Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

Mulbot,in order to help you to post more accurately and objectively and in a more balanced way I suggest the following by trying to explain to you Jmreire’s no 15172 and 15262. So, would you like to visit/live in a country that-

has the most beautiful scenery in the world

Has the best of fresh locally produced food available

All restaurants cater for vegans , vegetarians and suchlike.

Cost of food, and the other basics are very affordable

Has an affordable health service that is available to all including visitors/tourists

Has no housing problem

Full employment is the norm.

There are police everywhere to make sure’ law and order’ are kept

BUT , BUT, BUT, BuT, BUT, if

you put a step wrong eg breaking traffic lights

Or you have not got your papers with you when stopped by police

Or you look suspicious

Or you are protesting against anything but especially against government policy

Or carrying a placard which says nothin

Then (THEN ) , the police will have the right to arrest you and it is up to the discression of the court whether to jail , release or fine you, . You might also be asked for a few bob by the arresting officer and his surperiors involved in your case.

And if you are from , for example, The US , The UK, Germany or France and you get jail , the jail term might be longer. This can be mitigated if there is a prisoner swap arranged.

And , by the way, some of these jails are in very cold places and you will need very warm clothes.

And the chances are that you will not be allowed to communicate with family or solicitors while incarcerated

So, in summary , what’s the point in highlighting what is good about the country when your basic freedom is under constant threat and especially in the context of what the country that is carrying out this Special Military Operation is like

And there you have it.

War - including indiscriminate shelling of civilian infrastructure and abduction of citizens - can be justified if your neighbour won't hand over land that you've decided you are entitled to and where they want to join other neighbouring nations in signing up to a military defence grouping.

Shall we travel the globe and pick out all the historic border disputes and allow the gloves to be taken off to see who gets to keep what? Would Germany like Danzig back?

At least you're not pretending anymore. A country that was functioning just fine until Russia interfered now deserves to be carved up, because might is right. And of course, god knows what horrors would have awaited Ukraine had it joined the EU - that well known destroyer of human rights and civil liberties. Much better to align with Putin's Russia where democracy has never been stronger and all dissenting voices are welcomed.

TLDR; a load of disingenuous horse s**te barely pretending to be facts.

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A few months ago DeAnna Huffman announced that her husband Derek is joining the Russian Army. They said they wouldn’t send him to the front lines. They lied. What you get when you’re an American who moves to Russia for “Christian values.”

Classic case of FAFO!

Wonder how long he'll last,and will she remain in russia when the inevitable happens?

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Sooo, to sum up. NATO is evil because it was effective at stopping other nations from attacking its member states? And once its forces were used to try and supress another war in Eastern Europe (where no doubt you see the Serbs as the victims).

It's a bit like me complaining about the airbags in my car never ONCE having saved my life, just taking up precious space and adding to the cost.

Excellent mental gymnastics. Laughing at undisputed poll results from 1991 and then proceeding to cheerlead historic events from 25-30 years ago as justification for the invasion and attempted annexation of a sovereign European country.

He quite clearly hasn't, as anyone who has followed this thread and his posts from Day 1 can attest to. He has plenty of good things to say about the people, and actually gives the impression of someone who enjoyed a lot of his experience in that part of the world, but who has little sympathy for those who willingly give up their moral compass for money and power. I get the impression that when a regime change inevitable comes about, that poster would welcome the chance to revisit the country.

Yet another misrepresentation of facts by you.

Even more incredible is with your alledged vast experienced of Russia , Ukraine ect. that you never had even one bad experience…..incredible! The only people I know that had such trouble free experience, were the ones who after producing their ID card, all problems melted away. Had you one of these magic cards mulbot? In my time in Russia, I had many experiences, good and bad and made many friends, but the point is, the bad experiences tend to stay in forefront of the memory. The incident I mentioned was mere chat, happens a million times a day in Russia. I've forgotten more of those than I can remember, the point is, they are all part of the fabric of Life in Russia under Vladimir Putin. But I have other memories, many of them, and they are not so easy to forget. But they are not for discussion on a public forum. Have you heard of the expression a telephone call to Putin? Have you ever made such a call? Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Murderous Psychopath,

Nope, found the Russians very hospitable, never had issues, met alot of western tourists when I've been there, nobody had issues. I've had more issues with Police (1 issue) with police when I lived in Canada, silly traffic nonsense, but that doesn't mean everyone did or that I can give out about Canadian police either. I think a person attitude goes a long way when abroad.

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The brief tale of Francine and her Russian dream:-Trade your life in the U.S. for a starring role in Russian state propaganda

Oh dear,another tale of woe from utopia!

This is badly needed. But more.

The Website said nothing of joining any army. Only sell your land in the US or Canada and buy another farm in Russia five or ten times that size. It'd be packaged up as disillusioned with western values and lgbt rights. Sell your farm and buy times larger and raise your children in a Christian country. There's other religions there too but that's how it's packaged to as you said Maga types who bite. When they get there everything they find is a lie. And there's no private ownership of land. The Kremlin own that and it's at the will of the Kremlin if you can lease that land and for how long and you can be kicked off at any second and assets seized. But for anyone that's grown in a capitalist society with most likely inherited farm that seems to be so alien that it's western propaganda of Russia. They go and find out and there's no way out. Kremlin has you caught.