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The USA just gave Russia an excuse to seize all of Ukraine
https://abrahamstein.substack.com ^ | Apr 25, 2022 | Abraham Stein

Posted on 04/29/2022 5:25:20 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose

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To: alexander_busek

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Russia

Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus’ (1237–1242), a series of invasions that resulted in the Rus’ states becoming vassals of the Golden Horde.
Livonian campaign against Rus’ (1240–1242), an unsuccessful Teutonic invasion of the Novgorod and Pskov Republics, in order to convert them to Catholicism.
Russo-Crimean Wars (1570–1572), an Ottoman invasion that penetrated Russia and destroyed Moscow.
Polish–Muscovite War (1609–1618), Poland gained Severia and Smolensk.
Ingrian War (1610–1617), a Swedish invasion which captured Novgorod and Pskov.
Swedish invasion of Russia (1708–1709), an unsuccessful Swedish invasion, as part of the Great Northern War (1700–1721).
French invasion of Russia (1812), an unsuccessful invasion by Napoleon’s French Empire and its allies, as part of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).
Crimean War (1853–1856), a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire, France, Sardinia and the Russian Empire, including an Allied invasion of the Crimean Peninsula.
Japanese invasion of Sakhalin (1905), an invasion and annexation by the Japanese, as part of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905).
Eastern Front (World War I) (1914–1918), Russia was forced to cede Ukraine, Belarus, and the Baltic states to Germany as the Russian Empire collapsed.
Caucasus campaign (1914–1918), a series of conflicts between the Russian Empire, its various successor states, and the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918–1925) and the contemporaneous Polish–Soviet War (1918/9–1921), the Polish occupation of Belarus and West Ukraine.
Japanese intervention in Siberia (1918–1922), an occupation of the Russian Far East by Japanese soldiers during the Russian Civil War (1917–1923).
Operation Barbarossa (1941), an unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union led by Nazi Germany that started the Eastern Front (World War II) of 1941–1945.
Continuation War (1941–1944), an unsuccessful German-Finnish invasion of the Soviet Union, as part of World War II.
Kantokuen (1941), an aborted plan for a major Japanese invasion of the Russian Far East during World War II.
Operation Unthinkable (1945), a proposed contingency plan for an Anglo-American invasion of the Soviet Union developed by the British Chiefs of Staff during the later stages of World War II.
War of Dagestan (1999), a repulsed Chechen invasion of Dagestan.


121 posted on 04/29/2022 11:54:32 PM PDT by captain_jonas
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To: captain_jonas
Your list includes some fantasy invasions - invasions that had been planned only on paper, were never actually initiated, etc.

How about limiting yourself to only REAL, ACTUAL attacks? And maybe only by countries that are still in existence? And not going back to "Conan, the Barbarian?" Say, only within the last 100 years?

Regards,

122 posted on 04/30/2022 12:06:33 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: kiryandil; All

The potential presented by the statement by the Bulgarian governent that military quipment can be delivered to Ukraine can bedelivered through their territory and the seeming certainty that both Sweden and Finland will end their tradition of non alignment and join NATO in December presents a real possibility that of a NATO-Russian war with a front from the Baltic to the Black Sea by next year. That sobering possibility ought cause Washington and Brussels to to avoid such an eventuality at any cost. That is a vital US interest, not anything happening in the Ukraine, Why are there so any ostensible conservatives here who see hating Russia more important than any problems such as border control, energy independence and doing anything necessary to beat the opiod plague? Are Americans really as stupid as the left has always thought they were?


123 posted on 04/30/2022 12:18:54 AM PDT by robowombat (Orth, all y,)
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To: robowombat
I think that RussiaRussiaRussia was meant to elicit this exact response - but no one believed that Trump was a Russian stooge.

For whatever reason, this current RussiaRussiaRussia gambit presses all the right buttons on the susceptible.

124 posted on 04/30/2022 12:53:16 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Fresh Wind

LifeSiteNews.com did an article today on how WEF and governments are using Newspeak nowadays.


125 posted on 04/30/2022 1:01:23 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: alexander_busek

Nice moving the goalposts you got there


126 posted on 04/30/2022 1:07:33 AM PDT by captain_jonas
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To: captain_jonas
Nice moving the goalposts you got there

Nope: Just don't see any sense to going back to the time when Moses was still in short pants.

Regards,

127 posted on 04/30/2022 1:19:20 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: foundedonpurpose
We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine,

Xi: we want to see the United States weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things it has done in invading ....[long long list of countries deemed vital to US national security]

These idiots are styoooo-pid.

128 posted on 04/30/2022 4:45:35 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: daniel1212

From the demise of the Soviet Union until Obama/Soros showed up in 2011, Ukraine was unaligned and at peace with Russia. Other than DC oligarchs and their crony corrupt partners in Kiev, who loses with an unaligned Ukraine?


129 posted on 04/30/2022 5:23:51 AM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: kiryandil
It appears as though the TeeVee blitzkrieg in favor of the Ukies has clouded your mind.

Do you do Twitter?

Your methodology is failing. I don't even own a television, and I don't "do Twitter"

I do recognize the value of data, as you seem to also, and I gather it from a variety of techniques.

130 posted on 04/30/2022 6:29:24 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: Cathi
@AZMilitary1 looks like a very pro-Russian anti-American twitter account. And they use CNN as a source.

"💥This is 2003,when USA and it's allies(vassals) were l̵i̵b̵e̵r̵a̵t̵i̵n̵g̵ Baghdad💥
You can see how they c̵a̵r̵e̵d̵ about civilian lives
How many sanctions towards USA and it's allies(vassals) for this?"

Source

Why did you pick that particular account and try to push its content? Why didn't you also include their attack on our nation, and their other anti-US posts?

Maybe because you are an amateur at propaganda, or just a desperate, scared American who is so afraid of Russia that you will do anything to appease them.

131 posted on 04/30/2022 6:40:57 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: kiryandil
Putting words in my mouth is just that - putting words in my mouth.

So go ahead and let us know what is wrong with the numbers cited by Wikipedia for deaths in the Donbass conflicts. Is the statement by the Foreign Minister of the LPR false?

You are a smart enough guy to know or be able to accurately estimate the number of casualties in that conflict. But for some reason you won't say what that number is. But, at the same time you say the number published by Wikipedia is wrong.

So you must believe you know the true number. So why not share it. Is it some Russian classified information you have?

132 posted on 04/30/2022 6:51:09 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: kiryandil

They may try to do that as a face saver given the displayed incompetence of the Russian military, but they won’t be able to hold it. The setup is too unstable.


133 posted on 04/30/2022 7:15:03 AM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: hardspunned
"From the demise of the Soviet Union until Obama/Soros showed up in 2011, Ukraine was unaligned and at peace with Russia. Other than DC oligarchs and their crony corrupt partners in Kiev, who loses with an unaligned Ukraine?"

Like a liberal, you spin reality, which is that what you ignore that the reason Russia was not a threat to Ukrainian from 1991 until the rise of Putin is because it was a weakened country, while Putin longs for Soviet domination (and too many Ukrainians remember its oppression and murders) , and attacked Georgia and Ukrainian and constantly threatens the West. Ukrainians themselves overall want freedom from Russia, and Putin opposed the Orange Revolution (and likely was behind the poisoning of Yushchenko), in which thousands of Ukrainians marched to support greater integration with Europe, and has no business invading it.

By supporting Putin you are supporting supporting an anti-Christ dictator and along with China is the primary military threat to the West , while liberals (who usually blame America for the world's armies) work to destroy it from within, but have not yet banned evangelical expression.

134 posted on 04/30/2022 7:27:17 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save U + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: captain_jonas
" Half those events listed were those nations allied with Russia or inviting it in Also where is your list of times Russia was invaded or attacked? "

One less than needed in the last 70 years, against whom the US has been fighting proxy wars even since it helped the Soviets against Hitler. By supporting Putin you are supporting supporting an anti-Christ dictator who has no business invading Ukrainians and along with China is the primary military threat to the West, while liberals (who usually blame America for the world's armies) work to destroy it from within, but have not yet banned evangelical expression.

135 posted on 04/30/2022 7:29:24 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save U + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: Jane Long

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/european-union-russian-oil-embargo

European Union likely to approve Russian oil embargo next week: report

Embargo expected to be announced in new sanctions package against Moscow

European Union countries next week are likely to approve a phased embargo on Russian oil, dealing a significant economic blow to Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, The New York Times is reporting.

The Wall Street Journal earlier reported that a full ban on Russian oil was possible after Germany changed its stance this week.

The reversal from Germany, which had been one of the main opponents of the EU severing oil and gas trade with Russia, comes after Berlin struck a deal with Poland to import oil by way of one of its Baltic Sea ports, according to that report.


https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/yellen-european-ban-russian-oil-price-increase

JANET YELLEN Published April 21
Yellen urges caution on Russian oil ban in EU, warns it could increase prices

Yellen: ‘We need to be careful about’ complete EU ban on Russian oil

Speaking to reporters following a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko in Washington, Yellen cautioned that an all-out embargo on Russian energy could ultimately cause more harm than good.

“Europe clearly needs to reduce its dependence on Russia with respect to energy, but we need to be careful when we think about a complete European ban on, say, oil imports,” Yellen said.

The U.S. also ordered a ban on Russian oil imports – something that Yellen acknowledged will push energy prices higher.

Should the EU move forward with its plans to reject Russian energy imports, European countries would almost certainly face much steeper prices for oil, coal and gas, Yellen argued. Although Russia would no longer sell such large volumes of crude to Europe, it could also find other customers in friendly or neutral countries that are willing to pay more for less.

“That would clearly raise global oil prices, it would have a damaging impact on Europe and on other parts of the world, and, counterintuitively, it could actually have very little negative impact on Russia, because although Russia might export less, the price it gets for its exports would go up,” Yellen said.


Buckle up, looks like we are about to see another round of energy price increases.

Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times...:-(


136 posted on 04/30/2022 7:38:27 AM PDT by Cathi
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To: freeandfreezing; Jane Long; McGruff; robowombat; hardspunned; Cathi
freeandfreezing wrote: Your methodology is failing. I don't even own a television, and I don't "do Twitter"

Then you obviously don't know who is puppeting you, free.

Every lying bluecheck POS on Twitter who was part of "The Resistance Against Trump" is on board the Slava Ukraini train.

Look around at your fellow passengers. Commies, Fascists and one-worlders.

Twitter ALWAYS showcases the current Narrative of the Left hive-mind, which is why they're blowing a collective gasket over Elon Musk.

Wikipedia, BTW, also showcases the current Narrative of the Left hive-mind on its political pages.

Wikipedia is in no danger, of course - because the Lefty embeds are burrowed in so deeply.

You're ignoring the open book of the Left on Twitter - and you're basing your opinions on Wikipedia Lefty propaganda.

'Tis a pity.

137 posted on 04/30/2022 9:19:13 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻


138 posted on 04/30/2022 10:35:32 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: griswold3
Anybody but Ritter with info?

This one is excellent

Russia’s Plan A and Plan B, explained by Jacob Dreizin, former US Army, one of the best well documented analysts of this war.

Russia’s Plan A and Plan B, explained by Jacob Dreizin

139 posted on 04/30/2022 10:44:24 AM PDT by norsky (<P><img src=" "width=400"></img> <P> <a href= > </a>)
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To: Cathi
Very good Scott Ritter update video today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRy_Ak7sj80&t=105s

.......... >P> Excellent interview, thanx

140 posted on 04/30/2022 11:00:36 AM PDT by norsky (<P><img src=" "width=400"></img> <P> <a href= > </a>)
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