The whole world is so seriously messed up it's not funny.
As for the 'Russia is running out of weapons' narrative.
This is nothing more than projection by the West.

It's as if they say around in a boardroom and said to each other
"We only have limited amount of weapons we can provide Ukraine. What does the propaganda department have to say about how we spin this"
Propaganda department - "We project our problems on our enemy, We say that Russia is running out of weapons"
- And people like you SM just eat that shite your spoonfed right up.
And then you come back saying "More please", because it reinforced the BS you already slurped down without batting an eyelid.
And you can't admit to yourself that you got had.

Fester talking about how great the West is with free speech (permitted speech) and all that...

EU country arrests 26 people for celebrating Victory Day
- Marking anything other than “Europe Day” in Latvia is now a crime against democracy
http://www.rt.com/news/576028-latvia-victory-day-arrests/

Don't you understand the people who you thought were the 'beacon of democracy' and a 'shining example' to all the backwoods shiteholes of the world, well they're just as effing bad as the ones they complain about, maybe even worse.

"More than two dozen residents of Latvia were arrested on Tuesday for violating a law against celebrating the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, known as Victory Day. The EU and NATO member's police even seized a 'Russia' jacket from a man in a wheelchair, and arrested another for wearing Soviet medals in public."

Target a man in a wheelchair for wearing the wrong jacket.
The west are quickly becoming the same kind of fascists as the NAZI's were.
But you all refuse to see it, too busy telling yourselves that "We're the goodguys";
- Well here's a newsflash, we're not.

This whole damn war would've been avoided if it wasn't for the US neoconservative warmongers and their belief in US exceptionalism and staging a coup detat in Ukraine in 2014 against the elected government in order to back Russia into a corner and create a war.

You lot have 'democracy' blinkers on so badly that you just can't see things for what they really are.

Russia will win the war and Ukraine will be destroyed either way.
And the west could not have achieved such an outcome without the help of those like yourselves buying into whatever daily horse shite the biased and complicit corporate media feeds you.

Sorry Fester, I think one of my comments there was a response to one of your comments on page 1 of the thread.
I got mixed up and didn't respond to your last comment sorry.

"That is the part of AC's narrative that makes no sense to me: Why would a nation fearful of rape and pillage by the hostile west destroy its army in its own act of rape and pillage?"

They aren't destroying their army.
Russian losses arent that bad, but Ukrainian military has already been largely destroyed.

"This suggests to me that Putin has no fear of Russia being invaded but very likely thinks that failure in Ukraine will be the end of him."

Who's going to invade Russia, the military stockpiles of Europe and NATO have been largely exhausted. And if push comes to shove China as well as other countries have Russias back. This was all about Russia's security againt a hostile west the wished to encircle them by NATO countries and take their Naval base in Crimea and exert western control over the Black Sea, as well as deposing Putin and installing a leader favourable to their own interests.

"Hopefully the Russian troops will run away when the Ukrainians attack, like they did south of Bakhmut, or at least surrender like this soldier did (note all his dead comrades)."

Ukrainians tried that, and got shot by other Ukrainians.

You lot fail to see the dark side of democracy.

Thanks AC,

I laugh at how differently you and I view things, yet I don't think I'd be presumptuous in believing that we both have a strong sense of justice and desire a better world for all.

Whatever happens in Ukraine, if the world ends up the better for it that will be a good thing. Who is right and wrong is just peanut gallery banter. From my perspective the Ukrainian military is reasoning that if they keep going as they are and keep probing the Russian defences and destroying equipment, especially artillery and high tech gear, then they will find their task much easier.

Anyway, we will see. A horrible conflict, but if it destroys most of Russia's war machine I hope it might inspire an era of more enlightened politics. Maybe the end of rule by angry grandpas?

"I laugh at how differently you and I view things, yet I don't think I'd be presumptuous in believing that we both have a strong sense of justice and desire a better world for all."
- Yeah, it's funny how we can support opposing sides, still be one the same side, at the same time.

"Whatever happens in Ukraine, if the world ends up the better for it that will be a good thing."

I saw this video earlier today, let me grab it and share with you.
http://www.youtube.com/live/ewXW3_KEQXs?feature=share&t=1460
- It's already cued up to the part I want you to see.

Now Lindsay Graham has said EXACTLY the same thing, WORD FOR WORD about 'Fighting to the last Ukrainian'
- And here he is talking about fighting to the last Taiwanese.

That should give you something to think about.
You might be forgiven for thinking if that it Russia puts its tail between its legs and toddles off back home that all this craziness will end.
- But it won't, they (neoconservatives) will move on to China and Taiwan and find some way to do the same thing all over again.

You know if things were to turn out that way, then maybe you and shadowminister might finally see my point, that it wasn't Russia that caused this current war after all.

Russia didn't provoke this war, the West did and they don't plan on stopping in Ukraine.
- Just a bit of food for thought, thanks for your comments Fester.