US has no good options in Ukraine

[Anonymous]

The oligarchs will start complaining in a bit. This is a good start though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The oligarchs will start complaining in a bit. This is a good start though.

This is the only true way to get at Putin. The grand agreement between Putin and the oligarchs are that he allows them to have their money, so long as they give him his cut and they don't stir up domestic political opposition.

Make the lives of the oligarchs - their kids, wives, and mistresses - a living hell. The last thing an oligarch wants to do is be stuck in Russia with his kids and wife. If that happens, Putin will have a mutiny on his hands. If they can't spend money in the West, their lives are miserable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not take Russians income sorce away?? We can drill for and export oil and gas to Europe and end their dependants on Russia.

Tell Germany to turn their nuclear reactors back on.

[Anonymous]

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Wow, wishing death on fellow countrymen. MAGA folks sure are classy.

I am sensing great irony here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The oligarchs will start complaining in a bit. This is a good start though.

This is the only true way to get at Putin. The grand agreement between Putin and the oligarchs are that he allows them to have their money, so long as they give him his cut and they don't stir up domestic political opposition.

Make the lives of the oligarchs - their kids, wives, and mistresses - a living hell. The last thing an oligarch wants to do is be stuck in Russia with his kids and wife. If that happens, Putin will have a mutiny on his hands. If they can't spend money in the West, their lives are miserable.

Eh, they have citizenships in multiple countries, always seems to be an out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not take Russians income sorce away?? We can drill for and export oil and gas to Europe and end their dependants on Russia.

Tell Germany to turn their nuclear reactors back on.

+100

Germans need to get over their Green Party dreams, at least in the short-term. They are dreary, wet country without a lot of sunshine. The last thing they should want from a security standpoint is to be dependent on Putin in the middle of the winter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not take Russians income sorce away?? We can drill for and export oil and gas to Europe and end their dependants on Russia.

Tell Germany to turn their nuclear reactors back on.

+100

Germans need to get over their Green Party dreams, at least in the short-term. They are dreary, wet country without a lot of sunshine. The last thing they should want from a security standpoint is to be dependent on Putin in the middle of the winter.

Have you actually been to Germany or known anyone who lives there?
What a bizarre description.

[Anonymous]

Wow. Trump just praised Putin's invasion of Ukraine. He called it "genius" and "wonderful" and "pretty savvy." And, he repeated the Russian lie that it's "peacekeeping."

Unreal. Nothing more you need to know other than that Trump definitely would have allowed Putin to just annex Ukraine outright.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-putin-ukraine/

[Anonymous]

I hope no American lives are lost in this conflict!

[Anonymous]

The Kenyan ambassador to the UN Security Council, explaining his country's opposition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, "We must complete our recovery from the embers of dead empires."

https://twitter.com/ThomasVLinge/status/1495978202728210435

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not take Russians income sorce away?? We can drill for and export oil and gas to Europe and end their dependants on Russia.

Tell Germany to turn their nuclear reactors back on.

+100

Germans need to get over their Green Party dreams, at least in the short-term. They are dreary, wet country without a lot of sunshine. The last thing they should want from a security standpoint is to be dependent on Putin in the middle of the winter.

Have you actually been to Germany or known anyone who lives there?
What a bizarre description.

The country overall gets 136 days of full sun. Hardly a solar powerhouse, even if they are quite adept at building the tech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope no American lives are lost in this conflict!

We were losing 5,000 per week to COVID without it bothering us too much. I doubt we'll scratch anything close to that here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Trump just praised Putin's invasion of Ukraine. He called it "genius" and "wonderful" and "pretty savvy." And, he repeated the Russian lie that it's "peacekeeping."

Trump got impeached for attempting to block Congressionally mandated military aid to Ukraine. Of course he's in Putin's pocket.

[Anonymous]

Bidens speech today was embarrassing. He was tongue tied at the beginning and lost his train of thought several times. Meanwhile the market reacted accordingly

[Anonymous]

How dumb can Germany be?

January 3: Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear plants
https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-germany-angela-merkel-gerhard-schroeder-11b97717f822a38c90fb7483ffc825aa

Germany on Friday shut down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of atomic power.
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Germany’s remaining three nuclear plants — Emsland, Isar and Neckarwestheim — will be powered down by the end of 2022.

Idiots. They are turning off 13% of their electricity generation capacity within 12 month time span. Of course Putin is going to make a move. Idiots.