EU estimates 150,000 Russian troops near Ukraine’s borders

https://apnews.com ^ | 4/19/2021 | By RAF CASERT

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the mention.

[faithhopecharity]

150,000 troops is a lot of troops to deploy. they will probably see action

[McGruff]

Pretty soon it will be.

[hinckley buzzard]

Putin was cautious with Trump, didn’t really know what he could expect, but he respected that Trump would act when he thought necessary. Trump did not hesitate to use force against Iran and Syria, and also btw authorized the Army to wipe out a force of a couple hundred Russian “mercenaries” when they got too aggressive in Syria. So no, Putin did not want Trump to win, he knew Biden would be easy pickings, and he was right. The results are just beginning to surface.

[rxsid]

True indeed. However, it's really the Military Political Industrial Complex

[rxsid]

Agreed. A very good generalized assessment.

[alternatives?]

Ukraine has paid the Bidens a lot of money over the years. I guess they (and us) will see what they bought.

[libertylover]

That’s a formidable force. Anybody know what they’re waiting for?

[FreeReign]

Fantastic!! Love seeing Putin stick his thumb in the eye of the western globalists... say what you want about Putin, but we have a common enemy and therefore he is an ‘ally’ of some degree.

No not at all.

Putin hates the US. He's not our ally.

BTW, didn't Zalensky defend Trump during the impeachment against the globalists?

Yes he did.

I hope Putin gets his assed kicked at the border.

[woodbutcher1963]

“Anybody know what they’re waiting for?”

A distraction somewhere else?

LOOK SQUIRREL !

[Captain Peter Blood]

Not egos, the Deep State as it has been since 1945, that is the date of our earliest involvement with South Korea and Vietnam. Do you know that we were allied with Ho Chi Mien in 1945 and helped found the republic of Vietnam and gave then a huge arms shipment after we decided to drop the bomb and not invade Japan?

[Captain Peter Blood]

Very True and it will remain so.

[rxsid]

"...the USA as we knew it is dead. Unity is no longer possible in this nation. There are tens of millions of marxists and another hundred million who sympathize and enable them. Reconciliation is not possible. We shouldn’t be using the word ‘we’ as it pertains to the Federal Gov."

Agree with much of that. Just wait until the 22,000,000 + foreign nationals already in our country illegally get amnesty and then citizenship and the vote. Add to that, the 10's of thousands pouring across our southerner border every month, who themselves will also eventually get citizenship and the vote, and a solid argument can be made that this country's best days are in the rear view mirror.

[Mariner]

“It is the highest military deployment of the Russian army on the Ukrainian borders ever. “

Dumbass.

Historically it’s probably not even in the top 10.

[dfwgator]

Putin hates the US.

So do most Democrats, what's your point?

[dfwgator]

For the Ukrainians to attack the radio station at Gleiwitz?

[dfwgator]

Dumbass.

I thought it was Donbass.

[Mariner]

“1. Russia can invade with impunity
2. It’s none of our business.”

Both of those things are absolutely true.

Congratulations.

[Wallace T.]

We have a conflict between the Western-led New World Order, which dominates the U.S. and NATO, using Ukraine as a forward position against the Russian-Chinese axis, which seeks to knock the U.S. and its allies off their dominant position. The long term goal is Chinese hegemony, with Russia as a junior partner. I can't root for Putin or Xi, but Biden, Macron, Merkel, and their handlers are the same people who are destroying the traditional, Christian underpinnings of Western nations. No good guys here.

[Mariner]

I don’t believe there is a Russia-China axis.

It’s a marriage of convenience, at best.

Either could be lured away from the other...especially Russia from China.

Russia has more to fear from China than anyone.