Russia - threadbanned users in OP

As to why Putin wanted Ukraine , I'd say it's probably a long list of things all combined ..

Probably high on that list is because he thought he could get away with it ..

Some of it was strategic , strenght in depth , ( there's speculation that he was likely to annex east of the dniper river ,and set up a puppet state to the west ,possibly with Russia holding all the coast,

It's a good way to then exert pressure on Moldova,

It further secures Crimea, and guarentees it's water supply for irrigation...

Stops Ukraine exploiting energy reserves to supply into Europe, (largely accomplished in 2014) ,but this completes the Donbass invaison,

Legacy , Putin got to reestablish novarossia, maybe gets to go down in the history books as a great - like his heros Peter the great and Catherine the great ,

Actually, Afghanistan and its people are great. the same cannot be said for the Taliban who have hi-jacked the Country. Lot of it is semi-arid desert, but lots of it with incredible beauty too. And it has great natural wealth, precious stones etc. The Chinese have gotten some very lucrative mineral rights (Illegally sold to them by a corrupt government minister.) So if the Chinese are involved, there's value in it, for sure! Biggest handicap with the Afghan's is that they are locked into Tribal Clan system. So even when they hold a Loya Jirga ( general meeting of all the Clans to make decisions, like elections etc. and the nearest thing to what we call democracy) It has been like this for hundreds of years. Ironically, despite all that the Americans did to modernize Afghanistan, in the end, one of the reasons it failed was because of the tribal system. Very Islamic in outlook, and that was long before the Taliban was even heard of. They take their obligations very serious according to the Pashtun code, if a stranger knocks on their door, and they invite him in, under their code, once he enters, he is under their protection, even if that means dying for him. I found them to be a very warm friendly people, with a sense of humour.

I understand the difference, but there are similarities. One had it in mind to wipe out an ethnic group for reason X, the other had it in mind to kill as many as possible of an ethnic group for reason Y. Differences in the details but saying Putin is like Hitler is not that much of a stretch of the imagination. If Putin thought he could drop the bomb he prob would, but he knows that would lead to his countries annihilation. Otherwise he might well reach that 6m figure. He knows the majority of the people of Ukraine want their independence, wiping out millions, taking the oil, mineral and food rich lands and some kids in the bargain would be the jackpot in his eyes.

Bathtubs and toilets. The most sought after items when a Russian robs your house.

It doesn't wind me up though, it just makes me think uggghhh and not take the poster as seriously as I would like to.

Would love to see an in depth investigation into those two alright. I am sure there are a few other politicians sucking at the tit of Russian blood money across Europe.

Mostly, they will be put in the shed, out the back. And in the minus temps, they will quickly discover that our modern toilets will become much colder than the wooden arrangements they are used to when installed out of doors in sub -zero temps.

Bridge at M14 highway between Melitopol and Kostiantynivka village was blown up

supply line crunch

The fact is that with reference to these inhuman Ruzzian murderous bastards, there are no apt names to describe them in the English language. Even escapees from hell does not adequately describe them.

Warm where they are off to too.

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