frowland:


Wise man! ...and I can't 'form' my own opinion of his own opinion as well right?

nope except you know him, stay with him and knows from where he gets his idea.

Saying his idea is from CNN is disrespectful to his thought process.

Bigchristo:
Then you really don’t want peace in the world if you think Xi, Putin and Kim is the problem, those world leaders parading themselves as police of the world are the major problems, go to Middle East today most of their countries are destroyed to the ground all in the name of peace keeping, while one shooting will happen in the US everyone will start panting have you considered what happens when they keep putting nose into other peoples affair? Ukraine is known to be part of Soviet Union and former USSR the fear of them seeing it reunited is why they’re luring Ukraine to be under European Union this is a political war game of winning allies, if you do not see US and their allies as a problem then you don’t really understand what’s going on in the world

this is funny. Ukraine wants to join NATO like evey other country that did before them but somehow somewhere in your brain, it's America that's luring them.
Then you end with understanding what's going on in the world. lol

Soviet communism is dead in Europe so what do NATO need Russia for?
They can't expand more than they are now, they are boxed in. even Russia is practicing scam democracy instead of pure communism for fear of the people revolting like they did during the Soviet Union.

SMH

Onyiiobi7735:

America is just overhyped,bro.
Was it not the same US that was heavily defeated and disgraced by Vietnam in the American- Vietnamese war.
Russia will soon tame their arrogance and mouth making.

Tell us about Russia in Afghanistan or should we pretend that never happened?

frowland:


That's what CNN and SKY made you to believe.

because the guy can't form his own opinion abi... una sabi write trash ehn

Realists:


" Mental slavery is more dangerous than body slavery" Bob Marley.

Your mumu never do ?.
Did Russia, North Korea & China ever enslaved your ancestors ?.
United kingdom ( Uk) & America that enslaved your ancestors & are still enslaving you today under the guise of neocolonialism, but here you are worshipping them due to brain washing they did to you using christianity as a tool, that if you don't worship a sun god, you are doomed.

who ended the slave trade?

have you ever worked in a Chinese or any Asian company before. Ask people that have you'll be shocked by their story

tillaman:

Putin ain’t scared
He said he’s not fighting to win he wants to fvck shit up
Irredeemable

because he knows unlike most zombie people here that he can't win.

that's like how secondary fight were "you go beat me but I go comot you blood for body"

baralatie:

You say the hypersonic test failed.
Me I am telling you the us has defense systems against hypersonic missles which I read about from a successful deployment by the USAF .only for that site to be shut down

the NGI (Next Generation Interceptor). Their radar system was tested last year.
They are looking to integrate them into ships too not just on land

baralatie:

No Soviet state is a member of NATO!
All.soviet state have their own alliance with Russia!
Stop deceiving yourself

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania are in ECOWAS abi. something a little research would have saved you but no, you must double down on your ignorance

useni1:
You obviously don't understand what China and Russia are doing. They understand baby America is playing a divide and conquer game getting two brothers to fight themselves. South Korea vs North Korea, China vs Taiwan, Ukraine vs Russia. These reactionaries will all crumble with time like the great Mao Zedong predicted decades ago. Europeans are not foolish when the real war starts your eye go clear. They know America wants to use their territory as a burial ground but the truth is that the first nuclear weapons will explode in New York and California. Russia is even wasting resources building hypersonic missiles. All their 1979 era icmb will hit America unchallenged. Yeye America Patriots missiles that failed to intercept 1940 era Soviet scuds missiles fired by Iraq into Israel. Same rubbish bullshit America air defence failed to shoot down drones and missiles launched by Yemen cow rearers destroying Saudi Arabia biggest oil plants. And guess what? They paid America $100billion for those bullshit crap

so you don't know anything about anything. Got it.
Bask in your ignorance.

Shalom

baralatie:

No Soviet state is a NATO member

Read first before displaying your ignorance in a public forum

useni1:
Why should I compare their weapons? All are propaganda. I compare the reality and the reality is that America dropped more bombs on Vietnam than all the bombs dropped by all countries during the second world war and still got their ass whopped by communists rice farmer. Another reality is China slaughtering American soldiers like chicken during the Korean war pushing them back deep into South Korea. And again Iraq giving America doggy style that they had to bribe iraqi militia to stop the slaughtering. Let's not forget Afghanistan were motorcycle riders defeated America overhyped bullshit soldiers with sticks, broom and shovels. In all of these wars the bullshit American weapons you hyped were all on display. China will crush America into pieces without losing a single soldier..now cry like a baby

so why are they scared to take over Taiwan in 20 years since stick and broom is all you need?

Common sense isn't common tho. I get it

CSTRR:

Russia is next door neighbor with China in Vladivostok in the far East.

The Russian Navy is present in the Pacific ocean to deter Japan in the kuril islands.

Russia is already in Asia.

They are not crossing to any long distance.

They are already there.

at least read or if you can't use map. it's free, doesn't cause a thing. Do you know how close Russia is to Alaska? Why do you they haven't had this genius idea to build military bases there to dissuade the US?

If you so much as to care to read, you'd have seen where I clearly stated that Russia and China share borders but that area is not friendly. If they ask you to work from Russia to China, in fact even drive, you'd die before you reach.

Did you see where I said Russian Navy against the Royal Navy and the American Navy or are they disappearing and appearing in China?

Please if you want to reply my comment be intelligent enough to make sense at least. It's the least you owe humanity

useni1:
Hahahaha. Funny dude. All American bases will be on fire. You are a clown. Eve. America have long agreed they lack to logistics to take on China when it comes to Taiwan . They are banking on the second option which is deployment of submarines. There won't be a single American assests still standing in Asia the day China decides to invade Taiwan. Even small north Korea can do that. Your brain has been filled with trash from western propaganda

Firstly before you laugh at your ignorance, compare their weaponry.
Then tell me how China will obliterate the US and somehow somewhere, US weapons won't work..

But I'm the one basking in propaganda. Go figure.

The day, the day, the day, that's what they keep saying and it's more than two decades now. It just 3 years, their timeline will expire and then they have a big CCP meeting to set a new one but someone is Nigeria has already mapped out how China will win.

Oya go to Chinese embassy and tell them you Grand plan on how to win. Trust me they will give you visa and lots of money.

ode

Bomaye7:
how many war mongering have Russia engaged and how many have America engaged in smart man

so none but somehow they are can take on the US that have been practicing their whole life... Go figure

Rugaria:


If China invades Taiwan this night, The US will NEVER intervene militarily. That's a no no. China is so close to Taiwan, that America will need to have a weapon big enough to deter china from thinking of an invasion. That obviously is either a nuke or chemical weapons. If the Americans don't have such in Taiwan already, it means they are not eager for a military confrontation Incase China invades, and The Taiwanese know..

But America can still punish China severely, that's economically, diplomatically and politically, through massive sanctions with her allies. That might effect Chinas rapid economic growth, thereby causing unpredictable reactions at home. The realization that such sanctions and gang up Will hurt, and the fact that the Taiwanese will put up a bloody resistance is the only reason the Chinese have not invaded that tiny swat of land. Not the fear of wars. Nobody fights a direct war with a nuclear power like China or the US or Russia!

It's incredibly dangerous for everyone..

SMH... even before China invade Taiwan, they will need to land at least 500,000 soldiers and that's a lot of people for an amphibious landing. Before they even land all those people,
at least 2 CSG from America will be in the Taiwan strait within a week. That's a lot of fire power.
Do you know what else they will come with?
Japan, South Korea and Australia.
China manage to damage US asset in the conflict, the US will immediately invoke Article 5 of NATO treaty and also drag India into the fight.

Do you see how many ways China will be fighting and they haven't even claim the island yet.
Sure they can ask Pakistan to distract India.
But to get Russia to come, that's a big task because on land, that cross is very difficult talkless of moving military equipment, on sea, Russian Navy don't have the power to face a combined force of the Royal Navy and American Navy.
And there's no pending war between Russia and other European countries that may be used as an alliance.

So yeah military action against Taiwan has far more implications.

baralatie:

There are two things happening here
There is the Europe side (it does not want a conflict with Russia and the only arsenal it has its the NATO vehicleso it is obvious the eu will pump money to NATO to protect it's border...it has never bordered Putin)
The second side is the former Soviet states of which has come under pressure(Belarus and etal from Europe and Chinese inward).with this show of power by Putin and Russia using Ukraine as a scale goat.all those troublemakers in Belarus and et Al have literally vanished.this gives Putin firm grip on the states without under attention.
Putin get sense!
But it is still risky

you funny.. just say Belarus et al like say them plenty. Go check, almost all the former Soviet states are NATO members

Rugaria:


You know nothing about The alliance between The USSR and communist China that has led to China-Russia romance lately..
That's alliance has been solid for almost a century now. They fought together against the west in both Korea and Vietnam.. They vote along the same lines in the United Nations security council.. Very well managed relationship that has been controlled effectively for the mutual benefits of the two nations for decades. They're just trying to push it up another notch..

Where was the USSR when Japan was raping China? Didn't they stylishly claim Chinese land and sign a pact with Japan??

MT:


Taiwan is a different case entirely. US has the responsibility to defend Taiwan. Ukraine is not a NATO member and US has little need to intervene in Ukraine. Ukraine is just good for the US defence system and missile to be installed in Ukraine and for NATO to have a base which will be strategic to fight Russia militarily, if need be.

They already have those in Poland. They don't need Ukraine. It's Ukraine that wants the join not the other way round and what NATO is doing is protect the right of sovereign countries to choose their alliances out of freewill not because they need Ukraine to station any missile.

Do you know how easy it is for Russian intelligence to gather information about your missile system if they are that close??

CSTRR:

America rules out military response.

Nobody in Washington will sanction a military confrontation with Moscow.

To be honest, the only reason why Russia has no invaded is for economic reasons.

They will lose trade with Europe.

And it's foolish to rely on China alone.

If they ever get to Ukraine, let them cross over to a country as small as Latvia then you'll know that Russia is just a regional power.

linearity:


That is why I said Russia is showing weakness, they would have not backed down on establishing the military pact with Cuba, just like US is not yielding to Russia demand, they not accept Ukraine membership into NATO.

And since US have refused to accept Russia request, I think to show strength, it is high time Russia revive the talks with Cuba, that is only when US will take Russia very serious.

Playing defense with little, little countries who would have otherwise naturally be your friend is a sign of weakness on Putin’s part.

Did you America were days away from invading Cuba and taking over Soviet missiles? The Soviet Union realising how helpless they were to assist Cuba because of the naval blockade agreed to remove the missiles in favour of the US not invading Cuba.
Any Russian military deployment to Cuba will end only one way, America invading Cuba within a week and taking over whatever assets and equipments Russia placed there.

Russia as well as the whole world knows when it comes to National Security, the US unites, no more brickering of Democrats against Republican, and that's not the America you want to face

linearity:


Ukraine is a Sovereign country and have the right to choose who they want to be friends with or not.

The fact that, Ukraine wants to join NATO shows how distrustful they are of their next door neighbor Russia, ordinarily Ukraine wound have naturally preferred to join Russia.

This also shows failure on the part of Putin. You can’t force someone at the butt of a gun to love you. Those kind of relationships don’t last very long.

This also shows Russia and Putin as weak, they are playing checkers while the Americans are playing chess. Right now, Russia is been forced to play defense at it’s own backyards over a country like Ukraine with which they share many similarities including blood relationships and would have been natural allies….it is like your ex-wife with whom you have many kids that you loved dearly moving in with your worst enemy and you are going for the guns and missiles against your ex-wife, to force her to retreat, that is a big own goal and it is a sign that you have lost the war, even if you temporarily win a few battles here and there.

Instead of playing defense with the US, Russia would have used this opportunity to play offense…they are friendly with Cuba, use this opportunity to up your friendship with Cuba and start acquiring/building military bases there and building missile system there at America’s own backyard and put the US uneasy…the US will become the ones portray to the world as the aggressor and bad ones in that situation.

After defeating Ukraine, is Russia going to also defeat and win over the hearts and minds of Ukraine citizens or they will forever force them to tow the line under the barrel of the gun?

These types of relationships are artificial and they don’t last long, issues like these like the ex-wife analogy I stated above, are better resolved through dialogue and diplomacy, where Ukraine will have to give some and Russia give some…by going to war with them, you have just validated their needs for wanting to join NATO in the first place.

They touted the idea with Cuba during January after the first round of diplomacy failed and the US response was "Any Russian military activity in Cuba will be met with quick and decisive actions

Since then that idea is off the table. The US don't play when it comes to National Security, they are willing to waste trillion of dollars which the whole world will pay for in the long run to take out perceived threats

ValCon888:
Russia doesn't really want to invade Ukraine. Russia is just doing everything it can to stop Ukraine from joining NATO.

Because if Ukraine becomes a NATO member, America and NATO can use Ukraine as a parking spot for nuclear and other ballistic weapons.

That's like pointing a gun to Russia's head, and we'll have the Cuban Missile Crisis all over again.

In this era and time, I don't think there's any country in the world that wants to go to war. Not even that mad man in North Korea.

If you think peace is expensive, try war. The cost of destruction can set your country back to the Stone Age.

SMH, why aren't they using Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary as parking spot for nuclear and ballistic weapons?

Like do you even know what a ballistic missile is? so you really think Ukraine is that important is they wanted a parking spot for nukes.

It depends on where you strike in Russia with a nuke, the blow back can go as far as Ukraine itself.

You guys should reason sometimes before commenting. Jeeez

Any Samsung phone that is not stolen or on the verge of being spoilt

it's so frustrating to be Anti-Apple like every year when a new iPhone debuts, they complain and nitpick on every little thing only for their flagship to copy the very same thing the following year and then they can't complain again.

First, it was lack of earphone Jack.
then, lack of charger brick
then, they moved last year to how the iPhone 13 digs into your skin because of how sharp the edges are only for samsung to go the same route with the S22 Ultra and I'm pretty sure, others will do the same.

TOPCRUISE:

Preventing which war. Are they not the ones causing the rift in the first place. USA that want to put Russia into their pocket.
Read Valcon888 post on the first page it makes sense.

because you can't reason on your own or think for yourself.
Have you ever since the map of Europe? or in a larger context Europe and Asia. Russia has very little in terms of country to influence which means NATO doesn't need Ukraine to be boxed Russia in, they already achieved that.

Ukraine wants to join NATO out of their own freewill and Russia which are the ones that forced Ukraine hand in the first place by supporting separatist in Eastern Ukraine and annexing Crimea which was internationally recognised as part of Ukraine but some how somehow it's the US fault.

Then simple logic could deduce that the US already has Russia in its pocket since Russia actions are somehow US fault.

Think at least once even if it's the last thing you do

Bomaye7:
lol are you sure you are in this world lol America cant do shit, which war have America won in 50 years ? None. Judging from the last Afghan embarrassment i think Ukraine and America are the ones to thread cautiously

which war has Russia won in a country they weren't invited... Dumb people everywhere

Karleb:


Are you minding him?

If you don't check stats, you might be misled that Ronaldo is the most selfish player in the world. You might even hate him for the lies these haters spread.

Ronaldo has the highest assist in UCL.
Ronaldo has 3rd highest assist in league football. Only Messi and Suarez has more.

In football history, Ronaldo has the 4th highest assists of all time! Only Messi, Thomas Muller and Suarez has more assists.

Ronaldo only started striking later in his career. Put Ronaldo in the midfield from the start of his career and maybe he will have upto 600 assists by now.

Oga at least use your Internet for once. Messi is not even the player with the most assists of all time. Even Di Maria has more all time assists than Ronaldo.

But you keep parading false stats thread after thread

Local man is shocked beyond APC administration

Jonesemmy:


good points
though you got it all tainted with your choice of words

one of the reasons I apologise in advance

Jonesemmy:

what caused the Cuban missile crisis? US deployment of missiles to turkey(a nato State today) and Italy(another nato State)..after the Cuban missile crisis does missiles where removed abi?
but today you not only have us bases at turkey and Italy but also former Warsaw pact countries like;Poland,Czech Republic....which are some of the 14 Warsaw pact countries(remember Warsaw pact was signed to keep NATO in check)..today Ukraine,that borders Russia wants to join Nato,ain't that an encroachment?? if US could not allow then Soviet Union have ballistic armament close to em then why should they have an anti-russian base in a country that borders Russia (also remember Ukraine ssr, Russ ssr and byelorussian ssr where the key States of the Soviet Union) which are under Russia's sphere of influence..This is encroachment and disregard to Russia's power. The US would not allow any country in its sphere of influence (western hemisphere) frolick with russia.take Cuba for example,which the US has placed sanctions on (1960s to date)..
Oga Russia would not tolerate..US bases in Italy, Greece, Poland,Estonia,Latvia, Lithuania,Romania; and Russia has none in the western hemisphere..

SMH... What exactly is Russian sphere of influence?
You guys are so blind to the cause of an action but quick to condemn the consequences. Sorry if I sound rude in my reply, just that I've been answering such unintelligent comments for so long now it's getting to my nerve.

1) The objective of NATO formation had already been achieved after the fall of the Soviet Union. The Organisation has evolved since then to focus solely on the security of Europe and counterterrorism.

2) Russia is the one trying to find a common enemy to rally against which coincidentally NATO fits the bill. Why? if you care to ask, because without a common external enemy, the people begin to ask for good governance and what caused the fall of the Soviet Union will cause the fall of Russian Government elites. Case in point, Putin critic that is under trial in Moscow now, look at the mass following he amassed within a short period.

3) NATO membership is open to Democratic government in Europe. They don't go about sharing flyers and asking you to join. The countries that do join have to submit a formal request, meet specific requirements before they are considered and voted by member state to become part of the Organisation.

4) This isn't the first time Ukraine has requested to join. NATO rejected them the first time so if they were really after Russia, why would they do that?

5) Ukraine is a sovereign state that can make its own decision. Comparing Ukraine to Cuba reeks of ignorance, I'm sorry.
If Russia didn't want Ukraine to consider NATO membership then they wouldn't have annexed Crimea or back separatists in Eastern Ukraine.
You don't fight with your brother and then cry about it with he decide to join forces with a stranger.

But that's a strange concept for you guys to understand because you guys are so flawed to always believe Russia is the victim and the US is always wicked

samfrancis1:
But then you can’t know better then Putin, you can’t know better than Russians if they don’t want NATO near them they know why they’re doing it, See Nigeria weh we deh face herdsmen everyday una no see something talk or do, na Russian Ukrainian una deh yarn about.. una Ogas them

Russia just want to stay relevant hence the shouting and show of force.
Nothing more Nothing less. Without making an enemy out of an alliance that's meant to protect Europe and Northern Atlantic, Russian relevant won't be felt.

When the world needs the so called Super powers to show up like in the war against terror, what help has Russia been? Yet these groups are proscribed in Russia but guess the alliance that send men and spend their money to actually do something about it?

NATO don't need to fight Russia over anything. Which countries provide majority of energy supply to Europe? Russia.
So using logic, why would you be dependent on your "enemy" for something so critical if NATO was to be as seen from Russia?

think

ken6488:

I am a core USA fan

But we can't hide the truth

Neither USA or Russia no know one will win a war between them

what's my business which side you're on?