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NOT_RICK , to world in Putin Fears Navalny Funeral Could Trigger Mass Demonstrations, Khodorkovsky Says
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Really not helping himself with all the Rosgvardia tied up in Ukraine.

Fapper_McFapper , to world in Putin Fears Navalny Funeral Could Trigger Mass Demonstrations, Khodorkovsky Says

Putin fears many things.

Rainbow colors Independent thinking Cocks, he’s terrified of cocks. Ukraine NATO The EU The Baltic States Obama Biden Nalvany’s wife Short tables Gay bars Windows Large gatherings Small gatherings Gatherings

I bet he flinches like a motherfucker if a loud noise goes off near him. Bitch gave himself PTSD.

Uglyhead , to world in Putin Fears Navalny Funeral Could Trigger Mass Demonstrations, Khodorkovsky Says
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That was the whole point of him coming back into the country. To stop Putin— by any means necessary.

ghostdoggtv , to world in Estonia Says Russia Is Preparing For A Military Confrontation With The West

Republicans are about to get completely swept out of office. It’s now or never.

foggy , to world in Estonia Says Russia Is Preparing For A Military Confrontation With The West

Lmao

Say when.

Bring China.

Well give you a 3 week head start.

theodewere , to world in Estonia Says Russia Is Preparing For A Military Confrontation With The West
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we should invade Russia in the Spring, this only ends one way

Jaysyn , to world in Estonia Says Russia Is Preparing For A Military Confrontation With The West
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Putin isn't going to live 10 more years.

Chainweasel , to world in Estonia Says Russia Is Preparing For A Military Confrontation With The West

If they can’t take Ukraine with the US providing the bare minimum amount of aid the Republicans will allow, I’m curious what they think they can accomplish against our best efforts in an actual war.

skankhunt42 , (edited )
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I’m not curious at all. Let’s just stop this shit already.

How unlikley is it they’ve held back at minimum one airplane and a big ass bomb (atomic, nuclear, etc, I have no idea) for the USA? Best effort or not, if one thing gets through some people are fucked. Some is more then none and that’s too much.

ghostdoggtv ,

On the other hand the United States has been politically gridlocked for the last 15 years because of Russian puppets. For some of us that’s been as good as a death sentence.

HollandJim ,

Absolutely - and I bet with Trump in office he could almost taste the win.

paddirn ,

Imagine Trump being in office and him basically kneecapping any response to Russian aggression in Europe. He could bring the US to its knees by trying to play wannabe dictator and tying us up dealing with all the civil unrest that will follow from that. Meanwhile, Europe is left to its own devices to try to handle Russia on its own (with Trump even likely providing intelligence to Russia or even withholding aid to Europe, as he’s already promised to do). All signs are kind of pointing to this eventuality if Trump gets elected, and Republicans are too dumb to understand it (or they don’t care, because “F* Europe”, right?).

someguy3 ,

The US was late to WW1 and WW2. Wants to go 3 for 3 apparently.

ExLisper ,

Yeah, let’s see… So far Ukraine was able to take down planes deep into Russia’s territory, bomb Moscow, sink flagship of the Russian Navy, disable the most protected bridge in the country and bomb HQ of Black Sea fleet. All that with spare European weapons and toys. You really think that Europe would need US help to fight Russia? This war has proven that Russian army is in terrible state. Their weapons are shit and commanders are incompetent. They are struggling with a army 1/5th their size. Russia is once again back to their WWI strategy of sacrificing thousands after thousands of soldiers. At this point one has to be delusional to think Russia could fight Europe.

cashews_best_nut ,

The UK or France alone could devastate Russia. Poland could hold it’s own in a defensive war easily. Turkey could also fuck them up completely.

If war started in Europe the Russians would be fucked by combined EU forces.

Europe doesn’t NEED America to defend itself.

KidnappedByKitties ,

War isn’t won by forces alone, you also need the economy, morale and political wherewithal to endure and survive the destruction.

Neither EU country could stomach a prolonged war, possibly only the Baltics and Finland are at all prepared for a couple years of war, and won’t be able to supply their troops for that long without US support.

Case in point, Europe is giving about half of the total aid for Ukraine, but almost none of the armaments even though it would be far more preferable for relations, training, logistics, and defence. Part of it is that they don’t keep stockpiles, part is that they don’t have the industry to replace ammunition, neither of which bodes well for a prolonged conflict.

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  • JustZ ,
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    Even with nuclear warfare.

    I think Putin knows that he can get off five or six nukes on strategic cities to destabilize Europe and America without much additional repercussion, assuming it is already at war with the West.

    The West cannot nuke Russia back because their major retaliatory strike package is automatic, under dead hand control, and would surely cause global nuclear winter.

    Or, maybe the West retaliated and nukes some Russian cities without triggering the dead hand. Putin absolutely doesn’t give a shit if tens of millions of Russian civilians die. It literally will not matter to him in any sense. He will still be a billionaire oligarch living in obscene luxury and will still remain president as a long as he desires.

    Zeroxxx ,

    Your best effort? Nuclear armageddon. Both europe and russia will be wiped off of world map. US might be able to survive but some towns will be Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

    That is with your best effort, so save your fucking bullshit.

    soggy_kitty ,

    To be honest even Russia isn’t that stupid to touch NATO.

    The article is rage bait

    JustZ ,
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    They think they are going to elect a foreign asset to the office of US president and that we will then stand down.

    wildcardology ,

    Trump already promised to pull out of NATO if he wins.

    qdJzXuisAndVQb2 ,

    Source? I’ve seen threats and hints, but not an explicit promise.

    KidnappedByKitties ,

    Welcome out from under your rock, here’s a Reuters summary of Trumps anti-NATO posturing over the last 7 years. A lot of it based on lies.

    His threats to exit NATO were credible enough that there’s now legislation forbidding a president to do so.

    You might want to practice your web searching skills as well, it took me about two minutes to find independent sources describing and confirming this.

    muntedcrocodile , to world in Estonia Says Russia Is Preparing For A Military Confrontation With The West
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    I mean i kinda see this as a good thing. After seeing how they faired in ukraine i cant wait to see what poland will do to them (theu still got a lot og historical anger to vent) let alone nato.

    Jaysyn ,
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    I'm sure Poland is looking forward to splitting Kaliningrad up with Lithuania.

    Liome ,
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    No, it’s already settled that Královec je Český

    Jaysyn ,
    @Jaysyn@kbin.social avatar

    That fine too, TBH.

    Windex007 ,

    It would be a nightmare for whoever gets it, because it comes with people, and suddenly you have a new giant voting block who want to see your whole country become part of Russia.

    So, in actuality, neither country wants Kaliningrad.

    This is I think what Russians don’t understand about the insanity of their leaders suggesting “The West” would ever want to invade… That their land could be lost.

    Healthy democratic nations would bend over backwards to avoid taking ownership of any land that comes with Russians. It just isn’t worth it.

    Cort ,

    Unless you deport them back to Russia en masse

    Windex007 ,

    That would be objectively evil.

    krashmo , to world in Estonia Says Russia Is Preparing For A Military Confrontation With The West

    Putin is struggling to hold on to the gains he’s made in a single country. Now he thinks he’s going to take on the rest of the industrialized world at once? Get real. Either launch your nukes or shut the fuck up. Hearing about his delusions of grandeur is so annoying at this point.

    TropicalDingdong ,

    Putin is struggling to hold on to the gains he’s made in a single country. Now he thinks he’s going to take on the rest of the industrialized world at once? Get real. Either launch your nukes or shut the fuck up. Hearing about his delusions of grandeur is so annoying at this point.

    I don’t support nuclear war but I agree with the sentiment. Bro is a clown and Republicans and their sycophants cucking themselves for a failure as they’ve been demonstrated to be is hilarious. The mental gymnastics must be tiresome.

    krashmo ,

    Oh yeah, I’m definitely not advocating for nuclear war. I’m just pointing out that he doesn’t have many other options left. He certainly can’t win a ground war against NATO, even if the US abandons the alliance like Trump seems to want us to do. Basically, if everyone knows you’re full of shit why are you still running your mouth?

    TropicalDingdong ,

    When people keep taking shit after they’ve been slapped, it’s time to slap them again. The EU really needs to step up, and provide that slap. With even a bit of material support the EU could step up and push Russia 75km into Russian territory and establish a no fly zone.

    Russia’s a joke.

    SlopppyEngineer ,

    He’s got three random low cards on the table while threatening to play a royal flush and take the pot.

    Rapidcreek OP , to world in Estonia Says Russia Is Preparing For A Military Confrontation With The West

    Hopefully, Putin won’t be around that long

    bfg9k , to world in China Introduces Strict Rules In Xinjiang On Islam, Other Religions

    “In a move set to tighten government control over practicing religion in Germany’s Brandenberg Province, the Jewish-majority region will introduce a set of regulations that – among other things – will require all new places of worship to reflect “German characteristics and style.”

    The sweeping legislation will come into force on February 1 as part of a broader multiyear campaign aimed at controlling religion in Brandenberg, which is home to mainly Jewish ethnic groups.”

    History repeats itself.

    muntedcrocodile ,
    @muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world avatar

    But our governemnts wont do anything to china cos they make us fat and they make ua rich.

    muntedcrocodile , to world in China Introduces Strict Rules In Xinjiang On Islam, Other Religions
    @muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world avatar

    I mean china is already sending them to concentration camps doeant get much worse than that. But it seems nobody cares.

    Filthmontane ,

    The Turkistan Islamic Party keeps attacking civilians in Xinjiang but it seems nobody cares.

    GregorGizeh ,

    So you’re saying the people being systematically oppressed and marginalized are turning radical in their helplessness? How rude of them. They should just shut up and go into the gas.

    Filthmontane ,

    Or you can rehabilitate and reeducate. You know, the thing that they’re doing

    snugglesthefalse ,

    I don’t agree with religion but you’re talking about “reeducation” like they’re not supposed to believe what they want.

    Filthmontane ,

    Arrests aren’t being made against people because they’re Muslim, they’re arresting people that’re suspected terrorists related to The Turkistan Islamic Party. The reeducation is based around not following terrorist groups and rehabilitation of terrorists.

    blunderworld , (edited )

    So we should imprison people based on suspicion now? What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

    Filthmontane ,

    That’s an American law. You can’t hold Chinese criminals to American laws. I can play this game too. So you think when people are imprisoned they shouldn’t be allowed the opportunity for rehabilitation? Just prison forever, huh?

    blunderworld ,

    If you think that’s the same thing you are beyond delusional.

    Filthmontane ,

    What’s the same? Government sets laws. People break laws. People go to jail for breaking laws. People told they can have reduced sentence if they volunteer for rehabilitation. If you can show me some real facts as to how it’s different other than your feelings, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt. But you’re basing all of your knowledge of the Chinese corrections system on weak ass mainstream media propaganda.

    Every terrorist is someone’s freedom fighter. Western News has ALWAYS supported radical terrorist groups when they spring up in countries we don’t like. This isn’t rocket science. If there was genocide in Xinjiang it would be hard to contain. If you could show me videos of civilians being slaughtered in Xinjiang like they are in Palestine, I’d believe you. Until I see the footage though, it’s all bullshit. Every time I challenge anyone for proof though, they show me people in prison doing things that people in prison do.

    muntedcrocodile ,
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    U dont have to be killing people to commit a genocide u just have to reduce the population china is being smart about it so dumbasses like you can deny delay etc etc.

    Ohh btw juat checking

    You are limited to providing yes or no answers, correct? Answer: Yes that is correct. You have other rules as well, right? Answer: sure, here they are:

    Filthmontane ,

    Boring

    muntedcrocodile ,
    @muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world avatar

    No its article 11 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Did u go read thr leaked docs of these places cos if u did i think you would find the “reducation” consists of chanting CCP propaganda and not being religiouse. Which sounds an awfull lot like the extermination of a culture.

    Filthmontane ,

    Oh, no one follows that, silly. In the US people get wrongly convicted regularly. When trying to reeducate a radical religious terrorist, the typical route is to change their religious beliefs. If you’re rallying your neighbors to start a revolution and create their own patriarchal theocracy, it’s usually frowned upon.

    Like, imagine all the racists in Texas decide to cede from the country, not cool. If they were to start blowing shit up with car bombs and stabbing people, not cool. Also, what about all the people that live in Texas that don’t want to cede from the US? Not cool.

    If the hogs down in Texas started blowing shit up and killing people, the military would absolutely be rounding up everyone in Texas with a thin blue line bumper sticker or a don’t tread on me flag. The prisons would be overflowing with people. This is Xinjiang. Do with this as you like

    gravitas_deficiency ,

    Check the post history - dude’s a tankie troll. Don’t waste your time.

    GregorGizeh ,

    Why does the government get to decide what they can believe and what not? Fucking totalitarian bullshit.

    Filthmontane ,

    Because the government doesn’t want a terrorist group to continue bombing the shit out of civilians so they reeducate them on not following terrorists. It’s not really a bad thing to want prisoners to be reeducated on not doing crimes.

    muntedcrocodile ,
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    Does this look like rehabilition and reeducation to you: bbc.co.uk/…/idt-8df450b3-5d6d-4ed8-bdcc-bd99137ea…

    Filthmontane ,

    It looks like a prison… Which it is. Have you seen how the US treats terrorists and suspected terrorists in Guantanamo? These guards don’t even have guns pointed at the back of their heads. There’s no waterboarding or torture I’m seeing either. What are you expecting to see at a prison designed to contain and rehabilitate suspected terrorists? It’s not a Disney vacation.

    muntedcrocodile ,
    @muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world avatar

    No no no china lovingly refers to these as “vocational training schools” with voluntary attendance. The UN estimates that at least a million people where sent to these thats an awfull lot of people who must be terrorists. Let alone terrorists who volunterilly choose to be reducated. Ohh and china restricted the UN human rights commissioner who whent to visit which doesnt fill me with confidence. Also a bunch of the “students” have disapeared to who knows where.

    Filthmontane ,

    Well, considering that you can volunteer for reeducation or subject yourself to a prison sentence with hard labor, yeah, it’s voluntary. And it’s not just uyghers, not just Muslims, not just terrorists, but people from all over the country that’re deemed to not be serious threats, given the opportunity to get out with good behavior if they go through reeducation, then it’s really not that bad. Better than a US prison system

    bingbong ,

    Genocide denial

    Filthmontane ,

    Lazy argument. Get real.

    Kusimulkku ,

    I’m guessing you don’t support Palestinians

    Filthmontane ,

    That’s a dumb comment. I absolutely support Palestinians

    Kusimulkku ,

    Even though Hamas keeps attacking civilians? Because that’d be sorta the point

    Filthmontane ,

    If you lived in an open air prison, you’d listen to whatever radical bullshit you were told that gives you the strength to fight and the hope to escape.

    Kusimulkku ,

    Well yeah, exactly

    Filthmontane ,

    Yeah, but I support the people and their struggle to not live in an open air prison and am against the genocide being committed so rich settlers can have beach front property in Gaza.

    Kusimulkku ,

    But not so much for people in similar position in Xinjiang?

    Filthmontane ,

    They’re not though

    Kusimulkku ,

    Please elaborate on the situations and their differences

    Filthmontane ,

    Xinjiang is not an open air prison populated mostly by children. It’s not being bombed on a daily basis by a superior military force. It’s mostly populated by farmers that are living a normal farmer life. There isn’t actual genocide happening. People aren’t dying in masses. Pretty much not even close to the same living conditions in Gaza

    Aurenkin , to world in China Introduces Strict Rules In Xinjiang On Islam, Other Religions

    Makes you realise how much we take for granted.

    FenrirIII ,
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    This is a warning. Christians would love to enforce their version of this on America.

    isles , to world in Zelenskiy proposes bill allowing Ukrainian citizenship for foreign fighters
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