Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for Biden, Russia annexes part of Ukraine and we just sort of watch
Of course, to hear it told by the leftist media, the real story is how Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, the Rothschilds, and the trilateral commission are all conspiring to undermine the President at a time of crisis.
They seem unconcerned that Putin just one day declared part of Ukraine to be no longer part of Ukraine and sent troops over there to act as "peacekeepers" - effectively annexing another part of the old Soviet Union back under the Russian umbrella. But boy oh boy, are they concerned that some people are pointing out that in comparison to Biden that Putin looks like a genius, and that unlike Biden Putin seems to have a well planned out strategy, and that Putin appears "savvy" whereas Biden appears lost. Moreover the word "savvy" has actually created a huge buzz because it was uttered by both Trump and Carlson, which apparently implies a massive conspiracy here.
But the fact that Putin has already sent troops into what used to be Ukraine a few days ago and we have done nothing but suggest some less than robust sanctions is not much of a story here. Neither is the idea that our press secretary has basically provided the world with the lame strategy that we are holding back the bigger sanctions in case Putin does something even meaner. Nothing like providing your enemies with our strategy.
Ironically you even have some liberal journalists demanding that Biden is performing brilliantly. That he is not lost, but being patient. That he is not looking feckless, but just providing Putin with an out. That he is rallying our allies together like nobody before, even as in reality it is Putin's actions (not Biden's leadership) that puts everyone on the same side here. But of course, patience will just allow Putin to move forward. Putin isn't looking for an out. Everyone being against Putin only matters if they are willing to do more than talk and threaten sanctions.
But according to some, none of this matters. What really matters is Trump and FOX news.
Go figure!
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TikToks and Satellite Images Show Russia on the Brink of Full InvasionDozens of satellite images and videos posted to social media show Russian troops preparing to attack
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By Wall Street JournalFeb 23, 2022 11:19 am
Russian troops and military equipment have moved out of large visible garrisons in Russia and dispersed into smaller harder-to-track units, along the northeastern border of Ukraine. Photo illustration: Ryan Trefes
Roger, Denny and James.
Tell us the Biden plan to Lower gas Prices?
Independents list "inflation " as their top concern and they lay that problem.@Biden's feet.
Hi Roger, you posted that on the prior thread.
Did you forget you had?
Even the liberal media said that he might invade Ukraine including the President yesterday.
If Putin invades Ukraine in the next few days, the EU and NATO allies will do what they can short of warfare.
If he tries to get back to empire, we will be in the largest war since 1945..
But because our allies will make it clear that th they will not retreat from NATO like Trump would have done already.
We will prevail like we did in 1945 when the greatest generation saved the world from fascism.
12:41 p.m.
Ukraine imposes state of emergency amid fears of Russian attack
By David L. Stern
KYIV — Ukraine’s parliament approved a nationwide state of emergency that takes effect Thursday amid fears that Russian forces could push deeper into Ukraine.
The state of emergency — backed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — puts some restrictions on movement and imposes other limits “in the interests of national security and public order.”
Pope Francis said Wednesday that the prospect of war in Ukraine caused “great pain in my heart,” and he condemned actions “destabilizing coexistence among nations and discrediting international law.”
Reacting to a first wave of U.S. sanctions after Russian troops deployed into two pro-Moscow separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, Russia warned that Americans will fully feel the “consequences.” President Biden has acknowledged that the crisis could lead to higher gasoline prices.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Tuesday night that he was calling up the country’s military reservists after Russian lawmakers voted to give Putin the authority to send troops into eastern Ukraine.
The move also placed some controls on political activity, apparently aimed at pro-Moscow parties. Ukrainian leaders have raised alarms over potential efforts by the Kremlin to use allies in Ukraine to stir unrest or push Russian propaganda.
The decision was the latest sign that Ukraine was bracing for a possible full-scale Russian invasion after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and sent in Russian forces.
Making shit up, nice job Roger.
You live in pure fantasy world.
President Biden has acknowledged that the crisis could lead to higher gasoline prices.
Not one US GI to fight.
Not ONE, for Biden's War.
Biden's energy policies have spiked Gas prices.
Told ya so.
Hmmmm
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) — The two prosecutors in charge of the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his business dealings suddenly resigned Wednesday, throwing the future of the probe into question.
A spokesperson for District Attorney Alvin Bragg confirmed the resignations of Carey Dunne and former mafia prosecutor Mark Pomerantz. Both started on the probe under former District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. and were asked to stay when Bragg took office in January.
Dunne, the office's former general counsel, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in a successful fight for Trump’s tax records. Pomerantz was brought out of private practice by Vance last year to add his expertise in white collar investigations to the probe.
“We are grateful for their service," said Bragg's spokesperson, Danielle Filson. She declined to comment further, saying the investigation is ongoing.
The New York Times, citing sources, reported that Dunne and Pomerantz quit after Bragg raised doubts about pursuing a case against Trump.
We already read it on the other thread dummy.
Biden announces sanctions against the pipeline Trump blocked but biden green lighted last year. And he's not even leading doung that. Germany is. Biden is following.
This guy is so damned inept.
The new DA saw the corrupt prosecution goung on and told these two prosecutors to cool tbeir jets. So they had a tantrum.
If he tries to get back to empire, we will be in the largest war since 1945...
Back to empire, huh?
Will it be the second world war one European war?
You suppose Biden will reinstate the draft (since it will be larger than Korea or Vietnam) which both happened since 1945? Wouldn't that be great? The GenZers led by the woke American military off to Europe to shoot guns at the commies?
NEW YORK (AP) — The two prosecutors in charge of the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his business dealings suddenly resigned Wednesday, throwing the future of the probe into question.
I have a thread coming out later on this. Scheduled for 6:00 PM CST.
Even the conservative Wall Street Journal reports what I said before the cold war era has ended. And Biden has to step up like Churchill and FDR
PHOTO: ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO/REUTERS
This is no time for hair-splitting and half-measures. Vladimir Putin is invading Ukraine and denies that it is an independent, sovereign nation. The post-Cold War era is over. The West must adopt a new strategy to protect democracy in Europe. It won’t be easy.
In recent years, as both Republicans and Democrats abandoned hopes that China’s rise wouldn’t disrupt the U.S.-led economic and geopolitical order, a new consensus has developed: The U.S. must expand its alliances in the Indo-Pacific and strengthen its capacity to defend against Chinese aggression. Many hoped the U.S. could do this while sustaining the status quo in Europe. But this strategy presupposed that Russia would have neither the strength nor the will to disrupt the prevailing security order.
As recently as 2014, President Obama described Russia as a “regional power.” Even then, this characterization was questionable. Now it is untenable. Over the past 15 years, Mr. Putin has rebuilt the Russian military and has demonstrated its capacity to deploy substantial forces by land, sea and air, in Europe and beyond.
The U.S. faces challenges to its interests and principles on two major fronts, not one. It doesn’t have the luxury of redeploying military assets and diplomatic focus from Europe to Asia. The U.S. must focus on both fronts, but it is hard to see how it can do so without a larger military budget and a beefed-up governance structure in the White House, State Department and Defense Department.
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, who rarely misses an opportunity to be wrong, recently said that “In the new era we’re entering in Europe, we’re going to have to do more with less.” This is a dangerous fantasy. It will take more to do more. The Russian military move will trigger requests for additional assistance and troop deployments from every NATO member that shares a border with Russia, Ukraine or Belarus. In an interview Tuesday, retired Gen. Ben Hodges, the former commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, recommended that the U.S. organize Berlin Airlift-style weapons shipments to Ukraine and a massive expansion of Western assistance to block Russia’s efforts at squeezing Ukraine’s economy and replacing Volodymyr Zelensky’s government with pliable puppets.
The emerging battle for Europe will force other countries to confront questions they have long avoided. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has bragged about the expansion of his country’s defense spending. Although there have been some increases in recent years, the defense budget for 2022 amounts to only 1.5% of Germany’s gross domestic product. A credible German response to the Russian invasion would begin with a swift hike to the NATO minimum of 2%. I say this as a Jew born less than a year after the end of World War II: It is time for Germany to rearm.
It is also time for Germany to recognize that World War II ended more than three-quarters of a century ago and that policies it adopted in the wake of the war have outlived their rationale. Its refusal to sell or share German-made weapons with Ukraine, for example, has been widely (and justly) rebuked. In today’s new reality, continuing this policy is inexcusable.
Mr. Scholz has halted the certification process for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. It should never resume. Germany needs to wean itself from its dangerous dependence on Russian energy, which has fostered unhealthy relationships between the two countries’ elites.
France also faces some long-postponed decisions. Since the time of Charles de Gaulle, Paris has been ambivalent about NATO, which it regards as an instrument of Anglo-American policy. President Emmanuel Macron’s advocacy European defense force reflects this belief, as does his effort to mediate controversy between Russia and Ukraine.
Mr. Macron cannot be blamed for trying to expand his country’s influence in world affairs. But now that Vladimir Putin has shown his contempt for diplomacy by invading Ukraine, continuing a French stance of mediation would only weaken the united front the West must maintain against an autocrat who has wantonly broken the peace of Europe and threatens to upend the security structure that European democracies, backed by the U.S., have maintained since 1945.
The challenge extends beyond Europe’s two strongest countries. Generations of postwar Europeans have convinced themselves the use of force is no longer necessary to settle disputes between nations. They believed diplomacy, backed by international law and institutions, was the 21st-century way of keeping peace.
Against this backdrop, the Russian invasion of Ukraine should trigger a crisis of European identity. If force is a permanent feature of international relations, the European Union must either take more responsibility for its own defense or admit that it has subcontracted this job to the U.S. indefinitely, along with some of the EU’s strategic independence.
This is no time for hesitation. President Biden must lead without ambivalence, and members of the Western alliance must endure short-term discomfort to protect democracy’s future. The alternative is a repetition of 1938.
With Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, a New Cold War Arrives https://www.wsj.com/articles/cold-war-ii-arrives-vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-sanctions-us-biden-europe-11645571764
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-invasion-russia-putin-cold-war-europe-armies-foreign-relations-isolationist-indo-pacific-china-11645551981
Scott, what do you think we should be prepared to stop Putin from restoring the Russian empire???
Anonymous Myballs said...
The new DA saw the corrupt prosecution goung on and told these two prosecutors to cool tbeir jets. So they had a tantrum.
The new DA in NYC is the most pro-crime DA in the last 100 years of city history. So bad in fact that he's already popped up as a candidate for removal by the governor.
He's a bought and paid for Soros clown.
A real piece of shit.
Biden's Covid Deaths .
+2,726
Are you a modern isolationist????
Alky using Moniker 23, still a salad making dumbass.
"Scott, what do you think we should be prepared to stop Putin from restoring the Russian empire???"
Huh,
"Are you a modern isolationist?':
Fucktard Alky
Answer : No
Great politicians who do the right thing, despite paying political damages!
LBJ did it despite he was a racist person
This is no time for hesitation. President Biden must lead without ambivalence, and members of the Western alliance must endure short-term discomfort to protect democracy’s future. The alternative is a repetition of 1938.
The left only knows worthless hyperbole.
1938, eh alky?
LOL.
Send the Vindman brothers in to clean up the fucking mess. That's where their loyalties lie anyway.
We owe Ukraine exactly fucking NOTHING. 0linsky didn't care about them. Sent them blankets instead of weapons.
They are not a member of NATO and Putin has decided to keep it that way.
Let Putin have Eastern Ukraine, which is pro-Russia anyway if you know how to read a fucking map, and have NATO sit in Poland as a deterrent.
FULL STOP.
To steal and paraphrase a line from "Animal House" -
"Ukraine fucked up. They trusted us."
Specifically trusted Bill Clinton's promises to protect them when they relinquished their nukes.
Idiots.
You never trust a fucking Clinton. EVER.
That's what's really going on over there alky.
Not our circus, not our monkeys.
Scott, what do you think we should be prepared to do to stop Putin from restoring the Russian empire???
Or even withdraw from NATO like Trump would probably have done?
Rrb's IED is getting worse.
The New York Times, citing sources, reported that Dunne and Pomerantz quit after The New York Times, citing sources, reported that Dunne and Pomerantz quit after Bragg raised doubts about pursuing a case against Trump a case against Trump.
Attorneys Carey R. Dunne and Mark F. Pomerantz stepped down from the case after the new Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg expressed doubts over moving forward with a case against Trump.
They want to prosecute Trump
The new DA didn't want to
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Scott, what do you think we should be prepared to do to stop Putin from restoring the Russian empire???
Nothing.
Or even withdraw from NATO like Trump would probably have done?
Stop this LIE alky. Just fucking STOP IT. Trump got the NATO members to "pay their fair share" as in their percentage of their GDP as their contribution to the costs of the alliance per the fucking NATO CHARTER
Trump had no inclination to withdraw from NATO. Not probably, not at fucking ALL.
Imbecile.
Leftists are all about "everyone paying their fair share." Except for International Alliances like NATO and the UN. Then we pick up the fucking tab.
You're a mentally ill clown in lockdown who can only offer lies and plagiarisms around here. You're pathetic.
When's the last time Char-Lee popped 'round for a visit? You can't fucking remember. And we can see why.
And the Dow is down another 465 today.
At this rate Brandon will erase every fucking penny of gains under the Trump administration.
Brilliant.
Even Senator Cruz agreed with Biden.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) led a blockade against dozens of Biden's State Department nominees for six months in protest of the decision to waive sanctions.
But.
Sanctions on Nord Stream 2 had previously garnered overwhelming bipartisan support, but the Biden administration repeatedly lobbied Democrats to vote against them for the sake of preserving "trans-Atlantic unity."On Wednesday, Cruz announced he would lift his holds: "President Biden made the right decision today. Allowing Putin's Nord Stream 2 to come online would have created multiple, cascading, and acute security crises for the United States and our European allies for generations to come," he said.
He wants to stop Putin from restoring the Russian empire.
RRB.
Scott, what do you think we should be prepared to do to stop Putin from restoring the Russian empire???
Nothing.
Or even withdraw from NATO like Trump would probably have done?
Stop this LIE alky. "
EXACTLY
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of intelligence assessing that Russia is preparing to conduct a full-scale invasion of the neighboring country within the next 48 hours, U.S. intelligence officials have revealed to Newsweek.
"The President of Ukraine has been warned Russia will highly likely begin an invasion within 48 hours based on U.S. intelligence," a U.S. official with direct knowledge told Newsweek.
"Additionally," the U.S. official added, "reporting from aircraft observers indicates Russia violated Ukrainian airspace earlier today, flying possible reconnaissance aircraft for a short period over Ukraine."
A source close to Zelenskyy's government also confirmed to Newsweek that such a warning was received, but noted that this was the third time in a month Kyiv was told to prepare for imminent large-scale military action by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The President has kept NATO allies in line with the u.s.
Specifically trusted Bill Clinton's promises to protect them when they relinquished their nukes.
Idiots.
Specifically trusted Bill Clinton's promises to protect them when they relinquished their nukes.
The lone negative, after our promises to Ukraine and kaddafiduck to protect them, if they gave up their weapons of mass destruction, we may see a new nuke arms race
The real reason Putin played a kitty during the Trump presidency
By The Bharat Express News- February 23, 20220
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Illustrated | Getty Images, iStock
Republicans have long had a fetish of toughness. Going back to the early days of the Cold War, its flip side has been the insinuation that the Democrats are weaklings ready to sell the country to its enemies, the GOP eager to serve proudly and shamelessly as America’s sole defenders. abroad.
No one should be surprised that the script has already been updated to reflect recent harrowing events on the border between Russia and Ukraine.
At the end of last week, Conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt observed in a tweet that “tyrant Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014 and will do so again in 2022 but did not in 2017-2020”. Without mentioning his name, Hewitt hinted that Putin had become a kitty due to Donald Trump’s unwavering leadership as president.
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But wait – wasn’t he Trump Putin’s lapdog during his entire presidency, refusing to say anything critical about him and even siding with Putin’s denial of Russian interference during 2016 elections against evidence provided by America’s own intelligence services?
No doubt realizing the absurdity of the assertion, National examby Rich Lowry (and others) jumped in a few days later to add a layer of nuance to the statement. It’s not that Trump was tougher than President Biden, but that he was more erratic: “Trump’s sheer unpredictability, his anger at being challenged or disrespected, his willingness to occasionally take big risks (the Soleimani strike), whatever Putin either feared him or mistrusted him in a way that he just isn’t Joe Biden.”
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There may be some truth in this revision of the thesis. Trump was indeed volatile, impulsive and capricious. It is certainly possible that Putin feared action against Ukraine would trigger a massive military response from Trump.
But it’s much more likely that he was hoping for something very different. As Jonathan Last ostensibly suggested on Tuesday in his newsletter for the rampart, Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire for the United States to withdraw completely from NATO. He did it during his presidential campaign in 2016. He did it as president. And apparently he even made it clear to advisers that he hopes to make it a reality after his re-election in 2020.
The story continues
Since such a withdrawal is Putin’s dearest wish, it makes much more sense to assume that his relative restraint during the Trump presidency was a function of a reasonable expectation that he could get whatever he wanted without having to shoot. Only now, with a minus… unorthodox As US president-in-charge, war has become Putin’s only way to advance his more immediate goal of ensuring NATO does not move closer to Russian territory.
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Putin didn’t play nice boy from 2017 to 2020 because he was afraid of Donald Trump. He did it because he knew he had nothing to fear from the Oval Office fanboy.
Putin didn’t play nice boy from 2017 to 2020 because he was afraid of Donald Trump. He did it because he knew he had nothing to fear from the Oval Office fanboy
Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki
Scott, what do you think we should be prepared to stop Putin from restoring the Russian empire???
If you want to stop Putin from moving on Kyiv then you will need to provide military assistance to Ukraine. We might even need NATO or even US troops. Nothing short of that will stop Putin if Putin has decided to take it.
The question, Roger... is whether or not we want to involve ourselves in that dispute. We spend years in Korea and Vietnam trying to stop the bad guys (in our mind) from taking over the good guys (in our mind). What did it get us?
What we cannot do... is pretend that there is a halfway measure here. Sanctions are not going to stop Putin and sanctions against Russia that end up hurting Americans are not going to be very popular.
You have to be willing to be a bit crazy if you want to stop crazy Roger.
What we cannot do... is pretend that there is a halfway measure here. Sanctions are not going to stop Putin and sanctions against Russia that end up hurting Americans are not going to be very popular.
In the history of US sanctions against Russia there has never been one that's been effective.
Not ONE.
Not political but it's terrible
Russian state media reported Wednesday that rebel leaders in Donetsk and Luhansk — two breakaway regions in Eastern Ukraine — have asked President Vladimir Putin to provide military assistance to defend against Ukrainian “aggression” and prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe.”
The Ukrainian military warned earlier this week that Russian-backed mercenaries had been sent to the area to stage “provocations” as a possible pretext for invasion.
The Russian state news service Tass reported that the two Moscow-backed breakaway regions Putin formally recognized as independent earlier this week had asked the Kremlin to help push the Ukrainian military out of the area.
"They are asking the President of Russia to provide assistance in repulse the aggression of the armed forces and formations of Ukraine,” Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying.
Putin had said earlier this week he was sending troops into the territories to carry out what he called “peacekeeping functions.”
The Ukrainian military this week warned that Russian-backed mercenaries had been sent to the area to stage "provocations."
“The purpose of these provocations will, of course, be to accuse Ukraine of further escalation,” it said.
Around the time of the Tass report, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. believes Russia is poised to launch an assault on Ukraine. "What we see is that Russian forces continue to assemble closer to the border and put themselves in an advance stage of readiness to act," Kirby said.
He said an attack could come "virtually any time now. We believe they’re ready."
A senior U.S. defense official earlier said that Russian troops range from about 3 miles to 30 miles (5 kilometers to 50 kilometers) from the border. Russia also has more than 10 landing ships in the Black Sea with troops on board.
The Biden administration had warned this week that an invasion was imminent and could include the capital, Kyiv. U.S. officials seemed more confident Wednesday that such a scenario was about to become a reality.
The Ukrainian government, which had been previously cooler about the likelihood of war, declared a state of emergency starting on Thursday. Government leaders urged all of their citizens to leave Russia immediately and started calling up military reservists.
Putin didn’t play nice boy from 2017 to 2020 because he was afraid of Donald Trump. He did it because he knew he had nothing to fear from the Oval Office fanboy
Sure Roger... I read a couple of these similar opinion pieces today. But they miss something very important.
If Putin's goal was instability in NATO and that is why he didn't do anything while Trump was President... then why would Putin decide to "unite" NATO by making this sort of play against Ukraine?
Moreover, why should Putin care one way or the other if Ukraine was in NATO unless his ultimate goal was to invade and annex parts of Ukraine? Then if that was his intention all along, why not do it when NATO was instable?
Why wait (like you argue) till NATO was strong under the wonderful leadership of Joe Biden? That makes no sense...
Unless, you try really really really hard to believe it.
I just read this thread article and it is so silly it does not merit a serious response.
The Washington Post
Coronavirus Updates
Important developments in the pandemic.
Derek Hawkins
The latest on covid---
Is the abrupt move away from mask mandates happening too soon, or is it long overdue? Ask residents in any of the blue states where officials recently dropped mask requirements and you'll find adamant voices on both sides. But more people appear to be welcoming the change as the nation seeks to close the books on the era of mandatory masking. “It’s a choice right now, which is probably what it should have been," one Delaware resident told The Washington Post.
Ask a public health expert, on the other hand, and you're much more likely to hear arguments for keeping the requirements, at least for a little longer. A large body of evidence shows masking slows coronavirus transmission, protecting the wearer and the people around them. For some, that's reason enough to keep covering up.
Other than that, mysterious heart problems are arising in some people who’ve had covid-19, even those with mild cases. The prevalence of such symptoms suggests a cardiac crisis may be on the horizon, my colleague Ariana Eunjung Cha reports. More data is needed, but experts worry about a coming wave of cardiovascular problems directly and indirectly related to the virus. Patient advocacy groups are calling on President Biden and other leaders to invest in research and treatment, and to prepare the health-care system for the potential long-term consequences of a rise in post-covid heart problems.
NATO was not as strong after Trump. It is stronger now.
You live in a world that does not exist.
You are playing politics about it.
Scott, The President cannot pretend that there is a halfway measure here. Sanctions are not going to stop Putin and sanctions against Russia that end up hurting Americans are not going to be very popular.
The President is putting his campaign to be reelected at risk, because he is doing the right thing now...
Very few politicians put their future at risk.
Like I said today. LBJ was a racist Southern Democrat, but he got bipartisan support for the civil rights act and the voting rights act passed.
And he didn't run again.
If we limit Putin's plan to Kuwait, he will pay a huge amount of money and support, because he has a run for reelection in 2024.
If we actually do that, it will save tens of thousands of lives.
I'm not crazy..
NATO is strong under the wonderful leadership of Joe Biden.
I posted several articles about this...
He would withdrawn from NATO on January 20th!
Scott your word salad diatribes are getting worse....
If Putin's goal was instability in NATO and that is why he didn't do anything while Trump was President... then why would Putin decide to "unite" NATO by making this sort of play against Ukraine?
Moreover, why should Putin care one way or the other if Ukraine was in NATO unless his ultimate goal was to invade and annex parts of Ukraine? Then if that was his intention all along, why not do it when NATO was instable?
Why wait (like you argue) till NATO was strong under the wonderful leadership of Joe Biden? That makes no sense...
Unless, you try really really really hard to believe it.
If Putin's goal was instability in NATO and that is why he didn't do anything while Trump was President... then why would Putin decide to "unite" NATO by making this sort of play against Ukraine?
The Chinese virus is why he waited and
Because the country is so deeply divided, he thinks it was the best time and he had been isolated for months before now
Nope, always Wrong Roger.
Go get a juice box.
A large body of evidence shows masking slows coronavirus transmission, protecting the wearer and the people around them. For some, that's reason enough to keep covering up.
For ANYONE paying ANY attention whatsoever to what we are finding out today, the reality is quite different. Almost every study that now accounts or nearly two years of data has concluded that mask mandates have not worked to any degree at all. The data graphed out shows two lines running in almost exactly on top of each other. In fact the graphing has shown times when areas that had no mask mandates had lower infection rates than areas that had them.
This is simply someone holding onto "outdated" opinions that were never actually built on science (if you consider that science needs to prove hypotheses through experiment). Sure, there was "SCIEN... tists who insisted that paper and cloth masks worked brilliantly, but the data has proven them wrong after two years of gathering it.
Now these same scientists have suggested that while paper and cloth masks do not work, that N95 and KN95 masks will. Perhaps that is true, perhaps it's no more true than what they said about general masking.
But why even present an article, Reverend.
That is not following the actual Feb 2022 science?
Nonsense
"NATO was not as strong after Trump. It is stronger now."
Fantasy and factless.
Scott your word salad diatribes are getting worse....
Sorry you cannot understand basic English Roger.
I don't see anyone under the age of 70 with a fresh mind having any degree of trouble comprehending my writing.
Perhaps I can dumb it down for you. Add more pictures and such?
The right wing is trying to change the topic.
Tucker Carlson accused of being an 'arm of the Kremlin' -- by a former Trump official
Brad Reed
February 23, 2022
Former Trump official Alyssa Farah said on Wednesday that Fox News host Tucker Carlson had essentially become a propagandist for the Russian government.
While appearing on CNN, Farah was asked by host Jake Tapper what she made of former President Donald Trump's comments gushing about Russian President Vladimir Putin's "genius" move to invade Ukraine.
"It's not surprising," she said. "The former president had a soft spot for strong men, including Vladimir Putin. We saw that throughout his presidency."
Farah then suggested, however, that Trump wasn't the one taking the lead on pushing pro-Russian propaganda.
"I think the former president, as well as other prominent Republicans, are taking their pointer from one place, and that's Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News," she said. "He has become essentially an arm of the Kremlin and what he is talking about, what he is saying is indistinguishable from RT propaganda."
I answered the question in your word salad..
If Putin's goal was instability in NATO and that is why he didn't do anything while Trump was President... then why would Putin decide to "unite" NATO by making this sort of play against Ukraine?
The Chinese virus is why he waited and
Because the country is so deeply divided, he thinks it was the best time and he had been isolated for months before now
Well Roger...
I am curious...
Why didn't we arrest and convict every Vietnam protester for treason because they opposed a war that our Administration at the time believed in? Imagine every reporter or journalists who criticized the Vietnam war being deemed a traitor?
Isn't it funny how the left has become such tyrants that any questioning of our Administration is akin to treason. Grow some skin libs!
Russia is not a defined "enemy" of our state and in fact they are trading partners. Ukraine is not a member of NATO or even considered a close ally to us. Whatever decision we make here is not obvious. We have no real justification to get involved militarily and our decisions to even get involved with Sanctions is not really all that obvious (other than the idea that we are police of the world?).
The Chinese virus is why he waited and
So Trump took over as President in January of 2017 and Covid didn't become a thing until spring of 2020....
I am sorry Roger.
Do you live in alternate time reality?
The Chinese virus is why he waited and
You had to be elbow deep, to pull that from your geriatric arse
LOL
The President has put himself at risk today °°°
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The White House is prepping Americans for the likelihood that sanctions on Russia will have a ripple effect that hits their pocketbooks.
President Biden and other administration officials acknowledge the steps the U.S. and European nations are taking to deter Moscow from further aggression against Ukraine are likely to spur higher gas prices. But they argue defending an ally and trying to stop a war in Europe is a worthy cause.
“As I said last week, defending freedom will have costs for us as well and here at home,” Biden said in a speech on Tuesday. “We need to be honest about that. But as we do this, I’m going to take robust action to make sure the pain of our sanctions is targeted at the Russian economy, not ours.”
Asked later Tuesday if officials are specifically referring to the likelihood Americans will see higher gasoline prices, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, “Yeah, energy prices. Exactly.”
Biden on Tuesday announced an initial round of sanctions on several Russian banks and elites and their families. The move came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin took the dramatic step of recognizing as independent two breakaway regions of Ukraine and deploying troops to the areas.
Oil prices climbed Wednesday, with the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate Crude for April delivery rising 33 cents to $92.24 shortly after 5 p.m. Experts believe prices are likely to shoot higher if Russia’s invasion into Ukraine widens and Western nations impose new sanctions — and higher still if Russia’s actions in Eastern Europe disrupt the energy market to which it is a major contributor.
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Stocks also fell on the prospect of higher oil prices and deeper global disruption.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.4 percent, with a loss of more than 460 points, closing in the red for the fifth consecutive day of trading. The Nasdaq composite closed with a loss of 2.6 percent, and the S&P 500 fell 1.8 percent after already falling 10 percent below an all-time high earlier this year.
Biden is already in a politically precarious position. Inflation is high and has been a concern for months, and the situation in Russia threatens to exacerbate the issue. While the purpose of sanctions is to squeeze the Russian economy, it could have the secondary effect of tightening supplies of energy and critical minerals Russia supplies to Europe, upsetting global markets as a result.
“Should the Russian incursion into eastern Ukraine turn into a full-fledged invasion, it is likely that the global and U.S. economies will absorb yet another supply shock,” wrote Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at audit and tax firm RSM, in a Tuesday analysis.
He has waited until our country is so divided.
But you can't separate from your opinions....
You are an anti globalist an isolationist person..
During the cold war we were the police of the world.
Your extreme libertarian views are dangerous.
During the cold war we were the police of the world.
Why should I care if the frogs or krauts don’t want to defend themselves.
England, Poland, Japan, OZ and A few other small Euro countries and India will defend themselves. That’s the “NATO” of the future, countries that pay their weight
Your extreme libertarian views are dangerous.
It's not libertarian to point out that Russia is not our enemy and Ukraine is not our ally. They are two states on the other side of the world who in many ways are two sides of the same coin.
Now apparently the West believes that we all have a stake in this and that Putin cannot be allowed to run over Ukraine.
But at the same time, if you take everything at face value, what you have is parts of Ukraine who at least on the surface do not want to be part of Ukraine anymore. Being a separatist group means that they are rebelling against the larger Government (in this case Ukraine, not Russia).
Now can we actually take that at face value? I don't know. Perhaps it's just a small group of people speaking for a larger group that disagrees? But as someone whose wife works in a Russian shop (Two Russians, a Ukrainian, Moldovan, Belarusian, and a guy from Turkey) - there are a variety of opinions on the subject.
Many from that region like their independence while others would like to rebuild the old Soviet Union.
So the pain of 10 % real Inflation caused by Bidenomics is not enough.
Biden's Recession will cause ever increasing economic pain an poverty.
2021 Poverty in the US was up 1 %.
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