Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

Say China invades Taiwan ….. why should not be the business of Europe or America ??? ….. Israel can invade Lebanon, bomb Iran, etc and slaughter thousands of Palestinians in Gaza and not one word about it …… when Russia invaded Ukraine a big deal …. but we were supposed to be ok with America invading Iraq in 2003 ….. it is all hypocrisy and no side is better than the other ….. the West getting involved in places they are not supposed to be causes a load of the trouble ….. and it needs to be clear that people like Rutte should not be marching the world into trouble …..

There is no doubt Putin and his invasion of Ukraine is bad ….. but tell me this ??? …. when have we heard any real attempts at peace here ???? ….. does NATO really care about Ukraine ??? ….. or do they care more about getting one up on the Russians ???? …. the cold war mentality is alive and well ….. and Ukraine has joined Korea, Vietnam, many African countries and many Central American countries in this long proxy warfare between the West and Russia ….

Rutte was into lockdowns until February 2022 …. when they had long ended everywhere else …. I do not think that was good leadership then ….. perhaps 2 years before or even 1 year before there was an argument but not then when vaccines were prolific and Covid was better understood ……

when have we heard any real attempts at peace here ????

Ukraine/Zelensky offered an unconditional ceasefire in order to facilitate negotiations. Putin/Russia refused. Forced upon them by the current US Administration by the way, just to make your head explode a little more :)

Try not to let little things like facts get in the way of your silly little ill formed rants.

Take your Rutte/Covid whataboutism to a relevant thread. It doesn't belong here. Thanks.

Cool. War is wrong. Thanks mate. None of us here were aware of that before. Consider us enlightened.

Number 3 today

All conflicts are different and have different impacts.

Politically, geopolitically, economically.

When e.g. Russia invaded Ukraine it had a high impact. An authoritarian country was once again attempting to invade a democracy in Europe (bringing up the spectre of WW2) as well as the Cold War (US v USSR) - then there were the economic impacts (global inflation), the energy crisis, millions of refugees fleeing further into Europe, the potential for escalation with a nuclear power, the potential collapse of Ukraine turning into a snowball effect, further invasion, etc.

If China were to invade Taiwan there would be a similar global impact. The US is an ally to Taiwan so there is the potential for a much larger conflict there, there would be a huge economic impact, would we sanction China? (that would have a massive global impact if we did) - potentially worse or much worse than Ukraine.

The world is not "fair" as such, there have been conflicts dragging on for decades already, there are flare-ups, there are short sharp conflicts that die down quickly, there are ignored conflicts in Africa where vast numbers die, there are new conflicts. If we were to judge each on a spectrum of potential severity and global impact indeed China invading Taiwan would be up there.

Quite the bizarre take. Although it does explain the logic of a large percentage of Americans voting for a narcissistic, lying, tax fiddling, draft dodging, political party hopping sexual predator.

How long before one of them figures that it's worth having a pop at the most corrupt among them, the one who builds himself palaces and had three yachts?

GUR should open a self help hotline. 'Boss getting you down? Let us help you put him down first.'

What age bracket are you referring to?

The Russian army are in no position to attack any other country. They are running on petrol fumes now in Ukraine.

Putin invaded a sovereign European country, do you really think NATO were going to invade Russia?

I see Laos are going to provide troops to Russia, time to cut off any western aid if the are getting it

If anyone is going to invade Russia it will be China reclaiming it's qing dynasty territories.