Your friends are not evidence because a) real evidence is there in plain sight, with everybody that has been sentenced to grave prison sentences for simply expressing their opinions and b) just because they have not been personally overtly persecuted does not mean others have not (see point A).
It's should be so low in the mix that the fader is right down in the bottom, because what's on that channel doesn't add anything of substance at all. Facts are undeniable. People get sent to jail for any hint of criticism. People turn eachother in.Not evidence, but when you talk /text people you get a feeling. If after many years in Dubai the suppression back home were significant I would have understand something without them need to say anything.
And this feedback is a very real "document" because the source is direct. Not absolute but definitely should be in the mix before drawing conclusions for a place we've never been.
So, is the fact that I know several people from Russia who have fled this country and do not want/plan to ever return sufficient proof that you are wrong? Especially after the aggression in Ukraine began, several people I knew from Russia asked for a quick transfer to other countries for fear of being drafted into the army against their will. And I've been to Russia several times, etc. I also have some first-hand opinion on the veracity of these fears.Not evidence, but when you talk /text people you get a feeling. If after many years in Dubai the suppression back home were significant I would have understand something without them need to say anything.
And this feedback is a very real "document" because the source is direct. Not absolute but definitely should be in the mix before drawing conclusions for a place we've never been.
So, is the fact that I know several people from Russia who have fled this country and do not want/plan to ever return sufficient proof that you are wrong?
I really don't envy the civilians living in those locations.As I said - I have a few acquaintances in Russia for various reasons. It is interesting that currently Russians, especially in the areas where Ukrainian troops are entering, are almost as afraid of them as of their own. Fears are increasingly emerging that the Kremlin will order the city Kursk to be razed to the ground.
Yeah, but on the other hand - karma's a bitch. Many of these people were very pro war etc.Almost as if there's an enormously massive difference between a country that is actively in war fighting back and NATO countries not at war getting actively involved. Funny how that works
I really don't envy the civilians living in those locations.
By literally killing thousands of innocent civilians?Israel shows how one must deal with terrorists.
Israel is no Saints but Hezbollah is a threat to Israel. It is ok by you when Israel is attacked every other day with rocket barrages?By literally killing thousands of innocent civilians?