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Ha ha oh yes. Sorry about that. There's a lesson for me, don't hastily try to reply to posts while juggling a million things before going to work.

That's what i thought he was saying. Maybe "i" didn't word my reply very well. Apologies if that's the case. I was just trying to point out he didn't say "Vietnam had a comparable nuclear threat".

In fairness I think the link is badly written, I don't think he conveys his point clearly.

He doesn't say that

I think you may have misinterpreted his comments there. I think he was saying that Russia's nuclear threat isn't a guarantee they'll win, and he compared it to the USA. Because the USA fought in Korea, Afghanistan and Vietnam, and had a comparable nuclear threat to Russia, but the USA had to...

Thanks for setting me straight

yeah you're exactly right. You hear these reports and then they pop up somewhere a week or so later.

A few reports floating around this morning that Putin may have had a heart attack at the weekend. Of course that could just be more of the unverified health rumours.

I agree I don't think its up to to the west to oversee the break up of another nation. Its also worth remembering from history, that the treatment of Germany after WW1 is arguably what allowed Hitler's rise and gain popularity. Similarly the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, paved the way for ISIS...

Absolutely false flag. They've call it an assassination attempt, what was Vlad supposed to be up on top of that dome in the middle of the night or something?

I like the logic of your idea. I think anything that makes it harder for them, particularly in the eyes of the interantional community is definitely a good thing. Especially as I think if Ukraine concedes any land its going to be incredibly difficult to reclaim it down the line. But I wonder...

I get what you're saying, but the invasion is already unlawful under international law so it probably wouldn't give the Ukraine much that they don't already have.

In fairness to Swansman, is exactly what he said. Nobody said anything about it being a colony but that's what it became. You might argue it wasn't a colony in the strictest definition, but I think you'd be hard pushed to argue that it wasn't Neo-colonialism.