[marktwain]

I started watching Ritter.

But, he immediately came up with so many false premises, that there was no point watching.

This has become to an extent, a proxy war for NATO. But, it only became so, because it became an existential war for Ukraine.

It never would have gotten this far, except the Ukrainians proved they could and would, fight.

The idea that Russia can change the conflict into an existential one for Russia by this obviously contrived "annexation" of Ukrainian territory, is silly.

It can only fly if the Russian people buy into it. I do not think they will do so.

[fr_freak]

This has become to an extent, a proxy war for NATO. But, it only became so, because it became an existential war for Ukraine.

The level of involvement of just corrupt members of the USA is enough to suggest that there is more going here than what is projected by mass media. The US (and probably some NATO allies) was involved in the coup in Ukraine in 2014 to put Zelensky in place as leader, and quite a few relatives of high-ranking US politicians, the most famous of whom is Hunter Biden, have been involved up to the neck in Ukrainian businesses which are no doubt simply bribing and money-laundering operations. And that doesn't even take into account the number of US-supported bio-weapons labs in Ukraine.

I honestly don't have any idea what's really going on in Ukraine, and neither do you.

[higgmeister]

But, he immediately came up with so many false premises, that there was no point watching.

The premise I heard and I agree with is that there is no such thing as a limited nuclear war.   Brinkmanship no longer exists, when so many fools believe that you can have a Tactical Nuclear exchange without escalating to Global Thermonuclear War.

Wake up everybody!   If a nuclear weapon by either side is used, after the first exchange, the side that believes it is about to lose will go all in with Strategic Nuclear Weapons.   When that happens, the other side, within minutes, will launch its Strategic Nuclear Weapons with warheads of each one passing each other on the way to mutual destruction.