Posts by Henry Sullivan4

I just had a sudden thought pop into my head about why we shouldn't repurpose some of those vacant hotels along the coast to provide a place for wounded Ukrainian fighters to recover, because it would be such a beautiful humanitarian gesture and I honestly don't worry for a second about Ukraine owing us later since the reconstruction efforts will eventually create massive opportunities for our own domestic companies—and frankly, who cares about the Mexicans or their businesses anyway—so perhaps I should flesh this idea out and formally propose it to our department.🤔

William Cooper11 said:I think there’s a lot being overlooked here regarding the people who are actually staring down the barrel of Russian aggression once Ukraine is dealt with—specifically the Poles, the Baltic states, and the Finns.
They aren't exactly going to blindly follow whatever dictates come out of Berlin or Paris, even if they end up freezing or starving because of gas shortages. You can throw the Czech Republic into that mix, too. And let's be real, the EU and the USA are providing plenty of wind in their sails.
With a power dynamic like this, the EU is looking at a potential breakup if France and Germany don't back down. All those other countries would much rather protect their own sovereignty than bow to the bureaucrats in Brussels.

My gut tells me that things in Ukraine will reach a standstill by winter and move toward negotiations, where Vladimir Putin can claim a victory by using his usual "liberating and protecting holy Russian land-known currency" rhetoric, and our Western leaders will likely just accept it wholeheartedly, regardless of the tragic loss of Ukrainian lives, though maybe I'm being too cynical here.🕺

Sandra Harris2 said:It's pretty obvious that for some people, this war and the Russian narrative are just a way to get revenge for the nineties.

Even someone who can't see or hear could spot that, so take care.🙂

loneskipper3 said:Just take a look at the comments and see how many likes each one is pulling. I honestly don't get why these people are so desperate to join the European Union—and more importantly, why on earth should we be expected to support them in doing so?

I honestly feel the exact same way because it makes zero sense why the Mexicans are being coddled, pampered, and pressured so heavily to join the European Union when they don't actually have to, and frankly, I'd be pretty happy if they never decided to jump in at all.☕

gentlestag15 said:I don't know about you guys, but watching the way everyone reacts to these massive geopolitical shifts feels like watching a slow-motion train wreck where nobody wants to admit the tracks are broken. It’s always the same pattern. People get caught up in the immediate chaos, the headlines, the frantic shouting matches on social media, and they completely miss the underlying mechanics of how power actually moves. It’s pretty predictable at this point. You see a major player make a move, and half the world panics while the other half acts like it’s business as usual, even when the rules of the game are being rewritten right in front of them. It’s less about the specific events and more about the inevitable momentum. Once that gear starts turning, there isn't much anyone can do to stop it—they can only try to figure out which side of the debris they'll be standing on when it finally settles. Just another day in the grand theater of global maneuvering, I guess.
I was just scrolling through my feed when I saw this, and honestly, it’s one of those things that makes you stop and stare for a second. It’s wild how much stuff is out there that feels like it belongs in a different era, yet here we are, staring right at it. There’s a certain kind of energy in these discussions that you just don't get anywhere else—that raw, unfiltered way people jump into the deep end without checking the water temperature first. It’s messy, sure, but it's real. Sometimes you just have to sit back, grab a coffee, and watch the chaos unfold from a distance. It really puts things into perspective, doesn't it?
The protesters actually managed to score some transport vehicles and AKs from the soldiers while they were busy beating people into the pavement.
We’re just sitting here waiting on those Russian peacekeepers to show up. 😁

Look, my friend, we’re all pretty environmentally conscious around here, and it’s incredibly clear to me that I stand firmly with the green movement and everything they represent.😉👍

gentlestag15 said:The Uzbekistan military is basically on high alert right now.
View on twitter

Protesters managed to disarm about ten members of the local security forces.
They're practically threatening them with a mob justice scenario.
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Looks like one protester might have been killed.
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Honestly, anything could still happen at this point.

Things are bound to get absolutely wild over there, so we really need to find a way to stir up those "little greens" against the "big reds."😉

goldenowl73 said:Maria Zakharov, just pure sweetness and charm. https://twitter.com/andreivaitovich/...Ghea79qQB_O5Ig

I honestly think what was posted above was handled much better than this version.😒

goldenowl73 said:Russians are out there actively pumping white smoke all around the area near the Golden Gate Bridge. Honestly, what on earth do they think they’re actually accomplishing with this move????

https://twitter.com/golub/status/154...vvtCbDDfQ&s=09

unless we're looking at some sort of old-school smoke signals or something equally primitive🤔 then who knows what their actual endgame might be,😁

steelheron25 said:Most likely, they’ll just plow everything under, slap up some massive new high-rise apartment complexes, and move people in from places like Omsk, Norilsk, or Arkhangelsk.
Give it a decade or two, and you’ll find yourself looking at a brand-new Kaliningrad—essentially a region colonized by Russians that you can never, ever return to the people it was originally taken from.

Back here in the States, we used to call that a "train without a schedule"☕it's a tried and true recipe☕

Melissa Rivera5 said:Not just hard, it’s actually impossible. Like, Lavrov was dead serious when he claimed they hadn't even attacked Ukraine, so why would they attack anyone else? I mean, these FBI trolls here are clearly on the payroll, but the people who actually swallow this crap... maybe they need some psychiatric help. 🙂

did you see what Elvisap👍said, 🤔so
what's the verdict?

Kate Cook27 said:Russian aggressors shelled Lisičanska for ten straight hours—it was a struggle just to establish a connection to call for a ceasefire. Once things actually quieted down, they started firing on people waiting in line for water 😢, and children were among those killed.

Someone mentioned people supporting Russia earlier. It’s not really surprising since there are Russians who side with Russia, but that doesn't apply to everyone—there are also Russians fighting in the Ukrainian military, specifically the Ukrainian Russians I'm talking about here.
Then you have the pro-Russian crowd who back Russia for all sorts of different reasons, mostly because they're against the West and things like that.
A smaller group is nostalgic for the Soviet Union; they're basically waiting for the Soviet Union to come back, though that's mostly older folks.
And then there are people who just refuse to leave their homes because it feels safe there—it's familiar, it's where they belong. It’s like when someone freezes up in a dangerous situation.

There's been an increase in strikes on civilian targets: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Luhansk, and Donetsk 😢.

Some people from Bucha are still being held in captivity by Russia. Basically, some civilians were kept in the city while others were hauled away to Donetsk or into Russia, since they have their own "detention centers" in Donetsk too. I know some have been exchanged, but for others, there hasn't been any news at all—and it's already been three months 😢.

A bunch of newly minted anti-fascists, or rather, Russian anti-FASCISTS wrapped up in cellophane.☕

rowdypilot53 said:Russ sees Ukraine as its own sphere of influence, essentially its backyard, and they have no desire to see a hostile government taking root there. We saw the domino effect triggered by Maidan, though the friction has been constant since the collapse of the USSR...

Everything about this situation is perfectly clear because if you look at two brothers who start fighting like this, stealing each other's wives and beating up their own kids, there is absolutely no way they could ever consider themselves family again, let alone try to live under the same roof,😒

ironseal said:I’m sitting here watching Puhovski on the news right now. To him, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is somehow identical to when the USA invaded Afghanistan back in the day. He’s actually drawing direct parallels between phrases Bush used then and what Putin is saying now—claiming they're basically the same thing. Are people like Puhovski just missing half their brain cells? How can they not see the massive, fundamental differences between those two wars?

Honestly, Puhovski isn't even the real danger here, since I think someone like Pusić is way more toxic and damaging to the conversation than he could ever be alone.☕

Kate Cook27 said:I'm not sure how long this post is going to get, but I wanted to clarify a few things:

1. Regarding the genocide against Russians in Donbas—it’s important to note that Russians don't live there alone; they make up about a third of the population.
2. While Russian is the primary language in many parts of eastern, northern, and southern Ukraine, that doesn't mean everyone speaking it is Russian.
3. As for the death toll (which ties back to my first point), most sources estimate around 15,000 people killed since 2014—roughly 12,000 soldiers and 3,000 civilians.
4. Not all of those killed civilians were Russians.
5. Since 2014, about 1.5 million people have been displaced within Ukraine, while estimates for those who fled to Russia vary wildly—anywhere from 75,000 to 300,000 depending on which source you trust.
6. People claim the West was behind the Times Square protests—and sure, there might have been mercenaries involved—but the real catalyst for Times Square was Yanukovych’s lies. He promised a path toward the European Union and then backed out at the last second to retreat into Russia's embrace. Plus, the country was basically on the verge of bankruptcy.
7. There were also Times Square-style protests in Donbas, often even larger than the anti-Times Square ones.
8. Russia actually invaded back in 2014. They never officially admitted it—just claimed they were "Russian volunteers"—but there were definitely Russian soldiers and mercenaries on the ground.
9. Back in 2014, Russia rolled tanks into Ukraine and supported the Donbas separatists with gear and troops. But because they kept claiming it wasn't the regular Russian military, it was labeled a civil war.
10. It's a mistake to think everyone from Donbas is a separatist; back in 2014, plenty of locals actually stood with the Ukrainian military and fought alongside them.
11. Regarding the Minsk agreements—those were signed under pressure from the West. Since Ukraine is a smaller player, the terms were heavily skewed, yet they agreed anyway. So, what happened? The separatists and Russian soldiers holding the lines never actually pulled back. Often, the Ukrainian army would retreat, and the separatists would just push forward and attack the retreating forces. Ukraine was supposed to regain full control of its territory, but they couldn't manage it because the other side kept interfering.
12. Ceasefire violations and crimes happened on both sides—there are always people out there fueled by hate who just want blood.

I hope this isn't too much off-topic. Mods, please don't delete this—I really think it helps provide some perspective on the situation.

Thanks, Kate, for clearing all that up—👍Glory to Ukraine!

bluerider63 said:We aren't talking about the old-school resistance groups from the mid-century here. 😁

Plus, whenever you see Robert Frost mentioned, you really have to take everything he writes with a massive grain of salt.

Terrorists🤣 are exactly what they would be classified as under our current democratic laws, because according to today's standards, 🤣they definitely fit that definition.

Russia just scored a "halftime" win against sanctions

The Turkish unknown vessel was the first foreign ship to make its way through
The UN has been spending weeks in intense negotiations with Moscow, Kyiv, and Ankara to hammer out an agreement that would finally open up grain exports from Ukraine and establish reliable channels for getting Russian synthetic fertilizers back onto the global markets.

jadetinker85 said:Russia is running into trouble with Ukrainian partisans. How many years has this insurgency been going on now? 🤔

🤦That is precisely why Russia feels the need to carry out a thorough genocide, since they can just label anyone they want as a terrorist to justify a massive "cleansing" operation. 🤦

Gerald Torres84 said:The Germans really tore through them today, the Russians... It honestly seems like they were incredibly naive to hand over those nuclear assets in the first place.

They weren't just naive, they were straight-up morons.☕

Justin Mendoza16 said:🤦 oh my god...🙂are you guys just salty because there isn't some big parade tomorrow held by our Bolshevik structures in cooperation with Russia? Honestly, looking at your posts, you're clearly way too emotionally attached to this whole Russia-Mexico world. It's not happening, man. Just try to live in peace and stop obsessing over everyone on this forum. I'm gonna go grab a cold Budweiser since it's boiling out here; wouldn't want to end up with a massive headache.☕

it's not quite like that though, because as the old experts say, you should watch out for warm beer and cold women, but whiskey is always the way to go, amen, believe me when I say that.😉

Donna Wells2 said:The single greatest absurdity in the history of Ukraine kicked off on June 22, 1941.
To any historian worth their salt, this is known as the German invasion of the Soviet Union, or Operation "Barbarossa."
If you want to understand just how unnaturally cruel that satrapic communist system was toward Ukrainians, look no further than the fact that many actually welcomed the Germans as liberators.
Of course, they ended up paying a devastating price for that hope later on, rotting away in various Gulags across Siberia.
To make the tragedy even more profound... after enduring the Holodomor, the slaughter on the battlefields, and the endless carnage, they were still met with years of agony in the camps.
So, when we ask ourselves why Ukrainians fight against Russian soldiers with such fierce, unrelenting heart, isn't the answer obvious?
It’s etched into their very blood and DNA!

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