zeddd
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To me it seems, from listening to his latest speech, that he is psychotic and paranoid. This is a bad combo for a Russian leader.
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Fogdog
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"America is the biggest terrorist state of them all."
Tell that to the people in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan: Why are there riots and why are Russian troops there?
Security forces have killed dozens of suspected rioters and Russian troops have been called in.
www.bbc.com
Fogdog
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Just looking a pictures of him, it seems to me he can afford to lose a few pounds.
Lucky Luke
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And in trouble at the Polls. Like Trump and our Morrison they are dim wits.
Unclebaldrick
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Wow. So edgy.
0potato0
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Why Russia's Hypersonic Missiles Can't Be Seen on Radar
The speed of hypersonic weapons are changing the way the world's military minds think about the future of great power conflicts in ways no one could have predicted.
0potato0
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Once the peaceful protestors starting to chop heads off everyone saw the pattern and realized who they worked for."America is the biggest terrorist state of them all."
Tell that to the people in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan: Why are there riots and why are Russian troops there?
Security forces have killed dozens of suspected rioters and Russian troops have been called in.
zeddd
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This was published in Tass on 16/2:
Lebanese expert on military strategy, General Charles Abi Nader told TASS on Wednesday.
"In the conditions when the United States and Western countries are deliberately escalating the international situation, exploiting the developments around Ukraine, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu visits Damascus to send a warning message from there," the Lebanese general pointed out.
"It implies that Russia will use its strategic facilities in Syria in the event of military confrontation with NATO,"
To do what?
Lebanese expert on military strategy, General Charles Abi Nader told TASS on Wednesday.
"In the conditions when the United States and Western countries are deliberately escalating the international situation, exploiting the developments around Ukraine, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu visits Damascus to send a warning message from there," the Lebanese general pointed out.
"It implies that Russia will use its strategic facilities in Syria in the event of military confrontation with NATO,"
To do what?
zeddd
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He drinks excessively so it will be a challenge
Crumpetlicker
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Everything is war.............
For all my brothers and sisters, wherever you are.............
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Unclebaldrick
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They're in the cubicles surrounding you.
Offmymeds
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Putin miscalculated, badly. Russsian citizens will pay a very steep price. Dissent will be crushed fiercely. I hope this could be the beginning of the end of him.
The Germans especially along with the rest of the EU and the UK are making huge sacrifices to stop Putin's aggression. Unfortunately here we'll have a huge swath of citizens willing to let Ukraine be taken, willing to end democracy, willing, actually desiring authoritarian rule while calling themselves freedom fighters. They'll react to gas prices going up & decide it's best to just let Putin run wild, end democracy, jail opponents, kill journalists.
The GOP is a complete disgrace. They spit on Reagan's legacy now. They spit on democracy. Fuck them all.
The Germans especially along with the rest of the EU and the UK are making huge sacrifices to stop Putin's aggression. Unfortunately here we'll have a huge swath of citizens willing to let Ukraine be taken, willing to end democracy, willing, actually desiring authoritarian rule while calling themselves freedom fighters. They'll react to gas prices going up & decide it's best to just let Putin run wild, end democracy, jail opponents, kill journalists.
The GOP is a complete disgrace. They spit on Reagan's legacy now. They spit on democracy. Fuck them all.
captainmorgan
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Oil may hit $200 with this shit going on, that will make the shirtless midget happy.
Unclebaldrick
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DIY-HP-LED
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I'm familiar with the deal, they had not just a deal with Germany, but a completed Nordstream2 pipeline. Give China options and incentives, the carrot and the stick. The oil producing regions in Russia are distant from China.
HGCC
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I 100% would have made that statement as a 14 year old, wearing jnco's and an anarchy symbol t shirt, thinking I was the smartest person in the room.
Then I would have yelled the word penis as loud as possible in a mall food court.
cannabineer
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Then, the tall sophomore working the corn dog stand grins, waves and shouts “over here!”
He's a Prince..the emo is a nice touch.Rewriting History, Putin Pitches Russia as Defender of an Expanding Motherland
In an emotional and angry speech, the president justified his decision to recognize breakaway states in Eastern Ukraine as independent.
President Vladimir Putin pitched Moscow as a defender of its historical motherland on a crusade to protect Russians and Russian speakers from “genocide” as he justified the dramatic decision to recognize the independence of pro-Russian separatsts in Eastern Ukraine late on Monday.
In an hour-long emotional, and occasionally angry, address to the nation, Putin outlined his interpretation of Ukrainian history and what he sees as persecution of Russians in the Donbas, concluding that he was left with no choice but to recognize the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states.
“The West acts as if there are no horrors and no genocide, to which almost four million people are being subjected,” Putin said in the closing remarks of his address, speaking from behind a desk in his office.
“How long can this tragedy continue? How much longer can we stomach it?”
“They are fighting for their basic rights — to live on their own land, to speak their own language, to preserve their culture and traditions,” he added, in reference to the Donbas residents.
In Putin’s telling, that is a “culture and tradition” inherently Russian in nature, since he has repeatedly expressed skepticism toward the idea of a separate Ukrainian historical identity.
Putin also dedicated lengthy sections of his speech to undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty — describing Kyiv’s status as the capital of an independent sovereign country as little more than a gift from Moscow. The implication being that it is Moscow’s to potentially take back.
“Modern Ukraine was completely and wholly created by Russia,” Putin said Monday, before diving into a lengthy description of Vladimir Lenin’s decision to “create” Ukraine shortly after the Russian Revolution in 1917.
The speech drew heavily on patriotic and nationalistic language, with the formal recognition — ratified Tuesday by Russia’s parliament — coming a day before Russia’s annual “Defenders of the Fatherland” public holiday, a Soviet-era celebration of the country’s armed forces.
Eventually turning to the current standoff, he accused leaders in Kyiv of escalating the situation in the eastern part of Ukraine, saying they have “embarked on the path of violence, bloodshed, lawlessness, and they do not recognize any other solution to the Donbass issue, except a military one.”
The speech was the culmination of a years-long campaign by Putin to rewrite the history of the Russian-Ukrainian relationship, experts said.
Prior to Monday’s address, Putin’s most substantial thinking on the Ukraine issue had been outlined in a lengthy essay — “on the historical unity of Russians and Ukranians” — published last July.
Analysts saw a clear line between that essay and the content of Monday’s speech. But many fear the immediate act — recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk Peoples’ Republics — is far from the extent of Putin’s true ambitions. Instead, Putin placed the recognition of the republics in a much larger framework of a Russian maximalism, which might be unable to stop at the borders of the Donbas.
“This will affect not only Ukraine, but other ex-Soviet countries — starting with Belarus and Moldova and ending with Kazakhstan and the rest of Central Asia,” said political scientist Ilya Graschenkov.
“Recognizing the DPR and the LPR seems to be only a small episode in the much larger issue of restoring the Soviet Union — if not to its previous borders, at least in the format of a mini-U.S.S.R.”
Putin’s interpretation of Ukrainian history — a combination of cherry-picking facts, purposeful misinterpretation and conspiracy theories — has been dismissed by experts as a “dangerously distorted reading of the past.”
What Russians themselves think of Putin’s actions is still up for interpretation, analysts say. Independent polling shows the Donbas is not Crimea — the annexation of which was widely popular and provided a long-lasting boost to Putin’s approval ratings, even as the economy slumped and Russians became poorer.
“Putin is mistaken about the degree of potential support for the ‘Russian rescue operation’ in Ukraine, which will inevitably follow,” said political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya.
“He deeply overestimates the level of support that the Russian population will give him. There will be no protests … but he will not receive broad support either.”
Others see in recognition a half-fulfilled idea that will leave even Putin’s most ardent supporters dissatisfied.
“There will be about a quarter — maybe a third — of the country who still sincerely buy into the Kremlin's patriotic rhetoric. But one question will be a thorn in their hearts: ‘Why did we only recognize them, and not accept them into Russia?’ That feeling of half-heartedness will somewhat spoil this potential feast,” said political scientist Abbas Galyamov.
“The restoration of the Donbas will require trillions, not to mention the maintenance of peace there. With our stagnating economy, this will not be easy,” Graschenkov wrote in a Telegram post. “Given that the euphoria of another victory … will soon subside, and a pile of problems will rapidly catch up with us, the geopolitical success could become a source of discontent.”
His message to Zelenskiy at the end of his address is being seen as a chilling marker of what could follow.
“From those who have seized and are holding power in Kyiv, we demand an immediate cessation of hostilities,” Putin said, moments after announcing his plans to recognize the breakaway states.
“Otherwise, full responsibility for any more bloodshed will be entirely on the conscience of the regime in power on the territory of Ukraine.”
Rewriting History, Putin Pitches Russia as Defender of an Expanding Motherland - The Moscow Times
President Vladimir Putin pitched Moscow as a defender of its historical motherland on a crusade to protect Russians and Russian speakers from “genocide” as he justified the dramatic decision to recognize the independence of pro-Russian separatsts in Eastern Ukraine late on Monday.www.themoscowtimes.com
From another article,
"The impression arises that, regardless of who is to blame for the recent escalation, events in Donbas might unfold as they did in Georgia in 2008. Under this scenario, Moscow would recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed republics then send its troops into the region, thereby guaranteeing that the conflict in Donbas would last for years, if not decades to come.
The other option of evacuating the entire population of the DPR and LPR into neighboring regions of Russia and returning the now-depopulated territory of Donbas to Kyiv appears much less likely.
Apparently, by stepping directly into the conflict on the side of the self-proclaimed republics, Russia could intimidate Kyiv into refraining from any more armed clashes in Donbas. But this is about the only advantage of granting formal recognition to the self-proclaimed republics.
The inevitable negative consequences of such a move would be both numerous and varied."
DIY-HP-LED
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So Vlad has kompromat on Pompeo too.
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Gen. McCaffrey: Trump, Pompeo's Support Of 'Murderous Thug' Putin Endangers America
Former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategy in Ukraine. Pompeo, in a February 18, 2022 interview, said Putin is "very shrewd, very capable. I have enormous respect for him" and referred to the Russian president as a "elegantly sophisticated counterpart." Trump referred to Putin's strategy in Ukraine as "genius," and wished Putin's "peacekeeper" forces could be used on the United States' Southern border.
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Gen. McCaffrey: Trump, Pompeo's Support Of 'Murderous Thug' Putin Endangers America
Former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategy in Ukraine. Pompeo, in a February 18, 2022 interview, said Putin is "very shrewd, very capable. I have enormous respect for him" and referred to the Russian president as a "elegantly sophisticated counterpart." Trump referred to Putin's strategy in Ukraine as "genius," and wished Putin's "peacekeeper" forces could be used on the United States' Southern border.