Every morning when I wake up and look at the news .....

[Leicesterbaggie]

Well, if Putin is the only sane one in the room, God help the rest of us!

[Barrera]

The whole thing is just so f*****g awful. These innocent civilians just getting the s**t kicked out of them day after day ... after day. And for what? A dictator’s view of so-called past glories and leaving a “legacy” for his country. It’s so idiotic and senseless you couldn’t make it up. The only legacy Putin will achieve is to take his country back to the dark ages. At some point the Russians (and Indians and Chinese) will wake up and realise what a f****g moronic disgrace Putin is. In the meantime hundreds of thousands of people will needlessly lose their lives.

If I have to turn the heating down or eat less well this Winter ... the so be it ... if it’s a sacrifice worth making to help defeat this Dictator.

[westcountryvillain]

The fking Chinese are a disgrace pursuing a zero Covid policy by locking down hundreds of thousands of their citizens and interring a million Uighur muslims, don't expect them to distance themselves from this maniac anytime soon. The expansion of Nato is relevant, power is a beguiling thing and something of an unquenchable thirst, it's now a horrendous situation - a dangerous man is one who has nothing left to lose, how long before Putin becomes him.

[regis80]

All i’ll say in response to this threads initial topic is - never be so gullible with the apparent ‘news’ put out in front of us’ where it’s been drip fed to us. I’ve been gullible at times but not as far as some. Do any of us really know the truth of what is going on?

I love how the western world clearly sees a monster in charge of Russia and the least we do is put sanctions on him. Which does f all. This unilateral you do this, we’ll do this mentality is a load of crap. Not a fan of Trump.. but would any of this happen if he was the President?

[boingy]

Me as well, I’ve pretty much given up watching the news now.

I no longer trust even the BBC.

You can see the agenda Mick. A nice bloke like Dan Walker being rude to a politician isn’t Dan Walker, it’s the voice in the ear.

[Barrera]

All i’ll say in response to this threads initial topic is - never be so gullible with the apparent ‘news’ put out in front of us’ where it’s been drip fed to us. I’ve been gullible at times but not as far as some. Do any of us really know the truth of what is going on?

I love how the western world clearly sees a monster in charge of Russia and the least we do is put sanctions on him. Which does f all. This unilateral you do this, we’ll do this mentality is a load of crap. Not a fan of Trump.. but would any of this happen if he was the President?

I put more trust in Western media than Russia TV - however misguided and inaccurate some might think. It’s called freedom of the press and with journalists active on the ground in Ukraine I am pretty sure most of the reports are pretty authentic. I don’t think you have to actually be in Ukraine to understand the destruction and carnage going on. Let’s face it there are no Ukrainian boots going into Russia. There are no Ukrainian missiles hitting Moscow or St Petersburg. Countries are not forced to join NATO. - they do it out of fear of what’s happening now in Ukraine. Whatever the history - and no doubt there are some villains on the Ukrainian side - there is no excuse for what is going on in attacking Ukraine so brutally and Putin will be forever condemned for the murderous dictator he is. Russia will never rejoin the international community until his odious regime is dead and buried.