Well, if capitalism could tolerate true journalism, journalists would be paid like managers.

The problem is liberalism, something the boomers inflicted on us.

Russia won’t ask for this deal. This was what they had in 2014. Would they have not started the fu scale invasion, they would have Crimea still, and the West would still think Russia is reasonable. They started the war to get the dombass fully, to put a puppet on the government, and to make a safe zone around the sea.

What you’re suggesting would mean the war was entirely useless to russia, which I doubt they can afford to settle for.

At some point you can be antiwar all you like it’s not in your hands. In this case it’s puttin that need to be antiwar, and as long as he isn’t, Ukraine or Europe cannot be antiwar. It’s sad, but a harsh reality. You need peaceful neighbors to be at peace.

Crimea is easier to take back than the dombass. Realistically, the dombass will be almost impossible to take back by force, but Crimea is a very realistic objective, although it’s also the most precious to russia.

Saying that Ukraine should forget about Crimea is saying that Ukraine should abandon all territories held by Russia today.

That’s been dismantled already. He already tried it and failed. EU managed to work something that doesn’t need Hungary approval to be done. It was a small step toward confederacy, which is is a nice turn of event if you ask me.

I wish it was, but it isn’t. It usually about them being able to ban you from playing for whatever reason they deem worthy.

Liberals are the best at pretending that nothing is their fault, ever. It’s always the fault of the leftists, a coincidence, or bad luck. Being liberal is like the art of being the most irresponsible you can be.

The problem with Harris is the problem of all liberals: they don’t understand the problems liberalism is causing. Fascism offers terrible solutions to those problems, and thus it wins.

Well, technically a solution of a quantum mechanic equation is a projection on a vector space, so a mediocre answer is merely a projection on this <accurate ; stupid> vector space.

So your comparison is actually brilliant!

I’m not sure Europe can make F35 parts for example, which will not fly for long without it, or ammunitions for various US weapons. I hope it’ll be a wake up call to make and use EU instead.

No. I mean the weapons they have now. F35 for example. If a war happens in Europe, will those planes be useful without US support and authorizations? US can do a lot of harm to Europe with that.

The biggest thing will be all those nato countries who can’t do anything with their US weapons if the US says so.

And thus, instead of fighting the actual enemy, the republicans, you’re antagonising the people who are more reasonable. Next time you can do it like France and call leftist crazy extremists so you’ll seem less hypocritical about it.

I see two reasons for Russia to accept a cease fire : they are happy with what they took and want to keep it, so a cease fire is better because there is no treaty to give back anything ; or they want a bit of time to rebuild their supply of ammo and equipment before they go back at it.

The first one would be if the US continue to support Ukraine. It would make it like the west is now supporting the war while Russia is asking for peace (totally hypocritical of course). Russia could stand on its positions and solidify them if it’s accepted. If Ukraine continue the war, it’ll be Ukraine on the offensive, which is a harder position.

The second one would be if Ukraine loses US support and ask for a cease fire after the dombass is fully taken. Russia wouldn’t be armed to take it to rebuild it’s supply before going again. The risk here would be that nato or UN send forces in Ukraine, and if Europe take this time to increase its weapon production too, but those are unlikely on a short term.

My guess would be that they wa’t to settle the frontiers as far as they possibly can to keep as much territory as possible with a cease fire that can become a frozen frontier. If Harris wins, they can ask for a cease fire, and then will the US and Europe deny it? If Trump wins, Russia can probably take the whole dombass rapidly before accepting a cease fire from Ukraine.

It’s all speculation though.

I’ve seen a video about an ammunition being developed to be adapted to the underbarrel grenade launcher. Problem is that it needs to be ready if you any chance at it, and you only have one chance.

Second problem is that most Russian soldiers are barely trained and equipped anyway, they’re just litteral canon fodder. Elite troops certainly have something to fight drones, but I suspect jamming would be the first layer. The video we see are most probably against the canon fodder.

Russians don’t care much about friendly fire.

Isn’t that like buying votes?

Well, they’re probably killed if they refuse the order. And more importantly even, their family and relatives are probably threatened too.

They’re dead the moment they sign for the job. And they probably discover it rather fast.