TheTeapot Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 McDonald's and shortly KFC are suspending operations in Russia. A no-fry zone. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, quilp said: McDonald's and shortly KFC are suspending operations in Russia. A no-fry zone. Hopefully, Pepsi/Coca Cola will follow No added sugar zone 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Zero chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Is the West's reaction to the Russian invasion playing right into Putin's hands? A Moscow Times article adds an interesting perspective... https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/28/western-reaction-to-war-in-ukraine-plays-into-vladimir-putins-hands-a76644 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 On 3/3/2022 at 9:37 AM, quilp said: Interesting take on the crisis from The Moscow Times. How the reaction by Western nations is playing right into Putin's hands... https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/28/western-reaction-to-war-in-ukraine-plays-into-vladimir-putins-hands-a76644 I think they probably mean WW2 rather than WW1... 1 hour ago, quilp said: Is the West's reaction to the Russian invasion playing right into Putin's hands? A Moscow Times article adds an interesting perspective... https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/28/western-reaction-to-war-in-ukraine-plays-into-vladimir-putins-hands-a76644 Russian spambot 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) Point raised here by Gary Kasparov, many if not most Russians do actually support Putin. And believe what his state media tells them. Edited March 9, 2022 by Mr. Sausages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code99 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Russia’s foreign ministry has confirmed the use of the TOS-1A weapon system in Ukraine - these are thermobaric weapons. Thermobaric weapons are diabolical. There is a serious concern that Russia could deploy chemical weapons in Kyiv. Putin is a war criminal. When this war is finally over, he and his henchmen must face the ICJ. The West cannot allow him and his executioners to crawl back into our societies as if nothing has ever happened. Western democracies must wean ourselves off dirty Russian roubles permanently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Hip hip hooray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 On 3/6/2022 at 9:49 PM, Shake me up Judy said: We can't let Putin bully the west. We need to keep the pressure up, crowd him, and limit his options. I see Poland are going to supply Ukraine with fighter jets. Good. Putin needs his ass kicked. Putin isn't bullying the West, he is bullying Ukraine. Isn't the only sensible way out of this to put less pressure on and give Russia an escape route out this so it's saves face? The further this goes the higher the stakes. The sooner the West can offer Putin something so that Russia can come out of this saving face then the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Have to say watching Liz Truss on the media tonight she did a good job given what she had to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 8 hours ago, The Voice of Reason said: Have to say watching Liz Truss on the media tonight she did a good job given what she had to deal with. You mean that she managed not to fall over and strung together a garbled contradictory message and glossed over her faux pas encouraging Brits to go to Ukraine to fight, which was directly against FCDO advice? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code99 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I really like this thread. Everyone is free to express their opinions without fear or favour. If only they could do that in Russia e.g. calling this barbaric invasion a war without the risk of being imprisoned for 15 years. I suppose Russians are used to this - they have come to accept that Russian opposition leaders are customarily either get bumped off or get incarcerated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 3/8/2022 at 1:24 PM, manxman1980 said: Now consider that Russia appears to have targeted nuclear power stations and I think the real threat is a nuclear "accident" which would turn people against the building of new nuclear power stations and force the west to rely on natural gas once again and specifically that supplied from Russia and the areas that Russia will exploit in Ukraine (assuming it goes to plan). I really hope I wasn't right about the Nuclear "Accident". https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/09/chernobyl-power-supply-cut-completely-after-russian-seizure-warns-ukaine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code99 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 18 minutes ago, manxman1980 said: I really hope I wasn't right about the Nuclear "Accident". https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/09/chernobyl-power-supply-cut-completely-after-russian-seizure-warns-ukaine Yeap. I stand by my 'Putin is a war criminal' assertion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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