US has no good options in Ukraine

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Anonymous wrote:How significant is this

China will fill the gap.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
If Putin loses the Miltiary, there won't be a lot of bloodshed. Reports from Ukraine are mixed - it isn't going as planned despite the devastation bring brought by the Russians.


He is not going anywhere. Russia has a long tradition of suffering brutal and incompetent leaders. He will just kill a few generals for their failure and everyone will fall in line.

The past is not prologue. There was no internet or social media in that "long tradition of suffering". The post modern world requires a more educated populace (in every developed nation). People in Russia can now read and write. I wouldn't discount anything.

Sure do you think Internet access is private or state controlled in Russia? Do you understand how a police state functions? He wil just round up anyone protesting and make them disappear.

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Eu sanctions will have luxury goods exemption.

You can’t make this up!

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China consumes 50 percent of all semiconductors in the world, yet they only make about 30 percent so they are reliant on other sources for semiconductors. Taiwan makes 53 percent of the world's semiconductors. I highly doubt that China will be giving any to Russia. China needs to take over Taiwan and will probably try soon.

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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
If Putin loses the Miltiary, there won't be a lot of bloodshed. Reports from Ukraine are mixed - it isn't going as planned despite the devastation bring brought by the Russians.


He is not going anywhere. Russia has a long tradition of suffering brutal and incompetent leaders. He will just kill a few generals for their failure and everyone will fall in line.


The past is not prologue. There was no internet or social media in that "long tradition of suffering". The post modern world requires a more educated populace (in every developed nation). People in Russia can now read and write. I wouldn't discount anything.


Sure do you think Internet access is private or state controlled in Russia? Do you understand how a police state functions? He wil just round up anyone protesting and make them disappear.

Yes. He can do stuff like that as long as his minions stay loyal. How long does it last?

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Anonymous wrote:I know that Putin is looking at everybody putting the Ukrainian flag on their Facebook profile and is quaking in his shoes.

Not really. But babushkas on the metro with no war stitched on their handbags, oligarchs at threat of losing billions, battalions surrendering and thousands on the streets protesting in Russia do. Why is he begging for negotiations just two days into his glorious invasion?

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Anonymous wrote:

I realized it was reported that Trump tried extorting Zelensky. There is a lot of reporting on Trump that we are now finding out is false. No surprise there. You can keep blaming whoever you want to blame, but Putin made his move under Biden’s reign. He must have thought it was the right time to do so, as well as the right time to threaten the US and Europe with nukes. He clearly saw weakness.

You are a useful idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:

America is such a dump that even fleeing Ukrainians don’t want to come here.

I love my country. You should get the hell out.

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Anonymous wrote:

As Putin's actions have shown, this is sooooooooo much bigger than energy. The US could pump enough to provide all of the EU with energy supplies and Putin still would've invaded.

US intel has been really good on Putin and Ukraine, and now they are saying Putin's ambitions are "bigger than Ukraine."

Energy is just one issue. Europeans can survive a bit of cold. Germany can fire up it's nuclear reactors.

But Putin - and only Putin - wanted a war. Because he's driven by ideology.

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Ukrainian soldiers currently on a bridge in Kyiv

"this is what kyiv does for europe. what europe is doing for ukraine?"
https://twitter.com/MaximEristavi/status/1497184801211752463?s=20&t=YVvdXpJgUbQaZTnK_yqWfg

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Anonymous wrote:Eu sanctions will have luxury goods exemption.

You can’t make this up!

You DID make it up. Your claim is not true.

“Diplomats said that earlier resistance by some countries over specific sectors — for example, by Italy over luxury goods and Belgium over diamonds — had evaporated in the face of the invasion and that there was now broad consensus across the 27 member states.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/world/europe/russia-sanctions-european-union.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eu sanctions will have luxury goods exemption.

You can’t make this up!

You DID make it up. Your claim is not true.

“Diplomats said that earlier resistance by some countries over specific sectors — for example, by Italy over luxury goods and Belgium over diamonds — had evaporated in the face of the invasion and that there was now broad consensus across the 27 member states.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/world/europe/russia-sanctions-european-union.html

A reporter from the Telegraph is still reporting that there is a cutout for Italian luxury goods and Belgian diamonds

[Anonymous]

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman just said if Finland and Sweden try to join nato, they will face consequences.