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Well, I bet my lifetime won't reach there!!!It's a rare Russian leader that retires before he's dead. I think Putin's fear of the Hague (likely sent there by his successors) will keep him in power until he expires.
Decades/centuries of suffering, then suffering during the revolution, only to replace one strongman with another so the ordinary people can continue with suffering.
The Law of Unintended Consequences kicks ass.
I quit my account at NavWeaps Forums when the political discussions were quickly taken over by hate-speech, conspiracists, dogmatists, denigrators and followers of pseudoscience . I did my very best to reign it in here.
I come here to WW2 Aircraft specifically because it eschews politics, like a good pub.
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The end of story is way bitter than ongoing war...
Many more shall suffer, phisically or mentally.
I'm a very politically-interested person. What I eschew is demonization, which is the bugbear of healthy discussion. Of course, this relies upon maturity from all involved, and that cannot be assured; so I understand and accept the political rules here in situ, and go elsewhere when I want to discuss politics.
Compartmentalization, if you will.
Actually many would talk about war losses, dead, disabled, wounded, captives ...There should be a sad-face emoticon for this, indicating sad agreement.
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Amen, brother. If I may add, I also reject adulation, which is a close-cousin of demonization. 'Fraid I've been around the block (and around governments) too much to believe that any one person/ideology has all the answers.
From my time as an intel professional, it was recognized that bringing together a group with disparate views ALWAYS results in a better analysis than a group with members who all approach the problem from the same perspective. The same is true in the political world...collaboration and compromise tend to bring stability where discordant, "winner takes all" mentalities tend to destabilize.
A wise man once said "We can disagree without being disagreeable." I wish more politicians followed that mantra.
But my way is right.
I'd give you a "disagree" but that would only escalate.No it's not!
....and THAT's how the fight started!
According to an official Ukrainian Government release, Antonov airfield has been recaptured from Russian paratroops that landed there last night. However, it's not clear whether fighting is continuing. I suspect this won't be the last we hear about this part of the fighting.
I just imagined them hearing you. They've got a "Don't Tread On Me" flag (in Cyrillic).Please let this be true. Give em hell boys!