(05-11-2022 08:22 AM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(05-10-2022 09:46 AM)miko33 Wrote:  

(05-10-2022 08:50 AM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(05-10-2022 05:18 AM)miko33 Wrote:  

(05-10-2022 03:20 AM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  Putin is nothing but a small man with a Peter the Great complex. Same as Hitler he is a murdering tyrant using media control and propaganda to whip his populace into a frenzy over a contrived threat. Only problem for the little tyrant is his war machine is not backed by German engineering. His army is not a disciplined organization. His generals are thieves not leaders and he is not Napoleon. If the little murdering twit were to actually go up against NATO he wouldn’t last the week.

Again, NO ONE WAS GOING TO INVADE RUSSIA. THERE IS NOTHING THERE ANYONE WANTS! Todar is a fool to even momentarily believe that bullchit.

I agree with your assessment on Putin and his war machine. HOWEVER, it appears that your are saying that Putin is the exception to the rule of otherwise more measured and disciplined leaders in the majority of other countries. Putin is not the exception, and sadly most NATO leaders are just like Putin.

• U.S.: Democrats and Biden use the MSM as their own propaganda arm plus use Big Tech to supress info that contradicts their views and posiitions
• Canada: Trudeau suppressed a peaceful protest and used a compliant media plus the aparatus of gov't to squash it - all because it disagrees with his positions and views
• Australia: You see what has been going on in that country - draconian control of the populace by the gov't
• Free speech limits by virtually all western countries: You see how this is playing out where Europe, Canada, Australia and by proxy (thru big tech) the suppression of "hate" speech...
  

The majority of the world has been using Covid as an excuse seize more gov't control in order to suppress (oppress?) people.

Surely you see that there is a huge difference between "attempting to control the media narrative" and "starting an endless war merely to leave a legacy for the motherland."

If politicians in other countries in the west had the same power than Putin has in Russia - they would use it. That's my point.

Yes Putin is a kleptocrat of unimaginable power to steal from his people. I read somewhere (I don’t remember where so no link) that he and his cronies have stolen a trillion US dollars from the Russian people. A TRILLION DOLLARS. Ukrainians corruption is pale in comparison.

Unlike here where a tiny handful have stolen multiple trillions and it’s called capitalism.

Sounds like the people here who steal and run the media that tells us Putin steals, either don’t like the way he steals or the fact that they can’t get ahold of everything in Russia to steal themselves like they could in the 90’s before he slammed the door in their thieving faces.

(05-11-2022 08:38 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(05-11-2022 08:22 AM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(05-10-2022 09:46 AM)miko33 Wrote:  

(05-10-2022 08:50 AM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(05-10-2022 05:18 AM)miko33 Wrote:  I agree with your assessment on Putin and his war machine. HOWEVER, it appears that your are saying that Putin is the exception to the rule of otherwise more measured and disciplined leaders in the majority of other countries. Putin is not the exception, and sadly most NATO leaders are just like Putin.

• U.S.: Democrats and Biden use the MSM as their own propaganda arm plus use Big Tech to supress info that contradicts their views and posiitions
• Canada: Trudeau suppressed a peaceful protest and used a compliant media plus the aparatus of gov't to squash it - all because it disagrees with his positions and views
• Australia: You see what has been going on in that country - draconian control of the populace by the gov't
• Free speech limits by virtually all western countries: You see how this is playing out where Europe, Canada, Australia and by proxy (thru big tech) the suppression of "hate" speech...
  

The majority of the world has been using Covid as an excuse seize more gov't control in order to suppress (oppress?) people.

Surely you see that there is a huge difference between "attempting to control the media narrative" and "starting an endless war merely to leave a legacy for the motherland."

If politicians in other countries in the west had the same power than Putin has in Russia - they would use it. That's my point.

Yes Putin is a kleptocrat of unimaginable power to steal from his people. I read somewhere (I don’t remember where so no link) that he and his cronies have stolen a trillion US dollars from the Russian people. A TRILLION DOLLARS. Ukrainians corruption is pale in comparison.

Putin about to get a fresh infusion of captured US tech

Its all absurd

So is North Korea, Iran, the rebuilding remnants of ISIS, and anyone else with the cash. Ukraine has quite the established client list to work with.

They’re probably throwing conventional weapons in free with every bio weapon expert hired. And last I heard, all of Ukraine’s are suddenly out of jobs.