[C19fan]

I would not bet against Russia using tactical nukes if Ukraine tries to cross the Isthmus of Perekop. Russia has lost hundreds of thousands of men defending Crimea during the Crimea War and World War II. Zelensky's bluster is closing the door on any negotiated settlement. The Weat should tell Zelensky to stop talking about conquering the Crimea; which was given to the Ukraine Soviet Socialistic Republic on a whim by Khruschev. Perhaps Poland should demand Ukraine give back Galicia containing Lemberg/Lwow/Lvov/Lviv.

[qwerty1234]

No accidents in war? Then I guess Ukraine deliberately sent a missile into Poland:

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/16/ukraine-reacts-as-initial-findings-suggest-it-fired-the-missile-that-hit-poland.html

[ganeemead]

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Mr. Zelensky is sounding shrill. He doesn’t wear well over time.

[Gnome1949]

I knew a short guy like that years ago. He would get a few beers in him and he would threaten everyone around him, “I can kick all of y’all’s a**es ! He became ten feet tall once he had downed some Pabst Blue Ribbons.

[McGruff]

Cocaine rage?

[Husker24]

In war there are lots of accidents.

[Clarancebeaks]

I have one rule I always follow. I never respond to threats or have any respect for someone who plays the piano with his dick. Change my mind??

[lizma2]

My Grandfather was born in Kiev in 1898 and considered himself to be Russian.

How many “Ukrainians” today still feel the same way????

Let the people vote what country they want to be in and maybe end this killing?

[Tom Tetroxide]

He keeps yelling, “HELP! I’m winning!”.

[Paco]

The idea of fighting an anti-septic war reminds me of the old Star Trek episode where a society decided to fight a war without actually fighting a war. They ran computer simulations to identify where bomb strikes would occur and then people in that area who would have been killed had to report in to be terminated.

This war had been going on for hundreds of years because there was no carnage and destruction. Capt Kirk and crew destroyed the people incinerators (or whatever they were called) and forced the two sides back into a real war.

Neither wanted the actual carnage so they met and had a truce. Ah the good ol' days...

[caww]

.......”Zelensky’s bluster is closing the door on any negotiated settlement”.......

It's been said Russia will not negotiate with Zelensky at all without the US. That it's a waste of time even considering talks with Zelensky because it's the US admin and military officials running Ukraine.

[Not_Who_U_Think]

Zelinsky’s bluster is a bad poker hand. There is zero chance of a military operation driving Russia from Crimea. Ukraine can make provocative attacks on bases and command centers but it does not change the battlefield. The Russians are not going home until they resolve this problem to their south, (and taking everything east of the Dnieper is likely the Russian war aim at this point.

We may allow drug cartels to operate on and control our border, but the Russians will not allow a hostile force on thiers. We are being played - notice how in the media it’s ‘Putin’, not Russia, that is waging war. We have been led to believe that this one crazy guy is responsible for the war, a fallacy fed to us and swallowed by many in the west.

Like it or not, most of Russia supports their government’s action, and these provocations of striking deep targets has only pushed them further towards demanding victory at whatever the cost.