I don't actually have the freedom to express my opinions of dissent without fear and repercussions. Apparently you haven't intellectually applied the current conditions within our country to understand this. And seemingly you don't follow the appropriative news sources to know this. For several years now, journalist, mainly alternative journalist, and their news sites have been under attack on multiple levels. In some cases their funding being stopped through accounts they use to collect donations in which they've had to file law suits to get back. Peaceful protest attacked on multiple levels. Both the free speech within and arrest. This is widespread throughout Europe and Canada also today. Seriously, how have you missed Trump's own statements on multiple occasions of such a nature now being implemented in the US? I'm personally waiting for the moment the FBI knocks at my door, or bust in, and wants to question me about my views and speech or arrest me for them. With the potential of being labeled as a terrorist. Especially since most my political views are primarily stated at facebook where people are constantly put in "facebook jail" for periods of time. I've had many post denied over time in which I had to file complaints to get them through the system. And our intelligence agencies work along with multiple layers of our X military people. I have no doubt I've been flagged. It's been happening throughout the country for quite some time now. Hell, how have you missed the several years of politicians being attacked by Israel lobbyist and PACs? Abby Martin had to file a law suit for the attack on her by the Israeli front when they forced a collage to canceled her scheduled appearance and slandered her. It was amazing that at that time a couple years ago or so that she won the case. Today however, I question if she would be able to win such a case. No doubt it was because of all the work and documentaries she has done on Gaza and the Palestinians.

As mislead as you are on the above, apparently bleeds into Putin/Russia and Hamas. I have my own issues with Russia in some regards, such as their quite conservative views on a number of aspects, but what you're attempting to suggest just isn't true. It's quite the opposite of what we have in the US. The government in Russia has its own fascist and far right nationalist they must contend with. Who spout about their dissent while churning up chaos and violent rebellions. If you were properly informed of the conditions of such, you would consider the number of terrorist attacks they face on to close of a regular basis. Especially over the past 3 years of those who collaborate with the Ukrainian and western intelligence apparatuses. The Russian society has more freedom in regards to medias they can observe than we do by a long shot. They have access to all our MSCM and MSMs to develop their opinions on. I can read a number of them on their RT site. And they're the same mis/disinformation sources there as they are here. Which is why a vast amount of the Russian society wonders if we've all lost our fucking minds over here. And have so for many decades. Yet they still love us. For fucks sake, I wonder if they lost their fucking minds for being so humane towards us after centuries of western governments interfering in their affairs constantly. They get it though! It isn't us a people, but how and who is ruling over us. They know their history, unlike a vast majority of us in the US who are negatively indoctrinated into a false reality about Russia, that they can decipher the bullshit they hear and read from our medias. The vast majority of them support their government, especially today, where we in the US have been purposely divided and question our government primarily on everything. Why we're still voting for the same criminals that get an approval rating that barely reaches double digits. Which if any intellectual thinking person would understand that it's indeed the purposeful division within us that causes us to keep voting for criminals. Each side absurdly and ignorantly thinking their side is going to be the savior of our country at some point. That will never come under such lunacy when our representation is being managed by oligarchs! Quite frankly, the US should implicate Russia's laws in regards to fascist and far right nationalist who are the primary sources of violence in regards to our protest scenarios. Does Jan 6th ring a bell? Considering that the vast majority of mass killings and violence occurs when these people come out of the gutter to kill freedom of speech and crimes by law enforcement. Their use of game chat systems to organize criminal activities. Hoarding of guns, bomb making, and camps to train in like some fucking military group when they're essentially terrorist groups. Instead of allowing Trump like figures incite their violent nature. I'll take Russia over that anytime. We would be so lucky to have a president with the nature of Putin. Who has refused to level western Ukraine like our god dam presidents do to nations abroad. Whether it's supporting or funding such like in regards to Yemen and Gaza. Libya and Syria. Iraq. Based on blatant lies!

Again, as far as Hamas is concerned, I have my issues with them. A lot of issues. But your claims, I've never heard of. Which I'll save my poor typing skills on unless you can provide some substantial information on. Which when I consider your previous statements, I doubt you have any. Your knowledge to me on the other 2 cases is clearly subjected to a one side tells all without any knowledge or consideration of the other sides understanding in regards to their history or factual substance to be compared with one sided indoctrination.

@William_Mary I think the trick is don't be cowered, just have this one life so fuck 'em all with regards to self censorship. Been testing Australia's new antisemitic laws myself here in Oz on fb eg shared an article on how 30+ idf soldiers had died in Gaza via "friendly fire" since the ceasefire broke. I titled it "The latest Darwin Award winners".

The thing I most like about BRICS and by extension Russia, China and Iran is that they plan to return the world to a law based world order. Because this US led rules based order, with exceptions for the "exceptional nation" and sycophant allied (submissive) nations aka "The West", sucks dogs balls big time.

I'm a simple man and simple guiding principals guide my opinion. Many of these are enshrined in UN declarations, ironically drafted by the USA before they became fully fascist as they appear to be now.
Things like All have the right to resist an uninvited foreign military occupation via any means available.
Things like Never again shall the world stand idly by and witness a state sponsored genocide take place.
Things like expanding agenda's for defense pacts is a major oxymoron, especially when that aggressive expansion knowingly causes conflict and resources to be diverted away from societies due to arms races.

The choice seems simple to me; keep the status "US rules the world" quo or else establish a law based, multipolar world. The US is not selling it's product to me as a world citizen all that well atm. So not hard to choose.

NB @CrazySkeptic you may be surprised how many restrictions you actually have on your life when compared to other nations. I think Australia leads the way with Nanny state laws but "The West" can't make jokes about their privileged freedom anymore.

@William_Mary Living in America I’m comfortable saying our political leader are lying, murderous sacks of dog shit. I wouldn’t be comfortable saying the same about Putin in Russia or Xi in China or Hamas in Gaza. Would you?
As far as your suggestion that I’m being mislead or biased to the MSM, that’s an accusation that any side of any issue can make. It’s really just an argument that my side is right and your side is wrong. Similar to religious arguments between Jews and Islam, Sunni and Shia, Protestant and Catholic. It’s easy to see flaws in others views when your side is the only truth.

@CrazySkeptic I personally wouldn't make such a statement towards Putin or Xi at this moment in time. I don't live there for one thing. On the other hand, I support their agenda towards building a new world structure of alliances. And having a significant amount of time in observing their news platforms and social structures, I often wish I could live within them. I often dream of a place on their borders where I would have access to both worlds. But I think it's easy to say that by ratio, the vast majority of the citizenships in both countries wouldn't either. So I imagine it would be difficult for me to find such evidence to support you apparent accusation.

With that said, I select my wording with surgical like operations with my political commentary, especially when it comes to presidents. I've seen how people can be harassed by law enforcement and or arrested for using bluntness towards politicians. Just yesterday, a man was arrested for making a statement in regards to Trump, apparently something to do with killing him. That's considerably blunt, but by semantically speaking, along with history I speak of above, these 2 factors kind of blows your theory up. Not to mention that Trump has a long list of politicians and others who he has made a life of hell for in regards to negative speak against him and or his policies. Just yesterday it was reported he's considering taking away Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship for something she did or said.

In regards to MSM, those accusations you speak of are made easy because in both cases they are factual. Each side is indeed as you put it {It’s really just an argument that my side is right and your side is wrong.} It's an environment within each side that's delivering half truths mixed with mis/disinformation towards supporting the side they primarily support. They use to be labeled as fake news for a dam good reason.

As the owner of my own group here, I might suggest you observe and apply some critical thought to the title I put on it. [agnostic.com] And read through description of the group along with the pinned pages that are relevant to my agenda. Where I primarily use news sources containing unbiased fact based information that challenge and expose the MSMs and our 2 party political arena as the fraudulent entities they are. Which is where I'll now argue/ask, that if it's so easy to see the flaws as you claim, how is it possible that approximately a little more than half of the citizenship is able to keep us entrapped within a failing social structure being managed by representatives who don't truly represent us, but do such a great job of representing the international ruling class managing them? And why and how you feel safe within that? While denouncing other countries that have a significantly less amount of chaos within than we're especially witnessing today. Considering, if you follow sources like mine, it's well indicated that the chaos that invades their societies occasionally is mostly created by entities managing our society.

@William_Mary Agreed on Trump’s movement towards authoritarianism. Also agree on the US government that supposedly represents us.

I’m not really posing a theory in my short to the point questions. I’m just not sure what you see as a solution in Gaza and Ukraine. It’s odd that your answers ALMOST remind me of typical US politicians but with more sincerity.

Sorry if my questions don’t belong on this group. All the best.

@CrazySkeptic there is no solution for Gaza in regards to the Palestinians. It has already been determined. It was determined quite some time ago. Trump's son in law let the cat out of the bag years ago. A complete removal of the Palestinian people. The systematic genocide on all 5 levels has all but been complete. The current talk of a cease fire is simply another farce. The choice was handed down just days ago. Either leave or stay. Stay means dye, leave means get out. They can't leave because they're trapped between closed borders that Israel won't open and countries that don't want them. Both scenarios lead to more murder. So the end solution to Gaza is that the international ruling class will get their dreamland of more profits. The potentially 100s of thousands of dead will be built over as the reconstruction will become their tombs.

Ukraine will eventually have to face the loss of the best of the country within the 4 regions they've been conducting their own genocide on since 2014. The only reason the death toll isn't similar to Gaza's, is because the citizens were being used as human shields while the Ukraine government dug in and fortified preparing for the war that finally came in 2022. After 8 years of the UN ignoring the warnings of Russia and the cries of the world community who were aware of the crimes happening. The only question that remains now is how much further Europe is going to take the war. Which as is in retrospect to the Russian operations, it's as good as over. 1 region is fully cleared of Ukrainian military and being secured. The other 3 are reported as being 75% cleared with Russian troops advancing pretty much at will. Russia has long ago been rebuilding societies throughout. People are returning to their homes happily as Russian citizens now.

@CrazySkeptic Oh wake up. Rather easy to stop both Gaza and Ukraine. follow the money as both wars are enabled by a third nation which if they cut funding "lethal aid" there would be no conflicts. If this nation did not abuse their power of veto at the UN the wars would be over.
All laws are there at the UN to stop wars of aggression, they need just be enforced but one nation actively undermines the UN as they view themselves as exceptional.
Go the Houthi's, the only ones physically defending the targets of genocide.

Putin doesn't want the western part of Ukraine. It's loaded with fascist. Once the east is fully liberated, which is over 75% done now, and predominantly secured, the Russian people in hiding in the west will go back to their motherland in the east. He and the Russian society are perfectly happy with just wiping out the military targets and weapons supplies coming in. They've lost enough of their own defending and getting back the east. I seriously doubt the citizens would approve going any further into the west. They have enough problems now with terrorist attacks throughout the 4 newly rejoined federations and the Motherland. Why in fucks sake would they want to vastly take on more terrorism within the west? Let them asshats eat themselves. Which has already began. It's costing a lot in military operations and rebuilding in the east. The amount of money to continue into the west and the terrorism that would come with it would be an absurd move.

@William_Mary why did this military operation start, oh that's right, NATO. Russia has no choice now as if they don't take all Ukraine, NATO will set up shop there. You are correct they do not want to.

you and me both know this war is now about US hegemony Vs a multipolar world. The West will double down on their idiotic death throes stupid. "Lets weaken Russia/ Putin via Ukraine proxy" wasn't the best idea from neo-cons.

@puff the current directive as spoken is to take the 4 regions in retrospect and then create a buffer zone there westward. With a treaty disallowing any military forces, or NATO weaponry within the rest of the west, Ukraine. Europe is currently wanting to put peace troops in Ukraine with a cease fire. But this a flat out no for Russia. I think we both know why. Those already in the regions have been relatively manageable. So in the end, it's again going to depend on what the asshats from Europe do. Along with a buffer zone and western Ukraine, that gives Russia time to recognize troop and weaponry movement towards them. Russia still has over a million reserves that would need to be prepared to reach combat positions. And they aren't going to be able to just bomb Russia into submission. It will take a vast effort in ground forces also. With Russia's advanced missile systems both within defensive and offensive, every bit of time manageable still counts. Russia, and China, also has weaponry with the ability to shut out all electronic signal waves and can shut Ukraine down turning it dark. Something the west, as far as anyone knows, has the ability to defend against or do themselves. Which is why Ukraine has had a hard time using drones and missiles. They go crazy and can't hold a target. Russia is able to take out the majority of them. The only other option for the west is nukes. If they're that crazy to start throwing nukes around, we're all going to end up in a big pool of shit. The closer anyone is to the region, the bigger the pool of shit they'll be swimming in. Until then, Russia is without a doubt going to win this game. Likely it will be over within a couple of months. Those 4 regions, other 3 actually, are all but Ukrainian free now.

@William_Mary The problem being there is no treaty forthcoming as NATO are stubborn, and the EU as well. Terminal hubris Russia has no choice but a full, military victory so the "treaty" will be total surrender on Russian terms. Unless Ukrainians roll Zelensky/ Neo-Nazi's themselves or NATO pull their head in, especially the UK and France .