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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #125 on: February 22, 2022, 09:48:38 AM »
He pulled the blame Canada deal on them. Ukraine, they’re not a real country anyway!


So how long does Taiwan have? Olympics are over, the world is preoccupied and no one is home in DC.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #126 on: February 22, 2022, 09:57:56 AM »
So Brandon is only doing sanctions on the breakaway regions of Ukraine, and not on Russia proper?
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #127 on: February 22, 2022, 10:06:08 AM »
Oh, look! Our state department has ramped up social media warfare against the ruskies.  ;/

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2022/02/22/u-s-embassy-in-kyiv-answers-putins-invasion-of-ukraine-with-a-meme/
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #128 on: February 22, 2022, 10:09:51 AM »
Biden is threatening to unfriend Putin on facebook
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #130 on: February 22, 2022, 11:25:22 AM »
So Brandon is only doing sanctions on the breakaway regions of Ukraine, and not on Russia proper?
Biden should try some reverse psychology.  Since sanctions aren't working well, he should lift some sanctions to see if that works.  Also, Russia has too many guns and ammo.  Lift sanctions on them so those can be shipped to the US. 
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #131 on: February 22, 2022, 11:43:39 AM »
Putin is going to do this and he knows darn well there is nothing anyone is going to do about it beyond exercising their mouths.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #132 on: February 22, 2022, 11:50:34 AM »
I'm more worried about how the foolish dementia-addled crook in the White House will respond.  Will he drag us into a shooting war?  He is not in any way equipped to deal with serious foreign policy issues.  And the advisors in his administration are idiots, as well.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #133 on: February 22, 2022, 11:53:54 AM »
I'm more worried about how the foolish dementia-addled crook in the White House will respond.  Will he drag us into a shooting war?  He is not in any way equipped to deal with serious foreign policy issues.  And the advisors in his administration are idiots, as well.

Sorry, but according to Mathew Dowd, you are now a traitor to your country for saying that.


https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2022/02/22/matthew-dowd-plays-the-dissent-is-treason-card-over-criticism-of-joe-biden-on-russia-and-ukraine/
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #134 on: February 22, 2022, 12:05:37 PM »
Taiwan better lube up.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #135 on: February 22, 2022, 12:08:54 PM »
Sorry, but according to Mathew Dowd, you are now a traitor to your country for saying that.


https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2022/02/22/matthew-dowd-plays-the-dissent-is-treason-card-over-criticism-of-joe-biden-on-russia-and-ukraine/

During the Obama years they always threw in a charge of racism as well.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #136 on: February 22, 2022, 12:54:04 PM »
During the Obama years they always threw in a charge of racism as well.

That's a given now because everything is racist.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #137 on: February 22, 2022, 01:45:07 PM »
I'll tell you one thing this is good for: making my retirement accounts take a dump.  I am down around $ 60K from the beginning of the year and the rate of decline has picked up speed over the past couple of weeks due to the pending war.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #138 on: February 22, 2022, 01:47:46 PM »
Up your Raytheon and Honeywell holdings. 

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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #139 on: February 22, 2022, 01:49:36 PM »
Up your Raytheon and Honeywell holdings.

I'm buying some more AVAV.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #140 on: February 22, 2022, 01:50:09 PM »
That's a given now because everything is racist.

Everything white people do or have done is racist
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #142 on: February 22, 2022, 05:57:13 PM »
Just had A-10's go over fast and low. Hope we don't wind up in the middle of this crap.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #143 on: February 22, 2022, 06:47:05 PM »
Just had A-10's go over fast and low. Hope we don't wind up in the middle of this crap.

Damned if we do, damned if we don’t. Probably to late to not pull a chamberlain but there do need to be actual red lines in the world. If Russia is intent on remaking the ussr against the will of the client states at some point that demands action. No pipelines, strangle their few ports probably by refusing entry to any shipping line that deals with the Russians or proxies. If the security Council cannot be disbanded leave the U.N. and start another organization. Complete economic smothering, not targeted sanctions.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #144 on: February 22, 2022, 07:00:40 PM »
What's the going rate on Hunter's paintings now?
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #145 on: February 22, 2022, 07:20:35 PM »
Joe threw up some sanctions on Russia today.  Not sure if that will make a difference to Putin though.

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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #146 on: February 22, 2022, 08:18:02 PM »
Damned if we do, damned if we don’t. Probably to late to not pull a chamberlain but there do need to be actual red lines in the world. If Russia is intent on remaking the ussr against the will of the client states at some point that demands action. No pipelines, strangle their few ports probably by refusing entry to any shipping line that deals with the Russians or proxies. If the security Council cannot be disbanded leave the U.N. and start another organization. Complete economic smothering, not targeted sanctions.

How would US citizens benefit from this course of action?

Tucker Carlson makes a good point about Ukraine connections to the Biden family. The wealth they’ve made off Ukrainian government lobbying in the US has to give pause to anyone considering intervention.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #147 on: February 22, 2022, 08:19:33 PM »
Damned if we do, damned if we don’t. Probably to late to not pull a chamberlain but there do need to be actual red lines in the world. If Russia is intent on remaking the ussr against the will of the client states at some point that demands action. No pipelines, strangle their few ports probably by refusing entry to any shipping line that deals with the Russians or proxies. If the security Council cannot be disbanded leave the U.N. and start another organization. Complete economic smothering, not targeted sanctions.

I'm not sure Europe could actually do that, energy-wise.  Or if it did manage to cut off Russia, it would hand even more power to the screaming beards.

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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #148 on: February 22, 2022, 08:25:10 PM »
How would US citizens benefit from this course of action?

Tucker Carlson makes a good point about Ukraine connections to the Biden family. The wealth they’ve made off Ukrainian government lobbying in the US has to give pause to anyone considering intervention.

We don’t have to replay 1917 or 1941 where we should have been taking decisive action far sooner if we were going to act at all. China and Russia will own the world if there are no checks on their aggressive behaviors.
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Re: War in Eastern Europe, what's it good for ....
« Reply #149 on: February 23, 2022, 06:10:17 AM »
We don’t have to replay 1917 or 1941 where we should have been taking decisive action far sooner if we were going to act at all. China and Russia will own the world if there are no checks on their aggressive behaviors.

Why is the former capital of the Russian empire the line? Surely Russia not wanting Ukraine in nato is not a green light for capturing all of Europe.
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