The Resident Gaffes Again

[Horace]

I would still be qualified to dissect American culture and all of its denizens.

[Jolly]

I do know one thing Mr. Biden said...Several months ago, when the Ukranians were begging for Harpoons, he said no.

Now, he's considering it...

[Copper]

@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.

[Jolly]

@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.

[Renauda]

@Catseye3

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.

[Mik]

The sanctions and isolation are causing real pain for Putin. In that respect I think its been quite effective, although it will still take time to unwind.

[taiwan_girl]

@Jolly said in The Resident Gaffes Again:

I have it on good authority presidents cannot move markets.

[Horace]

@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.

Your teachings are catching on here TG. I will try to take a lesson. I feel many of my teachings fall on deaf ears.

[George K]

Who you gonna believe, me or your own lying ears?

[Horace]

Political science deniers might believe that the past isn't malleable.