The Ukraine Crisis

[BDKJMU]

Reminded me of Remagen, but this time the Good Guys were defending the bridge, and this time it was blown.
https://nypost.com/2022/02/25/ukrainian ... vance/amp/

[Skjellyfetti]

[SeattleGriz]

State Department doesn't want Zelensky to meet with Putin.

Hmm.

[BDKJMU]

Trump was 100% right. F’ing krauts.

[LeadBolt]

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Trump: right about wiretapping in Trump Tower. Right about Russiagate. Right about the border and securing the border. Right about NATO needing to spend more on defense. Right about the sanctions on the Russian pipeline. Right about European countries needing to get off the Russian oil teet…

For an idiot, he sure has ended up being right about a lot of shit…as opposed to the current octagenarian in the White House who is a smooth O-fer on being right about literally anything.

Right about securing the border, NATO needing to spend more, etc. are subjective.

But he was not right about wiretapping Trump Tower. That did not happen. It is false. He was also wrong about Russiagate if what you are talking about is the idea that people in his campaign cooperated with Russian operatives. That did happen.

He was actually not right about much. He lied constantly.

Again: The difference between Trump and Biden is that Trump took over when things were going well and was able to claim credit for the sunrise. Until COVID-19. No such luck for Biden. He took over when things were in chaos.

Might this Ukraine thing be different if Trump were President? Maybe. But the main reason is that Trump was Putin's bitch. Putin wants to weaken NATO and destroy Ukraine and Trump was on his side with respect to both of those things. Just a couple of more reasons why Putin, who is no friend of the United States, wanted Trump to be our President.

There is none so blind as he who will not see.

I can’t stand either Trump or Biden.

Trump was generally right and implemented policies to benefit the good ol USofA.

Biden is always wrong and implements policies that are dragging us right down the drain.

Anyone, dead or alive who voted for Biden is getting exactly what they voted for, but the worst is yet to come.

“Never underestimate the ability of Joe Biden to eff things up. “ - BHO

“Joe Biden has been wrong I nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades” - Robert Gates

I’m not sure that there is much that Obama and Gates agree upon, except the crisis that is Joe Biden.

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[Skjellyfetti]

[kalm]

A good buddy of mine and FCS twist in Kharkiv. He played for EWU when my dad was finishing his football coaching career and he’s also the dude who recruited Taiwan Jones and helped him overcome dyslexia and meet Prop 48 requirements. I spoke with him a couple of days ago.

Chris Hansen has been in his share of battles, but never a war.

The former Eastern Washington University football player and long-time Eagles coach is living in Ukraine a city under attack by Russian troops.

Hansen, who is originally from Spangle and graduated from Liberty High School in 1979, is living in the northern community of Kharkiv, just 26 miles from the Russian border. While the capital of Kyiv is the focus of the Russian effort to topple the government of Ukraine, Kharkiv is a city of 1.4 million people where there has been intense fighting.

“Pretty loud bombs today, north of me,” he said via text early Friday morning Spokane time – midafternoon in Kharkiv. “Seems like they are maybe 10-12 miles or so (away).”

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/ ... dwn_rzyEDg

[Baldy]

JFC...

You wanna laugh, but damn. Are these people seriously this stupid?

[Skjellyfetti]

Are you saying they're stupid for trying or for failing?

[Baldy]

They're stupid for running to China seeking help and stupid for thinking China wouldn't run to Putin and give him the intelligence.

[BDKJMU]

In solidarity, I'm laying off the Russian vodka and Russian porn.

Yep. Polish vodka and Ukrainian porn will have to suffice.

In solidarity all across North America.
Russian vodka pulled from shelves in US, Canada bars, liquor stores: ‘Every small thing makes a difference’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/russian-vodk ... es-shelves

[Skjellyfetti]

They're stupid for running to China seeking help and stupid for thinking China wouldn't run to Putin and give him the intelligence.

Trying to split China / Russia is a no brainer to attempt even though it was extremely unlikely. Would only be stupid not to try.

And, who gives a fuck if Putin knows we are trying?

Really sounds like you're grasping at straws, imo.

[Baldy]

They're stupid for running to China seeking help and stupid for thinking China wouldn't run to Putin and give him the intelligence.

Trying to split China / Russia is a no brainer to attempt even though it was extremely unlikely. Would only be stupid not to try.

And, who gives a fuck if Putin knows we are trying?

Really sounds like you're grasping at straws, imo.

As if we needed another example, but that kind of thinking is what got us into this mess now.

I know we buy a lot of cheap crappy shit from China, but thinking they are our ally in any situation on the international stage is being just plain stupid.

[UNI88]

Trying to split China / Russia is a no brainer to attempt even though it was extremely unlikely. Would only be stupid not to try.

And, who gives a fuck if Putin knows we are trying?

Really sounds like you're grasping at straws, imo.

As if we needed another example, but that kind of thinking is what got us into this mess now.

I know we buy a lot of cheap crappy shit from China, but thinking they are our ally in any situation on the international stage is being just plain stupid.

The value of the information shared with China is also an important consideration. Biden is an even bigger fool if he share sensitive info with the Chinese in the hopes of convincing them to help.

Dem's made fun of Trump the dealmaker but it sure seems like Biden is just as arrogant as Trump when it comes to belief in his ability to make deals.

[BDKJMU]

Zelensky replying to the US Govt offer to evacuate him “I need ammunition, not a ride.”
https://nypost.com/2022/02/26/ukraine-p ... ion-offer/

[BDKJMU]

[CID1990]

Trying to split China / Russia is a no brainer to attempt even though it was extremely unlikely. Would only be stupid not to try.

And, who gives a fuck if Putin knows we are trying?

Really sounds like you're grasping at straws, imo.

As if we needed another example, but that kind of thinking is what got us into this mess now.

I know we buy a lot of cheap crappy shit from China, but thinking they are our ally in any situation on the international stage is being just plain stupid.

China just abstained on a key UN vite concerning the war so there is some evidence that there is a rift between them and Russia on this. And it was also reported earlier that China was caught flat footed by the invasion.


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[Gil Dobie]

As if we needed another example, but that kind of thinking is what got us into this mess now.

I know we buy a lot of cheap crappy shit from China, but thinking they are our ally in any situation on the international stage is being just plain stupid.

China just abstained on a key UN vite concerning the war so there is some evidence that there is a rift between them and Russia on this. And it was also reported earlier that China was caught flat footed by the invasion.


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Didn't stop China from blaming us though.

[AZGrizFan]

They literally had a couple hundred miles to go to Kiev, and they couldn’t find enough gas in their supply system? And don’t they have internet? Google maps? What a fucking joke that military is.

And those Ukrainians? Balls of fucking STEEL, man. “You want me to tow you? BACK TO RUSSIA??”

[CAA Flagship]

[SeattleGriz]

As if we needed another example, but that kind of thinking is what got us into this mess now.

I know we buy a lot of cheap crappy shit from China, but thinking they are our ally in any situation on the international stage is being just plain stupid.

The value of the information shared with China is also an important consideration. Biden is an even bigger fool if he share sensitive info with the Chinese in the hopes of convincing them to help.

Dem's made fun of Trump the dealmaker but it sure seems like Biden is just as arrogant as Trump when it comes to belief in his ability to make deals.

So, I'm going to the other side with this one. What if the US was providing information they knew the Chinese would give the Russians? It doesn't make sense why we would be trying to foment a conflict, but one is happening now and our sanctions sure look weak.

Not really sure what I'm getting at, but the whole thing seems off.

[CAA Flagship]

[AZGrizFan]

That’s gonna leave a mark.

[BDKJMU]

Trump was 100% right. F’ing krauts.

Damn Krauts.
Europe close to approving SWIFT, but Germany remains wary
https://www.foxnews.com/world/europe-cl ... rmany-wary

[BDKJMU]

Obviously a photo op. She looks prettied up in a brand new looking, clean outfit, with a tacted out AR, when almost all the small arms I’ve seen carried by civilians have have been AKs with iron sights..