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1 posted on 01/16/2022 12:56:29 PM PST by elpadre
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It seems Russia is not ready to invade (yet) and wants to keep talking.Question: Could Russia be an honest broker in this, or is this just a ploy to keep NATO at bay???


2 posted on 01/16/2022 12:59:44 PM PST by elpadre ( ying them.)
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I expect Russia to turn the screws a bit, since they have all the cards. They may start with non-military options, by saying that their having ‘technical malfunctions’ with their gas pipelines going to Europe...that alone will get Europe off their backs and on the phone to DC to tell Biden to back off.


3 posted on 01/16/2022 1:00:21 PM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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preserve peace and stability in Europe by working out security guarantees on the basis of draft agreements proposed by Moscow.

Translation: "Submit, or die."

4 posted on 01/16/2022 1:01:49 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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We would be better off and conceivably the Ukrainians, too, if we just told Putin to take the place with our blessings. It has been the source of an incredible amount of corruption in Ukraine and in America and the chance of a turnaround is nil. The only strategi reason to maintain Ukraine is the Crimea which Russia already got.


5 posted on 01/16/2022 1:05:40 PM PST by arthurus (COVFEFE >-0-<)
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Suck eggs, Putin. The free world doesn’t answer to you.


6 posted on 01/16/2022 1:14:07 PM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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Total claptrap bright on by Biden weakness because no one was looking to add Ukraine to NATO at this time.


7 posted on 01/16/2022 1:17:18 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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Russia cannot afford a war.
Since they have nukes, their borders are
kind of safe.
They can, however scare people.
They know present USA is run by pussies, and Europe
is even worse(two world wars killed all the real men).
They also know Ukraine will not allow a second Holodomor.


8 posted on 01/16/2022 1:18:21 PM PST by rellic
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Nato is the army of the dp state and it’s owned by china.


41 posted on 04/07/2022 7:25:06 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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