Care to elucidate?

Because we have a free press and access to news from around the world. In Russia you can only get the news provided by the government unless you can get access to the internet. Putin has blocked a lot of it though.

They’ve literally closed down every independent paper, radio and tv station. Then today the Russian duma (government) have passed a law making it an offence to criticise the Russian military or operations involving them. Punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

I've stated this on other threads. Responses need to be about the post NOT the person posting.

Don't be surprised if posts which don't comply are removed.
(One has been already).

After watching that crap Putin came out with today it’s clear he’s going to take over the whole of Ukraine. Every reason he’s come up with is total garbage.

It’ll get worse before it gets better but I’m sure this is the undoing of Putin. The Ukrainians aren’t going to lie down they’ll keep fighting and the Russians will have to spend resources and blood to control it. That coupled with the sanctions I can’t see it being long before the oligarchs and military get sick of Putin and Medvedev and eliminate them.

One country has invaded another and is bombing civilians and besieging cities.
Anyone who puts the blame for that on anyone other than the person or people doing the invading or launching the missiles or surrounding those cities is deceiving themselves or seeking to deceive others.

Russia have no legitimate security concerns.
Ukraine gave up their nukes along with Kazakhstan and Belarus in the 1990s after they signed the Budapest memorandum along with the US, UK, and Russia, in return for the other nations respecting their borders... guess which country broke the agreement.
The Eastern European countries that joined NATO chose to do so themselves, and were free to do so in line with the Helsinki accord, which the SU also signed in the 70s. There was never any agreement made with Russia that guaranteed NATO wouldn't expand. Those countries joined NATO peacefully. What did Russia do when Hungary wanted out of the Warsaw pact?

What is it with far left tankies who bend over backwards to criticise western (primarily US and UK) imperialism, but then make all the excuses in the world for the atrocities of fascist dictators like Putin, Asaad,, and commie dictators like Ping, Chavez, and Castro?

Have you ever read news about thailand for example.


It is run by a corrupt autocratic king supported by a corrupt dictatorship who subvert oppress and murder the civilians in turkey shoots on the streets, with democracy supporters and activists being murdered.
Where is the western outrage?,
The last three democratically elected governments have all been overthrown by the army in deadly military coups. The west turns a blind eye over the last 20 years, and cossetts the illegal Thai dictator to joint naval exercises..

Biden and Lyin Boris say there is no place for dictators referencing Putin, but are fawning all over the general pinochet type General Prayuth.

Total and utter western hypocrisy

For you to form that opinion you’ve obviously got access to news and opinion on it.

You’re also able to post that without it being illegal.

That is an avid description of the illegal US and UK invasion of Iraq


So who is deceiving who here?

The settled Western view, which is realistically the only pragmatic one, is that dictators will have to be tolerated in their home countries because it will be up for the people in those countries to overthrow them. But if they invade another country then all bets are off.

Unless your alternative is for the US and UK to move against those dictators, invade those countries and overthrow those governments? I guess you were a big supporter of the Iraq war?

Whatabouting the invasion of Ukraine really is the most moronic thing I've seen today, and I've just watched Wakefield's first half efforts. It really isn't hard to say the invasion of Iraq was bad and the invasion of Ukraine is just as bad - unless you're acting in the ultimate bad faith.

It would be illegal and punishable by death to post that in Thailand, but who cares, not Sleepy Joe, or Lyin Boris, they are filling their boots out of the Thai people’s oppression and suffering, but it’s not splashed across western media 24/7 cos nobody cares, all hypocrites

The best part is that the dictator Thai king is allowed to reside in Germany of all places,you couldn’t make it up.

Look! Over there!

Let's talk about anything other than Russia invading Ukraine!