the ask here is not, “Oh, look at us, come save us from this big bad person, the Saudi Arabians and the UAE.” The ask here is to stop US intervention, to stop piling on to the invasion, the bombing, the starvation, this incredibly devastating war, an onslaught that Yemenis have undergone over the past seven years.
And it’s just mind-boggling to me that that simple ask, really, to just pay attention to what our own government is doing in Yemen, and to call for an end to that, is somehow less worthy of attention then calls to, in fact, save us and give us money, right.
paranoid nuclear scenarios — Manuel
That five Russian generals have been killed in combat since the beginning of the invasion has. It's being attributed to snipers. — frank
None of this has to do with the US, which has tried to get them to spend more unsuccessfully for decades, and everything to do with Russia and China acting aggressive enough to scare them. — Count Timothy von Icarus
think it's quite rare for general to be killed. This many dead generals is far from good news from a military perspective — Manuel
But if I were Ukrainian, I'd be cautious in assuming this means that "we will win". — Manuel
I posted a story about a 96 year old Buchenwald survivor killed by a Russian missile. This was labelled 'propoganda'. I expressed the view that Russia's invasion has already failed, in that no major city has been captured, and the Russian economy is going to contract to depression-era levels as a result of sanctions. This was also labelled propoganda. Any criticism of Russia's actions seems to be regarded as 'propoganda' by someone, but that seems to me to be apologetics for Russia's actions.
My opinion is that Russia's invasion is illegal, unjustified, unwarranted, totally destructive, a disaster and a humanitarian catastrophe. Some will label that 'propoganda' but as far as I'm concerned it's factual. I will post stories that draw attention to this from time to time. — Wayfarer
To date, 1,351 servicemen have died and 3,825 have been injured,” the deputy head of the Russian General Staff, Colonel General Sergey Rudskoy told a media briefing.
Kiev, however, remains tight-lipped on its own casualties. The most recent figure was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky in mid-March, when he said that around 1,300 Ukrainian soldiers had died in combat.
Hunter Biden did fund Ukraine biolabs, emails published by media suggest
The West - led by America and Britain - is actually at war with Russia. — Apollodorus
The basic problem is that nobody of course does know how in reality any nuclear exchange would go. What could be said that neither side would be enthusiastic to continue the escalation. But a "tit-for-tat" could happen.If the question can't be answered it is o.k, but I am simply asking, would, in your mind, a 'limited response' 'even a conventional response' be any less effective deterrent than a 'total response?' — FreeEmotion
The basic problem is that nobody of course does know how in reality any nuclear exchange would go. — ssu
And I'm accused of spouting propaganda. — Wayfarer
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Tuesday told a French radio station that the aim of the latest round of sanctions was to “cause the collapse of the Russian economy”
Analysts do call it "economic war" — Apollodorus
Had Russia actually liberalised, opened up and become part of the liberal economic order after the fall of communism, then there would have been no inherent reason for conflict between Russia and the West. — Wayfarer
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