Putin’s TV attack dog calls for missile strike on NATO meeting in London

[Questerr]

No one wants to invade/occupy Russia. At least not at the moment.

Who'd want to take over that shithole?

The OP called for the occupation of Russia.

 

[Roadvirus]

Goalpost change. Did it hurt your back when you moved them?

Why does it matter if foreign fighters are active duty military or paid mercenaries?

How do you know they are paid mercs?

Most people who went there are doing it because fighting for freedom is what they believe in. They aren't government sanctioned or gov't-paid.

 

[Roadvirus]

The OP called for the occupation of Russia.

The OP can get melodramatic. Plenty of evidence in posts elsewhere.

 

[Tigerace117]

No one wants to invade/occupy Russia. At least not at the moment.

Who'd want to take over that shithole?

The OP is literally talking about NATO invading Russia.

 

[Questerr]

The OP can get melodramatic. Plenty of evidence in posts elsewhere.

So? He's still calling for Russia to be occupied.

 

[Questerr]

How do you know they are paid mercs?

Most people who went there are doing it because fighting for freedom is what they believe in. They aren't government sanctioned or gov't-paid.

So you are saying foreign volunteers in Ukraine aren't being paid by the Ukrainian government?

 

[Roadvirus]

There absolutely are foreign fighters in Ukraine. A number of American ones have been killed in action there.

But not on approval of the U.S. government/military.

Keyword here: Volunteers

 

[Roadvirus]

So you are saying foreign volunteers in Ukraine aren't being paid by the Ukrainian government?

I can't vouch for that. But i'm sure they aren't being paid by their gov'ts.

 

[Tigerace117]

But not on approval of the U.S. government/military.

Keyword here: Volunteers

The U.S. government is absolutely dumb enough to try and invade Russia.

The “volunteers”, on the other hand, wouldn’t have a chance

 

[Questerr]

I can't vouch for that. But i'm sure they aren't being paid by their gov'ts.

So what? They are still paid mercenaries.

 

[Roadvirus]

So? He's still calling for Russia to be occupied.

Last i looked, he isn't a Trump appointee or some official government employee with the authorization to make such a decision or suggestion to superiors.

 

[Roadvirus]

So what? They are still paid mercenaries.

How can they be "paid" mercs if they aren't being paid?

 

[Questerr]

Last i looked, he isn't a Trump appointee or some official government employee with the authorization to make such a decision or suggestion to superiors.

Cool. Nice goalpost change.

 

[Questerr]

How can they be "paid" mercs if they aren't being paid?

They are being paid. By the Ukrainian government.

 

[Roadvirus]

They are being paid. By the Ukrainian government.

Can you prove this?

 

[Questerr]

Can you prove this?

Literal 5 second google search

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[element94]

Yep. We're seeing this tribalist populism spreading like a cancer and the worst part is that "shining city on a hill" is the latest victim.

Roiling political violence will also be a fixture in the U.S. We know the other side doesn't know how to lose gracefully, or do anything gracefully.

 

[ElChupacabra]

Roiling political violence will also be a fixture in the U.S. We know the other side doesn't know how to lose gracefully, or do anything gracefully.

One has to have grace and humility for that, and their chosen avatar is the literal opposite of that.

 

[element94]

One has to have grace and humility for that, and their chosen avatar is the literal opposite of that.

Trump, of course, does the exact opposite and wants to go for the throat of the opposition, even before the identity is known of the latest shooter.

 

[ElChupacabra]

Trump, of course, does the exact opposite and wants to go for the throat of the opposition, even before the identity is known of the latest shooter.

What Trump wants is to do what he wants unchallenged or protested by anyone. It's what one expects from fragile egos seeking only endless approval. There's this pervasive sense of entitlement, as if everyone is just supposed to go along with everything despite the fact those very same people spent 4 years whinging and complaining about the former president and administration. None of this is rational.

 

[Luce]

I have given up waiting on NATO to do the sensible thing and arrange a few accidents for every Russian provocation.

 

[element94]

What Trump wants is to do what he wants unchallenged or protested by anyone. It's what one expects from fragile egos seeking only endless approval.

I just cannot watch the bow-downs in the meetings anymore. Now he has the billionaires paying him homage by stroking his ego. Yes dear leader please continue to bring us profits your wonderfulness. It's nauseating and self demeaning.

 

[ElChupacabra]

I just cannot watch the bow-downs in the meetings anymore.

I view it as comedy, albeit a sad comedy. It's something out of a Mel Brooks film.

Now he has the billionaires paying him homage by stroking his ego.

The elites are the biggest house of cards out there. They will bow down to whomever lets them go about their business without government intervention.

Yes dear leader please continue to bring us profits your wonderfulness. It's nauseating and self demeaning.

It's one of the many faces of capitalism.