Smoqueed

This is just wrong!

So Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine accepts that they won’t be joining NATO: “It’s a truth and it must be recognised.” Right or wrong; hopefully this is the beginning of the end of the conflict! Sending peace and love.

Sure, the elite will always protect their interests but I’d rather history records any war crimes in The Hague and judges him there instead of some kind of street justice. And then they give him the Nobel Peace Prize lmao! When Gaddafi announced his intention to trade his oil for the African Dinar instead of the US Dollar- that signed his death warrant.

For the purpose of clarity, I am neither justifying Putin’s actions or indeed sympathise with him. If you revisit both my posts; I believe I’ve offered an objective perspective based on my neutral position. I have stated that I do not condone the military action, and have also alluded to pacifism and an anti war mentality. Nevertheless, the fact remains that this could have been avoided for the sake of peace. Had NATO made concessions and agreed to cease their eastern expansion (who are they expanding against anyway?!), and no WMD in Ukraine (these are perilous times, why couldn’t NATO have thought outside the box?), then there wouldn’t have been an invasion. The Western neoconservatives also have blood on their hands for allowing this to happen. Why? Because they want Russia to implode, and it will! Putin has been played like a sucker. I totally get what your saying and agree; Ukraine are entitled to join whatever organisation they want. NATO were under no obligation to concede and impose Putin’s treaty, these are however unprecedented times and things are going sideways, fast! We have the potential for WW3 with nuclear capable countries! This threat should’ve provided a stronger desire for mediation and concessions, it didn’t, which just illustrates the contempt the elite has for innocent civilians. As I said, Putin is done, whatever the outcome. Let’s just hope that history is still able to judge him and his collaborators. Surely they’ll end up answering for their crimes in The Hague. (I really should have caught up with the thread before jumping in lol, my bad!) However, and with regard to Palestine and the Middle East in general; what Putin is currently doing has far-reaching implications for any chance of some kind of stability there. Without Russian support, Syria will have little chance against Western objectives, which in turn will lead to more innocent bloodshed and refugees. Sending peace and love.

The idea that Putin wants to re-establish the Soviet Union is nonsense; this is western mainstream ubiquitous propaganda. While Soviet socialism obviously did not ultimately work, there was however a commitment to certain ideals of fraternity and equality; ideals that Putin has absolutely no time for! Admittedly, I’m sure he wants to expand Russia territorially, and rebuild an Imperial Russia to a size akin with the former Soviet Union, but does he want a return to Soviet ideology, I don’t think so. These are two different concepts. Re-establishing the Union would require communism- Putin is not a communist, he’s a capitalist, one which financially benefited from the fall of The Union! The Russian government is an oligarchic state, with power finely balancing between the state and Russian oligarchs. Should there be any attempts to return to communism, then this would certainly disrupt the internal power status quo. Re-establishing the Union. That is a nonstarter! Agreed on Belarus, Russia is after all, their main political and economic partner. Putin has a massive western border to protect- Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia and Estonia. Latvia and Estonia both have small populations which enjoy reasonably good relations with Russia and while both countries border the Baltic Sea and have the strategic advantage this provides; both countries have an approx. 25% Russian population. Perhaps behind the scenes both are heavily influenced by Russia even though they are in the EU and NATO etc. Belarus are aligned with Russia, which leaves Ukraine. Ukraine’s border with Russia is equal in length to the other three countries put together, so we can immediately see how strategically important this country is; not only to Russia but also to Western powers. Ukraine as a fully fledged NATO state is completely unsustainable for Putin. Let us not forget that all Russia wanted was a signed treaty with NATO stipulating that WMD would never be stationed in Ukraine. Was this a big ask if the West has no ulterior motives? All this bloodshed and the shattering of innocent lives could have been avoided if NATO had agreed to a proposal which would’ve guaranteed peace; even if an unappetising prospect! The US Congress was actually debating sanctions as Russia sought diplomatic dialogue. We need to ask ourselves why they rejected Putin’s treaty and what is their ultimate objective with Ukraine? I totally abhor war and conflicts (all they do is drive wedges between nations which should be cooperating for the good of mankind, and keep the military industrial complex making obscene amounts of money from civilian suffering), but I can see why Putin has invaded; from his perspective, for the long term safety of Russia. Also the level of hypocrisy from the West is astounding! While Ukraine has my upmost sympathy and I welcome an immediate resolution to the invasion, and by no means begrudge them all the assistance they can get… It’s frustrating, the level of support they are receiving in comparison to Palestine. Israel has been invading Palestine for over 50 years- where is the international condemnation against Israel! Why aren’t Israeli sports persons being banned from events! Why aren’t Israeli goods being boycotted! Why isn’t the mainstream media highlighting atrocities in Palestine! One thing is for sure: Putin is done! So many ordinary Russians are outraged with the invasion, I can’t see him getting re-elected. Especially with his financial backers feeling the pinch of Western sanctions. Sending peace and love to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, Russia, and Palestine!

Putin has been goaded into invading Ukraine. He has been manoeuvred into this course of action since 2014 when America ousted the previous Russian supporting president of Ukraine and replaced him with their puppet. Hence the annexation of Crimea in response. Putin’s red line ever since has been Ukraine joining NATO and therefore, the very real potential of having NATO (American) weapons of mass destruction on Russia’s border! Putin would never accept that situation. That would be akin to Russia having WMD in Canada or Mexico; would America accept that, of course not! The Russian Foreign Office had consistently tried to engage in constructive diplomatic efforts to avert this current military action. They sought an assurance that Ukraine would not join NATO, and that NATO would halt the eastern expansion. This fell on deaf ears; they then sought assurances that NATO (American) weapons would never be stationed in Ukraine. Considering the fragile state if affairs, a reasonable request for their national security in my opinion. NATO in contrast refused to entertain such a treaty and has merely repeated their assertion that Ukraine are welcome to join with no restrictions, and therefore pave the way for NATO (American) forces and weapons on Russia’s border. There is of course, a wider geopolitical aim, an aim which has been in the making since the Soviet Union collapsed. An intention to isolate Russia from all of the ex Soviet countries. Since the 2014 American orchestrated coup, they have provided Ukraine with over $2 billion in military aid. America and NATO now regularly patrol the Black Sea, and Western warplanes are constantly flying in the area. While Ukraine are obviously entitled to join NATO; poking the Russian bear was only ever going to end in (avoidable) bloodshed. While I do not condone Putin’s military action, I can understand why it has come to this. Sending peace and love to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine and Russia. Depressingly the normal citizens of these countries are merely pawns in a ghastly game of geopolitical chess being played by the ruling elite.

White Hot forever, and ever, and ever. The end.

Kudos to the UK BLM movement for voicing their support of Palestine.

“If you can’t handle me at my worst, you don’t deserve me at my best”

Well, that escalated lol. In my humble opinion, she looks happy and as gorgeous as ever.

Lol, couldn’t be bothered to read the whole thread so not sure if it’s been clarified but it’s definitely ‘half cut’. A common phrase in England meaning drunk. Leak the whole album already!

Gutted doesn’t even come close. I’m gonna need therapy.

The bile warmongering rhetoric and blatant lying coming from the American administration is deeply concerning. Is America the only country with an obvious desire for conflict? No, of course not. Is America however the main instigator and aggressor? Yes, like it or not, it is. There are certainly other countries who are indeed complicit with their encouragement of, and their involvement with an appalling long term Middle Eastern strategy; but America is always the most vocal and abhorrent. It is not a benevolent promoter of worldwide democracy, as it tries to make out. In reality, it has been meddling with Iran since at least 1953, when the CIA removed the democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh and replaced him with their brutal puppet; the Shah of Iran. They also supplied Saddam Hussein with weapons, chemical and otherwise, to use against Iran which resulted in the deaths of over a million Iranian citizens during the Iraq-Iran war. They have been proactive with crippling economic sanctions ever since, designed to alienate Iran from the international stage. Under Obama, Iran were given a route into the international stage with an historic nuclear deal that would’ve given the Iranian economy room to grow legitimately. Trump pulled out of that deal and also imposed significantly harsher sanctions. I don’t condone it but it’s no wonder Iranians hate America; they’ve grown up under this foreign oppression and constant threat of war.

Mckenna’s dad is a legend

I wouldn’t be surprised if one of America’s proxy forces commit some kind of false flag atrocity and blame it on Iran as a pretext to escalate and justify the conflict. It’s a tried and tested method which gets mainstream backing every time. Of course this is about oil (and the profits war generates!) but also the wider geopolitical strategy to control and profit from the resources from the whole region whilst taking over Iran’s banking system. It’s no coincidence that the only countries left who don’t have a Rothschild owned banking system are North Korea and Iran. Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan and Libya used to be on that list.

So, Trump orders “a decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad”. Cut the crap; America has been goading Iran for years, this is their latest attempt to ignite conflict in the region; the cowardly murder of a respected military tactician. Trump is a puppet who couldn’t order a burger without prior instruction. This was an illegal act which blatantly violates international law. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was a target also. I hope Iran doesn’t take the bait.

All news stories in England are overshadowed by flipping Brexit, the situation is getting coverage but certainly not enough. Stay safe our Chilean brothers and sisters; all respect and power to you.

Counting down the days

Smearing marks on images to suit a certain perspective doesn’t prove anything lol Take them away and her nose bridge looks the same to me. There’s also angle, make up and lighting to consider. I’m not bothered either way, just saying

Nice interview; she looks gorgeous

I assume that she probably does, why not, must be fun lol

Sing more NFR songs on your NFR tour

Awesome band Pure morning, Every you every me and their cover of Pixies (another great band!) Where is my mind are among my favourites.

Really insightful comparisons. Thanks for posting this

Trump is a moron with obvious personality disorders; I used to think “only in America” until Boris became Prime Minister!