Russia - threadbanned users in OP

To add to that point, I have a question.

Is there anyone here who lived in London or the UK during the " Troubles". ? There wasnt an Irishman out there condemning the British occupation of our Island, but did we all show any support for the IRA? Absolutely not, especially while living in the UK.

However, we we all painted with the same brush by the British? Absolutely!

To them, we were all RA sympathisers...

Well ... I'm British and I lived in SE London (Lewisham) throughout the 80's.

Having no litter bins to put your rubbish in while out and about was a minor inconvenience and usually resulted in rolling your eyes and telling your kids to put their empty crisp packet in their pocket (First world problems, right?)

Having the car stopped and searched by twitchy armed police every time I drove across London (and through The City) when I went to visit my mum in Lincolnshire was definitely worse, but I understood why.

Nights out in certain pubs and having a collecting tin rattled in your face at the end of the evening with the exhortation by a gent with an Irish accent to "give 50p to kill a British soldier", so don't go to that pub again ...

I know these are nothing compared to what others experienced, but I mention them to illustrate how a slow drip-drip of this kind of stuff creates and hardens attitudes over time.

I have to disagree. I lived in London during the IRA bombings. There was an "underground" support for the IRA, just as there was here. I remember Sunday nights, in Kilburn pubs, when the collection beer mugs were passed around. I also didn't see or experience any animosity towards Irish people which, I think, was remarkable.

An interesting video regarding the buildup and first month of the war .... Worth a watch

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5sACMTVqyvE&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE

Whatever side of the argument you fall on, hoping for mass casualties is quite gruesome

No one cares what you think. Ukraine will win this war.

There's a good chance he could be taken out, but I can't see it happening. He's probably somewhat useful for the Ukrainians in that he's a massive pain in the hole for Putin

Russia in general is a synonym to the word Failure

I didnt say anything about casualties. Isolating them from supplies and food is enough to ensure surrender thus removing them from the war.

Bakhmut still holding.

China won't supply Russia with anything to do with offensive weapons unless they want the entire world to stop buying off them.

Losses aren't even close to 1:1 the Russians are losing way more soldiers as they're under supplied, under trained and just worse in every conceivable way.

The Ukrainians now have the ability to hit ammo dumps and bases almost anywhere inside Ukraine. It took 6 months for Russia to adjust to keeping their dumps 50 miles from the front line now they have to try operate at 100 miles or further.

Russians can barely supply it's forces as it stands imagine how inefficient the whole thing will become now.

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Because of course they threw down the Ukr flag, their "protest" has nothing to do with supporting peace in Ukraine.