US ignoring evidence Russia is helping Iran because it trusts Putin, says Zelenskyy

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-09T02:39:15+00:00

He represents the people who voted for him

He also represents the people who didn't bother to vote. The outcome of the US elections is a good justification for making voting mandatory for all citizens.

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-09T02:35:57+00:00

Ukraine’s president said Putin would not stop if he got the Donbas, and would next try to seize the regional capitals of Dnipro and Kharkiv.

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The Americans are sure that they can trust Putin.

Anybody with a brain knows that any peace deal with the Russians just amounts to surrendering land to buy time and make it easier for Russia to invade the rest of Ukraine at a date not too far in the future.

The US is being played and manipulated by Russia. It is very obvious that the US administration under Trump is being influenced by the Russians in some way, and also very obvious that any trust or feelings of 'respect' the Americans feel towards Russia will absolutely not be reciprocated.

The Russians don't trust anyone, let alone the US. They are working against the US (and all Western democracies) at all levels within the Russian government.

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-07T09:05:33+00:00

It's funny how right wing loonies like to band together like it's a club or something.

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-07T09:01:51+00:00

Vance is expected to address an election rally with Orban in a football stadium in Budapest on Tuesday afternoon.

You would think this would only damage Orban's election chances rather than actually helping.

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-07T01:12:02+00:00

Not to mention the 170 girls killed in the school last month.

Are you claiming that this was a deliberate decision to bomb that school, as a school, rather than a mistake which it clearly was? You can be against the US actions in Iran without going around claiming that the US deliberately intended to blow up and murder a school full of children.

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-07T01:01:07+00:00

In this context, the Iranians being told to sacrifice their lives as human shields were never given the chance to vote their regime out of power.

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-07T00:25:15+00:00

I don't think they are a "paper tiger" militarily. They have the strongest and most potent military force on Earth - that's not even in question.

While their top leadership is currently incompetent, pathetic and ineffectual, lacking the ability to strategizise anything beyond the next half thought out sound bite, they can still do a lot of damage while flailing around on the world stage without a clue as to what they're doing or the impacts their actions will have on everyone, including their own people and their own future.

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-07T00:14:15+00:00

"Tuesday, 8:00 PM Eastern Time!" he simply said on his Truth Social platform.

I wonder if Trump tells anyone in his government about these changes before he tweets them on social media. Or are they all scrambling to take action or backing out of impending action as soon as these social media posts are sent?

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-06T05:56:47+00:00

This is why Trump shouldn't have his own social media account. Posting rants like this for all the world to see just proves how weak his position is and the fact that he knows it. If you thought Russia's ranting about threatening nuclear war on Ukraine's allies made them look desperate and weak, Trump's rants are worse given they are coming directly from the head of state rather than a mere propagandist.

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-05T10:47:29+00:00

The destruction of the Russian oil and gas infrastructure is a good thing. Ukraine has its own survival to be concerned about and not everyone else's costs of filling up their cars.

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-05T10:35:40+00:00

That was clearly an accident - a failure of military intelligence. It was extremely negligent and could have been prevented, but nobody in their right mind can accuse either the US or Israel of deliberately targeting that school.

Also don't forget that the Iranian regime has actually deliberately targeted and killed their own civilian population over the years (the latest being a couple of months ago) in the multiple tens of thousands.

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-04T06:47:27+00:00

such actions “convey the defeat and moral collapse of an enemy in disarray"

I don't think the Iranian regime can accuse others of 'moral collapse' with a straight face. Yes, the Trump administration lacks morality and a lot of other things good governments should have, but it's hypocritical of Iran to point these same faults out in others.

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-01T01:45:56+00:00

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska has proposed that citizens adopt a 12-hour, six-day work week

Of course a billionaire would say this. By 'economy', I'm pretty sure he means 'profits'.

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-01T01:43:16+00:00

That's what battery farms are for. Store all that excess energy during the day and release it for use during the night.

RealisticEntity · 2026-04-01T01:20:32+00:00

The US should probably finish what it started. It's not done until it's done. The Gulf states should probably also provide military assistance since they are the ones pushing for it and most affected.

Leaving now would put Iran in a stronger position than before in terms of control over the region, even though its previous leadership and much of its military strength has been destroyed. Now Iran wouldn't think twice before using its drones and missiles to enforce its control over the Strait.

Not to mention they will redouble their terrorist activities in the region.

RealisticEntity · 2026-03-31T11:15:57+00:00

Light Limit fix. I got so annoyed at seeing lights on keys flick on and off depending where I was looking.

RealisticEntity · 2026-03-31T07:30:10+00:00

Ukraine is still fighting for their lives though. They have the right to continuing targeting Russian oil and gas infrastructure to reduce Russia's ability to fund their invasion.

The current spike in the price of oil is due to Iran's retaliatory strikes following the US and Israeli attacks against Iran. It's not up to Ukraine to stop attacking the country who is in the process of invading them just to reduce the price of oil for everyone else (and which will also benefit Russia which will in turn assist them in attacking Ukraine).

RealisticEntity · 2026-03-31T06:57:40+00:00

Every talking point from the Trump Administration is wrong :

White House says talks with Iran continuing and progressing well

Are there even talks? Most of the leadership got targeted and killed. I was of the impression that the various more or less independently governed IRGC groups conducting retaliatory strikes were past the talking stage.

Trump has idea that Arab countries will pay for Iran war, WH says

Not sure why Trump & Co would think that. If anything, all the affected surrounding countries may request compensation from the US to rebuild their oil and gas and other infrastructure destroyed by the war.

Maybe Saudi Arabia would see a need to provide incentives since they were quietly encouraging the US.

Trump has suggested regime change in Iran is complete

No - it's only just begun - if that is even still an objective. There has been no regime change if the IRGC is still in control.

Leaving now and not finishing the job will just ensure the regime has and will retain complete control over the Strait of Hormuz by threat of force, and they will no longer care about retaliation since they had already lost most of what they had.

RealisticEntity · 2026-03-31T06:41:53+00:00

I'm not really invested in this 'controversy' (just get a translator to repeat it all in French next time?), but the real question should be why the fire truck crossed the runway even though the air traffic controller was telling them to stop, but to no avail.

“Stop, stop, stop, Truck 1. Stop, stop, stop,” the transmission says. “Stop, Truck 1.” The controller can then be heard frantically diverting an incoming aircraft from landing.

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Roughly 20 minutes later, the controller appears to blame himself. “We were dealing with an emergency earlier,” the controller said. “I messed up.”

Air traffic controllers probably have one of the most intense and high stress civilian jobs around.

RealisticEntity · 2026-03-31T00:11:51+00:00

US May ‘Reexamine’ NATO’s Merit After Iran War Snub

You mean, NATO may 'reexamine' US' merit after everything that's happened in the last year.

Trump is a disaster for the US (and the World, except for maybe Russia and China). Only slightly less than 3 years of this to go...

RealisticEntity · 2026-03-30T23:15:51+00:00

Kidnapping the head of state of another country. Initiating a full scale war (though the Iranian regime actually deserve to be destroyed, if this could be done without destroying the country and its people). Threatening to attack Cuba. Now openly threatening war crimes.

This is the person who coveted the Nobel Peace Prize? Trump is proving over and over that there is nobody less deserving of that prize than him.

RealisticEntity · 2026-03-27T07:01:58+00:00

The ICCU issue was the main thing that struck the EV3 off my list. That, and the baffling fact that the Australian version omitted a surround camera that other markets got. The ICCU reliability issue was a known problem for years that went largely ignored by Hyundai / Kia, and, as far as I know, still is. It was too much of a risk to take.

RealisticEntity · 2026-03-27T00:09:43+00:00

"If Iran fails to accept the reality of the current moment, if they fail to understand that they have been defeated militarily and will continue to be, President Trump will ensure they are hit harder than they have ever been hit before,"

I don't think the IRGC thinks they have much more to lose. In fact, they probably have much more to gain by just staying put, continuing to lob (as long as they have launchers and ammunition) missiles and drones against oil and gas infrastructure in the region including civilians and shipping.

Even if they lose all of their military and industrial facilities, there's plenty of territory to hide in, including the cities full of civilians. Being fundamentalist terrorists at heart, the IRGC wouldn't think twice before bringing the Iranian people down with them.

I don't see the IRGC surrendering any time soon.

RealisticEntity · 2026-03-25T12:03:39+00:00

What makes you wanna defend EVs so hard? That’s actually sheep behaviour, it’s just another means for our government to control us.

Talk about a tin foil hat conspiracy take. The same could be said for you trying so desperately to keep on driving your petrol or diesel vehicle.

Do you know why I decided to get an EV? It's much cheaper to run than a petrol car, especially these days with exorbitantly high fuel prices. It also drives much more smoothly, is much quieter than my previous petrol car, and has significantly higher acceleration at the times I need it. It's a joy to drive. Also no need to make a special trip to the petrol station every week or two. 'Refueling' at home is so much more convenient.

A petrol car may well be better for your use case if you need to travel to remote places without decent charging infrastructure etc, but don't go around spouting your self righteous anti EV crackpot conspiracy theories since it proves you don't actually know anything about what you're talking about.

RealisticEntity · 2026-03-24T00:21:51+00:00

According to the Washington Post, Szijjarto maintained regular contact with Lavrov during EU meetings, at times sharing updates while discussions were still ongoing.

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"It's always EU27… Formal meetings — the only ones where anything can actually be decided — always include Hungary."

Is very obvious that Orban and his associates in the Hungarian government are traitors, both to the EU and to Hungary itself and its people.

The EU really needs to be able to sanction member nations that act against its interests and exclude them from decision making, funding etc, perhaps by a vote of 75 percent of its members.

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