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Russia's Putin and Defense Minister Shoigu are expected to address the nation tonight,
disclose tv ^

Posted on 09/20/2022 7:30:29 AM PDT by janetjanet998

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1 posted on 09/20/2022 7:30:29 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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General mobilization order.

Declaring full war.

Looks like the bear is hurt enough to take the gloves off.


2 posted on 09/20/2022 7:31:19 AM PDT by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
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Adolf Putin speaks.


3 posted on 09/20/2022 7:36:37 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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“General mobilization order. Declaring full war. Looks like the bear is hurt enough to take the gloves off.”

Hard to see any other option, now that NATO has all but promised to send front-line tanks to Ukraine.

The Neocons wanted a war with Russia, looks like they’ll be getting it.


4 posted on 09/20/2022 7:40:04 AM PDT by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Latvia: 44 degrees)
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To: redgolum

Looks like the bear is hurt enough to take the gloves off.


It has no gloves to take off, else they would not be in a losing situation.


5 posted on 09/20/2022 7:42:21 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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People are sheep. They will follow.


6 posted on 09/20/2022 7:43:07 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Midwesterner53

Joseph Putin, premier of the Soviet Union,
Speaks..


7 posted on 09/20/2022 7:43:37 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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Odds that he’ll talk about his nuclear forces? Pretty high if I were a betting man.

It’s hard to fight with conventional forces in the dead of a Ukrainian winter. Tactical nukes have no such trouble. Get ready for this to really ratchet up.


8 posted on 09/20/2022 7:46:25 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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Not our problem, none of our business.


9 posted on 09/20/2022 7:49:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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The Bear will still lose.


10 posted on 09/20/2022 7:51:54 AM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
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Not the neo-cons but the people who know their history and see this Russian adventure as what happened in Europe in the 1930’s. Aggression must be checked.


11 posted on 09/20/2022 7:54:19 AM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
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It is our business. In the 1930’s the world marched towards world war by ignoring overt aggression. History repeats itself.


12 posted on 09/20/2022 7:56:57 AM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
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Let the Euros deal with it. The borders of Europe have been pushed back and forth by wars for thousands of years without any help from the USA.


13 posted on 09/20/2022 7:58:55 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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“Not the neo-cons but the people who know their history and see this Russian adventure as what happened in Europe in the 1930’s.”

I don’t believe that Russia was a country in the 1930s and the person running the Soviet Union wasn’t even a Russian.


14 posted on 09/20/2022 7:59:27 AM PDT by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Latvia: 44 degrees)
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General mobilization order. Declaring full war. Looks like the bear is hurt enough to take the gloves off.

I would be very surprised by a general mobilization, for two reasons:
1. Russia has only committed about 10% of its military power to Ukraine and enjoys direction lines of communication to send and equip its forces there. It has plenty more to give before resorting to general mobilization.
2. Russia's political leadership appears to be sticking to its prohibition against sending conscripts to fight outside Russia's borders. So far, Russia claims that it has only used contracted soldiers and private military contractors in Ukraine.

I suspect a more likely outcome is that Russia will escalate its "Special Military Operation" to an "anti terrorist" operation to permit more latitude in the scope of its offensive operations. With the exception of what Putin recently referred to as several "warning shots" against power plants and a hydroelectric dam, Russia has avoided targeting civilian infrastructure. The fact that Ukraine's electricity, phones, water, sanitation, transportation and other functions have operated normally throughout the war supports this claim.

But we shall see...

15 posted on 09/20/2022 7:59:42 AM PDT by Always A Marine ("When you strike at a king, you must kill him" - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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I equate this with the Japs invading Manchuria in 1931. It set the wheels in motion.


16 posted on 09/20/2022 8:00:48 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Actually, looks like the bear has lost and can only threaten to nuke us. Weak countries act like this and not strong ones.


17 posted on 09/20/2022 8:02:20 AM PDT by lodi90
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and the person running the Soviet Union wasn’t even a Russian.

And Hitler wasn't German.

18 posted on 09/20/2022 8:02:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Putin wants a reset because his corrupt and incompetent army bumbled away this war. His problem is that pre war army is gone and he can’t wish another one.


19 posted on 09/20/2022 8:04:21 AM PDT by lodi90
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Are your for real. Russia was part of the Soviet Union. Historically the goals of the Soviet Union mirrored that of Russia. The core leadership of the Soviet Union was Russian.


20 posted on 09/20/2022 8:04:55 AM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
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