Ukrainian War Developments

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The war in Ukraine has prompted renewed appeals for China to get involved in an international crisis, with commentators discussing how the country is well-placed to negotiate an end to the fighting. Politicians have taken up the call too: the Ukrainian foreign minister reportedly asked China to...
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Different from what Western media portraits, Xi is not a God, he doesn't have power of what Russia does, even if China put sanctions Putin already made his mind.

I have a better question for the CNN, WHAT KEEPS THE UNITED STATE FROM STOPPING SAUDI'S WAR IN YEMEN?
THE HYPOCRISY OF THE WEST IS SHOWING.
 

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The #US should be prepared from tomorrow to find platinum, titanium, palladium, and neon from another planet because #Russia is expected to announce its sanctions tomorrow.

No country ever sanctioned (increased the price) the US so far. That would be a first, a world Tsunami.

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on Ukrainian soil.
NATO (US-controlled) expansion caused the war. In 1990 and 1993, US verbally promised not to expand "one inch" in former Soviet states.
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would become neutral if the US allows its leaders to decide. US is fighting to the last Ukrainian.


 

Richard Santos

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You gotta give the Russian MOD some credit for admitting a major organizational mistake relatively quickly. It took the US and friends alot longer to admit that they've mistakenly targeted civilians, sent weapons to the wrong people, or found no WMDs. Sometimes never.
since 1991, the US DOD and political establishment have drastically increased their opaqueness and tendency to obfuscation with regard to the misconducts of its troops.

During the cold war, relative openness of the US is seen as a major competitive advantage over the highly secretive USSR in the contest for hearts and minds both of own citizens and people around the world. So the washington accepted revelation of a few ambarassements as minor prices to pay for building an advantageous image of greater openness and transparency.

This was successful and openness and transparency have commonly become associated with western liberal political system.

But clearly the association is more contingent and less fundamental than the washington would like to pretend.

So, as a consequence of the evaporation of the USSR as the great ideological rival to western liberal political system, the urge to show case its openness largely disappeared, and openness and transparency are increasingly seen, particularly in Washington, as more of a nuisance and less as a compatible advantage.
 

enroger

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Russians reverse engineer NLAW and make tens of thousands for their own use. Iranians reverse engineered TOW supplied by the US in the 1970s.

Since NLAW uses relatively simple inertia guidance system it should be right up the Russian's alley
 

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Different from what Western media portraits, Xi is not a God, he doesn't have power of what Russia does, even if China put sanctions Putin already made his mind.

I have a better question for the CNN, WHAT KEEPS THE UNITED STATE FROM STOPPING SAUDI'S WAR IN YEMEN?
THE HYPOCRISY OF THE WEST IS SHOWING.
All non USA actor has to keep herself to very high moral standard, and all of they action judged without consideration of the actions of other parties, in the highest details, assuming intent in every step.All negative event could be connected to the non USA actor with very weak proof.

Other part all USA action judged by the verbaly explained intentions NOT on actions, the verbal INTENTIONS has to fit loose moral rules, and all action judged even on this level in full relationship with all other actor actions. All morally negative taken as unintentional and neccessary to acheve the great good .


Example :
Asad beaten thousands of demonstrators, and this is judged on its pure without taking into consideration the facts and all other party action to a very high moral standard.
Other hand the USA killing of 10/100 thousands of syrians directly and indirectly fully relativised and only the "verbal intent" take into consideration .All action compared to very low level moral standards.

As philosopher George W. Bush said :

The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' [...] 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do'

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Richard Santos

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All non USA actor has to keep herself to very high moral standard.,…
not true. the US is not red faces while praising the saintliness of non-US mass murderers who happen to be serving american interest at the moment, just as it has no trouble finding copious faults in saints who are insufficiently cooperative with American interests.

Just like any major power with strong desire to pursue a independent foreign policy. including China.
 
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Aegis21

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Intelligence is information. How accurate the intelligence is and how people interpret such intelligence are both important. It is like when intelligence says Russian casualties are 5%, 8% or 10%. If we have faith in the intelligence, then we would say Russian casualties are between 5% to 10%. I am no expert. And not going to dispute such intelligence until it is proven wrong.

However, I do have problem with people intentionally misinterpret such intelligence and use it as propaganda. It is obvious that Russian troops are trying to encircle the cities and picking villages and small cities one by one. It is also obvious Russian troops move freely in the countryside. Small gains in the last few days are expected as Russia paused its push in some big cities. No way should anyone interpret such pause as Russians already throwing everything and making no gains. It is still too early to make any conclusion yet.

Most of us here agreed that in the next few days, Russia probably is going to launch a big offensive. At the moment, Russia is linking up its troops from Donetsk, Crimea, and Kharkiv in the south. In the north, their troops from Sumy and Chernihiv are moving to Kiev unopposed. If peaceful resolution couldn't be found in the next few days, then a major push would come from Russia. We would have a much clear idea how well or how bad Russia is doing by then.
since 1991, the US DOD and political establishment have drastically increased their opaqueness and tendency to obfuscation with regard to the misconducts of its troops.

During the cold war, relative openness of the US is seen as a major competitive advantage over the highly secretive USSR in the contest for hearts and minds both of own citizens and people around the world. So the washington accepted revelation of a few ambarassements as minor prices to pay for building an advantageous image of greater openness and transparency.

This was successful and openness and transparency have commonly become associated with western liberal political system.

But clearly the association is more contingent and less fundamental than the washington would like to pretend.

So, as a consequence of the evaporation of the USSR as the great ideological rival to western liberal political system, the urge to show case its openness largely disappeared, and openness and transparency are increasingly seen, particularly in Washington, as more of a nuisance and less as a compatible advantage.
Do you have the source for Russia admitting it’s shortcomings?
 

asif iqbal

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Why can’t Russia and US just go to full Scale war without nuclear weapons

And kill as many of each others as you want and that way no third nation will suffer

just Sign a contract that you won’t use nuclear weapons and you can go ahead and kill each other
 
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