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This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...

Now I wonder if what I thought was smoke near the bow of the ship in the foreground was water spray from washing anchors. Could it be an automatic system that does that?
But the background ship was definitely wounded. And IIRC modern ships don't hold up as well to damage as older steel hulls.
 
Have we celebrated this handsome Devil.
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The way the US did with Native American children forced to attend boarding schools where their language was forbidden.
I always think about how the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on civilians. Not quite as bad as what Russia is doing to Ukraine though...
 
Exactly. And 86+% of them voted to be independent of Russia in the 1990s, and even more of course do now. Just because you are "ethnically" something doesn't mean you want to live back in part of it. And expecting people to learn Ukrainian in Ukraine is no different than Russia expecting people to learn Russian, or Americans expecting immigrants to be taught English in schools.
If the GOP Congress forbade instruction in Spanish by any school in the country, would it be perceived as patriotic, or racist?

You really think people wouldn’t assert that such a law was tantamount to ethnic cleansing and cultural genocide?

I do, as evidence I present the post I quoted.

The obvious aim of such a law is the suppression and eradication of the targeted culture, right? That’s what Putin intends with his Russian language law, and what the Ukrainian language law intends as well.
 
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As I noted on here several times, I do not watch the opinion shows in the evenings. Apparently you and others do so I’ll take your word for it.
I don't either, but I've seen enough clips from their shows here on HR/Twitter, as you have as well, to know they are parroting Russian propaganda. To simply say, 'I don't watch it' is a cop out.
 
You've told us that.
Many times.

Yet, you still fall into the trap of regurgitating many of the same talking points.

You have heard of The Telephone Game, have you not?
Joe, I don’t need to watch Sean Hannity so that I am able to “regurgitate” anything.
I also have heard of the Telephone Game. Such an outdated term. But you probably still have a rotary phone with a party line. In fact, party line is your specialty. Now go away.
 
The bolded part is exactly what Russia did in Chechnya. They regrouped and then turned Chechnya into ash. This is why it is so important for Ukraine to stay on the offensive if they can. Don't let the Russians dig in and bomb away.
The Russians can continue the bombing/missile strikes from outside Russia....most are coming from there now.

I agree the Ukrainian's have to keep up the pressure.
 
Why this is all true, they literally can't do this to Ukraine. Chechnya is a republic with less than two million people and no true big cities (Groszy is Tallahassee size) and is a tad bigger than Connecticut. Ukraine is the size of Texas with 42 million people and numerous cities. Oh they are trying to make an example out of a few cities as a desperate ploy to try to bring Ukraine to negotiate, but they don't have the time or ability or enough smart and dumb bombs to do it to the entire country. The only thing they can do, which scares me, is WMDs.....
They have plenty of dumb munitions...already running short of smart munitions apparently.
 
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March 29 benefit concert including Ed Sheeran. Here Ukrainian band Antytila is requesting to join live from Kiev.



 
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Yes. Manilla, Chinese cities...many more.

Again. Sorry to confuse you all. The United States vs Japan. How many American civilians did Japan kill? How many Japanese civilians did the United States kill.

That should clear it up.
 
JFC what a stupid take.

Not a good idea?

It's the international Red Cross's job....they dealt with the Germans and Japanese in WW2. What they're saying will fall on def ears but good lord this is a hot take.
They’re being used by the Russians for propaganda. Meeting with Lavrov and doing a photo op is not the same thing as going into POW camps in WW2.
 
Tune in March 29, Ed Sheeran and Ukrainian band Antytila to livestream a concert to the free world.



Good god, haven't the Ukrainian people suffered enough?
 
Again. Sorry to confuse you all. The United States vs Japan. How many American civilians did Japan kill? How many Japanese civilians did the United States kill.

That should clear it up.
No, it doesn't actually. If they were within striking distance of the US west coast we'd have seen horrible civilian casualties. They just didn't have the opportunity.

What a strange take.
 
They’re being used by the Russians for propaganda. Meeting with Lavrov and doing a photo op is not the same thing as going into POW camps in WW2.
Ummm...they have to make the attempt at ensuring POW's get treated properly. Hospitals etc not attacked...

Losing effort but that's why they exist in these situations. Like I said...they dealt with the Germans and Japanese because of the same matter.
 
Again. Sorry to confuse you all. The United States vs Japan. How many American civilians did Japan kill? How many Japanese civilians did the United States kill.

That should clear it up.
Only because the Japanese didn't have the capability to inflict civilian casualties on the US. Just didn't have the military capability...

Their actions v China and in their South East Asia conquests point to that....
 
I was more comparing the US vs Japan to Russia vs Ukraine. My bad.
Japan had attacked us and committed numerous atrocities wherever they were.
By the time we could bomb Japan the US was hardened to feeling any sympathy for anyone there.
Ukraine did not attack anyone, and is being bombed to oblivion for simply existing. That is how I see it.
 
Ummm...they have to make the attempt at ensuring POW's get treated properly. Hospitals etc not attacked...

Losing effort but that's why they exist in these situations. Like I said...they dealt with the Germans and Japanese because of the same matter.
They need to weigh whether the interaction will do more harm than good. It’s a propaganda state now like North Korea. Giving them a photo op and a meeting is good for the Russian war effort. They’ll show it to their people and say the Red Cross is supporting all the good work they’re doing.

And what will the Red Cross get in return.
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Again. Sorry to confuse you all. The United States vs Japan. How many American civilians did Japan kill? How many Japanese civilians did the United States kill.

That should clear it up.

Actually, you made a bad comparison and that's the reason for the confusion moreso than your lack of articulation. That should clear it up.
 
Japan had attacked us and committed numerous atrocities wherever they were.
By the time we could bomb Japan the US was hardened to feeling any sympathy for anyone there.
Ukraine did not attack anyone, and is being bombed to oblivion for simply existing. That is how I see it.
They are different situations. But the United States stating Putin is committing atrocities against civilians is rich.
 
They need to weigh whether the interaction will do more harm than good. It’s a propaganda state now like North Korea. Giving them a photo op and a meeting is good for the Russian war effort. They’ll show it to their people and say the Red Cross is supporting all the good work they’re doing.

And what will the Red Cross get in return.
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Here's the International Red Cross Mission Statement

The work of the ICRC is based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional Protocols, its Statutes those of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and the resolutions of the International Conferences of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. The ICRC is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and armed violence. It takes action in response to emergencies and promotes respect for international humanitarian law and its implementation in national law.

To protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and violence and to provide them with assistance.

The ICRC's Mission Statement​

The International Committee of the Red Cross is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance.

The ICRC also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.




Like I said...stupid take. It's what they were created to do...
 
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