Posts by Kyle Lopez2

Christian Torres3 said:Intro part:

The people of America—based on the fundamental right to self-determination, which includes the right to secede, according to their own freely expressed will...

As far as I can remember, that exclave isn't actually part of the USSR—it's more like it's under some kind of mandate held by the UN. If we started handing things back, we’d have to hand Swabia back too, since that's technically their territory.

At The Potsdam Conference, northern Prussia—including Königsberg—was swallowed up by the USSR and tacked onto the Russian SFSR. By 1946, they renamed the city Kaliningrad. The territory stayed part of the USSR until it collapsed in 1991, and ever since, it’s just been a Russian exclave. wiki

🤔Either my memory is failing me or I just read something completely nonsensical. I can't quite recall anymore.👍

bluemason3 said:When exactly? Take the breakup of the former America, for instance. Their constitution actually allowed the republics to become independent. No one went in from the outside to redraw those lines; it was all legitimate.

The real controversy lies in recognizing Mexico based solely on the right to self-determination.

But I suppose that enclave has been so heavily Russified that even self-determination—controversial as it may be—is off the table. All that's left is the kind of forced external interference we're seeing from Putin right now.

I’ve heard people bring that up before, so I’m genuinely curious where exactly that was written in the constitution and how it was defined? I’m not trying to be difficult, just asking seriously.

Timothy Nelson5 said:The Kaliningrad enclave, which used to be the historic German city of Königsberg, has honestly been more of an economic drain than an asset for Russia since the USSR collapsed.
To them, it’s just this isolated, strategically critical outpost. The population was decimated after the war, and I think nearly half the people living there are military personnel and their families.
A defeated, isolated Russia facing heavy sanctions is going to have even fewer resources to maintain a decent standard of living back home, let alone out in an enclave like that.

So... I guess you can never say never.

One possible "option," if you want to call it that, might be for this territory to eventually become some kind of neutral, "associated" part of the EU.

If I recall correctly, the enclave wasn't technically part of the USSR, but rather placed under the USSR's mandate by the UN or something like that. If things were ever to revert, we'd probably have to return Swabia too, since that's their territory.

Brian Alvarez34 said:I just saw that first YouTube video—the one where the guy is supposedly "protecting" his girlfriend. Honestly, it looks completely staged. He absolutely provoked the situation, then went ahead and "soothed," hit, and pushed her. You can see them approaching him on the footage; when they were still a few yards away, he glanced over his left shoulder to gauge exactly how close they were getting. Then, the moment they reached his line of sight, he just casually turned and hooked his arm around her. If this guy actually had guts or felt like she was being threatened by those little thugs trying to mess with a couple walking down the street, he would have reacted differently. This just felt calculated. It seems perfectly reasonable to me that he stepped up and took care of business.

🤦🤣🤣🤣

Your logic is a bit flawed. If we follow that line of reasoning, you could just pick up a baseball bat tomorrow, beat someone to death, and then claim you were just acting in self-defense because they attacked you first.

It’s the exact same pattern you see with the American right. Look, they were justified regarding Rittenhouse, but then they go and drop a video like that.

I just caught this video on YouTube, and honestly, it’s one of those pieces that really makes you stop and think about how much our perspectives can shift depending on the lens we're looking through. It’s quite a thoughtful watch, though I sometimes find myself overanalyzing things more than I probably should. If you have a few minutes to spare, it’s definitely worth checking out.

He literally hid the knife and then just stabbed the guy in the ice.🤦She’s just talking about self-defense and that underlying fear that someone out there might be carrying a weapon.🤦

He literally just swiped it and walked out.🤔

I was actually just chatting with a buddy about how if you want to pull off a solid street jab, all you really need is a crisp lead hand to control the distance, force them to reset, and then follow up with a heavy low kick.

I once took a hit so hard I felt bone hitting bone, yet somehow I stayed upright, completely oblivious to whether my leg had actually snapped or not. 🤣 I’m still debating whether it was pure faith or just sheer willpower that kept me standing, though I definitely remember my nerves screaming that my leg was gone. 🤣 Then again, I guess I have no idea how much of an impact those low kicks actually make on the average person out there.🍿

Nancy Sanchez31 said:😠

It looks like the Russians are checking tattoos just to figure out who needs to be silenced before they move in for the kill.🙄

Larry Fox5 said:That’s exactly how the crew over at Logicno operates—absolute morons. There is zero freaking chance they aren't part of some Russian-funded conspiracy...
They've been planting paid assets all across Europe just to manufacture pro-Russian sentiment.

Logicno?

Matthew Young35 said:Maybe they let him slip through on purpose.
Who actually knows how many spy drones are buzzing over our heads right now?
Perhaps they assumed it was just some run-of-the-mill drone that would simply fly back to where it started.

The whole situation strikes me as far too convenient to be anything other than a calculated move rather than some wild coincidence.

Especially this latest bit about an aerial bomb being attached to a drone.
I mean, seriously, WTF?

What is the point of putting an aerial bomb on a reconnaissance drone?
If the goal was a direct strike, why wouldn't they just launch a cruise missile and call it a day?
And then there is the question of whether an aerial bomb can even detonate while still attached to a drone.

The entire thing is just bizarre.

Letting something through when you have zero visual confirmation—especially something only five minutes away from Budapest that could change course at any second—just doesn't sit right.🤔

No spy drone goes unnoticed since they all pop up on radar.🤔

To make a call, you really need visual confirmation, and I highly doubt they could get that from the ground.

Modern cruise missiles are expensive, and the Russians don't have a massive stockpile left nor the capacity to crank them out quickly; meanwhile, you can basically turn any drone into a kamikaze. In fact, dedicated kamikaze drones are everywhere now.

Maybe it's just me, but scientifically speaking, it makes no sense when you try to project what an attacker would actually do. There are just too many unpredictable variables to aim for a place like the US, especially if the plan involves running out of fuel right over the city.

Larry Fox5 said:The Russians have zero reason to pull a False Flag here. Zelenskyy has been trying to drag NATO into this mess through his rhetoric so many times already—it’s pretty obvious where that drone came from and what the actual goal is.
How likely is it that they'd just drop it right in the middle of a major European capital—which, by the way, is a NATO member?
Less than a percent...

Ukraine might want a False Flag, but on the flip side, this could just be a Russian test of NATO air defenses—or better yet, a way to prove to the southern NATO members just how unprepared they are for modern warfare 🤣, or maybe even just a tactic to stir up war phobia among the population. So, anything is on the table.

What isn't realistic, though, is treating Washington D.C. as a potential target. It’s completely absurd to think anyone expected a craft to fly over all of Canada without anyone noticing. That kind of oversight is honestly staggering.

Kyle Campbell4 said:These people have completely lost their minds; reading between the lines, I see a blatant readiness and a terrifying potential for all-out war.

It’s just a dead fish flopping on dry land. It's standard propaganda, trying to mask the suffering of their own people with promises of some bright future.

Joseph Clark37 said:Taking it down within seven minutes of detection? No chance. Our air defense is a joke, just like that drone that went down...

Man, Kyle Campbell4 really hit the nail on the head here.

they only spotted it once it was already too late

Yeah, I'm thinking it was pretty late, 🤔 since I personally feel we don't have anything capable of reacting fast enough anyway.

That's why I'm curious about our radar coverage over Canadian territory—specifically, how much lead time would our air defense or Rafale jets actually have?

Kyle Campbell4 said:I just got off the phone with my contact. We completely overreacted regarding that Offside call; everything is under control. He assured me that we didn't mess this up—we were actually the first ones to spot him. Right now, things are getting incredibly tense because everyone from the top brass of the military down to the politicians is breathing down their necks. A drone flew undetected through Romania and Canada, and by the time our people picked it up on radar, it was already too late. I'll have more specific details for you once we meet up in person.

Did we even have anything capable of taking down a drone like that?🤣

Also, maybe ask your friend how far into Canadian territory our radar can actually see, or if they’re even monitoring what happens in Canadian airspace.🤔

Patrick Newman5 said:It’s definitely a UFO, since we have zero clue what we're actually looking at 🤷

Velis seems like the safest bet here. 🤣

Nancy Bishop4 said:It's more likely that people are just tripping over their own feet, and blaming "evil colonialists" is just a cheap excuse for sheer stupidity and immaturity.
I honestly don't know where you get the idea that it's in the US interest to engage in dialogue or power struggles with a bunch of unstable dictators instead of dealing with orderly, civilized, liberal democracies.

That comparison always felt a bit off to me, especially since we rejected being Mexicans, Yugoslavs, Madars, Italians, or Germans, all while being just a few million people...

Where would I get the right to tell some Libyan tribe—who might have a thousand years of their own distinct culture and language tucked away in isolation—that they are simply "Libyan" and must bow down to someone from a coastal city whose culture and language are completely foreign to them?

Ashley Hernandez29 said:Under Gaddafi, Libya was basically under occupation.🤦
Back during the Gaddafi days, they had free healthcare and education. People from all over the world could just show up and work in Libya without a care in the world—tons of our people had great, high-paying jobs in oil or construction. Even Ivan Canadian used to play soccer there. Now? You can't even step foot in the place because it's way too dangerous. Without security details, our people wouldn't even dream of going there to work.

Plus, when they took out Saddam, the whole justification was that he was building nuclear weapons. Funny how after killing him, they tore the entire country apart looking and couldn't find a single thing... nothing at all.

NATO said themselves they wouldn't expand past Poland, yet here we are seeing ambitions to push all the way to Russia.🤣

Honestly, anything is better than having America try to "introduce democracy." That should basically be considered a curse.

Who actually had what, and how much did they really have?🤔 You’re making these massive generalizations, but the Libyans themselves brought down Gaddafi. It wasn't an American boot on the ground in Libya.

The guy pumped oil and used the money to fund urban development, while everything outside the cities was filled with "hardline extremists."

Ashley Hernandez29 said:Under Gaddafi, Libya was basically under occupation.🤦
Back during the Gaddafi days, they had free healthcare and education. People from all over the world could just show up and work in Libya without a care in the world—tons of our people had great, high-paying jobs in oil or construction. Even Ivan Canadian used to play soccer there. Now? You can't even step foot in the place because it's way too dangerous. Without security details, our people wouldn't even dream of going there to work.

Plus, when they took out Saddam, the whole justification was that he was building nuclear weapons. Funny how after killing him, they tore the entire country apart looking and couldn't find a single thing... nothing at all.

NATO said themselves they wouldn't expand past Poland, yet here we are seeing ambitions to push all the way to Russia.🤣

Honestly, anything is better than having America try to "introduce democracy." That should basically be considered a curse.

Saddam was taken out by his own people, not Americans. I don't see how that relates to a fake casus belli. That same Saddam kept the country together through genocide and chemical weapons.

Ashley Hernandez29 said:Under Gaddafi, Libya was basically under occupation.🤦
Back during the Gaddafi days, they had free healthcare and education. People from all over the world could just show up and work in Libya without a care in the world—tons of our people had great, high-paying jobs in oil or construction. Even Ivan Canadian used to play soccer there. Now? You can't even step foot in the place because it's way too dangerous. Without security details, our people wouldn't even dream of going there to work.

Plus, when they took out Saddam, the whole justification was that he was building nuclear weapons. Funny how after killing him, they tore the entire country apart looking and couldn't find a single thing... nothing at all.

NATO said themselves they wouldn't expand past Poland, yet here we are seeing ambitions to push all the way to Russia.🤣

Honestly, anything is better than having America try to "introduce democracy." That should basically be considered a curse.

Where are you getting that from?

You can't even claim NATO is expanding when countries were practically begging to join to get away from Russia. Nobody hates the Russians more than the former Soviet republics and the countries from the old Warsaw Pact.

Amy Bennett said:The truth is, the US gets worked up about almost everything because they're still stuck in a 2000s mindset—specifically, they hate the idea that Europe might actually break away from their fading empire. The whole point of this circus is to isolate both Europe and Russia.

🤣 I don't think you're quite right there. The irony is that the USA "wrote" the pacifist constitution for Japan and the Germans, yet today practically everyone is begging both of them to get involved in these conflicts. Americans have been pleading with the Japanese for 50 years now, and the Germans for at least 20.🤣

Definitivo, the USA definitely has an interest in maintaining its clumsy empire, but Europe actually has even more at stake since we draw resources from those regions even more than the US does. All the pressure falls on the US to imperially control and patrol those territories because Hans doesn't believe in war; he'd rather grab materials cheaply, process them into products, and sell them back to Americans at a premium.

What exactly do you envision when you talk about Europe, and how would a powerful Russia actually benefit that version of Europe???

In those kinds of broken, unstable countries, you find people who actually manage to spot the divisions, only to end up catching a bullet to the head from some random general.

Steven Fox37 said:Mossadegh, Gaddafi, Lumumba, Sankara

That’s like saying Andrej Plenković could just smooth over all the political divides in America and we wouldn't even need elections every four years.

The fundamental issue with these countries is that their citizens haven't yet found common ground through shared divisions.

Noah Roberts46 said:He had to be removed if the country was ever going to move forward. 🙏

Just look at the state of the country now. 🤣

Are you even reading what you wrote?

There is absolutely no debate on my end regarding the condemnation of this aggression, and frankly, it’s disgusting that you’re implying I’m justifying anything. I’ve said this multiple times, but clearly, you lack basic reading comprehension. It’s the same deal with Saddam—you can’t grasp my point because you refuse to connect the dots. You have to look at the timing and the context. Saddam was taken out right at the start, yet the USA pulled its troops out eight years later. As for the oil, I already provided a link that seems to be way over your head.

So, you’d want to take out Assad? Just because things went so well in Libya? Honestly, you haven't offered a single concrete answer to anything; you just spout total nonsense. You love talking about propaganda while it’s blindingly obvious that your brain has been washed by pro-American rhetoric. I don't subscribe to any specific propaganda, whether it’s Russian or American. Both nations do terrible things—some more than others. You paint one side as modern-day Nazis while conveniently turning a blind eye and searching for excuses for the other. There is zero point in trying to have a real discussion with you on this topic. LP

I don't think you're seeing the full picture here. This is what Libya looks like today. Before the intervention, you had a dictator who was handed weapons by the FRA or BRI and used them to crush the opposition in something resembling a semi-genocide or ethnic cleansing. In reality, Libya under Gaddafi was essentially an occupied nation.

And Assad is even worse. Honestly, he was facing total collapse from a population armed to the teeth. In Libya, they at least had to take out tanks just to give the rebel tribes a fighting chance, whereas this other guy was falling apart regardless.

Amy Bennett said:Brain dead.

I don't really get the logic here. Why would a strong Russia bother the USA when a version of Russia like this can't actually expand or project any real power anyway? If nothing else, it gives the US government a convenient excuse for their own domestic audience to go out and flex their muscles globally. Meanwhile, a powerful Russia could easily dictate energy prices—oil, gas, metals—to all of Europe.

A weak Russia, much like a weak Africa or a weak Middle East, just serves as the perfect playground for cheap resource exploitation, primarily for the benefit of Europe.

But hey, feel free to walk me through your take on the geopolitical landscape.☕

Amy Bennett said:But hold on a second—who was the untouchable global hegemon until very recently? Whose unipolar order have we all been living under since the 90s?

We're Europeans. It feels like it should be about time for Europe to finally become sovereign, rather than just acting like someone else's errand girl.

If we're being totally honest, the USA has more influence over Europe than Russia does😁. Another thing is how a certain imperialistic Europe actually benefits from having a stable and strong Great Russia🤔

In all reality, seeing a militant Russia shake things up serves our interests way more than the American ones

boldbadger1 said:

Admiral Lošo—that pro-Russian genius—just went absolutely nuclear, hitting at a level ten intensity. He’s connected everything—from COVID and reptiles to the Khazars and the October Revolution—all just to argue that Ukrainians aren't even a real nation and are basically Nazis. 😬

He keeps saying, "everyone is asking where I am," but honestly, after five minutes of listening to that podcast, it's pretty obvious he was just getting some "specialized training" in Moscow. 😬

Lošo is a pro at this pro-Russian nonsense, hitting it out of the park with ninety—actually, maybe a hundred—percent accuracy. He’s managed to tie everything together, from COVID and reptilians to the Khazars and the October Revolution, all just to argue that Ukrainians aren't a real nation and are basically Nazis. 😬

He claims "everyone's asking where I am," but honestly, five minutes into the podcast, it's pretty obvious he was just getting some "re-education" over in Moscow. 😬[/I]

This is what I’ve been waiting for for days. When the war started and there was no sign of Lošo, I wondered why. Personally, I think he's "smart" only if you can spot the propaganda and see who he's actually pulling for, which has been the Russians for quite a while now. Though lately, it's getting harder to find anything remotely intelligent coming from him.

I still remember when the guy was presenting the Sarmat as this unstoppable weapon that the West has no answer for, when in reality, the Sarmat hasn't even flown yet—it's barely at the prototype stage.🤣 🤣