Russia-Ukraine War

I am quite aware of that this is no place for anyone who is not firmly pro Ukrainian. The question I have is how is that make me pro Russian? This idiotic reasoning is not uncommon as everyone who is not pro Israel and dare to call for end of Gaza conflict is immediately branded pro Hamas.

Simple minds require simple solutions and all they offer is inability to accept that someone may not be interested in taking a side.

Saying peace at any cost to Ukraine (and you have said the regions captured by Russia were valuable) and not condeming Russian agression and expansion is plainly pro Russian.

If you witness a bully beating up another person, and describe that as two people fighting…

That is plainly being pro-bully \ expressing a position favourable to the aggressor and doing a dis-service to the truth.

It is not. On the contrary Moldovans were rejecting unification attempts as they value their independence and want to join EU as independent state. Romanian push which started right after Moldova gained independence scared Russian minority and result was short but bloody conflict resulting in stalemate in Transdnistria.

There is a barrage of claims and proclamations which started right after breakup of Soviet union and while it was kept at a bay until recently there is expectation that reunification can be pushed through more easily now with Sandu elected. Btw she holds both countries citizenship and quite few people think that if reunification move forward she may be more capable leader than any Bucharest can offer.

There is whole different world out there if you want to get on subject starting with wiki page cataloguing every call for it and continuing with published scholar papers claiming how there is no difference between the two of them and how cool it would be if they would be together. It is slow process but it is there and gaining momentum. Ukraine conflict just accelerated it more. They even voted Romanian as official language and replaced every mention of Moldovan language in every official document constitution including as Romanian. Go figure.

I said the war should end and sooner it ends the better it will be.

Peace at any cost and not condemning Russian agression is something you added in order to put a label on me exactly in check with "if you are not with us you must be against" reasoning.

Right. Colorful examples and the truth, another attempt to categorize people again.

I can assure you that if something like that happens I would act and I would not just stay there with phone in the hand taking video and talking about it.

War is different and complex scenario which cant be downgraded or simplified with this bully example. If you feel so strongly about it you can go and join the cause. I know people who did and I listened to what they have to say afterwards. I would not repeat it here because none of you would understand. That is all I say about it and I still call for war, any war to end. The sooner it happens the better it will be.

We can all agree that the war should end and the sooner the better. You certainly give the impression that you would prefer it to end with Ukraine capitulating to Russian agression - you have posted nothing that would suggest the opposite…

I pointed out an example of where "if you are not for, you are against" and you have no credible response, just an attempt at shifting the goalposts.

War is different and complex. Why? Nope - not necessarily. This is argument by assertion, without foundation.

"If you feel so strongly about it go and join the cause". A total cop out answer, by that standard, why don't you? You seem to feel strongly on the subject too. Why don't you go there, position yourself in no man's land and plead for peace? What do you think your life expectancy will be? Do you think "any of them" would "understand"? So you don't even live up to your own "advice". Self discrediting isn't it? Why are you calling for war to end here, when none of us on this thread are doing the fighting?

Another "attempt to categorize people"? Then, what's "none of you would understand"? Again, easy to write lines like that in posts to try to score points, easy to forget to follow them yourself. Go back and re-read your own recent posts, and see how many times you categorized people.

I have outlined the consequences of your position, and it is not peace, it is rewarding aggressors and rewarding warfare. Again, you had no credible response. Calling for a war to end on that basis is in reality just perpetuating the reasons for it, it is not a serious basis for peace, and it is not peace by any real definition.

No, thank you. I am not sucking anything up and I am not picking side. I do not care which side win or lose as long as killing stop.

A reminder of what "peace" looks like on occupied Ukraine.

we will be at gamechanger 30 and talking about another 1 or 2 occupied oblasts as it seems it is heading in that direction anyway

You could at least attempt to hide your arousal at the thought of it happening? Anyway the mask has completely slipped. You are pro Russian. End of story. No further dialogue needed.

I wish it was different but what can I do?

1. No you don't
2. Donate to a Ukraine fund like United24 or The69thSniffingBrigade. Of course, you won't do this because that would upset your Russian mates.

We all wish it was different.

No one wants this invasion. We all want it to end. Putin isn't just attacking Ukraine, he's attacking Europe, we're a part of that.

It's unreal to come across individuals who don't care how it ends, meaning they don't care who prevails. Reinforced by snide comments, as if there's something wrong with expressing hope or support in Ukraine prevailing.

If Putin prevails, there'll only be more war. As a supposed "anti-war" person you may need to take some time to think about that.

it must be the only war ever in the history of all wars - and go back as far as you want to- where UKr is the clear victim with ‘ both hands tied BEHIND its’s back’ and ‘ one leg tied up behind it’s back’. So this means that it cannot kick out with the free leg because if it does it will FALL. Imagine not being allowed to attack/ neutralise locations in Russia that is firing missiles at you with arnaments provided from outside sources. Putins bluff has been called re going nuclear. It is now clear that he is concentrating exclusively on using large numbers of soldiers - to overwhelm the smaller UKr numbers- along with bombing everything in sight

It is clear that the week or two of the absence of this thread, caused very serious withdrawal symptoms resulting in stream of nonsense from a particularly badly effected Russian propaganda victim.

Show me where I rejected the claim.