This fuckin guy!
You canāt even differentiate between russian propaganda and reality, yet you think yourself a writing style sleuth?
Theyāre both well known and politically significantly different posters.
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I donāt think Iād describe any of us posting on this board quite that wayā¦
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Well I mean, at least weāre relatively cognizant and somewhat literate.
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Or, more likely, you are the Russian stooge and @ins and @loppar are much more trusted around here.
If you truly do live in the US I pray you donāt vote and havenāt procreated for the sake of everyone.
I appreciate your more local perspective. Itās easy to armchair preach from the comfort of our Lay Z boys here in the US where we have a lot in abundance.
Did not know Bulgaria was helping Ukraine but makes perfect sense.
This might very well be an unpopular opinion here as well.
First and foremost the war in Ukraine started February 20, 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea and annexed it. The world stood by and did nothing which is to some degree why Ukraine are being invaded again. Ukraine and Russia has pr default been at war since 2014 and in that time the west did nothing to stop Russia or help Ukraine. When Russia invaded again last year I donāt think Putin expected anyone to help Ukraine this time neither and to some extent he was right. Setting up trade embargos and sending military machinery is in my opinion a weak response. Putin doesnt care about trade embargos and sure the machinery does help out but itās like watching your friend getting attacked by a pack of lions and then throwing him a stick to defend himself with. As long as the west doesānt intervene Russia isnāt stopping.
The right response should have come when Russia invaded Crimea and that response should have been overwhelming. Putin is like a child. Heās poking the dog to see how far he can push it before there is a backlash. The longer heās able to poke, the bolder he gets.
In my point of view NATO in itās entirety needs to prepare for all out war with Russia, right now and that would have been the right response from the beginning. When Putin becomes aware of this he will threaten with nukes to try and deter NATO from engaging. Which is what he has been doing for quite some time now.
Maybe he will use them but that should not deter NATO and the world for that matter to unite against this behavior. He needs to be put down like the rabid dog he is at all costs. Even though Ukraine are fighting back and giving Russia hell I donāt believe Ukraine can ever win unless they get outside help in the form of troops alongside tanks etc. They need manpower - an overwhelming amount of manpower and tanks etc. When Ukraine falls and Putin decides to keep pushing further into Europe one country at a time what will the response from NATO be then I wonder. The same I assume because NATO and the world has already shown their reluctance to step up in the face of potential nuclear war. If NATO and the world isnāt prepared for that then Putin will be able to take over the world one country at a time. The line was crossed on Crimea and absolutely so without any question when he invaded again last year. There are no more lines to for him to cross. NATO and whom ever will stand by us needs to prepare for war. Give Putin notice to withdraw or we will intervene come what may and then send proper help when he refuses. Putin might be an idiot but heās smart and he knows what repercussions to expect if he opens his nuclear arsenal - just like he knew the nobody would intervene when he invaded for the second time. He knows that if he goes nuclear that him dreams of re-establishing Russia to itās glory days will be forever gone as Russia will be nothing but a blood stain of radiation for the next 10.000 years. If heās willing to go that route then, chances are heās willing to keep pushing into Europe once Ukraine is annexed and that means either let him or man up and stop him - even if that means nuclear war.
Millions will die and I might be amongst those alongside with my family, friends and pets. Iām not particular interested in dying. Not from old age and not from war but the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
TLDR: Putin is a rabid dog that needs a collar made of acid.
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Youāre a treasure chest of fun arenāt you
You seem very fragile seeing as you get triggered that easy into ad hominem attacks as a result of not being agreed with. Must be tough being THAT fragile. I canāt imagine youāre always this immature but if thatās the case then adult supervision should be arranged when youāre online.
Imagine getting upset over a strangers opinion on the internet - so weak
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It is a good opinion and I disagree only at the thinking that Russia can win. Their advancement has been a few kilometers in Bahmut for 8 months now. They have lost Kharkov and Kherson. And that is with no Western attack technology. Ukraine used HiMARS a defensive system as their attack weapon and they had almost no tanks and tactical infantry machinery in their advance. Now with the Bradleys which are an excellent infantry support tool to the Leopards I have no idea how Russia will defend rural teritory. Sure urban areas will be almost impossible to advance at due to lack of numbers. But Russia has no way to win. Best case scenario for them will be to negotiate peace deal with them having Crimea, Lugansk and Donetsk. But I doubt Ukrainians will give up Crimea which will be easy to take back.
The question is not if. The question is when Russia loses and what happens afterwards. Doea FSB install another Putin like leader or the west installs someone like Navalny who is pro west and Russia reforms
Russia is actually like 70 years back in a missle technology. They cant hit anything properly this is why they have been hitting civil targets. Didnt the US last year hit a target on an asteroid with a 5 m precision on a asteroid defence simulation?
Warmongering was letting Russia take Crimea in 2014. You do realise that Russia can not nuke anyone? Their nukes if launched, which I doubt they can successfully launch a nuke. If they do it Will be blown up by anti air defence systems somewhere on the European sky. But they have close to zero chance to launch a nuke and they know it.
You should be leading the way!
You can side with russia, and they sure arenāt going to turn down a strapping 31 year old primed to fight.
Imagine the glory and sense of accomplishment youād experience on your journey to victory! And you could come back and thumb your nose at all of the doubters too.
And in case something does go wrong (i.e. joining frontline units that have a 300% casualty rate, being thrice reconstituted), thereās always this smashing song to ease the pain of death.
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And you have?
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Putin aims to take over the world? Has this been stated? How could that even be done?
We should all be vaporized because of some bad guy? And on top of that, while good men (becoming fewer in number) are literally doing nothing about the serious problems in the rotting United States.
I actually donāt know as much detail about others in this thread and Iām torn on the matter because of conflicting information. And no, that doesnāt make me some monster lacking in empathy who thinks nothing of peopleās lives ended or destroyed because Iām not āstanding with Ukraine.ā Iām also not āstanding with Russia,ā nor do I think Putin is a saint.
Iām also in no way fond of Zelensky. What was he or any other Ukrainian politician doing about Ukraineās serious social ills before this war? Iāll have to pull it up again, but the way I interpreted some translation correction for one of speeches, he feels that we should be sending our young people to die for Ukraine as are young Ukrainians. Iām sure some here know what Iām talking about it, and what I got from the correction was, āhe didnāt really say we should, but he said we should or eventually will have to.ā I donāt know about others and their aims for their children, but I have two, want a third, and no, my aim for them is not dying for Ukraine. And considering some of the aim of some to literally endlessly supply Ukraine with manpower and weapons, my firstborn would be risking ādying for Ukraineā in twelve years. No thanks. That on top of my already reasonable worry about raising my children in a decaying, violent, increasingly stupid and dysfunctional USA.
With that said, I think the world-domination claim needs explanation. And I believe if the truly onus is on all of us (good men doing nothing), Iām gonna pull out the cliche line, āwhy donāt we all go over there and fight for Ukraine?ā
There have been plenty of bad events for which āgood menā in the US didnāt do jack shit for and in some cases cheered on the devastation. In fact I can find plenty of āgood menā who morally support destructive things that have ruined or ended peopleās lives.
Iām all for gathering new information or reading opposing views (without the mention of Hitler, emotional blackmail, or that āwe are all gonna be speaking Russianā). So can you explain?
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This is crazy.
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Ethnic Russians, Europeans, are Mongolians? Although there are Asians residing in Russia and Russian-speaking Asians, ethnic Russians arenāt Mongolian.
Besides, why should I distrust people based on their race or ethnicity or because they reside in villages and like to be lorded over by a monarch?
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Isnāt it racist not to do so? Maybe sexist. Not sure.
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No matter what anyone does weāre all ālike Hitlerā. Sucks. @NickViar
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Only if you question what your leaders tell you. If you go along enthusiastically, youāre definitely not.
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The irony in this statement would make Alanis Morissette jealous
As someone in the industry I can tell you for a fact this is simply untrue. Itās like when Russia during the Cold War claimed the MiG was a superior aircraft. That was proven false when the defecting pilots flew them to other nations and they were inspected bit by bit. Inferior in every way to the US equivalent.
MiGs have been shot down air to air. The US has yet to lose an F-15 (a Cold War era jet) in air to air combat.
Revealing article.
Previously in the thread, sources of information were discussed. I visit Lew Rockwell and a few others daily. Considering American media is untrustworthy, where should I go? With the information Iām getting, how can I not have a nuanced view of the situation.
Article linked in the above article.
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