Aristides

RE: Your thread title. The Russians built this pipeline. The NAZIS burned down their own Reichstag. Just sayin.

I agree that we are in scary times but what do you do, give the Putins of the world anything they want when they rattle their nuclear sword?

No, you are just being an Ahole.

Why are you calling me any names? You were just indulging in your normal assholiness.

Hey, I just agreed with your OP and you responded by throwing out insults. Up yours. Considering the poster, why was I dumb enough to think this was about HIMARS.

So are elections for the Trump Cult.

What's yours Sergey? Or is it Sergei?

Oh. I was wondering when we were invaded.

"We"?

MSM has been reporting the importance of HIMARS for some time. But of course you wouldn't know that.

Yes

You like dictators. That was obvious a long time ago.

Smith got 53% of the vote on the sixth ballot and Kenney quit because he only got 51.4 % in a leadership review . Rachel Knotley must be the happiest person in Alberta this morning.

Putin has been threatening nukes, not NATO why wouldn't they be stocking up on anti radiation drugs. Russia invaded and annexed part of another country, who gives a shit what they ratified, it's illegal under international law. The UN has condemned them for it. Biden, Biden, Biden. There are over a dozen countries supporting Ukraine, including Australia, Japan, and South Korea who are not NATO members. They get it. Maybe there are Americans there, maybe not but it won't be as combatants. Of course Biden won't answer. Yes we are training Ukrainian soldiers. Canada was doing it in Ukraine before the invasion and with the Brits we are still doing it in the UK. Damn good thing too. Zelenskyy is asking for a lot of things, he wants longer range rockets as well but the US is saying no, HIMARS is enough. Obviously the US does not want an attack on Russian soil. One thing Zelenskyy won't get is a NATO attack on Russia unless Russia attacks a NATO country first. If you want the spiral to stop, tell the Russians to go home. They started this war.

How was that different from the US?

Your federation is getting smaller every day.

Bullshit.

For your buddy Putin. No. For Ukrainians fighting for the existence of their country. Yes.

Fergus has a tattoo? Cool. My ancestor settled there when he immigrated from England in the 1840's. Went to the Edinburgh Tattoo in 2015. Maybe the best show I have ever seen. PS: Pre Trump, before the world went nuts. Fergus is a beautiful historic town BTW.

Socialism covers a huge range. CPP, OAS, medicare and in the US, Social Security and Medicaid are all socialism. I think most people would agree that extremes, whether it is socialism or libertarianism are not desirable.

Things are going really well.

So you are giving out awards now.

This assumes Ukraine is not capable of a winter campaign. So far their capabilities have surprised many "experts". No one expected this to last 8 months and counting, let alone Ukraine being on the offensive.

Seriously? You really don't know? It's a US government program. https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus

If the Russian army is so big and well equipped, why is it getting its ass kicked? It isn't 1942, Russians are not fighting on their own soil for their own survival, Ukraine is. The ammo will last as long as the west keeps supplying it and they keep capturing Russian stocks. Russia also won't be able to to use human wave attacks, people won't stand for it, hence lines miles long to leave the country and major protests. Russia has its own refugee problem, military age males fleeing Russia. History tells us the Russian monarchy was toppled when the army finally turned on the Czar during a poorly conducted war that was going badly. Ring a bell?