On the war in Ukraine we're mad not to use the tools of diplomacy to try to end the war. I'm sure that you want to jump the gun on me now and tell me that I'm a Russian stooge etc. Heck, I'm not even using the dreadful words of negotiation and peace here. No, what I'm saying yet again is why not try to stop the war? Putin will not fall this year or the next, and by the time he does we'll all be really out of pocket money. Now don't expect Europe to fund the reconstruction because something like that always comes after the above mentioned usage of the tools of diplomacy. Jaw, jaw is always better than war, war, remember that Churchill saying? Heck, we're all coming out of a pandemic and we're still funding a war instead of ending one. Utter madness!
PS I'm sorry that I've left some of the discussions on faith unaswered as yet on here. It was because of ill health. I'll try to bring those to the front too next. But lets move to this one yet again first
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There was a segment on "60 minutes" last night where several Ukraine military women (medical professionals, not combat) detailed their capture and torture, which include electric shock. They were eventually repatriated to Ukraine in exchange for Russian combat officer POWs.
@val70 if Kamala Harris wants to double down on her "Putin War Crimes" assertions, she could bring up the fact that Russia is in violation of the Geneva convention by refusing red cross visits to POW camps.
@SusanInFlorida Yes, but somehow no-one wants to bring in the international organisations on this one. Smacks more like a private war going on between two big powers
@val70 this is the first time american weapons have been used agains actual russians. most wars in the past 30 years were proxy wars. american hardware against russian/chinese hardware, but 3rd world nations performing the test cycles for us.
