Nationalist Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Aristides said: Ten years in jail for calling Putin's special military operation a war. You live in a cave? Lol... Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
Aristides Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 42 minutes ago, Nationalist said: Lol... You do live in a cave. https://news.yahoo.com/russia-cracks-down-free-speech-040014673.html Quote
Nationalist Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 9 hours ago, Aristides said: You do live in a cave. https://news.yahoo.com/russia-cracks-down-free-speech-040014673.html You said I could go to jail. Not likely. Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
Aristides Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 4 hours ago, Nationalist said: You said I could go to jail. Not likely. I said you could in Russia or China. Quote
Nationalist Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Aristides said: I said you could in Russia or China. I'm not in either. As far as I'm concerned, Russia is no threat and China needs to be cut off from trade with the USA, Canada and Europe. Quote Its so lonely in m'saddle since m'horse died.
Aristides Posted March 21, 2023 Report Posted March 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Nationalist said: I'm not in either. Aren't you lucky. Quote
August1991 Posted March 22, 2023 Author Report Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) On 3/19/2023 at 6:31 AM, myata said: Russia kills.... Europe kills. America is peaceful. === In the past several centuries, where have ordinary people lived in peace? Where have smart people been able to think of new ideas? Edited March 22, 2023 by August1991 Quote
Aristides Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 1 hour ago, August1991 said: Europe kills. America is peaceful. === In the past several centuries, where have ordinary people lived in peace? Where have smart people been able to think of new ideas? Western Europe has been very peaceful since WW2. Quote
August1991 Posted March 22, 2023 Author Report Posted March 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Aristides said: Western Europe has been very peaceful since WW2. When did WW2 end? When did it start? Where is "Western Europe"? I live in "Northern America". === If Manitobans attacked South Dakota, I think we'd stop these invaders. But when Serbians attack Croatia, you Europeans simply say - "It happens". Quote
August1991 Posted March 22, 2023 Author Report Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) Margaret Thatcher had a remarkable comment about England and its history. England has always chosen the minority in continental Europe, opposed the majority opinion. In the 1750s, it chose Prussia. In the 1800s, it opposed France. In the mid 1900s, it opposed Germany. Edited March 22, 2023 by August1991 Quote
August1991 Posted March 22, 2023 Author Report Posted March 22, 2023 It took the Swedes about 15 years to end the Thirty Years War - and then, they walked away. Since 1646 or so, the Swedes have never got involved in European wars. Quote
Aristides Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 20 minutes ago, August1991 said: Margaret Thatcher had a remarkable comment about England and its history. England has always chosen the minority in continental Europe, opposed the majority opinion. In the 1750s, it chose Prussia. In the 1800s, it opposed France. In the mid 1900s, it opposed Germany. Nothing remarkable about it. British foreign policy was to ally itself with the weaker Continental power to keep any one country from dominating the continent. Quote
Aristides Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 7 minutes ago, August1991 said: It took the Swedes about 15 years to end the Thirty Years War - and then, they walked away. Since 1646 or so, the Swedes have never got involved in European wars. Sweden engaged in wars against Russia in 1741, 1757, 1788 and 1809. Quote
August1991 Posted March 22, 2023 Author Report Posted March 22, 2023 Thatcher? Our own Trudeau Snr said more concisely: "Create counterweights." Quote
August1991 Posted March 22, 2023 Author Report Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Aristides said: Sweden engaged in wars against Russia in 1741, 1757, 1788 and 1809. Disagree. Correct me. Europeans fought/killed each other between 1618-1648 - Thirty Years Wars Europeans fought/killed each other between 1789-1815 - Napoleonic Wars Europeans fought/killed each other between 1914-1945 - World War I & II Every three generations or so, Europeans involve the rest of us in horrific violence. ==== To their credit, the Swedes stopped the Thirty Years War. And since 1648, like our Jean Chretien, the Swedes have largely avoided European wars. Edited March 22, 2023 by August1991 Quote
Aristides Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 Sweden engaged in wars against Russia in 1741, 1757, 1788 and 1809. Quote
August1991 Posted March 22, 2023 Author Report Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Aristides said: Sweden engaged in wars against Russia in 1741, 1757, 1788 and 1809. In fact, Sweden largely avoided any European wars after 1648. The period of 1756-63 were difficult in Europe. Prussia (Frederick) was fighting Austria to take Saxony. After the French Revolution in 1789 - until 1815, Europe was a mess. The Swedes wisely avoided all this. Russia? For Europeans, Russia was irrelevant until Napoleon (like Hitler) decided to invade it. ====== Many Americans died in WWII. I read recently that in WWII, more Russian soldiers died In Crimea - only Crimea - removing/defeating the "Fascist" Germans/Romanians than all American soldiers who died in all of Europe/Pacific entirely. About 400,000 Americans died in WWII. Of course, for Russians the war started in 1941. But then, for Americans it also started in 1941. Edited March 22, 2023 by August1991 Quote
myata Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, August1991 said: Europe kills. You really have to read the dictionary, the l-word. Let's try it together: who is in Ukraine now, as we speak, invading, burning and killing? Is it abstract "Europe"? Or is it, one and concrete, Russia? It is simple really. Just try to open your eyes, and brain. Edited March 22, 2023 by myata 1 Quote If it's you or them, the truth is equidistant
Aristides Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) You seem sad that western Europeans no longer wish to kill each other.s The US invaded both Canada and Mexico in the 1800's. They also fought a war with Spain and invaded Cuba and the Philippines in the 1890's. On edit: Also their genocidal wars against the Seminoles, Apaches, Plains Indians, etc. Edited March 22, 2023 by Aristides Quote
Holubice Posted March 22, 2023 Report Posted March 22, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 4:51 PM, Aristides said: Western Europe has done rather well. The EU has been a major reason for no conflicts in the past 75 years. Exactly... Peace is the best present the European Union has given us. But, I am pretty sure, that we have just moved the problem: industrialized economies needs distruction: we have stopped to kill each other, and we started to kill many others. I include in that number all western coutries. Also mine. The list of wars in the poster I posted above, it explain very well ... Quote
Aristides Posted March 28, 2023 Report Posted March 28, 2023 Putin continues his war on children. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65102392 Quote
August1991 Posted March 31, 2023 Author Report Posted March 31, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 1:31 AM, myata said: You really have to read the dictionary, the l-word. Let's try it together: who is in Ukraine now, as we speak, invading, burning and killing? Is it abstract "Europe"? Or is it, one and concrete, Russia? It is simple really. Just try to open your eyes, and brain. In 2014, the Russian federal government decided affairs for people in Crimea. I was in Crimea after 2014. Most ordinary people were happy to be in Russia. ====== U krai nians? They are stubborn Slavs on the border. Quote
August1991 Posted March 31, 2023 Author Report Posted March 31, 2023 (edited) Obama and Trump both let this slide. Why is Biden making this an issue? Edited March 31, 2023 by August1991 Quote
Aristides Posted March 31, 2023 Report Posted March 31, 2023 27 minutes ago, August1991 said: Obama and Trump both left this slide. Why is Biden making this an issue? Because someone needs too. Quote
August1991 Posted March 31, 2023 Author Report Posted March 31, 2023 8 minutes ago, Aristides said: Because someone needs too. Disagree. === Obama and Trump were correct. Obama lived abroad. Trump is a typical American. Both understood - in their own way - America cannot fix the world's problems. Quote
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