Better late than never...
Posted on 09/29/2022 5:41:37 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
At this point, one almost has to admire the denial on display in Moscow. Having held absurdly cooked referenda in parts of Ukraine no longer fully in Russian control with absurdly cooked results, Vladimir Putin will hold an equally absurd annexation ceremony tomorrow. Putin will officially claim sovereignty over four areas in which the Ukrainian army is presently pushing Russian troops out:
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What is the popular definition of insanity again? Putin has been trying to split the West from Ukraine, and/or split the West generally over the war, ever since he launched it. Instead, the US-EU alliance has gotten stronger in the face of a now-undeniable threat from an imperial Russia, and NATO has not only unified but now expanded into Finland and Sweden.
Putin’s attack on the Nord Stream pipelines — and by now it’s pretty clear that Russia was behind that — was an escalation on the same strategy. Putin wants to let the EU and its inhabitants know that Russia can take out pipelines and other key sea-based infrastructure at will as a way to intimidate Europe into disengaging with Ukraine. All it shows, however, is that a united defense against Putin’s regime is more necessary than ever. Rather than split Europeans away from Ukraine, Putin is proving Volodymyr Zelensky’s point that the attack on Ukraine is an attack on Europe.
That isn’t the only phase of denial at play here, either. Putin has actually been more coy than the Western press has recognized over extending his “nuclear umbrella” over annexed portions of Ukraine. The point of annexation is to unlock a more robust mobilization and domestic industrial seizure by transforming this from Putin’s aggressive “special military operation” to a supposed defense against an attack on Russia.
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Wishful thinking.
What a sham.
Sounds like Russia got what it wanted. What’s the last gasp ?
Better late than never...
Ask the Serbians if the creation of Kosovo was a ‘sham’. Kthx.
Russia’s not going to be able to hold those territories.
So because you speak English (presumably), you’d be OK with reuniting with England?
Russia is currently being removed from these territories
The people in those regions will be just fine.
Certainty not worth WWIII over or even higher gas prices.
Can we start minding our own business and make America great again?
Au contraire mon ami.
Got 300,000 Russians headed that way to prove such.
Be assured:
The denazification Ukraine will continue. Heads up ZelenskyyIdiot, Azov’s, Kraken, etc., etc.
The de-militarizing of Ukraine’s ability to wage war/conflict will continue.
Russia will add roughly over 100,000 km2 and over 5 million plus people to the Russian Federation.
Russia will control the territory that produces 95 percent of Ukrainian GDP as well as a large chuck of Ukraines industrial capacity and resources.
The Russians will continue to operate methodically and with deliberation.
Russia will continue to bleed to death Ukrainian forces.
He wants it ALL back, including Alaska.
“ Putin’s attack on the Nord Stream pipelines — and by now it’s pretty clear that Russia was behind that …”
Is it clear?
I am no Russia supporter, but the pipeline thing is muddy as hell.
I remember when our education system taught critical thinking skills...
But to answer your question, I'd be OK with you reuniting with England, sure.
Maybe or maybe not .
So you support the creation of Kosovo as legitimate?
I agree with you. If we are making unsupported declarations, circumstances point to us doing it, not Putin.
Without the pipeline, the EU, and NATO stay on the reservation. With the pipeline, the EU could decide they don’t want to freeze to death this winter and change their mind on Russian natgas.
Then, of course, there is Biden saying we were going to destroy the pipeline.
So when US pipelines start getting sabotaged, since that’s the in thing now, I wonder if anyone will blame Biden for blowing up our pipelines?
Let this be my response, cause it is quite succinct and to the point.
“Do you hear them laughing in Belgrade?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1jUHqTHkBc
That sounds more like the Tory government in Britain then is does Putin's Russia. 🤔
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