Posted on 02/27/2022 1:42:53 PM PST by marcusmaximus
The peace talks will be something like:
Putin: Ukraine is mine now.
Zelensky: Ok.
I really hope that the relevant oligarchs will get control of this loose cannon.
The Russians probably made a list of demands in the past.
They may be more demanding now, but may settle close to previous demands.
Our economic sanctions against Japan prior to WWII most certainly got Pearle Harbor attacked.
We are verging on WWIII.
Geopolitics with egotistical leaders is a fragile thing. Sometimes leaders forget the stakes when their feelings get hurt and they feel the need to save face. Things can escalate quickly out of control. All we need is for China to attack Taiwan, and we are going to be on the precipice of WWIII.
It is a very surreal feeling sitting in my office typing this in complete peace and security knowing that a month from now, we could be facing severe shortages or martial law because WWIII was declared and the entire world is cratering.
Such a weird feeling.
I mean, the odds are low. Nobody wants really wants it, but things can spiral out of control when you are too many decades away from the last catastrophic event and kind of begin to forget the extreme suffering and horror of it. We don’t have anybody left who really experienced it first hand. Our esteemed idiotic world leaders may get the idea that “it is different this time” and we can win.
We can’t. There are only losers in a world war. The losers who come out ahead and the losers who lose everything. With nucular weapons (GW Bush - the gift that keeps on giving) we really stand to lose everything. China thinks they can win a nuclear war.
Life is weird. I hope cooler heads prevail but I don’t trust the current crop of idiots further than I can spit.
Putin has the backs of the security forces, whose heads he probably personally chose.
If the Russian rich lose foreign wealth, then the rich Chinese will avoid Western investments.
I can’t blame Putin for putting his nuclear deterrent forces on alert. A dementia-ridden potato has control of the nuclear football.
The Communist Chinese will seal off the sea and air off Taiwan, then wait.
‘alert’
more pressure at no cost in Russian lives
This guy with the landmine cracks me up..he couldnt waste his cigarette
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10557399/Symbol-Ukraines-toughness-Man-disposes-anti-tank-smoking-CIGARETTE.html
Dumb and dumber, Putin is a retard and his errand boy will go down with him.
[Our economic sanctions against Japan prior to WWII most certainly got Pearle Harbor attacked.]
What’s the end game for Putin and Lukashenko after the trash talk?
Is there an off-ramp, or are they going to ride the bull straight to hell and push the button down?
Alternatively, are they both so weak that they have nothing to lose because their governments are ready to implode?
Better WWIII than mean tweets
“Trade with me on my terms, or I will nuke your country.”
Yeah, that’s not going over with me.
Putin: Ukraine is mine now.
Zelensky: NO!!! Never!!!
Putin: I’m paying in cash
Zelensky: Ok.
My feeling on the Russian/Chinese “marriage” is that they are both expansionistic. Any comfort the Russians might feel in that relationship is an illusion. The Chinese might play along for a while, like they did with Hong Kong, but even all the wealth Hong Kong brought to the table wasn’t enough to save it. Russia will be safe until it isn’t.
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