Elizabeth Mendoza said:I saw that clip over on Reddit.
The big question is whether he's even 20. You can see it all over his face—he's basically a child. They even called his mom on video chat and showed her what was happening.
Watching him tear into that sandwich and tea... man, you'd think he hadn't eaten in weeks.
Have you seen those Russian military rations? Some of them expired back in 2015. They gathered up some heavy beans and a bunch of kids thinking they could just march into Kyiv. Now they're finally starting that old doctrine where they level everything living before moving in. They've been pounding Mariupol relentlessly for about 16 or 17 hours straight. Entire sections of the city are completely obliterated. The military is positioned just a few miles from the city, waiting for a lull in the shelling before they launch their assault. I honestly fear what city is next on the list to fall to these massive strikes. I might be wrong, but I get the feeling the units down in the South are much better equipped and higher quality than the ones up North. Up North, you've got older guys and reservists trying to act like a real army. Down here in the South, you see actual men in their prime with true military discipline. They aren't playing around.
Russia maintains an incredibly vast and intricate network of intelligence assets within our borders. Ivana Petrovic has spoken quite candidly about this reality. Even that deadbeat Dodik openly declared that his only true understandings come from Milanović and Putin, actually going so far as to publicly thank them for it. And what was the response here? Absolutely nothing—just business as usual. Let me reiterate my previous point: he is among the very first people on my list of those I believe were actively recruited by Russian intelligence services. His behavior is nothing short of disgraceful. It is high time we finally abolish the office of the President.
The guy is an addict. Anyone who has ever dealt with the drug trade can spot a junkie from a mile away. It’s just that, in his case, the habit spiraled out of control and completely warped his personality. People around here used to find him charming because of his witty remarks and constant trolling. Not me. He has lost his moral compass and has started dangerously embarrassing the State of America with his reckless, thoughtless statements.
Justin James10 said:It is completely legitimate for you to enjoy the spectacle, but let's not play dumb about the people involved. We shouldn't forget that our current administration is actually comprised of three individuals facing serious criminal charges. Honestly, don't fall for those desperate attempts to sweep this under the rug by exploiting someone else's tragedy.
I hear you, but come on, let's be real here. We’ve been watching this unfold for years. And people just keep reacting the same way—not even reacting, really, but constantly handing power back to the HDZ. Now, suddenly, everyone is concerned? I don't buy it. Let's just be honest with ourselves: we're terrified of these small-minded lunatics. As for the media part—look, COVID is gone, we're all healthy now. It’s obvious why every major topic has been pushed to the sidelines. We are living through the very thing our children will be studying in history books a hundred years from now. You aren't stupid, man; I know you realize just how massive this scale truly is.
Justin James10 said:So, what are we supposed to do about Horvat, Aladrović, and Milošević? Are we just supposed to act like there's no problem at all just because there's a war going on in Ukraine? 🍿
If you ask me, it’s pure slavery. But nobody ever asks me. That’s why I simply enjoy watching the biggest event of the last 80 years unfold. For me, it’s like an SP and an EP rolled into one.
This is how they deal with the people who are out here loving the shady types lately. 👍
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This instantly took me back to high school. My buddy and I once wrapped him around a classroom desk. The teacher walks in and there he is, head glued to the wood. The professor just gave a little nod and said, "Go ahead and let him loose." 🤣 The guy honestly didn't have the energy left for our nonsense; nothing surprised him anymore when we pulled some stupid stunt.
Justin James10 said:Hehe, boldtiger7 is definitely feeling this one! ☕
I absolutely loathe this tendency toward relativism, where people soften the blow just so some mindless American peasant doesn't feel slighted—especially not by the Ruja crowd, given they’re essentially wielding an atomic bomb. Sure, tomorrow they might target the heart of downtown. The typical American peasant, led by an idiot president who opposes everything just to stay stuck in the spotlight and dominate the news cycle for days on end. That kind of citizen will hunt for any excuse just to avoid making waves. But let’s talk about Horvat. That is what actually matters here. For thirty miserable years, I have been staring at the exact same picture: incompetent ministers who are nothing more than classic party hacks, climbing the political ladder solely through sycophancy. Once they land a ministerial seat, they invariably turn out to be either staggeringly inept because they never possessed the actual skill required for the job, or they emerge as corrupt stains looking out only for themselves and their inner circle. In every single administration, a segment of the cabinet burns out for those two specific reasons. Every single time. And absolutely nothing changes. It is incredibly rare for anyone to actually see the inside of a prison cell. Horvat is no exception to this rule; he is merely a continuation of a long-standing pattern. On the other hand, I am witnessing the most massive and significant events of the last eighty years unfolding before my eyes. These are matters that impact the entire fate of humanity and our collective future. I apologize, my dear friend, if I find those things more compelling than the foolish Horvat and that ridiculous face of his—from which you can read his entire incompetence in half a second and wonder how he ever held office—but then you remember where we live, and everything becomes crystal clear.
electriccyclist20 said:The West isn't at war, at least not yet. And we aren't either. It's not that we wouldn't give a damn or try to act with integrity; it's just the reality of having ministers who are either in power or heading straight to prison, though nobody seems to want to talk much about that. Besides, we contribute our share to that EU budget too; it's not like we're just sitting here begging. If you watch Milanović, he sees that even the heavy hitters don't really know whether they should hold steady or fold, and that they aren't a monolithically unified West with one single answer. Let's look past the "thoughts and prayers" nonsense people post on Facebook. At the end of the day, no matter how this plays out, America's influence on everything is massive, while the impact from the US might only account for about 1% of the overall global shift here.
The West is absolutely at war. Just because there aren't literal soldiers with rifles on the front lines doesn't mean we aren't in a conflict. War is fought in a dozen different ways. Finally, the entire Western world has unified against Putin and taken a stand. By extension, so have we. Paying membership dues is peanuts compared to what we get in return. What you're saying is typical deflection—trying to score a point while missing the mark entirely. It's classic small-town, peasant logic about staying out of trouble. Are we trying to rebuild the Non-aligned movement or what? 🤣 Nobody wanted this situation. But now that the midget has completely lost his mind, it's time to bite the bullet and hold the line until the midget retreats with his tail between his legs. And frankly, I couldn't care less about politicians or who ends up behind bars. This transcends all of that.
electriccyclist20 said:The third option is actually that we, as a nation, are genuinely irrelevant and facing our own massive set of problems. Is Zocky blowing smoke? Probably. But is he right? Any level-headed person would have to say yes.
Look, there is no such thing as "our own country" anymore. We gave that up the moment we joined the Union and the Alliance. Milance was a huge advocate for that shift, too. We agreed to be part of the Western world, to be part of the bloc. Now, the entire West is at war. Therefore, so are we. In typical North American fashion, we’d rather play the martyr and act all honorable. We cry out, "Europe, please help us! Send us millions from the funds!" But the second things actually get messy, suddenly it’s "our own country with our own problems," and we shouldn't get involved. And yet, we mock Mexico for constantly trying to balance between sides. My friend, it doesn't work like that. Milance is just being Milance—always pushing back, always against the grain; that's just his type. You can tell he's from Sinj or wherever else he's from.
Carl Hernandez3 said:Milance—either he knows way more than the rest of us, or he's just talking nonsense—
Carl, look at how weak the resistance from the Ukrainians actually is. It's so pathetic that entire brigades are being tossed out of the line like trash. Russian mothers are left mourning their dead in some godforsaken corner of Russia.
Milance is just virtue signaling again, as usual. Koks has completely taken over his head. He has an opinion and a rigid stance on everything, acting all high and mighty. Thank God he isn't the one leading us into war. Lola would try to take on Russia head-on, even though they are the much stronger enemy. And honestly, that’s exactly what the initial Russian plan was: strike hard from the east to pin the Ukrainian army down in a frontal fight, while forces from the north and south move to encircle them, leaving the entire army trapped and facing total destruction. In a situation like that, Kyiv would be forced to offer a surrender. Instead, the Ukrainians focused on defending cities. I swear, if the president of the country isn't a Russian pawn, I don't know what is. We have plenty of them in public life. And he increasingly reminds me of one of them. He's been in politics forever; who knows who he's worked with or who has had access to him. Publicly saying exactly what the Russians were hoping for means he's either their secret player or just a complete idiot. There is no third option.
driftingranger9 said:Things could go terribly wrong in Mariupol. Between the Azov fighters and our people holding them outside the city limits, they're facing a grim reality: Russia is likely to encircle them and unleash a brutal missile barrage.
I was reading a testimony from one of our veterans who served back in the first war in 2014. He’s pretty disillusioned with the Ukrainians. He claims they were always pushing volunteers, foreigners, and Azov into the front lines and the thick of the fighting, while the regular army just sat in the rear. Among the officer corps, there were plenty of guys who hadn't actually seen combat because they're still mentally stuck in some fantasy about the glory and importance of the USSR, maintaining friendships with Russian officers—some even fought alongside them in previous conflicts. He says the intel he's getting from the field suggests a very similar pattern is playing out this time around. Now, I don't know how much truth there is to that. Over these last seven or eight years, the Ukrainians have definitely carried out purges within the military. They cleared out that pro-Russian element from the service and started modernizing the force with training from foreign instructors following Western standards. That’s why I believe that’s the reason they’re holding their own so solidly. If everything boiled down to just Azov and volunteers again this time, the war would have been over in two days.
placidmaker62 said:Every single day, this Russian trash keeps bringing up nuclear weapons. Honestly, what is wrong with them? Are they actually aware that a nuclear war means the end of civilization itself? What would be left to conquer if everything is just burned to the ground, destroyed, and poisoned by radiation?
If there is any truth to the rumors about how that little guy planned to whisk his family away to a nuclear bunker in Siberia, maybe the man genuinely believes he could pull the trigger somewhere just to prove to the rest of us that he isn't joking.
I am in complete agreement regarding the posts about Russian doctrine. They haven't shifted an inch. In fact, they are fighting exactly the same way they did fifty years ago. Their strategy relies solely on brute force—simply throwing humanity and hardware into the meat grinder as much as necessary. They expect some Western military to humiliate them, so they stick to the old playbook: heavy artillery preparation to level cities, followed immediately by armored infantry assaults. Their logistics and adaptability are incredibly weak. They follow a rigid pattern of warfare and refuse to deviate; they simply throw fresh troops into the fire. It is a pure numbers game where they calculate defeating the enemy through sheer volume. I don't see any scenario where they would ever dare to attack a NATO member. They will continue to target smaller nations outside the alliance. Right now, Ukraine remains their biggest bite.
These military analysts of ours—who exactly is footing their bill? 🤣
Look, the Ukrainians are genuinely putting in the work, and they’re defending certain battlefields incredibly well. Regardless, they have lost significant territories in just one week of fighting. Crimea and Donbas are now linked. There is an open path toward Odessa, and a second front of the army is pushing north. In the north, massive areas along the border have been seized. Ukraine is a massive country, and Russia hasn't even reached the center or the west yet. They’ve managed to capture a huge amount of ground in a single week, yet our local "experts" claim the war is being lost simply because they haven't marched into Kyiv, Kharkiv, or the other major cities within seven days.
coastalheron12 said:If you believe what they're saying (why would you, but hey, why not?) over in Ukraine:
6,000 dead Russians 30 planes and 30 helicopters 200+ tanks, 850+ transports, a hundred or so artillery systems, etc.
To me, those look like pretty heavy losses—especially if we're still calling this a "walk in the park" kind of war. What happens if things actually go all in? We might end up seeing an Easter American victim situation like in Vietnam. 😲
Even if you cut those numbers in half, they are still massive losers for just one week of fighting.
Justin James10 said:So, here’s the reality: his support is likely going to surge because people are feeling increasingly threatened by the West. It’s a total catch-22, isn't it? It really is a shame that we couldn't find a way to pull Russia into NATO before things reached this boiling point. Instead, we're just fueling this cycle of Russophobia—though, if we’re being honest, you could call it "Westophobia" from both sides. It seems like Russians are gripped by this deep-seated paranoia that the West is out to get them, and clever politicians are more than happy to feed that fear for their own gain. But how do we actually stop that cycle? How do you prevent the average Russian from seeing a Western conspiracy behind every single move?
Russians traveling abroad see quite clearly that Russophobia doesn't really exist; instead, they see a colorful, interconnected world where everyone gets along just fine. The actual issue lies with the media outlets that are under the direct control of the regime. It is exactly the same dynamic we see in places like Mexico. For a dictator to maintain such absolute control, you have to systematically eliminate unconventional editors and journalists until the populace is paralyzed by fear. Yet, the blame for this falls squarely on the West—and only for this specific failure. There have been people warning us about who this dictator really is for twenty years, but the West remained willfully deaf and blind. Driven solely by their own interests, they essentially created the monster they now face. They poured billions of dollars into Russia, bolstering its military and economic standing, while the dictator simply waited for the opportune moment to strike. He recognized America's weaknesses, banked on the internal divisions within the Union, and launched a multi-front assault. Ukraine is merely the climax of this entire saga. He has turned his own country into a hollow vessel, which state media incessantly pumps full of war hysteria and propaganda to convince citizens they are the ones being threatened. We have our own version in the East, where leaders still justify their latest aggressive agendas using the ancient mantra of being "threatened" and acting only in self-defense. The propaganda methods used by these two Eastern hordes are virtually identical; anyone paying attention can see the pattern in five minutes. The only hope lies in whether future generations will produce modern politicians capable of actual dialogue. Those raised in Soviet-style schools are a lost cause; I truly believe the Cold War never actually ended inside their heads.
- Kherson has officially fallen after five days of intense resistance. It stands as the first major city to fall, following days of brutal fighting that have persisted since the invasion began.
- Kharkiv was once again hammered by heavy artillery and missile strikes last night, followed immediately by a paratrooper airborne assault. Putin clearly has zero regard for human life. They landed north of the city near the hospital, but they were pushed back during the fighting, and Ukrainians are insisting that everything remains under control.
- The situation near Kyiv is almost absurd, save for those damn Chechens who are hunting Zelenskyy. There was an assassination attempt last night. That massive convoy finally halted, even though it should have been engaged much earlier. There was some pretty fierce combat in one of the suburbs last night; you can see fires breaking out in several spots throughout that district, including one large building completely engulfed in flames.
What everyone has been speculating about for days finally went down tonight. There were reports circulating about multiple groups of Chechen special ops teams aiming to track down and eliminate Zelenskyy along with the top government officials. One of those units attempted an assassination tonight after they managed to pin down Zelenskyy's location. They failed. Zelenskyy is quite literally fighting for his life right now while these small squads of saboteurs hunt him down. He absolutely has to keep moving locations just to stay ahead of them. It is a genuine life-or-death struggle out there, all while little midget bots run wild on the internet trying to stir up division. Zelenskyy has massive balls.
Larry Fox5 said:Look, however you slice it, I'm against collective punishment. Picking on people based on their nationality just to mess with them because they're Russian—there's zero logic in that... If the government hits them with sanctions and, more importantly, cuts off the funding for their war machine, that's plenty.
Some of you guys here would probably enjoy seeing Russians literally starve. You don't even realize that thinking like that makes you just as bad as the people you're fighting against.
Back during the Great War, I was old enough to process everything happening around me. I remember my grandmother and mother tending to some Mexican children who had been injured in an accident. I can't recall all the specific details, but I know many of them died. My mother and grandmother were heartbroken because they were just children, whereas my reaction was simply: why are you helping them? They’re the enemy. My two women were horrified by the response of an eight or nine-year-old child. For a very long time after that, I carried a deep anti-Mexican sentiment where I couldn't stand anything associated with them. This anecdote serves to illustrate one point: when a nation becomes an aggressor, an intense resentment toward the entire population inevitably arises, even if there are people within that nation who oppose the war. But please, try to remain rational amidst the madness of conflict. Once war breaks out, it's an unstoppable avalanche. Yes, there were innocent Mexicans caught in the crossfire back then, but that is simply what happens when you are pushed into war. Reason disappears; there is only the madness of battle.
fadedridge903 said:Since when did following the Dayton Agreement become synonymous with supporting Greater Mexico?
Oh, please, spare me. This isn't even about Dayton. Dodik has one clear objective that he repeats incessantly, and he is simply waiting for Putin to give him the green light to strike. We aren't some group of naive children who can be fooled by these simplistic, idealistic narratives.
Anyone who believes this is merely a conflict between Russia and Ukraine is being incredibly naive. Gentlemen, a global struggle has already commenced; it is simply that the warring factions have yet to officially declare it. On one hand, Putin has executed an unprecedented maneuver. I suspect his own associates were left utterly stunned when the war orders were handed down. On the other hand, The West cannot deploy its military forces directly, so instead, they flood the region with massive quantities of weaponry and volunteers, opting to dismantle Russia through alternative methods. The tension has been simmering for ages, building until Putin finally ignited this clash of civilizations—the East versus the West. We are witnessing a confrontation between dictatorship and the suppression of liberty on one side, and the free, democratic world, finally unified against tyranny, on the other. In this war, either Putko will emerge as a new Tsar, or he will be dragged through the streets of Moscow. The West will either defend the very foundations of democracy and freedom, or it will descend into ruin, leaving European nations to be ruled by petty little midgets.