Comments by "" (@titteryenot4524) on "Russia says it will halt bombing of Ukrainian cities to allow civilians to leave - BBC News" video.

  1. I’m struck by how the Russia/Ukraine thing is so desperate and pointless, given the shared cultural/linguistic heritage between the two. It’s akin to England bombing Scotland for the latter having the temerity to vote for self-determination and existence as a sovereign state. That stupid. That pointless. That mad. But then I, an agnostic, think of the Bible. The first murder? Cain and Abel. Brothers. It’s an old, sad, sorry song.
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  2.  @Johnkriller  It is about independence, as well as Russian security. If you wilfully ignore the Ukraine side of this equation then you are perpetuating the problem by not recognising the claims of both sides. I’m neutral in this one so I can see both sides. I can see how Russia might feel threatened by a Ukraine cosying up to NATO/EU/West, but I can also see Ukraine as the sovereign, self-determining, self-governing nation it is. Putin is in the wrong here. Anybody, anybody invading a sovereign, self-governing nation, a nation that wasn’t directly threatening you, is in the wrong in my book. Also, why are you ignoring the other NATO states bordering Russia? Why are you singling out Ukraine here as a possible NATO threat to Russia in the future when Estonia and Latvia could hit Moscow just as quickly as Kiev?
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  3.  @Johnkriller  What are you on about? Scotland already has the nukes!
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  4.  @babblo1389  You can take their freedom but you cannot take their Irn Bru!
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