Zelenskyy is a corrupt dictatorial piece of shit.
President Zelenskyy is increasingly messianic. In his September UN speech, he criticized Ukraine's staunchest European ally, Poland, even going so far as to suggest they "set the stage for the Moscow actor."
Elections are apparently a Russian ploy too. It's not the right time for elections, President Zelenskyy recently declared, and such talk is "politically divisive."
Oleksiy Arestovich — formerly an advisor to the president, brilliant and eccentric, who had an almost magic sway on the crowds in the first months of war — has just launched his presidential campaign with a hitherto taboo suggestion that Ukraine can forgo occupied territories in exchange for joining NATO.
Voldemort is corrupt and insane, as all should already know.
He clings to power and is desperate to prolong his disastrous war because the Banderites (Azov, etc.) have promised to lynch his ass if he engages in peace talks with the Russians (most especially if they involve giving up territory).
I don't see Russia ever agreeing to Ukraine becoming part of NATO.
If the Russians wanted a NATO country on their border they could have simply taken all of Ukraine and they'd have gotten NATO countries on their border, too (actually 4 of them I think). Strategically it would make more sense for Russia to turn Ukraine into a country-sized military buffer zone than to let NATO have it.
Elections should be held regardless. Hand count the votes if need be.
Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 12, 2023, 03:24:41 PMVoldemort is corrupt and insane, as all should already know.
He clings to power and is desperate to prolong his disastrous war because the Banderites (Azov, etc.) have promised to lynch his ass if he engages in peace talks with the Russians (most especially if they involve giving up territory).
I don't see Russia ever agreeing to Ukraine becoming part of NATO.
If the Russians wanted a NATO country on their border they could have simply taken all of Ukraine and they'd have gotten NATO countries on their border, too (actually 4 of them I think). Strategically it would make more sense for Russia to turn Ukraine into a country-sized military buffer zone than to let NATO have it.
He has a net worth of about two billion USD. Not bad for a shiity comedian.
Ukraine will collapse but Zelensky is gonna flee to his new Villa in southern Italy.
And the media is just gonna ignore that he has a lot of money.
Quote from: Odinson on November 12, 2023, 04:10:49 PMUkraine will collapse but Zelensky is gonna flee to his new Villa in southern Italy.
And the media is just gonna ignore that he has a lot of money.
Ya, probably.
We cant support Ukraine, Israel and possibly Taiwan at the same time.
Even the mighty Uncle Sam cant support two wars... Not without a declaration of war.
Things were different in WW2 when the whole nation threw the war gear on.
Quote from: Odinson on November 13, 2023, 06:18:22 PMWe cant support Ukraine, Israel and possibly Taiwan at the same time.
Even the mighty Uncle Sam cant support two wars... Not without a declaration of war.
Things were different in WW2 when the whole nation threw the war gear on.
I imagine there'd be a few germans who's raise an eyebrow over that. Things could have played out a lot differently had Hitler not decided to march on Moscow.
Quote from: Adolf Oliver Bush on November 15, 2023, 08:53:21 AMI imagine there'd be a few germans who's raise an eyebrow over that. Things could have played out a lot differently had Hitler not decided to march on Moscow.
'Murica didn't defeat Germany... Russia did (not without cost though; millions of casualties).
And they didn't need to nuke two cities full of civilians to do it, either.
Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 15, 2023, 09:09:37 AM'Murica didn't defeat Germany... Russia did (not without cost though; millions of casualties).
And they didn't need to nuke two cities full of civilians to do it, either.
The argument goes that the US scarcely needed the nukes either, the Japs were already talking surrender before Hiroshima did the big firework.
Yeah, I know I know, "it wasn't an unconditional surrender"... that discussion has already been had. Apparently the humiliation of an entire culture and the removal of their right to field a standing military sufficient to protect their own interests (thereby holding them in thrall to a dependence on the US) was well worth those two smoking craters.
Heh... and do you know why they were talking surrender?
(Hint: it wasn't because of the US...)
The Russians were hitlers ally before he attacked them. I have absolutely no respect for those commie fux or their war "sacrifices. BTW, the pathetic russians couldnt even conquer the Finns. AMERICA ALONE provided the tools to destroy Nazi Germany. If we had not, hitler would have eventually smoked stalin AND churchill.
My dads dad fought the japs. They were completely brutal. Them fukin japs viewed themselves as even more of a master race than germans. They treated all other races as inferior and did things to our men that were unforgiveable. I'd have kept nuking them fuckers until they were all evaporated.
Honestly, he is in a pretty bad place and is probably trying to do the best with the hand he was dealt. There has been no evidence of personal corruption though I do confess to being uncomfortable with things like putting off elections and repressing the pro-Russian parties. I can forgive the later though as he is leading a country against a Russian invasion so 3rd columnists are a very real danger.
Quote from: Lokmar on November 15, 2023, 09:51:52 AMThe Russians were hitlers ally before he attacked them. I have absolutely no respect for those commie fux or their war "sacrifices. BTW, the pathetic russians couldnt even conquer the Finns. AMERICA ALONE provided the tools to destroy Nazi Germany. If we had not, hitler would have eventually smoked stalin AND churchill.
My dads dad fought the japs. They were completely brutal. Them fukin japs viewed themselves as even more of a master race than germans. They treated all other races as inferior and did things to our men that were unforgiveable. I'd have kept nuking them fuckers until they were all evaporated.
The British were the only ones consistently on the right side in WW2.
Quote from: Oerdin on November 15, 2023, 11:06:35 AMHonestly, he is in a pretty bad place and is probably trying to do the best with the hand he was dealt. There has been no evidence of personal corruption though I do confess to being uncomfortable with things like putting off elections and repressing the pro-Russian parties. I can forgive the later though...
I can't. If I turn a blind eye to his efforts in electoral manipulation, I have to turn a blind eye to the US democrats as well.
And that ain't happening.
Zelensky is a piece of shit who scarified his own people on the alter of enriching himself and the Biden Mafia
period.
Joining NATO was a deliberate poke of the Lion to produce exactly the results which transpired
wanna know how to keep Russia out of places like Ukraine? Elect a real leader with a set of stones like Trump
Notice how Ukraine is kinda drifting into the background now that all the right players have become filthy fucking rich? In six months time it will be completely memory holed and if you visit Ukraine by then you'll find the Russian flag flying nearly everywhere with the average citizen tickled pink over the development while Zelensky and his cronies are sipping mai tai on some private island along the Philippine peninsula.
Don't gobble up the fucking hype -- this isn't 1936
Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 17, 2023, 08:53:38 AMZelensky is a piece of shit who scarified his own people on the alter of enriching himself and the Biden Mafia
period.
Joining NATO was a deliberate poke of the Lion to produce exactly the results which transpired
wanna know how to keep Russia out of places like Ukraine? Elect a real leader with a set of stones like Trump
Notice how Ukraine is kinda drifting into the background now that all the right players have become filthy fucking rich? In six months time it will be completely memory holed and if you visit Ukraine by then you'll find the Russian flag flying nearly everywhere with the average citizen tickled pink over the development while Zelensky and his cronies are sipping mai tai on some private island along the Philippine peninsula.
Don't gobble up the fucking hype -- this isn't 1936
This conflict would never have happend if Trump was still president.
Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 17, 2023, 08:53:38 AMZelensky is a piece of shit who scarified his own people on the alter of enriching himself and the Biden Mafia
period.
Joining NATO was a deliberate poke of the Lion to produce exactly the results which transpired
wanna know how to keep Russia out of places like Ukraine? Elect a real leader with a set of stones like Trump
I'll go you one better. That stones-endowed leader should scale back US funding to NATO, if not cease funding altogether. NATO's purpose was satisfied once the threat of
Soviet expansion was realised... thirty years ago. You know, when the
Soviet Union disbanded.
What has NATO been involved in since, other than what those on the far left decry as "colonialism"? Country after country being gobbled up... this is
precisely what the architects of the dissolution of the Soviet Union agreed should not happen. Ostensibly, it's the same sorts of crap the leftits bitch about when it comes to the subject of nations like the United States.
If Russia wanted Ukraine, they could practically annex it wholesale. A bang-up job of depleting the West's fortunes and the ability to defend itself all but assures us of this. From a political standpoint, the annexation makes less sense than having a buffer state between Russia and the ever expanding NATO influence. A buffer state that is sympathetic to Russian interests in ways the Ukrainian powerbrokers have demonstrated are not. Russia could interact with it, offer it humanitarian aid and protection in return for favourable trade deals, warm port access and the benefit of not having cunts like our current government setting up military and biological weapons facilities on their border.
Quote from: Biggie Smiles on November 17, 2023, 08:53:38 AMNotice how Ukraine is kinda drifting into the background now that all the right players have become filthy fucking rich? In six months time it will be completely memory holed and if you visit Ukraine by then you'll find the Russian flag flying nearly everywhere with the average citizen tickled pink over the development while Zelensky and his cronies are sipping mai tai on some private island along the Philippine peninsula.
Don't gobble up the fucking hype -- this isn't 1936
Ukraine is definitely taking a backseat in the news cycle, I agree. And in spite of Valdemort Zelenskyy's increasingly tearful cries for mo' money. Fuck him, the guy's an asshat and a criminal, he deserves to be cut off.
I doubt that Ukraine will recover within six months though. That economy has been cratered, it will take some time before it digs itself out of the rubble. It has been milked for its worth.
You are right in two respects. At least I think you are. The average Ukrainian will be happy to see the back of us. They'll welcome the silence in place of gunfire at least. If I could put myself in the shoes of your average Ukrainian, I'd be happy if I never heard of NATO ever again.
And yeah, those who made off like bandits in the affair will be living the high life... but only if someone doesnt put a bullet in them first.
Quote from: Adolf Oliver Bush on November 18, 2023, 12:09:24 AMI'll go you one better. That stones-endowed leader should scale back US funding to NATO, if not cease funding altogether. NATO's purpose was satisfied once the threat of Soviet expansion was realised... thirty years ago. You know, when the Soviet Union disbanded.
What has NATO been involved in since, other than what those on the far left decry as "colonialism"? Country after country being gobbled up... this is precisely what the architects of the dissolution of the Soviet Union agreed should not happen. Ostensibly, it's the same sorts of crap the leftits bitch about when it comes to the subject of nations like the United States.
If Russia wanted Ukraine, they could practically annex it wholesale. A bang-up job of depleting the West's fortunes and the ability to defend itself all but assures us of this. From a political standpoint, the annexation makes less sense than having a buffer state between Russia and the ever expanding NATO influence. A buffer state that is sympathetic to Russian interests in ways the Ukrainian powerbrokers have demonstrated are not. Russia could interact with it, offer it humanitarian aid and protection in return for favourable trade deals, warm port access and the benefit of not having cunts like our current government setting up military and biological weapons facilities on their border.
Ukraine is definitely taking a backseat in the news cycle, I agree. And in spite of Valdemort Zelenskyy's increasingly tearful cries for mo' money. Fuck him, the guy's an asshat and a criminal, he deserves to be cut off.
I doubt that Ukraine will recover within six months though. That economy has been cratered, it will take some time before it digs itself out of the rubble. It has been milked for its worth.
You are right in two respects. At least I think you are. The average Ukrainian will be happy to see the back of us. They'll welcome the silence in place of gunfire at least. If I could put myself in the shoes of your average Ukrainian, I'd be happy if I never heard of NATO ever again.
And yeah, those who made off like bandits in the affair will be living the high life... but only if someone doesnt put a bullet in them first.
The brother nails it. :thumbup2:
Lets be real here.
If we get attacked and some wiseguy says nice things about the enemy..
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While I dont think NATO should have been disbanded, I definitely think America should have removed itself from NATO. NATO should have become an extension of the EU.
Russia offered to end its invasion of Ukraine if it dumped plans to join NATO. That aint what Zelenskyy or his boss Jim Crow Joe wanted.
A 19 year old Ukrainian female refugee tried to kill her Finnish lover Basic instincts style.
Hidden knife under the pillow.
She was on top of him, stabbed him on the chest and then cut his throat.
He survived.
Cant trust these bitches...
:s_laugh:
Quote from: Lokmar on November 25, 2023, 11:58:02 AMWhile I dont think NATO should have been disbanded, I definitely think America should have removed itself from NATO. NATO should have become an extension of the EU.
Nah, NATO was created to guard against Soviet expansion. The Soviet Union (of which Ukraine was once a member of) has not existed for 30 years and NATO's focus has since been shifted to antagonizing Russia with policies that can only be considered as "aggressively expansionalist".
So fuck NATO and its bullshit. And fuck the EU too, the stupid bastards are just as useless as the US in terms of defending their own borders; disband that shit and revert to the sovereign nation autonomy that existed before.
Quote from: Adolf Oliver Bush on December 01, 2023, 08:50:04 AMNah, NATO was created to guard against Soviet expansion. The Soviet Union (of which Ukraine was once a member of) has not existed for 30 years and NATO's focus has since been shifted to antagonizing Russia with policies that can only be considered as "aggressively expansionalist".
So fuck NATO and its bullshit. And fuck the EU too, the stupid bastards are just as useless as the US in terms of defending their own borders; disband that shit and revert to the sovereign nation autonomy that existed before.
Well, its hard to disagree with that based on the results.
Quote from: Adolf Oliver Bush on December 01, 2023, 08:50:04 AMNah, NATO was created to guard against Soviet expansion. The Soviet Union (of which Ukraine was once a member of) has not existed for 30 years and NATO's focus has since been shifted to antagonizing Russia with policies that can only be considered as "aggressively expansionalist".
Precisely.
Ukraine is gonna mobilize more folks and patch the draft evasion loopholes.
And Putin just signed a decree to increase the armysize.
FYI Russia produces 8 times more shells than the whole west combined.
Quote from: Herman on November 26, 2023, 09:26:15 PMRussia offered to end its invasion of Ukraine if it dumped plans to join NATO. That aint what Zelenskyy or his boss Jim Crow Joe wanted.
So what? Seriously, why should the Russian dictator get to tell independent countries what they can and cannot do? If you recall the speech Putin made on the day of the invasion he literally demanded that NATO kick out all of eastern Europe simply because he wants to invade and dominate them. Fuck that and fuck Putler.
NATO started the war, not Russia.
You'd have to be brain-dead or brainwashed to not acknowledge this fact.
I'm detecting copious quantities of "do as I say, not as I do" in this thread. One authoritarian socialist state disbands while another takes root to the west of it and starts gobbling up countries left and right in the name of globo-homo.
And when a member state of the aforementioned disbanded entity requests its neighbour abstain by getting gobbled up by the New Authoritarians in return for not getting the shit shelled out it... they're the ones that are accused of trying to order the affairs of others?
Oerdin my friend, you're behaving like a leftist. Cut it out.
Zelenskyy's counteroffensive is failing badly, Russia is bombing Kyiv again, generals are turning on the president, an outspoken critic of Zelenskyy was assassinated in Moscow, there is widespread to his autocratic rule and the US congress has finally tired of giving money to that corrupt wanker.
I belive he is finished as Ukraine's president if he holds elections. And I believe peace will be negotiated with Moscow that includes ceding territory and no NATO membership.
About fucking time...
Pardon my skepticism, but I'll believe there's a chance for peace when it actually happens. As I've mentioned elsewhere, there's too many people that stand to earn a mint for as long as Ukraine is taking military aid from the west.
Same goes for Hamas v Israel.
That frickin prick Zelenskyy rejected another ceasefire.
I have heard from friends and relatives in Ukraine that that Jew prick Zelenskyy has been pulling a Castro and emptying prisons and sending them to countries like Canada as refugees.
Quote from: Herman on June 07, 2024, 10:52:30 PMI have heard from friends and relatives in Ukraine that that Jew prick Zelenskyy has been pulling a Castro and emptying prisons and sending them to countries like Canada as refugees.
Given what I've been hearing about his disappointing recruitment efforts and the loss of many many soldiers I'm surprised he isn't sending them to the front lines instead. At least there he'd get some use out of 'em.
Quote from: Garraty_47 on June 07, 2024, 11:11:42 PMGiven what I've been hearing about his disappointing recruitment efforts and the loss of many many soldiers I'm surprised he isn't sending them to the front lines instead. At least there he'd get some use out of 'em.
Either he don't trust them with guns or they are too fat and old to fight. Canada will take them, feed them, house them and enable them to continue their criminal careers here.
Quote from: Herman on June 07, 2024, 11:13:39 PMEither he don't trust them with guns or they are too fat and old to fight. Canada will take them, feed them, house them and enable them to continue their criminal careers here.
I still don't understand how that benefits Zelensky or Ukraine in any way. Seems to me all it's going to do is piss off the countries he's sending them to and without the goodwill of western countries Zelensky has a life expectancy of about a week, max.
If he was tired of feeding and guarding them it would be so much simpler and safer to just execute the lot.
Quote from: Garraty_47 on June 07, 2024, 11:18:05 PMI still don't understand how that benefits Zelensky or Ukraine in any way. Seems to me all it's going to do is piss off the countries he's sending them to and without the goodwill of western countries Zelensky has a life expectancy of about a week, max.
If he was tired of feeding and guarding them it would be so much simpler and safer to just execute the lot.
He knows Canada doesn't screen refugees. Most aint convicts, but I would not be surprised if some of them are.
We do know that not all of the quarter of a million refugees that we have accepted from Ukraine are even Ukrainian citizens. Some Russians, Belorussians, ethnic Chechens, Georgians, and Moldovans have snuck in with fake Ukrainian passports. They aint hard to get by the way. So, it is possible he has sent criminals abroad to dipshit countries like Canada.
Quote from: Herman on June 07, 2024, 10:52:30 PMI have heard from friends and relatives in Ukraine that that Jew prick Zelenskyy has been pulling a Castro and emptying prisons and sending them to countries like Canada as refugees.
Refugees are economic migrants who can't make the cut as skilled immigrants. There should be zero male refugees accepted.
Russia offered another ceasefire that the Jim Crow Joe administration will make sure their puppet Zelenskyy rejects.
Another reason to vote for Trump.
Trump voiced strong criticism of American aid to Ukraine at a campaign rally in Detroit on June 15.
Speaking at the Turning Point USA event, Trump claimed he would "have that (U.S. aid to Ukraine) settled prior to taking the White House as president-elect."
Trump described President Volodymyr Zelensky as "the best salesman" for securing substantial financial support from the U.S.
"I think Zelensky is maybe the greatest salesman of any politician that's ever lived. Every time he comes to our country, he walks away with $60 billion," Trump remarked.
"Now, here's the beauty. He just left four days ago with $60 billion, and he gets home and he announces he needs another $60 billion. It never ends," Trump claimed. "I will have that settled prior to take the White House as president-elect."
Tucker Carlson said he knows for a fact the Ukrainian military is selling upwards of half of the armaments it receives from the United States.
Carlson was speaking with Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, a retired United States Army officer who was awarded a Bronze Star, his second, during the war in Afghanistan. About halfway through their conversation, Carlson stated that Ukraine has been selling U.S. weapons to Mexican cartels.
At the same time, a June 2024 study by Harvard said it was "highly likely that some weapons will go missing over the course of the conflict" but admitted it would be hard to prove the extent of which illicit weapons were being sold.
Carlson also said during the same episode that while attending a meeting at a ski resort in the Alps, he noticed that the "whole town" was filled with Ukrainians. He said the Ukrainian nationals were spending upwards of a million dollars at a time on luxury items. The money they were using, Carlson claimed, belonged to the U.S. taxpayer.
"It's all through Europe you see this. The richest people are the Ukrainians. That money is ours. It belongs to me and you and every other American taxpayer. That's where it's going."
Carlson remained flabbergasted throughout his remarks, stating plainly that "everything about this [war] is a lie."
Quote from: DKG on February 12, 2025, 08:05:12 AMAt the same time, a June 2024 study by Harvard said it was "highly likely that some weapons will go missing over the course of the conflict" but admitted it would be hard to prove the extent of which illicit weapons were being sold.
We've known this for a long time.
Back in 2022 CBS pulled a documentary ('Arming Ukraine') after a promotional teaser in which an interviewee stated "much of the billions of dollars of military aid that the U.S. is sending to Ukraine doesn't make it to the front lines" but before the documentary actually aired. CBS claimed they were going to "update" the information in the documentary before they released it.
They never released it.
Quote from: Garraty_47 on February 12, 2025, 08:23:19 AMWe've known this for a long time.
Back in 2022 CBS pulled a documentary ('Arming Ukraine') after a promotional teaser in which an interviewee stated "much of the billions of dollars of military aid that the U.S. is sending to Ukraine doesn't make it to the front lines" but before the documentary actually aired. CBS claimed they were going to "update" the information in the documentary before they released it.
They never released it.
That is no surprise.
Russia and the United States shook hands today on an agreement to resume full diplomatic relations and establish Ukraine peace talks, cementing an extraordinary reversal of international policy under Donald Trump's presidency.
The talks in Saudi Arabia – unthinkable even six months ago – were aimed as a step toward ending Russia's war in Ukraine after Mr Trump ordered officials to begin negotiations.
Mr Rubio said the sides agreed as a first step to re-establish full staffing of their respective embassies, reversing the expulsions that followed Mr Putin's invasion.
He said those moves had "really diminished our ability to operate in Moscow" and that Russia would say the same about its mission in Washington. "We're going to need to have vibrant diplomatic missions that are able to function normally," he said.
Trump labeled Zelenskyy a "dictator without elections" and pointed out Ukraine's financial abuse of American tax dollars.
Trump also pointed out that while many heads of state have branded Zelenskyy a hero, the Ukrainian president has failed to hold a democratic election since sparking the conflict in 2022.
"On top of this, Zelenskyy admits that half of the money we sent him is 'MISSING,'" Trump added. "He refuses to have Elections, is very low in Ukrainian Polls, and the only thing he was good at was playing Biden 'like a fiddle.' A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left."
Trump noted that up until his second term, none of the parties involved have managed to move closer to a peace treaty.
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Wasn't Zelenskyy a comedian or something before being elected?
Quote from: Garraty_47 on November 12, 2023, 03:24:41 PMVoldemort is corrupt and insane, as all should already know.
He clings to power and is desperate to prolong his disastrous war because the Banderites (Azov, etc.) have promised to lynch his ass if he engages in peace talks with the Russians (most especially if they involve giving up territory).
I don't see Russia ever agreeing to Ukraine becoming part of NATO.
If the Russians wanted a NATO country on their border they could have simply taken all of Ukraine and they'd have gotten NATO countries on their border, too (actually 4 of them I think). Strategically it would make more sense for Russia to turn Ukraine into a country-sized military buffer zone than to let NATO have it.
Russia wanted to join NATO and somebody said no I think.
There is an article in the Guardian. Vvv
Ex-Nato head says Putin wanted to join alliance early on in his rule
This article is more than 3 years old
George Robertson recalls Russian president did not want to wait in line with 'countries that don't matter'
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
Thu 4 Nov 2021 16.00 AEDT
Quote from: caskur on February 23, 2025, 02:18:40 AMRussia wanted to join NATO and somebody said no I think.
True.
Since the end of WW2 'Murica and its vassal states ("allies") have been obsessed with crippling and subjugating first the Soviet Union and now Russia itself.
It started with downplaying Russia's role in defeating the nazis and pretending it was 'Murica alone who "saved the world" from Hitler and Japan when the USA's legitimate biggest contribution to the war manifested as two horrific war crimes against civilians that ushered in the atomic arms race that plagues humanity to this day.
The 'domino theory' excuse for dragging us into never ending wars and conflicts to "oppose communism" has been more effective than it had any right to be and I attribute that to the ambivalence and gullibility of a mercilessly propagandized 'Murican populace.
The world described by corporate infotainment bobbleheads doesn't exist. It never did. Their narratives always have and still do serve only one purpose: to manufacture consent for imperialism and war.
I've been waiting literally decades for a critical mass of people to wake up on that score and although we aren't there yet by a long shot for the first time it's beginning to look like it could actually happen.
'Bout fuckin' time, y'all.
Welcome to reality; let's get this party started.
Quote from: Renegade Quark on February 22, 2025, 11:04:12 PMWasn't Zelenskyy a comedian or something before being elected?
Yes, he was. And his presidency is a joke.
It is interesting that Denmark has decided to increase defense spending by 70% over the next two years.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nato-ally-buy-buy-buy-174149642.html
President Zelensky is saying he is prepared to resign. He is deeply unpopular in his country, so he is probably trying to arrange a deal where he is not prosecuted after he leaves office.
I bet his poll numbers are pretty high right now.
:crampe:
Hpouse Speaker Mike Johnson said that Ukraine funding is off the table in the future . He said there is "no appetite" for additional Ukraine funding in the future."
Trump announced he's had serious discussions with Putin about both an economic development agreement between the United States and Russia and ending the war.
"I am in serious discussions with President Vladimir Putin of Russia concerning the ending of the War, and also major Economic Development transactions which will take place between the United States and Russia. Talks are proceeding very well!" Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social media account on Feb. 24.
Speaking with reporters at the White House on Feb. 24, Trump said an economic partnership with Russia could see the United States gain access to some of the country's rare earth minerals.
The Trump administration is already engaged in separate talks with Ukraine, for a deal in which the United States could gain access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals and other natural resources as compensation for past and future support for Ukraine.
Marco Rubio will probably be one of the very best secretaries of state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV-d8vlnXi4
A resolution reaffirming the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky failed to secure enough backing to pass in the Ukrainian parliament on Monday.
At a special session of the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, convened to mark the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, the resolution received 218 votes, falling short of the 226 votes needed to pass.
Some 54 members of parliament present in the meeting room did not take part in the vote, including 38 representatives from Zelensky's Servant of the People party.
Quote from: Brent on February 25, 2025, 01:40:46 PMA resolution reaffirming the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky failed to secure enough backing to pass in the Ukrainian parliament on Monday.
At a special session of the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, convened to mark the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, the resolution received 218 votes, falling short of the 226 votes needed to pass.
Some 54 members of parliament present in the meeting room did not take part in the vote, including 38 representatives from Zelensky's Servant of the People party.
They held another and this time the Ulrainian president got the result he wanted.
Ukraine and the United States have agreed to terms on a deal relating to critical minerals and other resources, according to a senior Ukrainian official.
As recently as Monday, Trump was repeating that some access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals would be necessary to secure a deal involving the nation's continued support for Ukraine. Trump referred to them as a "security" against the investments that the U.S. has already made and might make in the future.
"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."
― Henry Kissinger
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a thief. Ukraine's little dictator has overseen the misuse of billions in American taxpayer dollars — amassing a vast personal fortune while running arguably the most corrupt nation in Europe. Ukraine has become little more than an organized crime state.
The DOGE is on the case, and Elon Musk has Zelenskyy's number. Musk describes the dictator's regime as a "massive graft machine feeding off the dead bodies of Ukrainian soldiers."
The magnitude of the thievery is staggering. But the malfeasance by the warmongers in Congress and the mainstream media's continual cover-ups have hidden the full extent of Ukraine's corruption.
When the initial $60 billion for the globalist proxy war against Russia in Ukraine was being allocated, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) stood up for American taxpayers, proposing an inspector general and audit to track how military aid was being spent. But the warmongers shot them down. There would be no oversight, no accountability, and little reporting of the epic plunder that followed. But this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Last month, Zelenskyy, while claiming that Ukraine had received just $75 billion of the $177 billion in U.S. aid, stated nonchalantly, "I don't know where all this money is." Here are a few places to look.
Early in the war, a now-censored CBS report revealed that due to theft and diversion to the black market, "only 30%" of American equipment was reaching the front lines. Some of the weapons ended up in the hands of criminal gangs in Sweden and terrorists in Nigeria. Last year, the Pentagon admitted that it had failed to track $1 billion in weapons deliveries, mainly small arms — including Javelin and Stinger missiles — ideal for arms traffickers.
Ukrainian soldiers are cannon fodder. The Zelenskyy regime's contempt for its troops is made apparent by how it spends — and steals — money.
In January 2024, executives from a Ukrainian arms company and officials from Zelenskyy's defense ministry embezzled $40 million meant to buy 100,000 mortar shells. A retired Ukrainian general revealed that $207 million was grifted in purchasing hundreds of thousands of useless anti-tank mines produced during World War II — decades past their expiration date.
The vast majority of Ukrainians — 89% according to one survey — say that corruption is the country's most serious problem after the war with Russia, and 94% believe corruption is pervasive across Ukraine. As many as 42% of Ukrainian households pay bribes to access public services, and 78% believe Zelenskyy is "directly responsible" for the corruption.
Recruitment officials pocket millions of dollars in bribes, allowing those with money to dodge military conscription. Meanwhile, men who can't afford to pay are snatched off the street, thrown into frontline trenches, and shoved into the meat grinder. To evade service, 860,000 men have fled to the European Union, and 800,000 more are hiding in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy officials have stolen entire trainloads of civilian aid. According to a senior Zelenskyy adviser, people at the top are "stealing like there is no tomorrow." To add insult to injury, American taxpayers pay the salaries and pensions of these crooks.