Benkei

Hell is littered with demons, fiends and sinners. Which are you?

This is irrelevant to the point that plenty of illegal wars were fought by the USA and NATO and to now cry foul about Russia is just hypocrisy, which ...

Why are you purposefully misrepresenting I was talking about the Gulf War when I'm referring to Iraq?

5. That my wife is right.

I explained the cause of the Ukraine war to my daughter of six as the weakness of old men as being incapable of compromise.* I had to explain compromi...

LOL. This is exactly the double standards that agitates me. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were illegal. The expansion of drone bombings into Pakist...

This is again the trap of thinking rules-based. While I agree that this is and should be what we should aspire to, the reality is sovereignty means fu...

I don't think anyone has taken for granted what the Russians said, except for one thing: they have repeatedly pointed out they do not want NATO to exp...

is this now instead of the short story competition?

What do you smoke before going to bed?

I didn't realise incels now classify a rejection as a reverse rape. Makes me really glad these people get rejected and fail to procreate.

I'm warning you I live in a NATO country and we have nukes!

I nevertheless love it when things fall together so there are layers. And I actually work with a lot of symbolism. :chin:

These two do not preclude each other. What's tiresome on this thread, which is why I'm not really participating anymore, is the inability of some post...

And here is the reason never to vote for another president because all their decisions are always right as long as the right process was followed.

Sigh. @"Tobias" this thread is a prime example. :roll:

I don't think we should be wasting our time on such a reductionist view on gender relations.

Your inferences do not make any sense based on what was said.

https://www-newyorker-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-john-mearsheimer-blames-the-us-for-the-crisis-in-ukraine/amp

@"ssu" Considering the demands Putin had on the table before the war, none of which Ukraine was in a position to meet, what strategic objectives do yo...

That's not really Dutch though. Shouldn't be chocolate in there and while you could heat it in your cup, that's entirely optional. And it should have ...

A continued role for NATO benefitting the US' influence in it as the most powerful military country. It's ability to project that power across the wor...

Gergiev was fired from the Rotterdam philharmonic orchestra as well.

And we need to have lower defcons to push buttons to launch nukes? I don't think so. I think they're prepared for any and all contingencies including ...

@"ssu" I just want to highlight that this is the third time I correctly predicted the future.

:100: Cue him stacking the premises in such a way until you agree that the only correct answer can be the US. Never mind history and facts!

:yawn: Christoffer likes to pretend he's a grown up. I'm sure he doesn't need another idiot defending him. The problem here is the infantile "Putin ba...

another cartoon! What a surprise.

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I have neither the time nor inclination to take your apparent fragile ego into consideration when clarifying the kindergarten level of your thinking.

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That's entirely ahistorical. And it was also on the table in 1962 during the Cuba crisis. So no. There's really no reason to "trust" either country to...

Either write better posts or stick to reddit. Bye.

Again, what's up with the fucking childish questions? I question the US narrative and your reply is, who do you trust more? Seriously?I don't trust ei...

Publicly. We have no clue really.

The point of my post was not to apply a saying as the end of truth in the matter. It's supposed to give pause and think before choosing sides. I'm sti...

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You should take a more holistic approach. What circumstances gave rise to someone like Hitler getting into power? Let's stop with the single cause fal...

I'm not here to give you a history lesson on what is entirely well-documented and regularly warned about since I was in university (1996). Your demand...

Yup. It was a self fulfilling prophecy. Treat Russia as the enemy for decades and surprise surprise, we get war. I'm putting as much blame on the US a...

Attributing the blame that lies with the US and NATO does nothing to exculpate Putin. There's a saying in Dutch : where two people are fighting, two a...

Here's a tip : just read what jamalrob, Isaac, Baden, StreetlightX and Baker and for the historic perspective ssu (although I vehemently disagree with...

Let's assume this is all true. Presumably it's still in our favour if our side "wins". Whatever the fuck that means in this conflict.

I don't know why you're pretending you cannot tell the difference to aspirant members bordering Russia and existing members. Or the fact that over ask...

It's in the next paragraph. They should've sacrificed Ukraine and at a much earlier stage. It's no use to hold a position you're not planning on defen...

I still do not trust the line we're sold as to the cause of this war. Russia is clearly the aggressor but I'm left wondering what was said and refused...

The elite won't be affected so it won't change Russian policy. It will indirectly kill a lot of Russians though, pace every sanction before.

meanwhile the EU issued a stern condemnation. New sanctions coming up for Russia! Putin's also demonstrating promises from NATO are meaningless. Fanta...

Bluff called. Watch how sanctions are all that will happen and Putin having effectively made the point Russia won't back off where its sphere of influ...

Oh my, a court case you don't agree with. What are we ever to do? Don't give a shit about anecdotal stories when it's clear it's rather easy in most c...