Posted on 04/16/2021 6:32:12 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
The U.S. has canceled plans to send two U.S. warships into the Black Sea amid a Russian troop buildup up on the Ukrainian border. Hours after the canceled U.S. deployment, Russia closed off access to the Kerch Strait, blocking access to two Ukrainian ports.
Within hours of the decision to cancel the Black Sea deployment, Russia moved to block access to the Kerch Strait, which serves as a key access point to the Ukrainian ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk.
Interfax reported the closure, and a Ukrainian Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying, “Such actions of the Russian Federation are yet another attempt, in violation of the norms and principles of international law, to usurp the sovereign rights of Ukraine as a coastal state, since it is Ukraine that has the right to regulate shipping in these waters of the Black Sea.
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“We have sea power! Don’t try anything!”
“I’ll be careful.”
“We’ve changed our mind! We’re pulling the ships!”
“I’ll make my move.”
When the ships turned around, did they happen to run into any freighters or into each other? Nothing in the news.
The soy boys, trans, non-binaries don’t have a good track record on steering ships. /S
How long until Ukraine figures out that all the bribe money they paid Joe and Hunter won’t be enough to keep Putin from writing a bigger check and taking control of Ukraine??
Another indication that the Biden bunch are foreign policy imbeciles. They will let Putin push them around until he forces them to respond, at which time we will be at risk for open hostilities..
This is a badly misleading article.
They didn’t close the kerch strait and they didn’t cut off two ukrainian ports.
It only affects foreign military vessels
It’s fascinating that Joe and Hunter have so many dealings with Ukraine, and now Russia is putting Joe on the spot: Deliver your promises or be proven coward. Joe wants to act tough, and Putin will call his bluff. This is so sad, it’s sad to see Joe reduced like this. He must feel so embarrassed
They'll attack the same time China invades Taiwan.
Dementia Joe - Force multiplier of Weakness.
The Georgians said the same thing while they were hiding behind that statue of Globalist George W. Bush they erected in Georgia.
Then they ditched their uniforms and ran like Hell.
LOL, women drivers ...
Blockade Cuba.
It’s hard to not imagine something massive happening this year with regards to a real hot war worldwide.
I agree with your post.
Israel might even pull out some simultaneous strikes on Iran/Turkey if these events come to pass.
Did Biden intend to cede this to Putin? And here Democrats were worried about Trump selling out to Russia
Just waiting for terror attacks on Americans and direct threats to American targets of opportunity.
The world knows bidet has no backbone and our enemies are going to pin him to the wall worse than the peanut farmer.
>>How long until Ukraine figures out that all the bribe money they paid Joe and Hunter won’t be enough to keep Putin from writing a bigger check and taking control of Ukraine??<<
That is what happens when you cease the regular “protection” payments.
What greater sign of weakness could there be than Joe Biden as President of the USA?
What greater sign of weakness could there be than the replacement of the highly competent, brilliant, and clear thinking Donald Trump, with the incompetent buffoon and puppet Joe Biden?
What greater sign of weakness could there be than Democrats in control of the US Congress, Presidency, and Supreme Court?
The main reason for Russian--and Chinese--forbearance is the awareness that Biden, though a buffoon and a puppet, is in control of the US nuclear arsenal.
There is also the consideration that a highly competent, brilliant leader, like Donald Trump, will be in control of the USA before long.
And there is the consideration that half the US population consists of the same competent, clear thinking, patriotic Americans who carved the greatest, richest, and most powerful nation the world has ever known out of a wilderness, who placed a man on the moon, who conquered polio, who placed planes in the air, who twice rescued the world from the horrors of war, and who gave the world the priceless treasures of liberty, equality, and justice of all people, who gave the world the American Dream--and that such people have proven their invincibility many times.
Considering all this, forbearance is not only wise but to be expected.
jao xiden already surrendered.
That is, the strong do what they can, the weak do what they must.
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