Russia is carrying out a genocide. A tactic of fascists like Putin is to accuse others of what they themselves are guilty.
That is a tactic of MANY people. Mostly liars and politicians...oh, sorry, did not mean to be redundant there.Russia is carrying out a genocide. A tactic of fascists like Putin is to accuse others of what they themselves are guilty.
Human rights experts accuse Russia of genocide in Ukraine
A group of 33 legal and genocide experts Friday released a report accusing Russia of incitement to genocide in Ukraine and calling on the international community to prevent a genocide from occurring....www.jurist.org
What exactly are you implying?
I have also wondered why we have not figured out how to make this work.
I thought it had been decided not to send long range missiles to Ukraine. Am I missing something?
I believe the trajectory of this war would change dramatically if missiles were falling on Russian cities. And, it isn't likely until that time.
It seems as though Zelensky is running out of international support, if the news reports are any indication. Just don't seem much attention in the news reporting. Heck, even here in the Swarm the interest in this mess is diminishing. What we do hear about what's going on primarily in Donbas where Russia seems to be not too far from crushing the Uke's. Russia seems to be toying with Zelensky. Remember a couple of weeks ago where the Russians hit Kiev with rockets? first time in many, many weeks. Putin's health may be declining big time and he may want a victory before he becomes worm food. if Russia prevails soon, what happens to our $40b?
A hand grenade could be thrown from Ukraine and blow up something in Russia. Not sending long range missiles because they could blow up something in Russia seems dumb.
I guess it depends on what is meant by "long-range". The British are sending systems with a range of 80 kilometers, and I think we're sending something comparable. And targets have been hit in Russia already. They're going to be wary of sending anything that could reach Moscow, which is 450 km. away, or come anywhere close to it.
Just playing devil’s advocate here but…the brainwashing of the Russian people has been thorough and complete. Missiles falling on their cities only seems to reinforce their paranoia about Nazis in Ukraine and the world being out to get them. Whereas, no perceived direct threat to Russia coupled with slowly lengthening food lines, failed businesses and foreign investments being pulled may be the better path to domestic turmoil and anti-Putin sentiment.
Obviously, NATO could make short work of Russian conventional forces. Their venture into Ukraine could be over by the 4th of July.
I don't know about Nazis particularly, but the Russians can find fascists by looking in the mirror.
The realpolitik of this is that the west is walking a tightrope between supporting Ukraine and not wanting to humiliate Putin, which could trigger a wider conflict (read: nuclear war). I believe that under the circumstances, what is targeted by the west is some sort of compromise which will save Putin's fascist face and at the same time save the lion's share of Ukraine (read: stalemate). In the end, Ukraine will have to cede some territory in order to placate the Russian bear and send him home. They'll end up with the Donbas (and Crimea) but that's about all. They won't get Odessa, and they won't landlock Ukraine.
This is probably correct. Russia, via proxies, has controlled much or Donbas and Crimea for a good long while, so ceding it to them would not drastically change things on the ground. And there are not many Ukrainians left in those areas at this point. And there is almost total destruction in the cities.