The answer to all of your questions, above, is that Putin and his entire government work for the global cabal - and thus, they have no desire to 'win' in Ukraine.
The purpose of invading Ukraine was to provide the globalists with the pretext for imposing the sanctions - which were actually aimed at the West, rather than at Russia, in order to drive energy prices through the roof, and thereby to destroy the economies of the West for the Great Reset.
Embarrassing, disgusting and feel like I was played for a chump. I blame the pro-Russian talking heads in the West for leading me into thinking the Russians had this. Too good to be true, really. One thing I know is the Ukrainians are formidable fighters and a fierce determined and vengeful people. They fight hard to win even to the death because for them Ukraine is their land, not Russia's, despite the history that dictates otherwise. They'll take all the aid they can get from wherever they get it, but in the end it's about being "Ukrainian," not little Russia. Sooner or later, we might have to yield to they are simply more highly ethnically motivated to keep what they think is theirs.
Well, i wasn't played for a chump. After one of those guys - Andrei Martyanov - started spouting massive stupidities and bullshit last year, we had a big argument and i ended up being banned. The things he was defending were so ridiculously untrue that i could not stand this, and even though we had good relations before that, it ended in a conflict. I had a serious rethink about him, and not only him.
I'm one of the most pro-russian people one can find. But i understood that it is precisely people like these (in or outside of that country) that harm Russia too. By seriously overestimating themselves while seriously underestimating others. And i do not want others to harm Russia. So they became part of the problem too.
Go for Igor Strelkov, he predicted all of this. He may have his issues too, but he looks to be an honest man, and a russian patriot too.
Yes, I suspected Martyanov at the very first as filled with copious amounts of bs. But I have to be honest and say I was taken in quite a bit of what he said until his crude boomerisms turned me off and because the other Alts more or less echoed his sentiments touting him or endorsing him. That you had that falling out with him was to your benefit imo.
Your well-written reply is very helpful, thank you, because as you say, "it is precisely people like these…that harm Russia…" That's an additional terrible awful thing in this terrible situation.
I’d let the year play out. Russia is obviously setting up for the next round, and the political pressure on Putin is to be more aggressive. That’s really all they need to choose to do, and the troop/missile accumulations are building again.
I had a funny dream last night. Putin replaced and a new Russian caretaker President, couldn't make out his name but it looked exactly like Strelkov. Then a truck bomb exploded in the Channel tunnel - a huge disaster with big section flooded. Then next day an explosion ruptured the new Norway to Poland gas pipeline. Outrage in the west but no way to pin the blame - and ISIS claims responsibility for the tunnel and threatens more. But then miraculously the sabotage attacks on Russia stop. Oh, and the new President calls back all the contract soldiers who did not renew their contrasts, fully mobilizes the army to put a million men into Ukraine, closes the border to stop draft dodgers leaving, and places the entire economy on a war footing to support the war. And guess what - it's all over by next summer.
"But for seven months straight now Putin has been providing us with arguments why it would be advantageous if such a union was led from Kiev, by people who are a lot more like Zelensky (whom he has made to look like a ruthless and effective Georgiy Zhukov) and a lot less than him."
So Russia should be ruled by an Israeli? Did I read you correctly?
Explosives packaged in Bulgaria inside a ton of plastic wraps for food so apparently X-rays cannot detect them. Shipped to Georgia, loaded on two trucks, drivers unaware, destination Russia. Probably also included inside the wraps was a geolocator to track the trucks' itinerary.
The answer to all of your questions, above, is that Putin and his entire government work for the global cabal - and thus, they have no desire to 'win' in Ukraine.
The purpose of invading Ukraine was to provide the globalists with the pretext for imposing the sanctions - which were actually aimed at the West, rather than at Russia, in order to drive energy prices through the roof, and thereby to destroy the economies of the West for the Great Reset.
The pro Ukrainian bent is ridicules
That criticism will have more bite when Putin is touring a pacified Kiev. Shall I hold my breath?
Embarrassing, disgusting and feel like I was played for a chump. I blame the pro-Russian talking heads in the West for leading me into thinking the Russians had this. Too good to be true, really. One thing I know is the Ukrainians are formidable fighters and a fierce determined and vengeful people. They fight hard to win even to the death because for them Ukraine is their land, not Russia's, despite the history that dictates otherwise. They'll take all the aid they can get from wherever they get it, but in the end it's about being "Ukrainian," not little Russia. Sooner or later, we might have to yield to they are simply more highly ethnically motivated to keep what they think is theirs.
Well, i wasn't played for a chump. After one of those guys - Andrei Martyanov - started spouting massive stupidities and bullshit last year, we had a big argument and i ended up being banned. The things he was defending were so ridiculously untrue that i could not stand this, and even though we had good relations before that, it ended in a conflict. I had a serious rethink about him, and not only him.
I'm one of the most pro-russian people one can find. But i understood that it is precisely people like these (in or outside of that country) that harm Russia too. By seriously overestimating themselves while seriously underestimating others. And i do not want others to harm Russia. So they became part of the problem too.
Go for Igor Strelkov, he predicted all of this. He may have his issues too, but he looks to be an honest man, and a russian patriot too.
Yes, I suspected Martyanov at the very first as filled with copious amounts of bs. But I have to be honest and say I was taken in quite a bit of what he said until his crude boomerisms turned me off and because the other Alts more or less echoed his sentiments touting him or endorsing him. That you had that falling out with him was to your benefit imo.
Your well-written reply is very helpful, thank you, because as you say, "it is precisely people like these…that harm Russia…" That's an additional terrible awful thing in this terrible situation.
I’d let the year play out. Russia is obviously setting up for the next round, and the political pressure on Putin is to be more aggressive. That’s really all they need to choose to do, and the troop/missile accumulations are building again.
I wonder if it was a suicide bomb, or an unfortunate trucker who never knew what he was carrying.
Tell me, if Russia has annexed Luhansk, Donetsk, Mariupol, Melitopol and Kherson, wouldn’t the bridge be the “long way round” to Crimea?
I had a funny dream last night. Putin replaced and a new Russian caretaker President, couldn't make out his name but it looked exactly like Strelkov. Then a truck bomb exploded in the Channel tunnel - a huge disaster with big section flooded. Then next day an explosion ruptured the new Norway to Poland gas pipeline. Outrage in the west but no way to pin the blame - and ISIS claims responsibility for the tunnel and threatens more. But then miraculously the sabotage attacks on Russia stop. Oh, and the new President calls back all the contract soldiers who did not renew their contrasts, fully mobilizes the army to put a million men into Ukraine, closes the border to stop draft dodgers leaving, and places the entire economy on a war footing to support the war. And guess what - it's all over by next summer.
Let the ground freeze.
"But for seven months straight now Putin has been providing us with arguments why it would be advantageous if such a union was led from Kiev, by people who are a lot more like Zelensky (whom he has made to look like a ruthless and effective Georgiy Zhukov) and a lot less than him."
So Russia should be ruled by an Israeli? Did I read you correctly?
This is what happened: https://southfront.org/details-of-terrorist-attack-on-crimean-bridge-revealed-nato-appears-involved/
Explosives packaged in Bulgaria inside a ton of plastic wraps for food so apparently X-rays cannot detect them. Shipped to Georgia, loaded on two trucks, drivers unaware, destination Russia. Probably also included inside the wraps was a geolocator to track the trucks' itinerary.