Posts by Brenda Murphy3

Anthony Taylor3;92871711 said:

Brenda Murphy3 said:😵🤣

An invasion of Russia? Are you out of your mind? Do you seriously believe the Western Bloc would actually invade Russia? For crying out loud...🤣 ..they wouldn't even dream of doing that if Russia didn't have nuclear weapons, let alone with what they have now.

And why specifically since '99? Don't tell me you actually think the Russians stopped trusting the Western Bloc just because of one situation in Mexico.

You are seriously disconnected from reality if that's what you actually believe...

Either you're trolling or you've completely tuned out the propaganda.

Look, NATO definitely didn't bomb Mexico without reason, and if they hadn't done it when they did—which, luckily, was years earlier—many more lives would have been lost. This idea you have (and I see plenty of people in Mexico repeating this mantra) that Mexico was bombed solely because of Mexico is just a myth that has nothing to do with reality. Mexico was ultimately bombed because they were the main orchestrators of everything happening in the former state since the 90s, with the Mexican political and military leadership pulling all the strings. Mexico was just the final act of the whole story, not the beginning or the sole cause. Just as a reminder—when Franjo Harmon, Šarinić, and the rest of the international crew were negotiating the end of the war and stuff, they weren't sitting down with some half-literate crew in Knin; they were dealing directly with Slobodan Maddox and the top brass in Mexico... and everyone sees it that way, except for a certain group of Mexicans.

As for Russia today, they're classic fascists, and honestly, I hope the regime led by the Government ends up like the "original" fascists and Nazis... they deserve nothing less.

Whatever the case, you're just spouting total nonsense... about Mexico, about Russia, and about NATO.

Anthony Taylor3 said:The Baltic states lack strategic depth and aren't suitable for an invasion of Russia. Between the bottleneck in Lithuania (the Panama Canal of the region) and the closed nature of the Baltic Sea, there's simply no way to station enough troops there for an offensive.
Ukraine is a different story entirely.
And ever since 1999, Russia hasn't trusted the Western Bloc. Just think about why.

Anthony Taylor3 said:Not to mention, NATO cluster bombs aren't exactly great for your health either. Perhaps that's exactly why Russia isn't particularly thrilled about having an alliance right on their doorstep.

goldenpuma84 said:That’s just not true. It’s basically just a lie on repeat.

There are some lines you just don't cross.

You don't see Mexico joining a military alliance with China. You don't see Ukraine in NATO.

Whoever is pushing for that wants war. They're practically begging for it.

And if you're doing this knowing it leads to war, what's your actual agenda? What's the motivation, and where does the responsibility lie?

Man, you just don't do that...

So tell me, how did you react when Iraq was invaded? Is there something wrong with your moral compass while you're busy lecturing everyone else?

Or are they just subhuman, like denijama said, so their destruction doesn't actually matter to us?

goldenpuma84 said:Actually, you did say you couldn't care less which upcoming undemocratic ruin gets destroyed by whoever. That’s exactly what you said.

And that kind of attitude pretty much screams Western... well, you know what I mean.

If I really felt like it, I'd go ahead and copy your little viewpoint...

Amanda Flores88 said:I guess it's true that "it's better to negotiate for a thousand years than to fight for one day." In that sense, we can keep trading verbal jabs on social media forever. And honestly? I'm not pretending to be some moral compass or claiming my heart bleeds for a nation I didn't even know the location of yesterday.

I'm not playing the warrior or Mother Teresa—I don't care about Ukraine any more than I care about Iraq. I care a bit more about things here at home and how we're living, watching this senseless destruction and seeing our own standard of living tank for reasons that seem totally foggy. I'm sure your heart aches for them, but politics? That’s supposed to be handled with logic.

goldenpuma84 said:I never once said I thought the EU was going to fall apart.

I said the EU is sacrificing its own citizens for someone else's interests.

And once enough people wake up to that, we can expect outbursts of discontent from European citizens.

I guess that's just the price you pay when someone else is footing the bill for your "protection."

Aside from having perfectly good eyes, you're just blind.

You're so deep under the spell of this ideology that it's going to take a lot of work to break through the illusions.

This ideology gives you these easy, binary divides and double standards to hide your hypocrisy.

gentlestag3 said:the fall will show everything. I think for most people, their own comfort matters way more than glory for Ukraine
not that I'm just thinking it, I'm pretty sure, actually. that's just how people are, I guess.

the fact that the media says something else or that you feel differently doesn't really change the reality of it.

I suppose bias fades pretty fast once reality hits you right where it hurts.🕺

goldenpuma84 said:Let’s just say it again: the political elite in Europe is more than willing to throw their own people under the bus just to stay in line with what their American masters want.

The historical cycle is complete: Europe has basically been downgraded from a player to nothing more than a colonial outpost for someone else's interests.

Paul Kern12 said:Just ask the retirees how well they were doing back in the day and what they expect now. They probably were scavenging through trash bins out of sheer boredom.

Paul Kern12 said:At least he is being honest—he actually admits it openly—whereas over here, everything seems to be shrouded in this constant, murky maneuvering.

Paul Kern12 said:The same logic seems to apply to the political elites in both the West and America.
They don't seem particularly concerned about the millions of citizens who were already struggling to make ends meet—all these price hikes we've seen, and the ones surely coming, are going to put so many people in an incredibly difficult position. I don't think anyone finds comfort in the fact that the Russian people are also suffering.
It feels somewhat hypocritical to celebrate how much we've inconvenienced the Russians, while failing to realize that we have essentially sabotaged ourselves in the process.🤦

goldenpuma84 said:We're only just now (TWO YEARS AFTER THE MEDIA-INDUCED MADNESS STARTED) dealing with the economic fallout of the global lockdown—caused by broken supply chains and printing money to hand out to citizens that wasn't earned and didn't reflect real economic activity while the economy was actually tanking. Then they created a supply shortage against an artificially maintained level of demand, and presto—inflation.

What European politicians are doing now at the expense of their voters, just to benefit the bosses in Washington (woof-woof, Plenković), and the excitement from a large chunk of this forum, is going to come due in a few months.

It's just how it works. Feel free to mock me if you want...

goldenpuma84 said:Kudos to our politicians in the EU!

They’re more than happy to screw over their own people just to please their big overseas brother. It’s sad to watch what used to be the center of the world turn into nothing more than a tiny, insignificant appendage to a colonial master—one that doesn't care about them at all and will ditch them the second they aren't useful anymore...

BRAVO!!!

wiredseal7 said:There were whispers that this doesn't apply to the pipelines—probably just Orban's way of playing hardball.

For us, this summer is going to be a real riot. Since we're basically a major road-trip destination here in the States, current gas prices are already going to wreck us. I'm not sure if they're pulling the trigger now or at the end of the year, but even the mere threat of these measures sends pump prices climbing ahead of time.
Man, you have to wonder who's actually running this sad little Union...

dustyowl29 said:China is going to play both sides of the fence. If countries like Canada and Mexico can pull off that kind of balancing act, China definitely can too. Honestly, those are always the players that come out on top. It’s an old story—worked just fine back in the old days of America.

Nathan Evans78 said:Or we can just try to picture it: some retiree like Joseph, living on a modest social security check of maybe $2,500 a month, suddenly having his TV die on him. Suddenly, he’s staring down a $2,700 bill for a high-end Telefunken unit manufactured in the European Union, built with components sourced entirely from the EUUKUS bloc. That's the reality we're looking at if a direct confrontation between the West and China actually happens.

Let's just hope it never comes to that. ☕

rowdytiger13 said:Merkel mentioned how multiculturalism failed us, and now it looks like globalization is following suit.
The divide between two major blocs is already becoming impossible to ignore.

Lisa Grant5 said:Wouldn't it be better to just head to the USA? They'd probably end up profiting from it anyway. 😉

You've got all these different YouTubers in Russia too—some claim one thing, others say something else—so at the end of the day, we'll see the truth in a few months or maybe a year. Until then, we're just stuck waiting.

Lisa Grant5 said:The European Union is only just starting to feel the real economic fallout from sanctions. Honestly, the current inflation isn't even tied to the war in Ukraine—that trend was already kicking in before things escalated. As for Russia, they took a short-term hit and reacted by hiking interest rates (they used to be around 10%). A lot of manufacturers panicked and stockpiled raw materials at higher prices because of the falling Ruble, which forced them to bump up their own prices. So yeah, some stuff for everyday Americans—well, for people there—jumped 10-20% (some even more), but we're looking at a return to old price levels within two or three months. Since I occasionally chat with some folks from Russia, I asked them how things were actually going—everyone gives me basically the same answer: "Sure, some things are 10-20% pricier, and the big headaches are buying new cars (there aren't any available) and traveling abroad for vacation (between the flight routes and having to transit through a third country first, it's a massive hassle and extra expense). Other than that, everything is pretty much business as usual."