Quote (Ognadibik @ Feb 24 2022 10:14am)

Yeah
I added in my sign too, some ppl are just beyond dumb
He will keep saying the same nonsense when ruusia invades finland
He will keep saying the same nonsene when russia invades sweden
He will keep saying the same nonsense when russia invades poland

Quote (Djunior @ Feb 24 2022 11:21am)

I can see this conflict from both sides, which apparently many cannot.

This isn't a single sided conflict, both the West and the Russians have blame. However, after the fall of the USSR there was a massive opportunity to build a new security agreement that would respect both sides.

It never happened and in fact the West saw itself as winner of the cold war and Russia fell into chaos in the 1990s, economic and military collapse, crime skyrocketed. Putin stood up determined to fix it.

It's simply a missed opportunity and now we're dealing with the effects.

Perhaps you should watch this, I posted it before, it's a proper lecture by John Mearsheimer from Chicago University. This is 2015 btw ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4

Quote (chopstickz777 @ 24 Feb 2022 12:29)

Azov fascist cowards are using human shields in Mariupol:


Летсгоу Брандон 🇷🇺 🇸🇾 🇵🇸 🇮🇷 🇾🇪 🇨🇺 🇻🇪
@ImmatureVictor
AZOV putting up stiff resistance in Mariupol despite their "leaders" fleeing to Poland.
AZOV not allowing civilians to evacuate city, need human shields.
Hopefully Russian elimination of all AZOV troops is imminent.

Quote (chopstickz777 @ Jan 23 2022 04:07pm)

Putin Makes Up Fantasy Over Imminent NATO Invasion

Quote (chopstickz777 @ Feb 24 2022 09:34am)

Russia explains what sealed the deal on the invasion:

Murad Gazdiev@MuradGazdiev·1m
❗Russia says the final straw was President Zelensky’s declaration of intent to restore Ukraine as a nuclear power. This, they say, sealed the invasion


So, who wants to volunteer next to personally threaten Putin and all 146 million Russian citizens with nukes?

Any takers?

Quote (IceMage @ 24 Feb 2022 12:35)

The West saw itself as the winner because it was.

There's a presupposition in your post that Russia must be given a sphere of influence, free of Western involvement. My question is why? Nation states have chosen to align with the West, to join the EU and/or NATO. We didn't force them to make that choice. They made it because it was in their best interest to do so, because opening up their economies and becoming more democratic are good things.

If Russia wants nations to align with it, they should find a way to do so without coercion and force. But that's all they have, which is why it makes sense for their neighbors to join the EU and NATO.