elijah
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5 hours ago, Kilt said:
moreover Putin wants to reinstate the spheres of interest/domination prior to the Cold War. That's why he wants to strike the iron while it's still hot, but at what cost?!
Exactly, he thinks its the 40ties!
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2 hours ago, karbatal said:
He has lost all European spheres. Even Serbia.
I think this is more one “my cock is bigger than yours “ situation
Belarus, Moldova beg to differ. I strongly DISAGREE about Serbia. No-one, apart from Putin, is showing his dick. What did Biden exactly do regarding Ukraine, apart from supporting what the majority Ukrainians want: entrance in EU and NATO? Sorry, but the way Putin speaks about sovereign countries reminds me of communism. No-one in the West have dared to speak in this way. Obviously he dreams of being the new Stalin.
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4 hours ago, karbatal said:
Why is USA so concerned with Ukraine and not Georgia? What’s really happening?
Cause they are about to enter Ukraine maybe? Georgia is old news (2008?) and Georgia doesn't border EU and NATO members. Ukraine does (Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary). Georgia is in a region that is a bit borderline between Europe and Asia (though Georgia and Armenia are regarded as European culturally without a doubt), while Ukraine as it was said, borders several EU and NATO member states and is within Europe geographically.
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6 hours ago, runa said:
Biden needs this war to see his popularity goes up.
Hmmmm. But he is trying to prevent it. Unfortunately Putin has such demands that he knows won’t be accepted. Biden popularity would suffer even greater if a war in Ukraine starts. Putin needs this war, because last time he got Cremea in 2014 and that cemented him in the power. Now, as the covid is taking a toll on the Russians, he d attempt another land grab to bounce back in the good graces of the Russians.
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7 hours ago, KalamazooJay said:
Well, Covid isn't the ratings bonanza that it was just 6mos ago. All that is beginning to die down. So I wouldn't be surprised if if the powers that be throw a good ol fashioned war out there to rally the faithful, snag some clicks and ratings, and make a quick buck for all involved.
I mean, Iraq was nearly 20 year ago. So the memory of what America does when it invades countries is escaping the collective consciousness of a good chunk of the population.
So the fact that Putin is preparing to invade Ukraine should somehow be blamed on Biden? I see the logic there, sure…
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8 hours ago, karbatal said:
Don’t be. Nobody is gaining money from these things. The real money is in central Africa now. Nobody is going to go beserk for Ukraine. Half Europe gets the gas from Russia. I am sure most eu countries are humoring USA because of NATO.
Uou. Go tell that to the Baltics, Poland, Romania. It may look as nothing from Spain, but not from the POV of states bordering Russia.
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58 minutes ago, karbatal said:
If Putin hadn’t been such a stupid dictator he would have made the EU the ally and the USA would be alone in the world and we all would be quetly enjoying our lives while USA eats itself from within.
Putin would never aid/ play with EU. EU has the soft power/appeal to lure in countries that he consider his like Georgia or Ukraine. He does everything to see the union fall, because it would benefit him immensely.
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2 minutes ago, karbatal said:
Surely Biden building some playground with real size boats together with UK and Australia to scare China in the Indic is equally absurd. Frankly, I don’t have time for any of them.
Bored insecure cis men trying to create havoc to avoid attention or fill some billionaires pockets AGAIN.
Of course is the regular people who will suffer. Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese…
Maybe China needs to be scared? I dont wanna live in a world where China is the leading country to be honest. The West takes alot for granted, including human rights and freedoms, which are severely disrespected in China. Or Russia for that matter. I can not agree that Biden has done nearly as much (or even anything) to disrupt European security as Putin. Actually its only Putin, who again tries to make the Russians look the other way so that he continues ruling unopposed for decades. Because Crimea grab made him popular with the Russians, why not do it again with another Ukraine land? In this way he would expose the weakness of Europe and USA and show that the countries he considers "his" should do what he tells them. This has no analog in the West, even in the East.
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1 hour ago, karbatal said:
The world is so tired with the pandemic that we don’t have time for this heterosexual male macho competition. They are all embarrassing themselves.
Which are "they"? I only see one wanna be "macho", who is 1.50 sm also.
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NATO on Friday rejected Russia’s demand to withdraw its troops from Bulgaria and Romania.
“NATO will not renounce our ability to protect and defend each other, including with the presence of troops in the eastern part of the Alliance,” NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu said in a statement in reaction to the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks.
In a statement issued on Friday, Lavrov explained that Russian proposals on European security arrangement are “about withdrawing foreign troops, equipment and weapons, as well as about other steps aimed at restoring the 1997 configuration of those countries who weren't NATO members at that time and that includes both Bulgaria and Romania.”
Lungescu said the military bloc cannot accept Russia’s demands because they are based on the “idea of spheres of influence in Europe” and “would create first and second class NATO members.”
She added that NATO will respond to any deterioration of the security environment and will continue to “assess the need to reinforce the eastern part of our Alliance.”
US State Secretary Blinken and his Russian counterpart met on Friday in Geneva, Switzerland to continue talks on the two draft treaties that Moscow handed last month to the US and NATO after last week’s negotiations that ended without progress.
At the meeting of the NATO-Russia Council on Jan. 12, the military alliance already rejected Russia’s demand to halt the NATO enlargement process and to withdraw forces from NATO’s eastern flanks and called on Moscow to end threatening rhetoric and the military buildup in and around Ukraine.
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/nato-rejects-russian-demand-to-withdraw-from-bulgaria-romania-3588166
not only is Putin preparing a full on war on Ukraine for wanting to side with the West, he wants NATO to return to where it was in 1997, which means NATO must leave all of Eastern Europe, including states which are both NATO and European Union members. I m amazed no one is talking about this disaster here. -
51 minutes ago, karbatal said:
Being unvaccinated but allowed to do all he wants would send a message to promote antivax
Yes, but strictly talking about the EU Regulation about the "green certificate", in it it is envisioned that you get EU certificate when you have recovered recently and you are free to travel for 6 month since the date of your last positive test. I dont know what the situation in AUS is, but I doubt they urge recently "ill" ppl to take the vaccine to enter AUS. Any aussie?
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From legal point of view though, why was he trown out if he recently "had COVID". I wonder how that was motivated in the order of the minister/court decision... Did they supposed he and Serbia lied about "his positive" test?
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10 hours ago, karbatal said:
Funny thing is that he pays taxes in Monaco. I can’t understand why a single Serbian supports that big turd.
Uou. Unbelievable. I thought he was a "proud Serb". Go figure.
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What a moron. And Serbia "defending" him? What a joke. Its like a parallel reality. And if he was positive and the result was done in a lab, and not by himself, he should have been quarantined... How is this not happening in Serbia???
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Had my booster = chip on the 5th this month.
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Its no surprise Norway is one of the best places you can live on the earth. This just proves why it is so.
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2 hours ago, Jazzy Jan said:
I will never understand anyone liking Trump. A stupid, ignorant, repulsive excuse for a leader who hugely lied consistently and just self promoted constantly. Was so destructive and deliberately offensive and divisive. He tried to destroy democracy and sadly, it may still happen with all the Trumpsters still around and Fox News and co still at his service.
Same. Trump will always be the worst leader USA has ever had. However, what has been happening with prices/inflation is not helping Biden especially when Trump made his presidency all about money etc. Biden has to do alot to win back supporters or dissuade Trump lackeys.
Its really BAD when a normal person is in charge and economically things get sour. I wonder if its deliberate and the financially powerful do prefer someone like Trump with his cuts.
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13 minutes ago, LSD said:
UOU JUST UOU. Delusion at its best! I am amazed!!!
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15 minutes ago, karbatal said:
To be fair I would love if Nicola was the next EC president after Ursula.
Impossible but a girl can dream
I could see it clearly if Scotland rejoins EU.
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13 minutes ago, karbatal said:
To be fair I would love if Nicola was the next EC president after Ursula.
Impossible but a girl can dream
Not of the European Commission, but of the future United States of Europe is what I had in mind. Hopefully some kind of federation or confederation is in the future of Europe.
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3 hours ago, Kim said:
QUEEN NIC'S Vogue spread is enraging all the right people. We love to see it!
Love her. I could see her being the first European president if we ever come to have one.
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8 hours ago, LSD said:
What a vile “thing”. These things make me puke
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3 hours ago, karbatal said:
I'm sorry but what newspaper is Mariana's Variety from Micronesia?
is it a fake news? I read it somewhere else too...
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Horrible. It seems like the killer might have been a local Norwegian who has converted to islam and/or has been mentally ill.
New war in Europe, courtesy of Putin
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USA is already involved... The matter concerns NATO as Putin wants NATO to agree NOT to accept Ukraine at any date and NATO to return to where it was in 1997 (prior to accepting Eastern Europe, thats why it is said he wants the prior sphere of influence of USSR to reappear). Actually Biden seems moderate in his response: he already ruled out USA getting involved militarily in Ukraine: a state that after 2013 had protests and chose to align itself with the West. It looks like Biden doesn't want war, but Putin would wanna have another part of Ukraine.