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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 Offline
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      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 Offline
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          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 Offline
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                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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                            Doctor Phibes
                            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-nycJ Online
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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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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote last edited by Renauda
                                        #2799

                                        The ineptitude of Trump and Witkoff:

                                        https://timothyash.substack.com/p/a-fools-guide-to-putin-and-ukraine

                                        Elbows up!

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                                        • W Offline
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                                          Wim
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #2800

                                          Divide et impera:

                                          https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/22/ukraine-russia-rubio-london-crimea-peace-deal/

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