US has no good options in Ukraine

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Of course they say that because they want more funding

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Anonymous wrote:The smart thing for Russia to do would be just to inject a lot of fear and uncertainty in the world..look at the US right now. The stock market is tanking because of excessive speculation and an asset bubble. Russia is banning crypto, which is tanking Bitcoin. All Russia has to do is threaten to destabilize the region without actually intending to do anything. The fear will cause the collapse of the US economy. That would allow Russia to bring the US to its knees without ever needing to fire a single shit, cost a drop of Russian blood, not require an outrageous spending. A perfect evil genius way to attack asymmetrically. The US economy is levered to the gills and is in the verge of crashing. It only takes the injection of fear to push it over the edge

Stock market is not tanking. Are you nuts? Tanking is 2008. If anything this is a minor correction which happens all the time. There is no fear in the US. It will be a pain in the ass to put 500,000 American troops in the NATO countries but that is what we will do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The smart thing for Russia to do would be just to inject a lot of fear and uncertainty in the world..look at the US right now. The stock market is tanking because of excessive speculation and an asset bubble. Russia is banning crypto, which is tanking Bitcoin. All Russia has to do is threaten to destabilize the region without actually intending to do anything. The fear will cause the collapse of the US economy. That would allow Russia to bring the US to its knees without ever needing to fire a single shit, cost a drop of Russian blood, not require an outrageous spending. A perfect evil genius way to attack asymmetrically. The US economy is levered to the gills and is in the verge of crashing. It only takes the injection of fear to push it over the edge

You are right that they are bluffing but they don’t want that much, just removal of some sanctions and the go ahead for nord stream 2

That went out the window when they expanded their demands to include sacrificing Romania and Bulgaria.

It’s much easier to de escalate when some demands are clearly ridiculous

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The smart thing for Russia to do would be just to inject a lot of fear and uncertainty in the world..look at the US right now. The stock market is tanking because of excessive speculation and an asset bubble. Russia is banning crypto, which is tanking Bitcoin. All Russia has to do is threaten to destabilize the region without actually intending to do anything. The fear will cause the collapse of the US economy. That would allow Russia to bring the US to its knees without ever needing to fire a single shit, cost a drop of Russian blood, not require an outrageous spending. A perfect evil genius way to attack asymmetrically. The US economy is levered to the gills and is in the verge of crashing. It only takes the injection of fear to push it over the edge

You are right that they are bluffing but they don’t want that much, just removal of some sanctions and the go ahead for nord stream 2

That went out the window when they expanded their demands to include sacrificing Romania and Bulgaria.

It’s much easier to de escalate when some demands are clearly ridiculous

It's actually harder because it's so over the top that there's no place to begin. It also shows rhat there's no good faith and that negotiations are pointless. It was such an incompetent move.

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Russia will manufacture a grey zone conflict using cyber and information operations. That will create an excuse to escalate using PMCs for kinetic warfare, with support from volunteers they've mobilized in their Western District. The conscripts who are there are mainly for logistics support to ensure they can hold land up to the Dnieper River. Then, the Kremlin will deploy a stabilization force to "bring the peace." -OSD Analyst

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The smart thing for Russia to do would be just to inject a lot of fear and uncertainty in the world..look at the US right now. The stock market is tanking because of excessive speculation and an asset bubble. Russia is banning crypto, which is tanking Bitcoin. All Russia has to do is threaten to destabilize the region without actually intending to do anything. The fear will cause the collapse of the US economy. That would allow Russia to bring the US to its knees without ever needing to fire a single shit, cost a drop of Russian blood, not require an outrageous spending. A perfect evil genius way to attack asymmetrically. The US economy is levered to the gills and is in the verge of crashing. It only takes the injection of fear to push it over the edge

Russia is banning crypto... as they are on the brink of being cut off from the entire global SWIFT banking network? Wow.

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Anonymous wrote:Russia will manufacture a grey zone conflict using cyber and information operations. That will create an excuse to escalate using PMCs for kinetic warfare, with support from volunteers they've mobilized in their Western District. The conscripts who are there are mainly for logistics support to ensure they can hold land up to the Dnieper River. Then, the Kremlin will deploy a stabilization force to "bring the peace." -OSD Analyst

And of course everyone will know it and Russia will have zero plausible deniability.

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Anonymous wrote:Russia will manufacture a grey zone conflict using cyber and information operations. That will create an excuse to escalate using PMCs for kinetic warfare, with support from volunteers they've mobilized in their Western District. The conscripts who are there are mainly for logistics support to ensure they can hold land up to the Dnieper River. Then, the Kremlin will deploy a stabilization force to "bring the peace." -OSD Analyst

And of course everyone will know it and Russia will have zero plausible deniability.

Why would that matter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Russia will manufacture a grey zone conflict using cyber and information operations. That will create an excuse to escalate using PMCs for kinetic warfare, with support from volunteers they've mobilized in their Western District. The conscripts who are there are mainly for logistics support to ensure they can hold land up to the Dnieper River. Then, the Kremlin will deploy a stabilization force to "bring the peace." -OSD Analyst

and then the insurgency begins along with max sanctions and a full fledged NATO buildup in Poland and Romania. It'd be hilarious if Turkey closed the Bosporus after Russia deploys all its ships to the Black Sea to support this move.

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Anonymous wrote:Russia will manufacture a grey zone conflict using cyber and information operations. That will create an excuse to escalate using PMCs for kinetic warfare, with support from volunteers they've mobilized in their Western District. The conscripts who are there are mainly for logistics support to ensure they can hold land up to the Dnieper River. Then, the Kremlin will deploy a stabilization force to "bring the peace." -OSD Analyst

and then the insurgency begins along with max sanctions and a full fledged NATO buildup in Poland and Romania. It'd be hilarious if Turkey closed the Bosporus after Russia deploys all its ships to the Black Sea to support this move.

lol, thank you fake IC/think tank analysts.

[Anonymous]

Germans are doing everything they can to satisfy the Russians. Fritz just wants his natural gas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Germans are doing everything they can to satisfy the Russians. Fritz just wants his natural gas.

No, they surprisingly aren't. The plan is backfiring.

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Anonymous wrote:Incredibly ironic and hypocritical that the right wing says "The US should project strength and unity" while behind the scenes they are actively trying to destabilize the US and foment unrest and civil war which does the exact opposite.

Just STOP already.

Along with trying to alienate every possible ally we have in standing up against Russia and China...

Today's right wing seems hellbent on destroying the US and rolling out the red carpet for a Russian and Chinese takeover. The right wing's leaders are destructive cynical weasels actively involved in this, and the other half are witless dupes not capable of understanding any of this, but gleefully going along with it, because they think it's "owning the libs" or something.

Russia cannot fight the US. They probably could only fight NATO without the US to a short term tie and long term loss. They are not a superpower. They can roll the Ukraine. They want no part of the US because Putin who is punching above his weight will be exposed. But he will force us to a massive buildup in the NATO countries before he backs down.

[Anonymous]

Very cool time lapse of the Russian military build up….but also highlights some of Russia’s weakness:

https://news.sky.com/story/whats-going-on-at-russian-military-bases-near-ukraine-12521842

[Anonymous]

So only the U.S. is allowed to topple the government and invade countries today?
So... how do like them apples?