Leo Gura

I don't think Putin will invade any NATO countries, but he could invade Moldova if Ukraine goes his way. But I don't think Ukraine will be good for him, which will deter him from other invasions. The cost will be too high.

@Matys Doesn't sound like you've actually awoken. You've come to some intellectual conclusions, which isn't not at all the same. If you're not conscious of the Love, then you're not awake. You're missing important stuff.

Gonna be locking down all these masturbatory solipsism threads. These threads are not helping you.

Obviously they have no intention of destroying that power plant. They were capturing it because it has strategic importance. The way all war works is that stuff and people get caught in the crossfire as targets of strategic importance are fought over. This is kindergarten level stuff. Every war comes with collateral damage. Bemoaning the collateral damage of war does not make it terrorism or insanity -- it just means you don't understand what war is.

Do not spread woman-hating on this forum or you will get banned. Be conscious of your biases and projections. You hate women because they are not giving you what you crave.

Unless we live in a non-Euclidean reality. Perhaps our paths will cross someday like two curly untrimmed pubic hairs

Too bad I have zero interest in that. Or maybe I just should. I have all the bad rep of running a cult but none of the benefits. Feels kinda unfair. I should at least get some threesomes or something.

No one can tell you how to manage your mind but you. If you are going to question reality deeply, you're basically on your own, in uncharted waters. No one is going to hold your hand.

I suggest you are lazy.

How convenient for you. You just don't understand how war works. Anything's possible but I don't think so. He should have enough military power to take Ukraine without nukes.

Ahahahahaha.... Apologies to Joseph if he did not write the article. I have no idea who wrote it. I was just speculating.

Don't bother explaining it. Just do what you know is right. And lay off the psychedelics if you are mentally unstable.

It's so intellectually lazy of you to call something you don't comprehend insane. Which is more likely, that Putin is insane or that you're intellectually lazy?

Why play Age of Empires when you are playing it in real life? Life is how God plays Age of Empires. The stakes are a little higher, but this pleases God. A game isn't fun unless the stakes are high.

Everything is God's plan of course

The rest of you will eat Actualized Gruel (tm). Made from the VIP table leftovers

That's exactly what a cult would say

That is my plan for the bottom 10% of you on this forum. The rest of you will join me on Sex Island

This sounds like a pipe-dream to me. It's a big difference. Assassinating him will create chaos and a power-vacuum. And it will piss off many Russian people who honestly like Putin. Because when you assassinate a president people take that personally. And they want revenge.

Because men can compete through direct physical power. Women must compete using soft power and social games because they would lose in a direct physical conflict. When you are physically weaker you must employ more implicit and indirect methods. This is why women will give you their number and lie to you about wanting to see you again. It's too risky for a woman to create a direct physical confrontation.

Yes, I think this move will backfire on him. I expected him to be smarter, especially in light of how the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan went. I don't understand how he thinks that annexing Ukraine to go better than Iraq.

1) Stalin was not assassinated. If Putin dies naturally, I do expect a better leader to emerge. 2) Putin is nowhere as bad as Stalin. So things could easily be worse.

The people of Russia will not get a say. It is not a democracy. It will be a power-grab where the most corrupt and ruthless wins. The problem with Russia goes much deeper than Putin. The whole country is rotted with corruption, from the politicians to the judges, all the way down to the traffic cops on the streets. Killing Putin will not change that.

It's probably a combination of the two. NATO is definitely a legit concern for Putin. There is no denying that. Putin has wanted to weaken and dismantle NATO for a long time. On this point Putin is rather reasonable. But also Putin seems to believe that Ukrainians are actually Russians, and not a legit sovereign people. On this point Putin is rather delusional. Clearly the Ukrainians consider themselves independent and they will not just agree to become Russians. This is just silly. This would be like telling Canadians that they are really Americans and then invading Canada.

1) Russia has been heavily westernizing since 1991. There are no bread lines in Russia any more. Well, maybe there will be after all the sanctions. 2) In the midst of a power vacuum and political chaos, no nice-guy leader will arise. It will be the most corrupt and ruthless monster. Probably one of Putin's oligarch friends.