How this plays out...
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France did capture a Russian cargo ship today, so they have at least done something.Swaye said:
It will have to be a Brit or a German. France is France and NOGAF about any of the other countries.Bendintheriver said:Throughout history with people like putin you can't apply logic. The only consistency is the desire to rule, own, dominate. Putin is clearly not going to stop at Ukraine. The numbers were clearly not in hitlers favor but he did what all putin and hitler types do, he overplayed his hand. Logic was not a factor.
In modern history the constant is Europe's behavior of doing nothing in the face of obvious danger and cuddling up to evil dictators..
History just keeps on repeating itself over and over and over again. We have seen this movie more than once. The same people types and countries doing the same fucking things. The more things change the more they stay the same.
Putin will have to be stopped but this time there is no strong leader or country to force any change. It certainly isn't the USA, our armed forces have skirt wearing men and an 80 year old commander in chief who was actually in bed with the Russians and got paid for it. A guy who ridiculously boasted that putin was afraid of him. We are now a nation full of woke pussies who hate their country. Anyone over 40 have any confidence in the younger generation signing up to fight evil? Me either.
NATO? name one thing NATO has done that strikes fear into any dictators heart.
Putin is renewing history. The world gets fat and happy. Self centered, lazy and local. A crazy despot clearly sees the opening and takes it only to meet a violent end by the lazy and narcissistic populace who hopefully and finally snap out of it and realize what is happening. They learn their lesson for 50 years and renew investment in armaments and readiness because they remember there are bad guys out there. Slowly the memory dies off and you start getting fat and lazy again and turning your armed forces into a politically woke organization and the whole thing starts all over again.
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70% but yeahBendintheriver said:My pure guess is the Germans won't do shit because of energy: 50% of it coming from Russia. It will be up to the Brits. Like always.
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pawz said:46XiJCAB said:
The Vegetable couldn't pull the possibility of NATO off the table. The receipts are being held in Ukraine.pawz said:
This.HoustonHusky said:This ends in a few weeks with the eastern chunk of Ukraine as a quasi-Russian state, rest of Ukraine as a demilitarized state that will never join NATO, and a bunch of sanctions that won’t touch oil or natural gas but will probably push Russia to closer ties with China and will push a few folks (India and Pakistan types) to separate deals with that axis. All the stuff of Cold War wet dreamers…
Biggest worry is if China looks at this and the vegetable Biden and decides to make a play…
I'm not buying the 'Putin is Hitler where will it end' talk.
Biden brought this on himself for trying to talk tough from behind his sippy cup. All they had to do weeks ago was tell Putin Ukraine wouldn't ever be a part of NATO. This has been an overt red-line of Putin's for 15 years. They do this and it knee caps Putin's justifications - real or imagined.
With all that said, China will make a move on Taiwan.
What is sippy cup going to do then? End Hunter's allowance?
For those not on Telegram, the rumor floating around is MULTIPLE bio-weapons labs in Ukraine with US ties.
"Senator Paul, with all due respect, you are entirely and completely incorrect that the NIH has not never and does not now fund gain-of-function research [in Ukraine]."
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Obk is somewhere shaking his monitor.pawz said:pawz said:46XiJCAB said:
The Vegetable couldn't pull the possibility of NATO off the table. The receipts are being held in Ukraine.pawz said:
This.HoustonHusky said:This ends in a few weeks with the eastern chunk of Ukraine as a quasi-Russian state, rest of Ukraine as a demilitarized state that will never join NATO, and a bunch of sanctions that won’t touch oil or natural gas but will probably push Russia to closer ties with China and will push a few folks (India and Pakistan types) to separate deals with that axis. All the stuff of Cold War wet dreamers…
Biggest worry is if China looks at this and the vegetable Biden and decides to make a play…
I'm not buying the 'Putin is Hitler where will it end' talk.
Biden brought this on himself for trying to talk tough from behind his sippy cup. All they had to do weeks ago was tell Putin Ukraine wouldn't ever be a part of NATO. This has been an overt red-line of Putin's for 15 years. They do this and it knee caps Putin's justifications - real or imagined.
With all that said, China will make a move on Taiwan.
What is sippy cup going to do then? End Hunter's allowance?
For those not on Telegram, the rumor floating around is MULTIPLE bio-weapons labs in Ukraine with US ties.
"Senator Paul, with all due respect, you are entirely and completely incorrect that the NIH has not never and does not now fund gain-of-function research [in Ukraine]." -
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Lightweight heard from
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The nicest way I can say this is that the grasp of the situation here is very low. It’s mostly conspiracy theories and or incorrect assumptions. This is borne of looking at it through an American political lens, and just a simple lack of rudimentary knowledge of the region.
I don’t have any ideas with even partial confidence on how this plays out anymore, and I bet no one does. I’m consistently surprised at developments, and I’m more involved in this than 99.99% of the population.
I haven’t been able to reach my 88 year old grandmother for three days now, and she lives in the center of Kyiv. A friend is supposed to check on her when he’s not busy patrolling, but the metro has been shut down to be used exclusively as a bomb shelter, driving is obviously not safe, and the roving bands of civvy dressed Russian various VDV, Alfa, and Vympel units are a really good reason to limit exposure on the streets. Hence the curfew. A big advantage for the locals that it’s very easy to determine who is a local and who isn’t by their inability to speak any Ukrainian. Kind of reminds me of the stories of American GIs asking Germans saboteurs dressed in US gear whether Lou Gehrig or Ted Williams is their favorite Yankee.
If I had to guess on how this plays out the only certainty I have is “not well.” Considering that’s how it’s always been there I think it’s a safe bet. The only other really sure bet is that the US is in absolutely no danger beyond some relatively minor economic boo-boos that are a small fraction of either Dubya boondoggle. -
Look forward to hearing more input.RatherBeBrewing said:The nicest way I can say this is that the grasp of the situation here is very low. It’s mostly conspiracy theories and or incorrect assumptions. This is borne of looking at it through an American political lens, and just a simple lack of rudimentary knowledge of the region.
I don’t have any ideas with even partial confidence on how this plays out anymore, and I bet no one does. I’m consistently surprised at developments, and I’m more involved in this than 99.99% of the population.
I haven’t been able to reach my 88 year old grandmother for three days now, and she lives in the center of Kyiv. A friend is supposed to check on her when he’s not busy patrolling, but the metro has been shut down to be used exclusively as a bomb shelter, driving is obviously not safe, and the roving bands of civvy dressed Russian various VDV, Alfa, and Vympel units are a really good reason to limit exposure on the streets. Hence the curfew. A big advantage for the locals that it’s very easy to determine who is a local and who isn’t by their inability to speak any Ukrainian. Kind of reminds me of the stories of American GIs asking Germans saboteurs dressed in US gear whether Lou Gehrig or Ted Williams is their favorite Yankee.
If I had to guess on how this plays out the only certainty I have is “not well.” Considering that’s how it’s always been there I think it’s a safe bet. The only other really sure bet is that the US is in absolutely no danger beyond some relatively minor economic boo-boos that are a small fraction of either Dubya boondoggle.
Best of luck to your family. God speed.
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Ukraine is winning the information war rather easily. I hope the rest goes as well.
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Why didn't Russia just take out some ads on Facebook?GrundleStiltzkin said:Ukraine is winning the information war rather easily. I hope the rest goes as well.
