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BA Mentsch, blasphemy?!?

N0mesorah, maybe the Christians also do not really mean what they say, and they are actually real monotheists?

Always…, depending on the circumstances of the case.
As far as the train station attack goes: Kramatorsk is a very pro-Russian place in the Donbass region. Why would the Russians bomb their own supporters? And with missiles which are used by the Ukrainian army, but not used anymore (or almost never) by the Russian army.

Amil Zola, maybe the tools of the Arabs and the Iranians that the other side, at least partially, adopted.
2cents, o please! I agree that many corpses were found in Bucha, but how do you know those people were not just caught in crossfire? Even if a couple of them appear to be executed, how do you who they are — maybe they were Russian POWs or Russian sympathizers who were executed by radical Ukrainians, and their bodies were planted in Bucha? Why in the world do you need independent investigators — everything is clear according to you? (the French team has just arrived – I am not sure if they are 100% independent, but, at least, something…)
Again, if the Ukr. authorities and the West were very careful and straight with what they say, I would be more inclined to believe them. It is not Putin’s intention to antagonize his “Ukrainian brethren” like that. Etc.

Always…, are you for real?? Minute details?? Go and look the definition of “genocide”. And of “war crimes”. Also, something you and others here do not realize is that to Putin, most Russians and many Ukrainians modern Russia and Ukraine are two parts of the same country. Learning some history would help.

Always_Ask…, blockading the coast is an act of war. Plus, why are you concentrating on conducting war in Europe, in Asia they are not human?
I am not saying I agree with everything Putin says or does, but the West and Ukraine should not have been provoking the Russian bear. They were asking, sort of, for what they got.

Pi Ha’Gevurah should spelled with capital letters.

And if it is not the official or encouraged policy of the Russian army, you cant blame Putin personally or Russiaas a country. Individual law-breakers need to be prosecuted.

Avraham in MD, what we know is that the hospital and the theater were bombed, the Ukrainian authorities conveniently did provide information about the presence of their military men there — whether they were there or not — thus omitting important details to possibly create propaganda.
If you were following the news more closely, you would know that Russia by now faces a shortage of precision-guided munitions. Also these munitions help only so much to limit the damage — they are not lasers.
As far as Bucha goes, let me be clear: the Russians are certainly capable of committing war crimes, but in this case I have my strong doubts about the whole story. Firstly, read my previous post as to why the Ukrainians can not be trusted. The Western governments were also playing a similar game. When — some time ago — Russia attacked a Ukrainian army base next to Lviv, Blinken’s response was: “Stop the brutality!”. Which brutality — a completely military target had been struck! As soon as Putin declared war, UK prime minister declared it “a horrific invasion”. What was horrific about it at the time? Also the huge amount of alleged victims — 300 to 400 — only in one village. And they claim in other places it is even more! This sounds very fishy.

Always_Ask…, the theater in Mariupol — how do you know there were no Ukrainian combatants nearby? Why in the world would the Russians bomb a purely civilian place in very heavily pro-Russian Mariupol?! We are not talking about Lviv (Lvov) where I would understand why they would have a yetzer hora to do so.
The Russians stopping the convoys trying to take people out? And you know that how? Because Zelensky and his cronies told you so?

Avraham in MD, the Russian army behavior is not up to the Israeli standards, but there was no solid proof of war crimes yet. If enemy combatants take up positions in or near a hospital, you are allowed to fire at them. You have to learn the laws of warfare to know what constitutes a war crime.

Always_Ask…, destroyed buildings (or even dead bodies) prove nothing. You need to have a proof that someone intentionally targeted purely civilian targets or used disproportional force — like dropping a huge bomb on a single enemy soldier hiding near an apartment building. The US and Israeli armies also destroy buildings too, you know.

Jackk, Putin views the Ukrainians as a brotherly nation. Your accusations have no basis in reality. Learn more about the background of the conflict.
Gadolhadorah, you are so wrong!! The Ukrainian government have been lying like crazy from the very beginning of the war. Zelensky accused Russia of committing genocide!(Do you know what genocide is?) When Russian shells or a missile land someplace in Ukraine, they start yelling “war crimes, crimes against humanity”. The Ukrainians clearly can not be trusted. They totally could have staged the whole Bucha incident.

TS Baum and Smerel, El. Cheney’s views are solidly Republican in the traditional sense. Trump’s are lav davka. Cheney is not a Trump boot-licker, though. That is the whole story

Chas ve’sholom, to speak about Ravina the way some posters did here.

HaLeivi ,do you know that the US Capitol was stormed and overrun on Jan. 6, 2021?
Trump did know they would do it? Anybody a little intelligent should have seen that it totally could happen.

Ujm, your statement is patently wrong.

Ujm, it was true only at a certain point in the war.

Ujm, “kach hee darka shel Torah: pas ba’melach…” refers to someone who learns to become a Talmid Chocham — that, if that what it takes, he should do it. It does not refer to ba’alei batim.
3 hours of working a day? That is if you can make enough money to support your family that way.

AviraDeArah, there is an obligation to learn all of the Torah. Also, Rashi in parshas KiSisa brings down a ma’amar ChaZ”L saying that a Talmid Chocham must be adorned with knowledge of the TaNaCh. And nobody learns it overly in Yeshivos.

Some did. There was a machlokes about it, though. It may also mentioned in the Kinnos of Tishah be’Av.

Kollelman, please reveal how many millions have already died from the vaccines. 40 million, 50 million? Enlighten the ones dwelling in darkness.

Kollelman, stop spreading DESINFORMATION! Tons of people in NY, Israel, Canada took vaccines. Where are all the horrible injuries and deaths that you are talking about?!? (Aside from the Internet). Also, if someone takes a vaccine, and then gets into an accident, it is also because of the vaccine?

After one case we should start being very suspicious and start pushing people away?!? Is this the way of Avrohom Avinu? A good way to fulfill the ma’amar Chazal “hevey oheiv es ha’brioyos u’mekarvam le’Torah”? And one wonders why there is no Beis Ha’Mikdash. Also, just a warning — if you treat other Yidden this way, expect being treated similarly by the Beis Din shel Ma’alah.

Decency, they did have rules: social distancing, no gatherings of more than 50 etc. And those were adhered to! Many people were even more machmir on themselves. And yet, their death toll skyrocketed, and was for a long time a couple of times more than in the US. Only because of the bungled US response we only recently overtook them.
Regarding the masks: please spare us the propaganda/fake news from the red-neck websites. They just don’t want to be bothered with rules and the government telling them what to do even if the last one is 100% right.
You can beat the virus by letting it run unchecked and achieving herd immunity, but it will kill many, many people in the process. Do you care about saving people?