Not to derail (hopefully just food for thought) but I'm thinking that a few (cognizant) wanna-be tyrants in this country are digesting the effectiveness of rag-tag but determined Ukrainian citizens as we speak - in relation to their own domestic ambitions.
There are lots of reports that Putin is sending in 2nd stringers and the a team is just waiting for the call-up. I wonder if what we are seeing is what the Russian military is a mix. Some highly trained highly skilled special operators and conscripts who may not have decent training and second hand equipment.No no no. I'm telling you why Russian soldiers are so ill equipped, malnourished, beaten, and uninformed. This also isn't something new coming to light of this conflict. I've seen them first hand, and I've seen the behavior first hand. They'd scale apple trees and gorge themselves on tiny green spring apples and shit themselves while they eat. I've seen them trade AK's and ammo for bread. I've seen them raise feral hogs in their barracks to supplement their non-existing rations. If you google that term, you'll find tons of sites and books describing this tradition.
Also, your third sentence there is... a bit incoherent. Don't even know what you're trying to say there.
I agree with your entire thesis 1000% Hfcomms.
I'm really starting to wonder just how many thousands of unseen western assets are really there on the ground scrambling and even more above tracking and coordinating targets for the Ukraines.
Thread drift alert.
Well Trudeau is not needed here we have enough woke well meaning fascists we are full up. And I took french in high school its a very confusing language so we don’t need another language on the atm instruction page.
We would absolutely love the rest of Canada that is tired of sending money to corrupt central state, you can become part of the US and send your money to a new corrupt central state.
So surry about that, eh!
Too damn many.
I disagree. While independent and objective are close, they are not the same in meaning. I saw no leaning in Artifically's post. What do I see on this board is mainly anti-Russian sympathies. A lot of us formed their opinions back during the Cold War, where we were taught from a young age to fear and hate anything from the evil U.S.S.R. We feared them dropping an atomic bomb on us, to the point that most old buildings had fallout shelters in their basements, and we were instructed to take cover from that blinding flash of light, under our desks. Old beliefs, like old habits, are hard to break. Remember, we were also taught that anything the U.S. did was good. How has that played out?
Why? So far, very little of what was expected seems to have worked out for the Russians.
There was no crowing about victory. It was a message saying that they fought, and continue to fight, despite the expectations of the rest of the world.
It's gonna take more than 1 bowl for me to make it thru
QFT
Nothing is stopping them. The Governor is making an official suggestion, that's all.
That's actually not a a bad idea - inviting him to mediate peace talks. I wonder if he'd accept. I'm pretty sure Bai-Den would try to restrict his travel but can you imagine the howling!
Not likely. A Nato no fly zone would create an obvious Nato vs Russian shoot down. Nato wants all the fighting to stay contained in Ukraine. The other obvious part is direct Nato vs Russian engagement could easily escalate to the use of nuclear weapons and nobody including Klaus and company can manage events after Russia, China or US goes to that escalation.
I believe one notable commentator on world events referred to it as the "precipice". Indeed, we seem to be headed there.
And this is an excellent example why every citizen MUST HAVE the right to keep and bare arms. What we're now seeing in Ukraine with over 10,000 arms being distributed to civilians is essentially putting a sniper in EVERY WINDOW the Russians face. Before they were only facing the muzzles of Ukraine's military. Now they are facing muzzles from EVERY UKRAINIAN! Every window, every bush, every "blade of grass" is a potential threat. That totally paints a different picture for the invaders.
I hope and pray Putin gets a great big nasty BLOODY NOSE from this stupid maneuver. AND....would love it even more if Ukraine gains back the two eastern regions and Crimea by the time all this is over.
That goes both ways.
Is the current political battle over Ukraine just a pretext for the US to earn money via the energy sector, increasing supplies?
How likely is it that the US might now try to establish control over transit routes going through Ukraine? Will the “Russian invasion” narrative be used as a pretext for doing so?
To what extent can the US indeed provide energy security for Europe by supplying resources?
Can Europe survive without Russian energy supplies, if they were to be disrupted now due to the standoff and sanctions?
Is the fate of Nord Stream 2 at risk yet again amid recent developments?
Is LNG a viable alternative to less expensive Russian gas speeding over to European countries?
[Sputnik asks about Europe’s energy security]
www.zerohedge.com
Yep, then game over...Thermonuclear Annellation.