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Sorry... this is just not even trying.Exactly. I totally agree.
And it will be overall good for Ukraine to sign an armistice with Russia, since it eventually won the war.
Or do you apply double standards?
Doublestandardism?
Dois pesos e duas medidas?
Uh, probably not. There is such a thing as acknowledging the lack of worth.I am uncontradictable.
I mean...if I weren't, people would bring me evidence of the contrary.
Russia is currently being controlled by someone a lot like Kissinger, but not nearly as smart. Hopefully, soon, they will both meet in hell for the harm they've done to so many others.
Of course. God will judge him, when he dies.
Rightly or not, it's already been said that those elections are unlikely to be held if they're still at war (which sadly seems all but inevitable). Even if they were, I couldn't see Zelensky loosing. You might see him as pro-war but I doubt most Ukrainians do and I certainly don't see any opponent succeeding on a policy other than continuing to fight Russia for the Ukrainian territory occupied in a similar manner. This is doubly true given that, even if were elections held, they wouldn't be able to include any of the occupied regions, where most of the viable opposition support exists.
That wasn't really my point. You're looking at this as something for us to decide on when in reality it is the Ukrainian people who should be the focus. As I said, and just like pretty much any other war-ravaged country, Ukraine will obviously need a lot of outside funding and resources post war. They do have a significant advantage over many comparable examples in that they are a developed country with well established civil and social infrastructure though. It isn't going to be a country that will need rebuilding from the ground up like places such as Iraq or Afghanistan. And as I said, Ukrainians are already rebuilding where they can, largely with their own resources, because that basic level of rebuilding isn't all that difficult or expensive (physically at least).
Kissenger is a classic example of someone who wasn't able to simply make what he wanted happen though. His profile was largely due to his ability as a diplomat and negotiator, having to try to convince and compromise others on his aims and intentions (not always successfully). And as often as not, he had to do that within the US as beyond. Again, the idea that there is some all powerful cabal freely able to control everything in the world is ridiculous.
That's undemocratic.
With all the Ukrainians fleeing to Western Europe...?
Zelensky forbade opposition. Of course there are no political opponents.
Maybe you haven't understood one thing yet.
Oh...please...
I have a video where Zelensky admits that the Ukrainian government doesn't let Russians in Donbas speak Russian, freely.
Listen, Koldo,
It's not perfect but it's not unreasonable, and legal under martial law. They're engaged in a hot defensive war with a significant proportion of the country under foreign occupation. It could be argued that holding elections in those circumstances would be undemocratic too, given that so many Ukrainians would be unable to freely participate.
Nothing close to all Ukrainians fled to Western Europe. Most Ukrainian refugees are internally displaced and many who initially left have since returned. Regardless, assuming that everyone who left were fleeing Zelensky, rather than fleeing the Russians or the war in general, is clearly ridiculous. I know some Ukrainian refugees living here in the UK and they're all unconditionally supportive of both Zelensky (maybe even more so that they rationally should be).
No he didn't. There are plenty of active political parties in Ukraine (more than many other countries, in part due to it being a relatively young democracy). Several parties were banned, but only because they had directly and wilfully collaborated with the Russians. Anyway, you started by suggesting that Zelensky would loose an election but now you're claiming he has no opposition. You can't have it both ways.
I've never suggested otherwise but I don't see how it is relevant to the point of whether Ukraine could or should hold elections during a hot war.
What "warlike approach"? Russia invaded Ukraine, not the other way around - why are they not "primitive" and "warlike" too? The various Ukrainian administrations since independence have been far from perfect, including the current one, and they've certainly contributed to the circumstances that led to war but to label Ukraine as a whole as "primitive" or "warlike" is, and I use this word yet again, ridiculous.
Make your mind up. Is the war because Ukraine is primitive and warlike or is the war because the US and UK made them do it? It's certainly true that Western governments has sought to influence politics in the region for their own perceived benefits but then so has Russia.
The state of war that prolongs a cabinet must be okayed by the Parliament.
Europeans should kiss Americans' feet.
Time will tell.
It's Ukrainians who want to join the EU.
The US would do anything to dethrone the tsar. Even sacrifice 2 million Ukrainian lives.
Who sabotaged the Nordstream pipelines?
It was and continues to be. Rather than making generic statements, maybe you should identify the specific undemocratic or dictatorial acts you're accusing Zelensky of committing.
None of that addresses my comments you quoted. I was challenging your claim that Ukrainians had quit the country "en masse" because they hate Zelensky. If you're going to move on to something entirely different, I'll just take it as a silent acceptance that you were wrong.
Time will tell on whether you can have it both ways? What are you talking about? You're not addressing my comments that you quoted again. I was asking you which of your statements you're sticking with; Zelensky has banned all opposition or Zelensky would loose a presidential election it it was held in spring.
Yet again, what does that have to do with my comments that you quoted? The question was essentially what exactly makes you call Ukraine "primitive" and "warlike"?
Wow, that was kind of related to what you were actually quoting! If they'd really do anything, Putin would be dethroned (and dead) already. Again, I totally agree that US and other Western governments have interfered in Ukrainian politics for their own (perceived) benefits. In turn, will you agree that the Russian government has also done exactly the same?
I don't know and I'm not sure we'll ever know for sure. I also suspect the answer would be complex, with some people ordering it, some people actually doing it, some people being aware and not stopping it and some people becoming aware after the fact but keeping it to themselves. And that is all likely to cover people around the world, across politicians, civil servants, the military, business and the media.