Recent content by contricusc

The US never tried to annex Iraq territory and it never claimed Iraq is not a country. You see, if Russia just tried regime change in Ukraine, and when it failed withdrew from the war, we wouldn’t be in the current situation. Where Putin failed miserably is when he started annexing territories...

You seem to have a hard time understanding the concept of legal and illegal. If you join an institution and sign treaties where you accept a certain set of rules, you should abide by those rules. The UN is not a Western institution. It is a global institution where all memebers joined on a...

There is only one LEGAL school of thought, and that is that Ukraine is a sovereign nation, active member of the UN and recognized by all other nations, including the Russian Federation. The second ”school of thought” you mention is just delirious ranting from Putin and his followers. The...

Of course that it depends on who and what they represent. When they represent something/someone, they are automatically not objective anymore, and what they say is simply support for a propaganda machine. It has nothing to do with the objective truth. That’s why political analysts look for...

This is because the West is US centric, and only the interests of the US are taken into consideration. Russia is a big threat to Europe, while China is not. But from a US perspective, both Russia and China are just rivals for world domination, and they should just be kept weak enough to be...

You are the type of person that excuses rape and starts to ask questions like “how was the victim dessed?”, or “did she provoke the rapist?”. In the world of sane people and decent human beings, there is no “neutral fashion” to talk about invasion and rape, and we don’t blame the victims or...

Kaya is right. The breaking up of Russia into smaller states would be the best possible outcome of this war. Just like the Soviet Union has been broken into several states and some of them have become democratic and prosperous, Russia should end up broken into smaller pieces, since this is the...

I think this is related to the arrival of F16s. The improved air defences will have the role to protect the F16s while on the ground.

But most Indians still love Russia. It doesn’t matter that Russia treats them like that. They just love Russia and hate the West.

We shall see about that. Right now it seems that there is a big push for getting a large number of high quality air defence systems for Ukraine, to coincide with the arrival of F16s. If the F16s come together with air defence and many missiles, they could turn the tide of war. If Ukraine...

This is a little over 9 missiles per week, which means Ukraine could do on average a serious strike every week if the missiles you mentioned are delivered. Considering that many of the missiles will be available only after the F16s are operating, it means that the strike capability of Ukraine...

At 65 years of age, people see their youth through the effect of nostalgia. They remember the good old days when they were young, healthy and strong and had an active life, and by association they think everyhting was better back in the day. I know many older people in Romania who are nostalgic...

Except that the US has a very low unemployment rate, and those Trumpists that have fallen for this type of propaganda are not young at all. They are people frustrated with their declining health due to old age and with the current culture trends, and they are venting their frustration on...

Of course not. In every country, most recruits come from the poorest regions. This is exactly what I was saying in my previous posts. The West has a big problem with recruitment because it has very few poor regions, and the vast majority of the population has a high standard of living, so they...

No, they fight for money, their personal salary, not for the glory of their country. Russia recruits from the very poor regions where many people have no job or a very low income. For those people, the money earned in the military are significant and there is pressure from their families to get...