USA has become a threat to the world - pushing us closer and closer to WW3

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I would expect that if you are a German you might remember your grandmother or mother or others telling you about the behaviour of the Red Army post-WWII. Whereas in countries such as Poland women had some protection (although outside towns there was still a free for all) in Germany no such protection was given. Stalin basically told commanding officers to look the other way. Not really discussed these days but well documented nonetheless.

I’m surprised that you don’t feel your part-Polish neighbour might have a point given that Poland was occupied by Soviet forces during and after the war and then for the next decades labelling themselves as “liberators”. Between 1-1.5 million Poles were taken by Soviet forces in the middle of the night and deported in cattle wagons to far reaches of Siberia in 1940/41.

It was also partitioned by Russia, Austria and Germany in the 18th/19thC and completely disappeared off the map of Europe as over the course of 70 years more and more was eroded. It only reappeared post-WWI

So your neighbour’s father’s family had some experience of what can happen if you do have too much trust.

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Aren’t we supposed to forget the past Annie, or we’ll end up like the IRA and carry on the hate.
I would imagine Russia is a different place now. How long must we bear a grudge?

Again, It wasn’t my struggle and I don’t know what atrocities befell the Polish people and I don’t really want to know Annie, suffice to say, I love and respect my neighbour, one of the reasons why I don’t bring up any Russian stuff. I just don’t want to walk around all day emanating hate for anyone, one of the reasons I never watch the news.
There is good and bad in every corner of the world and I prefer to look for the good, unless it affects me personally.
Call it ‘head in the sand’ if you will, but I sleep easy in my bed at night, and when I’m gone only my family and close friends will remember me…And hopefully, a few on the forum for a day or two.

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Hi

I think thread can be very Partisan when it comes to Trump.

He was elected, but not by all Americans, far from it.

He had a manifesto, which he believes he has stuck to,but in reality he has not done so and what he has done is centralise power to himself and his little cohort by using emergency powers to get around congress and senate and he is dismissing any who argue with him, including long standing officials who are appointed to manage things.

Very important people like the head of the Federal Bank, Head of the World Health Organisation, Chief Medical officers and he has even taken Federal Money away from Harvard University.

He is doing a lot of damage to USA Citizens and damaging the reputation of the USA abroad.

Even the head of one of the biggest corporate banks in the USA, and the World, has criticised him.

His military power has gone to his head, he thinks he can do what he wants, which in reality he can as long as he keeps away from Russia and China.

A very dangerous man

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Agree Swimmy!

And it looks like more and more Americans are waking up:

(Many of these contain strong language)…

They’ve turned into the gestapo:

Mark Ruffalo at the Golden Globe awards:

Views from abroad:

Is it about to collapse?

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Renee’s last words to the disgusting person who shot her was “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you” - he then shot her in the face and called her a bitch - what a digesting excuse for a human being, I hope he rots and meets an end a million times nastier himself!! :icon_mad:

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Very sad watching this:

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Trump and Co, especially J.D. Vance, are spouting off in the media about this man having severe PTSD as a reason for his actions.

The PTSD is a result of him previously getting injured doing his job, by a car .
I can understand the claim of PTSD, I have been diagnosed with the same thing myself.

Lost my job as medically unfit and spent years with a full length rigid leg brace and on crutches.

Rather than derail the thread, I will start another thread soon.

PTSD needs to be explained, it is a serious condition, but more of a threat to the sufferer.

I hope members find this acceptable.

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PTSD takes many forms, some of it family orientated, probably

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Agree - if someone has PTSD, they should be getting treatment and not working, especially if in a position where the life of others may be in danger.

However I don’t buy that he was suffering with PTSD, he acted like a bully and a misogynist and purposely, consciously shot her. He could have moved away, he could have said, it’s ok, I’m not mad at you either. But he didn’t. It was murder plain and simple. I hope he rots and meets a nastier end than the one he dealt Renee Good - the world needs more people like her in it, and less like him.

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Sorry, but I am not sure i can take any views expressed on Tiktoc (or Facebook) as representing anyone’s opinion but their own. It is not news, it is not researched, it is not fact checked.

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Sorry Azz…Me too… :009:
It seems awfully biased…

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There must be many folks walking about with PTSD who have never ventured about anywhere near an official war zone.

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I’m very frightened for the world in a way in which I have never been before. I watch the news every day in stunned silence. Each day seems to bring more and more shocking news. The world seems to be so full of anger. It’s like everyone has gone a bit crazy. It’s really not looking good.
My partner has just retired and we are looking forward to our first spring in a new phase of life. While I appreciate we have already lived good, long lives, I would still feel cheated out of this part of life if everything turns out for the worst. So many of us just want to quietly get on with our lives and families and have no interest in any wars or conflict.
I feel many have lost perspective. If I was some kind of being who had created the world I would feel so disappointed. Humans had it all and they are blowing it spectacularly. Poisoning the sea, taking every fish, polluting the air… We are all now full of bits of plastic. We made the weather crazy. How can we have done so badly with this amazing world we were given?
But amid all the things we have done wrong, anger is the thing that will get us. Anger and hate. That is the cancer that endangers the world right now.

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Hello Rane, first time we have met.

Thank you for a very interesting and thoughtful post.

I have a very different view of life than you, that is not to imply that you are wrong, you are obviously very intelligent, just that my life experiences have lead me to a different view of life.

I can understand anger I can get very angry indeed.

Anger can be very good if it channels you to make things better for those who are being abused.

My view is that greed is far more dangerous than anger.

Anger involves deciding that people are wrong, and in that respect it means the difference between right and wrong, between ways of behaviour.

A recognition that people are different and have feelings.

I am very angry about ISIS and other terrorists.

I don’t have a problem with that, it focuses my mind on protecting the innocents.

I am not infallible and fully accept that there are times I could have done better.

What really worries me is greed, both the search for wealth and the search for power.

Power has no rules,no limits on behaviour, no limit on casualties.

Unfortunately we have the most powerful person in the world who believes he has the means to do anything he wants.

Unfortunately he does have exactly that power when it comes to taking over the Western Hemisphere.

The UK has no right to criticise, we did the same to build the British Empire and where proud of doing so.

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I don’t believe there will be another world war in my time, and we are all of a certain age on the forum so I don’t believe there will be a world war in anybodies lifetime on the forum… :009:
It’s all smoke and mirrors and whipped up by the media.
How many times have we heard this before?
Cuban Missile Crisis…
Weapons of Mass destruction in Iraq…
Genocide in Palestine…
Putin waltzing into the Ukraine…
And now this Trump malarkey…
You could probably add a few more to the list.
It’s worse than the Daily Express weather predictions…
Look no further than your own community and friends and family and stop watching the news…
:yawning_face:

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Hi

A world war has it used to be is very unlikely.

I agree with you on that OGF.

It will be very different and just as destructive.

It will start with cyber attacks, shutting down the cash points, Internet and Telecommunications.

All our water, gas and electricity is distributed by electronic means, easy to shut down.

The UK has no ballistic land based protection, we are an easy target, even I low yield warhead on Birmingham would overwhelm our systems.

Far worse damage than we suffered in WW2 in a matter of hours.

No money, fuel, electricity, gas, water or functioning NHS, Police or Fire.

That is the reality of life.

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It seems to me to be a remove Aliens, economic / let m starves and drop global participation by billions of souls. Evon Malarky said it best, they won’t need money to lay around. Yep a Free Time World War.

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Absolutely Swim, in such a complex and complicated western world relient on all things digital, we have built a proverbial house of cards that would be very easy to push over. There’s no wonder a bit of inclement weather causes so much upheaval…For Putin it would be a cinch…

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He’s not just meddling in one place, he’s trying to manage the whole planet like it’s his personal reality show. :laughing:

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What a terrific way of putting it Pimmy! :slightly_smiling_face::+1:

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