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Eddie you sound ridiculous. I’m the least emotional poster here. I have no side. I can look at the situation objectively and pragmatically. Your description of...

Eddie you sound ridiculous. I’m the least emotional poster here. I have no side. I can look at the situation objectively and pragmatically. Your description of me is exactly what you and most of the others are. And at the end of the day, I’m expressing some opinions. If you don’t like it I don’t care nor should I. Putin and Zelenskyy are both bad actors. Never have I justified Russia invading. Your comical. 

Remind me again … which country did Zelensky invade ? 

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Maybe you are just bleeding edge left and your perception is skewed. I find most in the forum with the exception of the usual suspects in...

Maybe you are just bleeding edge left and your perception is skewed. I find most in the forum with the exception of the usual suspects in political matters are pretty common sense Center with typical North American values. Most of the zealots are here in this thread talking shit about a conflict they think they understand, never having been outside their country or spoken to a person from the region. You couldn’t get a more partisan group. 

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“Maybe you are just bleeding edge left”   Right on cue , another pitiful strawman diversion attempt . This issue has nothing to do with left...

“Maybe you are just bleeding edge left”
 

Right on cue , another pitiful strawman diversion attempt . This issue has nothing to do with left or right .
 

You got nothing . 

Eddie. Did you even read his comment? 
Again, read it. Slowly. Understand it before your knee jerk reaction. 

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swordfish wrote:
Eddie you sound ridiculous. I’m the least emotional poster here. I have no side. I can look at the situation objectively and pragmatically. Your description of...

Eddie you sound ridiculous. I’m the least emotional poster here. I have no side. I can look at the situation objectively and pragmatically. Your description of me is exactly what you and most of the others are. And at the end of the day, I’m expressing some opinions. If you don’t like it I don’t care nor should I. Putin and Zelenskyy are both bad actors. Never have I justified Russia invading. Your comical. 

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Remind me again … which country did Zelensky invade ? 

Russia invaded Ukraine. I guess you could kind of say that Zelenskyy and his predecessors invaded parts of Eastern Ukraine. That is one scenario. Another is that Russia created the issue in the east to fuel conflict that would justify an invasion. I’ve been reading more about that hypothesis lately. For me, it seems like it’s a bit of both with Russia definitely favouring exploiting the situation in their favour and justifying the seizure of land to act as a buffer. 
Hey Eddie, patiently waiting for your criticism of this post. 

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Yeah, things get destroyed in war. But latest intel says the Patriot battery was damaged and not destroyed. Meanwhile, a massive barrage of Russian missiles aimed...

Yeah, things get destroyed in war. But latest intel says the Patriot battery was damaged and not destroyed. Meanwhile, a massive barrage of Russian missiles aimed at a major city filled with civilians, and of no military value whatsoever was ineffective because of the very anti-missile defense systems our countries have supplied, which undoubtedly saved many innocent lives. That's a good thing, no? Or are you more concerned with defending an authoritarian regime who would gladly do the same to your city if they had the means to? 

Some of you continue to blow most of our collective minds on this forum, with your blatant lean towards the aggressor vs. the defender. It's quite astonishing. God forbid your city or town is ever targeted by a barrage of missiles aimed at your fellow civilians by an invading country. The amount of money your "tax dollars/out of your pocket" go to defending against a regime like Putin is quite literally .0004% cents to the dollar. Meanwhile, you live comfortably with high speed internet constantly defending the indefensible on a MX message board.

I swear to God, some of you would of let the German Army bulldoze into your country during WWII and put out the red carpet for them. You're on the wrong side of history and it shows. 

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It’s honestly insane how extremely far right cultist non moto is. And apparently a lot of Russian sympathizers too.

swordfish wrote:
Maybe you are just bleeding edge left and your perception is skewed. I find most in the forum with the exception of the usual suspects in...

Maybe you are just bleeding edge left and your perception is skewed. I find most in the forum with the exception of the usual suspects in political matters are pretty common sense Center with typical North American values. Most of the zealots are here in this thread talking shit about a conflict they think they understand, never having been outside their country or spoken to a person from the region. You couldn’t get a more partisan group. 

Any rational person could look at this non moto section, see the thread topics, look at the up and down votes, see what the overall opinions there are here, and easily conclude that it’s extremely far right overall. Dangerously so. I had a lot more here typed out explaining why. But this thread is about Ukraine and I don’t want this thread to go down that road.

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5/17/2023 7:04am
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Russia invaded Ukraine. I guess you could kind of say that Zelenskyy and his predecessors invaded parts of Eastern Ukraine. That is one scenario. Another is...

Russia invaded Ukraine. I guess you could kind of say that Zelenskyy and his predecessors invaded parts of Eastern Ukraine. That is one scenario. Another is that Russia created the issue in the east to fuel conflict that would justify an invasion. I’ve been reading more about that hypothesis lately. For me, it seems like it’s a bit of both with Russia definitely favouring exploiting the situation in their favour and justifying the seizure of land to act as a buffer. 
Hey Eddie, patiently waiting for your criticism of this post. 

“ I guess you could kind of say that Zelenskyy and his predecessors invaded parts of Eastern Ukraine.”

 

Brilliant . 

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5/17/2023 7:40am
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Russia invaded Ukraine. I guess you could kind of say that Zelenskyy and his predecessors invaded parts of Eastern Ukraine. That is one scenario. Another is...

Russia invaded Ukraine. I guess you could kind of say that Zelenskyy and his predecessors invaded parts of Eastern Ukraine. That is one scenario. Another is that Russia created the issue in the east to fuel conflict that would justify an invasion. I’ve been reading more about that hypothesis lately. For me, it seems like it’s a bit of both with Russia definitely favouring exploiting the situation in their favour and justifying the seizure of land to act as a buffer. 
Hey Eddie, patiently waiting for your criticism of this post. 

eddie wrote:

“ I guess you could kind of say that Zelenskyy and his predecessors invaded parts of Eastern Ukraine.”

 

Brilliant . 

Another clear indication of your myopic view of the conflict and events leading up to it. Eddie, maybe you should leave this to the folks that can make observations without the knee jerk, emotional and completely biased lens. Every post you make demonstrates just how one dimensional your thinking is. 

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5/17/2023 7:56am
swordfish wrote:
Russia invaded Ukraine. I guess you could kind of say that Zelenskyy and his predecessors invaded parts of Eastern Ukraine. That is one scenario. Another is...

Russia invaded Ukraine. I guess you could kind of say that Zelenskyy and his predecessors invaded parts of Eastern Ukraine. That is one scenario. Another is that Russia created the issue in the east to fuel conflict that would justify an invasion. I’ve been reading more about that hypothesis lately. For me, it seems like it’s a bit of both with Russia definitely favouring exploiting the situation in their favour and justifying the seizure of land to act as a buffer. 
Hey Eddie, patiently waiting for your criticism of this post. 

eddie wrote:

“ I guess you could kind of say that Zelenskyy and his predecessors invaded parts of Eastern Ukraine.”

 

Brilliant . 

Yeah, it kind of is. If being brilliant means pointing out the obvious. 

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This war started when Russian specops took over Crimea. World was silent, so Putin went for east of Ukraine. FSB colonel Girkin and bunch of GRU specops were directing all of it.

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This war started when Russian specops took over Crimea. World was silent, so Putin went for east of Ukraine. FSB colonel Girkin and bunch of GRU...

This war started when Russian specops took over Crimea. World was silent, so Putin went for east of Ukraine. FSB colonel Girkin and bunch of GRU specops were directing all of it.

Yeah, I’ve been reading more about it recently. It’s like a page straight out of the imperialist handbook and how to influence regime/power hierarchy’s. SOP of what every major power on the planet has been doing for years. It’s really interesting to see the battle between the two key influencers for dominance of the Ukraine. Shitty that Ukraine is on the losing end between the two powers.  

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5/17/2023 11:25pm
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The U.S., Canada, Australia, Great Britain have all had combat veterans volunteer to fight for Ukraine and some who have died, because they know it's the...

The U.S., Canada, Australia, Great Britain have all had combat veterans volunteer to fight for Ukraine and some who have died, because they know it's the right thing to do. Despite the fact that they already have done their duty for their own country. They have more balls and moral rectitude than a lot of us posting on a message board debating this catastrophe. 

Here's an amazing piece of journalism told by Russian's themselves, in the first person, of what it's like to live under a regime like Putin... literally risking their lives to do so. It's worth the watch before any of the Russian appeasers or so-called "neutral's" on this board reply.

https://youtu.be/3CopUYaRzZo

This dude’s a warmonger. 

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The U.S., Canada, Australia, Great Britain have all had combat veterans volunteer to fight for Ukraine and some who have died, because they know it's the...

The U.S., Canada, Australia, Great Britain have all had combat veterans volunteer to fight for Ukraine and some who have died, because they know it's the right thing to do. Despite the fact that they already have done their duty for their own country. They have more balls and moral rectitude than a lot of us posting on a message board debating this catastrophe. 

Here's an amazing piece of journalism told by Russian's themselves, in the first person, of what it's like to live under a regime like Putin... literally risking their lives to do so. It's worth the watch before any of the Russian appeasers or so-called "neutral's" on this board reply.

https://youtu.be/3CopUYaRzZo

This dude’s a warmonger. 

He’s just holier than thou.
Maybe he’s a warmonger too. 
IanMac, maybe you should do your civic duty and go volunteer. 
I may not agree with everything Kongols says but he put his money where his mouth is and did multiple trips to Ukraine to volunteer and help their cause. A whole lot more honourable than just trying to shame people for not sharing a belief or opinion. 

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5/18/2023 8:59am
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He’s just holier than thou. Maybe he’s a warmonger too.  IanMac, maybe you should do your civic duty and go volunteer.  I may not agree with...

He’s just holier than thou.
Maybe he’s a warmonger too. 
IanMac, maybe you should do your civic duty and go volunteer. 
I may not agree with everything Kongols says but he put his money where his mouth is and did multiple trips to Ukraine to volunteer and help their cause. A whole lot more honourable than just trying to shame people for not sharing a belief or opinion. 

When will you be joining Wagner ? 

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How would you Russian leaning folks like to see this conflict end? 

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He’s just holier than thou. Maybe he’s a warmonger too.  IanMac, maybe you should do your civic duty and go volunteer.  I may not agree with...

He’s just holier than thou.
Maybe he’s a warmonger too. 
IanMac, maybe you should do your civic duty and go volunteer. 
I may not agree with everything Kongols says but he put his money where his mouth is and did multiple trips to Ukraine to volunteer and help their cause. A whole lot more honourable than just trying to shame people for not sharing a belief or opinion. 

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When will you be joining Wagner ? 

Another bad comparison Eddie. 
I don’t root for Russia. 

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How would you Russian leaning folks like to see this conflict end? 

I don’t see a lot of Russian leaning folks here. Ideally Russia would leave and give up any territory it occupies. I don’t see them giving back Crimea. I’d like to see it end soon regardless of conditions. Possibly with some kind of agreement or resolution that NATO and the West would agree on a plan that would not lead to provocation resulting from encroachment on their border. It’s a similar situation with China and the continuing expansion of US and Western military assets closer to their borders. 

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5/18/2023 10:36am
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How would you Russian leaning folks like to see this conflict end? 

swordfish wrote:
I don’t see a lot of Russian leaning folks here. Ideally Russia would leave and give up any territory it occupies. I don’t see them giving...

I don’t see a lot of Russian leaning folks here. Ideally Russia would leave and give up any territory it occupies. I don’t see them giving back Crimea. I’d like to see it end soon regardless of conditions. Possibly with some kind of agreement or resolution that NATO and the West would agree on a plan that would not lead to provocation resulting from encroachment on their border. It’s a similar situation with China and the continuing expansion of US and Western military assets closer to their borders. 

Why should Ukraine give up its relationship with the west as its stronger and more necessary now than ever?

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5/18/2023 11:14am
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How would you Russian leaning folks like to see this conflict end? 

swordfish wrote:
I don’t see a lot of Russian leaning folks here. Ideally Russia would leave and give up any territory it occupies. I don’t see them giving...

I don’t see a lot of Russian leaning folks here. Ideally Russia would leave and give up any territory it occupies. I don’t see them giving back Crimea. I’d like to see it end soon regardless of conditions. Possibly with some kind of agreement or resolution that NATO and the West would agree on a plan that would not lead to provocation resulting from encroachment on their border. It’s a similar situation with China and the continuing expansion of US and Western military assets closer to their borders. 

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Why should Ukraine give up its relationship with the west as its stronger and more necessary now than ever?

Guess that depends if it’s framed from the Russian point of view or Ukraines. I didn’t say they should. Maybe a DMZ or other similar option? Buffer zone? You asked a question. Got an answer and followed up with another question. These are hypotheticals. View as a range of options or possibilities. I can’t imagine a US or Western Military build up in Ukraine is going to solve the long term problem. 

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5/18/2023 12:15pm

RFK Jr's position was that the US put in a pro US government in Ukraine and Russia was afraid that the US would install a base in Crimea. So Russia preemptively invaded Crimea. Is there any truth to this?

TM

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How would you Russian leaning folks like to see this conflict end? 

Maybe dissolving NATO?

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Alot of Russian talking points being repeated here.

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Dissolving NATO 😂😂😂😂😂😂

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early wrote:

Alot of Russian talking points being repeated here.

A lot of what you perceive as Russian talking points. They are really just talking points. Talking points that seem to be growing In popularity globally as support for the war declines. Russian and Ukrainian support. A lot of anti NATO sentiment in Europe, more than there ever has been. 

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TDeath21 wrote:

Dissolving NATO 😂😂😂😂😂😂

It’s not a strange concept. Been a discussion for decades now. 

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swordfish wrote:

It’s not a strange concept. Been a discussion for decades now. 

An aggressive Russia invading it neighbour has probably put an end to that discussion. 

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5/19/2023 9:19am
swordfish wrote:

It’s not a strange concept. Been a discussion for decades now. 

An aggressive Russia invading it neighbour has probably put an end to that discussion. 

No, to the contrary. It’s ignited the discussion. There has been massive anti NATO demonstrations going in in major cities all over Europe. 

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5/19/2023 9:27am Edited Date/Time 5/19/2023 9:29am
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No, to the contrary. It’s ignited the discussion. There has been massive anti NATO demonstrations going in in major cities all over Europe. 

I'm struggling to find any sources for these massive demonstrations all over Europe from any source that I trust.

Most of what I can see is linked to left wing organisations. Could you post some links? 

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No, to the contrary. It’s ignited the discussion. There has been massive anti NATO demonstrations going in in major cities all over Europe. 

I'm struggling to find any sources for these massive demonstrations all over Europe from any source that I trust. Most of what I can see is...

I'm struggling to find any sources for these massive demonstrations all over Europe from any source that I trust.

Most of what I can see is linked to left wing organisations. Could you post some links? 

Go on Twitter, lots of content. 

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5/20/2023 6:48am Edited Date/Time 5/20/2023 6:48am
swordfish wrote:

It’s not a strange concept. Been a discussion for decades now. 

An aggressive Russia invading it neighbour has probably put an end to that discussion. 

swordfish wrote:

No, to the contrary. It’s ignited the discussion. There has been massive anti NATO demonstrations going in in major cities all over Europe. 

It has not ignited some discussion. There has always been people who are against NATO in Europe, that number has decreased since the invasion though.

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5/20/2023 8:06am Edited Date/Time 5/20/2023 8:58am

An aggressive Russia invading it neighbour has probably put an end to that discussion. 

swordfish wrote:

No, to the contrary. It’s ignited the discussion. There has been massive anti NATO demonstrations going in in major cities all over Europe. 

Prntscrn wrote:

It has not ignited some discussion. There has always been people who are against NATO in Europe, that number has decreased since the invasion though.

Ok, ok you must be right because you say so. Lol, the fuck it hasn’t started people openly protesting NATO. 

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5/20/2023 8:15am Edited Date/Time 5/20/2023 8:16am
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No, to the contrary. It’s ignited the discussion. There has been massive anti NATO demonstrations going in in major cities all over Europe. 

I'm struggling to find any sources for these massive demonstrations all over Europe from any source that I trust. Most of what I can see is...

I'm struggling to find any sources for these massive demonstrations all over Europe from any source that I trust.

Most of what I can see is linked to left wing organisations. Could you post some links? 

Try Russian state news orgs . 

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