Russia and Ukraine

[Leonardo17]

The Foreign Legion:
 

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The Russian military court is sending a captured British volunteer soldier to 20 year in a work camp (And I don’t believe UK authorities have anything to say about that).
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvge8dnrge5o
 
So you don’t go to war just like that. In fact some of these volunteers are overtly schizophrenic. They cannot adapt to the military lifestyle and end up being deserters or surrendering to the Russian military.
 
/All that I am saying here should help us understand what a huge sacrifice all real soldiers (from all nations) are usually making. In many cases they are like a school of bravery and courage for all of us to learn (which does not change the truth that all wars / unless they are defencive wars / are acts of murder and should not be happening in a truly civilized world at all)
 
But yes. Some people know very well what they are doing (I’m talking about individuals with advanced military training, experience and knowledge). These are the ones for whom this thing has probably been designed for.
 

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Bel’s thinking on the NATO issue:
 

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All of this debate is showing us that Russia sees Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Central Asian countries, Azerbaijan and Armenia as part of its own zone of influence.
 
If NATO is such an antagonistic force that threatens other nations than why doesn’t (for instance) Romania object to the inclusion of Ukraine into this alliance?
 
Ukraine is a sovereign nation right? So they are free to join the BRICS and/or the EU and/or NATO if they want to.
 
See what’s happening in Georgia. See this man is ruling Georgia and is the person who controls the “Georgian Dream” Party:
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidzina_Ivanishvili
 
He went to Moscow as a nobody in the 90’s. Then he received funds in Moscow and became the Number1 oligarch in Georgia. He also happens to be the best friend of this dude:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Georgia
 
This dude is elected every time despite the fact that Georgians have been manifesting in front of the Parliament in Tbilisi since 2-3 years if I am correct
 
- So first they try to put their surrogate on top of a country. İf it doesn’t work they attack militarily. So they don’t want anyone to Join NATO because they are not strong enough to take on a huge alliance like NATO.
(Plain and simple)
 
- No I understand your “Turning Old Soviet Republics into a missile launch pad” narrative.
 
Think of it this way: “The West” is no longer your enemy (unless you yourself have social engineering projects involving the Russian people and need the West as an enemy).
 
Europe wants your natural gas, all of the world wants your oil. US and British companies are probably (as we speak) ready to sign deal on metal and rare earth extraction. All Western companies (including Elon Musk) probably want to create jobs in Russia in order to enter the Russian market before Chinese competitors.
 
You made them into the Great Satan. You adopted this “anti-western” posture. And the NATO lie is a part of that lie actually. This is populism at work, messing everything up as if we didn’t have enough problems already.
 

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On Chechnya:
 

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I don’t know that much but just like the state of Israel, somethings in the Russian government apparatus seems to have been broken since the very beginning. There are instances in which the state apparatus is simply not good enough for its people meaning that this type of state is simply evil and kills those with the most love for their country of origin (like Alexei Navalny and other people from his political circle).
 
And that’s why even Finland and Sweden (who were neutral even in the cold war) asked to join NATO.
 
Yes Power is a thing if you are nation in this world but it is not / cannot be the only thing (and this one goes to Netanyahu and his Trumpist Gazan Riviera plan too). This is not how it works. This is evil. And if that’s your way of reasoning, then you are evil too.
 

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Some Personal Points on the Latest in Europe:
 
- Do you see how fast they are mobilizing?
 
Even at the beginning of this war Europe was reluctant to increase defense spending now they approved an 800 million Euro defense spending plan and France is probably extending its Nuclear Umbrella to a number of European states (And the far-rights is shutting up, not daring to say anything of substance against that).
 
My point is that: This is how it is done. As Greta Thunberg mentions it in “The Climate Book”. There has to be this feeling of urgency to get things moving in the right direction in a short time span. It has been done during Covid. It happened in 1939. It’s happening right now in Europe. It is still possible to slove the climate crisis in a similar manner right now. 

[Thumpalumpacus]

A video discussion going into the roots of this war, with opinions on current events. Long watch, get your popcorn: