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Crap I think thats Trump for president now. After him nearly being shot and surviving that's him a shoe in for president, people will love that he survived and all the chanting at the end when he threw his fist out. The assassin probably was hoping to get Trump out of the white house but might now have gotten him the golden ticket into it.
OK, it's a representative federal republic of 50 states, not a true democracy. Yet it is still one in which votes are freely held in confidence one in which a legal system which maintains the rights of the individual over the wants of the government, and one which culturally values reward for effort. Plus, face it, it's been critical to Ukraine defending itself even though there is no obligation for it to. Even discounting the weapons deliveries, those aren't exactly Irish aircraft and satellites feeding intelligence data to the Ukrainians and letting them use the GPS system, no matter how wonderfully democratic the country is.
Apart from the ones throwing spears and I've also seen petrol bombs being thrown. Won't take long for Russian Soliders dressed as immerigrants to open fire on the Polish border patrol who can't defend themselves because of laws etc…
People (sane ones) see Russian scutter as scutter!
Shooting desperate unarmed refugees is how the russian scutter pump will spin it.
Half a million men dying in 2-3 years is disastrous for demographics in a country with lowest birth rates as is and subsaharan male life expectancy before the war.
A country which is also technologically retrograding and willingly disconnecting itself from the world
There just is no way of spinning it as a positive or recovering unless Putin goes down Gilead like dystopian path
Did you read the part where I said that democracy will be the death of democracy? Because that's what's happening now in America. Bad and all as it may be, you should see what democracy looks like in Russia,,,or China.
I dunno, we have report after report of incredible casualties from sources that predicted when this war will start
According to the draft law, the proposals would excuse public officials carrying weapons from liability where they use weapons in self-defence or ‘pre-emptively’ when the ‘life, health and freedom’ of law enforcement officials are threatened during an ‘unlawful attack on the inviolability of the state border’.
It doesn't seem too drastic? I mean if you attack a sovereign state's border…. you can't expect zero repercussions.
Russia has weaponized the border, Poland should be able to defend it.
This is a big development and could spread to other countries that are fed up of the hoards of migrants crashing against their borders. Another seed of chaos planted by russia.
And obviously never spent any time in Russia, especially in the Republic's!!! (much less in Ukraine!! )
Ah c'mon, if america was a democracy Trump wouldn't get near power. It's their stupid unbalanced version of a democracy that allows the likes of this to happen. The electoral college isn't democratic, it's antiquated nonsense that's seen dipsticks like Bush and Trump elected despite losing the popular vote by millions.
Increasing refugee numbers in Europe has been one of Putin's big destabilisation strategies for many years, and certainly one of his aims getting involved in the Syrian war. Let's face it, it's been a huge success, leading very directly to the rise of the far right across the continent
The **** version difference between the US and China and Russia is massive, as in Russia and China, being rated at 100, and even if America were rated at 50 (it's not, or even near it INHO) Thats still a hell of a big difference. Bearing in mind that thousands are trying to enter the US daily, both legal and illegal, while the same is not happening in China or Russia. Sure, America is not perfect, far from it, but neither is it the worst place on earth. It's currently suffering from the biggest enemy of democracy, and that's democracy itself, by its very nature.
Sure, but they don't need to do what they do either. Being a less shìt version of Russia and China isn't anything to be proud off. As I said, they're not even minding their own house now.
who picks the letters in the Indo? Some woman writing in today’s Indo saying NATO is the main danger to world peace and provoked Russia into invading Ukraine
Probably just adding them in out of pity. Since Clare and Mick are unemployed now.
Mr Zelenskyi ( on his way home ) had a chat with An Taoiseach ( @ SNN airport ).
https://t.me/noel_reports/14172
https://t.me/noel_reports/14173
Good for you Mr Z. ! Even in my younger days my head was biltzed for a couple of days after going east from U.S. of A.
Addition : https://t.me/noel_reports/14181
In Ireland for an official visit.
Yes. That’s the reason those famously warmongering nations of Sweden and Finland just flocked to NATO.
It’s just stupid people thinking they are clever, writing ignorant letters. No idea of European history, mass psychology of nations and wars, or real human hardship anywhere else in the world. No idea of anything much beyond some muddle in their heads converging on the nebulous concept of “peace”, probably. Very comfortable, stupid people.
They were testing its glide capabilities for when they have engine failures…
Sure, but for all the US faults and failings, just imagine a world without the US. Everything you find fault within the US, exists in far worse forms in the likes of China, Russia, Iran, N-Korea etc, but only in democratic America are people allowed to talk and protest about these things. At least they are for now, but if Trump wins the election, these rights and freedoms could well be lost.
Highly unlikely to be the result of hostile action but sanctions could have played a part. The SSJ-100 has a lot of western components.
Can you imagine what the spare parts situation for planes is like…….???
Russian jet crashes
The US don't annex land, they annex assets. Stay as long as it needs to make a profit then move on.
Other times they invade just to stop the spread of an idea yet we now have a situation of a dangerous idea sweeping the US like a virus and they've done nothing to counteract it. Their biggest foe has turned 40% of their people against their own country and they do nothing. They have some funny ideals.
Unfortunately that doesn't matter. He said it himself, he could shoot someone in 5th avenue and they'd still vote for him. His base is so filled with hate, they'll vote for anyone who's anti establishment.
He's also a street fighter when it comes to talking down the opposition. He started early with the Sleepy Joe thing and it's grown from there. Bidens decline both physically and mentally has just added fuel to the fire Trump was already pushing.
Two Russians detained in Australia.
Meanwhile the talking heads on russan TV discuss Orban's travels.
Russians waiting in cover and listening for drones. They were spotted.
May she Rest in Peace and the two boys die roaring.
