let's just speedrun this cancerous conversation already:
why did russia start the war?
"because nato threatened it"
how?
"by expanding to its border"
why is that a threat?
"it constrains russia"
constrains them from doing what?
"invading their neighbours"
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@FraserNelson He's gaslighting you and you're dumb enough to fall for it. Only two countries had suggested they would send troops at the time of his remarks. Who the fuck else was he talking about? Maga mark.
Trump roasted. Timeline cleaner after a week of Kremlin talking points. Imagine being the President of the US with the richest man on earth as your pet - and you still shit your bed every night. 🤣
I'd like to think I am a reasonably effective communicator but one thing that is simply impossible to convey to younger people is how much better things were in the 1990s.
9/11 and the response to it changed the world for the worse in so many ways. You then had the great financial crisis from which many countries, including Britain, have still not recovered. And now there is a war on Europe's doorstep, terrorism is "part and parcel" of our lives and basic things like a house of your own are unaffordable for most people.
Of course, things are better in many ways too but I wouldn't trade that peace, high trust environment and financial comfort for all the smartphones in the world.
It's true. A corrupt dictator is standing in the way of peace in Ukraine. He has conscripted hundreds of thousands of boys and men who have been maimed and killed. He has used this war to advance his personal political ambitions. He has banned opposition parties and removed political opponents. He has outlawed all media that is critical of his decisions.
His irresponsible behaviour is threatening world peace and making a nuclear conflagration more likely.
His name is Vladimir Putin.
JD Vance played tough guy but “Zelensky is the real thing”. he stayed in Kyiv when Russian forces were closing in & the city was under bombardment. Vance, by contrast, chose to move to a secure location when confronted with a few hecklers on a skiing trip @theknowledgeldn
This conception of the war, which we hear more and more, is twisted and contorted beyond any reality. Zelensky didn’t ask for the war. Ukraine doesn’t want the war. The person who wanted the war and keeps the war going is Putin. This is basic stuff.
@halestwit @GillianDowning2@lewis_goodall That would be the series of questions for any war, wars that humanity has succumbed to for millenia. And ultimately because it's not affecting you directly right now you think we should let Ukraine be taken over and assume that putin with his good grace would just stop there?
The House of Commons showing right now that British politics, on certain fundamentals, is in a far healthier place than in the US. No polarisation, on this at least a commonly accepted set of realities and truth, and near unanimity against tyrants and for freedom.