Posted on 06/01/2023 6:16:21 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Funny you asked. Why yes, I learned that technique from the famous Bob Ross from the Joy Of Painting.
I'm currently working on a Cubist still life paint-by-numbers project titled, "Biden, Zelenskyyyy, a Piles Of Cash and Biolabs." I'll post it when it's finished. Shaping up to be a masterpiece!
You know what? I agree. But we’re not five years old. We’re adults. We understand you can’t just say “stop fighting proxy wars” as if it is that easy, and not look like the bimbos in Miss Congeniality.
Memorandums of understanding, Accords, Mutual Defense Agreements, Binding Assurances, Security Guarantees and UN-FILED TREATIES, are statements of intent and the bases of trust between nations.
Sticking to them isn’t difficult.
Agreeing with them (or not) can be volatile.
Wanting to change the terms is problematic.
Breaking them has serious repercussions.
Simply ignoring them creates other problems.
Unilateral withdrawal from multiple multinational agreements like the Belovezha Accords or the Budapest Memorandum might save a buck or trillion, but it ain’t easy to do.
That’s why Russia IGNORES or VIOLATES its own commitments instead of unilaterally terminating those agreements it has no intention of sticking to.
To all intents and purposes, Russia is reneging even on the most fundamental UN Charter principles and yet still sits on the Security Council, saying it agrees with the principles it keeps violating!
The right approach is to give notice to EU NATO of the USA intention to withdraw from Europe altogether, let Europe pick up the slack in EU NATO, and then leave EU NATO to deal with its own problems. Maybe with a partnership agreement left in place to ensure leased kit is gradually returned to the USA.
If that increases the risk of Russia attacking the USA knowing that EU NATO won’t immediately open an Article 5 front in response, and vice versa, fine. At least you understood and accepted that risk.
“Night air defense of Kyiv!”
WOW!
All I can say is WOW!
Thank you for posting. I appreciate the corresponding article as well!
https://ukrainefrontlines.com/news/ukraine/the-night-attack-on-kyiv-russian-unstoppable-kinzhal-missile-shot-down-again/
Thank you for your comments #49 & 57
There are so many political and social layers to this Putin invasion. I do attempt to share a variety of topics from credible sources. :D
I watched all of 1. at comment #5. It was a clever, interesting, and informative play on the mov
“I‘d like to see an episode devoted to the many layers of the Polish Ukraine policy - from their use of the conflict to modernize their Armed Forces by squeezing every penny from the European Peace Facility and using Ukraine and its EU/US money to win them as paying, first-ever customer for Polish domestic systems like AHS Krab or the Rosomak IFV to using the temporary goodwill for Poland to inform foreign governments about something called WW2 and their very convincing reasons why Germany owes Poland about €1.3 trillion in belated reparations. And their aspiration to become the leader of Eastern European EU member states, etc…”
“Memorandums of understanding, Accords, Mutual Defense Agreements, BThe truth you share needs to be inding Assurances, Security Guarantees and UN-FILED TREATIES, are statements of intent and the bases of trust between nations.”
I appreciate your response. The truth you have shared needs to be pondered, analyzed and internalized by all.
Again, thank you.
Comment #65 was an accidental partial repost of a previous comment. My $%^*(* Chromebook jumps all over the place, and I never know for sure it has done what I asked it to do, where I wanted it done.
When the war starts China will break with Russia and attack Siberia. Poland will cut up Belarus and move on Moscow. Americans will storm the beaches with Turks and Israelis and take Crimea. Ukraine will take Donbass and then roll with their new units of super tanks—now with unstoppable US air power. As that is going on Iran will be invaded by NATO and Israelis and roll to take down the Mullahs. We in the west will be greeted as heroes freeing them from Putin’s awful tyranny. All Ruzzians will be expelled from Ukraine and Ruzzia occupied for a century by NATO! We will civilize them at long last. IT will all be over by Christmas.
VIDEO SHORT: https://www.facebook.com/reel/964622128054647
Well... the “unstoppable” Russian supersonic missiles were all... stopped!
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Well, well, well….I guess you haven’t viewed the recent satellite photos of the destroyed Patriot batteries in Kiev yet. It appears 2 /3 Patriot systems are smoking holes….it pays to pull up non western news agencies.
Maybe they will target DC since we’re the one’s responsible for arming a hostile state on Russias border. The Biden admin are warmongering dolls.
What is the deal with this FR contingent who has wholy bought into this Biden proxy war against Russa? These people seem to know regime disinformation on COVID, BLM, yet they tear up their keyboard over Russia. We’ve lied to Russia and crossed the “no hostile army” on Russias boarder Redline.
NATO can never win a conflict or war lasting two weeks or longer. Biden/NATO-CONS have seen their weapons systems defeated in Ukraine.
Yup to my assessment. I was in the AMEMB Tel Aviv IPC 2004-06. I retired fm State in 2012. Our SD is a subsidiary of the DNC and their sister agency;)
The US is not a decent country anymore.
The same is being said about the USA in Brics circles, e.g., the has sanctioned itself out the world reserve currency. 60 percent of the world’s nation’s are joining Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Brazil.... And Biden says the US will be the one’s starting yet another war with China
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“recent satellite photo-shopped photos”.... ?
I agree with you. Daily news would be one thing. But this is daily spammy excessive propaganda and there is more than one poster who spreads this stuff all over the forum.
And they get angry and nasty with anybody who mentions it. They attack with ridiculously rude statements like “You really have nothing to say but I guess you like to join the trolls and cheer when hammer and sickle flags are raised over those razed Ukrainian mill towns,” and then they play victim. (At least this one didn’t call you a “Bolshevik.” Yet.)
They engage in censorship, hitting the “Abuse” button on anything that calls them out for their spam, opposes their views or makes fun of the excessive propaganda. Meanwhile, *they* poke fun, engage in slander and conjecture, sling nasty insults and cry like babies when we respond in kind.
I still think that having one daily thread for all of the Uke-Rus articles and propaganda would alleviate some of this. The articles could *only* be posted in the one daily thread. This would be similar to the Q threads. Just my suggestion.
“*they* poke fun, engage in slander and conjecture, sling nasty insults”
This is false.
Denial or casting stones does not change the facts.
Perhaps, you don’t know. However, “In Forum” comments are listed for each individual Freeper. The positive or negative comment evidence speaks for itself.
Examine the quality of comments from Pro-Putin/Russian freeper in comparison to Freepers that actively participate in positive forum discussion or are supportive of Ukraine.
BTW, these negative comments are revealed across the multiple Forum threads on FR.
Every freeper does create their own personal FR reputation.
LOL. My letter ‘L’ does not always function!
But, my biggest problem is my 90 pound collie jumping in my lap sending incomplete comments! :D
“The US is not a decent country anymore.”
I disagree.
Negative politicians as well as corruption habe both been around throughout our history. I believe you realized this when working within the US Department of State or perhaps even by living within the D.C. beltway.
It’s not just the politicians, it’s the whole rotten culture we’re producing today, through our movies and celebrities.
cOMMENT #78 TYPO CORRECTION:
“as well as corruption ‘HAVE’ both been around throughout our history.
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