Posted on 10/12/2022 3:56:56 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
Russia took at least 8,000 POWs at Mariupol. These were a combination of the Azov brigade, about half a Naval Brigade, and some number of militia.
Where did they all go?
Were the remainder exchanged with the Russians?
Go ahead Travis McPutinStooge, hit him with your stupid Russia’s Terror Invasion is justified because the Mongols swept through Russia in 1237. Haven’t seen that one in a while.
Another “Better Red than Dead” voice heard from.
The regional Azov unit captured was scheduled for execution, last I heard ... others imprisoned in local area prison and still others taken to Orcland for “further questioning”.
Sometimes the most virulent anti-homos turn out to be homos themselves. Its a form of self loathing.
Hmm,
And yielding to a thug to avoid nuclear war is the better choice?
Nah. Appeasement never works in the long run. You will still get your nuclear war eventually.
Good morning, and sorry for the pop quiz, but do you know about how many of those new NATO states are also now in the EU, which is in many ways equivalent to the old soviet block, is it not? I would assume (East) Germany and Poland, for starters. Thanks.
Most war cheerleaders don’t prioritize God’s laws, by their own separate nature.
Thanks for admitting your obsession if not possession knows no bounds.
The war cheerleaders who support the Russian invasion of Ukraine as some sort of war against gays conveniently ignore thou shall not kill. There is no moral justification for killing to fight homosexuality. None.
Those who appease to avoid nuclear war will eventually get their nuclear war anyway.
It is easy to research. You should do so beforehand. Failure to come prepared is simply lazy. I hate lazy. Such a person would not have lasted long in my department or projects.
Short answer is nearly all of them, save some of those that were formerly in Yugoslavia, plus Albania and Moldova.
The EU is on the whole a good thing. The economic union plus the Schengen treaty have led to massive economic benefits to Eastern Europe as a whole.
The latter day political extension of the EU has led to political and cultural resistance across most of Eastern Europe. But net-net its still a plus. Maybe one day it wont be seen that way anymore.
The real resistance to the EU is in developed countries which are beginning to see the tradeoff between economic benefits vs political impositions as not worth it. The big ones are France and Italy.
Some countries have their own reasons to think well of the EU even with political conditions, notably Spain. Spain trusts the EU as a sort of honest broker vis-a-vis its own regional beefs between the regions and Madrid, and as a control over the potential for corruption. Such is the Spanish neurosis.
Nothing is simple. The world is not the US. Do not assume without research.
Commenting to yourself to boost your reply count - how Soviet of you.
Good morning. If I’ve missed the explanation, I apologize. This new format for totalling Russian loses of the entire month doesn’t help me as much as the old format showing a daily total.
Is there any way to include the daily number also? I like other features of the new format though.
I’m working today so your accusation of laziness is lame. I apologized for asking, and asked for an approximation, then thanked the poster so my ethics are pretty sound I would say.
I would guess like you said pretty much all of them. And, this is apparently what they would prefer, so good for them, even though the virtual world boundaries were closing in on Russia.
But it also appears that these provinces that Russia annexed have long wanted to be in Russia, too.
I’m not justifying the invasion, because I believe it was ignorant, and knew it would draw US into another quagmire, to defend a morally and ethically corrupt country that is primarily a money laundering operation for the West. I just don’t see the value really of endlessly fighting to liberate these people who don’t even really want to be liberated from Russia.
That can sort itself out over there, without spending our money we don’t even have to spend, or worst case eventually drawing us directly into a war of American lives that simply isn’t worth the cost.
“that is primarily a money laundering operation for the West.”
It is primarily a country thats home to 40+ million people. I have visited their refugees in Spain.
They dont see themselves as an obscure American political issue. Think this through.
First, I don’t support the invasion, and don’t think many here, if anyone, does. It was wrong, and led to the quagmire we are now in. But when determining how much, if any, resources some of us feel would be justified to pour into furthering the quagmire, we look at the morality of all parties involved, and Ukraine is not anything close to a free and beautiful sinless society necessarily worth fighting to the death over.
If you think it is, then fine, I just don’t. When I think of Ukraine I think of Hunter Biden, John McCain, Alexander Vindman, and now a homosexual actor who became President and is now worth billions, etc. Let them fight for it, without my tax dollars, thanks.
That is a fascinating assertion. "Better dead than Red," an echo from the 60s. Did you mean fully what you wrote?
There's not a lot more for me to think about, as nature will take its course for this many people, no matter what anyone wants for themselves.
If 5-10 million of those 40 million want to be a part of Russia, it will be very hard to stop them from eventually being so. If the remaining 30 million do not want to be part of Russia, it will be hard to make them. Much like those former soviet block countries became EU countries without a fight, becuase they wanted to, Ukraine may have to be divided, to prevent further fights.
Countries in Europe changing borders has happened a lot since WW2 to stop new wars before, because it often makes the most sense. "Think this through" as you said.
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