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I find it interesting that even his own citizens who are out of Russia are now finding him to be a liability.


This is a reputable source and is not the only one to have reported this event. This, plus U.N. convening a War Crimes investigation, is a sign that the world might not be big enough for him to hide when this is over - and it HAS to be finite because his own troops do not uniformly support him.

The Russian troops surrendering reminds me of the First Gulf War when Iraqi soldiers were surrendering.

Too bad we don't have President George Bush anymore. He would have led a coalition of countries to help Ukraine. The senile idiot in the WH is only grabbing billionaires' private jets.
 

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Ron Paul is correct, NATO has outlived it's original purpose. Paul, Gabbard, and others have expressed, the belief that the Russian invasion of the Ukraine could have been avoided since the expansion of NATO eastward constitutes a form of "aggression" towards Russia. Unbelievably, the Biden administration has (purposely???) exacerbated the situation through the use of provocative rhetoric to "poke the bear". Well the "bear" acted. Now what? Unfortunately, how to prevent a Russian invasion of the Ukraine is now "water under the bridge" which regretfully places the West in a position needing to match the escalation by Putin.

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  • A positive hope, that there is sufficient Russian opposition to Putin's aggression that would result in his removal from office and the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Ukraine.
  • The Ukraine is an independent sovereign country. As such, they "own" the airspace over the Ukraine. Technically, the Ukraine should be able buy aircraft from the US and even ask the US to implement a "no fly zone". Yet the reaction is that this would be an escalation. I will let the lawyers argue that out, but something worth considering. Don't you have a right to defend your territory?
  • Where is the UN? Technically, the UN should be preventing this type of aggression.
  • Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan was an incompetent debacle. Additionally, Biden has been flaming internal divisiveness within the US. Putin may have interpreted those events as a weakening the US and as an opportunity for him to take aggressive action believing that the US would never respond.
  • Biden repeatedly spoke of seeking a "diplomatic solution". However, none of these "diplomatic solutions" seemed to respect Putin's point of view, the threat exposed by NATO expansion eastward. As one example, see Harris's quote below. The Biden administration has been tone-death concerning Russia's interests.
  • The following (arrogant) remarks below were made by Harris on February 20th, just before Russia invaded the Ukraine. Whether Zelensky was actually intending to join NATO or not is not known, but it would have sent a disturbing message to Putin. Biden himself implied that a "minor aggression" by Russia into the Ukraine would be considered "tolerable" by the US. This mixed messaging is the sign of an incompetent administration.
 
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More destruction of properties etc happened in Ukraine in the last 24 hours, I was sad seeing the videos.
 

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Yes. In Sun Tzu's Art of War, unity of command was an important principle. Inciting disunity in the Russian army and/or Russian people cannot be good for Putin's goals.
 

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"So Russia now has no Twitter, Facebook, Disney, Pornhub, BBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, SkyNews etc
Aren’t they supposed to be trying to punish Russia"?
 

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"So Russia now has no Twitter, Facebook, Disney, Pornhub, BBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, SkyNews etc
Aren’t they supposed to be trying to punish Russia"?
These measures are meant to punish Russian citizens based in Russia, and of course discourage foreigners to live in Russia, in the hope that the people will rise against Putin, but I think Putin might not mind losing a lot just to take over Ukraine, absolute power corrupts, the nuclear power/ military of Russia is what gives their leaders soo much boldness.
 

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"So Russia now has no Twitter, Facebook, Disney, Pornhub, BBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, SkyNews etc
Aren’t they supposed to be trying to punish Russia"?
this doesn't make sense, AB. if russia doesn't have any of these, shouldn't that BE punishment to them?
 

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AB was being sarcastic. Don't take everything literally, specially when it doesn't make logical sense.
 

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Is Biden a Quisling? Biden is a known liar. That raises that his assertions of "support" for the Ukraine are nothing more than meaningless word-salad hot air. (Harris is an expert at meaningless hot air word-salad rhetoric.) The Russian invasion of the Ukraine has exposed that the Western nations are too dependent on oil from countries such as Russia as a consequence of moving towards "green energy". Nothing wrong with moving towards "green energy", the problem is that the need for keeping the oil flowing is that the Biden administration "slow walking" any consideration of banning Russian oil imports and is even floating the potential of buying oil from Iran and Venezuela who are not friends of the US. Essentially, instead of encouraging domestic US oil and gas production, the Biden administration wants to makes deals with the "devil". Since these countries are not our friends, they potentially could hold that oil as a hostage for demanding that the US comply with certain policies. The word "puppet" comes to mind, the US would be in a position to be manipulated by these countries.

Importing Iranian oil also raises concerns about the US commitment as an ally to Israel. Iran has nuclear ambitions. Buying oil from Iran (as well a removing other sanctions) would provide Iran with additional dollars to fund that research. Would Israel be safe, should Iran develop a nuclear device?

The Ukraine is a serious concern, but it has further highlighted the question: Does Biden work for US interests?
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Buying oil from Russia is a crime against humanity. We and the rest of the countries buying Putin's oil are financing this war. And the traitors trying to buy oil from Iran are trying to commit more crimes.
 

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You need Trump back America....

He's the only one equal to Putin....

You don't send a good man after a bad man. You send a bad man. I'm not saying Biden is a good man, he's not! He's out classed by Putin in every department.

Trump at least knows how to play the game .... Biden Will fold Every hand .....
 

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A developing story. Apparently the Democrats want to hold Ukrainian aide hostage as a means to get supposed "Covid relief" legislation passed. What the Democrats propose is unknown to me at this time, but given past performance; Democratic sponsored legislation is highly partisan, so you never really know what is in it (Recall Pelosi's, "you must pass it to find out what is in it."). As the old Democratic inspired saying goes "Never let a good crises go to waste". Democrats are using this crises to sabotage efforts to help the Ukraine and to address the growing oil shortages. Democrats to get their "green new deal" implemented are "helping" Russia destroy the Ukraine and even work with other foreign dictators (who have absolutely no regard for human rights) in Iran and Venezuela. The blood of Ukrainians is on the hands of Democrats. Democrats are the threat to democracy.
 
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