animalmagic

Russian involvement in foreign wars since 2000 (your preferred cutoff point) - Chechnya, Georgian, Ukraine, Syrian, Central African Republic, Mali, Jihadist insurgency in Burkhina Faso (Total 7) And not forgetting the use of Wagner Group since 2000 - Donbas and Crimea before and after Russian invasion, Belarus, Syria, Sudan, Central African Republic, Libya, Mali, Venezuela, Moldova, Nagorno Karabakh, Serbia (Total 11) US involvement in foreign wars since 2000 - Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, North West Pakistan, Somalia, Anti piracy – Operation Ocean Shield, Libya, Uganda, Niger, Syria, Maritime Security – Operation Prosperity Guardian (Total 11) I am so mortified to be considered biased I thought I'd help out with some facts. Looking forward to your next insult.

For me to be hypocritical would require that I say something in favour of USA and the actions you refer to, which I have not done by the way, but derogatory to Russia. The simple fact that you now choose insults without justification weakens any valid point you may have made.

All of what I say above is true! Now who is using deflection? You continue to use to deflection with complaints about USA without acknowledging the current wrongs of Russia today in Ukraine. Interfering in virtually every country in the world is why every country in the world has embassies!

I know that you now consider this as ancient history and therefore not worthy of consideration, but the reasons you quote at number 2 are the self-same reasons that the Nazis used to annex Sudetenland. Whereas their real objective was to deny defensible land to the Czechs in order that they could march in unopposed a short time later. They are also the same reasons that Russia used to invade Eastern Poland. After the Germans had used false flag operations to masquerade as attacks on Germany by Poland to justify that invasion in the first place. They transshipped concentration camp victims to be the 'victims'. Beginning to see a trend? It seems that Russia is keen to use historical research before the year 2000 to formulate its tactics today. You may also wish to research the Nuremburg war trials where Russian judges and prosecutors were shocked to be informed, by Ribbentrop himself, that the non-aggression pact signed by Molotov and Ribbentrop on behalf of their psychopathic leaders, included a secret annex outlining the plan to invade and separate Poland. Eastern Poland being inhabited by many Russian speakers and therefore needing the protection of Stalin.

Paying attention to history is deflection?! Why do you, or Russia, get to choose the cut off point? 1979 is within the living memory of many on this forum. Russia is also a bully all over the world, and you know it.

I'm not sure a special military operation scheduled to last 2 weeks, but still going 28 months later, can be classed as Blitzkrieg!

Was Russia not the invader who was humiliated during the period I quoted? Were they welcomed with open arms? Did they leave as liberators and heroes? The conversation is about Russia and your inability to accept any wrongdoing by them but simply quote others wrongdoing to absolve your beloved Russia; Russia seems to be as a big a bully as anyone else you cite.

Russia lost 27 million due to a combination of factors. The psychopathic murderous leader of Russia at the time had done a deal with Hitler in order to facilitate Russia's annexation of Eastern Poland when Germany invaded. The paranoid leader at the time fell for disinformation from the Germans showing him that most of his officer corps were disloyal, so he had them rounded up and executed. An army shorn of its best and brightest leaders was poorly led and could not respond to what was a new type of attack requiring quick thinking and exploitation of success. Their most effective tactic was to throw thousands of soldiers at the Germans as the advance slowed; some of them were even given guns! The others had to pick them up off their dead comrades. The paranoid narcissistic leader at the time traded bodies and land space to slow down the German advance. The paranoid narcissistic leader now trades bodies for land space! I do not insult the memory of their sacrifice, just the memory of the people willing to sacrifice them for their own personal survival.

Which horrible invaders were the Afghans defending against from 1979 to 1989?

I don't smoke.....I was being sarcastic. And you've missed out quite a few others!

Russia/USSR has never overthrown democratically elected governments, usurped power in foreign countries or interfered in another country's internal politics and democratic processes? You can't accuse one side without acknowledging the sins of the other.

We know how it may end, but we do not forget how it started.

Are we talking about the Supreme Court now?

None of the crimes for all three can be described as 'alleged' as all were found guilty of the crimes they were charged with. AJ's rebuttal of similar crimes is irrelevant, as is the fact that some crimes can be viewed as more heinous than others. My original comment was to highlight that 'performers' perform and we do not know their real character until we see the evidence of crimes committed by them at a later stage. The different crimes that Rolf and Jimmy were found guilty of were entirely different to those of AJ. If I wanted to find a comparable instance of crimes committed by telling lies to all and sundry for personal gain, I should have used President 45!!

Nor suggesting anything of the sort, I would hate to make slanderous and vicious accusations! That can be very expensive. The comment I replied to stated that they used to enjoy watching AJ. My reply was simply to highlight the fact that an individual's enjoyment of a performance does not make the performer a good person. As is evidenced by the fact that AJ, Rolf and Jimmy have all been found guilty of crimes.

Some people used to enjoy watching Rolf Harris and Jimmy Saville.

So, just politicians and lawyers then?

The only thing we know for certain is that these extraterrestrials are very intelligent. They haven't made contact with humans!

A Tory rag reporting good news about a Labour appointed Chief of Police.

Have you seen the size of the condoms?

Start with a serious question then

What about the dark money used to corrupt and buy a Supreme Court Judge?

So, by your logic this is not a crime or even a cause for concern, because it was investigated and disclosed by an opposing political organization? Because a right wing Supreme Court Judge has received presents that effectively double his salary from other right wing groups this is not a cause for concern for everybody. Impressive defence of the indefensible !

and when told to jump, simply ask 'how high'?