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2022-03-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Zelenskyy tells NBC's Lester Holt: ‘WWIII has already started’
[FoxNews] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that World War III may have already started when Russian troops invaded his country and that "civilization is at stake" during an American TV interview hours after addressing Congress Wednesday.

"Nobody knows whether it may have already started," he told NBC News’ Lester Holt. "And what is the possibility of this war if Ukraine will fall, in case Ukraine will? It's very hard to say…We've seen this 80 years ago, when the Second World War had started...nobody would be able to predict when the full-scale war would start."

Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to invade Ukraine on Feb. 24 – launching what analysts initially predicted would be a quick war to oust Zelenskyy’s government and replace it with Kremlin-friendly puppets.

President Biden announced another $1 billion in defensive aid to Ukraine Wednesday and went as far as to call Putin a "war criminal," but his administration has resisted Zelenskyy’s calls for a no-fly zone over Ukrainian skies, which NATO officials say would put the U.S.-led alliance in direct military conflict with Russia.

WH indicates Putin war criminal comment was off the cuff, not a policy shift

[IsraelTimes] White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
...a valley girl who woke up one morning and found she was spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of State under Obama. A new American success story, under Biden she became spokeswoman for the whole administration, and she was even able to get her sister a job...
says US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. The guy who lost Afghanistan, aka Biden's Bungle...
was "speaking from his heart" in reaction to images of Russian attacks on civilians in Ukraine when he called Russian President Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
a war criminal, indicating that his comment may not have larger policy implications.

"He was answering a direct question that was asked and responding to what he has seen on television," Psaki tells news hounds. "We have all seen barbaric acts, horrific acts by a foreign dictator in a country that is threatening and taking the lives of civilians — impacting hospitals, women who are pregnant, journalists, others."

"His remarks speak for themselves."

She says a review by the State Department regarding the war criminal designation, which has legal ramifications, is still ongoing.

"There is a legal process that... continues to be underway at the State Department," she says.
Posted by Phuns Slomoth2967 2022-03-17 06:25|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top
 File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats 

#1 Depending on whether you count the Marco Polo bridge attack (1937) the start of WW2 or the invasion of Poland (1939) the start of WW2, we didn't get involved till the Japanese attacked in December 1941 followed a week later when the Germans and Italians declared war on us.

So, start the war without us.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-03-17 10:02||   2022-03-17 10:02|| Front Page Top

#2 So he doesn't want peace.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-03-17 10:18||   2022-03-17 10:18|| Front Page Top

#3 This man is crazy. Let him fight his own war
Posted by Elmase Chamble7267 2022-03-17 11:16||   2022-03-17 11:16|| Front Page Top

#4 If Brandon had sense enough to disabuse Zelensky of the notion that NATO troops will come to his rescue this war could end today. That makes me fear that Brandon will drag us all into this mess.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-03-17 11:26||   2022-03-17 11:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Best comment of the day was on Instapundit: "I am all emotional about something; so let's take some drastic action without any consideration of consequences."
Posted by Tom 2022-03-17 11:58||   2022-03-17 11:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Tell that little man, "Here's your kit, good luck, so long now"
Posted by Marilyn Chith6841 2022-03-17 12:00||   2022-03-17 12:00|| Front Page Top

#7 P2K, alot of people, including me think that WW2 started when the Japanese invaded China , Italy invaded Abyssinia, Take over of the Czech lands by Germany.
Posted by Chris 2022-03-17 14:00||   2022-03-17 14:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Sorry, I'm drunk . Misread your comment.
Posted by Chris 2022-03-17 14:01||   2022-03-17 14:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Goodness, his homeland has been invaded and the invader has made multiple attempts on his life. Hard to see why he thinks something serious is happening...
Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-03-17 16:00||   2022-03-17 16:00|| Front Page Top

#10 His homeland. Not ours. Stay the fuck out
Posted by Spirong Gleart5091 2022-03-17 16:37||   2022-03-17 16:37|| Front Page Top

#11 Верните Аляску или мы взорвем вас
Posted by Красная армия 2022-03-17 17:09||   2022-03-17 17:09|| Front Page Top

#12 Putin's already starting to file for peace, and the terms don't seem too heavy at first glance - face saving time
Posted by Rupert The Bear 2022-03-17 18:03||   2022-03-17 18:03|| Front Page Top

#13  Верните Аляску или мы взорвем вас

μολὼν λαβέ.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-03-17 18:36||   2022-03-17 18:36|| Front Page Top

#14 Alaska? We done bought it fair and square. Prolly still got the receipt somewhere.
Posted by SteveS 2022-03-17 19:06||   2022-03-17 19:06|| Front Page Top

#15 His homeland. Not ours. Stay the fuck out

Where did I call for us to get involved?
Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-03-17 21:14||   2022-03-17 21:14|| Front Page Top

#16 
Posted by trailing wife 2022-03-17 23:36||   2022-03-17 23:36|| Front Page Top

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