Originally Posted by chunkstyle
And I’ve never been persuaded by any of your musing and characterizations.
You seem to have made up your mind on Putin. Good for you!
You mention that the war was provoked... can you describe what provocation occurred that justifies military invasion of another country and war crime levels of indiscriminate destruction?

One of the links I provided to you avers that Russia has been provoking Ukraine in the Donbas region ever since Crimea was appropriated... was Crimea a provocation as well?

Originally Posted by chunkstyle
As far as you ‘what is truth?’ link, whats gas doing around you? How much they getting for potash?
Fuel prices are high, due so far entirely to speculation (ain't Capitalism grand?), but not at historic highs adjusted for inflation - energy prices are unrealistically low, anyway. Time to get real and smart. As for potash, why would I give a rat's ass about that?

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller