BBC with a brutal takedown of Ukrainian hopes

[thaibeachlovers]

14 hours ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Ah, the classic mix of condecension and overconfidence. Schrödinger’s cat was a thought experiment to highlight the absurdity of certain quantum interpretations—not to flat-out disprove them. As for Russia, while its economy has serious challenges, your sweeping generalizations ignore the complexities of wartime economics, global energy markets, and the resilience of state-controlled industries. Europe may be scrambling, but its response has been fragmented and sluggish. And propaganda? If questioning oversimplified narratives counts as that, then maybe critical thinking itself is ‘propaganda’ to you.

 

And it's economy is not doomed as you put it and ploughing on as 'one last push' just means countless thousands die on both sides it's easy for those in repose and comfort to cheers it on. Maybe RUSI has been infiltrated by Putin shills , but I doubt it.

 

"Designed to ensure that the Kremlin can pursue a sovereign foreign policy against the interests of the collective West, Russia's economic system is doing its job"

 

https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/russias-wartime-economy-isnt-weak-it-looks

It's good to see some common sense on here.

 

I especially liked the bit "Schrödinger’s cat was a thought experiment to highlight the absurdity of certain quantum interpretations—not to flat-out disprove them." Even a simple wikipedia search say that. I recently had cause to research that very subject.

[cdemundo]

20 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

To the poster with the sad emoji- you know who you are- you're going to be a lot sadder in the near future as you see your dreams of Zelensky driving a tank through the Kremlin gates vanish like the dream you had last night.

Note to self: Sad emojis bug this poster. Good to know.

[thaibeachlovers]

17 hours ago, Hellfire said:

Does Kasparov, or yourself, understand what using nukes means- seems not. There is no possibility of a first strike denying Russia a nuclear retaliation and hey presto we all die in nuclear winter.

 

Does his chatter about a spine mean that the Euros need to put their military into Ukraine- cue WW3.

[thaibeachlovers]

18 hours ago, frank83628 said:

You supporting the war Hawks now then

Bolton is an idiot warmonger IMO and Trump did the right thing is sacking him.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 2/14/2025 at 4:34 AM, Yagoda said:

But. But. He has the secret weapon. An innumerable supply of cannon fodder, a terrorized population and the asiatic brutality which is inherent in the barbaric soul of Russians. He'll keep going to the last man. When you take into account the fratricidal nature of this war caused by Western stupidity, it serves no ones interest to continue.

Given what you just wrote, and given that anyone with a clue knew that 3 years ago, it was in no one's interest to start.

This isn't the like the Iraq wars, nice desert to speed tanks over and a massive air advantage- it's a war fought in a bog for part of the year with trenches and WW1 style attrition. WW1 only ended when the US sent more cannon fodder, but in this situation that is as likely as Trump resigning.

[Yagoda]

1 hour ago, scottiejohn said:

What makes you think that anyone would stalk you.  If you honestly believe you are being stalked then report your concerns to the Mods! 

The only reason I reply to your idiotic one sided Trumpeting posts is because they are just that, one sided and pointless with the same words endlessly repeated!

Hi Scotty, yap yap yap. Why would I call the Modes to spank you with a newspaper? You are so cute the way you bark and yap and jump around all excited.

[Yagoda]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

This isn't the like the Iraq wars, nice desert to speed tanks over and a massive air advantage-

We know now that Russia is not capable of that.

 

Fighting a war in that fashion requires flexibility and freedom of thought.

 

 

 

[scottiejohn]

14 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Hi Scotty, yap yap yap. Why would I call the Modes to spank you with a newspaper? You are so cute the way you bark and yap and jump around all excited.

Yet another idiotic and pointless post by you!

Please let me know, in advance preferably, if you ever intend to post something constructive and relevant to the OP under discussion! 

[Yagoda]

9 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Yet another idiotic and pointless post by you!

Please let me know, in advance preferably, if you ever intend to post something constructive and relevant to the OP under discussion! 

Yap yap yap, didnt even take you 10 minutes to continue your stalking

[thaibeachlovers]

On 2/14/2025 at 5:14 PM, beautifulthailand99 said:

It the Schrodinger's Russia paradox on one hand they are bankrupt, out of tanks,ammo and men and on the verge of collapse relying on donkeys and shovels and on the other hand powerful enough to take on and invade Europe. Pick a side folks which is it ?

Perhaps like the cat being both dead and alive at the same time, Russia can be virtually destroyed militarily and still capable of taking over Europe against a nuclear armed NATO.

Even Albert would be at a loss to understand the warmongers characterization of Russia.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 2/14/2025 at 1:11 AM, AlexRich said:

We are watching Ukraine and US allies being sold down the river in real time by Putin’s obedient poodle Donald Trump. 

If they are being sold down the river, it's entirely self inflicted. Only fools do not learn from history.

I remember well the alacrity with which they joined in, and spent all the money on bombs and missiles in Ukraine instead on the people that provided the tax.

 

Whether Trump is Putin's poodle or not it's time for this  embarrassment to western society being consigned to history under the topic of "stupid wars that didn't have to happen".

[John Drake]

On 2/14/2025 at 1:31 PM, Hellfire said:

 

Kasparov lives in New York City, although he has Croatian citizenship. Why doesn't he go live in Europe if he doesn't "need the US at all?"