shmmeee
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Just wants the oily bits and the coastline I’d imagine.
It doesn't need to take the whole of Ukraine.
Ahhh I see, it's that old trick, where if you don't like the message, discredit the messenger.Are you a regular viewer of Napolitano’s show? He has quite the career history.
I didn’t watch the video, so I’m only talking about the messenger really.Ahhh I see, it's that old trick, where if you don't like the message, discredit the messenger.
Well that's constructive.I didn’t watch the video, so I’m only talking about the messenger really.
Didn’t mean to make you feel insecure about your fave YouTuber!Well that's constructive.
I never said anything about him being my favourite, just thought the guy being interviewed by him (Larry Johnson) seemed to have a reasonable handle on the current situation.Didn’t mean to make you feel insecure about your fave YouTuber!
I did watch the video and 'reasonable handle on the current situation' is an interesting way to describe it.I never said anything about him being my favourite, just thought the guy being interviewed by him (Larry Johnson) seemed to have a reasonable handle on the current situation.
You on the other hand didn't even listen to the interview because you've decided that you don't like the guy asking the questions.
But still thought it was prudent to add a negative comment, which is unbelievably bizarre.
Zelensky has had to cancel his various planned trips abroad due to Russian advances.
Possibly too early to tell but he’s definitely pro Russian. I read an article a month or two back where he’d pledged to not send one more penny to Ukraine only for the general public to raise $1M dollars from donations for Ukraine to buy ammunition.Slovakia PM shot, apparently after he's expressed a more tolerant attitude to Russia?
Not been following it closely but saw something about Georgia this week, women don't know who suggesting it's not aligned with the population,85% of electorate express a more western desire?Possibly too early to tell but he’s definitely pro Russian. I read an article a month or two back where he’d pledged to not send one more penny to Ukraine only for the general public to raise $1M dollars from donations for Ukraine to buy ammunition.
Been kicking off in Georgia too this week. Mass protests in the streets as the government is trying to push more pro Russian legislation through.
Eastern Europe is a tinderbox at the moment.
Yeah and the general public also voted him into power with the pledge. It's always tended to have more of a pro-Russian view that others in the region.Possibly too early to tell but he’s definitely pro Russian. I read an article a month or two back where he’d pledged to not send one more penny to Ukraine only for the general public to raise $1M dollars from donations for Ukraine to buy ammunition.
Been kicking off in Georgia too this week. Mass protests in the streets as the government is trying to push more pro Russian legislation through.
Eastern Europe is a tinderbox at the moment.
Yeah and the general public also voted him into power with the pledge. It's always tended to have more of a pro-Russian view that others in the region.
He only won 28% of the vote. Slovakia is pretty polarised anyway and just because he won a majority doesn’t mean he’s still popular. Look at Argentina. They only voted their populist into power last December in a landslide and now they want him out with almost constant protesting around the country.Yeah and the general public also voted him into power with the pledge. It's always tended to have more of a pro-Russian view that others in the region.
From what I’ve read it’s being seen as an attempt to hinder opposition parties ahead of upcoming elections in line with changes Putin made to hold onto power in 2011. I think the majority of the population want to join the EU and this is being received as an attempt to stop that.Not been following it closely but saw something about Georgia this week, women don't know who suggesting it's not aligned with the population,85% of electorate express a more western desire?
Said it before that most don’t look at the bigger picture of what’s going on. I seem to remember being laughed at it for suggesting it and it was said that Russia was on the verge of collapse.Interesting article
Ukraine Is Now a World War. And Putin Is Gaining Friends.
Global proxy conflicts were a constant in Cold War I, and Russia’s invasion marked the first of Cold War II.www.bloomberg.com
Said it before that most don’t look at the bigger picture of what’s going on. I seem to remember being laughed at it for suggesting it and it was said that Russia was on the verge of collapse.
Said it before that most don’t look at the bigger picture of what’s going on. I seem to remember being laughed at it for suggesting it and it was said that Russia was on the verge of collapse.
Of course, it's important for the West to beat Russia but it's not going to happen any time soon because Russia isn't fighting the war alone considering it essentially has China behind it.Not sure how you and G justify crowing with this article that basically says it’s important for the West that Russia loses the war but OK.
What I get from that is fucking around and trying to play smart bought Russia enough time to get their ducks in a row and now it’s a much harder job. Which is exactly what everyone bar you two in this thread has been saying.
Of course, it's important for the West to beat Russia but it's not going to happen any time soon because Russia isn't fighting the war alone considering it essentially has China behind it.
Now it does. We had made it impossible for them to join and if we’d finished the job we could have seriously weakened ties between China and Russia.
I’m not sure how China joining means we have to put less support in. Like we did with Russian oil if anything it should be an alarm to move manufacturing and the like back to the west. That’s what the US seems to have realised with chip production and the like. IMO the EU/UK needs to refocus from a very long peacetime and get real about protecting the interests of liberal democracy and the international order.
No mention of Shoigu getting sacked in here.
Russia's offensive clearly not going as well as some would have you believe. (I mean, obviously it isn't, as they're 800 days into a 3 day war, but you know what I mean).
Most experts thought WW1 would end by Christmas 1914 so i fail to see any point being made here
It’s almost like it’s a stalemate, isn’t it?Looks like the great Kharkiv offensive that you'd be forgiven for thinking would have Russia at the gates of Kyiv soon has come to a standstill after managing to advance... about 5km.
It’s almost like it’s a stalemate, isn’t it?
This is a response to you from nearly a year ago…I haven't said otherwise for a long time, you were the one saying Russia had the upper hand and talking about Russian advances, which as is often the case seem to have bee blown out of proportion.
Where have I said that? And no, of course it wouldn't have been.
I don't believe either side can actually win though and it'll be an ongoing stalemate for years to come and the best solution would be to move toward negotiations as soon as possible.
Looks like the great Kharkiv offensive that you'd be forgiven for thinking would have Russia at the gates of Kyiv soon has come to a standstill after managing to advance... about 5km.
Christ. It is. That's just a fact.
If someone were to say it's making excellent progress, or speedy progress, or they're progressing so well they'll be in the Red Square in 10 minutes then that would be wrong.
But it is making progress. That is factual.
Bit like the great Ukraine counter offensive then
This is relating to the Ukraine counter offensive
If you didn’t speak in proper English dear chap I’d think you were MMM
Well yeah, that’s the point. The Ukraine counteroffensive was seen as a massive failure and the Russian Kharkiv offensive seen as a great success, even though they’re basically the same.
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