Posted on 02/22/2023 4:30:33 AM PST by Cronos
There was perhaps only one truth spoken during Vladimir Putin’s two-hour state of the nation address: that Russia would suspend its participation in the New Start treaty with the US. The rest was yet another a trip down the rabbit hole into the Russian president’s parallel universe
Putin continues to make veiled nuclear threats, and did so again in this address when he stated that western declarations on ensuring a strategic defeat for Russia were an existential threat “to which we know how to react”. Threats to the existence of the Russian state allow for a first-use nuclear strike in Russia’s military doctrine.
Each time Putin makes these threats, the aim is clear: frighten western public opinion into pressuring governments to stop arming Ukraine and force Zelenskiy to the negotiating table.
It is impossible to know whether Putin will carry out his threats. But one thing is knowable: it is impossible to negotiate with someone who uses lies and blackmail to force his opponent’s hand, because nothing he says can be trusted. In his speech, Putin mentioned his efforts to bring the west to the negotiating table in late 2021 by the publication of two so-called security treaties – one between Russia and the US, and one between Russia and Nato. These were in fact ultimatums, insisting that Nato withdrew to its 1997 borders.
By framing his 2021 ultimatum as a fake treaty (that he knew was untenable), Putin is in fact engaging in a sophisticated disinformation campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
After two years of leadership failure, old Joe has retreated deep into delusion - dragging the American people with him....
The Putin fans have fallen for it and changed their tune from
“Demilitarize Ukraine, bad NATO “
To
“Poor Russian speakers like Zelensky need help from Pooptin “
To
“Bioweapons labs.”
To
“Pooptin is fighting for white Christian’s with the help of his Chechen jihadis who love him”
To
“Russia didn’t start war by invading 4. No no, was secret Amerikanski plan to force Russia to incade”
To now
“Russia was being invaded”
Putin fans fall for the weekly change in propaganda over and over
And Z is Brandon’s bag man.
Both articles can't be right.
If your article is correct, then they don't need either the U.S. or NATO's assistance anymore.
Liberal leaders in the USA always, ALWAYS! Invite aggression from hostile foreign powers.
So, liberals. If you want your children to live under the threat of some existential disaster from some foreign thug, vote for a democrat.
The way it is.
Libtards are children.
Do you think we should send them another 100 billion?
I read a a translated summary of Putin’s speech to his “congress” yesterday and to me it seemed mostly about domestic matters, sort of a state of the nation. He did say since NATO (US) intends to destroy Russia he would suspend START.
good
Putin has lost his “special military operation”. He lost when he failed to take Kyiv in the early days of the war.
Your side’s constant refrain that because Russia hasn’t defeated Ukraine means that Ukraine doesn’t need support is idiotic. The war isn’t over yet. Until Russia stops its invasion and withdraws back to its own country, Ukraine will continue to need weapons and ammunition to maintain its army. The only hope that Russia has now of winning the war is to convince the West to stop sending military supplies to Ukraine.
Russia -
“Halp! We’re stuck in the Donbas Quagmire and can’t get out!!”
Your straw-man arguments no one actually uses might carry more weight, if you could type them so that they make sense.
I just watched “Chronicles of Melanie”. Pretty grim. Russians were ruthless. It might have been the times and the conditions but they get what they deserve. The Japanese and German peoples were brainwashed and had to pay the price, not just the military. I don’t see enough Russian protests to see otherwise.
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