Posted on 05/26/2022 10:57:11 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
Give it a rest. Real Americans know that Putin won’t invade a NATO country as he would lose, they know Ukraine screwed over Trump, they know that Nina Jankowicz worked for the Ukrainian govt before working temporarily for Biden, etc, and are back being focused on America:
Economy bigger priority than punishing Russia: AP poll (5/24/22)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4065847/posts
But...
Zelensky Requests $5 Billion a Month from Global Community in World Economic Forum Speech (5/23/22)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4065611/posts
And your pal...
Pete Buttigieg says US [i.e., Biden] backs new Marshall plan to rebuild Ukraine (5/20/22)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4064861/posts
“Now that Russia will pocket the cash for Ukrainian grain, the ports may open.”
The US has a singular interest here. And it’s not an essential interest.
Our interest is that the grain hit the market.
Nothing else.
According to Forbes, Zelensky and his wife are worth between 20-30 million dollars. Their biggest single asset is the stake he owns in a movie/television production company and that is worth about 11 million dollars. They found zero evidence that he owns numerous mansions, jets or yachts or that he has significant income from any other business sources or hidden stock. He did sell a property valued at 4.5 million around 2019 but how much or if he made a profit on that sale are unknown. He is not nor ever has been on Forbes billionaire list and they consider rumors of his billionaire status to be complete fabrications.
The Dutch party Forum voor Democratie called for verification of the origin of US$850 million in income from Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
“According to various estimates, Zelensky’s fortune is estimated at US$850 million. He did not receive most of this amount until he became president,” the Twitter statement said.
The Pandora Papers came to similar conclusions.
Forum Voor Democratie:
https://mobile.twitter.com/fvdemocratie/status/1518534232397787138?cxt=HHwWhMC51de19ZIqAAAA
You actually expect to see him on the Forbes list? LOLOLOL.
And the accusation put forward of him being a billionaire was a Red Herring.
“Since you two are the most active, please answer this: If a ship were to hit a Sea Mine near Mariupol, who is the bad guy, Zelensky or Putin?? If someone clears the Sea Mines near Mariupol, who is the good guy, Putin or Zelensky??
Perspective is everything.”
Of course perspective is everything, IF you have chosen a side. If I’m a Russian sailor and my ship hits a mine laid by Ukraine, then Ukraine is the bad guy. However, if I’m the Ukrainian Coast Guardsman who laid that mine, then the Russian is the enemy.
A totally impartial observer would not say either one was the enemy; that observer would just say that the ship struck a Ukrainian mine. Because, after all, it’s a war.
“Annnnnnd you continue to enable Biden, neocons, furthering the bankrupting of America (we are 30 trillion in debt).”
You do know, I assume, that I agreed with Rand Paul on the $40 billion aid package?
And I said Zelensky can shove it with his $5 billion monthly demand.
And I have NEVER said ANYTHING about a new Marshall Plan. Show me where I did, Sparky.
Putin may well have just prevented mass starvation.
Buttigieg has to be your pal as you are obviously a Biden enabler.
And Ukraine mined the ports and is trying to skirt responsibility for it.
I believe the mines were set by Ukraine...and violates international law.
They were mines set by Ukraine!
It was Ukraine who placed the mines in and around their ports, which Ukraine admitted to.
Voor Democritie is not the source of the allegations, they are just a political party in the Netherlands and while conservative they also pro Russia. The accusation against Zelensky is laughable and is based, loosely on the so called “Panama papers” which supposedly show Zelensky’s company operating various overseas companies (not illegal and many of them were established as early as 2012, six years before he became president of Ukraine). One of the Panam papers big revelations was that one of the Zelensky connected companies owns valuable real estate in London. When you actually look at the properties they are only worth a few million dollars total, not hundreds of millions or billions. Zelensky is/was a partner in the main company so even those properties do not belong to him. I am not saying he is a saint but the allegation that he is a billionaire is laughable and a wild conspiracy theory.
Mines from Ukraine drift into the Black Sea, Russia and shipping sources say
3/21/22
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/mines-from-ukraine-drift-into-the-black-sea-7830216/
Desperate Ukraine Navy Lay Mines in Black Sea ‘Which May Drift to Bosphorus, Mediterranean’
3/19/22
This changes EVERYTHING in Ukraine as Russia closes in | Redacted with Clayton Morris
Ukraine mined its own ports.
“Buttigieg has to be your pal as you are obviously a Biden enabler.”
You pay taxes that are spent by Biden so obviously you are a Biden enabler.
YOU, personally, are obviously a Biden supporter if any store you’ve shopped at or restaurant chain you’ve eaten at or magazine or book you’ve bought or product whatsoever that you have purchased whose ownership or board contributed to any Democrat campaign.
So, cram it, Biden supporter.
Russian Navy removes mine danger in Mariupol port waters — Defense Ministry
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4066408/posts
This one has a lot of shades of gray. For me, the key events are the western backed coup in 2014 (Nuland and company), subsequent civil war in Donbas, and failed Minsk agreements. Not saying Putin isn’t a megalomaniac with visions of grandeur, but he didn’t wake up one morning and decide to invade Ukraine out of the blue. I really hope this ends soon with a peace and no more NATO expansion. Sick of oligarch games.
Thx!!
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