Posted on 02/25/2022 2:29:10 PM PST by Kaslin
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in 2014, has resumed. Putin was not deterred. The threat of sanctions failed to stop Putin from launching a full-scale assault spanning the width and depth of Ukraine.
This wasn’t just a nibble to expand the territory Russia holds in the Donbas; missile and aircraft strikes took place all through the country. Russian paratroops were reported in the western port city of Odessa, and Russian tanks have been filmed roaring nearby the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Putin may not intend to take and hold all of Ukraine, but his newly stated objective—"the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine"—certainly bodes ill for Ukrainian independence and democracy. At the very least, Putin’s military objectives appear more significant than many had envisioned.
For example, early troop movements suggest that Putin seeks to establish a land bridge from Russia to Crimea. That would require Russian troops seizing and holding Donetsk. Russia earlier this week recognized Donetsk as being independent of Ukraine and Russian forces are on the move there. If successful, that advance would turn the Sea of Azov into a Russian lake and allow Moscow to control entry to the Volga-Don canal, which connects the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea.
Of course, all we can do at this stage is guess about Putin’s ultimate objectives. It may be that even Putin doesn’t know for sure how far he will drive west. Some of this answer rests on the Ukrainian military’s ability and willingness to fight.
The West has not been entirely passive. Putin’s actions have triggered the "maximalist" response threatened by NATO: sanctions, political solidarity in support of Ukraine, various kinds of assistance, and increased deployments of NATO assets to demonstrate a determination to safeguard NATO territory.
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Colorado’s Lauren Boebert got on the Biden administration yesterday for funding bad actors by inhibiting our energy production.
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“How many times will Democrats fail to recognize that the instability of world affairs and economic shocks come at the hands of dictators who fuel their terror on the world stage with dollars we and our allies are forced to spend on their oil and gas exports?” continued Boebert. “It’s time to be smarter than the dictators.”
She would then go on to call on the Biden Administration and the United States Congress to “immediately unleash our national energy production capabilities.”
“...Russian paratroops were reported in the western port city of Odessa...”
If true, that’s not good for the Ukrainian defense forces. That gives the Russians a bridgehead in an area that has seen little or no action so far. it’s one more sector to defend.
Biden is weak horse, an Obama puppet.
What’s worse, he may not be able to anymore. Many west Texas drillers have correctly assessed that they should move slowly to start drilling again after he shut so much down a year ago. They worry they will invest the enormous sums of money to do so only to have Biden pull the rug out from under them again.
The democrat communists do amazing damage with the off again on again pace.
There is already video of a tank turning deliberately into a car killing the occupants.
War crime. War crime while the Russian PM says no civilians will be harmed.
Isn’t it Biden’s invasion?
He let it happen.
Asking for a friend.
How much longer before it’s ...
Biden may not intend to take and hold all of America, but his newly stated objective—”the demilitarization and deTrumpification of North America”—certainly bodes ill for US. independence and democracy.
That is the one sanction that would stop Putin, and indirectly, Xi of China cold - unleash so much of our own production of petroleum and natural gas that the market is flooded, with plenty of relatively cheap energy available in our country to again put our own economy back into an expanding mode. More business activity = more revenue for government coffers, even at reduced taxation rates. We could then afford to export petroleum and natural gas as LNG in specialized tankers to customers all over the world, especially Europe, at prices the Russians could not match, even with a pipeline.
I want to know how much Putin paid Biden. Pretty strange that Biden should close our oil pipeline and open Putins don’t you think. Oh but that’s right, only Trump gets investigated up the ass especially when Hillary makes up a hoax.
Does Russia just want some sort of agreement, say a non-aggression pact, Ukraine not joining NATO? Just because they are in the suburbs of Kiev and Odessa doesn’t mean they have been ordered in. Why was the Ukrainian government so calm last week when the US government was having fits?
No one trusts Biden, or any US intelligence agency. No reason for anyone to act on anything they say publicly.
Putin is not the bad guy here.
Biden is totally irrelevant on this.
Russia vetoes resolution condemning invasion of Ukraine.
What a waste
America could have been allies with Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union if politicians actually cared but it’s probably not good for business. This entire mess could have been avoided if we just got rid of NATO , which is no longer needed.
Looks like KIev will fall in a day or so. Odessa soon afterwards.The war will be over soon. The sooner the better. Fewer lives lost—Now the MSM is going full propaganda “Putin is a Monster,” “Putin is a tyrant beast,” “Putin is Hitler!” He will take Ukraine them march on the Baltic States!!! and then Poland! Nope—he will need to rebuild. This is is legacy for Russia. The recovery of NovoRussia. Is Putin a “nice Guy” Nope! Monster, nope? Is he a driven strong man who will stopm his way to what he wants—yes.
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