Russia - threadbanned users in OP

You're not getting away with that Muck Potatoes, trying to poo poo the idea that Putin is evil.

I'm calling you out on it, Putin is the very epitome of evil.

I say that on behalf of the beautiful teenage girls who now need to adjust to using prosthetics rather than spend a Saturday shopping for flattering clothes.

But, but, but, but, but

I urge you to ascend, your attitude is medieval and unimaginative.

At the very least, try counting.

Where did it go wrong for you?

When did your faux certainty begin to mask your confusion?

Whatabout intelligence?

Neither will peace come from negotiations Muck Potatoes.

Putin will be stopped by being stopped.

You need to recognise the current situation for what it is and stop trying to shoe-horn it into previous scenarios.

Stop being influenced by others who have a vested interest in moulding your perceptions.

If the vocabulary of your thoughts is comprised from another's palette, you are not thinking independently.

Excellent, very important to demonstrate to Russia that the vanishing point on the horizon ahead isn't just the result of perspective, they need to be closed off from their backward ambitions for ever more.

That could be something to do with the Russians having raped and murdered their way across the countries containing the camps, and it's not as if they set out to liberate those camps, the Russian front line just rolled up to and past them them

Quite a few days ago I posted an exhortation to Ukraine to extract the digit, on learning that although Netherlands had said they were open to the idea of supplying F-16s, no request for that had actually been made by Ukraine.

That said, I am sure there were good reasons.

Many of these people aren't so much making a case for their arguments as they are pleading for explanation from others.

Very primitive stuff - "US got involved in Viet Nam and Iraq (the big ones) so Russia must be good"

It looks like missiles were fired from Transnistra and flew over Moldova and Romania.

I don't know anything and I didnt say I did. I just posted a link to an interesting story I thought was relevant in the context of this conflict.

It's no secret the US power structures are a bit divided in this. Pentagon and intelligence services aren't as keen on the whole thing as the neocons in State Department and White House. There are a few mostly retired or close to retirement military quite vocal on conservative channels.

Don't forget pushing the ludicrous Seth Rich conspiracy.

Hang on, didn't the blog post state it was a Norwegian mine sweeper used? Didn't it also state it was a Norwegian P8 plane that dropped the buoy on a routine flight... Routine flights wouldn't be turning off their transponders.

If it was tracked as he said, he fails to provide the evidence. It's pure tripe of a story.

In defence of the NYT I subscribe to it and read it every day. There is no way it is 'pro-Russian'. I wouldn't buy it if it was.

They do use outside opinions quite a bit but that does not reflect editorial bias.

You don't seem to be able to grasp that the state of Ukraine only wish to negotiate when Russian forces are expelled from all their internationally recognised territory. It is our moral duty to help support Ukraine in this objective as long as they require.

Things may change of course, the Russian invaders may continue to annihilate Ukrainian society and infrastructure - then Ukraine may be forced on it's knees begging to the negotiating table.

Most right thinking people believe though they should be supported in their primary aim. Both by supplying Ukraine, supporting them politically and also seeking to crush the Russian economy that facilitates their aggressive war machine.

There's a time for diplomacy and avoiding war and that should always be the first option. But there's also a time when war is inevitable, so that justice will prevail.

More heavy pushes on Bahkmut and across the front, and reports they are growing increasingly heavy, looks like spring offensive fully underway