So very true. Unfortunately. The mentality is already there, it just needs the right conditions.
I don't see this being stopped anytime soon... — Amity
You don't need to pretend any such thing. — Amity
Look back in the thread, I already gave a summary. — frank
This is why I earlier said that Putin needs to be put down — Christoffer
The problem is that you appeared to be labelling all the Ukrainians resisting Russian attack as neo-Nazis, which is stupid and offensive, even if you were just trying to redress the balance. — jamalrob
You're saying this without having considered possible consequences. Suppose we declare March 15, the Ides of March, All Tyrants' day. What then? Who or what will follow Putin in Russia? Do you have any idea? Would it become a fairly elected republic or would it be an Augustus or a Caligula? — magritte
The best scenario would be to remove him, let's say eliminate him and the oligarchs. Then seize their money to a fund for rebuilding both Ukraine and changing Russia's political landscape. Next step would be to remove state propaganda sources, shut down media with state ties and give the void to independent media outlets to become official. Then, seize all nuclear weapons to remove the risks of rogue nukes. Then, initiate a republic leader, a president that has support from a large portion of the people of Russia. So far, that would be freeing Navalny and install him as the president. This is a temporary solution in order to build-up a proper democratic function. This is always a problem in nations that didn't have ideas of freedom and democracy within the population, but a large portion of Russia's people want to have a proper democracy, Navalny wouldn't have the support he had if there wasn't an underlying will to have this kind of state. Over the course of a few years, the development will be monitored by the world in order to push down anyone who sees the void after Putin as an invite to do the same — Christoffer
I’ll leave it to others to further hound you if they feel (possibly rightly) that you haven’t sufficiently corrected yourself, or repented. — jamalrob
not the conversation-ending coup de grâce you treated it as. — Isaac
Who do you see carrying out this magnificent plan? — jamalrob
Oh, and when exactly did Russia start "bombing and annexing their country"? Was is before or after the government was overthrown by a US backed coup? — Isaac
US-backed... — Isaac
...put Neo-Nazis... — Isaac
...in power in Ukraine — Isaac
But I think this ought to be taken extremely seriously. I can understand why most people believe that these weapons just won't be used, it would be way too costly.
But I'm not as confident. — Manuel
I'll do it just once, not to convince Isaac, but to counter the misinformation. Anyone interested can read more about those events online. — SophistiCat
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