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The United States is preparing Europe for a provocation with Ukraine.
2021-11-15
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Igor Polezhaev.

[VK] Following the talks at the level of the heads of the foreign ministries, Washington and Kiev signed a charter“ on strategic partnership ”. This happened on another wave of accusations against Russia, which, according to the Americans, "is preparing an invasion of Ukraine." The US allegedly transferred information on this matter to the EU. What is it - ethereal fears or the announcement of your own provocation?
Posted by:badanov

#11  "The best time to begin a land war in Russia is right before Winter."
-Vizzini
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-11-15 17:40  

#10  "When committing to war, appoint those into leadership positions who talk of war like a parade, so as to make yourself as predictable as possible."
-Sun Tzu
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-11-15 14:21  

#9  "When preparing to attack, first remove one-third of your most valuable troops."
-Sun Tzu
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-11-15 14:17  

#8  Gruppenfuehrer Tabitha Poppins leads the charge
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-11-15 14:07  

#7  "Forward, the Woke Brigade!"
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-11-15 14:04  

#6  Gotta protect the hard drives of certain banks, dontchya know?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-11-15 14:01  

#5  The real flash point right now is the border between Belarus and Poland. If you really want a fight, there it is. Never mind the Syrians who might get caught in the crossfire. They're the enemy too.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-11-15 12:20  

#4  Ukraine.
Belorussia-Poland.
Taiwan.
Estonia.
If you don't think this is being co-ordinated from some dascha you probably still write letters to Santa.
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-11-15 09:11  

#3  Ok so Putin's not "innocent." Must sternly-word him. Bad Vlad!

But warships in the Black Sea? Why? To preserve what, exactly, in Ukraine-- freedom of ... this newly vital SLOC? Our brother-Slavs in Kiev?

Or are they now GoodWhites and Russian speakers in the east are BadWhites?

The obvious solution to this mess would have been to partition that miserable country and demilitarize it -- no nukes, no standing armies, and no prospect, ever, of Ukrainian NATO membership. That's what Bush the Elder, Major, Kohl and Mitterrand's governments all promised Gorbachev.

They lied. Or more precisely it was Clinton and his mendacious assholes who overreached and overruled and pushed NATO into Russia's backyard. That was over YELTSIN's strenuous objections, not Putin's. Long before anyone ever heard of Putin.

We didn't create this dumpster fire, but we just pushed it, Joseph Rosenbaum-like, right up to the gas pumps.

Can we stop being so f--king stupid in our post-Soviet Russia policy? For once?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-11-15 08:04  

#2  Because the Russian government is utterly, completely innocent. For the first time in Putin's reign.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-11-15 07:12  

#1  Are we prepared to go to war to defend the current political configuration in Ukraine?
Really?
In defense of what vital interest of the United States?
Can anyone say?

Or is it because we're upholding some new strategic doctrine that this president recently articulated in a major speech?

If so, I missed it. Or is it just the Biden Shit-Yer-Pants Doctrine?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-11-15 01:48  

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