Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky
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If Russia took Ukraine, the EU would probably really appreciate having a strong US military based in Greenland… Just saying…
The Brad
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@kluurs said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
Ukraine could still become our 51st state.
And as a bonus, it wouldn’t be a part of NATO…
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Are there any Trump opponents, on this board or in public, that have a workable plan to end the Ukraine War?
@Jolly said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
Are there any Trump opponents, on this board or in public, that have a workable plan to end the Ukraine War?
Remember when we conservatives used to look for answers on winning the war?
The Brad
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If Russia took Ukraine, the EU would probably really appreciate having a strong US military based in Greenland… Just saying…
@LuFins-Dad said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
If Russia took Ukraine, the EU would probably really appreciate having a strong US military based in Greenland… Just saying…
Not really. In fact not at all. Gaza is by far a more strategically suitable location for a massive multi force US strategic military facility. One could make a whole list of rock solid and bullet proof reasons supporting that claim. It also appears quite attainable in the short run. Possibly even before the beginning of summer.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
If Russia took Ukraine, the EU would probably really appreciate having a strong US military based in Greenland… Just saying…
Not really. In fact not at all. Gaza is by far a more strategically suitable location for a massive multi force US strategic military facility. One could make a whole list of rock solid and bullet proof reasons supporting that claim. It also appears quite attainable in the short run. Possibly even before the beginning of summer.
@Renauda said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
@LuFins-Dad said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
If Russia took Ukraine, the EU would probably really appreciate having a strong US military based in Greenland… Just saying…
Not really. In fact not at all. Gaza is by far a more strategically suitable location for a massive multi force US strategic military facility for a list of rock solid and bullet proof reasons. It also appears quite attainable in the short run. Possibly even before the beginning of summer.
See? There you go using global geography… You have to use ‘Merican geography… then you’ll realize that North is North … Europe is a Northern continent, and is closer to Greenland, no matter the miles (or even that gay “kilometer” crap, if you insist. Everybody knows that Gaza borders Egypt, which is Northern Africa. And Africa’s south, so obviously Greenland’s closer to Europe.
The Brad
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Seriously, though? It is absolutely astounding looking at the satellite maps and realizing just the sheer frigging size of Russia (what is it, 10% of the landmass of the world?) and the population is about 150M? And 80% of that is in an area roughly the size as the Easter Seaboard? I mean, north of Yakutsk, it’s just miles of nothing.
The Brad
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@Renauda said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
@LuFins-Dad said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
If Russia took Ukraine, the EU would probably really appreciate having a strong US military based in Greenland… Just saying…
Not really. In fact not at all. Gaza is by far a more strategically suitable location for a massive multi force US strategic military facility for a list of rock solid and bullet proof reasons. It also appears quite attainable in the short run. Possibly even before the beginning of summer.
See? There you go using global geography… You have to use ‘Merican geography… then you’ll realize that North is North … Europe is a Northern continent, and is closer to Greenland, no matter the miles (or even that gay “kilometer” crap, if you insist. Everybody knows that Gaza borders Egypt, which is Northern Africa. And Africa’s south, so obviously Greenland’s closer to Europe.
I’ll try to do better next time and confine my thinking to the northerly region of Golfo del Gringo Loco.
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@jon-nyc said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
General Washington would like a word with the little man from Miami.
Not to mention Jackson, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Grant, Bush Sr, etc etc etc
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My Rubio’s gone a long way from lampooning Trump’s small hands a decade ago..
Personally, I think young Marco will be the first cabinet appointee to bail -.or be thrown under the bus - thus initiating the revolving door theatre that came to characterize Trump’s first term cabinet.
Elbows up!
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My Rubio’s gone a long way from lampooning Trump’s small hands a decade ago..
Personally, I think young Marco will be the first cabinet appointee to bail -.or be thrown under the bus - thus initiating the revolving door theatre that came to characterize Trump’s first term cabinet.
@Renauda said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
My Rubio’s gone a long way from lampooning Trump’s small hands a decade ago..
Hes come a long way since his comments on Ukraine and Putin a year or 18 months ago.
I'm reminded of a comment by Napoleon, I believe. Something to the effect of 'I'm not surprised everyone can be bought. I'm surprised at how low the prices are'.
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Seriously, though? It is absolutely astounding looking at the satellite maps and realizing just the sheer frigging size of Russia (what is it, 10% of the landmass of the world?) and the population is about 150M? And 80% of that is in an area roughly the size as the Easter Seaboard? I mean, north of Yakutsk, it’s just miles of nothing.
@LuFins-Dad said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
Seriously, though? It is absolutely astounding looking at the satellite maps and realizing just the sheer frigging size of Russia (what is it, 10% of the landmass of the world?) and the population is about 150M? And 80% of that is in an area roughly the size as the Easter Seaboard? I mean, north of Yakutsk, it’s just miles of nothing.
Yeah it’s insane how much land is there. Also, I know almost nothing about Russian history other than it seems intriguingly complex and am always blown away at the sheer number of solder/deaths in each major war. So many.
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@Jolly said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
Are there any Trump opponents, on this board or in public, that have a workable plan to end the Ukraine War?
Remember when we conservatives used to look for answers on winning the war?
@LuFins-Dad said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
@Jolly said in Gifts for Putin, Demands for Zelensky:
Are there any Trump opponents, on this board or in public, that have a workable plan to end the Ukraine War?
Remember when we conservatives used to look for answers on winning the war?
A lot of people thought if Ukraine's defense was good enough, the Russians would suffer so many casualties Putin would pull his horns in.
That doesn't look to be happening. Why? I don't know. Ask Renauda, he has Russian insight.
What I know, is that Ukraine does not have the manpower or the weapons to fight combined maneuver warfare. They can continue to fight a defensive fight, but spring is coming.
And if Putin continues to pour in manpower and equipment, Ukraine loses a war of attrition.
After that, I guess they could try to go Afghanistan on Russia, but very few people have that kind of societal tenacity.
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Ayup. The 2014 invasion was a complete abdication of our moral authority and the security of our guarantees by leadership. That was under that Obama guy. But Trump shower no inclination to fix it or to defend Ukraine during his term. In fact, the invasion of Crimea became sort of an afterthought. Which was equally no good. As a matter of fact, I don’t remember us even talking about Ukraine/Crimea much on the old forum, except for the occasional post by that Alberta Crude guy (whatever happened to him, btw?) and all of the ancillary stuff dealing with Hunter Biden, and Trump’s “Quid Pro Quo” deal with Zelenskyy. I do recall a general response to the US and UK’s abrogation of their security responsibility being along the lines of Ukraine being a hopelessly corrupt country and government, and we just let it slide.
So this has been a failure by both parties, and I am finding the whole moral outrage on both sides in the US to be disingenuous or willful ignorance and not accepting the faults of their chosen leaders. All the talk of Trump being Putin’s stooge from people ignoring Obama’s hot mic flip with Medved back in 2022, pointing to levels of collaboration that were expected and unknown. People screaming that Trump is on the take while ignoring the blatant corruption in the Biden family in Ukraine.
On the other side you have equal levels of willful ignorance, and an uncontrolled desire for change that’s overriding your sensibilities and common sense. What obligation does a current government have to treaties and agreements from 30 years ago? 50? 100? At the same time, if you disregard these treaties now, what assurances are you giving to your current and or future partners? This is a very complex and frustrating situation. I don’t know the answers, but I know they aren’t blind partisanship.
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Ayup. The 2014 invasion was a complete abdication of our moral authority and the security of our guarantees by leadership. That was under that Obama guy. But Trump shower no inclination to fix it or to defend Ukraine during his term. In fact, the invasion of Crimea became sort of an afterthought. Which was equally no good. As a matter of fact, I don’t remember us even talking about Ukraine/Crimea much on the old forum, except for the occasional post by that Alberta Crude guy (whatever happened to him, btw?) and all of the ancillary stuff dealing with Hunter Biden, and Trump’s “Quid Pro Quo” deal with Zelenskyy. I do recall a general response to the US and UK’s abrogation of their security responsibility being along the lines of Ukraine being a hopelessly corrupt country and government, and we just let it slide.
So this has been a failure by both parties, and I am finding the whole moral outrage on both sides in the US to be disingenuous or willful ignorance and not accepting the faults of their chosen leaders. All the talk of Trump being Putin’s stooge from people ignoring Obama’s hot mic flip with Medved back in 2022, pointing to levels of collaboration that were expected and unknown. People screaming that Trump is on the take while ignoring the blatant corruption in the Biden family in Ukraine.
On the other side you have equal levels of willful ignorance, and an uncontrolled desire for change that’s overriding your sensibilities and common sense. What obligation does a current government have to treaties and agreements from 30 years ago? 50? 100? At the same time, if you disregard these treaties now, what assurances are you giving to your current and or future partners? This is a very complex and frustrating situation. I don’t know the answers, but I know they aren’t blind partisanship.
@LuFins-Dad is there someone whose opinions I can listen to who champions the blind partisanship on the right? Obviously the naked rage and hysteria about Trump destroying civilization is anywhere, so I don’t need help finding that.
I posted some words from Rubio yesterday, is he on the insane partisanship side? Jeffrey Sachs? Mearsheimer? Glenn Greenwald? I’m trying to think of people who are contrarian as compared to, say, The Bullwark, or David Brooks.
Education is extremely important.
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Here's Tusi on Fox News. The Fox News host wonders why the Trump administration loves Putin so much. (And asks a bunch of vacuous questions along those lines, which Tulsi handles adequately IMO). Where should I go for the insane partisanship from the right?
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