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Fernando

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  1. That theory about men in blue sweaters (and shirts) might not be as crazy as it looks at first glance
  2. 99% of the people doesn't really know what the Pope said. They only know what other people say the Pope has said. Few people go to sources (in this case the transcription or even the actual interview is just a Google search away) to check if what others say about something is really true. That's the world we are living now. And then we are amazed at how we can be manipulated so easily.
  3. I usually don't defend the Pope, but it seems to me that this time he has been very careful in what he has said. The problem is people without a basic level of verbal or reading comprehension. That's a BIG problem. Nowadays, you have to speak for fools, or you will not be understood by a lot of people.
  4. Pope's message is directed to BOTH countries. He does not even mention the words "Russia" or "Ukraine" as countries. He speaks of the "war in Ukraine" as a geographical location. "Raise the flag to negotiate" can be understood as an expression which means that both countries should negotiate rather than fight a war until the end.
  5. It was done in Italian indeed I have posted above the transcription in English and Italian of the relevant excerpt. You can watch the relevant fragment of the interview here: https://www.rsi.ch/play/tv/-/video/un-estratto-dellintervista-a-papa-francesco-1?urn=urn:rsi:video:2091800
  6. Pope Francisco is not Italian, but full Argentine. He was born and he lived in Argentina until he was elected Pope. If you speaks Spanish you can even detect some of his Argentinian accent when he speaks Italian.
  7. I think Pope Francisco was speaking in a general way: Question: In Ukraine there are those who ask for the courage of surrender, of the white flag. But others say that this would legitimize the strongest. What do you think? “It's an interpretation. But I believe that those who see the situation, those who think about the people, those who have the courage to raise the white flag and to negotiate are stronger. And today it can be negotiated with the help of international powers. The word negotiate is a courageous word. When you see that you are defeated, that things are not going well, you need to have the courage to negotiate. You are ashamed, but with how many deaths will it end? Negotiate in time, look for some country to act as a mediator. Today, for example in the war in Ukraine, there are many who want to act as mediators. Turkey offered itself for this. And other. Don't be ashamed to negotiate before things get worse." In Ucraina c’è chi chiede il coraggio della resa, della bandiera bianca. Ma altri dicono che così si legittimerebbe il più forte. Cosa pensa? “È un’interpretazione. Ma credo che è più forte chi vede la situazione, chi pensa al popolo, chi ha il coraggio della bandiera bianca, di negoziare. E oggi si può negoziare con l’aiuto delle potenze internazionali. La parola negoziare è una parola coraggiosa. Quando vedi che sei sconfitto, che le cose non vanno, occorre avere il coraggio di negoziare. Hai vergogna, ma con quante morti finirà? Negoziare in tempo, cercare qualche paese che faccia da mediatore. Oggi, per esempio nella guerra in Ucraina, ci sono tanti che vogliono fare da mediatore. La Turchia, si è offerta per questo. E altri. Non abbiate vergogna di negoziare prima che la cosa sia peggiore”. https://www.euronews.com/2024/03/10/pope-francis-ukraine-should-have-courage-of-the-white-flag A white flag has two meanings: 1. I surrender 2. I want to speak/parley/negotiate with you.
  8. With soldiers deployed so bunched together, I'm not surprised that Russian infantry suffers such catastrophic casualties again and again.
  9. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. India has about 1,4 billion people. It has more than enough misinformed or uninformed stupids (like any other country, but India has a larger population)
  10. https://mil.in.ua/en/news/russia-creates-two-new-military-districts-in-reorganization-move/ Russia Creates Two New Military Districts in Reorganization Move Russia has reorganized its military-administrative structure. Two new military districts have been deployed instead of the liquidated Western District, as stated in the new decree of the president of the Russian Federation. On February 26, 2024, Vladimir Putin signed Decree No. 141, “On the Military-Administrative Division of the Russian Federation,” which reorganized the military-administrative structure of the Russian army. According to the decree, the Western Military District in the Russian Federation is divided into two smaller ones: Moscow and Leningrad. Instead, the Northern Fleet lost the status of a district.
  11. A percussion cap muket? Regarding weapons it seems U.S. Army was in worse situation than the UKR army today.
  12. In so far the only source is the GUR. There is no information from official Spanish sources yet.
  13. [...] The selection form focuses on a partial and weaker (and easier to refute) representation of the opponent's position. Then the easier refutation of this weaker position is claimed to refute the opponent's complete position. [...]
  14. Yes, Maginot Line wonderfully worked indeed. Like the Mannerheim line, the Gustav line, the Sigfried Line, the Molotov/Stalin Line etc. All of them were a great success stopping cold the enemy offensives they faced and allowing their side to win the battle, didn't they? Especially for the French, who expected a war of attrition, denial and corrosion but found themselves facing a war of movement and maneuver instead.
  15. Maginot Line 2.0. Good luck finding the troops to man a border which is about 800 km long. Hope it works this time.
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