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Posted on 08/13/2026 10:24:42 AM PDT by adorno
Kazakhstan's president might be inviting Putin to shove him off an open window
Russia and North Korea don’t get to conquer European countries as “buffers” those are real countries, free nations, free people of their own, not a part of Russia.
“oh we want to conquer and absorb your European nations as “buffers”, not because we are rebuilding the evil empire and just want to conquer you and absorb your farm lands, ports, minerals, and populations into Russia like we have always tried to do”
By the way, Putin created 830 more miles of border with NATO
and lost the Baltic Sea to NATO countries and isolated Kaliningrad and has brought the North Korean Army into Europe.
Here you go again. Like clockwork
Someone disagrees with your nonsense and BS postings
And you immediately resort to the “Putin supporter”
Are you actually a child?
Putin wants a buffer between Russia and NATO.
However, he was mislead by his intellegence services and by the Biden administration. The invasion of Ukraine has gone very badly and yeilded bad results for him.
Finnland joined NATO (on the Russian border). Sweden joined NATO (not on the border but close). It used to be neutral. Poland is arming up. Nato has become much stronger. Europe is much more afraid of Russia.
Putin acted with care inside his knowledge. His knowledge was faulty becuase of his intelligence operatives and the surprising resistance of the Ukrainians.
Understandable, but reality is what it is. Now Russia faces a bigger, more united NATO and a much more militarily powerful Ukraine.
Just one of seven "Stans," two "Rans," and one "Jan."
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What’s interesting is Taiwan is getting more battle ready along with Japan so as long as the war drums are banging anywhere everyone will prepare rather than wait like too many did in WW2.
When Reagan installed Pershing missiles in Germany the Russians came to negotiate. When star wars came about the Soviets folded and the wall came down. The world was safer. Is Putin now in a corner? I’m just thankful Trump is in charge just like Bush ‘41 when it came to disarming their nukes.
Vlad is running out of friends.
In theoretical ideal, yes, but in the reality of realpolitik, not so much.
North Korea isn't a good example, but think of a nation like the U.S. We wouldn't let the Soviet Union build missile bases a few miles from our border. Regardless of what the Cubans think, or their theoretical right to engage in military commitments with any nation they choose. The Russians likewise have deep antipathy toward NATO being on their border, and a willingness to kill people to prevent it.
Putin severely misjudged Russia's military strength vis-à-vis Ukraine and those willing to help her. But he took these actions in light of the final neocon push under the Biden administration to pull Ukraine into the NATO orbit.
The September 2021 joint statement provoked Russia's last bid at a diplomatic settlement of the question. When the Biden administration told them in December of 2021 to 'pound sand' I think Putin resolved at that point he'd have to pound Ukraine instead until they recommitted to neutrality.
After the 2014 coup in Ukraine led to the civil war Ambassador Burns predicted in his 2008 cable to the Bush White House, I charitably thought the neocons had simply misjudged where Russia stood on the subject. But after the 2021 decisions, it was clear to me they wanted Russia to start a shooting war.
Don’t compare America and European free nations to Putin the 26 year strong man dictator of Russia, Kim Jong Un of Communist North Korea, XI of Communist Red China and Iran, who are ALL part of this invasion.
Russia hates countries protecting themselves from Russia because Russia wants to conquer them, and many, many cases Reconquer, NATO and Russia are not just two sides of the same coin, where do you guys come up with that bizarre view of the world’s enemy nations?
Russia and North Korea are invading a free country in Europe, and Red China is training the Russian troops, there is no justification, zero.
Quit supporting Russia, North Korea, Red China, and Iran, against our side.
You people keep getting dumber and dumber.
Ukraine had agreed to neutrality, but it was Russian maximalist demands such as Ukraine's complete disarmament, "denazification" - code for restructuring Ukraine's political leadership and limiting its national sovereignty, recognition of Russian language on par with Ukrainian, etc. which ended negotiations in Istanbul.
By "coup" you are referring to the almost million Ukrainians that came out to protest? If so, then no, its not a coup it is the will of the people.
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Kazakhstan is also the largest landlocked country in the world.
I'm referring to the unconstitutional process by which the duly elected Ukrainian president was removed. The vote in the Rada did not meet the constitutional threshold, and that's just one issue, but an important one.
If so, then no, its not a coup it is the will of the people.
So to be clear, if a mob of Democrats in pussy hats descend on Washington D.C., take over and squat in government buildings, and kill police officers, and 60 Senators vote to impeach Trump, you think he should be removed from office because 'it is the will of the people'? Our elections and laws be damned?
I don't support Russia, North Korea, China or Iran.
I also don't consider the neocon puppet regime in Ukraine to be on 'our side'.
I'm not on team neocon. I don't think they're on America's side, nor do they further America's interests.
But you are supporting them in this invasion, look at your posts.
And America is on the side of Ukraine, it is those bad guys of Russia, Red China, North Korea, and Iran, against the side that America and our friends and allies around the world supports.
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