Russia Declares War on Ukraine<<MOD WARNING>>

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  1. Poohbear

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    We are sending the sanctions to Russia - we will totally screw that country for what it is doing in Ukraine.
    Putin thought he could decapitate Ukraine's leadership and shatter its key defenses - all like Donbas,
    Syria, Georgia, Chechnya and Crimea, only this time, in 2014, Ukraine knew they would be next and
    began preparing with the help of the British in particular. Hence the missiles, the demolishing of the rail
    lines, the flooding of low land, the training of the military.
     
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    ...i for a long time it at you? I mean, how long have you been reading Putin's mind? :-D
     
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    The British are a good example of yesterday's news, refusing to go away gracefully.

    Just imagine if Russia was allowed to reach its potential, without all the effort put into keeping it down. Russia with all the natural resources it has, with very smart human capital it enjoys, with the manufacturing and technological base it possesses, with a landmass that connects it to Asia and Europe and the Middle East.

    This Russia I speak of doesn't need acceptance by folks who hold the levers over paper money but increasingly not much else. But it does need a few things which for some reason the Russians seem to lack...
     
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    wellcome free unlicensed copies of his books. Thank you sanctions
    wellcome a free unlicensed copy of adobe and no less convenient analogues, thanks to the sanctions))))

    Somethink else?)
     
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    Both Putin and DC seem intent on escalating this until the world is devastated. I'm against that.

    They have the money to endure the economic hardship to come. They have the bunkers to avoid, they think, the devastation that's to come at the end of this path. Well they better hope whatever comes kills us all because I and many others will make sure they have a surprise when they emerge from their bunkers.
     
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    The stats are interesting - one in four Russians would prefer to live in the West. Amongst young people this rises to one in two.
    Same figures actually for Africa.
    A doctor earns $400 US a MONTH in Russia. Top aerosplace engineer can earn $600. An Australian pensioner gets $1500 US
    a month.
    Russia cannot produce high tech manufactured goods. It is essentially a gas station - oil and gas.
    Yes it produces really nice fighter jets (that could never get any where near an American F22 or F35) and its Cyber Warfare is
    the best in the word. Espionage is, next to China, the world's best. But as Ukraine has shown - even its feared military isn't really
    up to scratch. Ukraine will be Putin's Vietnam.
     
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    Read it again today - Putin accused the West and Ukraine of preparing to use chemical weapons.
    Those weapons have names - Novichok and Polonium.
     
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    Regarding the maternity hospital:

    Lavrov has met with the foreign ministers of Ukraine and Turkey in Antalya. In the press conference afterwards, he was asked about it.

    He replied that the Azov battalion had taken over that facility and it no longer had patients or staff there. Further, he said this was brought up at a UNSC meeting on March 7.

    Undoubtedly there would be a record of this. Whether or not these records can be made publicly available, I don't know. However, there were 15 countries convened at that meeting. I would think this could at least be confirmed or refuted.

    My own guess is that this incident was used for whatever mileage could be gotten in the media, much like the Ghost of Kiev, and then it's on to the next "Russian atrocity".
     
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    All those stats, even the ones more accurate than others, simply show the side benefiting from the Ponzi scheme economy which has evolved over the years. Otherwise, when it comes to thing real value, whether natural or produced in a country, Britain would lag behind. Which then underlies the gap between those countries who are fraudulently enriched by virtue of their position in the pyramid underlying the Ponzi scheme and those who are enriched/or not as much despite what they own naturally or what they actually produce.
     
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    Russia is about half the Gross Domestic Product of England.
    Russia is about 50% less GDP than Italy.
     
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    Just look at the footage. It's so badly done. Amateurs. The mainstream media doesn't even bother, they will publish and release anything to frame the Russians. Anyway, judging from the footage which was filmed inside, no patient was in the building. No blood, no human remains splattered around etc... Anyone can clearly see that all those so called patients led away afterwards are just acting.

    It wouldn't surprise me if brave Azov warriors were hiding in the hospital building. They remind me of some keyboard warriors on this forum. All talk.
     
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    They don't care. The great Russian restoration. If somehow they pull if off, they will be truly independent nation. Others will follow the suit.

    https://www.unz.com/article/the-great-russian-restoration-i/

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    This was Grozny. It could easily be Kiev soon.
    Grozny.jpg
     
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    Your facts as usual aren't entirely correct, but they actually make my point.
     
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    Clearly something big went "BOOM". The crater must be 15 feet deep. The Russians didn't fire that big of ordinance for nothing.

    All the windows blown out in all the surrounding buildings. Had that been an operating hospital facility, the civilian loss of life would have been tremendous. In the face of that, the Ukies claim 17 injuries, with no bloody victims for the cameras. The White Helmets would have done much better LOL.

    Of course, the real victims were Azov punishers. Some were atomized and the rest exited stage left.
     
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    Correct, my figures aren't 'entirely correct' so let's 'entirely correct them.

    England isn't 'double Russia's GDP'
    At 1.6 Trillion for Russia and 3.1 Trillion for UK it's more like UK is 1.94 times GDP.
    But the point is made - a vast nation, all educated people, chockers with resources,
    and Russia is half the GDP of the UK.
    In fact Russia isn't even in the top 10 GDP. This time next year, and a million dead
    Ukrainians - Russia won't be in the top 100 GDP.
     
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    Grozny was a good historic lesson for anyone who is willing to learn. I hope the Ukrainians learned the lesson for their own sake. Basically, they should not allow the paramilitary formations to use their civilians objects to launch their attacks against the Russian forces. Kick them out of the university buildings, schools, hospitals, museums etc....
     
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    Caterpillar is quitting Russia. :lol:

    Also, I’ve heard McDonald’s is employing 60,000 people in Russia. In a couple of months they’ll all join the ranks if unemployed.
     
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    Well, yes, the West has repeatedly staged provocations with these substances.
    They blamed Russia, of course, because nowhere but Russia does polonium grow ... Thank God no one died, but nevertheless it was a reason for sanctions.
     
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    False equivalence.
     
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    Or his receiving bad information from a group of yes-men.
     
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    Russia has elections??? Putin elects himself..........

    Given all that is happening.......it might be time for a "regime change in Russia. Maybe once Russians find out the truth .....and realize how badly they have been lied to........Well.......who knows what might happen.
     
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    Which would snuggest he is not in as much control as he believes he is.
     
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