Quote (Hobbiks @ Feb 17 2024 09:46am)
You did not need Ritter to tell you this. Putin has said as much himself just a week ago. Why do you need Ritter to tell you this when you have first hand sources telling you the same thing?
first of all, you did use the pedo angle to discount his assessment, here:
Quote (Hobbiks @ Feb 17 2024 09:04am)
Thank you for posting convicted pedophile Scott Ritter talking about Putin. I personally get all of my political takes from convicted and admitted pedos, personally.
you continued with :
Quote (Hobbiks @ Feb 17 2024 09:04am)
On topic: Putin wants to take land, he was explicit about it in his latest interview.
which is a vague statement anyone and everyone can agree on, but is not as precise as Scott Ritter's assessment.
you continued with :
Quote (Hobbiks @ Feb 17 2024 09:04am)
If you think that authoritarian rulers should be able to take over or annex land freely then just be honest about it and dont complain when a superpower turns your third world balkan country into a suburb of Beijing.
which is basically a personal (and weak) attack and not relevant to the assessment of the video.
finally, if you are saying all pedo's military assessments are invalidated, someone could just as easily leap to the failed logic that all marines are pedo's. TLDR: we are not looking at Scott Ritters worth as a human being / morality, we are assessing his comments relating to a military conflict about which he IS knowledgeable and he is certainly an expert when it comes to Russia.
This post was edited by ferdia on Feb 17 2024 04:01am