Ukraine conflict
February 12th, 2022 at 1:09:49 PM permalink | |
kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4530 |
Well mammals have all the brain look how we talked the comet into hitting earth and taking out the dinosaurs. That was our best hit took out 90% of the species in one shot ;-) That is why you are a lefty you just like being controlled. Oh the horror of it all, humans control everything and are killing the world. As one our members once said "the earth will be fine it will shake us off like a bunch of fleas". "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
February 12th, 2022 at 1:30:41 PM permalink | |
missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 119 Posts: 3368 | Not surprisngly, you missed the point. No other animal has ever come close to doing the damage to its world that we have. And we're the only one with "sentience." Nature prefers non-sentience; it's a real fluke that we ever evolved. And no, I am not a "lefty:" I vote libertarian, not democrat, and I do not support the progressive arm of the democrats. Please make a note of it. |
February 12th, 2022 at 5:02:19 PM permalink | |
kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4530 |
Not surprisingly you also missed my point. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
February 13th, 2022 at 4:29:19 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
It's the 6th mass extinction.
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February 15th, 2022 at 8:14:47 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 199 Posts: 20101 | I keep hearing (mostly Republicans AFAICT) that we should start imposing penalties. As far as I know, Russians are free to move their troops to their border just like any country. Unless it's a violation of some treaty/agreement it would just give Putin a legitimate reason to point out being wronged and perhaps more justification to invade. I don't know if he's going to invade or leave but I guess he sees no point of giving his play away until the last minute. Deep State = sensible people trying to derail the sociopath |
February 15th, 2022 at 9:21:32 AM permalink | |
SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 23 Posts: 4526 | Allegedly Putin has agreed to not invading until after the Winter Olympics so as not to be disrespectful to China. In exchange, China, I mean the IOC, is allowing the Russian figure skater to compete, because, you know, she accidentally took her grandfathers medications. |
February 15th, 2022 at 11:27:30 AM permalink | |
missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 119 Posts: 3368 | Putin: "Will he or won't he invade?" worries the west, gnashing our collective teeth all the while. Meanwhile a chess player of Boris Spassky's caliber moves the chess pieces for Russian, while being opposed by ... uncle Joe? Hey Joe, the game is chess, not checkers. |
February 15th, 2022 at 1:08:52 PM permalink | |
RonC Member since: Nov 7, 2012 Threads: 9 Posts: 2564 | President Biden’s speech today was better than most of his speeches by a long shot. He was specific and on point. We will see how it works out… |
February 15th, 2022 at 3:27:18 PM permalink | |
Gandler Member since: Aug 15, 2019 Threads: 27 Posts: 4504 |
Of course, he is free to, and neighboring countries are free to monitor and evaluate that action. Especially when he has a history of sudden annexations. Its like this game that I play, Civilization 5 (better than 6), when you are playing against AI, and you start accumulating military units along an adjoining border they will start to send messages (Paraphrasing) , "Hey I hope you are not planning to attack my territory before you declare war, that would be troubling", and if you invade before declaring you get a larger warmonger penalty than declaring war first and every civilization will hate you for the rest of the game. This is actually a pretty good representation of real life. People get alarmed when there are troops on the border (especially more than usual), and get more alarmed (and then outraged) if action is taken without a formal declaration. Plenty of examples in recent memory and history of such scenarios. |
February 15th, 2022 at 3:53:37 PM permalink | |
missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 119 Posts: 3368 | I find it quite disturbing that major powers still feel constrained to engage in wars of conquest. Given nuclear proliferation any aggression could result in world annihilation. What fools these mortals be! |