Posts by Kyle Nelson2

Wait, how did that whole thing go down with the Surrealists' top list and those refugees from Sweden?

How on earth do they plan to get gas to India?
What, by trucking it over the Hindu Kush? I guess they'll just load an LNG tanker up at Yamal and sail it all the way around Asia to Mumbai?

Timothy Kim9 said:Honestly, this is an absolute embarrassment for America.

I mean, we just get a new minister who’s basically tied to the Russians... at this rate, we might as well just pick some guy like Pašić to be the Prime Minister.

Sam Alvarez4 said:Diplomacy moves forward with more sanctions: Canada kicks out 33 Russian diplomats

Canada expels 33 Russian diplomats 17:16

I wonder what's in store for us...

The new prime minister

But they stuck to the rules about not shipping out weapons, so they just donated 5,000 helmets to Ukraine instead.

Okay, I guess things actually did change after all.

Anyway, the only one who was constantly sounding the alarm about Putin was John McCain.

Mark Harris66 said:It’s dangerous to assume Merkel was just being naive. Not at all—a truly naive person wouldn't have pushed things as far as she did. She was extremely ruthless... more like a deliberate undertaker for Europe...

Kohl was the one who pushed her into power, and she basically stabbed him in the back... she definitely isn't naive.

Christian Bennett2 said:Treating Germany as if they are the primary culprit is madness. A colleague of mine put it perfectly:

There is some German culpability here, but we need a more realistic perspective. Germany is burdened by historical guilt, which heavily influenced its decision-making. That is partly due to their own actions and partly due to the other Western nations that constantly stoked that sense of guilt. Now we find ourselves in a war in Europe—one of the few instances where Germany isn't directly to blame—yet forces still emerge to try and pin this entire debt of guilt on the Germans. It isn't fair. One must also consider the immense suffering the German people endured following the last war with Russia.
And Trump supporters look at this through the same one-dimensional lens. Trump never proved himself to be a reliable ally to Germany or the EU; instead, he viewed them as rivals. When you examine the relationships Merkel had to manage, what choice did she really have? Pick a fight with Russia? Or stay adrift? The West collectively bears responsibility for this, not just Germany. Had there been any collective will within the West to take decisive measures against Russia, Germany would have followed suit out of sheer inertia, just as they are doing now. Blaming Germany exclusively is simply incorrect.

I don't think Germany is to blame here. I mean, you've got a nation of 80 million people relying on a single supply line like Nord Stream 1, and then they go ahead and plan Nord Stream 2 instead of building LNG terminals? You could interpret that in all sorts of malicious ways, I guess.

Even we have an LNG terminal, despite there being only 4 million of us, even though the Democrats fought against it.

I mean, I guess you could say the Green parties just turned into nothing more than green-painted camouflage

So, you're telling me we can't just fire up the nuclear power plants?

Sam Alvarez4 said:Sometimes I wonder if they're living in a total fantasy land, or if they're just saying whatever they have to say because they're terrified of the FBI...

And really, what choice do they even have given their massive egos?
They've already gone way too deep and pushed things way too far

Once this is all over, I guess the only question left is who’s actually going to pick up the pieces of Russia—will it be China or the USA?

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So you're seriously talking about divorce, just like that? ☕

rowdytiger13 said:I'm personally skeptical that things will escalate to direct intervention, but if they do, it's the wrong move.
Not every nation actually wants democracy, nor are they necessarily ready for it.
Let them be, just don't let them exert their influence.

And look, it isn't even really about the people—it's more about those deep structures, like the CIA, that run the whole show and pull all the strings. There's just no way for anyone from the outside to fix that.

Bryan Booth82 said:Ebote, does Putin even realize the sheer amount of damage he’s inflicted on Russia and its entire economy?🤔🤔

I’ve been watching the debates over in the German Parliament, reading through the news... and it's becoming crystal clear that the West is already laying the groundwork for a massive "Marshall Plan" style reconstruction to rebuild Ukraine, our newest ally.
It seems obvious to me: Russia has lost Ukraine for good, and they've effectively handed themselves a death sentence by losing access to those wealthy Western markets... which, if things continue at this rate, are going to completely move away from Russian energy altogether. Russia is looking at a future defined by sanctions and total isolation.

Honestly, if Putin actually sat down and mapped out a "worst-case scenario" before launching this aggression, then why on earth aren't the results anywhere near what we're seeing now? How did he miscalculate this badly?

lp

Putin is actually the West's strongest ally.
In ten years, you'll have wealthy Germans living in Ukraine because they'll retire there—it'll be cheaper, even if it isn't exactly warm...

Michelle Nelson4 said:Following Putin's latest speech, it looks like Russia's primary export is about to become its most educated workforce. Everyone seems to be making a break for it—from I.T. Evac specialists to the principal dancers at the Metropolitan Opera. Honestly, this brain drain is going to hit just as hard as any sanctions, if not harder, because they're essentially causing this collapse on themselves. 2 dem/kg

What about the Russian women?

Larry Fox5 said:Dostoevsky, Rachmaninoff, Tolstoy, Gogol, Tchaikovsky, Pushkin... everything epic that ever came out of Russia was buried a long time ago.
I mean, what kind of artists can even come out of today's world?

What about Warhol with his twenty-colored soup cans or Banksy?

China is going to be the big winner in all of this. You'll see Russian companies getting sold off for pennies on the dollar, and probably a whole lot more than that

If both Germans and Russians see their standard of living tank by 50%, I mean, who do you think is going to go hungry first?

Just imagine how much different things would be in America if that massive LNG deal with Qatar hadn't been completely trashed by Zoran Čaćorić

boldotter2 said:Total Karamarkov crowd.

I mean, what's next? They might as well just bring in Oksana Boyko or Shevardnadze at this point.