You don't want anyone talking politics on YOUR thread, but then you shit all over this one.Just curious: do you understand that everyone else thinks you're full of shit, or is it a mystery to you?
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You don't want anyone talking politics on YOUR thread, but then you shit all over this one.Just curious: do you understand that everyone else thinks you're full of shit, or is it a mystery to you?
So Biden'ts not really President?Biden is just following what his generals tell him. Biden knows not to make his own decisions and so far it's working out for everybody but Russia and Putin.
He has to make the final call but the generals really are who come up with the information and strategy. Isn't that the way a CEO should act? Not just do it based upon a hunch or because he personally likes someone.So Biden'ts not really President?
So blaming BIden is bad, but claiming Trump was a Russian agent for 4 years is OK?Some points on Putin's prep since Crimea:
Since 2015, Russia, by diverting oil and gas revenue, has expanded its currency reserves to a staggering $631 billion, equivalent to a third of Russia’s entire economy. It is the fourth-largest such reserve in the world, among the largest of any petrostate’s.And Mr. Putin, by paring down expenses, has kept overall debts to under two-thirds of his currency reserves.Crucially, the once-dominant dollar now accounts for only 16 percent of Russia’s currency reserves, which Moscow has replaced with euros, China’s renminbi, and gold.Russia has also restructured corporate debts in the country to be in rubles rather than dollars, for example.At the same time, Russia has shifted some trade to Asia. And, after 2014, when Russia imposed trade restrictions on European cheese as a retaliation for sanctions, Moscow replaced lost imports with homegrown alternatives.
Putin, Facing Sanction Threats, Has Been Saving for This Day (Published 2022)
Since paying the price for annexing Crimea in 2014, Russia has tried to make its economy sanctions-proof, hoarding currency to insulate the country.www.nytimes.comSo he was working hard at preparing all through Trump's term. Would he have done this under Trump? I do not know and I am absolutely sure no one else here knows. Some reasons he may have include:
Again, only Putin knows if he would have done anything. But some people exhibit BDS in suggesting it is ONLY because of Biden. For example, they blame Biden for Iranian drones. The Iranian drone program has been in existence for a very long time, they employed unmanned aerial vehicles in the Iraq War. Why didn't any other administration stop Iran from having a drone program?
- He is old, may not have time to outwait
- He invested heavily in nationalism for this reason and may have hoped Trump would act like India and Brazil
- He couldn't hoard cash forever
- Western nations are trying to use LESS oil and gas, not more. A tech breakthrough in batteries, for example, and he loses a key weapon.
A fair-minded person says that there is virtually nothing ANY president could do to stop Iranian drones. If we had Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln, Iran would have drones and Iran would use them to help virtually their only ally. But the crazies will crazy on the subject.
Is it his call or not? Make up your mind.He has to make the final call but the generals really are who come up with the information and strategy. Isn't that the way a CEO should act? Not just do it based upon a hunch or because he personally likes someone.
Yes, if you could not infer that from what I was saying that's what makes it such a tough job because whatever the outcome it's on you.Is it his call or not? Make up your mind.
Is he President or not?
Well, you said he did whatever his generals told him, so I don't think it was clear at all.Yes, if you could not infer that from what I was saying that's what makes it such a tough job because whatever the outcome it's on you.
Just curious: do you understand that everyone else thinks you're full of shit, or is it a mystery to you?
There are? Name one beyond Barbara Walters who was screwing Castro.
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Wait, what?There are? Name one beyond Barbara Walters who was screwing Castro.
You actually risk global thermonuclear war over this one strike?Quoting Marvin
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I agree that Russia needs to understand this mistake 1) better be a mistake and 2) this is their one and only mulligan. Personally, I would have Wagner Group command and control as the top retaliation location.
But at the same point, we are not yet positive this was a Russian missile. It can be a defensive weapon astray. My guess is that will lead to some serious talks with Ukraine."
I am reminded of Monty Python... OH You've Pissed me off now (swoosh an arm gone).. OH now I'm really mad (swoosh) second arm gone... OH BOY I'm really mad (swoosh there went a leg)..
Err'body knows the rules and have for decades. Even if an accident, you hit a NATO country. You die. Rain hell fire down on Russia. Stop this crap before its too late.
With all due intended respect to the moderators. (I sent you all those Omaha steaks. Were they good? )
Risk? That is already there. It's been there for decades. Putin doesn't seem to worry about risking it, he's using it as a tool (that he will never use). BUT, as KGB he gets his rocks off knowing that he can, and is, holding the rest of the world hostage.You actually risk global thermonuclear war over this one strike?
This gabble didn't age well.Quoting Marvin
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I agree that Russia needs to understand this mistake 1) better be a mistake and 2) this is their one and only mulligan. Personally, I would have Wagner Group command and control as the top retaliation location.
But at the same point, we are not yet positive this was a Russian missile. It can be a defensive weapon astray. My guess is that will lead to some serious talks with Ukraine."
I am reminded of Monty Python... OH You've Pissed me off now (swoosh an arm gone).. OH now I'm really mad (swoosh) second arm gone... OH BOY I'm really mad (swoosh there went a leg)..
Err'body knows the rules and have for decades. Even if an accident, you hit a NATO country. You die. Rain hell fire down on Russia. Stop this crap before its too late.
With all due intended respect to the moderators. (I sent you all those Omaha steaks. Were they good? )
WELL, in all good fashion, I did have the caveat in there that we didn't know if it could have been an accident. In a way, I ended up being kind of a fortune teller.This gabble didn't age well.
You are now endorsing 'hell-fire raining down' on the UKEs now?
You quoted Martian.WELL, in all good fashion, I did have the caveat in there that we didn't know if it could have been an accident. In a way, I ended up being kind of a fortune teller.
And If I recall, That was a Smirnoff night. So it's not like I'm totally anti Russia!
OK, so I am Pro/neutral interstellar immigration?You quoted Martian.
COH takes your attacks as a fudge of honor.A lot of people think I'm an asshole, I'll admit that. But full of shit? No, that's a CO.H specialty.
May explain where Putin‘s marbles went…In China the game is ‘go’.
Actually, it disproves your theory that Putin was waiting while Trump was in power.I get that, but doesn't that mean he was predicting that Trump's administration would sanction him if he invaded Ukraine?
First, I'm not sure Trump would have done that.
Second, the very fact Putin was thinking that was a real possibility disproves the whole notion that Trump was compromised by the Russians, doesn't it?
I mean, if you're Putin and you just invaded Crimea in 2014, and now Trump is in office and you control him, aren't you taking the rest of Ukraine right then--in 2017-19--so that your puppet won't come down too hard on you and can help convince the European community of the same (by say, agreeing to continue to fund NATO or not make a big stink about it)?
Actually, it disproves your theory.Actually, it disproves your theory that Putin was waiting while Trump was in power.
The absurdity of CoH‘s argument lies in the simple truth that Ukraine has kicked Putin‘s ass from the beginning until now.There is no possible universe in which CO wouldn't be criticizing Biden, no matter how he handled it.
Three Quarters of Ukraine west of the Dneiper blue line have no electricity, fuels or water...estimated 100,000 killed and 3-400,000 wounded. Estimated 2 million refugees...The absurdity of CoH‘s argument lies in the simple truth that Ukraine has kicked Putin‘s ass from the beginning until now.
COH is likely to argue that Biden lost us World War II also.
This is propaganda, and a lie!Ukraine is doing the heavy lifting-we aren't sending troops. Meanwhile our arch enemy is bogged down in a war that makes them look both cruel and incompetent.
Link?This is propaganda, and a lie!
There are multiple videos readily available showing American recon teams conducting ops in Ukr..
Dressed in Uke uniforms, wearing the blue/gold colors carrying AK variants and American man-portable a-a tubes..
American losses are not publicized.
So they're dressed like Ukranians, fighting in Ukraine, but you know they're Americans... how? Do you have their names?This is propaganda, and a lie!
There are multiple videos readily available showing American recon teams conducting ops in Ukr..
Dressed in Uke uniforms, wearing the blue/gold colors carrying AK variants and American man-portable a-a tubes..
American losses are not publicized.
Not saying that you are wrong, but how do you honestly know they are American? Is it video of Bravo team from the show Seal Team?This is propaganda, and a lie!
There are multiple videos readily available showing American recon teams conducting ops in Ukr..
Dressed in Uke uniforms, wearing the blue/gold colors carrying AK variants and American man-portable a-a tubes..
American losses are not publicized.
So they're dressed like Ukranians, fighting in Ukraine, but you know they're Americans... how? Do you have their names?
American losses are not publicized because there are none. You are deep in conspiracy territory.
They're wearing a ****ing GoPro, which records their voices...I'm not interested in your opinion.So they're dressed like Ukranians, fighting in Ukraine, but you know they're Americans... how? Do you have their names?
American losses are not publicized because there are none. You are deep in conspiracy territory.
Whoa brother. We are on the same side.They're wearing a ****ing GoPro, which records their voices...I'm not interested in your opinion.
If you're too lazy or inept or totally lacking in any interest at all....that's on you.
This is ALL VERY EASY TO FIND!
Are we talking inside or outside of San Francisco?And what are assholes usually full of?
NoWhoa brother. We are on the same side.
What's the proof, and american sounding voices isnt' it.
FTR, I have zero doubt that we don't have a presence in theater, but "american voices on go pro" isn't good evidence for public consumption. We just need a little more. .. Saaay, maybe one of them had a "MOM" tattoo? That'd at least help. a little.
Get on You TubeWhoa brother. We are on the same side.
What's the proof, and american sounding voices isnt' it.
FTR, I have zero doubt that we don't have a presence in theater, but "american voices on go pro" isn't good evidence for public consumption. We just need a little more. .. Saaay, maybe one of them had a "MOM" tattoo? That'd at least help. a little.
Ukraine is considered 'their own soil' by millions of Russian ethnic Slavs inside and outside of Ukraine.The "dirty bomb" is classic Russia disinformation which means they must be considering it. Why in heavens name would you want to use a "dirty bomb" on your own soil-maybe in the middle of Moscow would make sense but not in Ukraine-that's classic Russian b.s.
Whoa brother. We are on the same side.
What's the proof, and american sounding voices isnt' it.
FTR, I have zero doubt that we don't have a presence in theater, but "american voices on go pro" isn't good evidence for public consumption. We just need a little more. .. Saaay, maybe one of them had a "MOM" tattoo? That'd at least help. a little.
You tell me.Why in God's name would Americans go undercover in extremely covert operations in Ukraine and wear GoPro's and post to YouTube?
hmmmmm . close enough for me.No
Get on You Tube
Search for CivDiv.
Watch GoPro missions.