Posted on 11/01/2022 9:46:06 PM PDT by Cathi
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THIS is the invasion we need to worry about. Not a bloody feud between Euros.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4105488/posts
Interesting report.
I think it may come down to Putin’s health, (not his will).
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If Paul Pelosi had thought to go to the San Francisco MIC gay bar instead of his local dive, he could have ended up with a "date" with Ben Hodges.
A lot safer, I suspect...
CIA director: Putin ‘too healthy’
William Burns’ comment is a blow to Putin’s critics who believed the Russian leader was ill.
By NAHAL TOOSI
07/20/2022 07:39 PM EDT
Updated: 07/21/2022 01:03 PM EDT
Vladimir Putin is “entirely too healthy,” CIA Director William Burns said Wednesday, throwing cold water on constant rumors that the Russian president is suffering from illness as he pursues his war on Ukraine.
Burns, speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, noted that his declaration was “not a formal intelligence judgment.” Still, given his position, Burns’ comment could help dampen hopes among Putin’s adversaries that the Russian’s demise is near.
“As far as we can tell, he’s entirely too healthy,” he said when asked by NBC’s Andrea Mitchell about Putin’s health.
Yup, you couldn’t get an honest word out of Hodges unless you agreed to pay more than his current employers do...:-) The U.S. State Department is one of those and has unlimited financial resources.
In the interview with MacGregor he said that David Petraeus and General Keen were MIC employees who are now millionaires. It’s a big business for willing retired military officers...:-)
Coming from the same NEOCON military industrial complex stooge that spouted Ukraine is winning and will win back in May?
Really?
‘Ukraine Will Win And Reunite Fast’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icP_O0Rickg
LMAO.
I posted that back in May?... when Putin was still not winning.
It’s now November yo-yo.
If you think Ukraine is winning, it’s little wonder why Germany only has 1-2 days worth of munitions to fight a war....it’s called I D I O C Y.
The United States of Grift - first among North and South American banana republic equals...
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bmp for later
He also ignores Russian economic interests, as if they have none. Because of the war, Germany is making long term contracts with Qatar. They are not going to fund Russian wars. After the invasion, Biden put sanctions on the owners of Nord 2 they filed for bankruptcy. Nord Stream 2 has not delivered a single cubic meter of natural gas. The Russian ownership is in the loans they took for the billions of Euros to build the line. They would start paying back after the line was certified and deliveries started. Which means, the Russian ownership in Nord 2 has not paid back any on its loans, is not making any money off Nord 2, is civilly liable for non delivery, and is not making any money. Because of the invasion, Nord 2 is potentially ten of billions of Euros in losses and liability for Russia now.
The US already got what it wanted right after the war started, long before the sabotage. Germany is working to get what it wants from Qatar and others. Russia is not making any money on sales, has no more political leverage, and is out tens of billions of Euros in liabilities and lost revenue.
This is consistent with how Russian shills operate. They present the appearance of modesty, then selectively ignore and uses facts to back the Russian narrative as if there is no other side to the story. This is typical of Macgregor's track record on the war:
Four months later, Ukraine is still on the map. The 20% remaining of Ukraine's forces must be superhuman or undead zombies to hold off the mighty Russian bear.
Does either Ukraine or Russia know that Ukraine is not supposed to be shooting down so many drones and cruise missiles?
What is the Russian secret to training troops in under a month to go on the offensive, like the offensive that was supposed to happen after Kharkiv?
Wow, that bio you posted shows Frederick Benjamin “Ben” Hodges III is a retired United States Army officer who works for the Center for European Policy Analysis which is funded by deep staters like Google, Microsoft, the US State Department (they still miss Hillary there!).
Quite the entirely too illuminating statement.
No, Putin is not on his ass.
ZelenskyyIdiot is on his ass.
Ukraine is bankrupt
Ukraine has no economy to sustain war.
ZelesnkyyIdiot is incessantly begging and pleading for money and military hardware to the point that BidenIdiot had to
yell at him to show more gratitude for what he is getting.
Ukraine is steadily taking horrendous losses to manpower and military hardware in their failed Kherson pushes.
The West/UK/US/EU/NATO are nearly out of military hardware to send Ukraine.
Ukraine is on the verge of an energy implosion due to continued Russian targeting of the Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
I could go on.
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