So Iâm to get my direction from a US think tank?
Youâre alright, Bazza. Thereâs enough of that going around imo and their advice doesnât seem to have improved things.
BTW. Do they say itâs the âRussian version of Lebensraumâ too, or do they think before they put words down in writing?
Any better son?
If you canât see the parallels, I donât know what to say, youâre falling for the translation but living space or buffer zone makes not a jot of difference to the people being invaded.
And if by magic hereâs Putinâs man on the groundâŠ
By all accounts these are far more accurate than the Russians ones, either that or theyâre bombing civilians targets on purposeâŠ
You are seeing a couple of coincidences and are calling them parallels, with the quite unreasonable expectation that everything will play out the same. Itâs quite childlike really.
You manage to do this because at the same time, youâre wilfully ignoring any differences.
Hitlerâs plan when invading Russia involved the deliberate extermination of 30m people to create his lebensraum. That is conveniently forgotton for the sake of what I like to call âSanchez Parallelismâ.
The Nazis were guided by an ideology of racial supremacy. Russia is a multi-ethnic, multi-religion state which these days, celebrates that diversity. Another inconvenient difference that doesnât fit Sanchez Parallelism.
Face it man, youâre a fantasist cherry-picking fruit, stuffing it up your arse and telling everyone itâs all there is to eat.
Pap there are parallels, you simply donât want to see as either youâre being wilfully ignorant, ignorant or you support that fascist regime.
Have you looked up Rashism yet?
I spat my tea out laughing at that bit of forum gold. If you believe that youâre mad, ignorant and delusional.
Itâs a good job you didnât. Would have wrecked the structural integrity of your cardboard box.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Leaves out what?
This âif my aunt had balls, sheâd be my uncleâ says absolutely nothing, most know of 2014 but Hitchens conveniently forgets why 2014 happened.
I think he says American backed coup clearly enough, even if he doesnât go that far.
So what if its an American back coup? Its backed by the majority of the people. Isnât that what Putin did in the east and Crimea?
Youâre not making any sense.
If itâs a coup, then it has no democratic legitimacy. If itâs a foreign backed coup, those foreign backers are unlikely to want a non-couped country back.
And yes, I know there have been elections since, but the new President completely abandoned the principles he was elected on when he abandoned the Minsk agreements.
As for not making any sense, I have one thing to say. To quote, actually. Youâll love it.
âThe Russian version of lebensraumâ
Itâs the gift that keeps on giving. Been chuckling over that all day.
One mans coup is another mans uprising Pap.
By that very virtue Pap Russia is illegitimate. (If you know your history, I doubt it but if you do)
Chuckle all you want,
There are others, you chuckle away son.
Yet another example of Barry posting things he hasnât actually bothered to read. What heâs posted is actually a critique of the viewpoint heâs trying to push.
He made an absolute fool of himself yesterday, heâs made an absolute fool of himself throughout and comes back each day with absolutely no shame and no self reflection, arrogantly throwing âsonâ about like some sort of unquestionable font of truth. After the speccy twit accidentally posted a picture of himself on the site the other day, imagining him calling anyone âsonâ with any kind of authority just makes it all the more tragic.
Iâm sorry to get personal but wasting peopleâs time posting stuff you clearly havenât read to make a point is lazy and discourteous so fuck him.
Russia is fascist, need glasses at my age son.
The irony of Russia saying this is staggering.
And of course you clearly didnât read / comment on the article I posted much earlier today from the BBC which included comments from Russia on the subject.