No.
No.

Yeah the Lex podcast is excellent. Mearsheimer is just a terrible guest imo. A snake oil salesman.

But I'm sure he would appreciate you white knighting for him in a niche gaming subforum

So you say this is the english transcript but where is the original article? This home-made website does not point to it, so it can be all made up.

Even if its not made up, UN is a pretty much useless organization with Russia and China given veto rights.
So if somebody worked for UN, an useless organization, it doesnt make him useful.

Also German politicians are not the best Russia handlers, do I need to remind you how Gerhard Schroeder works for Putin?
There are multiple german politicians in Putins pockets. There are many Russia friendly newspapers over there.

Also it actually makes sense to risk your life when you are old and slow, rather than when you are young and enjoy life.
Once you are old and you know you will die in 10 or 15 years, you are more likely to risk your life I think.
Of course Putin risks his life, although he worked hard to eliminate all opposition, he cant be 100% sure that he wont be killed.

Oh, "all the guys i invited are all awesome I love them !"

I know this !

Also if we speak about Israel PM, here is interesting reading that Russia friends misunderstood his words, but I admit he wasnt very clear, and an english translation of the interview was also wrong.
Anyway here is the clarification:

https://www.thebulwark.com/no-the-united-states-and-its-allies-did-not-blow-up-a-ukraine-russia-peace-deal/

forgot to mention you in my above post.
Here is the link again

https://www.thebulwark.com/no-the-united-states-and-its-allies-did-not-blow-up-a-ukraine-russia-peace-deal/

Israel PM words were taken out of context, some of his words were not quoted, like the ones when he said that he was just negotiator and it was up to Ukraine and Russia to make decision.

So we have march 2022, war takes place for a month.
Before the war Ukraine was free to join NATO, just as any country in the world.
Now Putin says: ok, we can have peace, but Ukraine has to promise you will not enter NATO.
So Ukraine has to make a concession, but what concession Russia offers compared to prewar? Absolutely none. One side deal.
So its a kind of deal where you reward an aggresor, where Ukraine gives up part of their liberty, and Russia gets a reward for starting war. USA and UK are free to give their opinion to their Ukrainian friends on that.
Of course Israel was very interested in a case fire, because he needed to stay friendly with Russia because they cooperated in Syria. On the other hand some other countries were not so much interested in temporal peace with Russia at high cost.
So it seems that Israel and Europe interests were little different at that time.

About this:

There is absolutely no evidence that Russia or Putin wants to rebuild the USSR or conquer Europe

Its obvious that NATO isn't a military threat to Russia.
Do you really imagine peaceful people of western world attacking a strong enemy like Russia, that also has the biggest nukes Arsenal in the world?
All the west can do is to attack some weak small terrorist country like Iraq, and even that didnt really work out because people didnt want war.
But its not NATO but European Union is a risk for Russia.
A risk that Russian leaders need to eliminate.
Because ordinary Russians see, that people are rich and happy and free in EU, and start asking questions: "why Europeans live luxury life while my life is trash and Im poor and unimportant to my country leaders?"
And the only way they can stop it is via the military conquest.
Russia can train and send 1million soldiers to war, which is too strong to defend for any European democracy.
Of course our economy is much greater than theirs, hovewer if they focus their production on war equipment, and we focus on luxuries, it gives Russia an advantage.
We will need time to switch production to war equipment, we better start asap

This post was edited by Ironfister on Nov 22 2023 01:13pm

Personally I'm just shocked the Polish have internet access, good for them!

Hello, BTW: I posted this:

https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=92094408&f=119&p=654429005

And it was carefully dodged.

The unbearable lies from Russian authorities. Seems they are afraid of these women complaints since no one has been arrested.
Nazi much....


In Russia, women's groups protest against the "infinite mobilization" of soldiers

Mothers and wives are breaking their silence to demand the return of their loved ones sent to fight in Ukraine since September 2022. A demand not on the agenda in the Kremlin.

The movement is difficult to quantify but it is, at the very least, embarrassing for those in power. All over Russia, groups of women have formed to demand the return of their husbands or sons from the Ukrainian front. According to official figures, probably underestimated, 300,000 of them had been mobilized from September 2022 to participate in the “special military operation” launched by Vladimir Putin. Fourteen months later, their return is not on the agenda.

The genesis of this revolt dates back to November 7, when around thirty women invited themselves to an open-air rally of the Communist Party in Moscow. Signs are out: “It is time for the mobilized to return”, “No to the infinite mobilization”, “Give us back our husbands, our fathers, our sons”… At the microphones which are tense, they specify: they are not not against the “special operation”, but for others to shoulder the burden of war.

Despite this precaution, it took less than five minutes before the police intervened and removed the signs, without however making any arrests. The response from communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, questioned by the women, also sets the tone for the official response. While promising to “help”, he scolds: “If the Nazis win, neither you nor I will be alive to discuss this. »
Bonuses and permission promises

Since the announcement of the so-called “partial” mobilization, its duration has been a taboo. In December 2022, the Minister of Defense, Sergei Choïgu, assured that the influx of volunteers should make it possible, during the following year, to send those mobilized home. But, in fact, even the wounded are sent back to the front after their convalescence. And, in September 2023, the head of the defense committee in the Duma, Andreï Kartapolov, removed all suspense by assuring that “no rotation is planned” and that those mobilized would fight “until the end” of the war.


https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2023/11/22/en-russie-des-groupes-de-femmes-protestent-contre-la-mobilisation-infinie-des-soldats_6201627_3210.html

PVV (Geert Wilders) seem to be winning Dutch elections.

He is known to be extremely anti Muslim, pro Israel, pro Russia and against Ukraine in NATO.