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The Ukraine war thread

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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
    wrote on last edited by Jolly
    #2779

    The good news is that Germany looks like they may actually be getting serious about their defense forces.

    Putin like to ponder on the glory days of the Soviet Union. Doubt it would come anywhere near that, but I wonder if he wishes to ponder on Operation Unthinkable?

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • JollyJ Jolly

      The good news is that Germany looks like they may actually be getting serious about their defense forces.

      Putin like to ponder on the glory days of the Soviet Union. Doubt it would come anywhere near that, but I wonder if he wishes to ponder on Operation Unthinkable?

      RenaudaR Offline
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      Renauda
      wrote on last edited by
      #2780

      @Jolly

      Don’t let it keep you awake.

      Elbows up!

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      • MikM Away
        MikM Away
        Mik
        wrote on last edited by
        #2781

        Interesting take on Ukraine.

        https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-has-a-resource-far-more-valuable-than-minerals/ar-AA1CsqM7

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        • W Do not disturb
          W Do not disturb
          Wim
          wrote on last edited by
          #2782

          An unexpected scenario?

          https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/08/how-trumps-backfiring-trade-war-could-crash-putins-economy-a88654

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          • jon-nycJ Online
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            jon-nyc
            wrote on last edited by
            #2783

            I’ll take it.

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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            • W Do not disturb
              W Do not disturb
              Wim
              wrote last edited by
              #2784

              Say thank you when we rob you...

              https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/12/us-demands-control-from-ukraine-of-key-pipeline-carrying-russian-gas

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              • RenaudaR Offline
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                Renauda
                wrote last edited by Renauda
                #2785

                Extortion by military or economic means appears to be a foreign policy tactic shared by the Kremlin and current White House.

                Elbows up!

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                • A Online
                  A Online
                  AndyD
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                  #2786

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                  • W Do not disturb
                    W Do not disturb
                    Wim
                    wrote last edited by
                    #2787

                    Either shut up or...

                    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/13/ukraine-civilian-deaths-sumy-attack-russia-us-talks-trump-putin-analysis

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                    • jon-nycJ Online
                      jon-nycJ Online
                      jon-nyc
                      wrote last edited by
                      #2788

                      Only non-witches get due process.

                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                      • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote last edited by
                        #2789

                        Everybody's to blame.

                        Everybody except Trump, presumably.

                        I was only joking

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                        • RenaudaR Offline
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                          Renauda
                          wrote last edited by Renauda
                          #2790

                          Par for the Trump course.

                          He does not get it. Doubtful that he ever will either. Inept.

                          Elbows up!

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                          • 89th8 Offline
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                            89th
                            wrote last edited by
                            #2791

                            What an odd comment "Biden could've stopped it. Zelenskyy could've stopped it."

                            Umm, yeah pretty sure if he coulda...he woulda.

                            That being said, the video clearly says Trump says Putin started it and I think his latter comment about "if you start a war" was a sloppy way of saying Zelenskyy essentially allowed the war to start. Which is a lazy summary of events.

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                            • MikM Away
                              MikM Away
                              Mik
                              wrote last edited by
                              #2792

                              Lazy seems to be a defining characteristic.

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                              • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                                wrote last edited by Doctor Phibes
                                #2793

                                I think "lazy" is quite a charitable interpretation of what Trump said.

                                I was only joking

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                                • 89th8 89th

                                  What an odd comment "Biden could've stopped it. Zelenskyy could've stopped it."

                                  Umm, yeah pretty sure if he coulda...he woulda.

                                  That being said, the video clearly says Trump says Putin started it and I think his latter comment about "if you start a war" was a sloppy way of saying Zelenskyy essentially allowed the war to start. Which is a lazy summary of events.

                                  RenaudaR Offline
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                                  Renauda
                                  wrote last edited by Renauda
                                  #2794

                                  @89th said in The Ukraine war thread:

                                  What an odd comment "Biden could've stopped it. Zelenskyy could've stopped it."

                                  Umm, yeah pretty sure if he coulda...he woulda.

                                  That being said, the video clearly says Trump says Putin started it and I think his latter comment about "if you start a war" was a sloppy way of saying Zelenskyy essentially allowed the war to start. Which is a lazy summary of events.

                                  It’s also possible (albeit remote) that Trump is beginning to realise that all along Putin has been playing him for the Muggins he really is on the world stage of diplomacy and conflict resolution.

                                  As any self deifying narcissist would do, Trump is lashing out and laying blame on everyone else other than himself for what amounts to his own ineptitude.

                                  So yeah, sloppy thinking is at play here. Big time sloppy thinking.

                                  Elbows up!

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                                  • 89th8 Offline
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                                    89th
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #2795

                                    Wait, so Rubio said Trump's been working on this for 87 days (7.9 scaramuccis).

                                    I thought Trump said he'd end it in 1 day (0.09 scaramuccis).

                                    Link to video

                                    Link to video

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                                    • 89th8 89th

                                      Wait, so Rubio said Trump's been working on this for 87 days (7.9 scaramuccis).

                                      I thought Trump said he'd end it in 1 day (0.09 scaramuccis).

                                      Link to video

                                      Link to video

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                                      taiwan_girl
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #2796

                                      @89th Shhhh! You are exposing the truth.

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #2797

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

                                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                          Tom-K
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #2798

                                          " ⁦@marcorubio is currently defining what it means to abandon absolutely every principle one used to hold dear."

                                          I guess that means Rubio is Presidential timber.

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