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« Reply #25 on: February 24, 2022, 01:19:03 AM »
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« Reply #26 on: February 24, 2022, 01:24:55 AM »
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« Reply #27 on: February 24, 2022, 01:35:50 AM »
Quote from: TheReckoning on February 24, 2022, 01:27:25 AM
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Won’t Sactions just cripple the lives of everyday Russians instead of actually ending the war?

Hopefully it hurts their lives enough that they stop supporting Putin.

Russia isn’t a democracy. Short of violent revolution, 99% of Russia could despise Putin and it wouldn’t make a real difference.

There's a limit even in countries like Russia. At that level there would be a military coup and the oligarchs wouldn't back him.

He'd commit suicide with two shots in the back.
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« Reply #28 on: February 24, 2022, 02:17:13 AM »
Quote from: NOVA Green on February 24, 2022, 01:47:13 AM
Putin also directly addressed members of the Ukrainian armed forces, calling on them to lay down their arms and refuse to take orders from their superiors in Kyiv.

He also warned anyone considering interfering with Russia’s plans of grave consequences, appearing to threaten the use of nuclear weapons.

“Whoever tries to interfere with our actions should know that the Russian response will be immediate and will lead to the kind of consequences you have never experienced in your entire history,” Putin said. “We are ready for any scenario of events.”

Is he actually completely insane?
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« Reply #29 on: February 24, 2022, 10:51:26 AM »
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« Reply #30 on: February 24, 2022, 10:54:43 AM »
I guess maybe people are glued to their screens, but I haven't seen anyone really posting about it on social media. I really hope my circle is an outlier and more people are paying attention to this.
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« Reply #31 on: February 24, 2022, 11:01:44 AM »
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« Reply #32 on: February 24, 2022, 11:35:43 AM »
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« Reply #33 on: February 24, 2022, 11:51:52 AM »
Quote from: Lieutenant Duleumbo on February 24, 2022, 11:47:41 AM
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So is this Zelensky's master plan? Arming the citizenry and expecting people to turn their cities and towns into all-out war zones? Do the users in this thread promoting this idea understand the misery and destruction that insurgencies bring?

I'm not saying the people of Ukraine should give up without a fight, but there has to be a limit to what you expect of civilian populations.
Seems like a good plan. Arm as many vigilantes no matter who they are. Russia can enjoy the next decade of this.

The Ukrainian people will be the ones "enjoying" that decade.

Do you believe that Russian occupation is a better outcome for the Ukrainian people?
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« Reply #34 on: February 24, 2022, 12:31:15 PM »
Quote from: Butlerian Jihad on February 24, 2022, 12:25:20 PM
Quote from: TheReckoning on February 24, 2022, 12:22:58 PM
Also, where are all the anti-Imperialist leftists in this thread?

"Imperialism is when a country is EU-aligned. The more EU-aligned it is, the imperialister it is."

You joke but a lot of people unironically believe this.
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« Reply #35 on: February 24, 2022, 01:07:31 PM »
Quote from: TheReckoning on February 24, 2022, 12:50:12 PM
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Also, where are all the anti-Imperialist leftists in this thread?

"Imperialism is when a country is EU-aligned. The more EU-aligned it is, the imperialister it is."

I’m talking about specific posters like Big Abraham and PSOL. Seriously, where are they?

Probably searching how to sign up for the Russian army.
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« Reply #36 on: February 24, 2022, 02:03:18 PM »
Quote from: StateBoiler on February 24, 2022, 01:54:45 PM
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Anti-war/pro-Ukraine rally in Berlin this evening.

Sorry to be an asshole, but why does that matter? Is a rally going to help Ukraine defend itself?

If enough people protest/rally in support of Ukraine, it will put pressure on government to issue stronger responses. Implicit message being, do this or you will not win re-election.
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« Reply #37 on: February 24, 2022, 03:34:21 PM »
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« Reply #38 on: February 24, 2022, 09:29:02 PM »
CNN reporting explosions in Kyiv
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« Reply #39 on: February 24, 2022, 10:38:51 PM »


Kinda uncomfortable with how consistently good Rubio has been about this whole situation.
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« Reply #40 on: February 24, 2022, 10:55:40 PM »
Quote from: ProudModerate2 on February 24, 2022, 10:54:59 PM
The site froze for a while.
Did the Russians hack Virginia's system for a while?
RussianBear must have told the Kremlin how pro-Ukraine our small family is.
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I assumed there was some major change of events and that the site overloaded.
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« Reply #41 on: February 25, 2022, 12:35:51 PM »
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« Reply #43 on: February 25, 2022, 01:11:43 PM »


Is Germany the only holdout now?
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« Reply #46 on: February 25, 2022, 05:05:40 PM »
If I'm Zelenskyy I do not trust Putin for these "talks".
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« Reply #47 on: February 25, 2022, 05:08:33 PM »
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