Ukraine

[NauticalGent]

Ukraine was showing interest in becoming a nato member and Russians are not keen on that idea?

Or the Russians are looking for dirt on Hillary and Hunter to help Trump in 2024

 

[NauticalGent]

 

[oleronesoftwares]

The obvious answer is corruption. He was paid to do it. No one could be that incompetent. Someone had to tell Biden that removing soldiers BEFORE you secure your material and remove civilians is backwards. I'm pretty sure a 12 year old could have come up with a better plan for an graceful exit from Afghanistan. Only a total idiot would believe that you should just pull out soldiers and leave weapons to the enemy and civilians to fend for themselves and yet that is exactly what Biden did. It boggles the mind. It was so outrageous that the UK Parliament sanctioned Biden. He put all the countries in the region in danger by arming the Taliban with the latest and greatest weapons and lots of ammo to go with the guns.

So this brings me to the question, what are the grounds for impeaching a US President?

 

[oleronesoftwares]

i don't even know why the war started. why does russia have an interest in ukraine, anyway? someone want to enlighten me?

I will say, Russia is still not happy with the breakup of USSR, Ukraine is just a test water for them to take back other countries that were formed due to the dissolution of USSR.

 

[oleronesoftwares]

"Wars" these days are not meant to be won, just sustained.

So basically, those who benefit from WAR, want to give the impression they are against war while sustaining it.

 

[Steve R.]

Probability Zero, but worth tossing in. When will the chest thumping climate activists, like John Kerry or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, actually do something beyond screaming useless rhetoric and put their lives-on-line by going to Moscow and publicly demanding that Putin immediately stop all the environmental damage his is inflicting?

 

[Steve R.]

So this brings me to the question, what are the grounds for impeaching a US President?

The grounds for impeachment can be vague and subjective based on the phrase "other high Crimes and Misdemeanors".

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Theoretically, impeachment would be a Congressional action of "last resort" to discipline a wayward President. However, the Democrats have made a mockery of "impeachment", blatantly using it as a political instrument to implement a "coup" to oust Trump from office without any valid documentation that "other high Crimes and Misdemeanors" had actually occurred.

Also note how the concept of "impeachment" has been diluted by the Democrats and the media who have successfully motivated the public mob to essentially lynch Trump. Contrast this with Biden who has and continues to violate US immigration laws, yet the media and the Democrats suppress this truth. Silence. That is not the equal application of "justice" within the context of "other high Crimes and Misdemeanors".

 

[Isaac]

We won't be able to prove Biden took a bribe to arm the Talliban and profited personally, that crime would need to be pursued as incompetence. The job of the executive branch (the presidency) is to enforce the laws made by Congress. Choosing which laws to enforce and which to ignore violates that sacred trust. That is the condition on our southern border. He also does things like declaring that the next justice he appoints to the Supreme Court will be a black woman. This is of course an outright violation of our employment laws that prohibit discrimination based on race and sex. He just should have shut his mouth instead of using this as a campaign promise. WHO CARES what color a person's skin is? WHO CARES what their genitalia look like? Neither have anything to do with anything let alone interpreting the law. The message this kind of announcement sends is downright evil. If I were a black woman, If I had any integrity or self respect, I would never accept a job that was only offered because I checked the right boxes. As a woman, I have faced my fair share of discrimination. I was once offered a job because I was a woman and the company had really poor EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) stats so they really needed to hire a female manager. Of course I didn't know it at the time because I was qualified for the position but my boss had been pressured into hiring me and although he never came out and told me that he was pressured into choosing me, he treated me with such distain and disrespect it was a toxic work environment and I left within three months because as it turns out, I was working on their new HR (Human Resources) system so I was privy to the the HR stats and not being stupid, figured out why my boss hated me so.

That's sad and it's too bad you went through that. Everyone should be hired solely on the basis of the qualifications based on the people applying. NOBODY should be hired because of their race nor not hired because of their race, or gender. (Unless of course gender is actually germaine to the job duties, but no one wants to admit that could even be possible anymore although of course it is).

In your case though, obviously it wasn't so that was wrong. Of them.

 

[oleronesoftwares]

Whats your take on this video, it was uploaded to youtube in December 23rd,2021

 

[Jon]

i don't even know why the war started. why does russia have an interest in ukraine, anyway? someone want to enlighten me?

Putin claims it is due to Ukraine wanting to join NATO, and therefore they would be on their doorstep. But you can't trust anything Putin says, as history has shown. He believes in the USSR, like in the "good old days". It could also be elements of both. Unless Putin wanted to invade Ukraine, why would he be concerned if they were a NATO member or not? They have a much smaller military capability than Russia, and they are not a nuclear power.

 

[Jon]

WHO CARES what color a person's skin is? WHO CARES what their genitalia look like? ,,, As a woman, I have faced my fair share of discrimination

I agree. So have I. When I hitched around Europe when I was 18, it took me 2 hours to get a lift into Switzerland. Two young ladies rocked up, stuck their thumbs out and got a lift in about 30 seconds! Also, having to pay for entrance on "Ladies Night" in nightclubs, which was often a Friday. Women get in free. Is that discriminating based on gender?

There does tend to be a double standard on gender issues. Feminists want equality and non-discrimination based on gender. Tell that to the Ukrainian men who are not allowed to leave the country, only women and children. The men get conscripted and sent to their deaths in a bloody war. You can't have it both ways. Either you believe in non-discrimination or you don't. You can't pick and choose based how unpleasant the task is.

 

[Jon]

Unlike way too many Americans, I studied history. I even follow current events which is why I understand why Putin feels threatened.

I would phrase it differently. You "think" he feels threatened. You don't actually know. What he says is not necessarily what he thinks.

State media tells a barrage of lies to their population. The difference between the US - with polarised media - and the US, is that the government takes oppressive control over what can be said. Look at the fines threatened on Russian newspapers if they get any war data that is not from the official Russian source. No free press, no free elections, no right to protest.

What about his desire for a return to old borders, the USSR? His angry 1 hour speech before invading Ukraine was laced with talking about how Ukraine is part of Russia, it was given away by mistake and so on. If his concern is NATO membership, what the hell has all that got to do with it?

 

[Jon]

Trump is the only President in more than a generation that didn't start a millinery conflict.

Trump deserves a lot more credit than he got. I remember him lambasting many of the NATO countries who were not paying their fair share for membership, and in particular Germany, who was paying around 1%, and not the contractual 2% per year. Finally, after the Russian invasion, they have agreed to up it to 2%.

Also, he gave Germany a strong talking to about enriching Russia by spending so much money on their gas.

I think his approach to speak to the leaders, be they "Little Rocket Man" or Putin was the right way to go.

 

[Jon]

@Steve R.
I may be wrong but your posts give me the impression your attacks to Biden is based on the party he belongs to. I simply can not imagine you would have said the same IF he was one of your side politicians and has done or said the same.

Another way to view it is that a Conservative perspective tends to differ from a Liberal perspective. Attacks on Biden may be due to his liberal views and policy that differs from Conservative opinion.

 

[Jon]

We have made Putin a number of promises over the years regarding NATO expansion and broken every one of them. Whether Putin actually feels that Russia is being threatened or not is moot. We violated our promises and that gives him the moral high ground in this particular argument. Starting a war is extreme but he is a despot and WE knew that. There was no need to push him over the edge. What did pushing a madman do for us that was in any way positive? Why would it ever be positive to publicly threaten someone like Putin? Why force him to make a statement?

Russia invaded Crimea in 2014. Is that not a broken promise? What has that got to do wtih NATO? Didn't he also get into Georgia? Maybe the historians here can clarify that one.

No one forced Putin to do anything. It is all this personal choice. He can do what he wants in his own country. Unless you are saying his statement that he had no choice but to invade Ukraine is a true statement. There were plenty of opportunities for diplomacy.

I do agree with you on one thing though Pat, he is a madman.

 

[Jon]

Sanctions have not worked in curbing Putin's excesses.

Sanctions take time to work. When the economy declines and his oligarchs and civilians turn against him, the job will be done.

 

[Jon]

I think you are right about choosing now because Biden is too sleepy and weak. He just doesn't have enough energy!

But I don't think Putin wins. I think this could lead to his downfall. Russian's will feel the impact of sanctions and isolation. The cause lies with the actions of one man: Adolf Putin.

The world has responded well to Putin's invasion and I think China has taken note. They want to take over Taiwan themselves, probably by force. But the level of sanctions raised against Russia will give them pause for though. China is much more reliant on the West than Russia. Sanctions would hit hard. I remember Trump raising tariffs on China to 20%. That hurt them.

The Belarusian leader is saying sanctions are worse than war, and that the West is pushing Russia into a nuclear war. Very helpful.

 

[conception_native_0123]

If his concern is NATO membership, what the hell has all that got to do with it?

if it's not NATO membership, then what is it Jon?

 

[Jon]

He wants to digest the local countries, on his quest for expanding his borders.

Putin has said the collapse of the Soviet Union was one of the greatest disasters of modern history.

 

[conception_native_0123]

Putin has said the collapse of the Soviet Union was one of the greatest disasters of modern history.

so he's trying to reverse it?