And finally. How about you look at things from their perspective? Without losing a war, they voluntarily withdrew from Eastern Europe. They weren’t very happy about NATO expanding into that vacuum, but they trusted us (I trusted us too). They allowed us to avoid a ground war in NATO by cutting a deal which would have the Serbian troops leave, so long as Kosovo’s status didn’t change without UN Security Council approval (so that they could veto it on the Serb’s behalf). In turn, we violated a written agreement by recognizing Kosovo. Since then I have stopped trusting the West. Perhaps I was naive for ever trusting them, but I’ve never seen something like that before. I’ve also never seen a US president claim fraudulent elections and try to stay in power. Honestly - I’m shocked to the core and we really need to see if we can do something with Russia as it may end up being Russia that is the defender of the free world one day, with America disappearing up its own ass. Oh yeah - and when Putin reached out to NATO to join, he was effectively snubbed by “Lord” Robertson. If I had been in Robertson’s shoes I would have kissed Putin’s feet as the basis of further discussion (noting that we can’t really let Russia into NATO by normal standards - they don’t meet the normal standards - so we need to work out something else).
Regardless - can we convince them? Well, I managed to convince one Russian, but he was actually honest. There aren’t many honest people anywhere in the world. Search for sabodog 2291. And I’ve asked him to speak to other Russians. Although he wasn’t able to turn any of them, he did admit that they heard him out (like I predicted), and once he had one up against a wall and the guy said “well what would you do?” - an opportunity to give an alternative - and my friend didn’t give him anything. I’ve asked my friend to do more, but he says that others are making the argument just as good as he can. A combination of him underselling himself and him being too busy supporting his family. And note that he can’t even convince his own father. So there is reason to be disillusioned.
Yes it would be good if Russians disappeared. Note that they’re this way after centuries of abuse. My Russian friend (who flipped sides) thinks it dates back to Ivan the Terrible. To me I’m surprised that these things are able to last that long. Similar to how feminazis like to complain that they’ve allegedly been abused for millennia, so that explains any failings of women today. Certainly I am looking for any sign of my 3 year old daughter being told there is some limit to what she can have or do due to her gender. I haven’t found anything so far. And if I do find something it still has to go up against any counter-argument I can bring to bear.
Hi everybody! I have been looking at posts on narcs and narc abuse on here and if has really helped me out a lot. I am currently struggling with my situation and need some advice/support.
I met a narc last year, everything seemed to good to be true. Love bombing, always texting calling and taking me on dates. Everything changed when someone warned me about him out in public in front of him and who he is. This caused a conflict with us and the love bombing seized.
he would tell me that everything is okay and i can come and talk. He would set a time limit on me and kick me out after that.
he would then text me like everything was fine and we hung out again and after that he completely ghosted me for one week. He came back and texted me a week later laughing about the ghosting and acting like nothing had happened.
he continued to text me ( not like in the beginning) make plans with me, then on the day of the plans he would just ghost me. One day he would act interested the next silence.
i contacted him a month later and he acted like nothing happened. He was on a vacation and sent me a picture of another woman ( someone he allegedly met on the trip) to strike a reaction but i never gave him one. After the trip he came to my place and was extremely rude, accusing me of going on dates with a bunch of men. The next day he accused me of being an alcoholic and that he wanted nothing to do with me but said well maybe we can be "friends" then ghosted me
i assumed at this point it was over and i would never hear from him again. He contacted me on the holiday a month later acting like everything was great. We ended up hanging out a month or so later and when we hung out it went well, i thought things were going in the right direction.
after we hung out.. silence. I would try to text him and if he replied it would be very short then he just stopped replying. He ghosted me for almost three months. I thought he was done this time and of course he popped up again like nothing happened. At this point i was getting sick of if so i questioned him as to why he dissapeared and always does this. Of course he had some sob story about a injury and family member dying of cancer. I felt pity for him and he gave me an apology.. so i took him back stupidly.
things seemed to be going smooth for a couple months, of course until his family member died and his injury got better he never contacted me and was distant. Menawhile, i was there for him during the difficult time for him. He lied to me about the funeral and never wanted to chat. I was chasing him and he would always claim nothing was wrong but when i said i thought he used me when he was down he could not handle it and would always tell me he didnt care and to go away. I would get so upset i would try texting him to work it out he would barelt respond and if he did he would not be nice about it.
we did hang out a couple times after that, he would ignore me after. One day i was like hey i think you are seeing someone else, and i was like well ixam seeing someone so no problem if you are he said " buy bye good luck with your new guy stop contacting me" i was devastated and tried to get into contact with him for weeks then i just gave up and accepted it was over. He ended up contacting me a month later acting like everything was fine. He wanted to go out and have drinks i told him i would. He and i both seemed to have a great time. He ends up ignoring me again. I kept texting him trying to figure out what was wrong. He kept saying everything was fine and i said ok can we hang out again? He said maybe i was like why? He just kept saying maybe …
our last conversation we had… i said what is wrong ? He said nothing is wrong everything is fine. I asked him why he keeps saying maybe. He said " maybe but i dont want to see you right now" i said why? He saix " im just not feeling it, if i wanted to date i would" i said why did you contact me less then a week ago wanting to go out? He said i didnt.. even though he did. So i said should i just move on or what? He said whatever you want to do. So i said that he was really confusing me and asked him if he had anything more to say before i move on? My messages were turning green so i panicked he blocked me and reacted irrationally. I said " omg did you block me? My messages are not going through. Even texted him on my work phone asking what was up. And called him twice ( please dont judge me i know it is pathetic i never was this type of girl before him) so he replied and said " Ok I'll block you now" then immedietly blocked me. He has never blocked me before since I have met him he will just ghost. Is this ths final discard aka " grand finale? Did i just push him too far?
this has upset me so much its hard to even function.
We should be able to sort this out diplomatically. Tell me why NATO hasn’t got a pro-NATO ethnic Russian woman from Estonia and put her in charge of NATO.
