Russia - threadbanned users in OP

How does bemoaning the fall of a geopolitical union equate to antisemitism?

You're clutching at straws here.

Just as an aside, you do know that the Russian Federation is one of the most ethnically and religiously diverse nations on earth, right? (some people genuinely don't know this, so it's perhaps worth mentioning)

Or NATO can call there bluff and obliterate any Russian military that attacks Ukraine. And if putin wants to nuke then they will too and leave the ball in his court and see whats up then, putin is a bully he wont know what to do when he is stood up to with superior firepower. He relies on fear and bluffs.

The Yanks arent one bit afraid of Russia and couldnt give a toss about there military thus them telling putin to shove his demands.

It takes a lot longer than you think to divest from an energy source. And they did no such thing after the Crimean annexation, so what makes you think there is the political will to do so now? The former German chancellor is on the board of Gazprom ffs! lol

These guys are not as altruistic as some you guys would like to imagine. Just look at Scholz and Putin in their recent meeting, laughing and smiling at each other... not quite the picture you expect to see of a western leader meeting the terrible Mr. Putin, is it? 😂

These guys know the score, and they also know what side their bread is buttered. They don't have the luxury of playing these partisan games with silly comic book good guy Vs bad guy nonsense that some of you chaps love to wrap yourself up in.

haha... that's a fantastic clip.

Their own media - by the looks of it a very experienced Washington journo - are practically calling them liars to their face!

This is exactly what you deserve when the world knows you have a long and sordid history of fabricating intelligence to invade countries and start illegal wars. The American public are getting pretty sick of their government inventing reasons to take them into another war.

The star spangled boy who cried wolf! 🤣

Russia still sees itself as one the great powers of the world.

We can laugh at them here in the west, but it doesn't really matter what we think. That's what they believe.

They see the west trying to dominate their region of the world, and they feel disrespected and humiliated by this. Why would you want a nuclear armed superpower with massive natural resources to be pi$$ed off and humiliated with it's place in the world?

It makes for an unstable and potentially very dangerous world. Show them some respect, give them some security guarantees, and perhaps we can all co-exist more peacefully together. Thumb your nose at their concerns, and perhaps we all get to live in a very dangerous and tense world for the next few decades.

If we allow our arrogance and ego in the west, to prevent us from reaching some sort of agreement, what will future generations say about our society? That we stubbornly took what we saw as the moral high ground, and plunged the world into another depressing cold war? (or worse?)

I never made any secret that I do have some admiration for certain aspects of Putin's leadership qualities. I don't like everything about the man, however.

I still don't understand how having any sort of soft spot for Putin, means that I want him to bring nuclear weapons onto the border with Ukraine? Can you explain that logic? As this appears to be what you're vaguely suggesting.

I wouldn't put much weight behind opinions from people such as yourself. It's very obvious to me, when I'm conversing with someone who has little if any ability to think for themselves. This is why our own political systems have become such a giant waste of time in many western nations. In order for a nation to create any leaders worth voting for, you first have embrace the sort of culture that promotes freedom of thought... because most great leaders have a mind of their own and strong convictions. But we don't value these characteristics anymore. It's more important to be popular, than it is to think for yourself. Right and wrong-speak, cancel culture for daring to have a view that goes against the consensus opinion etc etc.

We actually deserve the type of useless leaders we get in the west. Our culture has created these spineless empty suits, that spend their entire career flapping about with no vision or strong direction.

source?

Well that's interesting isn't it... you've agreed that there may be some valid criticisms of the west, but you are suggesting that you would distance yourself from those particular stances because they tend to be part of a certain political movement.

But this says more about you than anything else. You're more interested in being seen to be on the correct team in life, rather than having the courage of your own convictions. So yes, you have just confirmed that you are exactly the beast I predicted. You care more about being popular, than you do about thinking for yourself.

This mentality, in a nutshell, is what's killing our political systems in the west. And quite a lot of other things too.

And you're also very lazily trying to lump me into the same nice neat little box too. Because you've picked a team yourself, in your own head everyone else must be on a team too! It's lowest common denominator stuff really. 😂

But anyway... back to the topic at hand.