General Discussion, page-1464

Hi Alex.

Sorry to see you go. Your great humour will be sadly missed.


Interesting to see what's happening in the democratic worlds fight against dictatorships. Could be a sign of a really quick turnaround in the head winds

The GUR, Ukraine’s military intelligence, said a group of Russian partisans backed by Kyiv, were conducting an operation in the Belgorod region aimed at bringing down President Vladimir Putin.

It was being carried out exclusively by Russian citizens, GUR spokesman Andriy Yusov said.

“Today in the Russian Federation, Russian citizens took up arms,” he said. “It is the next stage of fighting against Putin’s regime."

“This is the biggest unrest in Russia to date. They have ambitious political objectives: regime change and bringing the criminal Putin and his regime to justice.”



Dictatorships have a limited life span like the ICE motor Bike. The internet and social media have destroyed borders in terms of public opinion.

A democratic "free trade" world is maybe too big a dream. But Xi Jinping surviving a Taiwan Invasion is looking like a pretty remote possibility. He would have to be smart enough to realise that he is well advised to work with the world rather than try to dominate it.