Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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KratosLives said:

OdinHades said:

What KratosLives fails to understand is the simple fact that Ukrainians face nothing less than slavery if they choose to give up. The country has every right to defend itself and only russia alone is to blame for each and every wounded or dead person.

And it doesn't even matter what NATO did right or wrong in the past, let alone single members of the defensive alliance. Nothing of that justifies a war.

That said I am very pleased to see that the russian military is quite pathetic. I'm still frustrated we can't do anything about Ukraine right now, but I'm also relieved that NATO states don't have to fear anything from the little angry man in the kremlin. Putin is dreaming about the Soviet Union while russia is in a pathetic state and essentially nothing more than a chinese colony these days.

Russians need to stand up and end fascism in russia. It's the only way to save the country from falling back to the dark ages and getting about as isolated as North Korea in the very near future.

I wouldn't call their military pathetic. Don't be fooled by the media headlines,  they vastly out perform the ukranians and are doing a lot of damage, unfortunately.  The worst part , the worst from them has yet to come. 

It’s then basically down to size - Russia still has the advantage because it has more resources than Ukraine to draw on. But still given it’s size and firepower compared to Ukraine it was expected win within days, but right now we’re nearly at the 1 month mark and no end in sight.

In 2008 when Russia attacked Georgia they did win in a month, but even back then it was suggested that Russia had performed below the capability that would be expected of them and a strong opposing force might cause them problems. Well Ukraine is strong than Georgia and you are seeing the result. Now imagine if Russia tried this against a richer European nation with a more advanced and better equipped army or Nato as a whole. Or if they have to split their forces between multiple fronts like the Caucasus, Eastern Europe, the North and possibly even the Far East.