Russia Invades ukraine

[Stere]

US has a defense pact with Taiwan

 

Another problem all dictators have is sucession Putins an OAP how does he think hes gonna retire without the risk of it ending badly for him?

 

 

[Rob D]

2 hours ago, difflock said:

A superb, if disquieting analysis, I 100% agree with everything he says.

Thank you Macpherson.

 

Agreed - and I've always had plenty of time for both Neil Oliver and Russel Brand the last 2 years.

 

One difference 'these days' is at least we do have more freedom to communicate and listen to other people. As much as there is censorship attempts on some platforms on the whole we can type and say our opinions freely.

 

For instance on here - there is no threat of typing something against the government and then having the door knocked later that evening. So there is a chance things could be different.

[AHPP]

 
One difference 'these days' is at least we do have more freedom to communicate and listen to other people. As much as there is censorship attempts on some platforms on the whole we can type and say our opinions freely.
 
For instance on here - there is no threat of typing something against the government and then having the door knocked later that evening.

Don’t you believe it.

[trigger_andy]

23 minutes ago, Rob D said:

 

 

 

For instance on here - there is no threat of typing something against the government and then having the door knocked later that evening. So there is a chance things could be different.

Never heard of Swatting? Maybe not so much here but certainly in the US. And post something threatening regarding the government or members of the government and I think you might get a surprise chap on the door. 

[Logdaft]

Stanislav Petrov avoided a USSR Nuclear retaliatory strike in 1983 by disobeying orders, and is credited with saving the world!

 

 

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[scotspine1]

5 hours ago, MattyF said:

a lot of what we see has already been proven to have been be made up.

very true Matty, 

 

"The First Casualty Of War, Is The Truth"

Turns out these guys were indeed Ukrainian soldiers but they had deserted and were subsequently arrested by Ukrainian police. 
 

 

 

 

[trigger_andy]

The Snake Island Soldiers are all alive and taken prisoner by the Russian Navy. So much for the Ukrainian narrative. 

 

The ‘go **************** yourself’ Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island are alive, navy says – POLITICO

WWW.POLITICO.EU

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All soldiers defending the island were believed to have been killed but are now said to be in Russian captivity.

 

The supposed 'Ghost of Kiev' is looking more and more likely to be yet more nonsense.

 

 

So much propaganda whipping the West into a complete frenzy, its quite laughable really. If people are going to swallow one sides BS and feel its justified because their chosen side is the victim then they're always going to be easily manipulated. 

[Haironyourchest]

People in general just don't give a stuff about truth anymore. Everything is entertainment, drama and emotion and groupthink. There's a public appetite for Hollywood narratives, and an unstoppable propaganda machine to supply the product... Maybe it's always been this way, in one shape or form?

 

 

[MattyF]

The Snake Island Soldiers are all alive and taken prisoner by the Russian Navy. So much for the Ukrainian narrative. 
 

The ‘go **************** yourself’ Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island are alive, navy says – POLITICO

WWW.POLITICO.EU

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All soldiers defending the island were believed to have been killed but are now said to be in Russian captivity.  
The supposed 'Ghost of Kiev' is looking more and more likely to be yet more nonsense.
 
 
So much propaganda whipping the West into a complete frenzy, its quite laughable really. If people are going to swallow one sides BS and feel its justified because their chosen side is the victim then they're always going to be easily manipulated. 

Aye but we want to believe it's true ! I really hope the story Mike posted about the Chechens is true!
Any one else noticed das reich I mean the Avoz battalion has been very quiet since this started? You have to wonder if putin wiped them off the map in the first day...
Thing is we have to remember that the Russian forces are and always has been shit at war , every thing they have touched has ended n near disaster ...ww1 , ww2 the fins absolutely massacred them , the Germans only faired so bad as they where fighting on two fronts and the Anglo American bombing effort had flattened every war production facility they had.

[trigger_andy]

10 minutes ago, MattyF said:

Aye but we want to believe it's true ! I really hope the story Mike posted about the Chechens is true!
Any one else noticed das reich I mean the Avoz battalion has been very quiet since this started? You have to wonder if putin wiped them off the map in the first day...
Thing is we have to remember that the Russian forces are and always has been shit at war , every thing they have touched has ended n near disaster ...ww1 , ww2 the fins absolutely massacred them , the Germans only faired so bad as they where fighting on two fronts and the Anglo American bombing effort had flattened every war production facility they had.

The Ruskies seem to get a result through a war of attrition and previously with countless pawns they have prevailed. The same thing will happen in Ukraine sooner or later.