US/world sacrifice
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If I buy vodka other than cheap stuff it's polish vodka it starts with an L made from potatoes.
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Of course when Putin is done that source is gone too. ?
What's worse is that they are going to quit importing Russian Vodka. I'll have to start drinking Grey Goose.
Might I suggest helping the Texas economy. The girl delivers it with a hand job. ??
Of course when Putin is done that source is gone too. ?
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Domino theory!!
Ho chi min is alive!
WSS
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Of course when Putin is done that source is gone too. ?
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Domino theory!!
Ho chi min is alive!
WSS
Domino theory!!
Ho chi min is alive!
WSS
Ho Chi Minh never had prior domination of so many now free countries, many of whom are now NATO countries.
Like I said, Putin has always resented the dissolution of the old Soviet Bloc. After Ukraine. Moldova-another non-NATO nation. Belarus is already under Putin's control/occupation and used as a launching point on Ukraine. Speculation will then likely lean toward the Baltic nations, now NATO members. Also the least able to defend themselves without NATO intervention.
It's chess not checkers.
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Domino theory!!
Ho chi min is alive!
WSS
Ho Chi Minh never had prior domination of so many now free countries, many of whom are now NATO countries.
Like I said, Putin has always resented the dissolution of the old Soviet Bloc. After Ukraine. Moldova-another non-NATO nation. Belarus is already under Putin's control/occupation and used as a launching point on Ukraine. Speculation will then likely lean toward the Baltic nations, now NATO members. Also the least able to defend themselves without NATO intervention.
It's chess not checkers.
Ho Chi Minh never had prior domination of so many now free countries, many of whom are now NATO countries.
Like I said, Putin has always resented the dissolution of the old Soviet Bloc. After Ukraine. Moldova-another non-NATO nation. Belarus is already under Putin's control/occupation and used as a launching point on Ukraine. Speculation will then likely lean toward the Baltic nations, now NATO members. Also the least able to defend themselves without NATO intervention.
It's chess not checkers.
I don't give a fuck if it's Mahjong.
We can bankrupt ourselves and enrich Putin and the Middle East Oil Barons by making sure a barrel of crude is as high as possible. And by idiot Joe pissing away the United States production capability. We can sneak wmds to the Ukraine through other NATO countries. Wait till some asshole shoots down a Russian plane and its on Mister wheelchair General.
WSS
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Domino theory!!
Ho chi min is alive!
WSS
Ho Chi Minh never had prior domination of so many now free countries, many of whom are now NATO countries.
Like I said, Putin has always resented the dissolution of the old Soviet Bloc. After Ukraine. Moldova-another non-NATO nation. Belarus is already under Putin's control/occupation and used as a launching point on Ukraine. Speculation will then likely lean toward the Baltic nations, now NATO members. Also the least able to defend themselves without NATO intervention.
It's chess not checkers.
It's chess not checkers.
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I think pukin is a pychopath.
Clever, charming, but manipulative and extremely dangerous -
cold-blooded and no emotion about anything terrible he does.
He used to study rats to see how they handled being cornered.
Weird.
What was that movie? "Willard" ? Only saw the trailer, not a movie I'd bother watching.....
pukin will not stop. He hates NATO not because he's afraid of being attacked - that is crap.
He hates it because he has glorious designs on controlling Europte, and NATO is in his way.
He is theatening the EU, America, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Latvia.....etc.
No opportunity during the Trump years - he knew better. But now.......
Cuba could invade our shores, and biden would stop letting them get twinkies shipped in.
dangerous times.
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I think pukin is a pychopath.
Clever, charming, but manipulative and extremely dangerous -
cold-blooded and no emotion about anything terrible he does.
He used to study rats to see how they handled being cornered.
Weird.
What was that movie? "Willard" ? Only saw the trailer, not a movie I'd bother watching.....
pukin will not stop. He hates NATO not because he's afraid of being attacked - that is crap.
He hates it because he has glorious designs on controlling Europte, and NATO is in his way.
He is theatening the EU, America, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Latvia.....etc.
No opportunity during the Trump years - he knew better. But now.......
Cuba could invade our shores, and biden would stop letting them get twinkies shipped in.
dangerous times.
I think pukin is a pychopath.
Clever, charming, but manipulative and extremely dangerous -
cold-blooded and no emotion about anything terrible he does.
He used to study rats to see how they handled being cornered.
Weird.
What was that movie? "Willard" ? Only saw the trailer, not a movie I'd bother watching.....
pukin will not stop. He hates NATO not because he's afraid of being attacked - that is crap.
He hates it because he has glorious designs on controlling Europte, and NATO is in his way.
He is theatening the EU, America, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Latvia.....etc.
No opportunity during the Trump years - he knew better. But now.......
Cuba could invade our shores, and biden would stop letting them get twinkies shipped in.
dangerous times.
The buildup for this invasion actually began during the Trump years. You should know from your AF experience that it takes a lot of time to plan/implement something like that. Again I refer you to Normandy and the years it took for that to come to fruition. In fact Stalin was pissed we took that long.
Here is my question for you though. What would you have Biden doing any differently right now?
BTW the unexpected outcome thus far for Putin is that he is galvanizing Europe to become more responsible for their own security now (see below article from the NYT). And I think Merkel's presence until her retirement held Putin more at bay than our president who was talking about leaving NATO and crediting Putin's BS more than our own intel sources in Helsinki.
By German Lopez
Good morning. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has unexpectedly transformed Europe.
A European Union flag at an anti-war rally in Prague.Eva Korinkova/Reuters Accustomed to peace
Europe’s assertive response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has presented a possibility that was hard to imagine a month ago: the European Union as a superpower that can alter the global order, promoting liberal democratic values worldwide.
Before the war, the E.U. focused largely on economic growth. It resisted calls, particularly from the U.S., to increase its military spending and become more self-sufficient at defending Europe.
Vladimir Putin’s invasion drove European countries to be more aggressive. They imposed tough sanctions, helping to cripple Russia’s economy, and are working to cut off trade from Russia. They have sent weapons and other aid to Ukraine. Several moved to increase military spending, and E.U. leaders met in France over the past few days to coordinate their efforts. The leaders of France and Germany pressed Putin yesterday in a phone call to agree to a cease-fire.
Europe’s new commitments could help counter the global democratic backslide of the past 15 or so years. Democracies’ failure to stand up for themselves partly enabled that shift. But a tougher Europe, as well as other countries’ fierce response to Russia’s invasion, shows that democracies are still willing to wield power to counter autocratic governments.
“Democratic nations and people are sending a united message to Putin that democracy matters, and authoritarians cannot act with impunity, and that’s powerful,” said Michael Abramowitz, the president of Freedom House, which tracks the state of democracy around the world.
The E.U. is often fractious, made up of nations and ethnic groups that warred with each other for centuries and have different, sometimes competing interests and values. Britain’s vote in 2016 to leave the union shows how far such divisions can go.
But the E.U. has moved in a more united direction over time. Though it is not a single country, in many ways it acts like one. What began as a loose organization of six nations now includes most of the continent’s population, with 27 countries as members. Most share a currency and open their borders to each other, and they all send representatives to legislative, executive and judicial branches with powers across all aspects of European life.
The E.U.’s response to Russia’s invasion was another unifying step — one that could push Europe from its passive role to an influential democratic force around the world.
A sleeping Europe
Europe’s previous inaction is rooted in World War II. After the atrocities of war and the Holocaust, Germany leaned toward pacifism, refusing to build up its military or ship its weapons to conflict zones. As the E.U.’s most populous and wealthiest member, its approach had a large impact on the continent.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine suddenly forced the continent’s leaders to confront the prospect that their stance was failing one of the foundational goals of the E.U.: to prevent war in Europe. In what sounds like a paradox, the E.U. might need greater military power to deter more war.
“Peace was taken for granted,” Jana Puglierin, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, told me. That’s no longer the case, she added.
Germany moved within days of the invasion to spend more to rebuild its military. Others made similar commitments, including Austria, Denmark and Sweden this past week. More E.U. and NATO members are likely to follow, experts said.
British Marines training.Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images Another superpower
Over the longer run, a revitalized Europe could help renew a wounded global order led by a democratic West.
One way this could play out is through Europe more aggressively protecting itself. That could help free up American resources now devoted to European security, which would in turn allow the U.S. to embark on a long-promised refocus on Asia to help counter China. (White House officials say the war has already persuaded some Asian governments to work more closely with the West to defend democracy, my colleagues Michael Crowley and Edward Wong reported.)
As the world’s second-largest economy, Europe could also leverage its wealth to counter threats to itself or to democracy abroad — with sanctions, financial investments and trade policy.
The E.U. has played a role in expanding a global democratic order before. After the Soviet Union’s fall in 1991, the E.U.’s embrace of Eastern European countries empowered new democracies, from Bulgaria to Lithuania. That “was one of the biggest democracy-promotion projects in recent history,” Timothy Garton Ash, a historian at the University of Oxford, told me.
The future is not as simple as a new Cold War between democracies and autocracies. India, the world’s most populous democracy, is friendly with Russia and has refused to condemn Putin’s war in Ukraine. The U.S. is dealing with its own illiberal movement. Inside Europe, democratic institutions have deteriorated in Poland and more severely in Hungary. “There are serious internal problems within Europe,” said Mujtaba Rahman, an analyst at the Eurasia Group.
A big unanswered question remains: Will Europe’s new assertiveness last? Europeans are facing a refugee crisis and rising food and gas prices as a result of the war and the sanctions imposed on Russia. That could fuel a backlash against politicians who have aggressively backed Ukraine — and cut short the path that Europe is on now.
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Oh please.......Trump said for NATO to start paying the 2percent of GDP, which they are. Putin would not have invaded if Trump had won the election. We invaded Iraq under much shorter notice and with more troops across thousands of miles and a logistical nightmare compared to what Putin is doing in Ukraine. He is right across the border.
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Oh please.......Trump said for NATO to start paying the 2percent of GDP, which they are. Putin would not have invaded if Trump had won the election. We invaded Iraq under much shorter notice and with more troops across thousands of miles and a logistical nightmare compared to what Putin is doing in Ukraine. He is right across the border.
Oh please.......Trump said for NATO to start paying the 2percent of GDP, which they are. Putin would not have invaded if Trump had won the election. We invaded Iraq under much shorter notice and with more troops across thousands of miles and a logistical nightmare compared to what Putin is doing in Ukraine. He is right across the border.
Exactly. It was just another "in your face" asinine contention to get a response. How the hell do you stop a war criminal enemy country from planning?
it's the acting out that is the key - they ONLY went to go to war because of their votes against their own country.
Any honest person would KNOW pukin ONLY went to war with obamao and now biden in our WH.
It's so much like some kid going down a big ramp, and up into the air on a tricycle, and crashing into a pond...that is
iced over. "Look at me, look at ME Watch me, how stupid is this eh?" youtube, tik tok etc crap.
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No one is addressing the question I posed. All I hear are negative Nancys playing the blame game and criticizing instead of offering solutions.
So once again: What would you have Biden doing any differently right now?
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Biden should not have closed the Air Base in Afghanistan until after the complete withdrawal of people and equipment. He should have started arming Ukraine months ago. The complete Afghanistan withdrawal disaster that was on Biden (not listening to his Generals and intelligence agencies) gave Putin the go ahead to invade Ukraine. It showed him what a weak, demented POS Biden/Harris team are.
"You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970. -
McDonald's makes $21B a year. I think they'll manage
Also, directly blaming Biden because your butter is more expensive... Lol
McDonald's makes $21B a year. I think they'll manage
Also, directly blaming Biden because your butter is more expensive... Lol
I could name a lot of grocery items. It hurts your FEELINGS that I only named one?
I'm amazed that you feel that saying STUPID garbage chirps makes you feel like a big bird.
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Biden should not have closed the Air Base in Afghanistan until after the complete withdrawal of people and equipment. He should have started arming Ukraine months ago. The complete Afghanistan withdrawal disaster that was on Biden (not listening to his Generals and intelligence agencies) gave Putin the go ahead to invade Ukraine. It showed him what a weak, demented POS Biden/Harris team are.
Biden should not have closed the Air Base in Afghanistan until after the complete withdrawal of people and equipment. He should have started arming Ukraine months ago. The complete Afghanistan withdrawal disaster that was on Biden (not listening to his Generals and intelligence agencies) gave Putin the go ahead to invade Ukraine. It showed him what a weak, demented POS Biden/Harris team are.
I mean, Trump did withhold $400m in military aid from Ukraine in 2019, so I'd say this is a multi-administration failure on the Ukraine question.
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Biden should not have closed the Air Base in Afghanistan until after the complete withdrawal of people and equipment. He should have started arming Ukraine months ago. The complete Afghanistan withdrawal disaster that was on Biden (not listening to his Generals and intelligence agencies) gave Putin the go ahead to invade Ukraine. It showed him what a weak, demented POS Biden/Harris team are.
Biden should not have closed the Air Base in Afghanistan until after the complete withdrawal of people and equipment. He should have started arming Ukraine months ago. The complete Afghanistan withdrawal disaster that was on Biden (not listening to his Generals and intelligence agencies) gave Putin the go ahead to invade Ukraine. It showed him what a weak, demented POS Biden/Harris team are.
biden should have sent the equipment to the Ukraine. biden should have left Pres Trump's energy policies in place.
biden should have not run for president. biden should have not used covid as an excuse for leftwing damage to our country.
biden should not have let himself and his family be eggsucking corrupt sleazebags as a group.
biden should have stoppped running for election. biden should have picked a competent VP. biden should have closed the border.
biden should have put Real Americans in our gov. biden should have nominated a Real American for the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Biden should not have closed the Air Base in Afghanistan until after the complete withdrawal of people and equipment. He should have started arming Ukraine months ago. The complete Afghanistan withdrawal disaster that was on Biden (not listening to his Generals and intelligence agencies) gave Putin the go ahead to invade Ukraine. It showed him what a weak, demented POS Biden/Harris team are.
I mean, Trump did withhold $400m in military aid from Ukraine in 2019, so I'd say this is a multi-administration failure on the Ukraine question.
I mean, Trump did withhold $400m in military aid from Ukraine in 2019, so I'd say this is a multi-administration failure on the Ukraine question.
for a short time, before he was to talk to Zelensky. Previously, the corrupt version of the Ukraine gov was dealing
with oil company whatever and hunter biden on a criminal level. He talked to Zelensky , then....
Trump administration reinstates military aid for Ukraine ...
President Donald Trump's administration has released $250 million in military aid for Ukraine, U.S. senators said on Thursday, after lawmakers from both parties expressed concern that the White ...Trump admin approves new sale of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine
U.S. arms sales to Ukraine have become embroiled in a controversy over President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, after the White House ordered nearly $400 million in military assistance to ... -
Oh please.......Trump said for NATO to start paying the 2percent of GDP, which they are. Putin would not have invaded if Trump had won the election. We invaded Iraq under much shorter notice and with more troops across thousands of miles and a logistical nightmare compared to what Putin is doing in Ukraine. He is right across the border.
Putin would not have invaded if Trump had won the election
You cannot say to a certainty what Putin would have done. He's clearly off his rocker. Again, it's only TDS if we mention his name ?
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Putin would not have invaded if Trump had won the election
You cannot say to a certainty what Putin would have done. He's clearly off his rocker. Again, it's only TDS if we mention his name ?
You cannot say to a certainty what Putin would have done. He's clearly off his rocker. Again, it's only TDS if we mention his name ?
It's TDS if you [someone] blame him for something that he has no part of and as more or less Joe Biden's snafu. Or keep yapping about his hair color or bone spurs or treason or something ridiculous like that.
Pretty much same with blaming anything on any other president from years ago.
WSS
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Putin would not have invaded if Trump had won the election
You cannot say to a certainty what Putin would have done. He's clearly off his rocker. Again, it's only TDS if we mention his name ?
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Another comment on TDS the guys who have hated Trump since the primaries or at least since he got the nomination are hating Trump because of things that never happened like the collusion gag or stuff that was out of his control like the covid-19 gag or the fake insurgence gag or the complaining about the rigged election, which happened after he was out of office. Those aren't the things that made them hate Trump they hated Trump from the get-go. I certainly understand that but it is what it is. Lots of people on either side will hate whoever the other guy's nominee is and then look for reasons. Not the other way around.
WSS
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The POINT is history - what pukin DID NOT do during the Pres Trump years.
Proving again, that "Peace through Strength" is legit.
Ok asshole, since you have a crystal ball humor me. What would Trump have done if Putin's invasion would have gone exactly like it has so far and Putin rattled his nuclear saber at him? And don't give me that shit it would have never happened.
I'm betting, and I quote the movie "Spies Like Us" we would all have a permanent orange afro.
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The POINT is history - what pukin DID NOT do during the Pres Trump years.
Proving again, that "Peace through Strength" is legit.
Ok asshole, since you have a crystal ball humor me. What would Trump have done if Putin's invasion would have gone exactly like it has so far and Putin rattled his nuclear saber at him? And don't give me that shit it would have never happened.
I'm betting, and I quote the movie "Spies Like Us" we would all have a permanent orange afro.
Ok asshole, since you have a crystal ball humor me. What would Trump have done if Putin's invasion would have gone exactly like it has so far and Putin rattled his nuclear saber at him? And don't give me that shit it would have never happened.
I'm betting, and I quote the movie "Spies Like Us" we would all have a permanent orange afro.
Actually if we're speaking crystal balls in hindsight if Trump was Putin's puppet seems like he would have just let him March right into Ukraine without a word. But now we're getting to the if the cat hadn't stopped to s*** it would have caught the mouse theories. All we know for sure is that Putin didn't invade while Trump was in office he waited until Joe Biden was in office. What does that mean? Who the f*** knows. Regardless of your opinion of trump it doesn't seem the world looks at Joe Biden like they might have Winston Churchill. Just that.
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