[QUOTE=BloodRed;2966487]Yeah LOL. Remember how the American attempt to export democracy to Iraq turned out?[/QUOTE]I hope for democracy in Russia as well.
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[QUOTE=BloodRed;2966487]Yeah LOL. Remember how the American attempt to export democracy to Iraq turned out?[/QUOTE]I hope for democracy in Russia as well.
[QUOTE=JohnClayton;2966305]...I do rejoice in anything that weakens an imperialistic, hegemonistic, fascist dictatorship -- Russia....[/QUOTE]From an article about Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, who leads Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which took over Aleppo and Damascus:
"Jolani capitalised on the recent outreach he'd conducted with tribes, former opponents and minority groups, brokering surrenders and ordering the protection of minorities. [B]He even directed a statement to Russia, which has helped Assad for years, suggesting HTS and Moscow could find common ground in rebuilding Syria.[/B]".
[URL]https://www.ft.com/content/574cc17a-fa3a-411b-acb0-34fc032c7fe4[/URL]
The USA is offering a $10 million bounty for Jolani's (aka Jawlani's) head, figuratively speaking. This describes the reward and some of his misdeeds:
[url]https://rewardsforjustice.net/rewards/muhammad-al-jawlani/[/url]
[QUOTE=Xpartan;2966431]2. No one banned or is banning the Russian language even now during the war. There are soldiers WITHIN AFU who don't speak Ukrainian, and no one gives a fuck. All fairytales about suppression of Russian language in Ukraine is Russian propaganda. There is no truth in it.[/QUOTE][URL]https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/19/new-language-requirement-raises-concerns-ukraine[/URL]
These articles from Amnesty International and the Ukrainian National News Agency aren't directly related to your comment but may be of interest.
[URL]https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/04/ukraine-suspicious-deaths-need-credible-investigations/[/URL]
[URL]https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2015/12/ukraine-communist-party-ban-decisive-blow-for-freedom-of-speech-in-the-country/[/URL]
[URL]https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3932810-ssu-detains-five-prorussian-agitators.html[/URL]
[QUOTE=BloodRed;2966486]Now they want to lower the conscription age to 18 years. [b]I bet many here will support that.[/b] Those kids will go to the frontline and die for nothing.
Until the last Ukrainian, right?
Horrific.[/QUOTE]Bold Text: You don't see them lining up to go and fight. If you're sitting in an armchair in Des Moines, Iowa, and it's Russians and Ukrainians dying instead of Americans, it's easy to sermonize.
[QUOTE=PaulInZurich;2966304]The word journalist is getting abused here.
This is the guy who was amazed by the futuristic shopping cart technology in a Moscow mall (You can lock them with tokens or coins! They don't slide back on a moving walkway!) and swallowed Putins lie that it was the fault of Poland that poor mass murderers Hitler and Stalin invaded Poland in September 1939.
If you believe that guy is a journalist you probably have at home a testicle tanning device.[/QUOTE]We have a proverb about a thief donning a fiery hat, meaning it's actually you have got the device under your bed.
The other expression is about 'unfinished fascist'. I actually even know the menu on the table of 1939 agreement and talked to first hand witnesses. How about yourself?
You are also clueless about what Tucker represents. Maybe you are scared we don't see Switzerland as neutral anymore? Jealous Tucker makes more than you? Can you present your journalist credentials?
Can you even post anything reasonably critical about Tucker's questions? I can.
Its very simple for myself, I'm a local with deep intimate understanding of the character of leadership, people, language, religion, business and war in my homeland, both in Ukraine and Russia.
For anyone who dares to put their hand into our cookie jar, the message is we will cut it off. Anyone who comes into our land with a sword dies of the sword.
[URL]https://youtu.be/RqvciPA5oa4?si=am9zfTZvVZZ29rxu[/URL]
[QUOTE=Questner;2966608] I actually even know the menu on the table of 1939 agreement and talked to first hand witnesses.[/QUOTE]LOL. Sure buddy, everybody believes you talked to first hand witnesses of the 1939 agreement. This makes everything else you say very believable.
I would like for you to explain how two of the biggest mass murderers in history having an agreement to carve out other countries was a good thing. Funny how Putin who talks about "denazification" of Ukraine finds excuses for Hitler.
[QUOTE=Questner;2966608] Maybe you are scared we don't see Switzerland as neutral anymore? [/QUOTE]Buddy, I couldn't care less how Russians see Switzerland. I wonder why all of Russians neighbours, Finland, Baltic countries, Poland, Romania all have the same opinion about Russia.
I live a comfortable, safe life where you can only wish they would allow you in. Maybe ask yourself why nobody from western countries moves to Russia and why all Russian politicians and millionaires send their offspring to Western universities. Remind me, how many Russians fled Russia after Russia invaded Ukraine?
[QUOTE=Questner;2966608] Jealous Tucker makes more than you?[/QUOTE]So, if I don't agree with somebody's opinion then I am jealous. So, by the same logic, that makes you jealous of me.
[QUOTE=Questner;2966608] Can you present your journalist credentials?[/QUOTE]You really got me there. I am not a journalist. Wait, I don't think I ever pretended to be one. But since you asked, why don't YOU present your journalist credentials?
[QUOTE=Questner;2966608]Can you even post anything reasonably critical about Tucker's questions? I can.[/QUOTE]You missed the whole point. He let Putin lie his ass off because he is either clueless about European history or he doesn't care about the truth at all. Actually, I bet both reasons are true.
He was probably still under shock after he saw that Russian futuristic shopping cart technology that exists since the 1930's in the civilized world.
[QUOTE=BloodRed;2966487]Yeah LOL. Remember how the American attempt to export democracy to Iraq turned out?[/QUOTE]Yes, US made a mess in the Middle East, just like everybody else. The locals need to want democracy too.
Counterpoint, Western Germany vs Eastern Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan. Remind me, in which country did Russia bring democracy and prosperity?
[QUOTE=Questner;2966612]
For anyone who dares to put their hand into our cookie jar, the message is we will cut it off. Anyone who comes into our land with a sword dies of the sword.[/QUOTE]Really? Oi vey!
How about Putin's hand? How about his oligarch bodies? LOL.
Their greedy paws never stop wondering, even now when your pariah mafia state is in a downward death spiral.
Your cookie jar is shrinking every second of every day, yet you don't seem to mind. Tens of millions of Russians are living in slums, without heating, indoor plumbing and running water, and the best you can do is get on your knees to record pathetic pleas to your mass-murdering, thieving chieftain, who gives his subjects as much attention as a fly on a wall.
[B]Putin brought Russians to their knees[/B]
[QUOTE]For more than 20 years, the permanent Tsar of Russia has been bringing his people to their knees. This time - in the literal sense of the word. Russians, indoctrinated by pro-Kremlin propaganda, decided that Putin could do anything and began to post video messages to him on the Internet. A characteristic feature of such videos is that people kneel in front of the camera and ask Putin to understand their problem. This is due to the slave mentality and lack of ability of local officials to perform their duties, experts say. Desperate, people ask the "good tsar" for help, having forgotten who's really responsible that they live like this. [/QUOTE][URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PELmv-KgZN4[/URL]
[QUOTE=Tiny12;2966556]Bold Text: You don't see them lining up to go and fight. If you're sitting in an armchair in Des Moines, Iowa, and it's Russians and Ukrainians dying instead of Americans, it's easy to sermonize.[/QUOTE]Exactly. Lindsey Graham openly said a long time ago that it is Ukrainians that are dying, not Americans, so it's OK. He felt no shame in saying it. Then recently he said there were a lot of minerals in Ukraine and hence America can't let Russia take all of that. I'm shocked that some people still don't see that America aka NATO does not give a shit about the Ukrainian people. Ukrainian lives are worthless to them.
[QUOTE=Questner;2966612]Its very simple for myself, I'm a local with deep intimate understanding of the character of leadership, people, language, religion, business and war in my homeland, both in Ukraine and Russia.
For anyone who dares to put their hand into our cookie jar, the message is we will cut it off. Anyone who comes into our land with a sword dies of the sword.
[URL]https://youtu.be/RqvciPA5oa4?si=am9zfTZvVZZ29rxu[/URL][/QUOTE]There is the Freudian concept of decompensation -- look it up.
Question: do you have access to Russian Telegram groups? What is the general reaction to the fall of al Assad in Syria and the probable loss of the naval base in Tartus? I think this is a great humiliation for Putin.
[QUOTE=JohnClayton;2966779]There is the Freudian concept of decompensation -- look it up.
Question: do you have access to Russian Telegram groups? What is the general reaction to the fall of al Assad in Syria and the probable loss of the naval base in Tartus? I think this is a great humiliation for Putin.[/QUOTE]Are you happy that terrorists took over Syria?
[QUOTE=PaulInZurich;2966679]Yes, US made a mess in the Middle East, just like everybody else. The locals need to want democracy too.
Counterpoint, Western Germany vs Eastern Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan. Remind me, in which country did Russia bring democracy and prosperity?[/QUOTE]I don't think Russia has ever claimed it is bringing democracy to any country, so your question is irrelevant.
[QUOTE=Xpartan;2966680]
Your cookie jar is shrinking every second of every day, yet you don't seem to mind. Tens of millions of Russians are living in slums, without heating, indoor plumbing and running water, and the best you can do is get on your knees to record pathetic pleas to your mass-murdering, thieving chieftain, who gives his subjects as much attention as a fly on a wall.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=PaulInZurich;2966676]I live a comfortable, safe life where you can only wish they would allow you in. Maybe ask yourself why nobody from western countries moves to Russia and why all Russian politicians and millionaires send their offspring to Western universities. Remind me, how many Russians fled Russia after Russia invaded Ukraine?
[/QUOTE]Have you gentlemen visited Russia? Moscow's in better shape than any Latin American capitol I've been to. And IMO better than Lisbon and Athens. Look at tables of per capita income or GDP adjusted for purchasing power. They support that view. Russia's per capita GDP adjusted for purchasing power is about 2-1/2 times greater than Ukraine's.
I have a friend (Russian American) who had to move from Moscow to a city that's considered one of the most desirable places to live in the world because his company left Russia when sanctions were imposed. He'd much rather be in Moscow. And I know a few others as well, both westerners and native Russians, who prefer life in Russia. Correct though, most people would probably rather live in Switzerland, which is one of the most prosperous countries in the world. While westerners aren't rushing to move to Russia, in part because of sanctions, people from other FSU states are.
[QUOTE=PaulInZurich;2966676]LOL. Sure buddy, everybody believes you talked to first hand witnesses of the 1939 agreement. This makes everything else you say very believable.[/QUOTE]Molotov, who signed the agreement for Russia in Moscow, didn't die until 1986. Undoubtedly younger people were present at the signing.
[QUOTE=PaulInZurich;2966676]I would like for you to explain how two of the biggest mass murderers in history having an agreement to carve out other countries was a good thing.[/QUOTE]Not to speak for him, but Questner never said that was a good thing.
Tucker Carlson sometimes is completely full of shit, and sometimes he's spot on. Having only seen the first part of the interview with Putin, I'm not sure which applied. Agreed, he's not a journalist.
[QUOTE=BloodRed;2966792]Are you happy that terrorists took over Syria?[/QUOTE]Clearly not. I prefer a secular fascist state to a religious fascist state. I believe that history will reflect somewhat positively on the Soviet coup in Afghanistan in 1978 (and to a lesser extent on the Russian support of al Assad). The Soviet backed PDPA was non sectarian, supported women's right and land reform. In the zero sum Cold War, the US unfortunately backed the Taliban -- you know, the enemy of my enemy sort of thinking. Al-Assad, like Saddam before him, is from a minority ethnic group in a multi-cultural state and ruled accordingly. It remains to be seen whether the Druzes, Christians, atheists, democrats, Yazidis, Kurds, etc. Can resist the anti-democratic forces of the HTS. I am dubious, but hopeful.
However, I am immensely gratified to see anything that humiliates and weakens Putin. He is evil incarnate, completely self interested and is personally responsible for the death of many tens of thousands of people. I hope for his downfall, arrest and a return to democratic thought, pluralism and a free press in Russia.
Meanwhile, sell your rubles.
[QUOTE=Xpartan;2966680]Really? Oi vey!
How about Putin's hand? How about his oligarch bodies? LOL.[/QUOTE]Buddies, obviously, LOL.