it loses somewhat in translation

It really does, I edited it a bit to sound more neutral

This post was edited by Norlander on Mar 28 2025 02:08pm

Not holding elections during wartime is common practice and not an argument which delegitimizes the Ukrainian government... at least not to the point that robbing the country of its sovereignty and placing it under UN mandate would be justified.


For example, the UK didn't have an election between 1935 and 1945, yet nobody in their right mind would have argued that they had become a dictatorship because of that. Likewise, the German Basic Law (our constitution) clearly states that elections are suspended as long as a state of defensive war is officially declared. I'm pretty sure there are similar provisions in most countries' constitutions.




The big issue with a UN administration of Ukraine is that it would inevitably get bogged down in gridlock between the Western and Eastern members of the Security Council, effectively leaving Ukraine without any functional government. So Ukraine would be in limbo while Russia gets time to replenish its troops in effective, focused fashion.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Mar 28 2025 02:52pm

completely agree, hmm i watched a putin video earlier. moment



im struggling to see a pathway forward here re: a negotiated peace noting Russia's reluctance to trust anything Ukraine says.
(I accept the west 100% does not trust russia).

the people that hate all russians can skip the video, the ppl with an open mind will listen to the video and try to figure out what this actually means for a pathway forward.
in the meantime, the "coalition of the willing" is looking like a paper tiger. without an actual army, it is simply words on a page extending the war, with ukraine continuing to suffer the folly of western endeavors.

This post was edited by ferdia on Mar 28 2025 02:57pm

So Zelenskys saying that us aid was just that and not debt that has to be repaid.

And the mineral deal seems to be on shaky ground.

On another note, the below article does a decent job of explaining what the absence of us miltech in Ukraine really entails. The eu has enough stockpiles to plug the inevitable shortfall, but it seriously lacks the big hitters: ISR, himars/m270, gmlrs and aa/ad that ismt french/Italian garbage--and this is before the eu has to dance around that pesky ITAR "treaty", which naturally favors uncle sam.( the swedes awacs and gripens come to mind iirc)
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/03/26/is-europe-ready-for-trumps-next-ukraine-aid-pause/

Yeah, either the mineral deal will get shot down by the courts in Ukraine, or some future Democrat administration will forgive the debt.
Trump is stuck on stupid with this loser mineral deal.
The USA continues to provide hundreds of billions in aid, and in return the USA gets an IOU Claim on some dirt in the ground.

What were the interests of this war for Putin here that he admitted in public? Asking because I know PaRD has some friend to Russia.

This post was edited by IceMage on Mar 28 2025 06:18pm

Trump derangement syndrome on display

Seek help

This post was edited by duffman316 on Mar 28 2025 06:21pm

Way to avoid the eugenics subject. I can understand why, Dr. Mengele.

I don't think Putin has admitted in public the part where he seized control of critical minerals, gas, oil, arable land and other natural resources for long term strategic aims. Denazification and protecting russian minorities and buffering NATO expansion all make good excuses for PR but you don't have much reason to push for troops to conquer some wheat farm in konstantinivastokivlokiblokisiivanipro