Why should Poland consider pursuing a strategic alliance with Russia?

Haha, yes.

I have a Ukrainian friend here in NY, Vladislav, and he is about 195 centimeters tall and weighs about 120 kilograms.

Simultaneously, I have some non-Ukrainian friends who are professional "Ukraine haters".

When they meet Vlad, they suddenly begin to talk in a way I never get to hear from them, when it's just us. Suddenly, their approach to the conflict is very nuanced - and all they talk about is its infinite complexity. Hahaha!

Easy enough to hate each other on the internet, but when they come face to face Russians and Ukrainians are almost always the embodiment of courtesy itself.

Sure, there are videos of some deranged Russian Karen yelling slurs at Ukrainians in the Istanbul airport. Videos of Ukrainian drunks crashing bottles of wine over Russian drunks heads at some football match in Marseille. But it's not representative...

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Here in New York, many Russians I know, attend Ukrainian charity drives, go to the same church, and appoint each other as godparents to their kids.

War is war. Life is life.

I don't like Jews.

My first love at 15 was Jewish. My best buddy was Jewish. I meet for lunch with three Jewish guys...

Go figure...

I'm not a big fan of Muslims.

When I lived in Dublin, I met a guy called Ahmed who was running a local Internet cafe; he was the funnies c*nt in the universe and we got on legendarily well. Then, I joined this Turkish forum (aaaaah... memories...) - it was a difficult love but a love nonetheless. :)

I used to be a bit of a German-sceptic too... then I met BB :) Russians, of course, were the legendary Mongols from the East our grandmothers used to scare us with... then I met this guy Yuri from Klin (and, of course, Bobi and Veli later). :)

Hm... maybe Internet is not such a tool of Satan as some people depict it. ;)

I don't know about Muslims, but I definitely hate Islam.

Stupid religion - designed for children. It cannot provide the same "brain f*ck" as Catholicism or Orthodoxy can.

Internet is like alcohol...It releases the breaks and gives that sense of freedom to be a total azzhole...I do it everyday...

That's why I often talk to strangers I know I will never meet again...They act the same way...

Internet and forums like this one are therapeutic... When I am done for the day, it's like taking a picture-perfect shlt I want to frame...

Then I am ready for YouTube videos with kittens before bedtime...

Hmm... debatable.

The Arabic language somehow magically clings to your memory once you memorize something in it. I still remember some prayers (for various occasions) that Ahmed taught me about 20 years ago, and I suppose praying 5 times a day, at set times, with all those regular movements and rhytmic incantations, can properly affect your brain as well. Not to mention that Muslims have some top class and highly intelligent preachers (Khalid Yasin, Ali Hammuda, Mufti Menk, Hamza Yusuf, Hakim Murad - to name just a few).

I don't especially like Islam and Muslim immigrants in Europe (self preservation instinct, I guess) but one has to admit that they do what God ordered us to do - be fruitful and multiply. So, maybe they are right and we are wrong... may Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) have mercy on me if that's the case.


Safety vent :)

Iran and Turkey (two of the most educated muslim majority countries) have very low fertility.... Even Saudi Arabia has low fertility now IINM

Turkey is doing a terrible job at it. Malaysia has a TFR of 1.5 or so.

Our Tatars are also forgetting to reproduce.

It seems even Islam is not impervious to modern pressures on the family.

Just wait for those Sudans and Malis to catch up in development, and they will stop making kids abruptly too.

So who the hell will be left to invade Europe? Woke British morons will go nuts...Nobody likes the UK anymore? Boo hoo...

Goddamn Indians and Pakistanis.

They seem to have no "brakes".

Even Bangladesh - has more people than Russia.

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You should be happy - at least they are native English speakers (at least those that emigrate).

Hey, Novi, it's brakes, not breaks...Learn English, azzhole...

Thanks, Bobko...

I will take a Christian Latino over an English-speaking Muslim ... without any hesitation...

Them's the breaks, Bobko!

Nah, it's not the same. Before WWII, there weren't any great anti-German sentiments, just normal competitors. Also, you Germans are real a-holes as a state, while Poland harmed Ukraine at all, more if not for Poland, there wouldn't be any Ukraine.

I would ascribe to incompetent imbeciles called Polish politicians, they were in charge, which means PiS and the current coalition have been nothing but redundant waste living off our taxes.

I've actually personally liked a large majority of the muslims I've known in real life, both men and women.

I think the religion is mostly nonsense outside of its place of origin (and maybe even there) but most I've known have been lovely people.

But large scale muslim migration to Europe has been a failure in every country that's tried it (in terms of social, economic and educational outcomes) so there's no need for more than scattered individuals in any European country.

They liked you, too, because to them you were just a naive white appetizer and an enabler...the main course being total conquest, Sharia, and death to the infidel...

You simply stole some land in 1921 which had been conquered by the Germans during WW1 and where Poles were an ethnic minority. Nothing to be proud of.

As a result of our wars with Ukraine and Soviet Russia we gained a small part of Ukraine while Soviets got most of it. Later Stalin used Ukrainian grain exports to kickstart industrial revolution in the Soviet Union. And soon Soviets became a power Poland could no longer match. Ukraine lost independence in 1920, we in 1939.

Poles rarely think ahead more than a few years. At least now we seem to have learned this art and we're trying to bolster our neighbour against Russia. Neutrality in this conflict would only hurt our vital interests. Russia without Ukraine is only a regional power. With Ukraine dependent/controlled/annexed Kremlin advances into the ranks of world powers.

Not to the rank of world power, but Russia would certainly became significantly more dangerous to the rest of Europe and Eastern Europe in particular.

Russia needs to occupy Europe because it lacks land and craves suicidal morons with Muslims at every corner...

What a thrill...

.....thing is....half of all Russians are muslim Asians....ask Bobko! Not to mention their bought and paid for support.

Do you want true North Koreans occupying Europe???

Those Muslims know how to behave and what would happen if they didn't.

Did you notice a total absence of Muslim terrorists in China? I am not claiming that Russia is like China but the MO is similar.

In both countries, as opposed to Western Europe, governments are not afraid of Muslims.

At this point of my life, I prefer an iron fist over one made of playdough.

I am not joking when I say that NAZIS were not all that bad for Germans. No, I am not including death camp and WW2.

They happened to maintain good relations with Muslims.... 🤔

Wow, an idiot was detected. Congratulations! You have won the award for Idiot of the Month.
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Iron, is it you?

That's way too low for the one I know. If all you can do is to insult the guys you don't like...why even bother.

Try my method...First explain why a guy is an idiot. Then conclude that he is.

Jumping to a conclusion without serving the basis for it is like getting the bill without getting the food.

So, where is the beef?

If he doesn't know, my explanation will be wasted on him. I'm not a teacher, is not my calling to educate people.

...but you have friends who want to follow you and admire your eloquence...

You're as uneducated as they come, Surrender Monkey.

Besides, none of em here would pay any teacher to educate them anyways. It's very clear they had to be school drop outs. Only looking to fight somebody, not to learn.

Yes, but who will finance that war? The EU will go bankrupt if it tries, and the current Polish military budget is not sustainable.