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    Russia is apparently recruiting thousands of Syrian fighters skilled in urban combat to fight for them in Ukraine. Earlier Putin claimed it was reprehensible and immoral for foreign fighters to come to Ukraine to fight against the Russians. The man gives hypocrisy a whole new meaning. 
     

    https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/03/russia-recruiting-syrians-fight-ukraine-pentagon-says
     

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-syria-recruitment-ukraine-war-b2030202.html

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    2 hours ago, ozimoron said:

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    How Corruption Destroyed the Russian Military Machine

     

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/9/2084877/-How-Corruption-Destroyed-the-Russian-Military-Machine

    What I understand is that much of the defense budget over many years has been funneled away, among other things to buy super yachts in Cyprus. And everyone involved lied their @sses off. 

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    5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

    It would appear there is wide consensus the Holodomor was a man made famine, engineered to stop the independence movement in Ukraine. Stalin was a deeply insecure and paranoid madman. Russia's version of Hitler, the primary difference being that his own people were his primary targets. Up to 5 million Ukrainians perished in the 1930's. And how many Russians? Astonishing cruelty. How could it not be considered genocide? 

     

    The real question is, if Putin had unlimited power, would he do the same? I think so. He has shown a blatant disregard for life and a willingness to kill, to maintain his power. He could be a genocidal maniac in the making. A pathological nutter, who appears to be deliberately targeting civilian women and children. Is this war or genocide? Is it the sheer volume of dead civilians that decides this question? 

     

    It would appear that Stalin was only matched by Mao, as a genocidal madman. Hitler was much further down on that infamous list. 

     

    Besides adjusting the numbers upward to as many as 45 million Chinese deaths, Dikötter and others have made another important point: many deaths were violent. Communist Party officials beat to death anyone suspected of hoarding grain, or people who tried to escape the death farms by traveling to cities. 

     

    https://www.chinafile.com/library/nyrb-china-archive/who-killed-more-hitler-stalin-or-mao

     

    Indeed, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the literary giant who wrote harrowingly about the Soviet gulag system, claimed the true number of Stalin’s victims might have been as high as 60 million.

     

    Most other estimates from reputed scholars and historians tend to range from between 20 and 60 million.

     

    https://www.ibtimes.com/how-many-people-did-joseph-stalin-kill-1111789

     

    How does a sane person even comprehend these numbers, the malice and ill will, the pathology of mass murder of any people, much less one's own people? 

     

    Quotes attributed to Stalin reflected his utter disregard for human life. Among other bons mots, he allegedly declared: “Death is the solution to all problems. No man -- no problem,” and “One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.”

     

    How these madmen get away with such atrocities, is hard to comprehend. 

     

     

    The thing with people like Stalin and Hitler is that they are just the tip of the iceberg, they could never do what they did on their own. Which means there are apparently always many people to do the dirty work of these manics. 

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    1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

    He needs stamping on as quickly as possible.

    Problem is there’s probably a long line of rats waiting to replace this rat. The oligarchy controls the country, and they will not let go of power very easily. Putin is their man now, but when the time comes, another ‘Putin’ will take his place. Unless the Russians finally rise up and take the power away from the oligarchy. 

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    1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

    Now there's a challenge, almost as if he's baiting countries and wants to escalate his illegal war.

     

    #UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that any country that sought to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be considered by Moscow to have entered the conflict.

     

    https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1500107383334449156

     

    He also said that all the sanctions the west imposed on Russia were like a declaration of war. Looks like he’s somehow aching to involve NATO, or the EU, or the USA. 

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    1 hour ago, rudi49jr said:

    Looks like Putin means business. Such a nice guy…..

     

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/zelensky-survives-three-assassination-attempts-in-days-xnstdfdfc
     

    https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ukraine-president-volodymyr-zelensky-survived-3-assassination-attempts-in-last-week-report-2803158
     

     

    Not entirely sure if this is true, but apparently FSB operatives who don’t agree with Putin’s invasion, foiled these plans by informing Ukrainian intelligence agencies of all three upcoming attempts. So Putin may be dealing with a fifth column in his own intelligence community. Wouldn’t that be something.

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    4 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

    Yeah is it crazy and so odd to want to saves lives on both sides so just keep giving Ukraine arms to prolong the slaughter that make sense doesn't it. 

    Don’t you think the best way to save lives on both sides would have been for Russia not to have invaded Ukraine in the first place? That would have saved the thousands of lives lost so far, don’t you think? And don’t you think the best way to save further loss of lives on both sides would be for the Russians to stop their illegal invasion and retreat back to their own country. I can guarantee you that would save many lives, on both sides, as you seem to be so keen on emphasizing.

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    Just now, Kwasaki said:

    Excuse the invasion in what way. 

    I don't support either side I'm just cynical of fake news reports of war and some of the posts here. 

    I have an opinion of the situation if if you don't like it tough. 

    It’s quite obvious that Russia is the agressor here, and that withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian soil would be the best solution. Yet you haven’t condemned the Russian invasion and you keep pushing for Ukraine to surrender. Call me crazy, but I find that a little odd. 

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    6 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

    The economy is collapsing by the minute, the people of Russia are getting plenty of ‘motivation’ to do something about Putin, particularly the hyper wealthy people of Russia.

     

     

    I read that the oligarchs/billionaires are all sailing their 100 million dollar superyachts to the Maldives. Reason: no extradition treaty with the USA. Fricking weasels. 
    The average Russian is really going to feel the brunt of the sanctions, though. May be the incentive they need to get rid of Putin and his clique.

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