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French President, Macron Asks Putin To End Ukrainian Conflict To Avert World War
2022-10-14


Courtesy of Skidmark:
Macron says France will NOT respond with a nuke if Russia launches nuclear strike in Ukraine - as NATO and Putin both prepare to hold nuclear exercises and Finland runs out of iodine tablets
  • Emmanuel Macron said French nuclear doctrine allows weapons to be used only where there is a direct threat to the state or its 'fundamental interests'

  • 'They wouldn't be affected if there was a nuclear attack in Ukraine' he said

  • He spoke as atomic sabre-rattling around Ukraine ramps up, with NATO and Russia both due to hold atomic drills in the coming days

  • People in Finland have begun buying iodine pills to counter effects of radiation
Posted by:Fred

#10  Another safe word is “Ihor” — the given name of Zekensjy’s sugar daddy / patron / puppet-master Ihor Kolomoisky.

Kolomoisky is an international criminal, embezzler, money launderer, robber baron, and cockroach-capitalist scumbag who looted Ukraine and then bought and destroyed a dozen US steel mills in Appalachia — on the way to getting his ill-gotten gains out of the most corrupt country north of Nigeria.

This is the power behind the throne of the goofball comedian-clown president of Ukraine:

With Deutsche Bank’s help, an oligarch’s buying spree trails ruin across the US heartland
Secret transactions, lost jobs, worker injuries, gutted buildings, unpaid bills: Ihor Kolomoisky’s untold American legacy.
Posted by: Phaper Tojo5483   2022-10-14 19:56  

#9  The secret word is Pandora
Posted by: Bertie Jones8519   2022-10-14 16:20  

#8  ....Well, that ought to do it. Thanks, Manny.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2022-10-14 16:17  

#7  Macron's Elon Musk moment.
Posted by: Dale   2022-10-14 13:19  

#6  You have to say the secret word, Emmanuel. It's negotiations. You can say that. Sure you can.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-10-14 12:06  

#5  They also help broker the Munich Agreement (1938). Wonder if the Czechs are having flashbacks.

On that note President Macron probably has pushed Poland and others to commit to their own nuclear programs.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-10-14 07:09  

#4  Didn't the French and the Germans help broker the Minsk Agreements? Now it's like, peace? Huh? We aren't interested in any of that stuff.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-10-14 05:54  

#3  Or, atomic drills.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-10-14 01:56  

#2  
We'll wuss out mightily,
as always, no frills.
C'est la vie and everything,
these gas bills!
We'll even gift the Russians
these nifty nuclear drills!




Posted by: Dron66046   2022-10-14 01:54  

#1  Turning point.
Last chance for NATO to strike a reasonable deal with Russia.
Posted by: Palermo   2022-10-14 01:30  

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