Ukraine the bad guy?

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Fundaamental

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Theres probably another covid coming after 5 years or so

That will be probably when pay and inflation becomes balanced.
 

JohnDB

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is it ?

UK statistics

33 million people in work

Over half of that work forces pay is not enough money to keep up with inflation. That's 17 million

The other half consists of high percentage of people in work only just about managing to keep up with inflation.

Theres only a small percentage of people who are enjoying inflation not being an issue and there pay being more than enough to handle inflation.

Only a few years ago we had every person in work having pay that kept up with inflation.

Your replies suggests its no big deal.
When was the last time you sent out your CV to another company? Especially one who can't find people to hire.
 

Fundaamental

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I'm one of the lucky ones I'm in the field of only just managing to keep up with inflation.

But I would hardly call that lucky seeing as my wage is above average.
 

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Another thing,,,

In any war it is highly important to keep track of a division of troops as large as Wagner Group,,, where are they?,,Are they dividing and going to re-appear at multiple places on the front line? Where does Ukraine shift their troops to to react to this? Twenty five thousand solders is no laughing matter if they can disappear and then you loose track of where they might re-appear.
You may not understand that Progie is NOT a battlefield commander. No, but he is a manager and "spokesman" and maybe paymaster.
In fact, ALL Wagner unit/field commanders are Russian MOD, and Russian FSB is peppered throughout.

And Progie of course was perfectly well aware of:
1) these back-channels to Putin.
2) that Putin demands total loyalty and betrayal is fatal

3) that his future and well being is wholly predicated upon the premise of #2
4) Progie is already a very wealth man, with a fortune that must be in the hundreds of millions at least

For these reasons (and more), I think that the probability that Progie
went rogue or cracked under pressure or took the CIA bribe then relented at the last moment
to be very very slim.

Far far more likely is the scenario that there was allowed channels of contact with spook agency and NATO operatives who attempted a coup attempt via bribe etc. Progie did the right thing for his mob boss Putin, acted as a double agent, and engaged with his security apparatus in a staged counter-coup, the results of which benefited all parties, and accelerated the war effort.

The whole escapade was just too quick, clean and the results were just too neat and tidy for me to believe that it was not all carefully orchestrated from the start.
 

cv5

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Inflation is a thing. Upper management is not going to keep pace with inflation ever until years after the fact and then only at a percentage. The only way to keep pace somewhat is to get a new job that pays more and is comparable to what you do now.

Otherwise a well paying career pays nothing more than entry level kids out of primary.
Again, you fail the test of asking seminal questions such as:
Why is there inflation at all? And who is responsible? And cui bono?
 

cv5

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I think your way out.

Over 10 percent are on a minimum wage.

Whilst a steady Job considered more than enough to withstand inflation, is no longer a enough to sustain households, and keep up with inflation, which is over half the UK's workforce, base on a population of 70 million people and half that population being in work, with an unemployed rate now over 4% of 33 million people in employment

Over half UK work force are struggling with inflation, maxing out there credit cards every months

3/4 of UK business can't employ or find workers as unemployment rates continue to rise.

And are economy was one of the most stable in the world
UK is the sick man of Europe. The former glorious empire, who can no longer tax and pillage the world, and are left to work for a living. Ipso facto the present dire impoverished condition of the average citizen. Should be (and is) happening further west too. Unfortunately.
 

cv5

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Old style USSR politics can be confusing,,, For instance Zelenskyy could actually loose this war,,,Ukraine be brought back into the union and afterwards end up the new leader of it...
Does President Putin want to be the modern Tsar of all the Russia's ie
modern day Russia [Great Russia]
Belarus [White Russia]
and Ukraine [Little Russia] and [Red Russia] aka Galicia

Indeed, this is looking more and more likely. Certainly after the Belarusian developments.
 
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For Britain, the source of their problems is the witch of Cornwall the daughter of Morgan La Faye has seduced the King. Though all is not lost for Britain in Jesus yet, there is hope in William and Kate that they will re-sanctify Britain to God and represent well through their family their realm. But the Arthurian Tragedy of King Charles III and the Witch of Cornwall would be a fascinating other topic in its own right, God Save the King, God Save Crown Prince William and Princess Kate, PRAISE JESUS!
 

cv5

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Prigozhin is exiled to Belarus and is accused of going rouge,,,,,just after Russia put tactical nukes there,,,get it?
Indeed....

"So Belarus where Russia just stationed nukes and who has steadfastly supported Russia has allowed the leader of a force that was in an “insurrection” against Russia to just stay and hang out?"

"What are the odds that Prigozhin and Putin merely used this opportunity to relocate Prigozhin to Belarus to lead a new expeditionary force of Mercs from Belarus directly to Kiev for the kill shot on cocaine-boy?"
 

Fundaamental

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UK is the sick man of Europe. The former glorious empire, who can no longer tax and pillage the world, and are left to work for a living. Ipso facto the present dire impoverished condition of the average citizen. Should be (and is) happening further west too. Unfortunately.
well if us Welsh where in charge we would sort it out 😊
 
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Indeed....

"So Belarus where Russia just stationed nukes and who has steadfastly supported Russia has allowed the leader of a force that was in an “insurrection” against Russia to just stay and hang out?"

"What are the odds that Prigozhin and Putin merely used this opportunity to relocate Prigozhin to Belarus to lead a new expeditionary force of Mercs from Belarus directly to Kiev for the kill shot on cocaine-boy?"
Lol what happens if Prigozhin gets smart and marches on Minsk instead? One good turn always deserves another.
 

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You may not understand that Progie is NOT a battlefield commander. No, but he is a manager and "spokesman" and maybe paymaster.
In fact, ALL Wagner unit/field commanders are Russian MOD, and Russian FSB is peppered throughout.

And Progie of course was perfectly well aware of:
1) these back-channels to Putin.
2) that Putin demands total loyalty and betrayal is fatal

3) that his future and well being is wholly predicated upon the premise of #2
4) Progie is already a very wealth man, with a fortune that must be in the hundreds of millions at least

For these reasons (and more), I think that the probability that Progie
went rogue or cracked under pressure or took the CIA bribe then relented at the last moment
to be very very slim.

Far far more likely is the scenario that there was allowed channels of contact with spook agency and NATO operatives who attempted a coup attempt via bribe etc. Progie did the right thing for his mob boss Putin, acted as a double agent, and engaged with his security apparatus in a staged counter-coup, the results of which benefited all parties, and accelerated the war effort.

The whole escapade was just too quick, clean and the results were just too neat and tidy for me to believe that it was not all carefully orchestrated from the start.

The senior commander Demitry Unkin was born in Ukraine actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Utkin He was who led the caravan to Moscow https://www.jpost.com/international/2023-06-24/live-updates-747544?page=2 there's not a lot of photos of him but this is what he looks like
 

cv5

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An interesting opinion....

"Mercenaries cannot operate on Russian soil. Since the oblast referendums were embraced by, and became part of, Russia, the mercenaries were unlawful. This is why Wagner was to be assimilated into the Russian military, who is now allowed to operate on the new Russian soil.

As far as his main beef with Shoigu, Prigozhin had many, many lucrative logistic and supply contracts with the MOD. Shoigu is not military...he is a logistics administrator...and he was going to take over the logistics himself and Prigozhin would be cut out of all that money that helped make him a billionaire grifter.

Now he may still be able to operate out of Belarus, since that does not violate Russian law. In fact, I think this was most likely the agreement that was reached with Vladimir Vladimirovich."
 

cv5

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The senior commander Demitry Unkin was born in Ukraine actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Utkin He was who led the caravan to Moscow https://www.jpost.com/international/2023-06-24/live-updates-747544?page=2 there's not a lot of photos of him but this is what he looks like
Yes, it is true that there are a bunch of neo-Nazis in the Wagner ranks. Ultimately, they are puppets and cannon fodder for the most part.
 

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Does President Putin want to be the modern Tsar of all the Russia's ie
modern day Russia [Great Russia]
Belarus [White Russia]
and Ukraine [Little Russia] and [Red Russia] aka Galicia

Indeed, this is looking more and more likely. Certainly after the Belarusian developments.
It seems that way to me because he is going from one to the other that he seems to see as competition to become the next Caesar of Rome.
 
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Maybe that is part of the 4D chess master plan?
God's plans are greater, All Unholy Russia from the peasants to the boyars to their Unholy Tsar Putin will be thrown out of Ukraine's land that they unholy tried to steal for lies and lusts of murder and they will be destroyed by God. How God dashes the wicked against eachother, and no one can stop him, PRAISE JESUS!
 

cv5

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Sun Tzu:

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them.

Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.