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I honestly dont know if Gorth condemns the invasion or he is fine with it because he has mentioned things like Monroe Doctrine and Real Politick. And I am not sure how this influences his personal view around this invasion of Ukraine I think its important we all honest with that simple question because the consequences of Putins War are economically going to hurt us all until Putin reverses what he started And people must be honest, if you fine with this invasion then just say so. But own it at least

Im 80 hours into The Forest and Im still having lots of fun. I have started creating my own "camps " that include rabbit breeding cages, gardens and I even have a tree-house that I can rest in without being attacked by the stinking cannibals Great survival game

Interesting perspective, so based on that argument are you saying it should be fine and globally acceptable for Putin to invade other East European countries because Europe isnt unified? Because what still confuses me about this justification of Putins War is what are you saying? Either you condemn what Russia did or you fine with it ....so what is it ? And Im not being patronizing, I honestly am not sure where you personally stand ?

Arent East European countries part of Europe ? So when Putin says he wants to recreate the borders of the failed Soviet Empire I hate to question your knowledge of geography but that means European countries...so guess what friend, it is your war

Also the Russian Central Bank can print Rubles to create a semblance of consistency within Russia and citizens can at least draw money in Rubles. Yes the currency is almost worthless but for a while people can still buy goods within Russia using the Ruble But the risk is this could lead to more inflation and hyperinflation like we saw in Zimbabwe but we still some way off as long as Russia can continue to sell commodities in $ But overall the Russian economy is looking bleak and disastrous

Wow you really are angry and confused, I get it your side has been proven to be the bigger liars and warmongers than the US but dont blame the rest of us Remember its Russia that has invaded Ukraine, not the US that has invaded Iraq so you musnt get confused when you vent and express outrage

That would be funny and ironic I must admit

China, the country that was the birthplace of Corona and most other viruses Let me guess Sarex, you suggesting we should care what China thinks about Biological labs in other countries

Okay I see what you saying

Im not understanding your post? What is the Polish government hiding behind and what do you expect them to do? They supplying aircraft to the Ukrainians and in turn getting aircraft from the US. This is what the Ukrainians have been asking for ? Isnt that what your government is doing?

And you honestly, and I mean really honestly, dont believe that deep down inside the Russians arent killing civilians ?

Yes, its well known that the general Russian military approach has no concern for civilian deaths and in fact targeting civilians is often part of their strategy like we saw in Grozny, Syria and other conflicts But its always unsettling and sad to witness it . I agree

https://www.gog.com/en/news/suspending_sales_in_russia_and_belarus?at_gd=3F95D19773427329A81C6EB5DC9A591A7B81F14A&utm_campaign=adtraction&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=adtraction This may be old news but I only read this today, GOG has banned sales in Russia and Belarus Well done GOG for making this difficult but correct decisions

That is stupid, not serving this type of French inspired dish because it sort of sounds like Putin But I guess its hard to quantify peoples anger with the outright hostility demonstrated from Putin ?

That is one of the worst things Putin could do, pay any country with the Ruble .....thats really cruel Malc, thats really uncalled for. What are countries supposed to do with that, why not pay them with the Zimbabwe $

" outright hostility towards Russia " Russia a such a peaceful country and they would never ever be hostile, good one Gorthfuscious. At least you still can find humor in this crisis, Im impressed

Of course the West responded to Russia annexing Crimea, where do you think most of the current Western sanctions against Russia come from? Im not sure what else you expect the West to do back then but it was heavily criticized

Yes I remember because we have discussed AHS in the past and you said you lost interest. I watched until season 6 and also lost interest. But this new season is interesting And I agree S1 was brilliant I have just rewatched the whole of True Detective and I loved them, S1 was the best for me but only because most of the " good guys " died in S2

@Gfted1 The latest season of AHS is out in SA and I have started watching it, 2 episodes in and so far so good. Its all about a drug that enhances creativity but means you become a Vampire like creature. Its much better than some of the last few seasons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Horror_Story:_Double_Feature

@Gorth When you mentioned Crimea was " never part of Ukraine " how do you explain what Elerond mentioned ?

Yes and this is one of the fundamental points that is conveniently ignored by Russian apologists. Most East European countries dont want to part of Putins " recreation of the Soviet empire " And the fact that this is their Democratic right doesnt seem to matter South Africa is part of BRICS, the Commonwealth, SADC and the AU and all these decisions to join these unions were made because we are a sovereign country and no one dictates to us who we can join and who we cannot join

I have one simple question to ask you Gorthfuscious Do you not believe a sovereign country has the right to join the EU or NATO if it wants? Or do you believe another country gets to decide? And if you believe Russia gets to decide would you support and justify a Russian invasion of lets says Finland if it joins NATO because then the West can also move Nukes close to Russia?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/02/united-nations-russia-ukraine-vote 141 countries out of 193 UN nations voted with the US and Ukraine in condemning this unprovoked invasion by Russia Only 5 countries voted against and those include the worst dictatorships in the world and I mean real dictatorships like NK, Belarus and Syria So I would say Russia needs to expand that list to include most of the world because condemning the Russian invasion should be considered an "unfriendly action "

You must be one of the few people in this world that honestly would suggest that life in the EU is not obviously better than life in Russia or life under Putin What next, is China a free society

When given a choice the majority of former Soviet states have joined the EU and many want to join NATO In fact is their any example of a former Soviet state that is a Democracy not wanting to join the EU? And countries like Belarus dont count because its an autocratic state