He literally claimed Ukraine was part of Russia and that Ukrainian are Russian.
That is like Serbia declaring Bulgaria has always been Serbs all along
Putin invoking historical reality is like nonsensical what-if that would never happen? There's fumbling an argument and then there's not even trying.
That's pushing it. It's more like Serbians calling parts of Kosovo Serbian, seeing as Ukraine, believe it or not, is a Russian sub-culture.He literally claimed Ukraine was part of Russia and that Ukrainian are Russian.
That is like Serbia declaring Bulgaria has always been Serbs all along
Better yet,That's pushing it. It's more like Serbians calling parts of Kosovo Serbian, seeing as Ukraine, believe it or not, is a Russian sub-culture.
Putin invoking historical reality is like nonsensical what-if that would never happen? There's fumbling an argument and then there's not even trying.
As if that will ever happen... besides that, I highly doubt that Russia plans to completely annex Ukraine. Puppet them? more than likely, but a commplete annexation? Nah G.Better yet,
All of former Yugoslavia should be freely invaded by Serbia
TBH I can live with Russia getting swole/taking land formerly inhabited by the Russian Empire/Soviet Union. What I care about is China.Ukraine is a recently invented state that was far smaller than what it now claims.
Putin saying that it should have Lenin's name on it is a lot closer to the truth than any of the western cheer-leading and Ukrainian nazi apologia.
Russia will have 3 pipelines to China soon, and they are allies in all but name.TBH I can live with Russia getting swole/taking land formerly inhabited by the Russian Empire/Soviet Union. What I care about is China.
More 'you scratch my back I scratch yours' kind of speel. As it has been said in this thread, China isn't all that thrilled with what a Russian Ukraine would mean.Russia will have 3 pipelines to China soon, and they are allies in all but name.
Thing is, Putin was moderately pro-Euro integration when he started all this up until the Euromeidan incident, thank Poland, the Baltics, Sweden, the UK and the various chickenhawk establishment drones, neocucks and neolibs for that.
The same people who had you fight a pointless war in Afghanistan for 20 years and who achieved jack shit on that front.
IMO a number of them must be working for China.
It is from the Guardian, aka the most fake of fake news, if BoJo axes the BBC there goes most of that rag's revenue.
Also a rag that calls GamerGate and Trump supporters terrorists and thinks Russiagate and Trump paying hookers to piss on Obama's bed were a thing.
Anyway, here is Maverick' of Wallstreet's opinion on the economic impact, I frankly don't agree with his views on Putin, but he does cover the broader impact of sanctioning Russia.
I will wait a week personally, there are a lot of levels of loonietoons in the west and in Ukraine, they just might provide another buying opportunity.Just watched the first part, and yeah no real sanctions are in play. Hence the article I shared yesterday which basically said Russia has won this, and actually recommended investing in Russian firms like gazprom, and their etf.
Ukraine actually interfered with Chinese acquisitions, like a factory for turbines China really wanted.More 'you scratch my back I scratch yours' kind of speel. As it has been said in this thread, China isn't all that thrilled with what a Russian Ukraine would mean.
For the neocons and neolibs it most certainly wasn't, they made huge profits building massively overpriced stuff over there.Also, the War in Afghanistan wasn't pointless, now of course It was after five years, but after that? then I can agree with you. At most a quick five years of fuck shit up then outta dodge we go. Iraq was and still is a pointless endeavor for America.
Better yet, it would be like UK claiming that Americans are all Englishmen with a recently invented country who forgot about it due to being indoctrinated with crazy ideas about freedom, not to mention foreign interference, and they should be returned to the crown where they rightfully belong.Better yet,
All of former Yugoslavia should be freely invaded by Serbia
They have been rotating reservists through service on the lines with the separatist republics, where skirmishing often happens. Which is some combat experience for sure, even if not much.Half a million combat experienced veterans? What does pass as combat experience there, a bar brawl? Because there is no way that many troops went through clashes in the Donbas in the last eight years, not even close.
There were loyalist Americans, many of them were forcibly yeeted out or otherwise repressed, and if the British had pushed harder during the war of 1812 I think they would have reintegrated the colonies successfully.Better yet, it would be like UK claiming that Americans are all Englishmen who forgot about it due to being indoctrinated with crazy ideas about freedom and shit, and they should be returned to the crown.
They also tried drafting women without much success,male draftees are not really interested in fighting, apparently.They have been rotating reservists through service on the lines with the separatist republics, where skirmishing often happens. Which is some combat experience for sure, even if not much.
And then there are veterans of the 2014-2015 war.