This page is no longer updated, and is the old forum. For new topics visit the New HOL forum.
Putin
Register | Edit Profile | Subscriptions | Forum Rules | Log In
 The groover  Danbury 20 Mar 22 5.08pm |
  |
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by PalazioVecchio
NATO started this fight. Just another Korea/Vietnam/Iraq/Afghanistan sh1tshow Huh!!!! Pretty sure it was putin that invaded Georgia, Chechnya, Crimea and now Ukraine. Oh sorry they were all 'special operation' peace keepers!
|
|
 Alert a moderator to this post |
  |
 becky  over the moon 20 Mar 22 6.46pm |
 |
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
I think what finally turned Putin mad, was spending too much time on football-related internet forums. I hear he is pretty prolific on the BBS as well as running several HOL accounts where there are strong rumours he holds Moderators privileges. See how his power-cravings know no bounds Yeah, but as long as he keeps sending the vodka to Hol Towers, can you blame us? ps I've never yet let him hold my privileges.
A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post | Board Moderator |
|
| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 20 Mar 22 7.03pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
On a serious note, Putin's reaction to potential NATO expansion was always going to be a hot potato. His forces now seem to be targeting civilians, and whilst I like to scrutinise western media as much as communist outlets, there seems to be a lot of corroboration that this is not only happening, but also increasing. NATO could reasonably have expected a reaction from potential recruiting of Ukraine, so why are they still sitting on their hands, making threats about sanctions, whilst civilians are being killed ? You state that as though it is a fact, but I think it is far from that. I think the reverse is true. Ukraine made its desire to join Nato very clear, but they haven't been accepted and there seemed no realistic prospect of it happening any time soon. Nato understood the potential consequences. Outright refusal would have been dispiriting for the Ukrainians, so the door was kept ajar, which also kept the Russians guessing. Ukraine joining the EU seemed much more probable to me. That wouldn't have involved Nato, but still have erected a barrier to Putin. Invading a member of the EU would have been a big step.
For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally. |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| Stirlingsays 20 Mar 22 7.07pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Insane policy. The poor around the world are now going to suffer for this hubris....inflation, energy and food costs. The elites play and everybody else pays. Edited by Stirlingsays (20 Mar 2022 7.11pm)
'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen) |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
croydon proud  Any european country i fancy! 20 Mar 22 7.52pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Saw lady on the news saying Russian troops are raping women before killing them , hope its not true but propoganda and truth in war etc.
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 20 Mar 22 8.01pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Insane policy. The poor around the world are now going to suffer for this hubris....inflation, energy and food costs. The elites play and everybody else pays. Edited by Stirlingsays (20 Mar 2022 7.11pm) If you seriously think this is just "elites" playing a game, then I regret to say that seems an idiotic idea to me. I doubt whether the collective leadership of the western world are responsible for an insane policy. Do you seriously think we should just stand back and let Putin do whatever he wants? Think of what the consequences of that might be. They would be far worse than these already are. How the aftermath and the impact on the poor and vulnerable is managed is another question entirely, but the response so far has been impressive.
For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally. |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
 georgenorman 20 Mar 22 8.35pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by Stirlingsays
I agree that the geopolitical games of the last thirty years haven't been best designed to enable Russia to join with Europe where its natural place is. What has gone on has been nothing short of criminal greed and statecraft mismanagement. But most people aren't ready to listen to that and our sympathies are with the innocents dying over a war long predicted but rarely covered in the west. There are brave men fighting against impossible odds for their country and families and while I wish this war ends as soon as possible we recognise that and the tragedy therein....the war was brought to them and it's the people in the streets suffering. Edited by Stirlingsays (20 Mar 2022 4.48pm) "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." [Orwell]
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
PalazioVecchio  south pole 20 Mar 22 9.11pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by The groover
it was putin that invaded Georgia, Chechnya, Crimea and now Ukraine. so Putin has been tending to his own front porch and back-garden. Places filled with Russian speakers or ex members of the Politburo. Stalin was from Georgia. Crimea is Russian speaking. meanwhile, NATO has been taking places with ZERO ties to the West. No ties, not linguistic ties, nor cultural, nor collective shared history , nothing. Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Taiwan, Turkey, Eastern Europe, Korea etc etc. and who is the nasty Empire ? who has World-domination plans ? Edited by PalazioVecchio (20 Mar 2022 9.44pm)
Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 20 Mar 22 10.24pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by PalazioVecchio
so Putin has been tending to his own front porch and back-garden. Places filled with Russian speakers or ex members of the Politburo. Stalin was from Georgia. Crimea is Russian speaking. meanwhile, NATO has been taking places with ZERO ties to the West. No ties, not linguistic ties, nor cultural, nor collective shared history , nothing. Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Taiwan, Turkey, Eastern Europe, Korea etc etc. and who is the nasty Empire ? who has World-domination plans ? Edited by PalazioVecchio (20 Mar 2022 9.44pm) I think you are very confused and conflating the USA with Nato. Nato isn't "taking" anywhere. It's a mutual defence pact between sovereign nations which admits new members who meet certain standards on how they govern and treat their people. Nato has no aggressive policies, and could not adopt any, as its mandate prohibits them. There is zilch equivalence with what Putin is doing, or what his ambitions seem to be. Edited by Wisbech Eagle (20 Mar 2022 10.27pm)
For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally. |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| PalazioVecchio south pole 20 Mar 22 10.30pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
I think you are very confused and conflating the USA with Nato. Nato isn't "taking" anywhere. It's a mutual defence pact between sovereign nations which admits new members who meet certain standards on how they govern and treat their people. Nato has no aggressive policies, and could not adopt any, as its mandate prohibits them. There is zilch equivalence with what Putin is doing, or what his ambitions seem to be. Edited by Wisbech Eagle (20 Mar 2022 10.27pm) NATO is a puppet of you know who. Always has been. your naivety is staggering if you believe what you wrote above. Just ask a Palestinian about nice gentle NATO. Turkey, Italy, and loads of other places had anti NATO protests this week. Edited by PalazioVecchio (20 Mar 2022 11.11pm)
Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 20 Mar 22 11.14pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by PalazioVecchio
NATO is a puppet of you know who. Always has been. your naivety is staggering if you believe what you wrote above. Just ask a Palestinian about nice gentle NATO. Edited by PalazioVecchio (20 Mar 2022 10.34pm) You hold some very strange ideas? Nato is no-one's "puppet". That's the kind of misinformation that Putin tries to promote. Whilst the USA is the leading member of Nato, Nato operates independently and to a different mandate. It's only role in the middle-east is to provide support for dialogue.
For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally. |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| BlueJay UK 20 Mar 22 11.36pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by PalazioVecchio
so Putin has been tending to his own front porch and back-garden. Places filled with Russian speakers or ex members of the Politburo. Stalin was from Georgia. Crimea is Russian speaking. Be aware that this is now at least the second time that you've refereed to behaviour that involves the murder of women and children as if it's some kind of fun day out. To you his behaviour may well be the equivalent of the tending of his front porch and back garden. To most it is not. Not everything has to be 'cleansed' through some kind of political lens that removes you from care for those involved.
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
Login / RegisterNew users
Registration is now on our new message board
Existing users
To login with your existing username you will need to convert your account over to the new message board.
Sponsors
All images and text on this site are copyright © 1999-2024 The Holmesdale Online, unless otherwise stated.
Web Design by Guntrisoft Ltd.