Im guessing the court system isn't working too efficiently in Ukraine right now
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Public canings in Hong Kong kept graffiti low. Take a dozen canes and then see if you want to do that again.
Based on various reports, GPS usage by RUS forces is limited. Heh.
More Putin propaganda here. Look away anti-fascists!
Putins foray continues it’s inevitable and relentless damage to his economy, as the two largest container shipping companies (Maersk and MSC Mediterranean) suspend all container bookings in and out of Russia. CMA CGM also suspended all shipping in and out of Russia.
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I'd like a NFZ, but that's likely to put us at war imo. But an airlift of goods is another matter. Could be non-military planes.
Agree. While Moldova was part of USSR & lots of Slavs (Bulgars. not Russian), language and culture is Romanian. Their best bet imo is to merge with larger NATO member Romania.
If the Russia people took to the streets as the Ukraines did, their military is not going fire on them & Putin goes. So by most all staying home, they are supporting Putin. I.e., freedom isn't worth it to them as it is to the Ukraines. Net, zero sympathy to Russians including this guy.
I think you mean Singapore.
BOMBSHELL: Docs Leaked From Top-Secret Ukraine Biolab Show U.S. Was Performing Deadly Biological Experiments On Ukrainian Soldiers
Confidential Pentagon papers have been leaked, revealing that the United states government has been operating top-secret biolabs in Ukraine and conducting biolo
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Probably not reliable, but:
"ANONYMOUS has claimed that it has shut down Russia's space agency, Roscosmos.
The hacking team has said that Russian officials have "no more control over their spy satellites.""
https://www.the-sun.com/tech/4803987/anonymous-russia-space-agency-roscosmos/#
"ANONYMOUS has claimed that it has shut down Russia's space agency, Roscosmos.
The hacking team has said that Russian officials have "no more control over their spy satellites.""
https://www.the-sun.com/tech/4803987/anonymous-russia-space-agency-roscosmos/#
I mean this is a message board where the topic is geopolitics. Unless you work in the pentagon, for an intelligence agency, or for the state dept no one has any idea what they are talking about. This stuff is so multi-layered that the average American is completely clueless. But having dialog to discuss, as long as it’s not based on wacky conspiracies, is healthy discourse.
Is this is the price for cancelling Ukraine? Hope he goes thru with it before Putin has him executed.
I’m not sure that’s fair to levy on the average Russian citizen. Most people in Toni country didn’t protest the government mandating losing their job for not taking a vaccine. I think it’s a big ask to tell Russians they need to take to the streets against an oppressive government that will arrest them or even worse for speaking against the government.
I think a Russian revolution may not be out of the question as their economies continue to tank, but just a week into the conflict I don’t think it’s fair to say everyone not taking to the streets supports the war.
Yeah, I think most people will choose the safe solution to keep quiet until the point in which they can’t. The longer this goes on, my guess is that more Russians will be outspoken against Putin. It is already starting with the oligarchs.
People have lost their goddam minds. Celebrating bounties on world leaders. I don’t care if it’s a dictator like Xi, Putin, Hitler, etc. I don’t want rich people throughout the world starting to auction off he heads of heads of state.
Yeah, implementing a NFZ means you have to be prepared to shoot down Russian aircraft. That would put us in war with Russia and cause loss of US life and equipment. The Russian Surface-to-Air missiles are top notch. They also have advanced hypersonic missile capabilities.
Pentagon estimates 2000 RUS KIA. UKR Defense Ministry estimates 6000 RUS KIA.
Fog of war.
If they could just find it in their hearts to suspend human trafficking with this kind of solidarity it would really mean so much... Where is all of that?
Hollywood, royalty, politicians, (I may be too redundant here, please forgive me), newscasters, wealthy CEOs/business people... where is the big movement against human trafficking? No riots for the truth to come out about Epstein. No rallies or marches on Washington. No benefit concerts. No George "I loved being a fascist Nazi" Soros bricks being delivered to Washington streets. No destruction of lavish, billion dollar blocks of homes in DC neighborhoods....
There's a lot of pent up anger/rage, but everyone is letting the media direct it like they have no moral compass. Where was this rage when Obama wouldn't sell Ukraine any weapons to defend themselves? When Joe withheld funds to stop an investigation that would harm him and his son, or when he bragged about doing so? When Clinton illegally sold uranium to Russia?? Where was this rage when paid rioters were burning down neighborhoods and businesses that didn't have the money to rebuild?
Where was this outrage when Ukraine leadership jailed the opposition party?
When large numbers of our congress sold off airline stocks ahead of 911? When the pentagon misplaced billions or trillions? When China shut down free speech in the US? Where was the action and the rage directed?
Just curious why PEOPLE can't see the pattern. The media is the cleanup crew. Whenever we SHOULD BE removing people from office and prosecuting them as they would US, they simply direct your attention over there, at your neighbor, with this sporting event or that....
How many people just watched the Olympics hosted by the long running, international leader in the abuse of people and their God given rights, the one that ravaged HK and those who stood with them, and will soon do the same to Taiwan like it was NO BIG DEAL... ? It just goes to show you that a large percentage of the world will "oooo" and "ah" over someone making feces into a pie and pay to watch it if a handsome/pretty host puts the right seasoning, crust, and garnish on it. This world has NO RUDDER right now
If only that were put towards eliminating corruption, it wouldn't be so senseless. When the corruption is giving the orders on both sides, it is just evil. We need to get OUR HOUSE straight here in this country or they will be sending our children to die for their profit next.
As long as everyone fundamentally agrees with the hegelian dialectic...
Fixed it for you.
How many times does a theory of a conspiracy or a crime have to be proven correct before people stop casting aspersions on those who have alternate views or questions about an event? I guess people would have to ACTUALLY grow up being taught to read the errors and corrections portions of publications and websites. Hard to put too much blame on people when they're taught not to look back at the past for answers as to why they shouldn't allow what's about to happen in the future.
What did past genocides and seemingly useless wars actually tell us so that we would avoid the next one? Nothing... They put up shrines, monuments, and whitewashed tombs. People mourned and cried out, "Why did they have to die?!" Then they paved the way for the next by turning their backs on that history instead of listening to the follow up documentation and discovery.
When they began, it was always conspiracy theory that we started the wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan without the official cause that was given. Then we found out it wasn't the GulfofT incident, WMDs, rooting out terrorism respectively. How many lives were thrown away or otherwise destroyed in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan because of corporate greed, past mistakes, and opium? How many dedicated, caring, and patriotic men and women thought they were fighting for our country only to be spat upon, blown apart, or left to die on the streets or at home because they were not given the care promised when they signed up?
Iraq was a threat to no one. No WMDs. Their "army" that our politicians and Intel agencies built and that was decimated rather quickly was only a threat to oil profits. What did we accomplish in Afghanistan while guarding poppy fields and killing new leaders as they popped up? How many civilians can you drone strike before these things go against you and breed more contempt?
There is so much that people just don't understand about why things happen and it's because they don't continue to pay attention.
I get that to have a strong military and maintain it, you have to have conflict, exercises, and shows of force. You can't appear strong without flexing now and then, especially when your politicians are weak and corrupt. I understand the strategy of controlling the narrative to keep people from turning on the gov itself, but would prefer truth and a path to justice in order to root out corruption here.
The West's Delusions About This War: Putin Is NOT Crazy And The Russian Invasion Is NOT Failing
Believing Russia's assault is going poorly may make the West feel better but is at odds with the facts.
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Spot on. I think along with not paying attention, people don’t ask questions about their assumptions. I’ve seen a lot of people saying Putin is doing this to get a seat at the world’s table. That doesn’t stand up to critical thinking.
Everyone so quickly rushed to the defense of Ukraine and posted the Ukrainian flag all over the place without spending any time to try and understand what’s going on, how it started, why it started, etc. Most Americans’ critical thinking on this issue stops at “Putin is a bad guy, so that’s why this is happening.” That’s a problem. People want this to be a good guy vs bad guy story. Those are simple to follow. It’s more complex yaws than that. Most likely it’s bad guy (Putin) vs. bad guy that the US likes more than the other (Ukraine).
There's always the false hope factor also. The thought that a new leader can change things for them may prevent a revolution
If that ain't self-service I don't know what is. Joe's Putin more money in his pocket with every Ukraine purchase order.
You can bet they WILL wear Taiwanese flag pins (made in China) while verbally condemning the Chinese, but checking their banking apps every 5min while the country is invaded.
So I’m going to mostly agree with everything here. Iraq was always about oil and WMDs were an excuse by the Bush Administration to support going to war. I think Bush’s admin calculus was that the risk of loss of life was worth the preservation of access to foreign oil and that they would find WMDs once they got there which would validate them going In the first place. When I say that geopolitics is multi-layered, this is what I’m referring to. The average American citizen isn’t made aware of all the underlying reasons for the decisions being made and how those decisions not only affect US interests but how the ripple affect manifests on a global scale. For now, I think it’s pretty clear that none of this conflict really has to do with the US other than the US and Russia maybe acting in a manner that postures them for where they want to stand in opposition to the other. We are adversaries.
When I refer to wacky conspiracies, I am referring to when people think that individual greed of Obama, Biden, trump, the Clinton’s, etc. have somehow led to a Russia invading Ukraine and that all of the countries in the world, including Switzerland, had unified around Ukraine for malicious reasons. I choose to believe the obvious, which is Russia, a global superpower, and a regional bully, hellbent on bringing back the Soviet Union, chose to invade a neighboring, a former Soviet country trying to position itself within the EU and NATO. And that the west had aligned itself in support of that country in opposition of an adversary and perceived dangerous and malicious dictator. The US has chosen to stay out of this fight, and for good reason.
Exactly. THE US has benefitted (just as they have benefitted) from having the big bad Russia/USSR as our visible enemy for decades. It has kept the military wheels turning and kept a lot of people distracted from corruption but also distracted some people from pursuing more destructive goals. The strength of each deterred a lot of other conflicts, even though it didn't prevent all of them.
I agreed with everything in your post I quoted unti. l the last part about "conspiracies" ... and your last paragraph here.
There is no question that individual greed has allowed our politicians to be manipulated into conflicts, if that isn't why they got their positions in the first place. Weaker people are easier to control. That's why they are chosen and elevwted into these positions. If you know what they want and can give them whatever that is, you can control them.
Obama withheld from Ukraine to make them more pliable. Was that directly individual greed? No. Joe's actions were motivated directly from individual greed. Trump's actions may have been motivated from perception or a combination of individual and corporate/US desires. He knew where his bread was buttered, and also knew it made Russia think 2x about invading back then.
I think Biden would still be negotiating his fees before entering the conflict, if he were himself. He's never been motivated by anything other than his own gratification, which is likely why he was never president before he became so incognizant. Right now he's just trying to get through a press conference, and that may be his sole motivation.
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This is where I get confused on the logic chain. This isn’t about Ukraine being a good guy, it’s about the people of Ukraine being killed and their freedoms lost over a war that their country didn’t start. Russia invaded them, this wasn’t a war they asked for. I don’t think Americans care whether or not Ukraine as a country ends up in NATO or the EU or if they become part of the Soviet republic. As an American it becomes pretty cozy not having to worry about being attacked by another country. I can’t imagine what those people in Kharkiv or Kyiv are going through. Putin has told us why he is attacking Ukraine, we don’t need to explore other reasons that don’t exist.
Well this is scary AF.
Start messing with that shit and they might accidentally believe we’ve made a first launch.
It would be devastating of epic proportions for Russia. The US Space Force has an unclass marketing video that shows the importance of our space mission. Basically if you take down our satellites we can no longer operate. Everything shuts down. Knowing the little I know about the investment and emphasis we place on encryption, unless Russia dropped the ball, it would be hard to foresee some guys in their basements hacking the Russian satellites.
Hope Estonia maintains a good stock on-hand in case RUS acts stupid.
I agree with you there. I feel terrible for the people of Ukraine. The citizens that have nothing to do with any of these are getting their homeland shelled. That’s awful. I despise war. That’s why I don’t want any part of it with American involvement. I don’t see what that has to do with Americans’ not being able to think critically and ask questions. Asking questions doesn’t mean I support innocent Ukrainians being forcibly removed from their home and worse killed. I don’t want that.
Wow.
Italy also, I believed, received a carve out from the sanctions so it could continue to sell its goods to Russia.
Virtue signaling over substance (pretty much all of the dilatory sanctions that are doubtful to save people in Ukraine)
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