@rochowanski I note you forget to cite Putin's essay and imperial dreams. Fuck you apologist for revanchist fascism. You know full well that NATO membership wasn't on the table for Ukraine in 2013-2014. You are a liar.
When normal countries seek security guarantees, they mean the right to live within their own borders without fear of interference.
When Russia seeks security guarantees, it means the freedom to expand beyond its borders without fear of resistance.
11 years ago tonight, on 13 November 2015, coordinated ISIS attacks tore through Paris and left 130 dead.
The elite officers of the Brigade de Recherche et d’Intervention (BRI), Paris storied anti-gang and rapid intervention police unit, arrived at the Bataclan concert hall shortly after the attacks began.
They secured the ground floor amid scenes of carnage, and then, after tense negotiations with two heavily armed terrorists holding roughly a dozen hostages in a narrow upper corridor, launched a high-risk assault.
Advancing behind a ballistic shield that absorbed 27 Kalashnikov rounds, they extracted every hostage alive and neutralized the attackers without further civilian casualties.
It was a precision operation that cemented the BRI’s reputation for extraordinary courage under fire.
If you are of the opinion that Kaja Kallas' views on Russia are a problem, and that Russia's demands that half of Europe abandons its sovereignty in response to Russian aggression are reasonable, you can no longer claim to be anything but an advocate for Russian imperialism.
@GeorgeSzamuely Ukraine was a neutral state in 2014 and had no appetite to join NATO prior to Russian aggression. Most countries have the right to not get invaded (baltic states/Finland anyone?) and have the right of territorial integrity. Stupid prick.
Also most importantly Ukraine did nothing to justify an invasion. It was a neutral state with zero public or political appetite to join NATO before the annexation of Crimea and Russian aggression in early 2014. All it did was wish to join an economic agreement with EU.
Anyone who knows even the barest bones of European history should know that Russian security concerns and anxiety over NATO expansion are very real and don’t exist in a vacuum.
You don’t have to endorse all of Moscow’s policies or actions in Ukraine to acknowledge this.
Dismissing it as paranoia or propaganda isn’t the sophisticated ‘strategy’ Kaja Kallas and her ilk seem to think it is. It’s a dangerous, ideology-driven refusal to engage with history - and a recipe for perpetuating conflict.
The protestors stress that they are not just demanding the release of Sami, but are raising awareness of political persecution in Ireland, including the continuing internment of republican prisoners in the South and the occupied 6 counties.
« Tout le monde déteste la police », « ACAB » : un 13/11 à Paris
Rescapé du Bataclan, j'ai refait un concert, hier soir, un vendredi 13 novembre, pour aller voir les Fontaines D.C. à Bercy. Un sacré pari, s'il en est. Pour un concert sublime.
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Russia - 19 wars, where it was the aggressor since 1940s. Do the security concerns of much smaller countries bombed and invaded by Russia - constantly subjected to aggression by Russia throughout history not matter? More important Russia gains more terrority?
Anyone who knows even the barest bones of European history should know that Russian security concerns and anxiety over NATO expansion are very real and don’t exist in a vacuum.
You don’t have to endorse all of Moscow’s policies or actions in Ukraine to acknowledge this.
Dismissing it as paranoia or propaganda isn’t the sophisticated ‘strategy’ Kaja Kallas and her ilk seem to think it is. It’s a dangerous, ideology-driven refusal to engage with history - and a recipe for perpetuating conflict.
But yet Danielle - historian that she is - can't figure out why countries invaded and ravished through Russian/Soviet imperial ambitions seek collective defence against a country that consistently harrasses, invades and interferes with its neighbours. No-one was ever invading RF
Anyone who knows even the barest bones of European history should know that Russian security concerns and anxiety over NATO expansion are very real and don’t exist in a vacuum.
You don’t have to endorse all of Moscow’s policies or actions in Ukraine to acknowledge this.
Dismissing it as paranoia or propaganda isn’t the sophisticated ‘strategy’ Kaja Kallas and her ilk seem to think it is. It’s a dangerous, ideology-driven refusal to engage with history - and a recipe for perpetuating conflict.
@itsdaniryan Anyone who knows the barest bones of European history should know why the Baltic States, CEE states and Finland and Sweden joined NATO. Russia is an aggressor and imperial power. You are an idiot, who still hasn't deleted all your formerly anti Russian war pieces.
Anyone who knows even the barest bones of European history should know that Russian security concerns and anxiety over NATO expansion are very real and don’t exist in a vacuum.
You don’t have to endorse all of Moscow’s policies or actions in Ukraine to acknowledge this.
Dismissing it as paranoia or propaganda isn’t the sophisticated ‘strategy’ Kaja Kallas and her ilk seem to think it is. It’s a dangerous, ideology-driven refusal to engage with history - and a recipe for perpetuating conflict.
Eoin is bascially arguing there should never be an United Ireland to respect the rights of English speakers and adherents of British culture. How many Irish only speakers in the North?
That agenda is a neutral Ukraine with no foreign troops allowed at any time; the guaranteeing of equal civic rights to Russian speakers and adherents of Russian Orthodox church; recognition of oblasts that have joined Russia; and the elimination of Nazi veneration.
Do człowieka który złożył doniesienie do prokuratury na naszych bohaterów. Oby nigdy nie znalazł się Pan w sytuacji, w której jedyną szansą na przeżycie będzie odwaga takich ludzi jak Ci których Pan bezpodstawnie oskarża.
Panowie… Kuba, Artur… Jesteśmy z Was dumni
The individual was arrested for breach of an order in place over 2 months. Sami is posing in front of a poster of Che - someone who didn't bother with due process or legalities. Sarah is an anti-semite
Pro-Palestine and anti-genocide activist Sami Kupiezewski was abducted from a Dublin street late last night by undercover police https://t.co/2KPLyfykXi