Chișinău needs to roll its troops into Transnistria the way Azerbaijan dislodged the illegal, Russian backed phony “autonomous republic” in Nagorno-Karabakh, and send the Russian occupiers packing. Same for Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia. Russia’s military is weak and now is an opportune time to end these Russian-created frozen conflicts intended to keep these countries poor, backward, and out of the EU and NATO.
Hungary has said it won’t go along with it.
Putin, having absorbed Abkhazia and South Ossetia, grows mad with conquest. Not recognizing he cannot even defeat Ukraine, he threatens all of Europe.
How many times did Putin die so far this month?
Evil Putin has more lives than an alley cat!
Yesterday he’s dead and today he’s making threats?
1) EVERY SINGLE INCH of territory Russia has annexed will remain with the Russian Federation as long as anyone reading this is alive. Nothing will change that. Not even if NATO, stupidly, got involved directly. Whether you like or whether you don't like it, you're going to have to start learning to live with it.
2) If Ukraine doesn't unconditionally surrender, Russia will likely take everything east of the Dnieper River and the entire Black Sea coastline. Ukraine has no ability to stop that from occurring.
3) There is no chance the American people will tolerate us getting involved directly in Ukraine. There is no national interest in Ukraine. The career of any politician supporting such action would be over.
4) Russia is the big winner in this proxy war. It is free of any economic dependency on the West all while the Europe is still dependent on Russian oil and gas (and stupidly buying it through third party countries at much higher rates). It has land that accounted for 70-80% of Ukraine's GDP. It's added about 10 million to its population.
5) Russia is blessed by the arrogance of their enemies, who consistently lie to themselves, overestimate their capabilities while underestimating Russia's. Those running this proxy war are dangerously arrogant and ignorant and have the capability of leading this nation into ruin. Setting off WW III would do just that. Our woke military was squashed in a world war with Russia and China.
Says the tiger with no teeth.
Too bad Trump ain’t president.
That’s what this war has been about from the beginning.
Russia intends to keep these countries in their orbit, their exclusive sphere of influence.
Only a counter military action can change that, as might makes right.
pdate on the conflict in Ukraine for December 17, 2023…
- Russian forces continue mounting pressure along the line of contact, executing a war of attrition grinding down Ukraine’s manpower and its Western sponsors’ military resources;
- Ukrainian lawmaker admits Ukraine is running out of ammunition and unable to respond to Russian firepower;
- The Western media now admits Ukraine’s cross-river “offensive” in Kherson is an abject failure;
- US military officials now admit that even with continued US support, Ukraine could still lose;
- A search for a “new” strategy for Ukraine requires ignoring the fundamental (and unsolvable) problems Ukraine and its Western backers have;
- The Western media is rebuilding its narrative regarding Ukraine, suggesting victory is not possible, but improving Ukraine's position ahead of negotiations may be;
- West is still pinning hope on "wonder weapons" including the F-16;
The EU desperately needs a tune up.
In 2020 Ukraine and Moldova were listed as the 2 poorest countries in Europe.
Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/poorest-countries-in-europe