The Resident Gaffes Again
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@Aqua-Letifer said in The Resident Gaffes Again:
I just think playing Armchair Commander-In-Chief with respect to a war escalation is pretty much what "hubris" as a word was derived for.
There's no football on at the moment, so people can't opine convincingly about what a hopeless fool Bill Belichick or somebody is.
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Resident Gaffes Again:
There's no football on at the moment,
Just a few minutes ago the US men's team beat Panama 5 to 1, in what you chaps call football.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The Resident Gaffes Again:
There's no football on at the moment,
Just a few minutes ago the US men's team beat Panama 5 to 1, in what you chaps call football.
@Copper said in The Resident Gaffes Again:
@Doctor-Phibes said in The Resident Gaffes Again:
There's no football on at the moment,
Just a few minutes ago the US men's team beat Panama 5 to 1, in what you chaps call football.
Nah, that's soccer. A game that would be much more interesting if they let the bull back out in that pasture.
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@Renauda: Biden’s remark of responding “in kind” should Russia use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine is an appropriate statement.
I agree, but not by the likes of Biden. Such a statement should have no scintilla of political suckupery. Anyone who contemplates making such a statement for such a reason proves himself frighteningly incapable of standing up convincingly.
Reagan's 'tear down that wall' rang with power and great credibility. Is this US the same as that US?
Putin should be in doubt . . .
I assume you meant in no doubt.
. . . that use of chemical weapons could result in an all out NATO military response in support of Ukraine that will prevail.
Yes, if we're going to respond, then let's do it unmistakably. But how does this comport with your post the other day that such a response might/would compel Putin to heighten his aggression? What then?
From here on it’s up to Putin to govern his actions not the other way round as has been the case.
Yeah, but what if he doesn't?
I wish I had a clearer idea of where the American people lie in all of this -- without a lot of politicized claptrap about left vs right social shit gumming up the terrain. How well versed are we in the issue? And how prepared are we for whatever may transpire? Plainly, do we have the balls to follow through on whatever our sabre-ratting may lead to? Again, a clear visage without a lot of wish-think.
Who has the wisdom? Who do we listen to?
Also, I'd like to ask Putin, why now? If he's moving on Ukraine because he feels the time is advantageous, how is he framing the advantage in his own mind? I feel like it's important to have a clear understanding of what Putin wants right now.
I wish I knew more.
Putin should be in doubt . . .
I assume you meant in no doubt.
You are correct, that should read “no doubt”A hazard of typing with one finger on an iPhone.
. . . that use of chemical weapons could result in an all out NATO military response in support of Ukraine that will prevail.
Yes, if we're going to respond, then let's do it unmistakably. But how does this comport with your post the other day that such a response might/would compel Putin to heighten his aggression? What then??
Good point. However if he is confident that a NATO response to any use chemical weapons by Russia will not include a military action of “some kind” he can and will escalate as he sees fit. In other words, he maintains the initiative. The situation is changing by the day, if not the hour, and in ways not in his favour. Hence the recent talk of focussing attention on the eastern regions and possible partitioning of Ukraine into east and west. He is creating his own off ramp. Our response should be increasing pressure to continue to draw down his forces and mitigate his imperial designs and rhetoric.
I really do not think Biden is doing that bad of a job of breaking Putin’s confidence and swagger.
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@George-K said in The Resident Gaffes Again:
Bullshit.
I have it on good authority presidents cannot move markets.
@Jolly said in The Resident Gaffes Again:
I have it on good authority presidents cannot move markets.
:couple_with_heart:
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@Jolly said in The Resident Gaffes Again:
I have it on good authority presidents cannot move markets.
:couple_with_heart:
@taiwan_girl said in The Resident Gaffes Again:
@Jolly said in The Resident Gaffes Again:
I have it on good authority presidents cannot move markets.
:couple_with_heart:
Your teachings are catching on here TG. I will try to take a lesson. I feel many of my teachings fall on deaf ears.
