to implement your world saving policy if there's no diplomatic way to ...
It's the people that buy it that burn it, and it's far cleaner Russian gas and crude than tar sands and fracking, could actually be a credible "bridge...
You''re just playing with words, and the global "capitalism" that Scandinavia is still a part of is destroying the entire planet, so doesn't actually ...
Scandinavia is not an example of how "capitalism works", it's an example of how socialism works and a "free" market (heavily regulated and large limit...
Totally agree ... I wouldn't say classical authoritarianism is somehow a better democratic process. Again, the criticism of the kind of capitalism we ...
I haven't said it's inevitable. I've made clear only Ukrainian military commanders can know their plan and chances of victory and further loss of life...
Status quo inevitably changes, our actions participate in determining where it goes. And why did Finland manage to defeat Soviet partisans (the Reds) ...
Totally agree, that's my anarchist dream for sure. But unless you can convince Putin of this anarchist philosophy today, we need to do other things if...
Almost like it's exactly that. Predicting Russian victory is not a moral justification for Russia's actions. It's simply necessary to evaluate decisio...
And to update on the military situation ... it's possible Russia is just incompetently blundering to victory. ... Or it's possible one of its many gen...
You bring up some good points I'll try to respond to later. However, with all the different threats of the conversation overlapped, I think I'll brief...
They're just such peace loving people they're already plugging the Ukrainian tourist industry to help the rebuilding effort. It's thoughtful. But yes,...
It's Nuland claiming Ukraine has bio research labs that shouldn't fall into Russian hands and that they (i.e. CIA) is working hard to prevent that hap...
They will of course take strategically important cities, like Kherson. Obviously, taking Kiev is also important, would be symbolic "victory" to take t...
Who else is there? But it would be good to make a separate thread about it. I'd be happy to learn there is someone as relevant, as productive, as insi...
I mean the main salients, local commanders will also try to encircle their local opponents as well, but what seems clear to me is there are 3 strategi...
I literally conclude this list of indisputable facts with: No reason to assume. It would literally be the first time peaceful protests and academic cr...
Dude. guy. bro. Do you have any memory at all of "academic" and media opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Coordinated protests involving m...
And just an example of the EU's bloodlust. Mariupole is now under intense siege, and running out of food and supplies. It's a fucking port city, EU co...
Yesterday's headline in The Guardian, BBC, CNN, pretty much every big Western media organization I checked in on, was basically "Ukraine is winning an...
I have been advocating here a diplomatic resolution, in particular for the EU to use it's leverage to find a diplomatic resolution rather than just "p...
Yes, but if you're trying to encircle the enemy, the priority is the salients and the rest of the front doesn't really matter (especially in this situ...
Which line? The current one all around the East of Ukraine? However, to cut Ukraine in half North-South is still 700 Kilometres. But the entire line d...
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