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U.K.'s Johnson says Ukraine war rooted in Putin's "toxic masculinity"
CBS News ^ | June 29, 2022

Posted on 06/29/2022 4:25:24 AM PDT by McGruff

Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have started the war in Ukraine if he was a woman, according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

"If Putin was a woman, which he obviously isn't, but if he were, I really don't think he would've embarked on a crazy, macho war of invasion and violence in the way that he has," Johnson told German broadcaster ZDF on Tuesday evening.

Putin's invasion of Ukraine is "a perfect example of toxic masculinity," he said, calling for better education for girls around the world and for "more women in positions of power."

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To: McGruff

Modern wars are caused by soy rather than testosterone. NATO is exhibit A.


21 posted on 06/29/2022 5:06:13 AM PDT by Antioch (Against stupidity even the Gods struggle in vain….)
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To: McGruff

Johnson has zero masculinity.


22 posted on 06/29/2022 5:06:23 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: McGruff

World Class Stupid on display here.

Johnson is deranged.


23 posted on 06/29/2022 5:09:31 AM PDT by Quentin Quarantino
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To: McGruff
Vapid femininity is the issue.

As the founding fathers would say: "He lacks the necessary 'manly firmness' to be a leader."

24 posted on 06/29/2022 5:11:11 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Beware the coming TRUMPster Fire!)
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To: Clutch Martin

The KGB ceased to exist 31 years ago. It’s time to find a new boogieman. I may have a candidate. Is there a government entity somewhere in the world that holds political prisoners in its Capitol and conducts show trials with the help of its organs of propaganda?


25 posted on 06/29/2022 5:12:51 AM PDT by Antioch (Against stupidity even the Gods struggle in vain….)
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To: JonPreston

In bodybuilding circles it’s called bitch-tit.

But, his are clearly moobs…


26 posted on 06/29/2022 5:13:34 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: McGruff

Just wow!


27 posted on 06/29/2022 5:16:39 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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To: Vaquero

I just got my new razor several days before Father’s Day. Great razor!

https://www.jeremysrazors.com/


28 posted on 06/29/2022 5:20:28 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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To: McGruff

Boris has certainly lost his masculinity.


29 posted on 06/29/2022 5:22:37 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: McGruff

This from a pu$$y-whipped party guy that always looks like an unmade bed….


30 posted on 06/29/2022 5:23:19 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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To: McGruff
How this is relevant to the situation in Ukraine? If Putin wasn't a narcissist, a nationalist, and a dictator intent on resurrecting the old Soviet Union, he wouldn't have invaded Georgia, and Ukraine. He is and he did, so calling him everything but a child of God doesn't change a damn thing.
31 posted on 06/29/2022 5:24:24 AM PDT by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
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To: McGruff

...and if we didn’t have a eunuch for a president, he wouldn’t have dared to invade.


32 posted on 06/29/2022 5:26:03 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: McGruff
Man Boobs vs Pecs


33 posted on 06/29/2022 5:34:57 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: nuke_road_warrior
If Putin wasn't...a nationalist

What's wrong with nationalism, and what is a more acceptable to you?

34 posted on 06/29/2022 5:35:19 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Travis McGee

Did you just do this Travis? :)


35 posted on 06/29/2022 5:35:59 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: nuke_road_warrior

“If Putin wasn’t a narcissist, a nationalist, and a dictator intent on resurrecting the old Soviet Union, he wouldn’t have invaded Georgia, and Ukraine.”

The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis

The war in Ukraine is a multi-dimensional disaster, which is likely to get much worse in the foreseeable future.

by John J. Mearsheimer / June 23
[This speech was given at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence on Thursday, June 16.]

[This transcribed speech will be considered one of the most important treatises on the Russo-Ukraine war in coming years and decades. Every statement will be studied and debated. I urge folks on all sides to read it in its entirety. I’m only posting the concluding paragraphs here due to space and brevity considerations.]

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/causes-and-consequences-ukraine-crisis-203182

Conclusion:

Simply put, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine is a colossal disaster, which as I noted at the start of my talk, will lead people all around the world to search for its causes. Those who believe in facts and logic will quickly discover that the United States and its allies are mainly responsible for this train wreck. The April 2008 decision to bring Ukraine and Georgia into NATO was destined to lead to conflict with Russia.

The Bush administration was the principal architect of that fateful choice, but the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations have doubled down on that policy at every turn and America’s allies have dutifully followed Washington’s lead. Even though Russian leaders made it perfectly clear that bringing Ukraine into NATO would be crossing “the brightest of red lines,” the United States refused to accommodate Russia’s deepest security concerns and instead moved relentlessly to make Ukraine a Western bulwark on Russia’s border.

The tragic truth is that if the West had not pursued NATO expansion into Ukraine, it is unlikely there would be a war in Ukraine today and Crimea would still be part of Ukraine. In essence, Washington played the central role in leading Ukraine down the path to destruction. History will judge the United States and its allies harshly for their remarkably foolish policy on Ukraine. Thank you.

/ / /

John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. His many books include The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities and The Tragedy of Great Power Politics.


36 posted on 06/29/2022 5:35:59 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: nuke_road_warrior
"If Putin wasn't a narcissist, a nationalist, and a dictator intent on resurrecting the old Soviet Union, he wouldn't have invaded Georgia, and Ukraine."


37 posted on 06/29/2022 5:37:51 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: WashingtonSource

We all are being governed by pussies, Biden, Macron, Trudeau, and now Johnson. Don’t know about the rest, but they all sure look like pussies.


38 posted on 06/29/2022 5:38:26 AM PDT by Roklok
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To: JonPreston

I’m not that good at photoshop, I just saw it on Twitter somewhere and copied it.


39 posted on 06/29/2022 5:39:13 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Roklok
Who's the enemy?
40 posted on 06/29/2022 5:45:27 AM PDT by aspasia
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