Posted on 01/21/2022 6:36:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind
So many things the Democrats organized have turned out to be false flag operations (Whitmer kidnapping, January 6) that it would be safe to assume that everthing they do is a false flag operation until proven otherwise. This brings us to the strange case of the imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine. We are supposed to believe that the modern Machievelli, Vladimir Putin, has had 100,000 Russian troops camped out in the snow for months on end, poised to invade Ukraine. No complaints from the Russian troops have been heard, so these must be really hard men, capable of enduring enormous suffering, sitting patiently in the snow drifts while waiting for their leader's order to advance. And they would all be men with not one pregnancy flight suit east of the Dnieper.
This is doubly strange because relations between the Bidens and the Russians are so cordial. One Russian lady, Elena Baturina, gave Hunter Biden $3.5 million, seemingly out of the kindness of her heart, because no reciprocal service was provided by Mr. Biden.
Another strange thing about the Russian invasion threat is that it is exactly the wrong thing to do if your major threat is China. China has territorial ambitions on all its neighbours and is the greatest threat to world peace. Russia understands that Chinese territorial ambitions, for example over Vladivostok, not being actively pursued are merely in abeyance. China's long-term ambition is to subsume all Russian territory east of the Urals.
Edward Luttwak has called China an autistic power. That is being too charitable — it is more of a psychopath. It feels the need to be constantly attacking other countries. At the moment, it is building up forces on its border with India for a summer offensive.
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I’m not falling for starting an international war to increase Biden’s poll numbers. Isn’t that what the secular socialists are trying to do?
They are afraid Joe will go all Corn Pop on their asses?
Mental masturbation.
I think it’s pretty clear, that someone is pulling Biden’s strings. Why else would we give up Belgram base in Afghanistan, only one hour away from China?
I think Biden will allow an invasion into Ukraine with little resistance.
So they know their real enemy is the Chicoms. Siberia is vast and there are billion + Chinamen, many with no wives. We know it too. Let them carve each other up like we did (Hitler/Stalin) in those 2 and a half years before the Normandy invasion/1944.
U.S. Assistance to Ukraine -— US Embassy in Ukraine Overview
U.S. assistance to Ukraine since 2014 totals over $3.7 billion, plus three $1 billion sovereign loan guarantees.
For FY 2020, Congress has appropriated $698 million: $448 million for State/USAI programs and $250 million for USAI, including $50 million for lethal assistance.
The $448 million appropriation for State/USAI programs includes approximately $285 million in the development accounts and approximately $163 million in the security accounts.
To combat COVID, thus far the United States has provided over $26 million in assistance in new and redirected funding.
This funding will prepare laboratory systems, activate case-finding and event-based surveillance, support technical experts for response and preparedness, bolster risk communication, and support water, sanitation and hygiene interventions for the most vulnerable populations in eastern Ukraine.
Assistance will also counter disinformation, bolster media’s health reporting capacity, expand the government’s ability to continue operating under pandemic-related restrictions, and support Ukraine’s economic recovery.
U.S. assistance priorities:
Security: U.S. programs provide technical assistance, training, and equipment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and security services to defend Ukraine’s territorial integrity and enhance border and internal security.
Countering Russian Aggression: U.S. assistance works to demonstrate the positive effects of national-level reforms for Ukraine, combat the spread of disinformation, and improve Ukraine’s commercial and energy linkages with Western economies.
Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law: Programs support law enforcement and justice sector reform and governance reforms to increase accountability and effectiveness of governance.
Energy Security: Programs improve Ukraine’s energy security by diversifying supply, establishing competitive markets, accelerating legal regulatory reforms to combat corruption, and ensuring compliance with EU standards and commitments.
Economic Growth: Programs support pro-growth reforms such as an improved land market, privatization, increased competition, and transparent corporate governance. U.S. assistance also supports the growth of small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Cybersecurity: Programs help Ukraine protect itself against Russian cyber-enabled attempts to destabilize it. This includes efforts to support Ukraine’s cyber strategy and legal framework, strengthen incident response capabilities, and harden critical infrastructure.
Humanitarian Assistance: Since the conflict began in 2014, the United States has provided nearly $246 million in humanitarian assistance to date for conflict-affected populations.
Assistance includes emergency shelter, provision and distribution of relief commodities, protection of children and the elderly, psychosocial support, water infrastructure repair, and livelihoods and business development support for internally displaced persons.
Election Support:Programs strengthen Ukraine’s election system; increase citizen participation; increase representativeness and responsiveness of political parties; support effective civic oversight; and promote issue-focused media coverage.
The United States is the largest contributor to OSCE’s Special Monitoring Mission, a comprehensive source of information on military and humanitarian developments in areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia.
The United States supports the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, an important source of information and advocacy for human rights in Crimea and eastern Ukraine.
Please visit each section/agency’s page for further information.
Politico.com
By KENNETH P. VOGEL and DAVID STERN
01/11/2017
<>Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire; foreign aid billions threatened
<>Kiev scrambles to make amends with president-elect Trump after working to boost Clinton.
Donald Trump wasn’t the only presidential candidate whose campaign was boosted by officials of a former Soviet bloc country.
A Politico investigation found
<><>Ukrainian govt officials helped Hillary and trashed Trump, questioning his fitness for office.
<><>They disseminated documents implicating a top Trump aide in corruption
<><>They suggested they were investigating the matter, only to back away after the election.
<><>They helped Clinton’s allies research damaging information on Trump and his advisers.
A Ukrainian-American operative who was consulting for the Democratic National Committee met with top officials in the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington in an effort to expose ties between Trump, top campaign aide Paul Manafort and Russia, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation.
The Ukrainian efforts had an impact in the race, helping to force Manafort’s resignation and advancing the narrative that Trump’s campaign was deeply connected to Ukraine’s foe to the east, Russia. But they were far less concerted or centrally directed than Russia’s alleged hacking and dissemination of Democratic emails.
Russia’s effort was personally directed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, involved the country’s military and foreign intelligence services, according to U.S. intelligence officials. They reportedly briefed Trump last week on the possibility that Russian operatives might have compromising information on the president-elect. And at a Senate hearing last week on the hacking, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said “I don’t think we’ve ever encountered a more aggressive or direct campaign to interfere in our election process than we’ve seen in this case.”
There’s little evidence of such a top-down effort by Ukraine. Longtime observers suggest that the rampant corruption, factionalism and economic struggles plaguing the country — not to mention its ongoing strife with Russia — would render it unable to pull off an ambitious covert interference campaign in another country’s election.
And President Petro Poroshenko’s administration, along with the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, insists that Ukraine stayed neutral in the race.
Maybe they’re just waiting for Biden to give then the go ahead which he probably just did.
Putin is not going to invade the Ukraine anymore than China is going to try to take back Taiwan. This stuff is all being used as subterfuge because the DS is being defeated by Trump and the Patriots. They are acting in desperation at this point because they are pretty much out of chess moves. We are in the end game.
IMHO a war started by Biden wont help his poll numbers.... no one cares about Ukraine. Putin might assume Biden is weak and the military push back in the Ukraine would be insignificant. Both of which are true. So sanctions will be the punishment for an invasion. Will that be enough to stop them? I dont think so.
The China Virus scare is fading. England just ended the ploy. The RATs need some other fear to highlight. It looks like Russia, Russia, Russia is back in play.
I read a newspaper article published just days before WWI. It said there could never be a war between the European powers because they were so interconnected by business. Such a war would be devastating to the economy.
Whether countries go to war has more to do with ego than reality. The leaders are just as nearsighted as any layman. Despite voluminous reports put together by knowledgeable fonctionnaires, leaders have the same narrowness of views as any rube off the street. Just because a war makes no sense doesn’t mean it won’t happen.
With the present president we don’t even know who has their finger on the button. It could be a Quisling bought and paid for by our countries’ enemies.
After the fake first impeachment I could not care less what happens to ukraine. They stabbed the only person willing to help them in the back so let them reap what they sow.
“If the State Department were run by Chinese agents”
From the article. It should read “Since the State Department is run by Chinese agents”
Well you can bet one thing: If there is no invasion, the MSM will be shouting that Biden’s ‘tough, plain talk’ scared Putin to the core and thus prevented the start of World War III.
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Russia does not need another piece of Ukraine.
And wouldn't it be nice if our borders were so well protected.
They won’t invade; they will probably just annex the part they want. You know, a minor incursion, so to speak.
Hopefully Putin is reflecting that all those tanks, missiles, and drones are designed to rip apart human flesh. They purposely kill young men, make parents miserable and weaken Russia and Ukraine. It will deplete them of productive humans which is their most valuable asset. Redrawing lines on a map in this ancient region is simply not worth the cost and misery.
I don’t think Biden is gonna ‘start’ anything, frankly. He’s just that demented and senile and incompetent to think whatever he thinks about the way things would go would be a fait accompli for Putin. IOW, neither he nor his administration has a clue and his actions there won’t stop Russia from getting some kind of foothold there. And, Biden will bluster and lie and then give up - just like in Afghanistan.
Yeah, just like the Sudetenland. "My last territorial claim in Central Europe!"
Regards,
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