Russia - threadbanned users in OP

My concern at 6 months in is that the Yanks have provided Ukraine with the kit to hold up the Russians in the hope that the Russians lose enough resources to call it a day. This is a poor return on investment when you consider the Yanks don't have an endless supply of this kit as it wasn never intended to be used in isolation as it is in Ukraine. My guess is the Yanks are actually afraid of giving the Ukranians the ability to soundly beat the Russians out in case Vlad **** the bed and reaches for the instant sunshine button

When it runs out they better have a better plan or Ukraine is back where they started

Also, ze Germans back to being the greatest internal threat to Europe, can we not just kick them out of Western civilisation at this stage? Better off without 'em

In last 6 months we had (in no particular order of awfulness and pure barbaric evil):

* murder of civilians, including multiple times caught on camera

* rape of women, men and children

* kidnapping of kids

* destruction of hundreds of billions in property

* deliberate starvation to force refugees to get Russian passports

* deliberate attempt to cause millions of refugees to flee to Europe

* using prisoners for sweeping mines

* castrating a prisoner

* beheading prisoners

* sexually abusing prisoners especially females

* deliberate shelling of schools and hospitals and other clearly civilian infrastructure

* disturbing Chernobyl ground and deliberately using a nuclear plant as shield to hide in

* wholesale looting of private property

* deliberately trying start a famine in other countries impacting the poorest

* deliberately trying to destroy European economies and break contracts

* creation of multiple concentration camps

but hey, relax bro! There is nothing to see as Russians started this 8 years ago, get back to normal programming

we are totally not witnessing the actions of a neo fascist regime trying to outdo the evils of 1930s and 40s with extremely barbaric atrocities carried out almost daily.

I think if they are genuine Irish people, they tend mostly to come from the ranks of America = BAD, NATO = BAD. And they see everything through this lens. So if any particular person, political figure or state is even vaguely Anti American or Anti NATO, they jump in behind them in quick order.

You can try and talk with them about Russia invading a neighbour's territory or the destruction of people and property - but quick as a flash, it's all 'if NATO hadn't done this' or 'NATO hadn't done that', 'if Obama or Biden or whoever hadn't done this it'd all be fine'.. At end of the day, you just have to walk away.