[Politics] Russia invades Ukraine (24/02/2022)

[vegster]

Of course. Whos going to tell him. Hey Vlad. Wars going shit. You know that money you gave us to buy modern weapons and use on maintenance, well we bought a big yacht and a couple of villas instead.

" Sorry to have to break it to you Vlad but, there s been some problems with those cheap Chinese tyres you thought were a good deal. "

 

[1066familyman]

The long and the short of it, is we need Putin dead and Gaddafi'd through the streets.

Yeah, because that worked out really well for Libya.

 

[jcdenton08]

Yeah, because that worked out really well for Libya.

It is the best solution in this situation. This particular despot is a whole different kettle of fish. This is a one man risk to mankind. Gaddafi, an evil *******, didn't have the power to end the world at his insane fingertips.

 

[Bakero]

as far as the Indians , Bangladeshis , Vietnamese, Laons, Iraquis , Iranians , Libyans , Liberians , Somalians and Pakistanis are concerned , America is the root of all evil and Britain is it's bitch ....sorry to ruin you dinner....wake the ferk up mate ....ding dong , things is getting' real bruv...keep watching the BBC , you'll be fine...

I can't confidently speak for the other nationalities you referenced but in the case of the Vietnamese, that's bollocks. For starters, the vast majority of the population was born long after the American war ended so it's a historical fight that doesn't figure in their day to day lives. Secondly, and more importantly, they tend to view their war with the yanks as a spat that they won in few short years. Compared to the thousand years of Chinese oppression it's an irrelevance. Their neighbour to the North is the one true enemy. Spend any time in Vietnam and you'll soon learn that.

 

[Tory Boy]

Over the last ten years, I've spent quite a lot of time in India, and I've never heard any of the locals moan about the US or the UK.

All they ever moan about is China and Pakistan.

TB

 

[dangull]

One of the most interesting Twitter authors writes another great thread :

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I don't think the USA had much influence on the Eastern front in WW2
Or Great Britain in the Napoleonic war in Russia, apart from a naval blockade.

 

[rogersix]

I don't think the USA had much influence on the Eastern front in WW2
Or Great Britain in the Napoleonic war in Russia, apart from a naval blockade.

the germans had to split their resources between two fronts, and the yanks supplied them with a lot of kit.

the weather did for the french

 

[dangull]

the germans had to split their resources between two fronts, and the yanks supplied them with a lot of kit.

the weather did for the french

The war was pretty much won on the Eastern front before the Allies landed at D- Day in 1944, but it did speed up the end of it.
USA resources sent to Russia at that time were minimal, as they were also fighting Japan. GB were supplying arms to Russia as well

In 1812 Napoleon occupied Moscow, but the winter and counter attacks on the retreating French army proved disastrous.

 

[Baldseagull]

I don't think the USA had much influence on the Eastern front in WW2
Or Great Britain in the Napoleonic war in Russia, apart from a naval blockade.

If you read the Twitter thread, the chap explains that USA engineers designed and built the steelworks and factories that built Russias armaments in the 1930's.

 

[dangull]

If you read the Twitter thread, the chap explains that USA engineers designed and built the steelworks and factories that built Russias armaments in the 1930's.

Ok, didn't know that

 

[Coxovi]

Allies were in Italy and Northern Africa during the battle of Stalingrad. Russians won it, but German forces were definitely split.

 

[B-right-on]

Seems like the Ukrainian Paramilitary forces are talking it out in Ethnic Russians and Ukrainians that don't want to fight.

Just getting worse out there.

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[Wozza]

Wasn't sure whether to post this here or on the kitchen thread tbh.

Anyway, lucky escape...

 

[Thunder Bolt]

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[portslade seagull]

Seems like the Ukrainian Paramilitary forces are talking it out in Ethnic Russians and Ukrainians that don't want to fight.

Just getting worse out there.

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Looters who attack women and children and Russian saboteurs according to Ukraine defence.
This footage is being pushed by the Russian army to justify their need to be there

 

[ShandyH]

One of the most interesting Twitter authors writes another great thread :

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Excellent thread. Thanks for sharing.


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[B-right-on]

Looters who attack women and children and Russian saboteurs according to Ukraine defence.
This footage is being pushed by the Russian army to justify their need to be there

Lol. Did you look at the thread? Women and children being shrink wrapped to lamp posts and whipped. Some women stripped and whipped. Kids being whipped next to their parents.

Russian PR? LOL.

Ukraine is a hotbed of Nazism. They have a history of violence against minorities including LGBTQ. They're far from lilly white.

But none of it justifies Putin's actions. The bloke is a psycho.

 

[ShandyH]

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Former head of the British Army said that what is happening in Mariupol is morally indefensible. He supported the idea of a war crimes tribunal, inaccessible to veto. I agree.

One day Putin will be arrested and put in jail. What sort of man wills the deaths of thousands of people for his own pathetic ego?


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[Baldseagull]

Seems like the Ukrainian Paramilitary forces are talking it out in Ethnic Russians and Ukrainians that don't want to fight.

Just getting worse out there.

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It's a bit hard to understand what we are seeing, varying degrees of pain and humiliation being inflicted, looks like bullying, but also not that disimilar to a Royal Marine Commando initiation ceremony, or a stag do prank some of them. Not quite the same as shelling hospitals and evacuation corridors.
It certainly isn't proof of Nazism, not every nasty ******* is a Nazi *******.

 

[Baldseagull]

Lol. Did you look at the thread? Women and children being shrink wrapped to lamp posts and whipped. Some women stripped and whipped. Kids being whipped next to their parents.

Russian PR? LOL.

Ukraine is a hotbed of Nazism. They have a history of violence against minorities including LGBTQ. They're far from lilly white.

But none of it justifies Putin's actions. The bloke is a psycho.

We can see what is happening, but we don't know why, or who exactly is doing it. Are you suggesting all those people being whipped on the arse are Gay, and everyone doing the whipping is a Nazi? If not, how are you identifying which of the people are Nazis?