The tweet about a bunch of eejits on Russian TV?
Putin does not deny the right of a Ukrainian state or people to exist. He's quite happy for it and them to exist, but with Ukraine as a vassal state to Russia, like it used to be. It is not the destruction and erasure of a people. It's not a 'fooking genocide'.
What are you on about? You've just gone and proven my VERY obvious point. Do you not understand what =/= means? It means DOES NOT EQUAL.
Difficult to respond to this sensationalism.
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"Except when it comes to Russia."
Lots of people should not be allowed post unsupervised during the night/early morning. When did Russia attack the US or US bases?
Quote system not working on my phone.
I don't think they're pro-Putin, but they appear to have gotten themselves so wrapped up in iconoclastic right-on politics that they are an unwitting ally of Russia at this point. Hemming and hawing about banning Russia Today, and playing the 'what about...' card only stymies and divides the response to the particular crisis at hand. This is exactly the kind of situation that requires firm decisive action because there's no time to look at it from all angles and have endless arguments about the ethos of the approach. Ukrainian civilians are getting starved out of it and their houses are being destroyed by Russian artillery. Sorry to Messrs Wallace and Daly, and all of the clever little truth-seekers out there, but that fact kind of trumps everything else right now, so get with the program.
≠ is not equals to in Maths although that one has also been adopted by some white supremacists. =/= is a social media version that not everyone would recognise.
If NATO did intervene in Ukraine it could have unintended consequences. NATO may need to conquer and occupy Russia which would cause all sorts of difficulties. One issue is that the Russian population would then firmly back Putin and fight to the death leading to massive NATO casualties. If China thinks Russia is defeated it would just grab a big chunk of the country.
Those could be best case scenarios. More likely would be nuclear war.
Yes he does. And yes it is a genocide. It's literally a textbook definition of it ffs.
Putin cannot ever control Ukraine unless the Ukrainian population is eliminated from their country. He knows that, I know that, you know that, everybody knows that.
It is flabbergasting that anybody would choose to deny it. Perhaps it is a coping mechanism to deal with the moral obscenity of the west standing idly by and letting it happen?
Russians are getting bolder, going for the headline grabbing air-strikes in the West of the country. Death toll from latest is up to 35. The Ukrainians need quality AA systems, allies should slip a few over the border.
I love the way you're being a smart hole, then post the definition of the word you're trying to argue, only for it not to endorse your definition of the word
Funny times indeed
You've gone for the Sergei Lavrov line of "debating". Well done on that.
Slight problem with your history. Hitler was emboldened because his annexations worked and far more of the population who were annexed welcomed him in. He got a hero's welcome in Austria(who were more facist than the Germans).
And the Allies were weak. France sat behind her Maginot line, Britain was stretched with their empire. They had a huge navy, but their land forces were below par. When the combined French and British armies went toe to toe with the Germans they were hammered and had to run away. America were isolationist and her air force consisted of a couple of thousand behind the curve aircarft. Russia had agreed to peace and carving up Poland and their army didn't have enough rifles to go around and their active airforce consisted of biplanes. There were no Allies.
Putin's annexation is bogged down and his army is seriously below par and his airforce is notable by its general absence. The Ukrainians even in the East don't want them there and are fighting back hard. He's losing men and materiel at a goodly rate. His country has been hammered by sanctions that will only get worse and the Allies of today are significantly stronger than Russia, militarily and economically and are remarkably united for such a disparate bunch and save for a few tiny tinpot nations of zero consequence like North Korea(he had to go to Mali for support 😂) the world is against him.
Oh and the small problem of nuclear weapons...
No. I've gone with the junior cert level of understanding what the word genocide means.
This is the second such brain drain Russia has had. It happened before almost exactly a decade ago after Putin was re 'elected' when 22% of Russians wanted to leave.
The only way sadly this is going to end, is for Putin to be given some version of a win. He can't leave or finish til he has that and has to escalate. Zelinsky knows that too, which is why he's pushing so hard for the peace talks.
And if Vlad thinks everything is going to plan in public, everything he's doing behind the scenes really doesn't reflect that.
It seems that as soon as some people are woken up when something they laughed at actually happens, they immediately choose to go back to sleep again.
The rejection of basic history is terrifying.
They are pro-Putin, they re-produce all his talking points and propaganda. They just have the "smarts" to avoid being direct about it now, and decorate all their mealy-mouthed views with "I am against Putin but". These people are a complete embarrassment.
Weird indeed. You need to read what was written and not make stuff up. As detailed you proferred a multitude of pro putin / anti Ukrainian Refugee POVs. And there's no need to check previous posts - I can remember clearly the exact same copy pasta you've been employing in this and other threads. And I'm not the only one calling you out on that shite. Dissemble all you like, you're fooling no-one.
I literally gave you the definition of genocide. What Russia is doing falls squarely within it.
Like Sergei Lavrov, you are denying basic reality as a tactic. Bye now.
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100%. And by the look of things, Europe should be able to defend itself against Russia, and Russia will be crippled economically. The defeat of Russia (Putin will be long gone to KGB heaven) will be nuclear disarmament of Russia.
That's a very bold statement..
No he doesn't. No it isn't and no it literally isn't.
"The Ukrainian population is eliminated from their country". 🤦 The only place where he, you, I and everbody knows that is between your ears in your head. You are spouting hysterical sensationalist nonsense.
Close to 1.7m refugees in Poland. They will be ale to get PESEL (Polish counterpart of PPS) oficially from Wed 16th, but the system already works.
It really depends on how things progress and all he has to bargain with are the so-called breakaway regions. Ukraine will push back militarily against everything else and maybe even Crimea. He has absolutely no hope of demilitarising them and he may even accelerate militarisation.
If you say so. But you're wrong. You not knowing what the word genocide means, and being a dick about it, is no skin off my nose. At least your posts are consistent
That's crazy.. twice as many have fled Russia than moved into Russia from Ukraine (around 90-100K). It really exposes the hollowness of Putin's claims.
It would help if you knew basic history. The ones rattling on about "appeasement!!" quite clearly don't. Or much beyond the Inglourious Basterds version of it anyway.
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