Grendel
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It's one of the top rated TV shows of all time, you should try it sometime.
So if jokes are about child sex abuse it’s cool - ok
It's one of the top rated TV shows of all time, you should try it sometime.
So if jokes are about child sex abuse it’s cool - ok
I don't think jokes about disabled people are funny yet you seem to think it's hilarious.
Just bore off. Fucking tedious.
Putin Is Running Out of Time to Achieve Breakthrough in Ukraine
For months, Russia’s army has made only limited gains on the battlefield against Ukrainian troops starved of weapons and ammunition. That’s a growing challenge for President Vladimir Putin as his military’s advantage starts to erode.
I did see that they’ve took out Russian air defence systems overnight at three logistical points in Crimea. Seems that they’re setting up for something bigger like key infrastructure. Not sure Crimea falling is in their sights but certainly helps cutting of supply in other occupied areas of Ukraine.This would be an incredible achievement if they can do it
Putin may be about to lose Crimea
The ‘unsinkable aircraft carrier’ may not be sinking – but it’s quite dangerous to be aboardwww.telegraph.co.uk
There’s next to no chance of it joining the EU.Armenia is to leave the CSTO and looks to be leaning towards the West and maybe even seek EU membership one day. Another strategic masterclass from Putin.
There’s next to no chance of it joining the EU.
Im sure they’d like to but there’s zero chance of them joining the EU.It's very unlikely, but they do appear to be shifting to the west.
It's very unlikely, but they do appear to be shifting to the west.
No it’s not unlikely it’s never happening
But they are looking to shift to the west so yet another strategic masterclass from Putin.
A glorified cease fire that will just allow him time to rearm and invade to take more land.Yet another Putin stooge calling for peace - Farage’s Ukraine comments were hardly offensive – other party leaders could use a history lesson | Nigel Farage | The Guardian
It would be if those doing negotiations were incompetent. The alternative is a never ending war or the west getting directly involved, which won’t end well.A glorified cease fire that will just allow him time to rearm and invade to take more land.
How could the negotiations avoid that outcome?It would be if those doing negotiations were incompetent. The alternative is a never ending war or the west getting directly involved, which won’t end well.
Presumably some sort of clause that if Russia invades Ukraine it would automatically draw others into conflict.How could the negotiations avoid that outcome?
I understand the rationale behind it, I just think it would do nothing to prevent another invasion in the moderate term future. It would unfold not dissimilar to the Munich Agreement in my view.The point is that advocating for a negotiated end to the conflict needs to not be seen as some kind of extreme position.
I laugh because what you’ve proposed is tantamount to Ukraine being in NATO or as good as in Putin’s eyes.Good to see you laugh @Brighton Sky Blue - I seem to remember you were under the impression there was some kind of signed agreement after Crimea, whereas the conflict never actually stopped.
Well, he’s kind of brought it on himself and it’s why negotiations will take place that allow him to save face. Unfortunately, the alternative is a never ending conflict.I laugh because what you’ve proposed is tantamount to Ukraine being in NATO or as good as in Putin’s eyes.
Wasn’t the whole justification for him invading being Ukraine getting too close to NATO?Well, he’s kind of brought it on himself and it’s why negotiations will take place that allow him to save face.
If you take everything he says at face value.Wasn’t the whole justification for him invading being Ukraine getting too close to NATO?
You’re taking him at face value by believing he won’t invade again just because he signs a piece of paper. All the while this ‘saving face’ involves him annexing more Ukrainian territory.If you take everything he says at face value.
The reality is there will be a settlement with the current battlefield. The days of Johnson and Macron exploiting the conflict to further their own political careers are at an end.
The direct consequence of bringing others into the conflict that he wouldn’t be able to win isn’t going to be something that he’d take lightly. It also allows him to save face while essentially having Ukraine in NATO without it being official.You’re taking him at face value by believing he won’t invade again just because he signs a piece of paper. All the while this ‘saving face’ involves him annexing more Ukrainian territory.
Others are already involved and as long as they are he also can’t win. That scenario being no different to what’s happening now.The direct consequence of bringing others into the conflict that he wouldn’t be able to win isn’t going to be something that he’d take lightly. It also allows him to save face while essentially having Ukraine in NATO without it being official.
Unfortunately there isn’t going to be a glorious Ukrainian victory; the alternative is a never ending war.
Oh well, as long as there’s a long line of innocent people with no choice on both sides to lose their lives, it’s much better than trying to bring it to an end.Others are already involved and as long as they are he also can’t win. That scenario being no different to what’s happening now.
People like him don’t respect appeasement.
I want it brought to an end with Russia’s military defeat or complete withdrawal. Putin could leave the territory today and we’d have peace tomorrow.Oh well, as long as there’s a long line of innocent people with no choice on both sides to lose their lives, it’s much better than trying to bring it to an end.
Yet another Putin stooge calling for peace - Farage’s Ukraine comments were hardly offensive – other party leaders could use a history lesson | Nigel Farage | The Guardian
So that would mean that Russia withdraws completely including Crimea? Otherwise they’ll still be invading Ukraine.Presumably some sort of clause that if Russia invades Ukraine it would automatically draw others into conflict.