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  1. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    The Democrats became more efficient and deliberate at seeding defeat.
  2. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    You are conflating him saying 'Foreign agents should be treated as foreign agents' with 'I want to give more power to leftist lunatics.' Stop it.
  3. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    I don't react with you frequently enough to have a strong opinion. I vaguely remember arguing with you on some subjects, but you didn't leave the sheer depth of impression that History 'Learner' did.
  4. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    Whether it managed to injure anyone or not, the Ukrainians managing to hit Moscow at all says very bad things about their air defenses. Especially because you can bet your ass that part of the deal the US has with Ukraine is that we get all their intelligence on Russian capabilities.
  5. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    That's not a professional diagnosis, but the sheer level of warped perspective he demonstrates is pretty clear. Like you. I think you're wrong about almost everything on politics, but you have some semblance of internal consistency to your thought, and are capable of recognizing something is...
  6. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    I understand that Agent23 is personally monetarily invested in Russia, and that History Learner is actually clinically insane. I even have some sympathy for people who want America to not be sending its treasure to support the war for various reasons, even if I think it is misguided. You...
  7. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    More women than men in colleges these days, so it's not even that.
  8. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    You really are just determined to be wrong about basically everything, aren't you? Napoleon rampaged all across the length and breadth of Europe, and that's not even getting into how the seeds of socialism, communism, and first major European attempt at 'modern' secularization all came out of...
  9. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    Yes, international law applies to the loser, so if Russia loses the war, then what will apply to it?
  10. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    A serious question: Are you trolling? Are you deliberately being obtuse to provoke a reaction?
  11. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    'Give you free stuff.' Is that really what you think is being talked about? One of the most basic tenets of law, civil, criminal, and international, is that if you destroy someone else's property, you must make restitution. In civil and criminal law, this is damages, a fine, prison time, or a...
  12. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    First off, that isn't what caused World War 2. Second off, not forcing some sort of consequences on Russia will just encourage them to try again later. Third off, as Marduk said, you require them in order for trade relations to normalize.
  13. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    You are demonstrating a severe lack of understanding about how nuclear weapons, doctrine, and policy, work. First off, there is a difference between tactical and strategic nuclear weapons. Tactical weapons can be deployed by something as small as an MLRS, and be an alternate payload for a...
  14. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    I recall having read some time ago that in the modern day, the ratio of 'support' to 'frontline fighters' is about 10:1. I don't remember where the number came from, but even if it's 3:1 instead of 10:1, 17% of your population being willing to be on the front lines is more than enough.
  15. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    The ethical choice would be to stop the policies that are screwing your economy over, and send part of the increase in tax income you enjoy from that to support the war effort. There are only three things that can cause long-term economic failure. In no particular order, those are natural...
  16. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    It's very easy for an incompetently run corrupt nation with an extremely mediocre military to become a world power, if they are allowed to swallow up smaller nations one by one with no organized resistance from other nations who want to stop that.
  17. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    This is your personal opinion, and nothing more. For people who see 'weakening the economy of the world's #1 state sponsor of terrorism' as a good objective, there's a heck of a lot more you can get out of sanctions than just those two things.
  18. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    Did it never occur to you that there are things to gain aside from 'the enemy regime was destroyed'?
  19. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    You're just asserting there is no long-term benefit. Support this assertion.
  20. LordsFire

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    ...No it isn't? Keeping your enemies economically depressed is useful. And given the Iranian propensity for chants of 'death to America,' there's never really been any doubt as to whether or not they're our enemies. They're also very fond of funding terrorism.
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