Posts by Justin Kern67

placidnomad87 said:The history books tend to gloss over how many different nations were wiped out during the expansion of the Russian Empire toward the East. It’s one of those heavy truths that rarely gets center stage in our modern conversations, isn't it? It feels like we're constantly told that only the Germans were responsible for such actions, which just seems fundamentally incomplete. Perhaps that's why, in an effort to shift the narrative today, they're so focused on sending out masks and helmets.

Could you perhaps provide even one specific example of these many nations they supposedly wiped out?

granitebison said:Any short-lived ceasefire serves the Ukrainians better, providing them the necessary breathing room to regroup and fortify their positions.
Nothing will come of it; both Putin and Zelenskyy are simply saying these things for the sake of hearing themselves speak.

We are discussing peace negotiations, not a ceasefire—that is a critical distinction. A ceasefire is an arrangement made on the ground to handle wounded personnel and civilians, or perhaps to facilitate a prisoner exchange. Peace negotiations, however, are conducted by diplomats in a neutral country with the specific goal of ending the conflict. In this particular context, peace negotiations are simply a euphemism for surrender.

silentsurfer3 said:"Quote:"

Man, the sheer amount of fake news flooding Twitter over the last 24 hours is just absolutely insane—it’s like everyone decided to turn into a conspiracy theorist overnight.
So, I was just scrolling through the news, and man, it’s grim—apparently, the Russians have started using scorched-earth tactics over in Kyiv, and the civilian casualty count is looking absolutely devastating. Just heavy stuff.

So, I saw this one "expert journalist" hanging around the forum earlier—you know the type—who was actually posting this morning claiming that Zelenskyy had already bolted out of Ukraine and that the Russians were practically knocking on the doors of the presidential palace. Total nonsense, obviously.

By its very design, Twitter is the perfect breeding ground for disinformation. Our domestic media outlets are nothing more than clickbait machines, and if you actually want objective information, you certainly won't find it by consulting the media outlets of the warring factions. For now, the BBC remains surprisingly reliable because they actually bother to label unverified reports as needing further confirmation.

granitebison said:If you just glance at the headlines on any major news outlet, you’re left with this overwhelming sensation that the war is effectively over and Kyiv has all but fallen.
However, once you actually take the time to dig deeper and cross-reference with other sources, it becomes increasingly clear that the Russians haven't achieved any significant breakthroughs whatsoever.

And what exactly would constitute a "significant success" in your eyes? In a mere day and a half, they have surrounded the capital and effectively bisected the country. Meanwhile, the other side is calling for peace talks—which is really just code for surrender—because there is zero chance they’ll be demanding the aggressor withdraw or leave them alone to return to the status quo during negotiations.

frozencobra50 said:Let's be honest here, it wasn't some long-term insurgency that drained them for four years. It was a single day on the Eastern Front that truly broke them...

That is the truth, though the crowd raised on old WWII propaganda movies and outdated myths wouldn't know it if it hit them.

Christian Torres3 said:I don't owe you any answers just because you want them. Russians have experience executing prisoners of war, period.

Stop wasting your breath.

Fine. If we're assigning blame to the Russians for the crimes committed by the Red Army back in 1940, then what about the equally brutal atrocities committed against that same people during that same era? Are we going to hold Ukrainians responsible for those too?

Christian Torres3 said:Vasily Mikhailovich Blokhin (Russian: Васи́лий Миха́йлович Блохи́н; 7 January 1895 – 3 February 1955) was a Soviet and Russian major general who served as the chief executioner of the NKVD under the administrations of Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolay Yezhov, and Lavrentiy Beria.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Blokhin

Anyway.

Lavrentiy Beria was Georgian. Yagoda and Yezhov were Jews. And how does their responsibility as high-ranking Soviet officials reflect on the Russians of today?

Furthermore, you failed to address the point: if Americans today bear responsibility for Soviet crimes against Poles, why don't Ukrainians also bear responsibility for committing the largest massacre against Poles in history? Believe it or not, that wasn't Katyn.

Christian Torres3 said:Katyn? It wouldn't be the first time.

So, the Russians were responsible for Katyn?

The single largest massacre of Poles in the 20th century—and in history, for that matter—was actually carried out by Ukrainians.

Why aren't you mentioning that?

Carol Newman2 said:CNN: Russia is reportedly threatening to kill soldiers and their families if they don't surrender

And we’re supposed to believe this kind of journalistic garbage doesn't warrant sanctions??

Mark Clark6 said:Is it just my perception, or did Russia encounter far more resistance than their planners anticipated? It is difficult to decipher given the nature of this hybrid warfare, but after two days of operations, they have failed to secure a single significant city. It appears the only thing they have managed to seize is that desolate ruin near Chernobyl—a place the Ukrainians would likely be happy to hand over to Russia just to get rid of it.

And why on earth would they bother seizing a city right away? They have spread 150,000 troops across four different fronts in the largest country in Europe, which has a population of forty million.

Do you have any idea how many soldiers—and more importantly, how much sheer destruction—it takes to "occupy" a metropolitan area the size of Kharkiv or Odesa?

Nancy Gomez26 said:When you get cut off from Swift, a nation—and every single business operating within its borders—loses the ability to move money electronically. That’s when the desperate measures start: barter systems, shadow trade, all that. But those workarounds aren't free. It gets expensive for anyone trying to play by those rules. Oil isn't selling for $100 a barrel anymore; it's worth significantly less when you have to move it through the cracks. You end up dealing in cash, where money tends to vanish into the pockets of countless middlemen. You can't just buy goods through standard channels; you need intermediaries, which adds another layer of cost. For a country, it’s a massive, systemic handicap.

Fine. I am simply stating the fact that it hasn't actually crippled Iran. They are still functioning perfectly well and continue to fund their proxies in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and God knows where else.

Nancy Gomez26 said:That's all minor details. As top state officials, Putin and Lavrov likely don't even hold significant assets outside of Russia; they simply don't need them.
The aviation issue is a much more difficult sanction to implement, though even then, there are workarounds to temporarily bypass it. Look at how Iran has managed those exact issues for decades. And Russia is far more advanced in those technologies than Iran is. As for SWIFT, that will have to wait a while longer. Personally, I think inviting Finland into NATO will play a much larger role than any sanctions ever will.

To be perfectly honest, until a few days ago, I hadn't even heard of SWIFT and have no idea how it could actually affect an economy. However, I discovered that back in 2012, during certain sanctions, Iran was cut off from SWIFT, and I see no evidence that it hindered them—if anything, it did the opposite.

brightviper29 said:It’s not just that Russia isn't a "flower," as you put it; they are a brutal aggressor that invaded a neighboring nation, leaving a massive trail of violence and war crimes in their wake. Ukrainians have every right to join whichever alliance they choose.

Why should Russia care where Ukrainians decide to go?

They simply want to break away and distance themselves from Russia, much like how various nations in the former America decided to break free from Mexico. So, in what way are the Ukrainians actually threatening Russia?

Isn't it just like living in a small town where your neighbor is a violent criminal, you decide to move away, and then he claims your departure is somehow a threat to him?
It's the exact same dynamic we saw during the breakup of America.

So, who is really the aggressor here?

a) Russia
b) Ukraine
c) USA
d) Poland
e) European Union

The Ukrainians aren't the threat; the threat is the NATO weaponry flowing into Ukraine, which serves as a tool for Russia's opposition. NATO is an alliance specifically designed against Russia, and it only accepts countries located near or bordering Russia—certainly, countries like Angola or Laos wouldn't be joining NATO. If we were talking about a simple mutual defense pact where nations help one another against aggression while keeping their militaries strictly within their own borders, there would be no issue. However, the accession of a country like Estonia, whose population of one million poses zero threat to anyone, automatically implies the arrival of an unlimited number of American soldiers and endless supplies of munitions right on the Russian border, just a ninety-minute drive from Saint Petersburg. Today it is conventional arms and tanks; tomorrow it could be nuclear. At that point, the hypocrites will argue that Russia shouldn't care if a sovereign Estonia, in agreement with its allies, chooses to host American units and nuclear weapons on its soil—that is their right. Simultaneously, they will demand sanctions against Belarus because Belarus doesn't have the right to choose its own military alliances. The hypocrisy and duplicity of today's West know no bounds; eventually, we will all pay the price.

boldmarlin15 said:Russia is going to boil over soon too.

https://twitter.com/EtoBuziashvili/s...gx9vr378odiu4Q

Georgia isn't Russia. Comparing them is like posting photos from a rally in Poland and acting like they're the same thing.