usj: Ukraine only you said? Stop watching western propaganda MSN, they are fighting Ukraine backed western forces. I guess they don't tell you all of that, the western POW in the hand of Russia is huge.
What else should I watch? Russian propaganda that couldn't admit it ship was hit instead came up with 3 different versions of lies?
The same propaganda that said its military was returning to base only to invade Ukraine the following week?
or the one that said the west shouldn't prolong the war when they are the ones inside someone's else territory?
which propaganda should I be listening to really??
so the Russia that was expected to run through Europe would have been fighting African backed Europeans?
Excuzeme: All it takes is ONE Nuclear Missile and all these baseless talk will come to NOTHING. Yes, America has it just as Russia has it. The Respect is mutual That is why America cannot physically intervene in Ukraine, not because of whether Ukraine has joined NATO, is about to join NATO or is contemplating joining NATO.
really? You guys just heard MAD once and every time MAD, MAD, MAD.
Guess what, China has Nuclear missiles, yet Biden affirmative said the US would intervene militarily if Taiwan is attacked or do you think MAD only works with Russia.
The US rank her allies in 3 tiers, They would die for tier 1, lose some limbs for tier 2, tier 3 might be sanctions and small force. Ukraine doesn't even belong to any and you think America is afraid of Russia that why they stayed out of Ukraine. lol
In June, India urged Russia to speed up its delivery of the missile system, as border tensions with China escalated. China received its own S-400 missiles from Russia in May 2018, for which the US sanctioned Beijing.
Trump also imposed sanctions on Turkey when it purchased the S-400 in 2019, refusing to sell Ankara F-35 fighter jets. In December the US said it still hoped Turkey was "willing to engage with us in trying to find a resolution to this."
Washington: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that India "will soon find out" about his decision on the punitive CAATSA sanctions after India signed a $5 billion deal to purchase the S-400 air defence system from Russia.
greatness77: America have all these and they can't help Ukraine chaiii Even ordinary no fly zone, i remembered in 2015 when turkey shot down Russian jet America was d first to criticize turkey chaii
Because Ukraine is of no strategic importance to the US. Taiwan is. Big difference.
The only good thing Ukraine did was phrasing the war as Democracy against Fascism. That's one way to peak America's interest. They like fighting for defend freedom. Without that Ukraine wouldn't even be getting the kind if support she's getting.
America owed Ukraine nada.... Their capabilities are for their allies of which Ukraine isn't
^There are loads more to unravel/unpack but I'll stop there for now. If you can read, that should give you an inkling on how Saddam was armed to the teeth by the US and UK with American and British weapons. Saddam only switch to Soviet weapons after they discarded him and Iraq was under arms embargo. And he couldn't even get a lot of direct lethal Soviet weapons. So most of his lethal weapons were American and British made and those weapons were effectively grounded due to lack of parts caused by embargo.
In essence, Saddam was basically disarmed before Iraq was invaded by the US in 2003. Anyone with a brain (which you obviously lack) would know that.
2. Middle East is basically the US' playground. Israel is like a mega US aircraft carrier with almost 10million people. The US has bases with tens of thousands of troops stationed in Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and a massive military base in Turkey. So, the US can basically put a million troops in Iraq within 24hrs without the need to mobilise. Russia on the other hand, despite being next to Ukraine would need to mobilise to be able to put the same number of troops in Ukraine because its military isn't a wartime military. Again. you have no clue and you're a slowpoke who understands zilch about the military.
3. Nazi Germany didn't take Britain because they didn't want to and never even committed their strongest troops to taking Britain. The attck on Britain was mostly a feint and Hitler's eyes were on the Soviet Union hence he committed about 90% of his elite forces against the Soviet Union. If Hitler wanted Britain, it would've been a walk in the park but he didn't really pursue it for the following reasons:
a. PM Chamberlain already cut a deal with Hitler by giving the Nazis Czech republic with the Munich Agreement (before Churchill got to power). There was also some sort of connection between the British Royal Family and Hitler.
There's a reason why the US and UK absorbed the Nazis rather than destroy them after the war like the Soviets did. And Nazis preferred surrending to US and British forces than Soviet forces. Heck, Nazis founded NATO after WW2 and a lot of American secretary of state post- WW2 have Nazi lineage.
b. All the resources he needs to achieve his dream are in the Soviet Union. Britain has no resources. Nazi Germany was also part of the capitalist bloc while the Soviet Union was an opposing ideology with communism.
c. Taking Britain would've got the Americans involved (the US was neutral at this point). And that would've made him compromise the amount of elite forces he committed to the eastern front against the Soviets which would've been a disaster because he sent all his elite forces to the eastern front against the Soviets. Alas, it ended up being a disaster because the Soviets destroyed all his elite forces.
^I'll stop here because history is way deeper than what a lot of you know. You have to read extensively to know a lot of things.
4. LMAO. In the next 20yrs, American paratroopers wouldn't be able to pull off what the Russian VDV paratroopers did at Gostomel airport. Even American veterans alluded to this on Twitter. 200-300 paratroopers against 3 elites Ukrainian brigades and hundreds of NATO special forces and they held the Kiev airport from Feb.24 until other Russian forces got there and never lost it in any battle until they withdrew. And less than 30 of them were killed. That's one for the history books. Those VDV paratroopers are the ones crushing Ukrainians in Donbass right now, lol.
This is a video on CNN when CNN reporters went to the airport a few days after the paratroopers took it and Ukrainians lied that they have pushed them out, lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b40r8RX5MoE
He rushed there thinking they were Ukrainians because Ukrainian propaganda lied that they pushed them out. Only to find out that the VDV badarses were still in control, lol. And they never lost it. CNN basically exposed Ukrainian propaganda in real time.
5. RQ-7? . No, Iranians captured US RQ-170 stealth drone with EW. It's the most advanced US drone that Americans claimed were invincible/invisible and Iran captured it with EW without breaking a sweat. So none of the trash you posted is a match for the Russians and Chinese.
6. Moskva was hit by a sea mine - not Neptune missiles. Even the most rabid pro-Ukrainian shill on Twitter who're veterans said it's not Neptune missiles because nothing on the ship showed it was hit by a missile. And that corroborates Russian claims.
7. What's AWC? Or you mean AWACS? Well, US AWACS are mostly overrated and Russian EW jams it often.
Anyway, this isn't about AWACS - it's about American MQ-9B drones. So read what Russians did to Americans in Syria from an American general below:
The US has been concerned by the battle-field success of Russian EW systems. At the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s 2018 GEOINT Symposium, General Raymond Thomas, then commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, said that Syria has become “the most aggressive E.W. environment on the planet. They are testing us every day, knocking our communications down, disabling our EC-130s, etcetera,” he said without directly mentioning Russia.
I'm done. You're out of your depth like most of the clowns on this forum. Most of you just parrot utter nonsense without an understanding of anything.
First you said Saddam used American weapons, now you've included Soviet but not much right.
Wow! the west is all Nazi, they even had connection with Nazi. incredible... Please can you remind me again who Hitler shared Poland with? Who did He sign non-aggression pact with in 1939 but it's Britain that it didn't want to take but spend a whole lot of money and resources to build the largest battleship to sail in history that was sunk by the Royal Navy but but Hitler has connection to the British and didn't want to overrun them. I give it to you, you really know history.
Again you called a reconnaissance drone the most advanced. Exactly what do you know about military aircraft? The RQ-170 only gathers data and information by loitering. The MQ-9 does that and can still track target and take them out with pinpoint precision yet the of former is more advance. How? Jeeez
Russia EW is a joke when compared to America. They don't have a dedicated EW platform. The EC-130 is a reconnaissance aircraft, the gather information, they don't have jammer or other EW countermeasures. The AWAC on the other hand does and not only does it not fly alone, the goes with fighter planes and the Growler. You might want to research it capabilities.
Read the report itself.... it's a bunch of analyst trying to decipher if the US will sanction India as they did Turkey or if the need to contain China will make them let it go
There's no official statement threatening to sanction India when they actually need India in the Indo-Pacific and unlike Turkey, India isn't fully immersed yet with the west.
AldrichAmes: It's just laughable and it shows those who have no clue about the military and warfare. Logistics problem is part and parcel of warfare and no military can avoid it during war hence no army goes through war unscath. The Nazis who were the greatest military force in human history with technology more advanced that their time lost WW2 due to logistics problems. Allied Forces during the highly overhyped and excessively celebrated Normandy landings in western history took disastrous losses due to logistics problems. So, having logistics problem during military maneuvers is as normal as being in the military itself - it's about how you regroup and mitigate against it, which the Russians have done during the 2nd phase of the war.
US also had a lot of logistics problems in Iraq and Afghanistan hence a lot of their regular forces and special forces were killed in ambushes. It's also the reason why insurgency was very effective against them in both countries. And these countries aren't on Ukraine's level. Iraq is half the size of Ukraine and it was already demilitarised with arms embargo for a decade since most of Iraqi weapons were of US origin (the US propped-up Sadam to fight Iran and turned on him after that). Almost all of Iraqi lethal weapons were grounded because they couldn't get parts due to US emgargo. So the US attacked when Iraq couldn't even fight and all of Sadam's generals and their troops didn't fight because they thought the US would give them power once they get rid of Saddam. And once that didn't happen - they started the insurgency that broke the US' back, hence people tend to call the Iraqi insurgency the real US-Iraq war. As for Afghanistan: the country had no military and they're basically tribal goat herding militias with AK47 and RPGs. Evidently, none of these two countries had any army, if we're being honest. Ukraine (the 2nd biggest country in Europe) on the other hand had the largest army in Europe (only 2nd to Russia before the war) that was trained for 8yrs by NATO and was supplied the most sophisticated weapons.
The logistics problems Russian forces faced during the initial phase of this campaign were actually exaggarated due to this being arguably the first global war that happened during the social media era where you can see everything in real time and a lot of it is also propaganda. Most of these logistics problems weren't even because the Russians were incompetent - it was mostly because they didn't go in with an intention to fight a war of attrition. They went in thinking Ukrainians wouldn't put up a fight and would try to save their cities. Then both can get to the negotiating table. Hence they invade with a smal number of combatants and kept matching without guarding their rear. And that's basically why those ambushes were successfully. However, since they moved on to phase 2 and put their feet down to fight - how come the exaggerated logistics problems disappeared?
LMAO @ CSG and MQ-9B like China and Russia don't have advanced EW that would jam those overrated interfaces. Small Iran captured a much more advanced US drone that's superior to MQ-9B, with EW, without breaking a sweat. Ever wondered why even American F-35 stopped going anywhere near Iran? Well, it's because Russia gave Iran radars that can detect them from far away and knock them out of the sky. Now, imagine what Russia and China would do to them. Some of you just throw out names without any understanding of what the other side has.
BTW, China just launched semi-submersible surface ships. Russia on the other hand has stealth Corvettes that are fully submersible - so they can go under water or act as surface ships. NATO countries including the US don't have those capabilities. And when it comes to EW - there's no match for Russia right now in the world. Something to ponder on apart from all the other advantages they have.
You have idea about military and you just wrote that epistle.... Saddam was using American weapons? Guy, you do know the internet is free right! Iraq that was using Soviet weapons and equipment. Also, like do you guys have any idea of the map. Look at where America is and where Russia is compare to where Iraq is and Ukraine. You talk about Nazi Germany yet the same people ran through Europe like child's play but had problems taking on Britain because it wasn't on mainland Europe. I mean they reached Moscow before Hitler made his now famous blunder. And you're comparing America that basically had to airdrop more of its logistics with Russia that have land advantage.
Russia that couldn't drop a single battalion of paratroopers behind enemy line, something the US does time and time again.
Where you lost me was saying Bombers have EW capabilities to knock out CSG.. do you even know the capability of a Carrier Strike Group. An AWC could see the bomber from thousand of miles away and you're talking about using EW... Bro go read up at this point.
Also comparing an RQ-7, a reconnaissance drone with the Reaper... lol like how do you people type such crap with confident.
See lie, America don't have an F-35 forward base in the Middle East. How they Bleep would they be avoiding Iran with the Aircraft? F-35 is not a reconnaissance aircraft to begin with. Israel have been using theirs to wreck havoc in Syria with the same supposed Russia superior radar.
Same radar that couldn't detect small Ukraine Neptune anti-ship missiles....
You can support Russia, I don't have any problem with that but abeg don't come here parading lies and make believe like others don't have Internet too.
SUPERPACK: You mean same India US is threatening with sanctions for buying russian weapons and increasing the russian fuel imports? You are not current.
Same US that is also threatening the Solomon's Island for signing a defence pact with China too? We are seeing a realignment in our face, bro.
US have not threatened India with sanctions. Oga dz Internet no be only you get am
AldrichAmes: Biden isn’t a weakling - he’s just a face of the power brokers and powerful force that run the US - just like every other US president. It’s by design and US presidents are mostly controlled puppets. Obama also wasn’t the one running things when he was the US president.
It’s also a misconception that the US was feared by all. That’s just make-believe like Hollywood movies. Those who fear the US are European countries and 3rd world countries. Countries like Russia and China have never feared the US. The US just never really troubled them until now. And what they’re doing now is basically reacting to American threats on their borders.
People tend to forget the poor China was the one that did most of the fighting during the Korean War against the US and allied countries and the Chinese technically won that war (but it’s regarded as a stalemate officially). And that was the US at its peak militarily because it was vastly superior to every other country on earth militarily (save for the Soviet Union) and China at its lowest both militarily and economically. So why would a country that pulled that off fear the US? And Americans have always been weary of Russia because it inherited almost everything Americans feared about the Soviets.
Regardless, NATO needs to be really scared. No NATO country has fought a country as strong as Ukraine on the ground since the end of WW2. Fighting defenceless goat herders is different from fighting a formidable peer military that has a lot of support. And Russia is currently doing that with a fraction of its military (less than 10%) despite being outnumbered by 4:1 and they’re achieving results (despite initial setbacks) whilst rotating forces to get the needed frontline experience and tactical battlefield awareness. Combine that with the Chinese and US + NATO countries don’t stand a chance in a real shooting match.
you guys said a lot more about Russia and how it can win Europe if not for America... Ukraine only and they are having logistics problem...
just one CSG can take out those bombers over the Pacific, no biggy just a normal payday work. Hell even the formidable MQ-9B sea guardian can get the job done.
Nancy2020: if your neighbor is doing what will kill your children in his own home then that your neighbor has no right to exist.... We all must protect our neighbor it actually in the scripture. NATO is a war organization not a peaceful one so it has no business been near Russia. You actually should know where your right stops. You can't smoke in the public in some places why because you will endanger other people that how laws are.
please please can you name even half not even one instance were NATO attempted to attack or attack Russia or its interest?
You guys fall head over heels for one man delusion then go around parading false narrative with absolute confidence.
Let's see dz three scenarios that are actually facts and how the play out:
1) Estonia and Latvia are NATO members that also border Russia and are closer to Moscow than anywhere in Ukraine. the supposed NATO that want to kill Russia haven't put any offensive missile there. These are 2 countries that lack any significant military might so they can easily toe the line if the other countries want to put missiles there. Verdict: Russia did not attack them or do anything about them. Or as you was explaining with confidence, aren't they neighbors?
2) Finland is now posed to join this same NATO that want to kill Russia and they are closer to St. Petersburg than anywhere in Ukraine. Verdict: Russia are cool with it and aren't attacking them. Again, aren't they neighbors?
3) Ukraine applied to join NATO in 2008, NATO that want to kill Russia rejected the offer because of Russia that they want to kill. Verdict: Russia didn't do anything.
Then in 2021, Ukraine only adopted a resolution in parliament to seek EU and NATO membership, they haven't applied, there is no guarantee how long that will take or if they will be accepted as they were still fighting internal war in the Donbas and Crimea was annexed. Red flag that such application may not come to fruition yet Russia decide to invade a sovereign state whose territory rights and integrity is guarantee under UN charty. the same Charty that Russia are signatory to. The same Russia that signed the Budapest memorandum to protect and respect Ukraine sovereignty.
greatness77: putin threatened nuclear tsunami to any nation that will send troops to fight against his forces in Ukraine hahahahaah imagine nuclear powered samart hitting Washington,new york,nevada, Ohio etc , finally Russia has d best rocket system in d world, They dont need to send troops or bombers to US ICBM can do d job, remember one state in russia is bigger than Nigeria x6
another beer parlor talk....
Su-57 was launched at the same time as the F-35, and still now Russia don't have up to a squadron of that jet.
The T-14 can't even be produced and the project got canceled.
They literally ran out of their precision guided ammunition in under 3 months.
How many Samat do you think they have? Just 1 maybe 2 at most.
America has gravity nuclear bombs in 6 European countries that can be flown on the F-35, B-52, B-2 and soon to be to be inducted B-21.
They have ICBM in Germany and Turkey that can strike Russia before the Samat get to American mainland.
14 Boomers that are location unknown all over the ocean with the Captain given semiautonomous authority to launch SLBM.
The day Russia thing that they have what it takes, they don't have to waste their Samat, all the have to do is threaten an American Aircraft Carrier and Russia will be pounce to dush figuratively
mastermaestro: You see why you shouldn’t be arguing with anonymous people whose level of brain power you cannot remotely ascertain. Imagine they are still comparing this with Ukraine, whereas long before the war started, Biden had repeatedly said that America will not send troops to Ukraine. In fact it became a national anthem.
But here are some people comparing Taiwan’s case with Ukraine.
Nancy2020: At the June 2021 Brussels summit, NATO leaders reiterated the decision taken at the 2008 Bucharest Summit that Ukraine would become a member of the Alliance with the NATO MAP as an integral part of the process and Ukraine's right to determine its own future and foreign policy course without outside interference. https://en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki Ukraine–NATO relations - Wikipedia
Understanding is greater than just knowing how to read... how does what you just wrote translate to sending troops to Ukraine to defend it?
You guys always make it seem like Africans are dumb
9jatriot: I hope the leader of Taiwan is more intelligent than Zenlensky and will not fall for this kind of trap.
US has decided to keep emerging powers or enemies busy by instigating problems in their backyard while they blow empty air from afar. The two warring countries and their neighbors become the victims. Russia has been kept very busy with Ukraine while Ukraine gets bombarded, now they are looking for a way to also keep China busy
point out where they said the same thing about Ukraine.
Beer parlor talk champion. Una dey allergic to Internet??
topcatking: It is one thing to say, it is another to do.
Ukraine has taught us this.
Ukraine has also taught us that the USA will rather conduct an economic and proxy war with any nation considered a "super/regional " power or one with nuclear capabilities.
So , as usual, Biden has gone off script and said what he wasn't meant to.
My (informed) opinion.
Una dey use Internet at all or is it just beer parlor talk and inshallah.
Since day 1, Biden and America had been clear there will be not military intervention in Ukraine. How many times person go say the same thing but all dz toddlers with war film imagination will be envisioning different thing
Russia never wanted to capture Kyiv, at the beginning of the war they sent a large convoy to storm Kyiv but it was a chess game, they wanted to make Ukraine think the wanted to capture Kyiv but they didn’t. They just wanted to distract them from their game plan and it worked. Ukraine diverted all there attention to Kyiv while Russia captured the break away states and neighboring states they’ve always wanted. Immediately Russia saw that their plan was working they withdrew soldiers from Kyiv.
and you were there when the meeting was going on, I bet you even gave some input.
So as knowledgeable as you are you didn't know Donbas has been a breakaway region since 2014 meaning it wasn't under Ukrainian control and that is what they have been fighting to get back all these years. because if you didn't you wouldn't make your second statement
SmartPolician: Men are fighting the war while ladies are taking selfies. Because it's war, nobody is talking about gender equality.
Defender of the Patriarchy... because you don't know there are a lot of female combatants in the Ukrainian military. Even a female parliamentarian left her post to join the military but okay yen yen yen
Kingpin1000: You just posted like a toddler or an adult that wears diapers. You want Russia to leave Ukraine without completing it's task so you will be the first to shout Russia has been defeated. Encirclement awaits more Ukrainian troops.
I'm really curious as to what your cranium is protecting cause I'm more than certain that the brain can't be this dumb.
If they don't want to leave Ukraine, WTF will they now accuse someone else of prolonging the war?
How stupid can you be? like this is a whole new level. You just unlocked master level of stupid all thanks to blind fanship or whatever on a public forum that no one gives a crap about
The ones that get me laughing the most are those ones that will tell you any news favoring Ukraine is propaganda but will believe something posted allegedly by someone on Telegram....
that's like believing BC messages on WhatsApp and be typing Amen and forwarding to 10 people to receive audio blessing
I thought you were different!! All you western a** lickers does is throw insult!!!
You jumped iraq, Syria, Libya and co!! Why?? Because you are so ashamed of your america!! I can’t even argue with u either, I thought you were intelligent!!
not to brag but I'm confident that I'm vastly more intelligent than you. If you want to make an argument, present reasonable facts and then I can be in a conversation with you.
Starting your supposed argument with something dumb as you need to be threatened to reason security doesn't put you in a great light.
You don't fumble your first impression in an interview and wonder why they didn't stick around long enough with you to find out you're really good
Arrogance destroys intellect!! It’s either you are purposely spreading what is not correct or you don’t know anything you are talking about!!!
Since the fall of USSR why has NATO not been dismantled?? Why has NATO expanded towards the eastern part of Europe as against their verbal agreement with gobachev??
You say NATO is for security of Europe?? Really?? So who is threatening Europe?? You’d say russi!! Lemme ask you, do you know Russia wanted to join NATO but George bush refused him?? Do you know Putin was pro-west but later turned around to say the dream of being integrated into the west as a fried is gone
NATO fighting terrorism?? Where is terrorism in Europe please?? Is it in the Middle East?? Which country has scattered a region more than america and her tools I.R UN and NATO and EU!! Who sponsored terrorist against Assad of Syria?? Who destroyed Libya? Who invaded iraq?? Vietnam?? Etc!!
You say NATO dey fight for human right?? You are funny given america is the biggest violators of the international human rights convention!!
My brother, if after all what I have said, you still come here to boast of NATO and America as a tool of freedom and truth, I can’t argue you are deep into lies!!
none what you said is facts instead it shows your lack of knowledge.
I guess the reason you build house and put gate and security door is because Armed robbers have been threatening you. The reason you safeguard your wallet when you're out of the house is because pick pockets have been threatening you. Jeez...
where do I even start, you lack the basic knowledge to even constitute an argument and I won't waste my time with you.
Imagine calling a war started by Vietnamese on Vietnamese an invasion. Like seriously what do you actually know except for proudly displaying your ignorance
Toktee: Look at you... France and US was it of recent that Australia cancelled the deal it had with France concerning nuclear submarine which the US supply the sub instead? This issue was also resolved.
Turkey and Greece was as a result refugees and turkey interest in its ambition to search for mineral resources in the Mediterranean Sea which Greece considered to be within its exclusive economic zone.
But it was also resolved.
What else?
You lots want to see a splitted NATO which is impossible.
smh... your last sentence just made me realize you quoted the wrong person
HITsquad: you will never see this on BBC and CNN...
they are busy parading the Russian soldier who committed war crime...
War crime is unavoidable in a war... being a soldier is the most difficult job on earth as it has to do with life and death... so soldiers get frustrated and lose their mind all the time...
I condemn what the soldier did... but who's gonna Judge American soldiers for their own war crimes in Vietnam, Afghanistan,Syria,Libya,Iraq? who? Only American Enemies commit war crimes?
Russia is not holy but America my friend? is Evil... America and it's entire allies!
They turn blind eye when they or it's allies are bullying people... they make it seem like they doing God's work, like some kind of crusade between Angels( them) and demons.
They use the power of global media which they dominate to convince you that they are doing the right thing...tell you that they are preserving democracy... they are the Hero,they are the saviour...
but listen my friend America never fought any war they had nothing to gain from... Think! think! it's not illegal to think!
I'm never a fan of Russia, China or any Russian allies/strategic allies... but I hate hypocrisy! the west are bunch of hypocrites,liers and full of shiiiit.... just double standard assholes!
then invent your own media and say what the hell you want. They are not forcing you to watch their media. Their media their narrative.
I think you're the hypocrite here but you're too blind to see. why? because you'd never tell anyone about your bad habits, everyone has one but if anyone ever ask you about yourself, you'll only say positive things not negative. But here you are criticizing people doing exactly that
Nyne: This NATO of a group is military alliance against which group exactly?
Na one of the things wey dey trigger Russia be that.
Okay, if the entire world’s military comes together as one, who are we going to fight against?
Maybe Aliens. I know coming together as one will trigger humans to explore deep space and we might find the unexpected, and might lead into war against creatures never seen.
- Security of Europe - Against Terrorism - Promoting Human rights
That what NATO has been about since the fall of USSR but you guys neither read nor learn.
Russia is not the USSR, that cult was a different beast. That one delusion man thinks they are doesn't make it true. If it was just Russia, they'd be no NATO.