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Dec 15 2022 03:13pm
Quote (ofthevoid @ Dec 15 2022 09:12pm)
It's fear mongering to continue the war. No serious person believes Russia intends or ever intended to invade all of Europe. What a real threat would be is them domineering their immediate neighbors i.e the baltic states, maybe Poland, Ukraine, etc, but to seriously think they had intentions to go on beyond that...is lol worthy


honestly, they cant and wont, touch Poland.

Quote (ownyaah @ Dec 15 2022 09:13pm)
Poland is pushing it.


yea i noticed that as well but Russia will just ignore them, or not sell stuff to them. its how Putin operates. He holds grugdes and does tit for tat.



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Quote (ferdia @ Dec 16 2022 12:13am)
honestly, they cant and wont, touch Poland.



yea i noticed that as well but Russia will just ignore them, or not sell stuff to them. its how Putin operates. He holds grugdes and does tit for tat.


Russia could probably steam-roll Poland, if they went in with 2-3 million man. But, it isn't a serious concept:

1. Why would they ever do it?
2. No parts of Poland would accept it, Russia has no support in Poland whatsoever --> massive unrest
3. Why??
4. Nato-conflict
5. Even Russian allies would be pissed
6. Why??

This is all hypothetical, but anyway Baltics domination is 10000% more reasonable, for a multitude of factors.

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Russia could probably steam-roll Poland, if they went in with 2-3 million man. But, it isn't a serious concept:

1. Why would they ever do it?
2. No parts of Poland would accept it, Russia has no support in Poland whatsoever --> massive unrest
3. Why??
4. Nato-conflict
5. Even Russian allies would be pissed
6. Why??


hi brother welcome back
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hi brother welcome back


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Dec 15 2022 03:19pm
Quote (Prox1m1ty @ Dec 15 2022 04:11pm)
The UK's reliance on Russian gas was negligible compared to Germany or Italy. Brexit and Covid are much bigger factors on the UK's inflation. Europeans have been living beyond their means for decades, an inflationary reality was always going to happen.
Your point is also a double edged sword, the EU was Russia's main customer and source of revenue. 40% of Russia's GDP is from sale of hydrocarbons.

If you actually believe this invasion was about securing peace on Putin's terms, I don't know what else to tell you.


It doesn't matter UK's reliance on Russian gas, what matters is you in the UK will feel the pain as those that were reliant on Russian gas now compete with you for the same limited gas, oil, other natural resources so you will end up paying higher prices.

And of course Russia will suffer economically as it loses all this revenue but idk if I'm an average person in Europe today having to dish out way more of my disposable income to heat my house or feed my family I take little comfort that this is also hurting Russia or that NATO is stronger as a result.
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Dec 15 2022 03:22pm
Quote (ferdia @ 15 Dec 2022 22:08)
? where are you reading that Russia plans on invading anyone after Ukraine? Russia has no aspirations of invading europe, or do you disagree with this statement ? As difficult as this might be to understand, Russia is in fact trying to defend itself. i am not agreeing with the invasion or suggesting they did not invade Ukraine, I am saying they have no plans to invade Finland or Poland, nevermind Germany and France. My god we are going back over old ground here. How in the world are you still suggesting its Ukraine today the rest of Europe tomorrow?? Thats so far removed from reality, Russia DOES NOT have the ABILITY to do that.


Quote (ownyaah @ 15 Dec 2022 22:09)
He thinks:

1. Russia is weak, has a trash army and corrupt.
2. Russia will conquer Europe, Africa and all of the planets in the solar system


Russia vastly did the the same that what China is doing with social medias (minus active & direct corruption):
- Giving money to far right groups, trying to divide. Kompromat.
- Trolling/Botting up to the point to put people on the street.
- International mafia up to handle 40% global illegal transactions
- Corruption, lobbying at various levels to foreign elites (beyond far right groups, still Kompromat)
- /e I would add plain and simple violence (assassinations, mercery groups)

Russia never stopped to agress EU, Democracies are WAY easier & faster to destroy than building. It is way easier when nobody is criticizing you from the inside.
I am very sorry that your guys aren't even able to see it.

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Dec 15 2022 03:23pm
Quote (ownyaah @ Dec 15 2022 10:08pm)
You have to make a choice at some point. I understand critical thinking isn't your strong point but:

1. Russia is weak, has a trash army and corrupt
2. Russia will conquer Europe, Africa and all of the planets in the solar system

These 2 opinions are not compatible.


There is no logic or intellgient thought to find in his posts, he is still defending vaccines and every trash the medias throws at his zombie beta mind.

the only solution would be to dissolve nato, but I don't see that happening yet
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Quote (Melatonina @ 16 Dec 2022 05:23)
There is no logic or intellgient thought to find in his posts, he is still defending vaccines and every trash the medias throws at his zombie beta mind.

the only solution would be to dissolve nato, but I don't see that happening yet


wait till you see what the frenchie post.
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Dec 15 2022 03:27pm
Quote (ownyaah @ Dec 15 2022 02:36pm)
Disgusting person you are, and you know it. "moral"-exceptionalism but in truth a filthy disgusting lier. Human sewage.

Electric generators of Mosul dam? Libyan infrastructure? Vietnam bomb-runs? Serbia?



https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/world/europe/050499kosovo-nato.html


https://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/usa1203/4.5.htm

https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/infrastructure-targeting-and-postwar-iraq


lol i wasnt asking IF we did it, i was asking WHEN we did it.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Dec 15 2022 02:42pm)
I mean we did this very liberally during the gulf war, and there are enough sources out there that talks about it.

We also did a number on them during the more recent war. I mean you don't end up with 200k dead civilians and us having to rebuild large swaths of Iraq because we were surgical about our attacks.


correct, so my point was when you do it as a main strategy it doesnt signal weakness. when you dont do it for a year, then start doing it, that change in strategy signals weakness.

and it didnt work out for us as taxpayers, it worked out for Haliburton, but not us. it was incredibly costly.
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Dec 15 2022 03:28pm
Quote (ofthevoid @ Dec 15 2022 09:19pm)
It doesn't matter UK's reliance on Russian gas, what matters is you in the UK will feel the pain as those that were reliant on Russian gas now compete with you for the same limited gas, oil, other natural resources so you will end up paying higher prices.

And of course Russia will suffer economically as it loses all this revenue but idk if I'm an average person in Europe today having to dish out way more of my disposable income to heat my house or feed my family I take little comfort that this is also hurting Russia or that NATO is stronger as a result.


Absolutely true.
Be under no illusion. Many of them and a majority of them are willing to make a sacrifice to oppose tyranny. Many of them are educated enough to understand that appeasing tyrants doesn't work.

If NATO had appeased Putin with Ukraine, he'd be back in 2 years for Estonia. Back again for Moldova. Back again for Georgia.

That is completely reasonable to assume, so with that in mind. What strategy would you suggest, other than supporting Ukraine?

Quote (thesnipa @ Dec 15 2022 09:27pm)
lol i wasnt asking IF we did it, i was asking WHEN we did it.



correct, so my point was when you do it as a main strategy it doesnt signal weakness. when you dont do it for a year, then start doing it, that change in strategy signals weakness.

and it didnt work out for us as taxpayers, it worked out for Haliburton, but not us. it was incredibly costly.


Exactly.

This post was edited by Prox1m1ty on Dec 15 2022 03:29pm
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