US has no good options in Ukraine

[Anonymous]

To re-establish Donbas region is estimated to about 21 billion dollars. Russia don’t have the money. Let’s just see what will happen.

[Anonymous]

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I'm French, and tonight I'm very depressed about Ukraine. I can well believe promises on NATO expansion were not kept and it sticks in Putin's craw, but that is not a reason to invade a sovereign country and destroy lives. It's sad that he's using this false "Ukraine belongs to Russia" idea. Russians don't particularly want Ukraine to be part of Russia, they'd be happy to have Ukraine as a good neighbor. There are many Ukrainians living in Russia who still have ties to their country. However pressures on state media will hide all the death and destruction from them, and they will never know the extent of the damage.

So why is Putin really doing this? Who knows. It's just sad.

Strategic depth.

Why does France conduct operations in Africa?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To re-establish Donbas region is estimated to about 21 billion dollars. Russia don’t have the money. Let’s just see what will happen.

Read Adam tooze

Rússia has 650 billion dollars foreign reserves.

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Anonymous wrote:Why in the hell is Joe holding off on these very serious sanctions they keep talking about?

Seems as if so far, they have only sanctioned people in Ukraine. What about the damn Russians?

My God, Robert Gates was right. He can't get anything right when it comes to foreign policy (or domestic policy, for that matter).

+1 I cannot believe this bumbling idiot is the leader of the United States and is leading us into a war. It has to be so he can divert attention away from the economy, take us into military industrial complex level spending, and blame “Russian interference” for the primaries.

Sit down. Biden is dealing with more moving parts than you are capable of understanding.

No, I won’t sit down. Biden isn’t capable of dealing with moving parts. We all know he isn’t in charge here. Remember when Putin annexed Crimea under Obama? And remember when Obama told Romney he was stupid to think Russia was our greatest adversary? And remember when everyone was terrified Trump would get us into a world war and it never happened? Putin knows weakness when he sees it. He knows Biden will follow Obama era policy.

And, the debacle in Afghanistan sealed the deal as far as Putin was concerned.

The only moving parts Biden is capable of dealing with are the moving parts that result in his daily constitutional. And, even those moving parts are occasionally tough for him to handle.

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Anonymous wrote:Why in the hell is Joe holding off on these very serious sanctions they keep talking about?

Seems as if so far, they have only sanctioned people in Ukraine. What about the damn Russians?

My God, Robert Gates was right. He can't get anything right when it comes to foreign policy (or domestic policy, for that matter).

+1 I cannot believe this bumbling idiot is the leader of the United States and is leading us into a war. It has to be so he can divert attention away from the economy, take us into military industrial complex level spending, and blame “Russian interference” for the primaries.

Sit down. Biden is dealing with more moving parts than you are capable of understanding.

No, I won’t sit down. Biden isn’t capable of dealing with moving parts. We all know he isn’t in charge here. Remember when Putin annexed Crimea under Obama? And remember when Obama told Romney he was stupid to think Russia was our greatest adversary? And remember when everyone was terrified Trump would get us into a world war and it never happened? Putin knows weakness when he sees it. He knows Biden will follow Obama era policy.

And, the debacle in Afghanistan sealed the deal as far as Putin was concerned.

The only moving parts Biden is capable of dealing with are the moving parts that result in his daily constitutional. And, even those moving parts are occasionally tough for him to handle.

Uh you DO know that it was Trump who signed the deal handing Afghanistan over to the Taliban, right?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why in the hell is Joe holding off on these very serious sanctions they keep talking about?

Seems as if so far, they have only sanctioned people in Ukraine. What about the damn Russians?

My God, Robert Gates was right. He can't get anything right when it comes to foreign policy (or domestic policy, for that matter).

+1 I cannot believe this bumbling idiot is the leader of the United States and is leading us into a war. It has to be so he can divert attention away from the economy, take us into military industrial complex level spending, and blame “Russian interference” for the primaries.

Sit down. Biden is dealing with more moving parts than you are capable of understanding.

No, I won’t sit down. Biden isn’t capable of dealing with moving parts. We all know he isn’t in charge here. Remember when Putin annexed Crimea under Obama? And remember when Obama told Romney he was stupid to think Russia was our greatest adversary? And remember when everyone was terrified Trump would get us into a world war and it never happened? Putin knows weakness when he sees it. He knows Biden will follow Obama era policy.

And, the debacle in Afghanistan sealed the deal as far as Putin was concerned.

The only moving parts Biden is capable of dealing with are the moving parts that result in his daily constitutional. And, even those moving parts are occasionally tough for him to handle.

Haha 100%

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why in the hell is Joe holding off on these very serious sanctions they keep talking about?

Seems as if so far, they have only sanctioned people in Ukraine. What about the damn Russians?

My God, Robert Gates was right. He can't get anything right when it comes to foreign policy (or domestic policy, for that matter).

+1 I cannot believe this bumbling idiot is the leader of the United States and is leading us into a war. It has to be so he can divert attention away from the economy, take us into military industrial complex level spending, and blame “Russian interference” for the primaries.

Sit down. Biden is dealing with more moving parts than you are capable of understanding.

No, I won’t sit down. Biden isn’t capable of dealing with moving parts. We all know he isn’t in charge here. Remember when Putin annexed Crimea under Obama? And remember when Obama told Romney he was stupid to think Russia was our greatest adversary? And remember when everyone was terrified Trump would get us into a world war and it never happened? Putin knows weakness when he sees it. He knows Biden will follow Obama era policy.

And, the debacle in Afghanistan sealed the deal as far as Putin was concerned.

The only moving parts Biden is capable of dealing with are the moving parts that result in his daily constitutional. And, even those moving parts are occasionally tough for him to handle.

Uh you DO know that it was Trump who signed the deal handing Afghanistan over to the Taliban, right?

Uh You DO know that Democrats in Congress wanted all troops out of Afghanistan. Trump never would have removed equipment before troops and civilians. The CF that happened in Afghanistan was Biden’s doing. I don’t even like Trump, but you’re delusional if you blame Trump for the overwhelming failure of Biden’s decisions in Afghanistan. Putin saw what happened too. He knows he can do whatever he wants.

[Anonymous]

New US sanctions are a joke: they prohibit trade with these territories as if they had trade with any countries besides Russia. When Obama imposed similar sanctions on Crimea, local mom and pop stores put notes on their doors saying “Obama is not allowed to enter this store”. I can envision the “Biden not allowed” mirror sanctions on some store doors tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why in the hell is Joe holding off on these very serious sanctions they keep talking about?

Seems as if so far, they have only sanctioned people in Ukraine. What about the damn Russians?

My God, Robert Gates was right. He can't get anything right when it comes to foreign policy (or domestic policy, for that matter).

+1 I cannot believe this bumbling idiot is the leader of the United States and is leading us into a war. It has to be so he can divert attention away from the economy, take us into military industrial complex level spending, and blame “Russian interference” for the primaries.

Sit down. Biden is dealing with more moving parts than you are capable of understanding.

No, I won’t sit down. Biden isn’t capable of dealing with moving parts. We all know he isn’t in charge here. Remember when Putin annexed Crimea under Obama? And remember when Obama told Romney he was stupid to think Russia was our greatest adversary? And remember when everyone was terrified Trump would get us into a world war and it never happened? Putin knows weakness when he sees it. He knows Biden will follow Obama era policy.

And, the debacle in Afghanistan sealed the deal as far as Putin was concerned.

The only moving parts Biden is capable of dealing with are the moving parts that result in his daily constitutional. And, even those moving parts are occasionally tough for him to handle.

+1.

His mental decline is obvious and sad. But it is undeniable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

I'm French, and tonight I'm very depressed about Ukraine. I can well believe promises on NATO expansion were not kept and it sticks in Putin's craw, but that is not a reason to invade a sovereign country and destroy lives. It's sad that he's using this false "Ukraine belongs to Russia" idea. Russians don't particularly want Ukraine to be part of Russia, they'd be happy to have Ukraine as a good neighbor. There are many Ukrainians living in Russia who still have ties to their country. However pressures on state media will hide all the death and destruction from them, and they will never know the extent of the damage.

So why is Putin really doing this? Who knows. It's just sad.

Strategic depth.

Why does France conduct operations in Africa?

What on earth does that mean? There is no strategic depth, he already has access to the Black Sea and major ports. And the French tried to prevent civil war in Mali (unsuccessfully, but they were the only ones trying and they lost lives doing it).

[Anonymous]

A little bird told me that Putin has early Alzheimer's, and that this is hastening any military actions under consideration (remember that he's not a dictator, he's governing with an oligarchy, so there are several people deciding and maneuvering). Have you heard anything about that?

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Anonymous wrote:To re-establish Donbas region is estimated to about 21 billion dollars. Russia don’t have the money. Let’s just see what will happen.

Read Adam tooze

Rússia has 650 billion dollars foreign reserves.

Sure it’s not millions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why in the hell is Joe holding off on these very serious sanctions they keep talking about?

Seems as if so far, they have only sanctioned people in Ukraine. What about the damn Russians?

My God, Robert Gates was right. He can't get anything right when it comes to foreign policy (or domestic policy, for that matter).

+1 I cannot believe this bumbling idiot is the leader of the United States and is leading us into a war. It has to be so he can divert attention away from the economy, take us into military industrial complex level spending, and blame “Russian interference” for the primaries.

Sit down. Biden is dealing with more moving parts than you are capable of understanding.

No, I won’t sit down. Biden isn’t capable of dealing with moving parts. We all know he isn’t in charge here. Remember when Putin annexed Crimea under Obama? And remember when Obama told Romney he was stupid to think Russia was our greatest adversary? And remember when everyone was terrified Trump would get us into a world war and it never happened? Putin knows weakness when he sees it. He knows Biden will follow Obama era policy.

Which just means more Ukrainian land grab by the Russians. Don’t forget Belarus. Today, it’s not only Donbas region, but Belarus as well fell to Russia. The troops that are there, will now be there permanently, and it’s official. Well played, sad to admit. If it wasn’t for the diplomacy of the past weeks, more of Ukraine would have been grabbed (or may be it will in the next days).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why in the hell is Joe holding off on these very serious sanctions they keep talking about?

Seems as if so far, they have only sanctioned people in Ukraine. What about the damn Russians?

My God, Robert Gates was right. He can't get anything right when it comes to foreign policy (or domestic policy, for that matter).

+1 I cannot believe this bumbling idiot is the leader of the United States and is leading us into a war. It has to be so he can divert attention away from the economy, take us into military industrial complex level spending, and blame “Russian interference” for the primaries.

Sit down. Biden is dealing with more moving parts than you are capable of understanding.

No, I won’t sit down. Biden isn’t capable of dealing with moving parts. We all know he isn’t in charge here. Remember when Putin annexed Crimea under Obama? And remember when Obama told Romney he was stupid to think Russia was our greatest adversary? And remember when everyone was terrified Trump would get us into a world war and it never happened? Putin knows weakness when he sees it. He knows Biden will follow Obama era policy.

And, the debacle in Afghanistan sealed the deal as far as Putin was concerned.

The only moving parts Biden is capable of dealing with are the moving parts that result in his daily constitutional. And, even those moving parts are occasionally tough for him to handle.

Uh you DO know that it was Trump who signed the deal handing Afghanistan over to the Taliban, right?

Uh You DO know that Democrats in Congress wanted all troops out of Afghanistan. Trump never would have removed equipment before troops and civilians. The CF that happened in Afghanistan was Biden’s doing. I don’t even like Trump, but you’re delusional if you blame Trump for the overwhelming failure of Biden’s decisions in Afghanistan. Putin saw what happened too. He knows he can do whatever he wants.

Oh please. And you do know that Republicans wanted us to stay indefinitely and waste trillions more?

Trump had zero coherent plan for Afghanistan. Had he been responsible for the withdrawal, it would have been even more rushed, with even less planning. And worse yet, he said he would have destroyed the Afghan National Army's equipment, meaning an even bigger betrayal and even faster collapse to the Taliban. The idiot wasn't even aware that most of the equipment he was talking about wasn't "US equipment" and that it had been transferred to the Afghan National Army over the span of the 20 years prior. https://theweek.com/afghanistan/1004326/trump-bomb-the-hell-out-of-us-equipment-left-behind-in-afghanistan Trump also shut down the SIV offices that were processing papers needed for translators and other close Afghan allies. Afghanistan withdrawal under Trump would have been far worse of a disaster than it was under Biden. Anyone thinking otherwise is clueless and massively delusional.