Nobody interested in the Russia-Ukraine conflict?
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In theory.
In practice, a lot of reports of lack of fuel and other logistic problems surface.
One of the things about Russia - corruption there is not just a problem. It's part of the system where people with enormous fortunes and benefits are also completely dependent of their superiors who can always make a show process for your corruption if you get out of their favor.
It accumulates enormous power in hands of the few - but it makes things far worse-organized than they could have been in a more transparent system.
Yeah, plenty of other problems.. like morale, not even being told what the mission/war is, troops realizing they've been lied to 8 ways from Sunday and they don't support this invasion At All and thus have no problem turning around, ditching tanks, surrendering etc. Can't really wage a war and expect to win if your own soldiers aren't even in it with their hearts/minds & bodies on the line.
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I believe everyone with sane mind would prefer them to be there.
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I believe everyone with sane mind would prefer them to be there.
We can only hope and pray they head home soon.
The sad thing is Putin will probably send more, he’s not the type to back down and the resistance in Ukraine is making him look foolish and weak in the whole world’s eyes.He thought he would just swoop in and take over easily.He really underestimated the strength and willpower of the Ukrainian people.
He won’t like that.He will want to win at any cost, even if he pulls the whole world down with him.When he gets desperate, he will be even more dangerous.
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Some good news about russia's shortcomings:
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/top ... d-for-days
Seems their corruption has left their military vehicles ill equipped for service. Poor maintenance, crappy chinese knock-off tires etc = their trucks are stuck in the mud. Hopefully they're parked there long enough for Ukrainian/NATO forces to get their act together well enough to take 'em all out before they can get to Kyiv. ![]()
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You guys seem to be repeating propaganda . Provided by news services … Although Russia is having problems bestowed upon its people from within . It has put the Russian troops in desperate and violent situations ,
Where the remaining Ukrainians are suffering for it , reports of Russian troops committing murder and taking all food from any civilians . It seems to be a War crimes situation brought upon by this situation. Those troops could easily turn around and go back to Russia for food and supplies . And these are reports from within Russia , where people are attempting to flee their own country . Just my opinion, based on info from people connected in Russia still .
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Occupying troops usually steal from the locals if they don’t have food or enough supplies.
During the Civil War here both sides did that to people in the South.
It’s something that unfortunately happens in every war.
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No Real Winners in War;
Just A Failure of Peace
And In this Case of the Still
Cold And Colder Economic Winter
in Both Ukraine and Russia, Even Colder
Coming For them And Yes For Us and
The Rest of the World Likely in Inflation
of the Trickle Down Effect of Wars; Yes,
Seems We Were Just Moving Out of
Pandemic Conditions And Now
The War Machine of Not Just
Russia And Ukraine Will Get Ramped
Up Yet Even More Future Investments in Our Military
Prowess Where the Capital Value of Our Only Resource
Really That is Humanity Goes by The Wayside of the Military
Industrial Complexity Even More Yet In the United States We
Have the DiSEaSE of Capitalism; Yes, A Free Market and Welfare State
Out of Balance Again For 50 Percent of Folks Living Pay-Check to Pay-Check,
Making 50 to 100 Thousand Dollars Yet that's Not All as Folks Making Over
100 Thousand Dollars, Towards the Upper Middle Class, Also Live Pay-Check
to Pay-Check in Percentages of 40 Percent too, Which makes the Current Average
Inflation Rise of 236 Dollars a Month For A Family Living Pay-Check to Pay-Check A Really Big
Deal As Of Course
Many Folks Do that
Making Under 50,000
Dollars A Year too; Oh All
The Four Wheel Drives That Make
the BackBone Work of the Small Entrepreneur
Who Makes A Living Still With Their Hands And Feet;
Maybe 25 Miles to the Gallon; Maybe 100 Miles A Day
to Get the Job of Making A Living Done And With Potentially
5 Dollar A Gallon Gas Coming; it Ain't Hard to Do the Math, 365x20 is
7300 Dollars A Year That Likely Means The Price of Getting my Grass Cut
is Gonna Be More than 55 Dollars A Cut This Year; Yet of Course, i Quit the
American
Dream of
Living Pay-Check
to Pay-Check as a
"Champion Consumer"
Decades Ago With A Car Now with
35 Miles to the Gallon And A Life
of Driving About 120 Miles A Week
True the Math
of my Life is
So much Different
Than What's coming
Next; Not Only There yet
Here too as the Trickle Down
Effect of War is Surely Better
Than the 'Big one' Coming next...
The Question Really for the Long Term
Viability of Our Country Is Does this Push
An Authoritarian Mob Boss to the Top Again or Not...
We've Already
Been in Putin-like
Company Before;
No More For our
Longer Term Survival Please...
The Problem is So Many Folks
Vote With Their Church and Pocket Wallet
Book More than Frigging Human Related
Common Sense...
To Even continue
Living HeaR Free
For Without That THere
is No Real "Live Long and Prosper For Real"...
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Title: Who We Want to Be | Type: original fantasia piano music session
Last week has been a difficult one for me. To watch a bird eat another one alive brutally is hard to digest. Seems to be part of nature's code though. To watch a human society do this to another is terrifying. What happens in Eastern Europe right now tests us a lot, teaches a lot, hurts a lot.
Sitting here in the colors of the oceans and the sun, or the blue sky and yellow wheat fields if you will, I dedicate the music to the People of Ukraine, including anyone touched by the brutality taking place in their land currently, as well as to all humans anywhere on the Planet who must endure violence or suffering of any sort and degree, be it physical, mental, or otherwise. Also I extend the dedication to all species and habitats.
As a collective global human race we have a long way to go still, before we reach our true potential. We’re getting there though. Closer every day and with each and every lesson. One step back, two forward. I‘m with you.
We all want to be alive and feel alive, be part of the whole, see and be seen, develop our full capacity and ourselves, be strong, experience the beauty the world has to offer, feel joy, love, and happiness, feel safe, secure and protected. Let us get there in dignity.
Playing what my soul feels, I ask myself and you: What kind of beings do we want to be?
Who do we want to be? Be strong, healthy, maybe listen to your heart, enjoy today. Michael (relaxdaily*)
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https://nationalpost.com/news/world/top ... d-for-days
Seems their corruption has left their military vehicles ill equipped for service. Poor maintenance, crappy chinese knock-off tires etc = their trucks are stuck in the mud. Hopefully they're parked there long enough for Ukrainian/NATO forces to get their act together well enough to take 'em all out before they can get to Kyiv.
Poor maintenance and under-rated tires. They'd be just as f****d if they were using real Michelins if they let them rot in the sun like they did with the knock-offs.
NATO forces shouldn't involve themselves unless you'd like a full scale war though.
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Just a reminder: under international law, an occupying power has no right of self-defense, and those who are occupied have the right and duty to liberate themselves by any means possible.
Even the Russians aren't going to fare well after all this.
Disagree.
This is a *major* wake-up call for the west.
*NATO has significantly increased defence spending. (That turtle moron).
*The west is starting to decouple its dependence on Russian fossil fuels. (That turtle moron).
*The west has unified on sanctions that are having a significant impact on pootin's economy.
*What is happening to Russia will give xi pause for thought in terms of Taiwan.
*The concern about WWIII now has a greater priority over climate change alarmism.
Leave Ukraine only then will we introduce that as a additional sanction against Russia …”
WHAT THE FRICKEN BLOODY ‘ELL ? WE THE USA ARE STILL BUYING RUSSIAN OIL/ fuel . Who is in charge of our
USA government ….. is this suppose to be a game ????? Why are we doing any business with Russia . If we were
Serious about sanctions , why are we behaving this way as a country ????
Über progressives are still in control of decision making.
Outlawing fracking has made Ammmmuuuria dependant on Russian oils so pootin can fill is war chest.
It used to be a net exporter of energy.
The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline hasn't improved the climate.
It is simply making Russia's war economy richer.
The Biden administration is worried about the backlash caused by increasing fuel costs if they stop the inflow of Russian fossil fuel, so politics pokes its ugly head into the equation, as per usual.
"You" voted them in.
Trump helped them get in.
Enjoy.
Consider many Ukrainians are of Russian descent , after Russia takes over , there will be no insurgency,
Everyone expressing dissent will be sent away or executed because they were turned in by there Russian neighbours .. it is a sad situation . The outcome is already known , and people are still dying . And will continue to .
In the name of their. Ex- country .
The tenacity of the Ukrainians suggests differently.
Consider many Ukrainians are of Russian descent , after Russia takes over , there will be no insurgency,
Everyone expressing dissent will be sent away or executed because they were turned in by there Russian neighbours .. it is a sad situation . The outcome is already known , and people are still dying . And will continue to .
In the name of their. Ex- country .
what an ugly little world we live in, a wicked, wicked world.
True dat.
