Oh I know,
The only power the like of the UN has is power given to it by its member States. As soon as some refuse to recognise it or its judgements it becomes worthless.
It is built almost entirely on confidence - trying to set up a new UN without Russia would not be recognised by many nations sympathetic to them, and many who would fear similar treatment. It would be a fast track to an even more fragmented world.
No Moscovite/Russian should be allowed in - as I said before- for the simple reason that they can all ‘be got at’ by Moscovite embassy staff - either directly or indirectly. . All they - embassy staff - need to do to get what they want is to threaten them , their family back home, etc, etc and away they go. There are loads of ‘windows in Ireland also and thousands of restaurants , coffee shops which can serve ‘ tea of all flavours’
So Russians and people of Russian descent in Ireland are now all potential assassins!
Have you informed the authorities of this threat?
Refusing to fight for a dictator who is also a designated war criminal is not proof of cowardice. And those in Russia at the present time, who choose not to fight. are very brave men indeed. Must be the guts of 1 million Russians of military age who have chosen to leave rather than fight for Putin.
Not to mention whet they will do to Ukrainian POW's. Tit for Tat. So its very wrong on every level.
if organizing and fighting against Putin, a revolution was possible, don't you think that it would have happened before now? It has not and will not happen while Putin has a personal army of 420'000 so called National Defence Force ( AKA Putins personal defence force) This force is exclusively to prevent internal dissent, and will never be sent to Ukraine, nom matter how short of soldiers they are there. He has already stopped thousands and thousands of protesters, 30'0000 / 40'0000 at a time.
I've no doubt Putin would choose a forever war instead of voluntarily retreating. He won't leave his position as president until either old age or sickness takes him. Unless Ukraine defeat them sooner I could see this war going 10 years. At the current rate of losses Russia will be defeated but there's no guarantee that keeps up.
There's so much riding on this spring/summer offensive because without Ukrainian success Putin would be able to keep this going for 10 years easily with about 200k Russia soldiers dying each year.
But if Ukraine actually can liberate Kherson and zaporizhzhia this summer it will seriously damage Russian logistics, split their army in 2 and provides Ukraine with real options to force Russia out over the next 2 year's.
We dont have this problem with Afghans and Syrians
I think it's safe to say that they already know
If that’s art of Putin’s strategy/policy/plan , re assassins well then yes. And re informing the relevant authorities, what I am saying should be as clear as the ‘noses on their faces’
IMO you are a professional cherry picker and trying also to muddy the waters.
another way of of replying to your input would be to say that you know wery well the point that I was making and it needed no further clarification /hinformation
International law tends to evaporate on the battlefield, especially in this war. Russia is using phosphorous and termite. All decorum, for want of a better word, went when the Russians started killing civilians on day one.
that is crazy...and if you express that opinion there id say your shipped of to siberia fairly quick too!
Yes keep enough of them to trade for your own POWs and I am utterly against cruelty of any kind, even against Russians. But Ukraine is fighting desperately and if taking Russian POWs is a drain on resources and time it is, in my opinion, ok to dispense with them. They are the criminals in this war. If taking POWs is not a drain on resources and does not detract from the war effort then take them prisoner, otherwise, optimize time and energy.
Can I just say **** the IOC
What an embarressment of an orgainisation and should be completely gutted from top to bottom
Have them all serving drinks.
Your second sentence directly contradicts your first.
Are you condoning war crimes?
Murdering POWs is not acceptable, and expedience is not an excuse.
Both sides are wrong... however, there are FAR, far more documented cases of Russian troops committing war crimes.
It could be argued also that the Russian acts have also been far more sadistic and gruesome on a whole.
Yet they bitch and moan when a load of their POW's are shot.
It's very hypocritical and if they're so concerned (yet oblivious to their own acts).. the easy way to avoid it is to exit Ukraine.
I'm sure most would agree with you but the point is that the execution of POWs is wrong. Your point would stand if anyone here was saying Russian POW killing are wrong, and Russian's treat Ukraine POWs better overall than Ukraine treats Russian POWs, but nobody has said that. You just threw that in to argue a point nobody has actually made.
You are clearly not against cruelty of any kind. You appear to be quite a fan of it though interesting that you try to absolve yourself of that.
Taking POWs is always a drain on time and resources. Apart from executing POWs being ultimately self-defeating it is fairly abhorrent behaviour. Something the Ukrainian leadership would themselves agree with.
no, point was both sides are wrong... the rest is opinion, so get down off that high horse
Obvious that its opinion and no high horse here, i'm giving my views on your opinion. Your point is both sides are wrong, agreeing with the original point made.
Fearless leader is at it again, and I am not being sarcastic.
He's never been one to shy from danger and if the day ever comes when he's killed doing something like this, he'll create something stronger than he ever could have been alive.
But yet the hypocrisy of Russia complaining about POW's being shot, where if you were Ukrainian, you would more likely be tortured to death, goes right over your head...
I'm not disputing that Ukrainian's have treated and are treating Russian POWs better than Ukrainian's are treated in the hands of the Russians, nobody here is and that is who you're talking to here, not the Russians. Nobody has even mentioned Russians complaining about their treatment, you brought that up.
The point is that the killing any POWs in war is wrong, nobody had mentioned who, what or when until you did.
You can't pick and choose where morals lie based on the people up against them, that alone is immoral.
Well timed Kremlin propaganda nothing more.
No doubt it will be used first thing on Monday morning when the Presidency of the UNSC passes to the Kremlin,we demand a full investigation into war crimes committed by the Ukrainian leadership against Russian peacekeepers on annexed territories of Russia
Of course its hypocritical and no one should for a second pretend any such argument is made in good faith.
It doesn't mean Ukrainian soldiers can do whatever they want cause the Russians are dickheads. Again, this is a logic that the Ukrainian command themselves hold to.
Somewhere under all of that reactive armor is a British Challenger 2 tank in Ukraine......
The story of how an East German became a Sleeper Agent for the KGB in the US.
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