heybruce

Negotiate with Putin? You conveniently ignore that fact that Putin can not be trusted. He breaks international law and any agreements made, and is determined to destabilize any country bordering Russia that he can not dominate. You can't negotiate with someone like that. Since you seem China obsessed, consider this: Allowing Russia to salvage any kind of victory would be a gift to China. It would announce to the world that wars of conquest are allowed and beneficial. All the countries in Asia that don't want to be dominated by Russia or China will rush to acquire nuclear weapons. Do you think this will be a better world?

It's also possible to believe in the Easter Bunny, but it's not realistic.

Right. Tell us about the WMD's that were found.

So Putin is calling this a special military operation so he doesn't have to abide by international law. Got it. BTW: NATO bombed Serbia to end a long running conflict and the genocides that had been committed. NATO bombed Libya to impose a ceasefire in a civil war. In both cases there were no NATO casualties and no NATO ground forces employed. It's somewhat different in Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine.

With over 100,000 Russian dead it certainly is special. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/politics/ukraine-russia-war-casualties.html

I don't know if you're trolling or being intentionally funny.

And without any independent observers or a free press no one can prove it was legitimate, though having a vote under military occupation in an ethnically cleansed area certainly indicates illegitimate.

You still haven't figured out that Putin is the fascist in this war.

I tend to believe the posters who provide a link. Do you have one?

Russia is already an international pariah. And Putin has repeatedly demonstrated that any attempts at appeasement will be met with further aggression. I'm seriously beginning to think you are a Russian troll.

Seriously? Russia doesn't even allow real elections in Russia. You think the elections in Russian occupied areas of Ukraine were legitimate? You must be trolling. I didn't say I wanted to monitor the elections, I was thinking international agencies with experience in the matter. But I would settle for letting the Ukrainian government doing the monitoring.

He does back up his claims with sources. Usually that shows superior knowledge than those who refuse to proved sources.

I consider them thugs sponsored by Putin to keep Ukraine unstable. However if a legitimate, internationally monitored vote of all the residents of these regions prior to 2014 were held and these voters actually voted to become part of Russia I would reconsider. What do you think the chances of that happening are?

Oh, be nice to the Russians. Like when President George W. Bush peered into Putin's soul and President Barrack Obama offered the reset in relations. What could go wrong with that? Russia is now China's bitch. Putin made it so. That's not going to change.

So you want to let Russia keep the land that it stole. I assume you also want to let Russia keep the tens of thousands of Ukrainian children it kidnapped as well.

It's curious that the anti-war posters save most or all of their condemnation for the defenders, not the aggressors.

There are a lot of farmers and businesses that will be happy to hire the Venezuelans. We should take in more.

“This is a whole new concept of individuals that just want to burn the whole place down. That doesn’t work.” Has he just now figured that out? It's been obvious to most of the country for years.

Poland and other countries on the eastern edge of the EU are upset about Ukraine grain being sold at a discount in their countries. The grains is being sold there because Russia is restricting exports by sea. The Polish government is playing politics, but has indicated that it will continue to give old military equipment to Ukraine as it upgrades its forces. https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/europe/poland-ukraine-weapons-grain-intl-hnk/index.html This is nothing by a political/economic spat that will be resolved soon. It will have little effect on the war.

Is anyone besides Russia in favor of the war?

Obama was very good for the country domestically, not so much for international affairs. President Biden is much better at the international stuff.

Yet people think the disgusting man is a patriot.

Don't you support a US Presidential candidate who refuses to release financial information?

Are you aware that both sides are facing munitions shortages? And that the west has a greater ability to ramp up production than Russia?

To the National Unity Government of Myanmar: Please get you act together, meet with representatives of the many ethnic groups and armies that have successfully resisted central government domination for decades, agree on a republican form of democracy that protects the rights and interests of the many ethnic groups, then form a unified fighting force to kick the Tatmadaw to hell! If you have a unified movement with credible plans for a post-military government, you might get more than lip-service support from other countries. So long as Myanmar appears to be composed of groups with no interest in cooperating you are on your own.