Well it's time to stop uploading to AD. I'm going to P5 Exclusive.

Quote from: DroneNamibia on March 10, 2022, 12:28

Quote from: everest on March 10, 2022, 07:54
Well . I would not call this nazism. This word is more appropriate to bombing a Children's hospital for example.

Many people here believe Russian stock contributors or russian citizens in the west should be not responsible for what Mr Putin does. But the fact is that in times of war citizens of the enemy are blocked. If you look at history that happened with german in the allied states for a well-known reason. If the conflict escalates, more and more russian citizen will not be able to conduct business in the west. This is neither fair nor desirable, but that's one of the collateral damages that happen in war.

The best thing than can happen is that Putin goes back to mother Russia and lets Ukrainians rebuild their country. If it does not, more pain is ahead, for russian contributors and for those that are not. War has these consequences....most people loose some way or another.

Quote from: vlado85 on March 10, 2022, 07:34
"Russian photographers should be banned!" - this is pure nazism. American photographers supposed to be banned because of the war in Afghanistan? Israeli and Turkish because of the war in Syria? I guess that Russian photographers are leaders on microstock agencies and that many do not like that.

Are you talking about Afghan Children's hospital or Vietnamese? Maybe one in Yugoslavia? Libya? Please be more precise.

He doesn't know about that. He is blind. This member is spreading hate here and should be banned!

Quote from: vlado85 on March 10, 2022, 07:34
"Russian photographers should be banned!" - this is pure nazism. American photographers supposed to be banned because of the war in Afghanistan? Israeli and Turkish because of the war in Syria? I guess that Russian photographers are leaders on microstock agencies and that many do not like that.

Yes, those people here like Nazism. I saw that in the first posts when all this started.

Quote from: cascoly on March 10, 2022, 01:19

Quote from: komikmiha on March 09, 2022, 21:42

I don't think, I know they have no knowledge. I mention American imperialism and Western hypocrisy only because you seem to be a bunch of hypocrites. .... 

so thankful we have you to enlighten (aka 'flame') us. you obviously haven't bothered to read the many messages showing detailed knowledge of actual history, rather than your histrionics & red herrings

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Do you know what the Monroe Doctrine is?

yes, do you? how is it all similar to Russian aggression & war crimes? MD warned European powers to stay out of the western hemisphere, and had nothing to do with American interference south of the border. yet another failed attempt at 'whataboutism'

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As a tourists Russians and Chinese are rude. 

and you call others ignorant, then make silly statements like this?

It is very very similar and
No really, I don't read all the messages here. They are irrelevant and biased. Yes I do know. It's so similar to the situation we are dealing now. You just need to have some IQ to connect the dots. Sorry. Yet another failed attempt of "Ihaterussians" rhetoric.

"The Monroe Doctrine was a United States foreign policy position that opposed European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It held that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers was a potentially hostile act against the U.S. The doctrine was central to U.S. foreign policy for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries."

Hope you can read. If you can't do it slowly many times. Maybe you childish nature will let you go... Maybe.

It's not silly statement and if you don't understand, not my problem. Not only my words but the words of many people in tourism industry.

Quote from: Myphotobase on March 09, 2022, 23:24
Maybe your problem is the way you do things... Being aggressive, condescendant or childish never helps !! You probably must calm down a bit and explain things without being prejudgemental. And also, don't put everyone in the same bucket, everybody is looking for the truth. From one person to another, nobody has exactly the same informations, even you.. Respect other persons viewpoints, if you want them to do the same.

Quote from: komikmiha on March 09, 2022, 21:42

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on March 09, 2022, 08:48

Quote from: komikmiha on March 08, 2022, 20:43
You have been brainwashed.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-western-media-cheerleaders

I think the problem is actually that you think the people you are arguing with have no knowledge of current affairs or history. You are bring things up about American imperialism and Western hypocrisy as if it is huge "gotcha" and no one has every heard about these things before.

What has this got to do with the people of Ukraine suffering right now? If you think these other issues also need attention then go make some noise about them elsewhere, why does it mean you can't also be concerned for the people of Ukraine? It isn't a team sport, these are actual human beings like you and those close to you being murdered or made homeless right now.

I don't think, I know they have no knowledge. I mention American imperialism and Western hypocrisy only because you seem to be a bunch of hypocrites. Be honest with yourself and others. Of course, the Russians are not innocent, but pretending that the Ukrainians are innocent is stupid. When the Russians were dying in Donbas, no one complained about this information. No one is sad for death of 14,000 innocent people. That's what I want to show you. What has this got to do with it...? Haven't you read the link? Don't you realize that much of the blame goes to American politics? Do you know what the Monroe Doctrine is? I feel sorry for every individual. If I had the power, I would end the war immediately and sit politicians at the negotiating table. And one more thing: I am for justice on all sides. I mentioned once that I don't like Russians too much. As a tourists Russians and Chinese are rude. I like Americans more. When they come in my country they are nice. When I was in USA I felt there as home. Why I'm telling you this? I'm trying to make you understand.

I have no problem. You have problems with others. You don't accept that some might think differently. You are childish, not me. I just put a mirror against your comments, that's it. And no, not everyone is looking for the truth. Next post under yours, read it. Prejudgemental - that's the word, indeed. I will respect others when others behave.

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on March 09, 2022, 08:48

Quote from: komikmiha on March 08, 2022, 20:43
You have been brainwashed.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-western-media-cheerleaders

I think the problem is actually that you think the people you are arguing with have no knowledge of current affairs or history. You are bring things up about American imperialism and Western hypocrisy as if it is huge "gotcha" and no one has every heard about these things before.

What has this got to do with the people of Ukraine suffering right now? If you think these other issues also need attention then go make some noise about them elsewhere, why does it mean you can't also be concerned for the people of Ukraine? It isn't a team sport, these are actual human beings like you and those close to you being murdered or made homeless right now.

I don't think, I know they have no knowledge. I mention American imperialism and Western hypocrisy only because you seem to be a bunch of hypocrites. Be honest with yourself and others. Of course, the Russians are not innocent, but pretending that the Ukrainians are innocent is stupid. When the Russians were dying in Donbas, no one complained about this information. No one is sad for death of 14,000 innocent people. That's what I want to show you. What has this got to do with it...? Haven't you read the link? Don't you realize that much of the blame goes to American politics? Do you know what the Monroe Doctrine is? I feel sorry for every individual. If I had the power, I would end the war immediately and sit politicians at the negotiating table. And one more thing: I am for justice on all sides. I mentioned once that I don't like Russians too much. As a tourists Russians and Chinese are rude. I like Americans more. When they come in my country they are nice. When I was in USA I felt there as home. Why I'm telling you this? I'm trying to make you understand.

You have been brainwashed.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-western-media-cheerleaders

Quote from: Zero Talent on March 08, 2022, 18:10
Extremists are everywhere.

Really?

Quote from: Zero Talent on March 08, 2022, 18:18

Quote from: Lizard on March 08, 2022, 18:17
Which example ? 

Russia. Russia is a fascist state. 100%

Ukraine is a fascist state and the regime of a Greenman... 100%.

Quote from: Myphotobase on March 07, 2022, 00:52
Finland and Sweden want to join NATO ASAP !!!

Finland? It's not going to happen.

Quote from: Wilm on March 06, 2022, 21:55

Quote from: komikmiha on March 06, 2022, 20:53

Quote from: everest on March 06, 2022, 17:08
Bombarding civil population . War crimes committed by him and his generals are already being recognized by Europe and US. He will be soon on the list of war criminals, like Milosevic was. His corner is everyday smaller. It is already too late for him to back out of this mess. He is a miserable dictator that will pay sooner than later for his crimes.

Quote from: komikmiha on March 06, 2022, 16:45
Except only in Ukraine they are killing civilians. 13.000 of them. Your evidence of the genocide? Let's say he is guilty of: Native Americans genocide, Aborigines genocide, Colonialism, WW1, WW2, atomic bombs, Vietnam, slavery. Are you good now?

Putin enjoys since his plan is working. Nobody will beat Russia. Never.

I wasn't alive then, but I'm very very sure that's exactly what the Germans believed when they attacked Poland in 1939, starting World War II.

You know how that turned out. You also know how the Romans, Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte and countless others fared.

But there is a striking difference. Back then, there was one losing nation. Today, because of nuclear weapons, it can hit all of humanity and wipe it out. You and me included.

I do not see a reason to celebrate!

1962 crisis. We were much closer to nuclear war back then. You could compare German invasion on Poland with invasion on Vietnam, Serbia, Syria, Libya, Iraq...

Quote from: everest on March 06, 2022, 21:14
More bitterness I see. As I told you in another post, just get some rest. Don't forget to go to the bathroom before crawling in your cave, wherever that is.

Quote from: komikmiha on March 06, 2022, 20:53

Man you are sick. You don't have any single proof. You are a liar and blinded by enormous hate. Europe and US have much more war criminals, the real ones, not imaginary. Putin enjoys since his plan is working. Nobody will beat Russia. Never. Eve are you crying now?

I know you are crying right now and your hands are shaking. And I told you you need a doctor because your condition is really serious! I'm worried about you. Better cave than old car.

Quote from: Zero Talent on March 06, 2022, 21:00

Quote from: komikmiha on March 06, 2022, 20:49

Yeah, yeah, I know. You are right.
You are as right as you were when you fell for that Bernie Gores fake! 

That speaks volume about one's capacity to discern reality from propaganda. 

Tell us more. What's next?
Because it looks to me that you are falling behind, and forgot to check the most recent instructions from Moscow.

Let me help you catch up: I heard that those Ukrainians n*zis are now secretly building nuclear weapons.

Now, go, go, go! Go get 'em, tiger!

As I said, one mistake is nothing against an ocean of propaganda. Well honestly I don't know and I don't care. But I heard Russians are beating poor Ukrainians very badly. Sorry for that.

Quote from: everest on March 06, 2022, 17:08
Bombarding civil population . War crimes committed by him and his generals are already being recognized by Europe and US. He will be soon on the list of war criminals, like Milosevic was. His corner is everyday smaller. It is already too late for him to back out of this mess. He is a miserable dictator that will pay sooner than later for his crimes.

Quote from: komikmiha on March 06, 2022, 16:45
Except only in Ukraine they are killing civilians. 13.000 of them. Your evidence of the genocide? Let's say he is guilty of: Native Americans genocide, Aborigines genocide, Colonialism, WW1, WW2, atomic bombs, Vietnam, slavery. Are you good now?

Man you are sick. You don't have any single proof. You are a liar and blinded by enormous hate. Europe and US have much more war criminals, the real ones, not imaginary. Putin enjoys since his plan is working. Nobody will beat Russia. Never. Eve are you crying now?

Quote from: Zero Talent on March 06, 2022, 18:05

Quote from: komikmiha on March 06, 2022, 16:52

No surprise again.

Because that's your last resort, when you run out of instructions and predefined speaking points from Putin's propaganda playbook.



You can't sink lower than this, physical violence aside.

You started with the insults so when you talk about last resort you're talking about yourself. Your western propaganda is in your low IQ head. We both know I prove to you: I'm right and you're wrong. It's ok, you'll thank me some day.

Quote from: Mimi the Cat on March 06, 2022, 17:53

Quote from: komikmiha on March 06, 2022, 07:55

Quote from: Mimi the Cat on March 05, 2022, 17:01

Quote from: komikmiha on March 05, 2022, 16:38

Quote from: Zero Talent on March 05, 2022, 16:12

Quote from: komikmiha on March 05, 2022, 15:36
... you compare my only mistake with a tons of lies from the US?

Nah, that's not just your "only" mistake. It's a representative mistake.
It only shows how gullible and incapable to filter facts from fiction you are.

The person in your video cannot be more wrong.

The whole premise in his "expose" is wrong.
It's not NATO or "us", the Americans who "expanded" into Eastern Europe.
It was the free will of democractic countries who voted to join an alliance able to guarantee their integrity, because they anticipated potential Russian aggressions, like the one we are witnessing now, in Ukraine. These countries simply learned from history to fear Russian imperialism.
None of this countries wanted to remain under the "Russian influence" anymore. 45 lost years were more than enough.

Besides, even Stalin had his admirers in Western Europe, people fooled by his propaganda, the same way you are fooled today, by another ruthless dictator.

My only mistake against your whole wrong narrative. You didn't listen to that person. John Joseph Mearsheimer has been described as the most influential realist of his generation. But nah you know it all. So, this mister explained everything, especially how America expand NATO to the east.

When we talking about aggression, do we really need to go through this again? Serbia, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Venezuela, Cuba, etc. That is true imperialism. Listen again this "person", this time do it slowly so you could understand, ok?

Serbia ~ to stop Serbs murdering Croats and carrying on in genocidal fashion

Libya to help Libyans get rid of a murderous dictator

Syria to get rid of the murderous ISIS gang (while Russia propped up the equally murderous Syrian regime by bombing innocent Syrian civilians)

Afghanistan ~ murderous Al-Qaeda and their murderous allies the Taliban (of course Russia also invaded Afghanistan too in 1979 to 1989 creating the whole sh-it show)

Vietnam to stop yet another murderous regime from forceably imposing their will on the South.

Cambodia ~ big mistake see Vietnam above

Venezuela, Cuba, well the latter two haven't been invaded

You didn't mention Iraq ~ yes yet another murderous dictator who invaded Iran and Kuwait and got kicked

Of course Russia ever the peaceful ~ Georgia, Chechnya, Crimea, Eastern Ukraine, Hungary twice, helping the lunatic Koreans, now threatening Finland too

You aren't too good after drinking Putin's kool aid.

Lie #1: Serbia - theres no Croats in Serbia, Croats live in Croatia
Lie #2: Libya: Gaddafi also nationalized Libyan oil sector which used to be run by American. That was a big mistake
Lie #3: Syria: To get ISIS on the throne, luckily Russians intervene
Lie #4: Afghanistan: to defeat Talibans created by America
Lie #5: Vietnam: to defeat communism and to be defeated by Vietnam
Lie #6: Venezuela: sanctions and the oil reserves
Lie #7: Iraq: Oil and to get rid off dictator set by Americans

You are that blind? But I understand, if your IQ is 35 this is all you got.

Love throwing insults around don't you? Everything you just typed above is a lie

Idiot 

Only to lying idiots. You know I debunked your lies.

Quote from: everest on March 06, 2022, 17:02
Putin already knows he is a politically dead man. A russian Kim Jong-un. You may like it or not. It is what it is . Digging his own grave in front of the whole world.What a mastermind(sic). If at some point people or military turn on him and slap his face he might always ask for asylum in Eritrea.

Quote from: komikmiha on March 04, 2022, 19:58
The only hate comes from the West that just keeps executing violence and bullying to many regions in the world. You are so funny. Since you know the future, can you tell me Jackpot numbers? Russia knew what it was doing even before it went to war. However, it can be arranged as follows: the USA sets up bases in Ukraine, and Russia in Cuba and Mexico. Not a bad idea, right?

LOL, this is so funny. I never thought this forum could be THAT funny. Putin is rising oil price and he is getting rich. He knows what he is doing. But, luckily we have some micro stock submitter, some unknown person with no life, some nasty wanker who is living alone and nobody likes him and he knows what is going to happen with Putin? Come on, tell us some more jokes, would you? 

Happy reading: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-john-mearsheimer-blames-the-us-for-the-crisis-in-ukraine

Quote from: komikmiha on March 06, 2022, 16:52

Quote from: Zero Talent on March 06, 2022, 11:56

Quote from: komikmiha on March 06, 2022, 07:45

You really feel great in your skin? One of the greatest minds are nothing. Mearsheimer served for five years as an officer in the US Air Force. In 1980 earned a Ph.D. Hes a professor, he writes books. And yet, one pathetic member on this forum think he is better than Mearsheimer.

Mearsheimer is right. You should lower your too high ego, increase intelligence and be ready to learn something.

After the end of the Soviet Union, the newly independent Ukraine had a large arsenal of nuclear weapons on its territory. However, in 1994, Ukraine agreed to give up nuclear arms and become a member of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty; within two years, it had removed all atomic weapons. Almost alone among observers, Mearsheimer was opposed to that decision because he saw that Ukraine without a nuclear deterrent would likely be subjected to aggression by Russia. As early as 1993, he suggested that Ukraine should retain its nuclear weapons as a deterrent.

In September 2014, Mearsheimer wrote the article "Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault. The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin," which was published in Foreign Affairs. The essay was highly critical of the US policy since the end of the Cold War towards Russia. Mearsheimer argued that Russian intervention in Crimea and Ukraine had been motivated by what he saw as the irresponsible strategic objectives of NATO in Eastern Europe. He compared NATO expansion into Eastern Europe, led by NATO, and the planned inclusion of Ukraine to the hypothetical scenario of a Chinese military alliance in North America: "Imagine the American outrage if China built an impressive military alliance and tried to include Canada and Mexico."

Mearsheimer argued that Russia's annexation of the Crimea had been fueled by concerns that it would lose access to its Black Sea Fleet naval base at Sevastopol if Ukraine continued to move towards NATO and European integration. Mearsheimer concluded that US policy should shift to recognize Ukraine as a buffer state between NATO and Russia, rather than attempt to absorb Ukraine into NATO. Mearsheimer's article provoked Michael McFaul and Stephen Sestanovich to publish their response in the November/December 2014 issue of Foreign Affairs.

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mearsheimer stated that from the standpoint of offensive realism he assessed responsibility for the invasion largely with provocative US geopolitics seeking to involve Ukraine to make closer ties with the European Union and the US. As he stated in an interview with The New Yorker, Mearsheimer stated: "I think all the trouble in this case really started in April 2008, at the Nato Summit in Bucharest, where afterward Nato issued a statement that said Ukraine and Georgia would become part of Nato. The Russians made it unequivocally clear at the time that they viewed this as an existential threat, and they drew a line in the sand. Nevertheless, what has happened with the passage of time is that we have moved forward to include Ukraine in the West to make Ukraine a Western bulwark on Russia's border... Nato expansion is the heart of the strategy, but it includes E.U. expansion as well, and it includes turning Ukraine into a pro-American liberal democracy, and, from a Russian perspective, this is an existential threat."

Spin doctor, can you troll somewhere else? It's pathetic, you know?

Yes. He is an useful idiot.

There were quite a few "brilliant western minds" in the past, who supported Stalin.
It's perfectly normal in a democracy.
Idiots are everywhere and they have the right to express themselves.
Even Hitler had academics who theorized the aryan supremacy ideology.

Besides, he is adminting that his point of view is supported only by less than a handful of academics. That's because his whole premise is false.

He is also saying that he is feeling at home during his visits in Beijing and Moscow, because these people have a 19th century mentality like him.

No surprise here.

The sad part is that his postion is the position used by Putin (basicaly word by word) to justify the evil he is doing to Ukraine now. That's why he is an useful idiot. And that's why his position is now widely shared by Putin's propaganda trolls.

No, you are not original, you are just another propaganda mouthpiece.

So, give me a break.

Half of your brain is missing.

Quote: "Idiots are everywhere and they have the right to express themselves." Well this is you, you described yourself perfectly. You are an idiot. I even can't analyze this stupidity of yours anymore.

EDIT: I'm so sad I cannot see you in person. Really.

Quote from: Zero Talent on March 06, 2022, 11:56

Quote from: komikmiha on March 06, 2022, 07:45

You really feel great in your skin? One of the greatest minds are nothing. Mearsheimer served for five years as an officer in the US Air Force. In 1980 earned a Ph.D. Hes a professor, he writes books. And yet, one pathetic member on this forum think he is better than Mearsheimer.

Mearsheimer is right. You should lower your too high ego, increase intelligence and be ready to learn something.

After the end of the Soviet Union, the newly independent Ukraine had a large arsenal of nuclear weapons on its territory. However, in 1994, Ukraine agreed to give up nuclear arms and become a member of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty; within two years, it had removed all atomic weapons. Almost alone among observers, Mearsheimer was opposed to that decision because he saw that Ukraine without a nuclear deterrent would likely be subjected to aggression by Russia. As early as 1993, he suggested that Ukraine should retain its nuclear weapons as a deterrent.

In September 2014, Mearsheimer wrote the article "Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault. The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin," which was published in Foreign Affairs. The essay was highly critical of the US policy since the end of the Cold War towards Russia. Mearsheimer argued that Russian intervention in Crimea and Ukraine had been motivated by what he saw as the irresponsible strategic objectives of NATO in Eastern Europe. He compared NATO expansion into Eastern Europe, led by NATO, and the planned inclusion of Ukraine to the hypothetical scenario of a Chinese military alliance in North America: "Imagine the American outrage if China built an impressive military alliance and tried to include Canada and Mexico."

Mearsheimer argued that Russia's annexation of the Crimea had been fueled by concerns that it would lose access to its Black Sea Fleet naval base at Sevastopol if Ukraine continued to move towards NATO and European integration. Mearsheimer concluded that US policy should shift to recognize Ukraine as a buffer state between NATO and Russia, rather than attempt to absorb Ukraine into NATO. Mearsheimer's article provoked Michael McFaul and Stephen Sestanovich to publish their response in the November/December 2014 issue of Foreign Affairs.

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mearsheimer stated that from the standpoint of offensive realism he assessed responsibility for the invasion largely with provocative US geopolitics seeking to involve Ukraine to make closer ties with the European Union and the US. As he stated in an interview with The New Yorker, Mearsheimer stated: "I think all the trouble in this case really started in April 2008, at the Nato Summit in Bucharest, where afterward Nato issued a statement that said Ukraine and Georgia would become part of Nato. The Russians made it unequivocally clear at the time that they viewed this as an existential threat, and they drew a line in the sand. Nevertheless, what has happened with the passage of time is that we have moved forward to include Ukraine in the West to make Ukraine a Western bulwark on Russia's border... Nato expansion is the heart of the strategy, but it includes E.U. expansion as well, and it includes turning Ukraine into a pro-American liberal democracy, and, from a Russian perspective, this is an existential threat."

Spin doctor, can you troll somewhere else? It's pathetic, you know?

Yes. He is an useful idiot.

There were quite a few "brilliant western minds" in the past, who supported Stalin.
It's perfectly normal in a democracy.
Idiots are everywhere and they have the right to express themselves.
Even Hitler had academics who theorized the aryan supremacy ideology.

Besides, he is adminting that his point of view is supported only by less than a handful of academics. That's because his whole premise is false.

He is also saying that he is feeling at home during his visits in Beijing and Moscow, because these people have a 19th century mentality like him.

No surprise here.

The sad part is that his postion is the position used by Putin (basicaly word by word) to justify the evil he is doing to Ukraine now. That's why he is an useful idiot. And that's why his position is now widely shared by Putin's propaganda trolls.

No, you are not original, you are just another propaganda mouthpiece.

So, give me a break.

Half of your brain is missing.

Quote: "Idiots are everywhere and they have the right to express themselves." Well this is you, you described yourself perfectly. You are an idiot. I even can't analyze this stupidity of yours anymore.

Quote from: everest on March 06, 2022, 14:27
In Ukrania there are neonazis, in Germany there are neo-* , in Russia there are neo-*, in United States there are neo-*. Do you think because some crazy extremist minorities a country has the right to bomb and kill innocent children , women, men, many who are totally against any radicalism. You are totally out of your mind if you think the same way as the leader of Russia.

Putin will pay for his genocide. Have no doubt about it. If you ask me, it will be sooner than later. The whole world is against him.....well not the whole world. It seems North Korea, Belarus, Syria, Eritrea support him. Great partners.......

Except only in Ukraine they are killing civilians. 13.000 of them. Your evidence of the genocide? Let's say he is guilty of: Native Americans genocide, Aborigines genocide, Colonialism, WW1, WW2, atomic bombs, Vietnam, slavery. Are you good now?

Quote from: Mimi the Cat on March 05, 2022, 17:01

Quote from: komikmiha on March 05, 2022, 16:38

Quote from: Zero Talent on March 05, 2022, 16:12

Quote from: komikmiha on March 05, 2022, 15:36
... you compare my only mistake with a tons of lies from the US?

Nah, that's not just your "only" mistake. It's a representative mistake.
It only shows how gullible and incapable to filter facts from fiction you are.

The person in your video cannot be more wrong.

The whole premise in his "expose" is wrong.
It's not NATO or "us", the Americans who "expanded" into Eastern Europe.
It was the free will of democractic countries who voted to join an alliance able to guarantee their integrity, because they anticipated potential Russian aggressions, like the one we are witnessing now, in Ukraine. These countries simply learned from history to fear Russian imperialism.
None of this countries wanted to remain under the "Russian influence" anymore. 45 lost years were more than enough.

Besides, even Stalin had his admirers in Western Europe, people fooled by his propaganda, the same way you are fooled today, by another ruthless dictator.

My only mistake against your whole wrong narrative. You didn't listen to that person. John Joseph Mearsheimer has been described as the most influential realist of his generation. But nah you know it all. So, this mister explained everything, especially how America expand NATO to the east.

When we talking about aggression, do we really need to go through this again? Serbia, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Venezuela, Cuba, etc. That is true imperialism. Listen again this "person", this time do it slowly so you could understand, ok?

Serbia ~ to stop Serbs murdering Croats and carrying on in genocidal fashion

Libya to help Libyans get rid of a murderous dictator

Syria to get rid of the murderous ISIS gang (while Russia propped up the equally murderous Syrian regime by bombing innocent Syrian civilians)

Afghanistan ~ murderous Al-Qaeda and their murderous allies the Taliban (of course Russia also invaded Afghanistan too in 1979 to 1989 creating the whole sh-it show)

Vietnam to stop yet another murderous regime from forceably imposing their will on the South.

Cambodia ~ big mistake see Vietnam above

Venezuela, Cuba, well the latter two haven't been invaded

You didn't mention Iraq ~ yes yet another murderous dictator who invaded Iran and Kuwait and got kicked

Of course Russia ever the peaceful ~ Georgia, Chechnya, Crimea, Eastern Ukraine, Hungary twice, helping the lunatic Koreans, now threatening Finland too

You aren't too good after drinking Putin's kool aid.

Lie #1: Serbia - theres no Croats in Serbia, Croats live in Croatia
Lie #2: Libya: Gaddafi also nationalized Libyan oil sector which used to be run by American. That was a big mistake
Lie #3: Syria: To get ISIS on the throne, luckily Russians intervene
Lie #4: Afghanistan: to defeat Talibans created by America
Lie #5: Vietnam: to defeat communism and to be defeated by Vietnam
Lie #6: Venezuela: sanctions and the oil reserves
Lie #7: Iraq: Oil and to get rid off dictator set by Americans

You are that blind? But I understand, if your IQ is 35 this is all you got.

Quote from: Zero Talent on March 05, 2022, 16:56

Quote from: komikmiha on March 05, 2022, 16:38

My only mistake against your whole wrong narrative. You didn't listen to that person. John Joseph Mearsheimer has been described as the most influential realist of his generation. But nah you know it all. So, this mister explained everything, especially how America expand NATO to the east.

When we talking about aggression, do we really need to go through this again? Serbia, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Venezuela, Cuba, etc. That is true imperialism. Listen again this "person", this time do it slowly so you could understand, ok?

Another "whatabouter"

Yes, Mearsheimer is wrong, because he believes that the "zones of influence" are justified, no matter what the people living in these "zones" decide for themselves.

That's exactly how Putin justified his invasion:
"It doeasn't matter what Ukrainians want, the only thing that matters is what I want".

That's imperialism, no matter how you or Mearsheimer are spinning it. That's what Putin is after in Ukraine. And he has enough "useful idiots" (nothing personal, just an expression  ) to help him spin the reality.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot

You really feel great in your skin? One of the greatest minds are nothing. Mearsheimer served for five years as an officer in the US Air Force. In 1980 earned a Ph.D. Hes a professor, he writes books. And yet, one pathetic member on this forum think he is better than Mearsheimer.

Mearsheimer is right. You should lower your too high ego, increase intelligence and be ready to learn something.

After the end of the Soviet Union, the newly independent Ukraine had a large arsenal of nuclear weapons on its territory. However, in 1994, Ukraine agreed to give up nuclear arms and become a member of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty; within two years, it had removed all atomic weapons. Almost alone among observers, Mearsheimer was opposed to that decision because he saw that Ukraine without a nuclear deterrent would likely be subjected to aggression by Russia. As early as 1993, he suggested that Ukraine should retain its nuclear weapons as a deterrent.

In September 2014, Mearsheimer wrote the article "Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault. The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin," which was published in Foreign Affairs. The essay was highly critical of the US policy since the end of the Cold War towards Russia. Mearsheimer argued that Russian intervention in Crimea and Ukraine had been motivated by what he saw as the irresponsible strategic objectives of NATO in Eastern Europe. He compared NATO expansion into Eastern Europe, led by NATO, and the planned inclusion of Ukraine to the hypothetical scenario of a Chinese military alliance in North America: "Imagine the American outrage if China built an impressive military alliance and tried to include Canada and Mexico."

Mearsheimer argued that Russia's annexation of the Crimea had been fueled by concerns that it would lose access to its Black Sea Fleet naval base at Sevastopol if Ukraine continued to move towards NATO and European integration. Mearsheimer concluded that US policy should shift to recognize Ukraine as a buffer state between NATO and Russia, rather than attempt to absorb Ukraine into NATO. Mearsheimer's article provoked Michael McFaul and Stephen Sestanovich to publish their response in the November/December 2014 issue of Foreign Affairs.

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mearsheimer stated that from the standpoint of offensive realism he assessed responsibility for the invasion largely with provocative US geopolitics seeking to involve Ukraine to make closer ties with the European Union and the US. As he stated in an interview with The New Yorker, Mearsheimer stated: "I think all the trouble in this case really started in April 2008, at the Nato Summit in Bucharest, where afterward Nato issued a statement that said Ukraine and Georgia would become part of Nato. The Russians made it unequivocally clear at the time that they viewed this as an existential threat, and they drew a line in the sand. Nevertheless, what has happened with the passage of time is that we have moved forward to include Ukraine in the West to make Ukraine a Western bulwark on Russia's border... Nato expansion is the heart of the strategy, but it includes E.U. expansion as well, and it includes turning Ukraine into a pro-American liberal democracy, and, from a Russian perspective, this is an existential threat."

Spin doctor, can you troll somewhere else? It's pathetic, you know?

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Quote from: komikmiha on March 05, 2022, 15:36
... you compare my only mistake with a tons of lies from the US?

Nah, that's not just your "only" mistake. It's a representative mistake.
It only shows how gullible and incapable to filter facts from fiction you are.

The person in your video cannot be more wrong.

The whole premise in his "expose" is wrong.
It's not NATO or "us", the Americans who "expanded" into Eastern Europe.
It was the free will of democractic countries who voted to join an alliance able to guarantee their integrity, because they anticipated potential Russian aggressions, like the one we are witnessing now, in Ukraine. These countries simply learned from history to fear Russian imperialism.
None of this countries wanted to remain under the "Russian influence" anymore. 45 lost years were more than enough.

Besides, even Stalin had his admirers in Western Europe, people fooled by his propaganda, the same way you are fooled today, by another ruthless dictator.

My only mistake against your whole wrong narrative. You didn't listen to that person. John Joseph Mearsheimer has been described as the most influential realist of his generation. But nah you know it all. So, this mister explained everything, especially how America expand NATO to the east.

When we talking about aggression, do we really need to go through this again? Serbia, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Venezuela, Cuba, etc. That is true imperialism. Listen again this "person", this time do it slowly so you could understand, ok?

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Quote from: BelieveInStock on March 02, 2022, 16:13
Dear Russian friends, I know there is a significant stock photographers community, so I have an appeal to you.

Please do not believe in your Russian media propaganda saying that terrible war is some kind of "special action". It is regular war against Ukrainian civils. Putin is cannon firing kindergartens, hospitals and civilian areas. Your Russian dictator is not better that Hitler or Kim Jong-un. He started the worst kind of war in the middle of Europe so no one can feel safe now.

I am asking you to inform and spread the true information wherever you can in your country. Putin already cut you off from most foreign media, so all ways to reach you are good.

Thanks!

BTW, I am not Ukrainian, but I have so much sympathy to their people that I had to post it, hope it won't be removed. If is reaches even one unaware Russian, my message makes sense. The only way to bring peace back to Europe is to make Russian aware and ready to avert from their ruler.

Dear users, do not believe this person and the lies he is spreading on this forum. He makes no sense, he has no proof, he is biased. The West is spreading lies, the same lies when they showing us pictures of dead bodies when coronavirus strike. Nobody is innocent in war. It's always two sides. But in this case, we can all see that West has gone too far.

The west is not spreading lies how can they fake news videos which are geolocated so proven to come from Ukraine. In any case the whole world thinks Putin is wrong killing civilians for NO reason how on earth can you agree with that?. COVID 19 was very real no way it could be faked.

The West is spreading lies. Are you blind or ignorant? Can you remember of weapon of mass destructions in Iraq? Google that. Can you remember bombing Yugoslavia? Let me help you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimacy_of_the_NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia. Russian attempt to end the bombing was useless back then. More than 5.000 people died.

In any case, the whole world thinks what media wants you to think. There is no single evidence of Putin killing civilians. It's just childish. Covid was real but the media makes us sooo scare of that. Did you forget vaccines? Where is this deadly virus now?

Learn history and stop being ignorant.

This picture is a snapshot from the movie.

I an visually impaired NOT BLIND & Ignorant. Someone kick this insulting troll off the forum NOW!
Those things have nothing to do with Russia invading ukraine. Saddam Hussein was killing his own people and was also a dictator the west doesn't have dictators.
So whose bombing Ukrane then the fairy godmother? I bet you cannot answer that?
You are a nasty bitter troll calling someone blind & ignorant whom you don't even know. GET VA LIFE and I will report you to the moderator

Are you crying baby? You are blind in your mind. You are ignorant. You are also rude. Your lies goes beyond any logic. We all know, the whole world knows, there was no weapons for mass destructions. If that was a lie what else they (USA) lied too? It was the oil. This is you, Americans. This is your politics.

Nevermind, be ignorant as much as you want. Or you can take a deep breath and learn history. It'll help. If you failed at school you can try now. Seriously.

You not been banned from the forum yet? you will soon if you keep this up. If this was a russian forum you'd quickly ban us for what we say.
We have free press in the west that is NOT controlled by corrupt governments END OF so they tell the truth. There is fake news but not FROM THE BBC AND you keep bringing in past wars which have nothing to do with Russia invading Ukraine. You don't even believe that russia is attacking them because russia tell you that Ukraine is attacking it's own people which is total nonsense.
Oh I went to school alright IN FACT I am a trained graphic dewsigner / photographer else why would I be on this professional microstock forum? I though I'd remind you that this is a microstock forum NOT A WAR/CONFLICT FORUM!
I am NOT american I am english & YOU started the personal attacks so GET LOST do not bother to reply  because I will block you & so will others on the forum

You are still crying baby? Are you threaten me? I really don't know what would happened if this was Russian forum and I'm glad I'm not Russian. So irrelevant. One again: I'm not from Russia and I'm not Russian. I'm an atheist, in the middle Europe. All you can do is ad hominem and bad behavior. Oh really? This is not a war forum? Then why you are talking about war? Why you push forward this propaganda? You will block me? Oh baby, go ahead.