No, but a one-party system is. Do I really need to say this?
A two party system encourages unquestioning support of one camp over the other.
People are elected not on their merits but because they are identified as one of us rather than one of them.
This destroys political discussion and tears society apart.
One party systems also destroy democracy.
That does not mean that two party systems do not also do this.
We are watching it in action as America cannot function as a whole .
And ,obviously on this island as well.
Best army in the world
Often the issue is that third parties (Russians, the media etc) use propaganda to spread discontent. I am becoming increasingly suspicious of Sky News. All they seem to want to do is attack everything.
Yes , its pure evil and they do it because they are losing the war and know it so they lash out in all directions now. Last gasp of a dying wasp.
America has managed to get do far up its own ass, its no longer sure which is up, down, left right or sideways. like a crazy gyroscope.
It's been confirmed Russian drones crash landed inside Romania. It's time to call Putin's bluff and invoke article 5.
I think it is also a desire to bully Ukraine into submission. If they invade Ukraine (they won't at this stage) they would face a huge insurgency problem that would go on indefinitely. They want to avoid this by spreading terror to make Ukrainians submissive, like Russians.
That's not a reasonable response as it was clearly an accident. Countries don't go to war over that. Best solution is for NATO to respond by sending more air defence systems to cover the south of Ukraine from these attacks.
I think it is the way they fight wars (that at least partly accounts for it). They haven't gone all in on air power and precision weapons the way the US has, don't have the technology or capability.
When they go to war, they do alot of bludgeoning almost everything within range of their artillery and missiles and bombs (e.g. look at what has happened to parts of Ukraine where they can bring the full weight of their weapons to bear, some of the aerial video and photography is shocking; turned them into moonscapes that will take years to make habitible again).
I think it is what they did in Syria and what they did in Chechnya long before that, but this is of course on a far bigger and more serious scale, more destruction and likely far more deaths caused when that can finally be tallied.
Like a moron running into a field of cattle and scattering them across the ditches into the neighbouring fields and neighbouring parishes.
It's to terrorise the population into fleeing the country and put humanitarian pressure on the neighbouring countries that would be enemies of Russia and destabilise the governments and society and bring anarchy.
Exactly, they do it because that's how they've always done it. This is Chechnya again on a grander scale
It's the full definition of terrorism.
Russia is a terrorist state.
It fights and bluffs it's way with terror.
No need for this but as posted before, I kind of think NATO countries should agree with Ukraine to protect this particular border area with air defences based in Romania. I believe it is now critical for storage + export of Ukraine's grain (that is why the drones are being rained down on it).
edit: Maybe in my ignorance there's other reasons I have not considered why that can't be done, but only reason I can think of is fear/caution either of Romania, or other NATO members who probably would have to provide the air defences.
Would save Ukraine's military having to do this job. Also Russia/Putin has to escalate once again if they want to attack any air defences located outside Ukraine. Puts the ball back in their court.
First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN
Good thing Russia has lots of other allies like eh North Korea
Yes, they did the exactly same thing in both Syria and Grozny I can confirm it, because I was there. Indiscriminate bombing. They levelled entire neighborhoods in the City's. Some were so badly bombed that no vehicular traffic was possible, on foot only through the street's. In Deraa, people survived in the cellars in their thousands, Men, Women and Children living in horrific conditions. Same thing in Chechnya, massive bombing, levelling whole villages, and they had helicopter gunships hunting the "terrorist's" who fled from the bombed villages into the woods and forest. SOP for Russian military.
In a twisted way I guess it can work against already captive populations or weak opposition.
In very broad brush strokes, it worked in Deraa. At one point, the Free Syrian Army and opposition ( Al-Quaida / ISIS) were on the point of taking Damascus and it was very much touch and go. It was at that point that Assad brought in the Russians. And the bombing started in earnest, But even so, it took quite a while before the Armed opposition agreed to leave Deraa after intense negotiations. They were allowed leave with only their small weapons, all the heavy stuff was left behind. So yes, that was one place where it worked, and it marked the turning point in the war for Assad.
If Ukraine take over the first and second lines around Roboytne and the other village's nearby before the year is out would it prove almost impossible for Russia to ever take it back? Ukraine would use the Russian defenses against them which they would strengthen. The terrain is mostly flat open fields, they'd have a field day with their cluster munitions.
It's important any hard fought gains for Ukraine are even harder for Russia to regain.
More big losses for Russian artillery.
Even allowing for Ukranian propaganda regarding the numbers......Russian artillery is being annihilated
Does make you wonder how much of it they have to start with; you hear much of Russian Doctrine favouring saturation bombardment but to do that would require what must be tens of thousands of units - maybe 6 figures?
At the rate of these losses the Russians are gonna need to dust off those Tsar Tank blueprints and museum pieces..
And exactly why our government should be taking a unilateral stand by directing the Russian ambassador and all his staff to leave this country forthwith. Cut all trade and links to terrorists.
I think you're right and there's a strong case for Romania and NATO and the EU to operate air defences from the Danube side, to help protect these ports and their capacity to export grain etc. If that means attacking incoming Russian ordnance over Ukrainian territory, so be it.
The fact we haven't done this is shameful. The embassy is being used as a hub for spreading propaganda and disinformation throughout Europe.
Russian response as already predicted by one of our regular Nostradamuses @odyssey06 .
Looks at best like this will be a stalemate heading into the winter. Neither side seems to have the ability or the willingness to take bigger risks to make real progress. It's worth remembering that when Russia first sent a merry band of thugs in to the Donbass in 2014 the aim wasn't to win a conflict but to create a permanent state of destabilised perception.
That could be Russia's aim here as well as they show no signs of moving anywhere on the front despite reportedly having the means to do so in the east.
The strategy may be to just keep Ukraine destabilised and by extension NATO at arms length.
You could argue the current situation is just a continuation of destabilisation since 2014.
Seems like the US are happy enough with the progress they're seeing anyway.
You could argue but you'd be wrong.
It makes complete sense if you understand what Russia has done in the Donbass prior to this conflict.
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