Posted on 05/30/2022 5:23:22 AM PDT by RandFan
“Putin happens to be a Communist, trying to restore the Soviet Union.”
This is hogwash. He no longer has the power to restore the USSR and he obviously isn’t doing that. LOL
Putin doesn’t need communism for Mother Russia and he’s not a communist, he’s an oligarch.
Putin heads one of the three ruling families in Russia. These families are like Mafia families, they control Russia through organized crime networks. They control everything, oil, gas, gold, diamonds, etc. Putin is his position to keep peace among those three families.
A horrible thing to say, but true. This war will continue until one side or the other tires of dying. There can be no other end at this point.
You gotta remember, he was one of the original never Trumpers.
Your analysis is logical. However it doesn’t factor in the full consequences of a Russian victory.
By victory, I mean taking all of Ukraine.
The loss of Eastern territory is bad but still leaves Ukraine with a large population and army, between Russia and Poland.
Can Ukraine fall back from the East and hold defensive positions? No idea.
Can Ukraine achieve outright victory? Unlikely without direct Western intervention.
Then again, we forget most analysts thought this war would be over in a week.
An excellent point. Totally agree.
Anti semite asshole!
Mark can go pound sand. He’s always been a shill for American intervention abroad.
I’m not sure they want the whole country and I think Putin would make a big mistake trying to occupy it if that is his intention.
Dumbness on both sides I think.
Their sights look to be set on taking a region that been disputed.
Could be wrong ...
UKraine never had a chance solo against Russia.
Putin wanted a quick lightning victory, that didn’t happen, but that doesn’t mean Russia will lose.. never did.
Methodical long slog east to west.
Z was a fool who didn’t understand the geopolitics of his nation and fell for all the hogwash European globalists fed him…
No I don’t support Putin and he may have invaded anyway, but Z got played like a cheap fiddle, and it’s cost countless lives…
“...Whatever we think the truth is ...”
Sadly the “truth” will not be forthcoming from feral givernment. All that needs to be said is “Afghanistan” - 20 years of lying to the American people and taking a trillion $ out of our pockets to show nothing but the abandonment of top grade weapons to our enemies? What exactly is our national interest in Ukraine ... a country that enriched at least one Xiden family member, was a factor in the 2016 Russian hoax and then Trump’s sham impeachment ... Let the Eurropeon socialists / communists / environmentalists deal with it - Ukraine is not a part of NATO.
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He’s happy with his level in life, let others be saddled with the debt and the negative consequences that come from unregulated and ethical spending.
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Ukraine has been far, far too important, proportionally, to the Deep State over the past few years. There’re other forces at work here, its not just about America standing up for the underdog.
Yeah, only Protestants and Catholics should be doing that.
OH...wait! They already do that. Never mind.
Here’s George Carlin’s take on the matter:
My take as well.
Very seldom it’s about the players it’s always about the coach. And right now Biden is the coach and a lot of players on his team can’t do it. General Milley is zero for two. The greens have been running European energy for the last 10 years and they still can’t stop sucking on Russian oil. Great job Greta. Between you and Hillary we are right up against World War III. Team Trump is the difference
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The point of the 1914 map below is not to say that Russia owns Ukraine (Or Britain owns Ireland, etc). It's to show that Central Europe's borders shift like sandbars over time.
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