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2021-11-15 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

The United States is preparing Europe for a provocation with Ukraine.

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Posted by badanov 2021-11-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#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|| 2021-11-15 01:48|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-11-15 07:12|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-11-15 08:04|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-11-15 09:11|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-11-15 12:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Gotta protect the hard drives of certain banks, dontchya know?

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-11-15 14:01|| 2021-11-15 14:01|| Front Page Top

#7 "Forward, the Woke Brigade!"

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-11-15 14:04|| 2021-11-15 14:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Gruppenfuehrer Tabitha Poppins leads the charge

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-11-15 14:07|| 2021-11-15 14:07|| Front Page Top

#9 "When preparing to attack, first remove one-third of your most valuable troops."
-Sun Tzu

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-11-15 14:17|| 2021-11-15 14:17|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-11-15 14:21|| Front Page Top

#11 "The best time to begin a land war in Russia is right before Winter."
-Vizzini

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-11-15 17:40|| 2021-11-15 17:40|| Front Page Top

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