But I am taking things with a pinch of salt - you clearly are/were not by blindly believing it. And why wouldnt I celebrate the result? Less lives are lost, those men live to see their families.
And the "new information" that came to light, came to light last week when the Russian MoD published photos of captives on Snake Island, but people (not singling you out) refused to believe it. There are clear agendas here to dismiss news that people simply dont want to hear.
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Ps: PUTIN AND HIS ARMY ARE C UNTS
Russia has nukes!!
Also, It's raining in Ireland today
Sane, yes.
But if Putin believes that his project is over, and him with it, any decisions he takes from that point forward will not be entirely rational.
Fast track EU membership?
So what happened to the long process of ensuring corruption is tackled and economic stability in the candidate country in the EU application procedure?
Ukraine may be a democracy but it is a really corrupt country. There is no way it meets the criteria.
I wonder would it have anything to do with Ukraines natural resources??
Pretty phenomenal way of showing you don't even seem to have the slightest clue what the EU even is. This doesn't even begin to make sense.
As to why leaders are coming out with these statements? I would have thought that was blindingly obvious. It is a gigantic diplomatic "**** you" to Putin.
Looks like the talks have failed and that Russia are upping the ante with airstrikes. They will flatten Kiev before they send in ground troops.
The smirk on Putins face throughout. Is that the surgery and steroids? Or is it that he just doesn’t get it?
but honestly little to nothing on this outside of Turkey blocking off access to the black sea
Turkey havent officially closed off access through the Bosphorous yet have they? Googling only says they have declared situation in Ukraine a "war" which gives them the option of closing access.
Galway Beo recently published this on their website, showing the scale of the damage that nuclear weapons would unleash in this country. You can wish it away and say there's little to no risk, but the risk is extremely real and very imminent.
Ah yes, Galway Beo that hard hitting publication full of journalism, has looked up an online "nuke map" and stuck one right on Shop Street.
Please take a break, you are embarrassing yourself.
any decisions he takes from that point forward will not be entirely rational
Have they been rational thus far?
He has long passed being rational.
Honestly, so what? Are you suggesting just letting Russia do whatever the hell they feel like? Otherwise why keep bringing it up.
I cannot agree with you when you say 'lies are lies' because if we follow that logic to the letter, we should start a campaign to inform children that Santa is not real. This does not really happen, so therefore I think there is a tacit acceptance of noble lies - 'white lies' as they are called. Propaganda to raise morale I would consider a part of that.
Onto your second point about it being important to have a counter balance - I would be more inclined to agree with this if it were not for the situation at hand, but we've kind of crossed the Rubicon at this moment in time. There is a war going on. We're not directly involved, I know, but we can at least shut out a channel who's aiming to diminish Western sympathy for what's happening to Ukraine.
There'll be time to pick it all apart later and look at it with a more dispassionate eye, unless the worst predications come to pass, in which case I'll trade you a handful of copper wire for 1/3rd of a can of rotten baked beans.
You're a Putin enabler, and toying with conspiracy theory (resources)
"Whatabout Serbia??" - Serbia has a rather large Kosovo shaped problem between it and the EU
"Whatabout Albania??" - Albania and North Macedonia are coupled in the accession process, Bulgaria is stalling N Macedonia's accession for political reasons (chiefly what they see as anti-Bulgarian sentiment in the country)
You're welcome for the lesson
The Swiss have decided the risk of Russia using nuclear weapons is unlikely. For whatever that is worth
I'd imagine they've decided that they're not going to let Vlad slice up Europe piece by piece.
How does that make you feel?
Come on, tell me what the EU is so?
Exactly, why are the EU trying to fan the flames? What good is going to come from that? Only bad will come from it.
lol you seem obsessed with me, clearly
Pretty sad of you to make light of children dying as being "permanently de nazified".. I think I'll leave it there
How many posts are you going to make about this topic, and ignore all the responses to it?
And now you're throwing in conspiracy theory nonsense about natural resources.
How are they 'fanning the flames'? Ukraine are facing an existential threat because Putin sees them slipping from Russian puppet to making a free choice to align with the West. EU leaders are doing this now because Ukraine's future is either free and Western oriented, or under the Russian jackboot. That doesn't apply to Serbia and Albania.
You condemn Putin's invasion right?
Clearly they didn't share your view nor Rumsfeld's for a very long time. Their approach they have reasoned was in dialogue and obviously in their economic clout. I see no conflict in that approach whatsoever and this latest decision and I fully understand why they chose to do so and why they took such a view of defence spending.
Yeah, maybe. Also looking at that ridiculous meeting he had last week where he held a mock conference of his government to make sure they were all on board with the invasion. That involved Putin at a desk, and everyone else bunched on the opposite side of the room.
Covid concern, perhaps. But you could also look at it as Putin having zero trust in anyone around him. Many dictators had assassins in those closest to them. Hitler most famously came really close when one of his generals placed a bomb in a suitcase beside him at a conference table.
If you were Putin, you too would likely be super paranoid about assassination attempts, and one good way to protect yourself is to put 3 metres between you and everyone else at all times.
Comes across to me like 'What would you expect?' sneering at the Western liars and charlatans, not sure if it's a pose or how he truly feels. Possibly clutching at straws here, but her certainly doesn't seem literally unhinged in that video, in the way you have to be IMO if you were seriously thinking about dropping the big one.
No they haven't (I should have been more clear on that) but it has been mentioned as being looked at. But it intrigues me that little is being reported on the status of their navy. ( I have edited my original post to include potentially (reported to be considering) blocking access)
It's of no value at all, and it ignores the real risk of nuclear weapons being deployed against NATO and the EU.
They are taking a hard stance on Putin, nothing else works.
Even Switzerland are dropping their neutrality to face this
In Micheal's case it's just bandwagon-jumping and appealing to the domestic audience.
However measures like this are more likely to worsen the situation - not just in the immediate, but longer term as well.
The Santa analogy is a little disingenuous.
What someone considers a white lie in this horrible situation, someone else would consider blatant and unacceptable propaganda.
I think that in the absence of the possibility of being handed nothing but facts of what's going on, only allowing propaganda from one side is dangerous.
I do understand where you are coming from though, I just disagree.
If we aren't being told the truth, I would rather hear all lies.
UN General assembly live.
https://media.un.org/en/webtv
Hopefully if nothing else there can be widespread condemnation and unity against the Russian & Belarusian invasion.
Just out of curiosity, if you're that worried about the prospect, are you taking contingency measures in the event or just hoping to go quickly with the bomb?
Oh bogoff with your Putin enabler shite. Read throughout my posts here and you'll see I don't support it.
But I can't support the EU going out of their way to piss Putin off. They know why Putin is the way he is and they're making it worse!
Answer the question, why are the EU so desperate to have Ukraine in the EU when they're almost as corrupt as Russia themselves. I support Ukraine joining the EU, as long as they follow the same criteria as everyone else and join for the right reasons.
And your solution to that is?
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