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Looks like Russia is invading Ukraine now. I wonder how far this will go.
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.That's what I expect, too. Hope we don't need anymore computer chips.Once the west does the expected nothing..
China will realize they'll have the greenlight to take over Taiwan.
Makes a change from the USA and UK blowing shit up.It’s not looking good. Like @Itizn said, Taiwan is in danger as well.
Xi and Putin are friends. A China and Russia relationship seems likely.
While the west argues over who can use which bathrooms, those countries are rolling tanks through cities and blowing shit up.
That's an interesting assessment. I don't know any Latvian who misses the Soviets. More people speak Russian than Latvian only in 2 cities (which to be fair are the biggest ones). I come from countryside - from a tiny, tiny city (1k population) and everyone has a job and social welfare is there for those who do not. We have cultural community centres as well. Did you visit the same Latvia that's next to Estonia or are we talking about two different countries?Anyone who has ever played the board game Risk will know that Russia was always going to take Ukraine.
I was in Latvia last week and got to see how complex this buffer region actually is.
The Russian influence is very strong there... more people speak Russian than Latvian... the actual young Latvians are leaving as they know the country is a buffer country and wont know any stability caught between Nato and Russia. In the countryside where I was its a harsh existence... no jobs or social welfare or charities or help... they miss the Soviets as everyone had jobs and they created food houses for the poor and cultural community centres... now they have nothing!
That being said if we don't stand against Russia today, we will fall to China tomorrow, and as a History teacher I believe China represents a greater evil than anything we have seen before whether Nazism, Communism or Zionism.
China just wants Taiwan, and to build a road from china to Europe to ship their goods faster. They de facto own large parts of Africa mining metals for our iphones and computers. China wants to sell goodsAnyone who has ever played the board game Risk will know that Russia was always going to take Ukraine.
I was in Latvia last week and got to see how complex this buffer region actually is.
The Russian influence is very strong there... more people speak Russian than Latvian... the actual young Latvians are leaving as they know the country is a buffer country and wont know any stability caught between Nato and Russia. In the countryside where I was its a harsh existence... no jobs or social welfare or charities or help... they miss the Soviets as everyone had jobs and they created food houses for the poor and cultural community centres... now they have nothing!
That being said if we don't stand against Russia today, we will fall to China tomorrow, and as a History teacher I believe China represents a greater evil than anything we have seen before whether Nazism, Communism or Zionism.
Good answer. To be fair I was only there for 4/5 days with my Latvian girlfriend and was out in two different countryside areas visiting her parents... so can only speak from what I heard and saw last week, granted a small sample. I do hope you're right Kybalion... but the Russian influence is def. stronger the closer you get to the Russian border. It was sad to see our hotel receptionist didnt speak Latvian, only Russian and English. I would love to see the E.U. pumping money into the countryside areas as its pretty bleak out there... and my girlfriend was shocked at how quiet even Riga was since she was last there 6 years ago... Rural Ireland wasn't much different 50 years ago... so if Nato can secure the Baltic states and create a strong border against Russian then Latvia could flourish!That's an interesting assessment. I don't know any Latvian who misses the Soviets. More people speak Russian than Latvian only in 2 cities (which to be fair are the biggest ones). I come from countryside - from a tiny, tiny city (1k population) and everyone has a job and social welfare is there for those who do not. We have cultural community centres as well. Did you visit the same Latvia that's next to Estonia or are we talking about two different countries?
Those are totally valid observations, however I am not sure if they apply across the board. The Riga thing can be explained by winter + Covid restrictions. With that being said this morning I am considering leaving as well. We're having an energy crisis here, the prices are going up and people might become desperate/polarized enough to a point where they want access to cheap resources - which Russia conveniently has. This is not a safe place to be in the long term.Good answer. To be fair I was only there for 4/5 days with my Latvian girlfriend and was out in two different countryside areas visiting her parents... so can only speak from what I heard and saw last week, granted a small sample. I do hope you're right Kybalion... but the Russian influence is def. stronger the closer you get to the Russian border. It was sad to see our hotel receptionist didnt speak Latvian, only Russian and English. I would love to see the E.U. pumping money into the countryside areas as its pretty bleak out there... and my girlfriend was shocked at how quiet even Riga was since she was last there 6 years ago...
How close are you to the Ukraine border?Maybe I'm too paranoid but I'm wondering if I should move somewhere else while it's still possible. I'm in Poland which is way too close for comfort.
How close are you to the Ukraine border?
Maybe I'm too paranoid but I'm wondering if I should move somewhere else while it's still possible. I'm in Poland which is way too close for comfort.
Poland is a NATO member so that's a whole different level game than Ukraine. Not sure what the economic consequences will be though, especially with EU importing a lot of gas, oil and coal from Russia.
Same for me, but honestly I don't even know where I could move.Maybe I'm too paranoid but I'm wondering if I should move somewhere else while it's still possible. I'm in Poland which is way too close for comfort.
@MTF I though you liked Discomfort
Same for me, but honestly I don't even know where I could move.
We may be soft, pampered and spoiled but many of us Europeans are ready and willing to fight... but our leaders are corrupt and divided, with Russian Oligarch money filling many pockets.This is all the West’s fault. If I were US President I would not allow Putin a single inch. How dare he dictate terms? I should dictate the terms to him, and he BETTER obey if he cares about his life.
But the Western philosophy is “OMG we don’t want to start a WW3, so we have to be careful” — because they have NO BALLS whatsoever. (Something that Putin knows, which is why he is doing this in the first place)
Instead what Biden should have done is said that ONE Russian soldier over Ukraine’s border means war with America. And for what Putin did last night he should’ve sent stealth bombers to take out certain key targets in Moscow. Directly. No questions asked. With the clear message that if he doesn’t pull back, it will look ugly for him, no matter the cost.
But again, the West has no balls. We telegraph to Putin that we’re not willing to pay ANY price to stop him.
Seems to close to a war zone for me.Maybe I'm too paranoid but I'm wondering if I should move somewhere else while it's still possible. I'm in Poland which is way too close for comfort.
This is all the West’s fault. If I were US President I would not allow Putin a single inch. How dare he dictate terms? I should dictate the terms to him, and he BETTER obey if he cares about his life.
But the Western philosophy is “OMG we don’t want to start a WW3, so we have to be careful” — because they have NO BALLS whatsoever. (Something that Putin knows, which is why he is doing this in the first place)
Instead what Biden should have done is said that ONE Russian soldier over Ukraine’s border means war with America. And for what Putin did last night he should’ve sent stealth bombers to take out certain key targets in Moscow. Directly. No questions asked. With the clear message that if he doesn’t pull back, it will look ugly for him, no matter the cost.
But again, the West has no balls. We telegraph to Putin that we’re not willing to pay ANY price to stop him.
I think the armies of Europe as not so much weak as mix match of differing levels and nationalities with no real head to lead.The European army is weak. If China has Russia's back then the west will be depending on the US who was the one of the weakest and incompetent leaders on the planet
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