@7drittelTom@joni_askola Like the ones that want to rearm Germany and launch deep strikes into Russia to start a world war for the third time. Indeed I am deeply worried about Merz and the people behind him.
Interesting conjecture. Is there any proof of that? Why is it that all opposition in Western countries is framed as being bought or propagandized by the Russians? That you stopped thinking doesn’t mean other people don’t think.
But if this is an issue I suggest that we aim for full transparency on influencing of elections by all actors. There are claims the EU and NGO’s are trying to influence public opinion and elections as well.
Dear Joni, it is too late already.
NATO is preparing for the previous war and much of the Defense spending is window dressing or spending with the MIC on defense obsolete weapons.
It is not in the interest of China and Russia to erase Europe and cripple the US. But if Europe keeps pushing they may be tempted to a pre-emptive or even retaliatory strike. As the West declared China an enemy one can expect Russia to have the support of China.
In fact by giving extensive support to Ukraine NATO is co-belligerent and already at war with Russia. That war is already on but contained to Ukraine. Since it is not going well the US handed it over to Europe while opening a second front in Iran. That isn’t going well either.
Why on earth did the Foolish Fins join a NATO that is in a war with Russia they can not win?
Waarom heeft niemand op dit probleem gewezen? Wat zeg je? Iedereen!! 😳 Is het dan geen boos opzet?
Net zoals er al jarenlang wordt gewezen op de noodzaak te budgetteren voor groot onderhoud en vervanging van de infrastructuur uit de tijd van de wederopbouw. Er is niets mee gedaan en nu is het opeens een probleem waarvoor de burger de beurs moet trekken.
De vraag is waarom mensen dan blijven stemmen op dezelfde partijen die elkaar onderling de bal toespelen zodat er niets verandert.
For everyone who claims you "stand with Ukraine," you need to realize that you and Western leaders like Joe Biden and Donald Trump are responsible first for provoking Russia to invade Ukraine and then for unnecessarily prolonging this unnecessary war by nearly four and a half years and counting. This US decision to fight an indefinite NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine has led to the deaths of over one million Ukrainian soldiers, who would still be alive today, with another million seriously wounded and the likely permanent loss of 39-46% of Ukraine's pre-war population.
If the West had not provided any weapons to Ukraine following the Russian invasion of February 2022 or if Biden and former British PM Boris Johnson had not urged Zelensky not to sign a peace deal with Russia, the war would have ended on April 9, 2022 with the signing of the Istanbul Agreement. This agreement mandated a full Russian withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ukraine to their pre-war positions and would have guaranteed Ukraine's security, independence and sovereign control over 93 percent of its constitutionally recognized territory.
Ukraine's military losses have been catastrophic. Whereas, Ukraine enjoyed numerical superiority over Russia during the first 12-18 months of the war, Russian troops in Ukraine now outnumber Ukrainian troops by approximately four to one. Ukraine's military reserves have been exhausted and are now near collapse. Once Ukrainian forces collapse, there will be nothing to stop Russian troops from advancing to the Dnipro River line and Russia annexing 45 percent of Ukraine's territory.
So my question to Ukraine War proponents is what do you think we can accomplish by feeding hundreds of thousands of brave Ukrainian troops into the Russian meat grinder when the end result is most likely to be that Ukraine loses over twice as much territory as Russia is currently demanding?
On related note, Ukrainian 'dictator without elections' Volodymyr Zelensky, the person primarily responsible for the destruction of Ukraine, is predictably rejecting calls to hold democratic elections nearly two and a half months after his constitutional term has expired claiming that doing so would be far "too dangerous" as it would "split" Ukraine. So the person, Western leaders is claiming is fighting a war for democracy in Europe is actually saying that democratic elections are the biggest risk to Ukraine right now.
But like Democrats here in the US, Zelensky defines threats to 'democracy' to mean anything that threatens his one-party regime stranglehold on political power. Given he is currently polling in the single digits it is not surprising that he views democratic elections as a greater threat to his regime than Russia itself.
@lexhoogduin Concurrentievermogen herstellen en achterstanden inlopen via EU commissies en subsidies. Het faalt al voordat het bedacht is.
Meer van ons geld en onze souvereiniteit naar de technocratie in Brussel.
@Glenn_Diesen Wasn’t he supposed to make a deal and end the war? But they were too greedy and wanted to make money too. Now Ukrainian women have to die.
De basis van de democratie is het recht op zelfbeschikking. De beste sturing van een gemeenschap gebeurt door individuele keuzes en uitgaven.
Daarbij hoort een kleine terughoudende staat en het recht op zelfbeschikking. Het is een democratisch recht en zelfs een democratische plicht om kritiek te leveren op een bemoeizuchtige staat en te hoge belastingen.
NATO is very open about its strategy: Provide the weapons, intelligence, and targeting for deep strikes against civilian targets deep inside Russia to make the civilian population feel the war.
- When Russia retaliates against NATO, these people will scream "unprovoked".