Quote (Djunior @ Feb 17 2024 04:22pm)
It's perfectly clear what I said
--> You moan about Ritter not being impartial and you don't even consider that you're lapping up everything that US govt officials throw your way
When you cross red lines there's a chance that an adversary reacts. This is hardly surprising and stuff that people like Ritter point out. He doesn't need to be an expert on Eastern Europe to do that ;)
It doesn't mean that Putin just wanted to grab land. Russia is the largest country on Earth and large chunks of it are still empty why would Putin risk all out war for a small % land gain it makes zero sense.
The claim that was being discussed was that Scott Ritter was some form of informed professional, which he is not. If you need or need not be an expert to understand these things is not really a discussion we have been having and frankly i don't know the answer to that.
"It doesn't mean that Putin just wanted to grab land." - Putin himself said that was the reason in his interview with Tucker. Again, you're not disagreeing with me on Putins intention in terms of the war, you are disagreeing with Putin himself. If you don't believe Putins justifications for his own war then I don't know what to say.
Quote (IceMage @ Feb 17 2024 04:51pm)
Is the anti-American foreign policy space so empty that those idiots can't find someone who isn't a sex offender?
Apparently not. Putin was talking about how the west is more pragmatic and progressive in his interview with Tucker and that the east is more spiritual and moral. Apparently spirituality and morality is recruiting some sex offender with no prior knowledge of the geographical area.