So it seems Russia is withdrawing 'some' of its troops from the border.

Meanwhile they engaged their cyberwarfare protocol.

It's okay, I've got China taking Taiwan in apocalypse bingo

They are waiting to see if the US does anything to Russia to make up their minds.

What if US makes Ukraine the 53rd state?!?

Too liberal for the GOP to allow it.

So the footage Russia sent of troops being pulled from the Ukraine was from after they annexed the Crimea. He did not pull any troops away from this current conflict.

Feb 16, 2022 14:53:35 GMT c said:

So the footage Russia sent of troops being pulled from the Ukraine was from after they annexed the Crimea. He did not pull any troops away from this current conflict.

Did they do it? It be Wednesday.

Field hospitals being constructed now. They so going in tomorrow. People also have noticed US spy drones in the skies above the Ukraine.

Russia flying off US Navy aircrafts in the Mediterranean Sea now. Navy reported that there was a serious risk of an accident over it and that the moves were done with extreme recklessness. An crash caused by Russia trying to control the airspace could be seen as an act of war.

To be fair [/Letterkenny], they need something to help global economies bounce back. If it wasn't this it was going to be something else. War is good for profit. Economics 101.


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We're already paying high utilities and gas.  Not sure when it comes from here.

That was rhetorical BTW.  I do know why, but it sucks.

Yeah, US needs a new enemy to rally against now the we are over the middle east. Make the Russian bloc a new evil and we can finally get that defense budget over a trillion a year in inflation free cash.  Think of how much people will save on their taxes too if we go to war China, can send those fucking zoomers off to their deaths with a draft.

Official statement from Russia:

"Wars rarely start on a Wednesday."

Yup.

So turns out not only did Putin not remove troops, he actually added about 7000 more.

Trump allies will fight US involvement in the war and are fighting to prevent the US from even deploying troops to Poland.  They want us to ignore the Ukraine and feel the Ukraine is just getting what they deserve for their deals with the democrats and not helping Trump when he asked for it.  Basically they want dirt on Biden or Hillary to protect them.

Mitch/Pence GOP want us to defend the Ukraine and prepare to start war deployment.  

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A school was hit with a mortal shell.  Ukraine claims it was Russia, Russia said Ukraine shelled themselves as a false flag operation.  Getting interesting now.  

NATO in 3-2-1

Be the first time my ex won't be involved. He retired from the military finally last week.

US diplomats getting expelled now from Russia. We doing this.

Cold War 2.0

Fox News wants you to know that this is just a Russian military exercise made up by democrats and totally not Russian aggression which is fake news.

The attack by the separatists is exactly the strategy I would expect of Putin.
They attack, Ukraine responds and Putin moves in to protect the falsely accused Russian loyalists.

What is clear is that neither NATO nor the US has any appetite for a war in Ukraine that could quickly spiral.
That's why they call it a nuclear deterrent I guess.

Putin is just testing the waters with a layer of deniability to see what he can get away with. Now he got an attack in and was not punished he may just have the separatists do what he wants then claim no knowledge then ressure his allies in US media to sell this to the American people, like they did that Russia is our ally and NATO is an enemy of the US.

US is ready for war and frankly, our special interests want it badly. All moderates are onboard for war, as are most of the mainline members of both parties. War is inflation free money, so who cares if we spend several trillion?

I imagine that a lot of this is a plot to make Ukraine sue for peace and officially cede Crimea and maybe Donbas.

Locks then into a place where they can be attacked and not retaliate while normalizing that Donbas is Russia territory. Ukraine cannot deal with the separatists since Russia will consider it an act of war, despite it being part of the Ukraine. By not taking action, it becomes a sign that this area is already Russian in the eyes of the world.

I don't see any scenario where the USA puts troops into Ukraine.
It's one where they will hide behind NATO and the UN security council.
NATO member countries with the exception of the USA are all completely vulnerable to a Russian missle strike, nobody wants war over the Ukraine. If this wasn't the case, Putin wouldn't be massing troops on the border... He's not an idiot.
He's smarter that most of the current crops of world leaders.

Our troops were ordered out of the Ukraine 3 days ago until Putin make an act of aggression. Then we will go in hard to secure the border while we bomb the shit out of their supply lines.

That won't happen.

The US has convinced themselves they're good at war. They've butchered the Middle East creating more enemies than eliminating them, tapped out to some North Vietnamese rice farmers despite twice the strength, and of course convinced themselves they won WWII after 80% of the work was done.

And now they want to fight The Mad Russians in Eastern Europe over the muddy, overcast shit-hole that is Ukraine. While Russia's new best mate in China awaits the hot tag.

Biden would be nuts sending young men to die in a war no-one wants over a country who's number one export is unofficially human trafficking.

Putin's whole strategy is to threaten nuclear war. That's what it's been for years, it's why when he took office, he expanded the parameters under which Russia can justify a nuclear strike (Which is what you always want to do, have MORE reasons to attack). It's a bluff because Putin is well aware that a nuclear assault would result in nuclear retaliation, which is the game he wants to play. "Are you willing to risk the end of all life on Earth or will you give me what I want?"

Hmmm

Hmmm