This approach failed… yada yada…

not quite. The approach was working until the west sent Boris over to threaten/bribe zellensky.

reverting from “5th generation warfare”, “hybrid warfare” or whatever else you want to call it,

5th gen war is the pipe dream of fail children. You cant propagandise material conditions away eventually rubber meets road and people kill each other.

Kiev has broken the taboo, and obviously Russia responded in kind.

not true. Russia hasnt had to do a mobilization. They called up 300k former soldiers near the start but the rest has been voluntary conscripts. Their regular compulsory service personnel are not being sent to Ukraine.

The Ukrainians have broken many taboos already and then acted surprised when their enemy responded in kind

Again "both sides"ing. RAF aren’t hitting schools or hospitals unless soldiers are using them as bases. Russia has been incredibly restrained in its war.

They get the facts right about the present state of the Ukraine

no they don’t. They ignore the fact that it is a proxy war. They blame “Ukraine” for making things “ideological” and make it sound like Russia is doing a war of conquest. Ukraine is a bulwark for western imperialism. Ukrainians aren’t making any decisions. They ignore that Russia tried to negotiate for years. Russia didn’t even want Donbas they just wanted the murdering and fascism to stop.

The rest of your opinions are meh. What liberal governments do to each other doesn’t matter much but any war that hurts the great satan is a good thing. There is only one war that should be waged, class war. If that means a gulag for your own mother because she wont willingly give up her “investment” properties that’s how it goes.

Its been down for something like 4-14 hours.

I’m gonna come hang out is this info still the same?

FBI is female booty inspectors. Acronyms can mean 2 things. In the case of Lemmy ml is Marxist Leninist.

Stalinism is a thing. Just like Leninism, Maoism and Dengism are things. Each of them is just a interpretation of Marxism. They each critique, adapt and expand on the previous iterations of Marxism to fit new conditions.

This is Bizarro world vibes based history. Read a fucking book literally any book. Stalin lead the USSR after Lenin lead the revolution founded on the principles of communism which were developed by Marx.

Anything that threatens the western hegemony and imperialism must be destroyed because it threatens the comfortable life that the 1st world gets though neo-colonialism which is institutional racism at a international level.

Tankies want to make the first world share their treats with the “unwashed masses” of the third world and pay them a fair rate for their resources and labor.

“The electable left” (aka liberals, democratic voters, etc) are actually crypto-fascists. Fascism doesn’t attack the liberals way of life. It isn’t a serious threat to their treats so they don’t rail against it.

Why not just say #NukeTheWorld?

Also American jets need Pristine runways to take off. Ukraine couldn’t use F16s if they had them even if they had trained pilots.

Technically people who are couch surfing, sleeping in tents in campgrounds, or sleeping in garages or caravans are homeless as are people living in crisis accommodation. “Unhoused” lowers the statistic to just people without a roof over their head.

that “closet” is made of cellophane

What was he supposed to do? Let Russian POWs be shot and tortured while azov nazis get treated like humans?

The plan isn’t to hunt down and kill every nazi. Its to make a society where nazism is strongly discouraged. When Ukraine surrenders there will be prison sentences for nazis in Ukraine like there are in Russia.

Their face when they realize that Ukraine depleted western ammo and old equipment stocks and the plan to refill them will take 30 years.

Go south. The canucks would just force you to enlist at the border whether you were called up or not.

I often write “nato” but I do it intentionally to signify my derision. I also do this with “nazis” “trump” and “biden.”

is it just me or does that picture of the propogandist writer look like the epitome of a Liberal wanker?

But I stand by my comment about Putin being stupid. Calling it a police action without stating exact goals means he’s already lost the information war.

But he didn’t do that. Putin said exactly what the SMO was supposed to do. Putin has some serious flaws but being stupid isn’t one of them. Stop reading the NYT. “because x is stupid/incompetent/insane/evil” is the weakest analysis you can do. It is almost never true and just shows that you don’t understand the situation. It’s marvel movie level thinking.

The stated aims of the SMO are Defence of the Donbas separatist states, Demilitarization, Denazification, and forcing Ukraine to stay neutral. Since Ukraine and the west proved they are pathological liars Russia’s game plan changed a little and now they have incorporated the break away states into Russia proper but the other goals have stayed the same.

Ukraine’s army will eventually collapse. They can’t stand up against Russia forever. They cant recruit soldiers fast enough, The west cant manufacture weapons fast enough and even if they could they wouldn’t want to give them away to a failed state. When that happens all that remains is tearing down some nazi monuments and installing a puppet government.

Again the MIC and LNG exporters win is a short lived boost that will ultimately accelerate their own downfall. Their wins are at the cost of their allies. USA are cannibalizing Europe to prop themselves up. This is only a win if you don’t look past the immediate future.

It was a trap for Putin and because he is an idiot he fell for it.

You should read less NYT.

“Damned if you do damned if you don’t” is not a “trap.” Being lied to over and over is not a “trap.” Putin was backed into a corner. He didn’t want to fight but in the end it was either fight or let nazis and NATO live on Russia border and genocide Russian speaking civilians until they were ready to invade Russia itself.

If Putin is “an idiot” how did he manage to insulate Russia’s entire economy from sanctions? He spent the whole time he was trying to avoid the fight also making contingencies for when the fight happened.

The war is hollowing out the EU. They have lost access to cheap Russian energy and so their manufacturing capability is being gutted. All they have left is their Financial capital and without industry to back it up it will disappear before they can rectify their energy situation. European companies are already moving to China.

While the MIC is gaining short term profits from the war overall it will be a major loss. Furthermore the war has shown the global south the need for an alternative to $US. BRICS+ will be direct competition for american dollar hegemony destroying its value. Any $ gains the MIC makes it will have to pay back ten fold to the global south who they traditionary exploited for raw materials. The global south will have alternative buyers that will give them fairer prices in $ which will cause $ to lose more value. On top of all that it has shown how flawed NATO weapon systems really are, how they fare against much cheaper weapons from Russia, and how slowly they are produced. Any nation looking at purchasing weapons supplies is going to consider Russia because they are better value for money by factors of 2 digits and they wont have decades long wait lists.

The material reality of things on the ground in the war and in economies of the nations involved is completely contrary to your post.

Dutch car salesman: “Nah you dont need a cannon, man. A 7.62mm will kill an ork just as easily as a 20mm but its way more economical.” UA conscript: “What if the Russians are in cover or have tanks?” Dutch car salesman: “Don’t worry about that. That’s what air support is for… You do have air support, right?”

We should raise money to send Ukrainian army personnel bleach so they can make white flags out of their Ukrainian flags. Best way to save Ukrainian lives.

There a link for this on Al Jazeera’s website? Would be great to post from the horses mouth.