Posted on 07/08/2023 3:09:04 PM PDT by delta7
NATO doesn’t expand like the USSR did. Nations freely join it to defend against Ruzzia.
Ruzzia has everything to do with what’s happening in Ukraine but thanks for trying to deny it.
Do they speak Russian in Poland?
You site a monster that is in fact just a common boogieman
Tell that to Serbia and Libya.
So in the Ukraine there is no freedom of religion, no freedom of speech and no free press. Do I have that correct?
You do realize that the Russian majority in Crimea only dates to 1944 when the native Tartar population was deported by Stalin and replaced by Russians, don’t you? Crimea does not have a long standing Russian majority population.
Do you really think that NATO has plans to invade a nuclear armed Russia? On the other hand, Russia has clearly demonstrated that former states of the Soviet Union need protection from Russian invasions. The Russians are not innocent choir boys here.
You don't have the "freedom" in Ukraine to belong to a pro-russian party or the "freedom" to belong to the Orthodox Moscow Patriarch, who has told his followers that "sacrifice in the course of carrying out your military duty washes away all sins."
All other Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Baptist, Muslims are free to practice their faith, unlike in russian occupied areas.
Occupying forces have closed down the three largest evangelical Protestant churches in Melitopol and shut down churches in Mariupol. In another raid, pro-Russian soldiers reportedly claimed that only one faith would be tolerated – Orthodoxy.
Russian troops raided Grace Baptist Church in Melitopol while a worship service was underway, shut it down and ordered the pastor to leave the city.
Hyun Sook Foley described the raid on Grace Baptist Church on September 11:
‘They entered the sanctuary while the congregation was singing a hymn, halted the worship service, registered the names of all present and detained several ministers.’ She says the occupiers also gave the pastor Mikhail Brisyn just 48 hours to get out of the city.
https://releaseinternational.org/ukraine-occupying-forces-close-churches-arrest-pastors/
No someone who supports Putin really is evil.
In 1783 Kathrine the Great took the Crimea from the Ottoman Turks (Islam). The Ottoman Empire almost conquered Europe, twice. Given a choice between the Ottoman’s and the Russians I’ll take the Russians any day.
Zenlensky is a crook and Ukraine is full of real honest to G*d Nazis. I think the USA should stay completely out of this war. Russia has no interest in the Western part of the Ukraine and the USA should have no interest in any part of the Ukraine.
I freaking hate all these terrible wars that the uniparty neocons keep getting us involved in. Nothing but war, war, war all the time with the GD neocons. We have plenty of oil and coal right here in the USA, screw the middle east.
Most on this site don’t support Putin OR Zelenski it is NOT our fight or our business!! We want our own damn borders taken care of FULL STOP!!
One hundred percent correct.
Timber Rattler: "Nah, I'm having a good ol' time here just annoying you."
D’oh!!
Zotskyyyyy
I really doubt FR is on their radar.
✅ Adding another one to the list
The USSR no longer exists. NATO is expanding at leaps and bounds in order to deliberately provoke Russia on their borders and start WWIII.
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