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Who knows, maybe he collects?
It's possible this is all about the illuminati and their stash of Wagners rescued from ALC which are right next to the 52High numbers that were NOT actually dumped in the Hudson or ocean or wherever. And all stored in Ukraine.... |
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Let's try not to make it too political and continue. Personally I think we should be doing more to help. Aren't there some long range missiles, somewhere, that can be lobbed into Russian military...and maybe Putin? Not from the US, but some of our allies?
And I understand why Russia isn't kicked out of all SWIFT but there has to be other ways than continuing to buy 500k barrels of oil from Russia, currently? At least that is what I read. This is complicated but it's very clear Putin has committed crimes against humanity. Hopefully he will be help accountable some day. .
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I'm very surprised that the Poles, Romanians, and the Baltic states aren't getting involved more. Once Putin gets done gobbling up Ukraine, they are next on the menu. And if the Finns want Karelia back, now's the time to get it.
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I took it as the OP wants the US, Israel, the UK, France, and India to dismantle all of their nuclear weapons, those other three never will.
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sorry, to clarify, he just wants those countries they had that are not NATO countries, or that was his original plan anyway.
so I highly doubt he's going after Poland, Romania and the Baltic States. especially after he sees how this is going. he's gonna get Ukraine back and that will probably be the end of it, again after he saw how everyone else has united against him. If he was hoping for ALL those countries, guessing this has changed his mind. He'll take Ukraine though, what's left of it anyway. Last edited by Shoeless Moe; 03-02-2022 at 05:51 PM. |
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I really hope they're banished from the SWIFT system, then other forms of payment will be required for the oil, but I don't think the Central Banks will go this route unfortunately.
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Well, it highlights, yet again, why we should produce as much energy here as we can, for our own use as well as our allies. Being dependent on the Middle East and Russia for energy is a miserable strategy.
The economic pain being inflicted on Russia will bring Putin to his knees long before the Ukranians stop fighting. Not to mention, the military isn't backing this invasion, the soldiers have very low morale, protests in Russia continue, supplies and mercenaries are flooding into Ukraine from many (highly motivated) countries, and so on. Europe has seen this kind of land grab by a megalomaniac before and this time they are confronting it early, with a tightly unified effort. Frankly, NATO is much stronger now than ever before, and it will soon be adding more members, like Finland for sure. Putin loses this military quagmire, is humiliated, and will not survive in power. Meanwhile, I'm watching with interest how Bitcoin fares in all this. |
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Yes, many of the Russian soldiers may be against what they are doing, but remove your American way of thinking. In Russia you do what you are told or you disappear and/or spend your life in prison. See what happens to their protestors. Are they allowed to protest or thrown in jail? Putin is old school, he cares nothing about Twitter, Social Media, the free world's opinion of him, etc. And with all these sanctions has he pulled ANYTHING back, or moved forward with his plan. He will take Ukraine. They just can't win a war of attrition with Russia. |
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2 decades, don't compare the 2 it's like comparing apples and borscht.......this will be over by April 1, and that's no joke. Do you have any idea how long a 40 mile military caravan is? (40 miles)......but seriously just imagine that, 40 miles, one after the other, and yes I know they have some issues, but they will correct and keep moving forward. Just a matter of time. Russia will take Ukraine. Last edited by Shoeless Moe; 03-03-2022 at 08:17 AM. |
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Russian troops are struggling without food and fuel, a Ukrainian colonel told The Wall Street Journal. It comes as the US and UK say the 40-mile-long Russian military convoy bearing down on Kyiv is stalled. UK intelligence said it was "delayed by staunch Ukrainian resistance, mechanical breakdown and congestion." The 40-mile-long Russian military convoy bearing down on Ukraine's capital city appears to have been stalled for days, and a Ukrainian colonel said Russian troops were running low on supplies and morale. The Ukrainian colonel told The Wall Street Journal: "The Russians thought they could break through and be in Kyiv in a couple of days. They didn't realize that we have learned how to wage war in the past eight years." "Now they sit there, hungry, without fuel, demoralized, and we just come in every little while and pop them off. And every day, we are pushing them back." The remarks come as the US and UK said the military convoy, which was spotted in Sunday satellite images apparently approaching Kyiv, had made little progress. The UK Ministry of Defence said on Thursday the convoy was about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Kyiv's center and struggling with issues including resistance from Ukrainians. Since last week's invasion, ordinary Ukrainians have been taking up arms to fend off Russian forces. "The main body of the large Russian column advancing on Kyiv remains over 30km from the centre of the city having been delayed by staunch Ukrainian resistance, mechanical breakdown and congestion. The column has made little discernible progress in over three days," it said. A senior US defense official also told reporters on Wednesday: "We believe that the convoy is stalled." NPR reported that the convoy includes tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and supplies. |
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yep know all that....and probably true.
But again just a matter of time. Other cities are falling in the meantime. I mean it's not like Putin doesn't have a map of everything that is in that country. He knows where everything is. He'll turn the entire city into rubble in the meantime. Be so nice if the Russian soldiers laid down their weapons and said F this, but you know where that will land them. Or if they really truly were incompetent , but these are temporary setbacks. They will correct and move forward. Beer bottle molatov cocktails ain't gonna get it done. Believe me I'm rooting for the underdog too, but odds are 99-1 against. |
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Thanks for the clarification. I don't disagree with much of what you've said here and in later posts. I think he was hoping to take Ukraine in one piece early on, so he wouldn't have to rebuild it for his own purposes. There's definitely resources in the Ukraine he wants to extract for himself. He's been stewing on this since 2014 when free elections and Zelensky, essentially kicked him out of the country. Crimea was just the start. Coincidentally (or not), the largest known deposit of Gold in the Ukraine, is in the Donbass region. Not to mention all the lithium, uranium and coal that comes out of The Ukraine. If he doesn't get to keep it, he's certainly going to try and completely flatten it on the way out. |
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Hi Steve.......is this still true, or is it a number from a couple years ago when gas was sub $2 a gallon? I thought a large amount of domestic oil production has pretty much been stalled in the past year. No?
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It's time to wave the white flag.
I know Zelensky & the Ukraines want to fight, but Zelensky will save a lot of lives if he throws in the towel. It's going to be the same outcome whether they fight now or not. At a certain point in a boxing match the manager has to say does he want his guy to continue to take a beaten or stop it and hope for another day down the road. If you are eliminated there is no new day down the road. |
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Starting at 0% from the moment Russia invaded he gives Ukraine a half percent more chance to win (Russian eventual withdrawal with no occupation) with every 48 hours that passes with the Ukrainian government intact and a supply line from NATO forces to Ukrainian. They are out manned 11-1 and outgunned 100-1, but.... they are arguably much better trained, have better personal equipment, knowledge of the war zone, and most importantly a desire to fight to defend their homeland and democracy. Kyiv will likely become a battle for every building and in that scenario it normally takes 5 highly trained and motivated attackers for every 1 defender. As the world as astoundingly realized, the Russian main assault force has proven to be poorly trained and supported, lacking such basic needs as adequate comms, fuel, and rations. You are absolutely right that someone should surrender to save more spilled blood - the Russian invading force. I would never expect my nation to kneel to an autocratic invasion and I sure wouldn’t ever ask someone else to do so either. Zelensky is damned hero in the face of adversity unmatched, or as my friend put it “The world witnessing another Nation’s George Washington in real time.” I sincerely hope Ukraine fights until the tide turns and the invading snake decapitates itself.
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The Ruble-USD exchange rate is currently 128-1. For context, it was 80-1 a week ago, and 35-1 before the invasion of Crimea.
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Serious question. How do we know what we are being told about anything is actually factual, true and unbiased?
Seen pics that were taken years ago and vids that have been used taken from Sony play station games. My faith in trusting anything the media says to me is at an all time low so I'm curious where this stands with other members commenting here? What do you actually know to be true?
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Before anyone thinks I am cheering Putin on or advocating for war, death and destruction, think again, but I can't help to be brought back to the WMD stories that all of MSM spewed to us before the Gulf war. How'd that story play out? I believe our media is corrupt and biased with a penchant for protecting U.S. interests by creating and pushing false narratives in an effort to make them look all divine and the like so I really have a hard time believing much of anything that we are being told about Putin, Russia, Zelenskyy and the Ukraine. Imo, there is definitely more to this story than what we are being told.
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Sure, we don't know all the details. But we do see bombs and artillery shelling Ukranian cities, and miles upon miles of tanks invading across a sovereign border. Or are you thinking all the many competing news services in the free word are colluding to fool you? |
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oh yah and let's not forget how our military AND our government (up to the President) BS'd the public about Pat Tillman's death.
and no one was ever held accountable. I don't think anyone doubts what is happening here......but all sides will have their own propaganda. Looks to be the Russians WAY more so here, but there will be some BS coming from the good side as well. Zelensky has tried some already, but can't blame him. Last edited by Shoeless Moe; 03-04-2022 at 01:16 PM. |
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Imo, the story that should be told is someone and/or something poked the bear, but of course we are hearing very little about that side of it. And, just so you know, the media is happy to embellish and outright lie to you as they compete for viewership and ratings. Sensationalism by any means necessary is used each and everyday by each and everyone of them.
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He's trying to put the Soviet Union back together. First was Crimea, next Ukraine, then if all goes well, Moldova, and so on. Seriously, don't you think Russia is invading, for the purpose of taking over, the Ukraine? And how hard would one have to poke the bear to justify that? |
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And, just like I thought. Lots of North American interest in regards to Putin and the Ukraine.
What he says about Chrystia Freeland is 100% true. She was seen with this group holding this flag. (Watch the Jimmy Dore vid below. You'll learn something) https://youtu.be/KfaAyiP8Wuc https://tnc.news/2022/03/03/national...stia-freeland/
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You didn't watch the video, did you? No need to answer. I know from the time you posted you practically had zero chance to.
Almost everything he broadcasts uses media sources, govt documents or first hand testimony as the focus of each show. Kinda like real journalists should do. Pretty pathetic that a comedian is putting the boots to MSM networks. Why doesn't CNN or MSNBC invite him to their shows? Fox does. What are the others afraid of?
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5 minutes in to that video and just WTF? A nutcase using the posturing of an even less coherent nutcase to support something that isn't at all clear...
Overall reaction? Who? ranting about who? Oh, a startup "news" organization that can't or won't even supply computers to their work from home employees.... Did they check if she knows either Russian or Ukranian? If not, how would she know what the banner said. And if she did what are the chances she knows some obscure historical groups slogans? The weekly world news is a more credible source. |
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