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[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

It's so great that the Ukraine is fighting against Russia taking them back over, simply for the fun of the fight is that right?

Ukraine war: Conscription squads send Ukrainian men into hiding

Public transport, cafes and supermarkets are now off limits to men trying to avoid being enlisted.

www.bbc.com

It's not a choice over there...fight or be hunted...

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

They are strawman because they are topics that don't directly speak to the questions that were asked of you. The questions that you still can't seem to answer.

Again you avoid answering my questions.

We may not be the strictest definition of a democracy, or a direct democracy, but given that we as citizens vote for the people who represent us, we are definitely a democracy.
And we are definitely not communist or strict socialist.

The only response you needed to give was the one where you tell me I am right.

OK, so you're saying that communism is great, and that the people really love to have it. It's so great that the Ukraine is fighting against Russia taking them back over, simply for the fun of the fight is that right?
Since communism is so great, Why aren't we switching to communism?
Can you show me the successes of a communist government? Maybe use Russia as your example.

No, I answered your question. Whatever direction your brain has taken you from there has nothing to do with me.

Who said seeing something is proof?
Some children think that only seeing is believing; most grownups know better.

Seeing something is proof it exist. Can you see God? You said God is something that can't be proven to exist.

Your questions are usually rhetorical or nonsensical. Tell me the post # it's on, and I'll answer it, assuming I haven't already.

You definitely have not answered them and you never will. You are a coward that way.

No, that can't be right. The big complaint is that parents are allowing their children to state the ****** identity of their brain.
Ergo, children should have no innate understanding of whether they identify as male or female, until they are much older.
If they are young they must be told, by someone who is more mature and wise than them, what their brain identifies as its sexuality.

Well your brain got you halfway there. You are right, kids can not determine their sexuality that young so the parent or guardian who is taking them to have their genitalia disfigured or have them put on hormones are the fucked up deranged people to blame for this. You know, the people we are supposed to treat as if they are not mentally defective.

Who explained to you that you identified as a male/boy, and how old were you when they made the decision for you?

Nobody had to "explain" to me how I identified. Life isn't as complicated as you lefties want to make it. I knew what a boy was and what a girl was and why we were different. I also knew where babies came from all while in grade school... imagine that.

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

That was a stupid deal to get into...Ukraine should've kept their nukes then we wouldn't be here...

Hindsight is 20/20. IIRC, "everybody" supported the Budapest Memorandum at the time.

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

Communism isn't exactly gaining a foothold outside of in policy from the left...and Ukraine has zero strategic value as an ally...

How do you figure Ukraine has zero strategic value?

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

OK, so you read a meme that claims this.
Now, tell us the policy instituted "from the left" that is Communist in nature.

Be specific. Name actual policy. Avoid posting memes or repeating the same empty complaints you've heard someone else make.

The whole narrative of there is the oppressors and the oppressed is straight out of the commie playbook. They've just grafted demographic classes in place of economic classes. It's still the same crap, instead of taking wealth from the wealthy, they're taking jobs, college slots, etc from white guys. There are tons of video of liberal college students denouncing America and calling for socialism and communism.

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

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WTF??? They caught him red handed.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

WTF??? They caught him red handed.

To spite Trump.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

How do you figure Ukraine has zero strategic value?

There's nothing special about ukraine's location, There's a large portion of the population that's pro communism, the government is corrupt as fck...what they offer in resources don't overcome the negatives. There's no value outside of Warhawks politicians getting their "fix"

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

WTF??? They caught him red handed.

That's what I'm saying...the legal system is just a joke at this point

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

There's nothing special about ukraine's location, There's a large portion of the population that's pro communism, the government is corrupt as fck...what they offer in resources don't overcome the negatives. There's no value outside of Warhawks politicians getting their "fix"

Huh? There is something very special about the Ukraine's location, which is why the Budapest Memorandum happened and why there is a war right over Ukraine right now. We'll just have to disagree about the value of their resources, but keep in mind if "we" don't get those resources, then Russia does. And all govt's are corrupt.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

Huh? There is something very special about the Ukraine's location, which is why the Budapest Memorandum happened and why there is a war right over Ukraine right now. We'll just have to disagree about the value of their resources, but keep in mind if "we" don't get those resources, then Russia does. And all govt's are corrupt.

Russia isn't a boogeyman and hasn't been since the fall of the USSR...the only thing to worry about from Russia is their nukes...and Putin absolutely will use them before admitting defeat

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

Russia isn't a boogeyman and hasn't been since the fall of the USSR...the only thing to worry about from Russia is their nukes...and Putin absolutely will use them before admitting defeat

Russia is the biggest threat to the US Hegemony, which I would like to maintain for the foreseeable future.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

Russia is the biggest threat to the US Hegemony, which I would like to maintain for the foreseeable future.

Absolutely wrong...China is the threat you think Russia is

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

Absolutely wrong...China is the threat you think Russia is

No they're not. They're military is even less capable and their economy is too intertwined with ours. They benefit too much from our relationship to bite the hand that feeds them.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

No they're not. They're military is even less capable and their economy is too intertwined with ours. They benefit too much from our relationship to bite the hand that feeds them.

Everything china does on the world stage is to undermine our standing. Their brics coalition has gone a long way towards that end. Any thought that "they won't bite the hand that feeds them" is fallacy.

Fentanyl is proof...a government with enough ability to lockdown the nation and can't stop the drugs flowing is obviously "biting the hand that feeds them"...