Seapig comments

So for those of you rejecting a ceasefire: 

what’s your alternative considering Ukraine couldn’t win with 4 years, 300 billion dollars and every weapon we had to give?

Except we didn’t “give” 300 billion, not even close and most of that went to domestic industries. And we certainly didn’t give “every weapon we could”, that was a big part of the problem. Four years? Yes, despite being 1/10 the size of the enemy the Ukrainians have been able to hold off Russia’s obvious joke of a military.

Obviously vision, facts, and math aren’t your strong areas!

Blacklabel

So for those of you rejecting a ceasefire: 

what’s your alternative considering Ukraine couldn’t win with 4 years, 300 billion dollars and every weapon we had to give?

Oh, here we go…lol

A deflection used by posters that do not, or can not, respond based on logic.

Bass4funk

Well, there you go. That’s like a pilot promising there won’t be any turbulence when you fly, it’ll be bumpy for a bit, after that, smooth soaring.

Except when crashes the plane.

But I have family and friends, they seem to be taking it in stride.

Family, perhaps, but please do keep us posted on how well the “seem” to be taking it as things move forward.

Blacklabel

yet we are to believe already 5% of the people who just voted for him don’t approve of him doing what they just elected him to do? 

nah. Not buying it.

It called Buter’s remorse and I suspect you should get used to it because this is only the beginning.

JJE

Yes, but you are missing the larger point. If it was unintentional - as the article indicates - that raises more questions than answers about the overall culpability

It does and I hope the Russian commanders, and operators of the jamming equipment and air defense missiles, are brought to justice for their mistake!

That is quite possible, and a sad result of Zelenski using American missiles to attack targets deep inside Russia.

Actually it’s the sad result of Putin invading a peaceful and sovereign neighbor with the dream of reviving what’s long been gone!

Bass

With a Trump presidency, “Americans would be gambling with the economy, 

Most Black and Latino men don’t think so

I realize that not everyone is strong with numbers but 15-20% is not “most”!

Bass

Biden speaking truth. People like MTG used to be put in padded rooms.

You are joking right? Lol

Maybe not all were put in padded rooms, but MTG certainly needs to be on medication at least!

Banthu

Russia is winning this, town by town.

and from the article…

”The strike happened as shoppers made their way between stalls at the city center market…”

It says a lot about you, and Putin, when you publicly declare that after three years of a three day invasion the strategy to win is to move from town to town killing civilians by bombing schools, hospitals, and markets when the largest possible number of civilians will be present!

Banthu

Jarod Kushner will follow in his father in-law's footsteps.

You thinking he’ll be a convicted felon too?

Deception is not a smart attribute

Unless it’s Don the con doing the deceiving, right?

JJE

What this article omitted was the new development of TU 95 bombers being used…

Give Ukraine the permission, give them the long range missiles and see what the response will be.

hummmm

At first though I think the response would be several TU95 being destroyed.

They can join the Russian Black Sea “fleet”

Banthu

Err... the 3 bridges you blew up in Kursk were critical civilian infrastructure.

The three bridges were supply routes for Russian troops. Light military targets.

The Kursk nuke plant that Zelensky is trying to capture (but failed) is also critical civilian infrastructure.

You love trying to promote this fallacy but, as I’ve said before, no how many time you repeat it still isn’t true.

Banthu

The target of the invasion was the Kursk Nuclear Plant. it's only 1 hour drive from the border.

Repeating this daily, no matter how long you continue, won’t make it true.

Banthu

Zelensky violated the UN Charter when he crossed that border.

What a ridiculous comment. Ukraine is responding legitimately to Putin’s invasion. Which, BTW, did violate the U.N. Charter.

Zelensky committed a war crime when he killed 2 civilian aid workers who were on the civilian bridge.

No

And this coming from a supporter of the the man who actually has an arrest warrant issued for commuting war crimes is rich!

Every single country in the world has refused to recognize Zelensky's buffer zone as being legitimate.

Again this is ridiculous since no country has even been ask to support it as a buffer zone!

I’m not sure what you’ve been drinking but it must be good!

Banthu

Trump has the support of the people.

You mean like the people like Elon Musk, Bill Ackman, Miriam Adelson, Stephen Schwarzman, etc etc?

But having the “support of the people” don’t you find it a bit strange that he’s never won the popular vote, which is the voice of the people?

burgers and beers

Seapig & friends - Who cares! Putin is embarrassed!

Case closed.

Oh if we’re only as simple as you try to make it sound.

But let’s look at it another way. What’s the big difference between now and 2 1/2 years ago.

First Putin, somewhere along the line in what he thought would be a very very short “Special Military Operation” out of desperation he had a sham vote and took over Donetsk, saying everyone living there was now a Russian citizen. So in that light the difference between now at 2 1/2 years ago is I see Ukrainian troops killing Russian troops in Donetsk that are trying to kill their own countrymen. And in the south I see Ukrainian troops holding more Russian territory after one week than Russia has taken in Ukraine in the last year.

At this point in time Russia certainly is winning and, by the same token, Ukraine certainly isn’t losing!

@Banthu

Zelensky's roll of the dice has failed.

I’d say it was so far hugely successful. Why don’t we as Putin what he thinks about it??

FFS

Is this the 2023 Spring offensive?

2023 Spring offensive, 2024 Spring offensive, 2025 Spring offensive

Who cares! It is what it is and the embarrassment and egg on Putin’s face is tremendous. Tell me otherwise.

JJE

These will happen one way or the other. No serious person entertains the idea the AFU will hold this territory.

And none of that will remove the egg on Putin’s face and the political damage this incursion has created in Russia. Even if Ukraine withdraws tomorrow, and no matter what Russia does from now, Ukraine scored a huge success. Success and failure isn’t the black and white military results you like to portray!

Putin tries to minimize casualties, so they retreated.

lol

Damn I love this site! It’s comments like this that give me the laugh I need to start the day!

JJE

This is an extension of the first narrative outlined above.

Actually it’s not. Ukraine has no thoughts of a full scale, “let’s take over and destroy Russia” like Putin.

They simply wanted to embarrass the h*** out of Putin and bring Russia’s illegal imperialistic invasion and its consequences to the front of ordinary Russians minds. It has succeeded on both counts.

Putin has locked himself in his room and the allusion of him dying - which means killed, presumably by his own side…

Personally I would rather see him in prison. But, unfortunately, short fall out of a tall building is probably more likely.

JJE

Only one of these scenarios is true.

Oh but that’s not true.

Win or lose military is irrelevant to the fact that this incursion is a huge embarrassment to Putin and the Kremlin. It counters the “Russia is safe” and invasion of Ukraine doesn’t affect ordinary Russian life. It highlights how incompetent the Russian military really is. Once touted as the second strongest militaries in the world it is now considered by many as the second strongest in Russia. It will take a long time for Putin to get the egg off his face! I wonder if he’ll live long enough to see that day? Avoiding tea time near windows I’d advised.

… she can voice her opposition, but to decide whether Trump can play it or not is not up to her.

And no where did it say she said he couldn’t play the song. She did point out how entertaining the choice was, and that she didn’t endorse the use of the song with a video of her singing it!

Of course he can play the song, even though it’s a marketing nightmare. To forever link your sinking campaign to a ship that spectacular sank could only have been selected by someone that’s, shall we say, not playing with a full deck.

Do you think Trump got Dion’s permission to use her video? I seriously doubt it and, even if grandpa Trump can make the stupid choice of playing the song, it’s well within Dion’s rights since he went so far as using her image without permission to announce she in no way endorsed such use. It’s also well within her rights to ask how anyone, even an old man like Trump with very obvious signs of mental decline, could actually not realize how choosing a song about a sinking ship to represent a campaign that’s also obviously sinking.

Personally I think it was a great choice! It certainly exemplifies the campaign that this odd couple are running! Old, weird, and a sinking campaign!

He said that about Biden as well…

a documented quote or didn’t happen!

But hey nearly 60 year old Kamala is supposedly cool and young and hip.

I’m not sure about cool and hip but being two decades younger than Trump and not in sever mental decline, if that’s even possible for Trump, she certainly is the best choice!

Trump should step down as well and give the voters a real choice.

Then there needs to be not only a minimum age for President but also a maximum age so that situations of having the only candidate seeking to be President should actually looking into a retirement hospice!

@Blacklabel

An entire repetitive and quite stupid article just to get this, which we already knew. 

“Trump eventually said, “The answer is yes, I'll probably end up debating."

You forgot the part where he waffled, as usual, and after “probably” added “…but I can also make a case for not doing it."

Which in Trump doublespeak means he’s afraid to debate and looking for a way out. lol

@wandora

Being awarded World Heritage status is "madness"? 

Strange take.

No. Read the above comments. Then you'll understand.

I certainly don’t think that everything Japan does is super but I have to agree that your “madness” remark is either a “strange take”, jealousy, or that you think “everything Japan does is terrible” if you’re alluding to the number of world heritage sites in Japan. You do realize that the number of world heritage sites in Japan doesn’t even put Japan in the top 10 by number when compared to all other countries.

If you comment is the world heritage sites around the world are becoming a dime a dozen and is actually detracting from the value of the title then I agree, the world heritage foundation seems to have gone mad in designating everything as a world heritage site. There are now far too many around the world in my opinion.