[mooxe]

Its just amazing how we were all led to believe Russia's military was so extremely powerful. Then Russia shows us how wrong we have always been by tripping over their own ineptitude in a pointless war they started.

Russia called its own bluff!

[dj]

I suspect it's the later.  Growing up in the Cold War and knowing the full power of Russian war machine firing on all cylinders still not forgotten. Rather it's the extreme dysfunction now, orders to commit atrocities, intentionally target all civilians, having to see corpses of dead children non combatants not to mention witnessing heavy losses of comrades with no clear reason why to die as invaders.

[paratmar]

Its just amazing how we were all led to believe EU's economic was so extremely powerful. Then EU shows us how wrong we have always been by tripping over their own ineptitude in a pointless sunctions war they started.
The US and the UK are dismantling the EU industry without disdaining anything, even direct state terrorism and sabotage! It is sad(.

[Berger]

[paratmar]

[JFFulcrum]

[mooxe]

[dj]

And how would Russian state media controlled by Putin rank in comparison to the rest of the world media which always has been proven factually accurate with their facts?

Are we suppose to trust the Autocratic state controlled by person with obvious track record of being liar?  And the whole rest of world is wrong?

These are OLD anti-Western talking points in Russia used long ago by Josef Stalin and many others whom intentionally sought to isolate Russia and blame the rest of the world for its problems.

[JFFulcrum]

[paratmar]

[mooxe]

Pretty sure even in recession if there is one, it will still be powerful.

[dj]

Yes Paratmar, you're conflating completely different things.  The entire world, not ONLY Europe is suffering from economic problems now namely supply chain constraints and inflation.  That has nothing to do with EU being weak.
Albeit EU's inflationary rate is much worse than USA right now, it's still relatively resilient.  I believe that part of supply chain problems are fabricated on purpose by China to price gouge and cheat.  And other businesses copy-cat and lie blaming alleged supply chain reasons as excuse to raise prices.  And USA recession data is less than 1% decline.  The housing market and stock markets were way overvalued anyways in need of correction.

As far as Tom Gauld cartoon....help me understand what part of this is not true.  Putin unequivocally is the wicked despot, cross between Josef Stalin and Ivan the Terrible.  Sad that Russia suffers from this delusional wicked man whom masquerades Autocratic Fascist state controlled by him as fake Czarist Imperial Russian dynasty from 1700's.  He does use Brutish tactics with documented evidence of dozens of war crimes and genocide.  Don't forget we in the West source our info independently not dependent on Ukraine.  And don't forget we have millions of Russian immigrants which teach us all the dirty tricks of Russian state. Garry Kasparov and many Russian authors/writers have long since moved here and teach us well.

[mooxe]

[paratmar]

Russian proverb - Komu Voina, a komu mat rodna (War is terrible for someone, but for someone she is a mother) - Ukraine war: How weapons makers are profiting from the conflict https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-how-weapons-makers-are-profiting-from-the-conflict-12624574

[mooxe]

Imagine the lost profits if Russia didn't invade!

[mooxe]

Russians in Kherson crumbling now.

Will the Antonovskiy bridge remain intact or not? Photos of missiles strikes on it this morning.

Are the Russians trapped?

[JFFulcrum]

[paratmar]

Sorry, opechatka) --- Evacuation of the crew of the wrecked BMP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIq56FUW85c&t=125s&ab_channel=Say...

[paratmar]

[paratmar]

Movie "Bests in Hell" (White - Russians, yellow - NATO proxies) https://yarus.ru/p/32175841