Do people think that everyone was going around handing out flowers and hugs?
Warmonger.

I make no excuses for the centuries of American imperialism. I have opposed every war "we" have undertaken in my adult life, let my congressional representatives know that, and told many a superpatriotic "America is always right" or "we have to stand behind our troops" fool that they are full of s--t.
But I do not excoriate everybody that happens to be a citizen of a nation that is engaged in an unjust war by labeling them as baby-killing Nazis (ironic in the present situation as the Ukrainian government has put up monuments for actual Ukrainian Nazis that aided the Germans in their extermination of Jewish Ukrainians in WWII) and trying to ban them from chess.com and denying their humanity.

Russia is north korea 2.0. Nobody likes them and their cut off from the world. Except of course China likes them a little bit. 12k dead Russian soldiers, 8 dead high ranking sergeants in the Russian military. The Russian ruble isn't worth anything outside of Russia. Vladimir putin made the biggest mistake in Russian history. Sucks for Russian citizens because they'll go to prison for 15 years for nit agreeing with their evil dictator


Russia invaded Afghanistan as well

Says Britain....
Russian troll a**hole
Look at you. Throwing insults at people you've never even met.
Anyone can see he's Welsh.


Russia invaded Afghanistan as well
They were invited by the Afghan government, actually. Britain was at war with Afghanistan. It wasn't an invasion at all. Just a war. Learn history.


Says Britain....
IKR? Every place on the planet has done evil crap. The vast majority of russians have done nothing wrong & r good people. It's just a few azzholes that have started trouble in order to control people. To those on here wanting to block people over a flag, just block everyone & don't play chess because everyone lives somewhere that has had someone there that done some evil crap. Think about it.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjwjKP4kd32AhUNa8AKHZTECfIQFnoECAYQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FList_of_countries_that_have_gained_independence_from_the_United_Kingdom&usg=AOvVaw1dGPUqH0quMFLwYnFUKMiQ
There's a list here on Wiki claiming 62, not 72 but it's complete nonsense. I mean, the first one on the list is Afghanistan. That was never a Brit. colony ever. Then it lists Pakistan as separate from India. Absolute nonsense written by an ignoramus.
If you were better educated about the history of your own country's imperialism you would know that many of the nations on the list were "protectorates" that Great Britain "magnanimously" took charge of to "protect" them. And how is it "nonsense" to remember that Pakistan and Bangladesh were indeed conquered by England?


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There's a list here on Wiki claiming 62, not 72 but it's complete nonsense. I mean, the first one on the list is Afghanistan. That was never a Brit. colony ever. Then it lists Pakistan as separate from India. Absolute nonsense written by an ignoramus.