Posted on 02/15/2022 2:46:51 AM PST by Kaslin
Let me preface this with the fact that I don’t know what I’m going to speculate about here to be true, but it’s the only thing that makes sense of the entire situation. Of course, if Russia invades Ukraine, either by the time this is published Tuesday or anytime thereafter, this could look pretty stupid. Still, I’m willing to risk it because nothing else makes any sense, when you consider the entire situation.
What if the idea of Russia invading Ukraine is a hoax? What if it’s just Russia doing what Russia loves doing – saber rattling – and nothing else? What if the western governments scrambling now to “prevent war” know this and are hoping the whole situation serve as a distraction from the various “Freedom Convoys” forming around the world to protest oppressive and ineffective government actions related to COVID?
Joe Biden needs a distraction from a lot of things, inflation being chief among them. It makes sense that he’s spewing things in such a panicked way that even the President of Ukraine is confused by it. You’d think the leader of the country “on the verge” of being invaded would be sounding the loudest alarm, but he’s not. The American President is.
Why would Biden care so much about something that only impacts Americans insofar as they are in the country at the time, while ignoring the inflation that is damaging people’s lives in the United States?
Honestly, if Russia did attack Ukraine you would care? Would you even notice?
The answer is pretty easy to figure out. Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014. Did you notice then? How has your life been impacted by it? I’d bet not at all. So why would this be different?
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want Russia to invade. I think every country should be left alone. But am I worked up about it? No. The President of the United States, on the other hand, would like me to be.
Joe needs a “victory” of some sort, something to make him seem effective and tough, something his handlers think will wash the taste of Afghanistan out of our collective mouths. It won’t work.
It won’t work precisely because Americans don’t care about Ukraine and no one has made a case as to why we should, beyond the general “We support freedom” case, which kind of falls flat when coming out of the mouths of people seeking to ruin the lives of anyone who won’t blindly obey their vaccine mandate. Not exactly a bear hug for the concept of freedom.
More than that, the unnecessary deaths of 13 American soldiers in Afghanistan thanks to the indifference and incompetence of this administration will never be washed away. Even if Biden did really “save” Ukraine from a Russian invasion, those lives are gone forever because of him. We won’t forget.
We also won’t forget how much more it costs to fill our tanks thanks to Biden’s inflation, BidInflation, if you will.
No distracting from the fact that it costs $20-$40 more to fill up your car than it did last year, or that a steak is now a luxury item. Who control Kiev isn’t going to change that.
It’s weird, if I’m right, that Biden would think this could help him domestically. During the first Gulf War, George H. W. Bush had such a boost in approval ratings because things, for the most part, were otherwise fine. Our military also rolled over Iraq so quickly that if you blinked, you might’ve missed it.
In Ukraine, no US troops will be engaged. There is literally nothing Biden can do to change the course of events, should Russia invade. All the actions being discussed are long-term sanctions. It makes you wonder, if Putin is such a bad guy, and if Democrats truly believe Russia not only will invade Ukraine, but they also interfered with the 2016 election, why haven’t they implemented all the sanctions possible already? Why let Putin off easy, even a little?
Nothing makes sense, unless you entertain a couple of possibilities: 1, we’re led by morons, or 2, we are being lied to. There’s ample evidence for both, I just don’t know which way the scale tilts. Then there’s the possibility that I’m wrong about all of it, but that seems less and less likely with each passing day.
Captain Obvious.
Seems obvious
I also bought a pair of jeans on Sunday. Shoot me, it was a pair of Levis, I hadn't purchased a pair of jeans in 8-10 years.
I felt like I'd been shot when they cost me $75. Thanks, Joe.
Its on the front page of all the newspapers. It must be true.
> it was a pair of Levis,
Levis is one of the more in your face “woke” companies these days. For myself, I won’t contribute to them.
Who isn't woke in the apparel industry these days?
No worries, Putin will delay the invasion of Ukraine until FJB delivers weapons to Ukraine for Russia to capture.
Of course it’s a hoax, this is an election year!
Simple answer, it is a hoax.
Putin gets a good belly laugh when Bidung.......
and Piglosi...... announce THEIR plans.
We already have troops there...training Ukrainian troops...reminiscent of Vietnam?
Both of them could have played the
Market and made billions on stray comments. It tanked on ukraine comment only to have the guy come out and say it was sarcastic.
This morning it zoomed on Russia comnent
Russia stands to bank about 25 billion dollars from the run-up in oil and gas prices due to the invasion panic. With Russia being a kleptocracy, much of that goes into the pockets of Putin and his cronies and the oligarchs they are allied with.
In addition, the invasion panic has revealed for all to see weaknesses in NATO, especially as to Germany. The result is that NATO has been diminished in its influence.
Moreover, the wide-scale deployment of Russian forces will have provided both valuable training and an object demonstration of Russia's growing military strength.
Finally, if Putin takes these gains and does not invade, he will have demonstrated his strength, success, and necessity as Russia's dictator. This will help quell rising domestic discontent over Russia's economic stagnation and relative isolation.
On the other hand, if Russia invades Ukraine, there will be Russian casualties and the risk of international relations taking an adverse turn that could endanger Putin's grip on power. Putin is a gambler, but not a reckless chancer who does not have the self-discipline to walk away from the table.
The bottom line: no invasion.
Remember the non-existent war in the book “1984”! That book is the Rats go-to manual.
The Biden administration is counting on this being nothing more than saber rattling on the part of Putin. If there is no invasion, the media in this country will attribute it to "a strong and resolute Joe Biden, who looked Putin in the the eye and made him back down."
The 160,000 soldiers on the Ukrainian border are actually crisis actors funded by Soros and Antifa
I said right from the very start that he was just wagging the dog. Most Americans see this for the obvious distraction attempt that it is.
It’s not a hoax.
It’s just that Russia is run by serious men, who understand that the spectrum of military force to influence the course of events includes doing things that may not necessarily lead to bloodshed.
For example: Would the situation on the Southern border be better if the President formed 1st US Army group and deployed eight Army divisions and one USMC division to Texas, Arizona, and California, and announced that we were prepared to annex Sonora, Baja California, and Chihuahua unless the drug cartels were broken up and their leaders delivered to US justice?
And week after week escalated the pressure, setting up mobile hospitals, weapons depots, blood banks, etc - as Putin has been doing - the probability that anyone would have to die would be quite low.
Can’t quite figure out what’s going on yet…
Wag the Dog. Or
The Mouse That Roared?
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