rowdyraven112 said:When I pointed out how seriously we should take Lazarov's claim that Russia can't lose this militarily, or Lavrov's statement about Russia having a legitimate right to use nuclear weapons to defend its sovereignty, I was branded a spreader of Putinism.
That link explaining how NATO might use conventional weapons to strike Russian territory where a nuke was launched was eye-opening. Honestly, we really need to question the IQ of people falling for that kind of nonsense.
Total isolation of Russia? Yes. Economic and military threats against the smaller players supporting Russia? Yes. Military action against those disobedient smaller states? Absolutely. Beyond that, I'm not making any more guesses.
The Russians say a lot, but they lie even more. Honestly, they lie to themselves most of all—they've convinced themselves their own fabrications are reality. You can't really blame them for being trapped in this cycle after spending the last 15 years pouring massive amounts of energy into propaganda, delusions, and pure myth-making. They’ve become hostages to their own stories. I mean, who is to blame for the fact that they never actually sat down to figure out why the USSR collapsed? If the loss of the Soviet Union still hurts that much, shouldn't they have at least faced the truth internally? Instead of admitting their mistakes—even if just privately within the Kremlin—they chose to double down on the myth of World War II. They lean heavily on that history, acting like they were the only ones fighting the Nazis while painting the rest of the world as some "evil West" out to destroy them. On the global stage, you always hear the same old complaints about NATO expansion—but they never stop to ask the obvious question: Why is everyone else running away from Russia in the first place? At the end of the day, they’re still clinging to those lies. Their obsession with these myths isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Even if they decided to just toss all their nukes out there—which, let's be honest, would be wild—I still like to think they value life. At the end of the day, they have families, kids, and grandkids too. People aren't just numbers.
Look, at the end of the day, that territory isn't really theirs—but hey, they can certainly act like the whole world revolves around Russia if they want to. They had every chance to keep Ukraine within their own sphere of influence; honestly, who's to blame if they didn't see that coming? Just a bit of hindsight being 20/20, I guess.
And honestly, whose fault is that anyway? They want to be a global superpower so badly—but they just don't have the chops to pull it off. It's not really anyone's "fault" if you aren't built for it, right?
So, who’s actually to blame for why their calendar says 1818 while everyone else is living in 2022?
