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Are you based in a Russian embassy or Russia itself?

But they're not targeting infrastructure or civilians right?

Again cheerful. What do you think you're accomplishing here? You're not convincing people that your idol is some sort of misunderstood hero.

I've given countless reasons why I don't support Ukraine. Decide to shoot at people who just want self-defence and rule themselves inside Ukraine then your moral high ground gone. Ukraine signed up to the minsk agreement and broke them shelling into the regions endlessly. West never admit that Azov was shelling these regions and breaking the treaties.

But cheerful you believe the Holocaust is fake and that 9/11 was done by secret nazis using Sci fi technology.

You clearly don't live on the same planet as the rest of us. Why would you think anyone believes your version of events?

He's already admitted he is in Moscow and posting from there, he is a Russian propaganda poster.

No rout, barely any fighting, Ukraine have showed liberated towns on twitter that have been empty for days. The Ukrainians sent a lot of troops in one direction.

Been hiding out on the fringes for a while now outside the conflict zone.. Now they're in the firing line trying to control a new area. A smart Russian general would smash up all the new concentrations of force. We wait and see if Russia has some surprises for Ukraine?

Congratulations, you're now praising Russia for committing war crimes.

I think your bosses share the incompetence of the Russian military when they appointed you to post shite on behalf of Russia. Do they know they you’re demoted to a conspiracy theory loon and banned from the main threads? Therefore, have zero influence on anyone and even the usual useful idiots won’t touch off your nonsense? Don’t stand to close to any windows as news of your own incompetence is discovered.

I protested the Iraq war, the above is simplistic nonsense.

There is no comparison between these conflicts. Putin's aim is to conquer Ukraine, to subjugate the country, to eradicate their identity, obliterating their culture, forcing Ukrainian children to learn Russian

Bush and co were literally trying to do the opposite, to liberate a country from a brutal dictatorship, naive in the extreme, but they were ultimately trying to help the Iraqi's, not conquer the place. They botched it in every way possible, but the conflicts couldn't be more different.

I was firmly against the Iraq war and I am also against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Foaming-at-the-mouth types can't comprehend this, they see everything in terms of sides, they can't understand you can criticise both the Iraq war by Bush, and the Ukrainian invasion by Putin. They personify entire countries in order to fulfil an emotional need to "hate" that country. They feel compelled to support opposing countries, simply because they oppose the country they "hate". They assume the worst geopolitical intentions of that country regardless of which administration is in power. They cherry-pick the worst parts of that country's history and exaggerate it to fill the most absurdly black/white narratives. Systematically, over and over. Completely detached from reality.

The US didn't systematically target water pumping stations, sewage plants and power stations across Iraq. They hit dual-use infrastructure to weaken the regime, they generally hit power distribution rather than power generation, they used carbon fibre bombs to reduce civilian casualties, they hit plants at night to avoid worker casualties, they targeted parts they knew they could rebuild the quickest. Doesn't matter what lengths they went to, there were still civilian casualties, there were still indirect effects (e.g. Basra losing water for two weeks), there were still knock-on effects. Doesn't matter, the war was illegal, it didn't have UN support, it didn't have international consensus, traditional allies didn't support it, there were the largest anti-war protests in history.

And what?

Does that make the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is a different beast altogether, any less terrible? No. But that's what you are trying to do. Whataboutism and concern-trolling.

They are fanatics, their hatred of "the West" would make even the Taliban worried.

Actually even the Taliban admitted 9/11 was real.

There's been a losing streak for Ukraine for months. Has Ukraine ever won a decisive battle in the Donbas or Lugansk since this war began? You guys are silent after every defeat. You guys are clueless, Russia overextended itself by trying to take another oblast with not enough troops. Personally, I think Russia did the right thing by trying to capture Donbas first, then worry about Kharviv later. Banned from main threads because it's a Ukrainian war support club!! You get marked for troll if you voice opposition. Let's pretend there's free speech, but it's not. I don't care about influencing anyone. In a few weeks, I'm betting Ukraine's offensives will be over

Russia has entered Bakhmut city in Donbas. If this falls, Ukraine's in deep ****. This cuts off Ukraine's supply lines in the south and east and opens the road to capture Kramatorsk. On the other hand, Ukraine is attacking Lyman Nonstop in a rushed hurry, knowing this counteroffensive has a limited window. In the south, Russia regrouped a big force and reinforced lines with extra troops from Kharkiv. Ukrainian troops took heavy losses trying to break through and getting pushed back in Lyman by more professional Russian troops.

Spoken out against the war? Bush got rid of Saddam because he was bad man?

Why punish Iraq when most of the hijackers on 9/11 were Saudis? Wouldn't you go after Saudi Arabia if the terrorism came from their country? If Bush's intentions are good, why didn't he do this? He covered up the role other governments played in 9/11.

Saddam would kill every damn Al Qaeda terrorist in existence. You're just repeating CNN and TV news talking points. They all emerged in Iraq under US military control. ( Remember Islamic State)) attacking Assad an enemy of United States and Israel. Your simplistic world nothing to see here.

So therefore it's fine that Putin invaded and did some war crimes?

Neither side is "winning", but you are cheering for Putin in an invasion that is butchering and murdering Ukrainians, stealing their land, stealing their crops. Your posts are stuffed with claims that the Ukrainian army was just about to collapse, that was months ago. Just more of your vile views, like the Holocaust denial stuff. On the only forum on this site you can get away with