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2022-02-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Invasion of Ukraine postponed to February 16

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Posted by badanov 2022-02-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 and 18-20 February is the Munich Conference on European Security where Kamala H will represent the USA.

wonder whose idea it was to hold this conference in Munich

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-02-13 00:49|| 2022-02-13 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Kamal "Kneepads" Harris will come home waving a piece of paper and declaring "Peace for our time". And she will do so completely without any sense of irony or history.

Posted by Chealing Chomotle4158 2022-02-13 03:00|| 2022-02-13 03:00|| Front Page Top

#3 So "France sees no signs of preparing Russian aggression against Ukraine." And Ukraine's own president and the rest of its leadership repeatedly say there is no threat of invasion -- even to PervOTUS Magoo's face in a "frank" discussion. Reports are that Zelensky told Magoo to "calm down."

And now the admin sends what everyone agrees is the most ludicrously ineffective administration member, a laughingstock who's so incompetent and pathological that even her own supporters have abandoned her, to go to a "conference" that doesn't even include the Russians.

If war is imminent, what's the point if a western-only "conference"? What great military power holds a political gabfest with hundreds of staffers when there's a war on?

This isn't wag the dog. This is wank the skank.

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-13 03:24|| 2022-02-13 03:24|| Front Page Top

#4 When Magoo doesn't want to deal with an issue he delegates it to Kamal-Ho: the border, obviously, but also the dead-end, made-up Democrat issue of "voting rights."

This is a signal that Magoo and his handlers want as little to do with Ukraine as possible. A diplomatic settlement is coming.

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-13 04:44|| 2022-02-13 04:44|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Harris is the administration's 'Ray Epps' of global policy making. When they wish to be seen as participating in a process, but desire no actual resolution, Harris is assigned the task of gently stirring the pot.

Getting her and her people out of the White House is an added benefit. Media stories of her copper cooking kettle forays or waltzing on the Champs-Élysées are a small price to pay.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-13 05:58|| 2022-02-13 05:58|| Front Page Top

#6 But the information that the Russians will attack on February 16 comes from the CIA, so it must be accurate,

Posted by Matt 2022-02-13 07:12|| 2022-02-13 07:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Did anybody tell Putin?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-02-13 10:02|| 2022-02-13 10:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Keep her in Europe. Can't cast a vote in the Senate when not present. Wait, she's a donk. She can vote even if she were dead.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-13 11:49|| 2022-02-13 11:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Park her in Der Oberpollinger with an unlimited gov't credit card. We won't see her again for at least a year

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-13 11:54|| 2022-02-13 11:54|| Front Page Top

#10 The smart money sees through Magoo's bullshit. Ain't gonna be an "invasion."

Investors bet Ukraine-Russia war will be averted
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Fri. 2-10-2022

Russian troops are continuing to build up on the Ukrainian border, but investors are piling into bets that there won’t be a war.

The Russian ruble and Ukrainian hryvnia have strengthened against the dollar in recent days, appreciating 3% and 1.5% this month so far, respectively. The currencies traded at multiyear lows in the last week of January.

Hedge funds have been especially active, with the most net long positions in the ruble in 23 months as of last Friday, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-13 12:27|| 2022-02-13 12:27|| Front Page Top

#11 And Ukraine's government hasn't even closed its airspace.

Ukraine on Sunday said its airspace was open, despite warnings by the United States that a Russian invasion could happen at any time and the suspension of flights to the country by airlines.

“Information about the closure of Ukraine’s airspace is not true,” the Ukrainian ministry of infrastructure said in a statement on Sunday, “Closure of airspace is a sovereign right of Ukraine, no decision has been made.”

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-13 12:38|| 2022-02-13 12:38|| Front Page Top

#12 With all these Broadway Queens running around you'd think the actors would enter stage on-time.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-02-13 15:29|| 2022-02-13 15:29|| Front Page Top

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