That's pretty mean! I had created a comment abuse fund which I had not had to add money to in a while, but I think it just got it started back up. But its only $5. So now its up to $10. This money will go to MAGA! Let's welcome all sides of the debate! It's not a debate if you only have one side.
This trolling effort is running out of steam. Greenland? I do think this is a solid plan for world peace, giving in to imperialist dictatorships until they are satisfied with their gains. As long as we don't run out of other people's land to bargain for our own benefit, we should be cool.
Who the f is Denmark to own that big piece of land. F Denmark. They don't deserve it. And they haven't done shit with it. We'd turn it into a big ass new state! When I was in Real Estate class, I learned that the goal of RE is make the "highest and best use" of the land. Do you think Denmark is meeting this standard? Plus we need a buffer with China. So it makes a lot of sense.
The Ukrainians redeployed a brigade to the Donbass 10 days ago. Looks like it's having an effect. Even before that, there were signs that the Russian offence was culminating - slightly faster advances but no breakthrough. If it is culminating, that salient they've acquired in front of Pokrovsk could become albatross around their necks with enough artillery and ammo: the logistics of keeping its troops supplied will be a nightmare.
Some things never change: This horde is not an army because it possesses neither any real loyalty to faith, tsar and fatherland - words that have been so much misused! - nor valour, nor military dignity. All it possesses are, on the one hand, passive patience and repressed discontent, and on the other, cruelty, servitude and corruption. Nikolai Tolstoy
A debate presumes that both parties have roughly equivalent levels of knowledge. Not intellect, not integrity, not courage, just knowledge. Otherwise it's exhibitionism by therapy for the ignorant and cruelty by process for the knowledgeable. The people here are pretty knowledgeable about this conflict, and other things. I was about to say that you'd better bring your "A game" if you want to hang around here, but the truth is you'd better acquire one.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/06/...ukrainian-soldiers-killed-intl-cmd/index.html Zero accountability.
I think that is a fair way to assess it, but I'd also add that there are infinitely more drones than missiles because the drones are so much less expensive. So using the AA missiles on the drones means you can't use that missile to knock out Shahed and Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's cities.
Those Russians will be dead soon. I imagine there'll be repercussions at some point but they can take 10 or 15 years.
That is one of the things that came out during the Kursk offensive. Once Ukrainian advances slowed, Russian soldiers started to loot the villages near the front.
Please don't ignore me Paul. I come here to make friends and connections. And if you ignore me then it will go against this goal. Is that what you want for me? You're showing the world that you dont' care about my mental health.
ohhh boy that's a low blow. gonna have to add $5 to the Conservative Comment Abuse Fund for that one. (or CONCOMAF for short)
Irish Rover... you are living up to your name. Very uncool. I have studied this issue. The fact is that Ukraine cannot win. Putin is all in. I just read yesterday that he only wants eastern Urkaine. It's full of Russians so they will decide. You let Kosovo decide, so now you have to let Donbas decide. And no its not just propagand that there are neo-nazis in Urkaine. You know its true.
I know you guys don't believe this trope, but its true that the US pushed Putin to the edge. NATO went to Poland and there was the threat of going to Urkaine. Clinton promised not to do this. We reneged on our promise. And that's messed up! Now we must eat our crow. Every country deserves a buffer from the enemy. We put missles close to Moscow. It's all part of the US model to push as far as we can. But that's a dumb outdated model from the cold war hawks. Of which Biden belongs. But Trump does not. He can see clearly. We push to create tension. Tension creates fear. Fear creates the need for military spending. And that makes Lockheed rich. Lockheed donates to politicians. rinse and repeat. Trump will end the war and we can start paying down our debt. Then audit the hell out of Zelensky and Co and see how much money they hoarded. And let's be honest. Here's some more food for thought----> Ukraine is a long country, east to west. It really should be split into 2 or even 3 countries you could say. The west in Europe. The east in Asia. This is the best solution as it will provide long lasting peace. Two different cultures. Eastern Europe is cut up into lots of small countries for this same paradigm. Ie balkanization due to varying languages and cultures. No reason to no apply that to Ukraine. And let's be real, eastern Ukraine is more Russian in nature.
That's a matter of opinion. What isn't is that you're frivolous, superficial and deliberately annoying No. Not going to speculate about the particular spectrum you're on but Big Soccer threads are not good places to find the professional help you need. Or the spiritual help either
what a debbie downer! i'm a happy go lucky person, at least right now. i'm mood-fluid baby is that ok? i haven't broken the terms of content, because i don't want to get banned! this is my favorite place on the internet and if i got banned i'd be very sad! so i study the terms to make sure i'm abiding by them. AND i stayed out of people's threads and created my own but then no one like that. they wanted me to go back to their threads. so here i am! anyways. back to the thread topic. can i ask you something.... is anyone else pro-Russia here? or is it just me? frankly, this is all the USA's fault! And also, Europe is rich enough to defend themselves! you know its true Irish