First, I am sorry for the loss of your cousin. I'm an old military officer, and have lost family members who were soldiers, but thankfully none were civilians when they were killed. Again, I am sorry for your loss.
I started following Moscow in the early 1970's, and had a front row seat to German reunification and the fall of the USSR. I dropped off a bit after that, but resumed with Grozny and Chechnaya, the Georgia, then Syria. I started watching closely in 2013, and the evidence is starkly clear that Ukraine did not start this war. This is all Putin's misjudgment.
When someone disagrees, the default position is to accuse the dissenting person of being lied to by the media. I will avoid that, and instead tell you that I am glad you are safe in the United States and I would urge you to avoid signing up for the Russian army.
I have zero respect for Putin and his oligarchs/siloviki, and I believe the Russian military leadership is stunningly incompetent, as evidenced by the tactics they use and the horrendous casualty rates.
If there is anything you wish to share, please feel free. I have no intention of "piling on." You are an American now.
@pepel_klaasa Wow! That's dramatic and cultural. If I wrote the letter, it would look more gutteral:
"Get your bitches out of Ukraine before we kill you all!
@Smolyanov Another small construction area with a fuel barrels of oil?
Really? I appreciate the consistency, but that you are trying to downplay a major event.
Today putin will be speaking about the future of the russian economy at russia’s main economic forum in St. Petersburg.
The presentation is already on fire🔥🔥
1. PatMan, attorneys are not whores, we're prostitutes. Get you sex worker titles correct. 😅
2. You "CAN" be everything a whore is not, but are you? Everybody can, but few do.
3. You changed your pinned post.
"It's going to take a full ass revolution, kids."
Thank you, as that pinned posts mindset can create a human catastrophy:
Over the span of my military career. I was assigned work in five nations who were suffering revolutions. Seeing children that had been mowed down is something I'll never forget. Americans need to back off this revolution ledge.