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Turkey and Ireland seem to be the most affected, followed by UK, France and Bulgaria.

Maybe because it is in everyone’s interest to weaken Russia as much as possible, and now we have the opportunity to do it while the Ukraininas are doing the fighting themselves. This is an opportunity that should not be missed, and it would be good for Turkey as well to be part of the coalition...

No, it’s not. I say this as someone who lived under a dictator, and then under a democratic system. There is no comparison between the two. Democracy is 100 times better than dictatorship.

That’s a fake. Someone put the fake map behind the tv presenter in Photoshop. This thing never aired on CCTV.

The current superpower started as a colony that fought for its independence against a colonial power. Not very different from your own country. Anyway, we’re going nowhere with this discussion, as you obviously refuse to consider there are differences between factions based on who they are and...

I agree with your assessment. This is why my belief is that China must be really stupid to start a war, even in case of a Taiwanese declaration of independence. Why would you start a war when you are at a disadvantage when time is working for you?

Here’s an intersting analysis of Russia’s fossil fuel exports since January 2022 and how the war and the subsequent sanctions and price caps have influenced its export revenues: It looks like the price cap on crude oil and now the new EU ban on refined products are having the desired effect...

We in Eastern Europe love this free police service that allowed us to develop without fear of being invaded by Russia and while spending only a tiny amount in defence compared to the huge military assistance we receive from the US. Thank you USA for defending us for free.

When you equate ISIS controlled territory with a legitimate democratically elected government, you are engaging in extreme mental gymnastics to try to defend your point. What’s next? Legitimizing drug cartels when they control a town by force as “legitimate governors” and calling the police...

Mosul and Raqqa were basically a military operation where the Iraq government was helped by a coalition of international forces to remove the cities from the hands of terrorists and liberate the people there. That was not invading a country. The people in those cities were basically the...

Again, you ignore what I said before, that the West has not done this in recent decades. There is no denying that this type of war was done by everybody until a few decades ago. The big difference is that only Russia is still doing this in this century. You mostly cite horrific acts done in...

Well said! If only more people would understand this. Totally agree with you.

That was a terrible accident, and a shameful cover up, but it was not something done with intent, like the bombing of Mariupol. Accidents are different from deliberate actions.

The examples you give are exceptions to the rule, when low level officers made some terrible things. They are not huge campaigns of turning cities into rubble sanctioned by the higher ups. While the Americans are no angels, their military doctrine is not about killing everything indiscriminately...

No. What I’m saying is that the likes of US or France no longer do the atrocities they did 50 years ago. Because the public is more informed and the feedback from regular people to the political class is much stronger now due to technology, democratic countries must be a lot more careful when it...

Well said!

You present events from half a century ago. I was talking about recent decades, when the US greatly improved accuracy and efficiency, and has a professional military without recruits. This century it’s only the Russians doing this kind of staff, as they remained stuck in the last century.

Correct! Yes, that was disgraceful and it showed the lack of education and logic of many people in the so called “civilized” West. Yes, that’s another example of idiots in the West. Yes, I am aware of that trend among the far-right and it is very shameful. There are lots of idiots in both...

The US at least cares about its public image, so it restrains itself from doing the most horrific things indiscriminately. While they do bad things for sure, they try to limit the useless killing because it hurts their image. On the other hand, the Russians are proud of their destruction and are...

This was not about what you are saying, but referencing to the many people in the East who cheer for Russia in this war. If you read Youtube comments on videos related to the war, the amount of support for Russia is disgusting.