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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Ok guys, before this thread is locked by the admins (I suppose they'll do before it takes a bad path) let me add something:

Sean has mentioned Erdogan (I'm used to call him Merdogan from the Italian word for sh*t). I'd like to spend few words about what the US, Nato and their allies have let him do to the Kurds only because of geopolitical opportunity. Let me mention how he uses refugees and migrants to obtain money from the EU. The old Rog is not totally wrong, there are nazis in Donbass and Zel didn't do anything to stop them.
I disagree with Rog on one thing only: the world should give a sever lesson to Putin, otherwise he would think to be allowed to restore the Russian imperialism, so that Georgia, Moldova may be invaded as he did with Ukraine.
One more word about Lukashenko, who is also known for making money with children adoptions from orphanages, and I mention adoptons only, because I don't have clues of worse things.

Apart of that, I support Rog's positions about Palestine (and I have Jew relatives).

@Tszirmay: Some Adolf Hitler actually became Chancellor after being elected to the German parliament for the second time. Being appointed chairman after democratic elections doesn't make you a democrat. Orban is nothing but a fascist, elected or not. 

I agree completely with my compatriot (funny word, compatriot, for someone like me who does not believe in the concept of homeland).


There is only one point I would like to make. What does it mean to "give Putin a sever lesson"? The question is not so simple. Putin is not a schoolboy to be put in detention. Putin holds atomic arsenal, gas, oil and grain on which the European economy depends. Even now, Europe is about to go into an economic recession, increased poverty, energy crisis, precisely because of the sanctions given to Putin. And Putin is about to annex pieces of Ukraine, which he is ready to defend even with the atomic arsenal. In poor words, World War III has already begun, for now fought at low intensity and only locally. If we want (subject: we, the West) to defeat Putin completely we must prepare for a nuclear scenario, where Ukraine could be destroyed and where the economy and the environment and European health care could lead to consequences never seen on our continent since 1945. And once Putin is defeated, Russia could end up in chaos, could disintegrate, with unpredictable consequences. 
Don't you think Putin's punishment is the one already in place? In Russia, his consensus is at an all-time low, people are fleeing, the economy is in crisis, and his war of invasion has been self-limited to the border areas. In short, Russia is in such bad shape that the dream of a new imperialism is now completely impractical.


I would add: I hope that on this site we can get back to talking about politics without threads being closed. In my opinion, the administrators should moderate the posts by letting all political opinions go free, deleting only the posts that offend the writer, without closing anything. Otherwise what happens is that the one who insults has great power: he gets into a thread, starts saying offensive things, and gets it closed. This cannot be the solution.



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Roger Waters is incredibly stupid and dumb with his politics stances.
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I was thinking that he is doing what some "KAG" folks are doing and saying ... anything to get people excited and riled up! It gets attention, and gets him relevant, instead of ... long gone in the annals of rock'n'roll nothingness! Tongue

It's the media factor, that we do not want to trust and learn about that makes this all ... so strange! But in a "free world" anything that can be said is being said and has been said! The problem is, we believe it since so many "big names" and "famous" people do so, and we are not big enough (or especially united!) to counter it!
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Roger Waters is incredibly stupid and dumb with his politics stances.
 
He's basically "everything that is bad for usa = good", so, of course, he would fall in the Putin rabbit-hole, which seems to be a point of union for far-left and far-right fanatics, which is the same thing with a different facade, imho.
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Re nazis in Ukraine:
I'm a member of an anti-nazi group in the US, we try to eradicate nazi groups through court action that bankrupts them. My ex-wife and best friend is a Jewish political activist who lived in Germany for a while.
nazi groups are in almost every country in the world, there are many nazi groups in Russia and US too. Putin is very popular with the white supremacists in the US, the white supremacists in the US are on the side of Russia, not Ukraine. That is no accident or coincidence.

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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Let me mention how he uses refugees and migrants to obtain money from the EU.

Let me mention, having refugees is TERRIBLE for our country. And how the Europe ONLY take the civilised and technically apt and educated ones, and we get the mostly horrendous troglodytes.

Believe me, this is a lucrative deal for you (Europe).

Our "persona non grata" Erdoğan and his minions profit from here too. Not only they get richer and richer for the reason you mentioned, but also those immigrants are gonna vote for Erdoğan and his party.

Believe me. Only Erdoğan and Europe benefit from this deal. You (Europe) even encourage us to have more immigrants, while you (Europe) remain as pristine as possible

I'll not talk about the Kurdish issue, as you basically have NO CLUE about the real issues about that, just like most of the people from Europe and the Anglophone world. Its roots go back to the ancient times. It has perhaps more than 4.000 years of history. 

I don't know about you, Italians; but the English love to call those Kurdish terrorists the "freedom fighters"; and just look what they did to the Irish and their present "relationship". We have Irish neighbours here and I talk to them a lot. So, I know what I'm talking about.

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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:


@Tszirmay: Some Adolf Hitler actually became Chancellor after being elected to the German parliament for the second time. Being appointed chairman after democratic elections doesn't make you a democrat. Orban is nothing but a fascist, elected or not. 

Hitler only had a (thin) majority for a government after the March 1933 elections after a widespread campaign of violence of his SA against political opponents, and had pretty much all leaders and candidates of the communist party arrested, following the fire in the Reichstag. This election was about as democratic as Putin's referenda in Donbass, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia.
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Ok guys, before this thread is locked by the admins (I suppose they'll do before it takes a bad path) let me add something:

Sean has mentioned Erdogan (I'm used to call him Merdogan from the Italian word for sh*t). I'd like to spend few words about what the US, Nato and their allies have let him do to the Kurds only because of geopolitical opportunity. Let me mention how he uses refugees and migrants to obtain money from the EU. The old Rog is not totally wrong, there are nazis in Donbass and Zel didn't do anything to stop them.
I disagree with Rog on one thing only: the world should give a sever lesson to Putin, otherwise he would think to be allowed to restore the Russian imperialism, so that Georgia, Moldova may be invaded as he did with Ukraine.
One more word about Lukashenko, who is also known for making money with children adoptions from orphanages, and I mention adoptons only, because I don't have clues of worse things.

Apart of that, I support Rog's positions about Palestine (and I have Jew relatives).

@Tszirmay: Some Adolf Hitler actually became Chancellor after being elected to the German parliament for the second time. Being appointed chairman after democratic elections doesn't make you a democrat. Orban is nothing but a fascist, elected or not. 
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What I find distressing is that the PLANET is in a serious danger, a worsening global threat of nuclear annihilation, emanating from a real dictator and all you activists are still busy bullying a small country that has voted 5 times for a government of their choice. The real reasons for this choice is clear: 2 million Budapesters voting against Fidesz and 8 million in the rest of the country voting for continuity. Had the well-funded by Soros opposition as well as Western leftist organizations (NGOs)  put more emphasis on the rural vote , the opposition would have won the election. 

There is nothing inherently wrong with a Conservative party. Saying that Hungary is a dictatorship is plainly false and slanderous. But because he has won so often, the onus is that it’s authoritarian . Merkel wasn’t authoritarian! All EU /Nato countries are constitutional governments , left or right. Comparing Hungary to Belarus or Russia is plain false. Except Orban has been successful in getting the votes. A day before the April 3 elections , external and internal polls showed a possible opposition victory. There is the proof of it being fair. Whether one likes the result or not ……

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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Archisorcerus Archisorcerus wrote:


Putin clearly said that he/they had been left no other option.

let's stay serious shall we? Geek

Yes, he fell into a NATO trap, but he had the choice of not stepping into it. 

NATO has been after Putin since only Putin managed to stop the killings in Syria, making the US look like fools. Without Russian troops committing their usual massacres & crimes, they'd still be killing and IS would still be alive (not that it's actually dead). Sure arsehole-in-chief Bachar El Assad is still there, but at least IS is not - we could've thanked Vlado, instead of booby-trapping situation like Donbass. 


Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Orban may be an idiot but being voted in 5 times and 4 consecutively means that the majority of the Hungarian electorate want him in power , much to the chagrin of the Belgian-led Verhofstadt crew, who (Guy I mean) is a the real idiot. Unless you suggest to let all non-Hungarian Europeans vote for a Hungarian government and deny all Hungarians the right to vote , European values are thus saved, problem solved ! Or why bother with elections at all , just get rid of all national governments and let Brussels rule everyone? That is true democracy when your side wins. How quaint!
Why not focus now on Italy , soon to have unacceptable government ? Perhaps if there would be only Brussels ruling and no more elections, things would be better? sounds very reich-ish to me .....

 are you writing in small print because you know you're saying something relatively (let's stay polite and not say totally)  stooooopid? Tongue

Orban is a near-fascist totalitarian: repressing opposition and sexual minorities and other liberties (like Erdogan in Turkey or like Poland is) and  he's modified the country's constitution so he stays in power (like Putin & Erdogan or the Chinese communist party). Poland's regime is following suit. And so is Italy, since yesterday.Cry

And your stubborn relentlessness attacks on Verhofstad (a liberal-capitalist) is really weirdConfused. Furthermore, he's been mostly out of the public's eye for nearly a decade. You should be attacking his Belgian heir, Charles Michel (the European council president, who is clearly a US/NATONuke puppet - which Verhofstadt wasn't) and Ursula sucking NATO dicks.

The very same USA-dominated toxic NATO that is currently demolishing the European aeronautical industry by forcing onto Germany, Benelux and others the horrible F-35, a piece of crap that is still unable to fly without crashing. Planes that will be grounded by a satellite, if the US don't want them to be used. 
Wake-up dude!!! 
I do not understand why a supremely cultured and uber civilized person like you needs to resort to insulting me. I do not recall showing any disrespect at all but you don't like being challenged. I am wide awake , I am not a dude. And certainly not stupid. You have never been to Hungary and YOU do not know what goes on there . Stubborn and relentless attacks on Verhofstadt ? I mentioned him once. Hungary is a near fascist state? Is the current Hungarian government FAR-RIGHT? Secret police arresting people on sight on empty streets of fear? Where everyone whispers and looks the other way? Where nighttime knocks on the door happen and people are whisked away, never to be seen again? Is this what you are describing? And how long has this been going on?
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Thomas, 

Sorry, I certainly not meant to insult you, but just making you realize a few things out that obviously escapes you.

Yes, Orban is as close as it gets to extreme right (so is Poland, BTW). Hungary suppresses liberty of speech and press. The next step to uber-conservatism and imposing their "values" to everyone is very "reich-ish" (your words)Wink 
BTW, I was in Hungary for a visit to a scientific institute as part of my job. But that was well before Orban (some 15 years ago)and the symposium was held on the shores of Lake Balaton (beautiful place, BTWHeart)





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Well, you are mistaken, then. “Describing the media market as being fully dominated by the governing party gives a very incomplete view of the story. The Hungarian media landscape has remained pluralistic, critical voices remain influential, and the spectrum of published political opinion remains broad. The biggest TV channel, German-owned RTL, is critical of the government. So is the biggest daily tabloid, Blikk, owned by Swiss publishing house Ringier, whose online edition ranks among the top four in digital ratings on most days. The biggest political weekly magazine is independent Hvg. The biggest political broadsheet is left-wing Népszava. Of the four biggest news portals—apart from Blikk—two are very critical of the government (24.hu and Telex.hu). Index.hu, under its new owners, has become more government-friendly, but not a propaganda instrument. Only Origo.hu is a decidedly pro-government news portal. Polls show that media consumers read conservative and liberal or left-leaning publications in equal proportions, meaning that Hungarians want to get the full picture by looking at both sides of any story. It also means that meaningful media pluralism still exists. All told, public attitudes in Hungary would not tolerate the abolition of free media. The country that suffered four decades of communism will not allow free speech to be suppressed.” . Orban is not FAR RIGHT - Jobbik and Mi Hazank are the 2 two parties that espouse those principles. 
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Archisorcerus Archisorcerus wrote:


Putin clearly said that he/they had been left no other option.

let's stay serious shall we? Geek

Yes, he fell into a NATO trap, but he had the choice of not stepping into it.

I'm quite serious actually. And my main point was that the politicians have a FAR BETTER grasp of the situations than you and I. I don't want to call you "pretentious", but automatically you appear so, regarding my main point. We are folks, not politicians. Not being spoon-fed by the media and researching all kinds of sources still renders us folks. I'm pretty certain that Putin knows what happened and had happened far better than us.

Surely, he could have chosen not to fight. But what if that would have threatened their very existence? What if the NATO was threatening their very existence?


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Originally posted by Archisorcerus Archisorcerus wrote:


Putin clearly said that he/they had been left no other option.

let's stay serious shall we? Geek

Yes, he fell into a NATO trap, but he had the choice of not stepping into it. 

NATO has been after Putin since only Putin managed to stop the killings in Syria, making the US look like fools. Without Russian troops committing their usual massacres & crimes, they'd still be killing and IS would still be alive (not that it's actually dead). Sure arsehole-in-chief Bachar El Assad is still there, but at least IS is not - we could've thanked Vlado, instead of booby-trapping situation like Donbass. 


Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Orban may be an idiot but being voted in 5 times and 4 consecutively means that the majority of the Hungarian electorate want him in power , much to the chagrin of the Belgian-led Verhofstadt crew, who (Guy I mean) is a the real idiot. Unless you suggest to let all non-Hungarian Europeans vote for a Hungarian government and deny all Hungarians the right to vote , European values are thus saved, problem solved ! Or why bother with elections at all , just get rid of all national governments and let Brussels rule everyone? That is true democracy when your side wins. How quaint!
Why not focus now on Italy , soon to have unacceptable government ? Perhaps if there would be only Brussels ruling and no more elections, things would be better? sounds very reich-ish to me .....

 are you writing in small print because you know you're saying something relatively (let's stay polite and not say totally)  stooooopid? Tongue

Orban is a near-fascist totalitarian: repressing opposition and sexual minorities and other liberties (like Erdogan in Turkey or like Poland is) and  he's modified the country's constitution so he stays in power (like Putin & Erdogan or the Chinese communist party). Poland's regime is following suit. And so is Italy, since yesterday.Cry

And your stubborn relentlessness attacks on Verhofstad (a liberal-capitalist) is really weirdConfused. Furthermore, he's been mostly out of the public's eye for nearly a decade. You should be attacking his Belgian heir, Charles Michel (the European council president, who is clearly a US/NATONuke puppet - which Verhofstadt wasn't) and Ursula sucking NATO dicks.

The very same USA-dominated toxic NATO that is currently demolishing the European aeronautical industry by forcing onto Germany, Benelux and others the horrible F-35, a piece of crap that is still unable to fly without crashing. Planes that will be grounded by a satellite, if the US don't want them to be used. 
Wake-up dude!!! 
I do not understand why a supremely cultured and uber civilized person like you needs to resort to insulting me. I do not recall showing any disrespect at all but you don't like being challenged. I am wide awake , I am not a dude. And certainly not stupid. You have never been to Hungary and YOU do not know what goes on there . Stubborn and relentless attacks on Verhofstadt ? I mentioned him once. Hungary is a near fascist state? Is the current Hungarian government FAR-RIGHT? Secret police arresting people on sight on empty streets of fear? Where everyone whispers and looks the other way? Where nighttime knocks on the door happen and people are whisked away, never to be seen again? Is this what you are describing? And how long has this been going on?
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Thomas, 

Sorry, I certainly not meant to insult you, but just making you realize a few things out that obviously escapes you.

Yes, Orban is as close as it gets to extreme right (so is Poland, BTW). Hungary suppresses liberty of speech and press. The next step to uber-conservatism and imposing their "values" to everyone is very "reich-ish" (your words)Wink 
BTW, I was in Hungary for a visit to a scientific institute as part of my job. But that was well before Orban (some 15 years ago)and the symposium was held on the shores of Lake Balaton (beautiful place, BTWHeart)





And yes, you are a dude, like I am one and so are my friends Hug(and my GF is a dudette) LOL

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Edited by Sean Trane - September 26 2022 at 05:29
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Criticising Putin for starting the war is like criticising a football (soccer) coach for what he does in a game.

Putin clearly said that he/they had been left no other option.

We, as publics and not politicians, cannot know the situations and the conditions as much as the politicians do.

So, it is extremely pretentious to claim to know what to do was better for a politician as folks (that is who we are).

The USA had claimed that Putin would (past tense of will, not an imaginary situation) attack Ukraine, and they predicted it correctly. Hey just kidding! They had known that Russia would attack Ukraine AS THEY (the USA) CAUSED IT by sparing them no other option.

The US politics is quite something. Don't get surprised if we (Turkey) fight Greece in the near future. By the help of the USA, Greece, for quite some time, have been arming the legally-must-be-neutral/unarmed islands that are very very close to us, with the weapons they get from the USA.

I support neither Putin, nor Erdoğan.

But, the situations like this are not that "simple", as many people here are trying to make them out to be.

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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Orban may be an idiot but being voted in 5 times and 4 consecutively means that the majority of the Hungarian electorate want him in power , much to the chagrin of the Belgian-led Verhofstadt crew, who (Guy I mean) is a the real idiot. Unless you suggest to let all non-Hungarian Europeans vote for a Hungarian government and deny all Hungarians the right to vote , European values are thus saved, problem solved ! Or why bother with elections at all , just get rid of all national governments and let Brussels rule everyone? That is true democracy when your side wins. How quaint!
Why not focus now on Italy , soon to have unacceptable government ? Perhaps if there would be only Brussels ruling and no more elections, things would be better? sounds very reich-ish to me .....



 

are you writing in small print because you know you're saying something relatively (let's stay polite and not say totally)  stooooopid? Tongue

Orban is a near-fascist totalitarian: repressing opposition and sexual minorities and other liberties (like Erdogan in Turkey or like Poland is) and  he's modified the country's constitution so he stays in power (like Putin & Erdogan or the Chinese communist party). Poland's regime is following suit. And so is Italy, since yesterday.Cry

And your stubborn relentlessness attacks on Verhofstad (a liberal-capitalist) is really weirdConfused. Furthermore, he's been mostly out of the public's eye for nearly a decade. You should be attacking his Belgian heir, Charles Michel (the European council president, who is clearly a US/NATONuke puppet - which Verhofstadt wasn't) and Ursula sucking NATO dicks.

The very same USA-dominated toxic NATO that is currently demolishing the European aeronautical industry by forcing onto Germany, Benelux and others the horrible F-35, a piece of crap that is still unable to fly without crashing. Planes that will be grounded by a satellite, if the US don't want them to be used. 


Wake-up dude!!! 

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I do not understand why a supremely cultured and uber civilized person like you needs to resort to insulting me. I do not recall showing any disrespect at all but you don't like being challenged. I am wide awake , I am not a dude. And certainly not stupid. You have never been to Hungary and YOU do not know what goes on there . Stubborn and relentless attacks on Verhofstadt ? I mentioned him once. Hungary is a near fascist state? Is the current Hungarian government FAR-RIGHT? Secret police arresting people on sight on empty streets of fear? Where everyone whispers and looks the other way? Where nighttime knocks on the door happen and people are whisked away, never to be seen again? Is this what you are describing? And how long has this been going on?
Lastly, in response to my sleeping patterns : " Quand je me regarde, je me désole. Quand je me compare aux autres, je me console” 

When I look in the mirror, I worry. When I compare myself to others, I am reassured.




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I'm not a moderator by the way but chances are they're not going to tolerate a new Putin/Ukraine thread, and for at least understandable (if not good) reasons.  Wink

For the moment I just say @Sean Trane that I know the Latvian situation pretty well. Not sure what percentage you count as "almost majority" but 24.2% (Russians in Latvia according to Wikipedia) is not enough in my books. Furthermore many of these were settled in Latvia during Soviet times with the aim of creating a sizeable population group there to control the Latvians. Understandable then that they are looked at suspiciously by the Lativians from the time of independence and surely now when Russia is using the argument of suppressed Russian minorities to start wars.

And BTW I was of course not attacking you for supposedly being on Putin's side but rather good old Roger for knowingly making statements that help Putin's case. (To come back to the original topic.) I do grant you and him that some of this is correct (the situation is complicated), but saying this without criticising Putin for starting a war, well...


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Orban may be an idiot but being voted in 5 times and 4 consecutively means that the majority of the Hungarian electorate want him in power , much to the chagrin of the Belgian-led Verhofstadt crew, who (Guy I mean) is a the real idiot. Unless you suggest to let all non-Hungarian Europeans vote for a Hungarian government and deny all Hungarians the right to vote , European values are thus saved, problem solved ! Or why bother with elections at all , just get rid of all national governments and let Brussels rule everyone? That is true democracy when your side wins. How quaint!
Why not focus now on Italy , soon to have unacceptable government ? Perhaps if there would be only Brussels ruling and no more elections, things would be better? sounds very reich-ish to me .....



 

are you writing in small print because you know you're saying something relatively (let's stay polite and not say totally)  stooooopid? Tongue

Orban is a near-fascist totalitarian: repressing opposition and sexual minorities and other liberties (like Erdogan in Turkey or like Poland is) and  he's modified the country's constitution so he stays in power (like Putin & Erdogan or the Chinese communist party). Poland's regime is following suit. And so is Italy, since yesterday.Cry

And your stubborn relentlessness attacks on Verhofstad (a liberal-capitalist) is really weirdConfused. Furthermore, he's been mostly out of the public's eye for nearly a decade. You should be attacking his Belgian heir, Charles Michel (the European council president, who is clearly a US/NATONuke puppet - which Verhofstadt wasn't) and Ursula sucking NATO dicks.

The very same USA-dominated toxic NATO that is currently demolishing the European aeronautical industry by forcing onto Germany, Benelux and others the horrible F-35, a piece of crap that is still unable to fly without crashing. Planes that will be grounded by a satellite, if the US don't want them to be used. 


Wake-up dude!!! 

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Sean Trane Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 26 2022 at 03:07
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It always hurts me to see fellow left wingers siding with somebody like Putin. WTF? There are good reasons to criticise NATO and the Americans, but it should be obvious that Putin is far worse according to what should be left values (and he's admired by fascists and authoritarians all over the world). Nothing of what the man stands for and what his country does should appeal to us. It seems quite clear to me that anti-American/NATO preconceptions lead to a one-sided view that isn't really interested in what goes on in Russia or what the Russians do elsewhere but focuses only on what seems to be wrong on the Western side, and whatever is done against NATO then seems to be justified, regardless of who does it and why, and what the consequences are. Sad!

I do think by the way that Roger honestly stands for what he believes in, and this is his right. He should better analyse what is going on though.

You may want to do that yourself, instead of listening only to Western Nato-ized propaganda. 
Seriously analyzing what Waters says, rather than dismiss it as old-man-ramblings. 
 

Who is on Putin's side??ConfusedShocked Not me!! 
The man goon is an arsehole , a psychopath and a murderer 

I'm just against the toxic side of an organization based in Brussels (I cross path with some of them militaries every day - at the supermarket, for ex) that is brewing trouble and creating enemies for the last two decades in order to survive and justify its existence.... It's very unwise to "attack" Russia (or bait it like NATO did), strategy-wise for the next few centuries, because of the permanent troubles that will be brewing from it but also an ecological and economical catastrophe in terms of the planet's survival.

Ukraine is at least guilty of creating the problems in Crimea and Donbass, by doing everything to suppress and repress its Russian minorities since 2009 (look it up if you don't believe me). The worst part is that the same thing is Happening inside NATO and the EC, in Latvia, where the Russian almost-majority is being denied its culture and language. They're becoming second-class citizens in the country where they're born. Yet no-one in the west speaks of these problems, content to look the other way, not seeing these ethnic-cleansing (peacefully-done, though) matters.


Furthermore, we should be very careful about how Russia could/will crumble down.... An Arsehole like Putin is necessary to keep it the way it was, even if we don't like it.  The last thing we all want is for extreme-east Siberia (Kamchatka & Yakutia) to fall between the greedy paws of the Chinese, who are already invading it (immigration +/- 0.5M/year & colonization of the Russian arctic coast). Those mostly un-tapped natural reserves cannot fall into their grubby hands. Indeed, between the two Russian cities of Irkutsk and Vladivostok, there are hundred of "tribes" that would face extinction like the Ouïgours and Tibetans, under the Han regime (just like the Hans are dominating the  Formosa original tribes in Taiwan). Not even mentioning the ores and wildlife of the vastly & mostly empty lands. If you ask a Yakut whether he prefers the Russians or the Hans, no doubt he will say the former. 


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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by gents gents wrote:

Reading all that I like more and more Waters and I think we need more people like that specially if someone is right. And I must tell you people that Waters is very right. And who doesn't see that as well, there is no hope for him. That's why he is not playing in Poland. Because of truth.....and thats what people are afraid of.....truth


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He's absolutely right about NATO being a toxic affair

But Putin is an idiot for having dived in head first in this blatant provocation.

Boycotting Poland and Hungary is about as sane and safe there is, despite the latter being +/- less on Russia's side (Orban is about as idiotic as Erdogan). Wish that a Polexit and Hungarexit be organized ASAP.



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I don't know if Waters is necessarily right wing or left wing. At this stage I think he is just a cantankerous old bugger who is very upset that the world isn't the way he would want it to be, particularly after all the finger wagging he's done over the course of his recording career.



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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by gents gents wrote:

Reading all that I like more and more Waters and I think we need more people like that specially if someone is right. And I must tell you people that Waters is very right. And who doesn't see that as well, there is no hope for him. That's why he is not playing in Poland. Because of truth.....and thats what people are afraid of.....truth


The only time I have disagree with Ol'Rog in the XXIst C, is when he backed up the English fox hunts
(Hanging on quiet desperation is the english way)

He's absolutely right about NATO being a toxic affair

But Putin is an idiot for having dived in head first in this blatant provocation.

Boycotting Poland and Hungary is about as sane and safe there is, despite the latter being +/- less on Russia's side (Orban is about as idiotic as Erdogan). Wish that a Polexit and Hungarexit be organized ASAP.



 Orban may be an idiot but being voted in 5 times and 4 consecutively means that the majority of the Hungarian electorate want him in power , much to the chagrin of the Belgian-led Verhofstadt crew, who (Guy I mean) is a the real idiot. Unless you suggest to let all non-Hungarian Europeans vote for a Hungarian government and deny all Hungarians the right to vote , European values are thus saved, problem solved ! Or why bother with elections at all , just get rid of all national governments and let Brussels rule everyone? That is true democracy when your side wins. How quaint!
Why not focus now on Italy , soon to have unacceptable government ? Perhaps if there would be only Brussels ruling and no more elections, things would be better? sounds very reich-ish to me .....

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It always hurts me to see fellow left wingers siding with somebody like Putin. WTF? There are good reasons to criticise NATO and the Americans, but it should be obvious that Putin is far worse according to what should be left values (and he's admired by fascists and authoritarians all over the world). Nothing of what the man stands for and what his country does should appeal to us. It seems quite clear to me that anti-American/NATO preconceptions lead to a one-sided view that isn't really interested in what goes on in Russia or what the Russians do elsewhere but focuses only on what seems to be wrong on the Western side, and whatever is done against NATO then seems to be justified, regardless of who does it and why, and what the consequences are. Sad!

I do think by the way that Roger honestly stands for what he believes in, and this is his right. He should better analyse what is going on though.


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