It’s hard to address everything here. There are too many clichés, buzzwords, and twisted arguments. I have no interest in arguing just for the sake of arguing. So, I’ll just pick a few things to respond to.
Anthony Perez9 said:This is basically a fight for Russia's survival because things are starting to fall apart internally. There's this growing trend of moving toward the West. They're losing pieces one by one... How does Putin stop that?
By tightening control through fear and manufacturing an external enemy.
That Russian excuse about wanting a buffer zone between NATO and Russia is total nonsense.
True. But they want to freeze the borders where they are forever, not have countries breaking away on their own terms.
The most valuable stuff Ukraine has is the oil and gas in the Sea of Japan (allegedly not quite as much as Norway has) and the mineral wealth in the Donbas mines.
What's left for the Russians if they lose access to that?
So, exactly what the Russians took and are currently holding.
Basically, they grabbed their "Frontier," but the real plan was to take the whole damn cake.
Nobody cares about sunflower fields—not one side or the other.
Who are "the others"? Given its role as the world's breadbasket, Ukraine matters.
Do you really think ExxonMobil or Chevron are going to ask for concessions on sunflower fields? Americans and the British have already burned tens of billions of dollars; that's nothing compared to the hundreds of billions or even trillions in oil and gas. Zilch.
So, "the Americans and the British cooked everything up," while Putin's Russians are just innocent bystanders...
The Russians know it too. If they let the Americans and the European Union take those deposits, they can kiss selling their gas to the European Union goodbye.
Smart Russians, indeed...
So they claim they're defending themselves from, I don't know, some "conspiracy and shadow elites pulling the strings".
And you don't even mention the Ukrainians, like they have any say in it. Are they just being played by the, uh, "greedy capitalists" in some conspiracy theory?
| There’s zero chance Americans and Englishmen are just going to let Russia annex what they're holding right now. |
Always "Americans and Englishmen" blocking someone. What exactly is this "territory Russia is holding"?
It means they raised the stakes for nothing and are folding now just when they actually have the better hand. Basically, they'll keep raising until Russia folds and asks for a truce—just enough to save face or salvage something.
"Russia asks for a truce," sure... while the US and UK won't budge an inch. Real villains, aren't they?
Just look at the kind of hardware they're sending to the Ukrainians.
What else should they send? Magic wands?
About twenty HIMARS batteries completely flipped the script on the battlefield. Now imagine if they sent three times that along with ATACMS. They have them. Anyone who knows how to play poker knows you raise the stakes when you're holding a winning hand...
What poker? What hands? Who we even talking about?
So yeah... watching how this plays out is going to be interesting.
Yeah, "interesting" to watch Russian tanks rolling over someone else's land...
Stakes are up for now, but there's plenty of room to go higher. If you're bluffing, you're busted.
In my book, Russia lost the war the second they sent that first soldier into Ukraine.
And we're still waiting for them to fold. They'll fold because they ran into people who refuse to surrender, and people who were smart enough to get out of their way fast.
Did the West push them into this, or did they just ignore the warnings?
Putin realized he didn't just swallow one bait, he swallowed the whole damn bucket, and he figured that out pretty much immediately after the invasion started. But hey, no turning back now...
He learned the hard way that his cronies gave him a totally skewed picture of how much Ukrainians actually care about their freedom.
The Chinese are staying quiet and playing it smart.
They've started distancing themselves from Russia, because nobody likes rooting for a loser.
Same deal with India. Iran sent over some drones and ended up getting a half-baked revolution in return, courtesy of those women's rights protests.
"A half-baked revolution" received? You're back at it again, seeing some conspiracy where A&E "gifted" Iran something? Instead of realizing Islamism just shoved those women right into a corner?
I doubt they'll be sending any more drones their way.
Because... why bother?
Americans don't make threats; the one holding the weak hand does.
Putin might be a decent chess player, but he’s a terrible poker player. And this isn't chess, it's poker.
Putin is just a delusional spy with a massive Napoleon complex. ☕
Which part of Russia has actually fallen away so far?
Anthony Perez9 said:This is basically a fight for Russia's survival because things are starting to fall apart internally. There's this growing trend of moving toward the West. They're losing pieces one by one... How does Putin stop that?
By tightening control through fear and manufacturing an external enemy.
That Russian excuse about wanting a buffer zone between NATO and Russia is total nonsense.
True. But they want to freeze the borders where they are forever, not have countries breaking away on their own terms.
The most valuable stuff Ukraine has is the oil and gas in the Sea of Japan (allegedly not quite as much as Norway has) and the mineral wealth in the Donbas mines.
What's left for the Russians if they lose access to that?
So, exactly what the Russians took and are currently holding.
Basically, they grabbed their "Frontier," but the real plan was to take the whole damn cake.
Nobody cares about sunflower fields—not one side or the other.
Who are "the others"? Given its role as the world's breadbasket, Ukraine matters.
Do you really think ExxonMobil or Chevron are going to ask for concessions on sunflower fields? Americans and the British have already burned tens of billions of dollars; that's nothing compared to the hundreds of billions or even trillions in oil and gas. Zilch.
So, "the Americans and the British cooked everything up," while Putin's Russians are just innocent bystanders...
The Russians know it too. If they let the Americans and the European Union take those deposits, they can kiss selling their gas to the European Union goodbye.
Smart Russians, indeed...
So they claim they're defending themselves from, I don't know, some "conspiracy and shadow elites pulling the strings".
And you don't even mention the Ukrainians, like they have any say in it. Are they just being played by the, uh, "greedy capitalists" in some conspiracy theory?
| There’s zero chance Americans and Englishmen are just going to let Russia annex what they're holding right now. |
Always "Americans and Englishmen" blocking someone. What exactly is this "territory Russia is holding"?
It means they raised the stakes for nothing and are folding now just when they actually have the better hand. Basically, they'll keep raising until Russia folds and asks for a truce—just enough to save face or salvage something.
"Russia asks for a truce," sure... while the US and UK won't budge an inch. Real villains, aren't they?
Just look at the kind of hardware they're sending to the Ukrainians.
What else should they send? Magic wands?
About twenty HIMARS batteries completely flipped the script on the battlefield. Now imagine if they sent three times that along with ATACMS. They have them. Anyone who knows how to play poker knows you raise the stakes when you're holding a winning hand...
What poker? What hands? Who we even talking about?
So yeah... watching how this plays out is going to be interesting.
Yeah, "interesting" to watch Russian tanks rolling over someone else's land...
Stakes are up for now, but there's plenty of room to go higher. If you're bluffing, you're busted.
In my book, Russia lost the war the second they sent that first soldier into Ukraine.
And we're still waiting for them to fold. They'll fold because they ran into people who refuse to surrender, and people who were smart enough to get out of their way fast.
Did the West push them into this, or did they just ignore the warnings?
Putin realized he didn't just swallow one bait, he swallowed the whole damn bucket, and he figured that out pretty much immediately after the invasion started. But hey, no turning back now...
He learned the hard way that his cronies gave him a totally skewed picture of how much Ukrainians actually care about their freedom.
The Chinese are staying quiet and playing it smart.
They've started distancing themselves from Russia, because nobody likes rooting for a loser.
Same deal with India. Iran sent over some drones and ended up getting a half-baked revolution in return, courtesy of those women's rights protests.
"A half-baked revolution" received? You're back at it again, seeing some conspiracy where A&E "gifted" Iran something? Instead of realizing Islamism just shoved those women right into a corner?
I doubt they'll be sending any more drones their way.
Because... why bother?
Americans don't make threats; the one holding the weak hand does.
Putin might be a decent chess player, but he’s a terrible poker player. And this isn't chess, it's poker.
Putin is just a delusional spy with a massive Napoleon complex. ☕
It's the same reason Putin—according to Kolinda herself—tried to pressure the US to drop their plans for building an LNG terminal. Nobody likes competition. Especially not in their own backyard.
Anthony Perez9 said:This is basically a fight for Russia's survival because things are starting to fall apart internally. There's this growing trend of moving toward the West. They're losing pieces one by one... How does Putin stop that?
By tightening control through fear and manufacturing an external enemy.
That Russian excuse about wanting a buffer zone between NATO and Russia is total nonsense.
True. But they want to freeze the borders where they are forever, not have countries breaking away on their own terms.
The most valuable stuff Ukraine has is the oil and gas in the Sea of Japan (allegedly not quite as much as Norway has) and the mineral wealth in the Donbas mines.
What's left for the Russians if they lose access to that?
So, exactly what the Russians took and are currently holding.
Basically, they grabbed their "Frontier," but the real plan was to take the whole damn cake.
Nobody cares about sunflower fields—not one side or the other.
Who are "the others"? Given its role as the world's breadbasket, Ukraine matters.
Do you really think ExxonMobil or Chevron are going to ask for concessions on sunflower fields? Americans and the British have already burned tens of billions of dollars; that's nothing compared to the hundreds of billions or even trillions in oil and gas. Zilch.
So, "the Americans and the British cooked everything up," while Putin's Russians are just innocent bystanders...
The Russians know it too. If they let the Americans and the European Union take those deposits, they can kiss selling their gas to the European Union goodbye.
Smart Russians, indeed...
So they claim they're defending themselves from, I don't know, some "conspiracy and shadow elites pulling the strings".
And you don't even mention the Ukrainians, like they have any say in it. Are they just being played by the, uh, "greedy capitalists" in some conspiracy theory?
| There’s zero chance Americans and Englishmen are just going to let Russia annex what they're holding right now. |
Always "Americans and Englishmen" blocking someone. What exactly is this "territory Russia is holding"?
It means they raised the stakes for nothing and are folding now just when they actually have the better hand. Basically, they'll keep raising until Russia folds and asks for a truce—just enough to save face or salvage something.
"Russia asks for a truce," sure... while the US and UK won't budge an inch. Real villains, aren't they?
Just look at the kind of hardware they're sending to the Ukrainians.
What else should they send? Magic wands?
About twenty HIMARS batteries completely flipped the script on the battlefield. Now imagine if they sent three times that along with ATACMS. They have them. Anyone who knows how to play poker knows you raise the stakes when you're holding a winning hand...
What poker? What hands? Who we even talking about?
So yeah... watching how this plays out is going to be interesting.
Yeah, "interesting" to watch Russian tanks rolling over someone else's land...
Stakes are up for now, but there's plenty of room to go higher. If you're bluffing, you're busted.
In my book, Russia lost the war the second they sent that first soldier into Ukraine.
And we're still waiting for them to fold. They'll fold because they ran into people who refuse to surrender, and people who were smart enough to get out of their way fast.
Did the West push them into this, or did they just ignore the warnings?
Putin realized he didn't just swallow one bait, he swallowed the whole damn bucket, and he figured that out pretty much immediately after the invasion started. But hey, no turning back now...
He learned the hard way that his cronies gave him a totally skewed picture of how much Ukrainians actually care about their freedom.
The Chinese are staying quiet and playing it smart.
They've started distancing themselves from Russia, because nobody likes rooting for a loser.
Same deal with India. Iran sent over some drones and ended up getting a half-baked revolution in return, courtesy of those women's rights protests.
"A half-baked revolution" received? You're back at it again, seeing some conspiracy where A&E "gifted" Iran something? Instead of realizing Islamism just shoved those women right into a corner?
I doubt they'll be sending any more drones their way.
Because... why bother?
Americans don't make threats; the one holding the weak hand does.
Putin might be a decent chess player, but he’s a terrible poker player. And this isn't chess, it's poker.
Putin is just a delusional spy with a massive Napoleon complex. ☕
Without A&E, Russia would have steamrolled Ukraine already. Whether they've been betrayed or will be, I don't know. I assume every single Javelin or NLAW comes with a bill. Still, it's better than being occupied by Russia. I'm not saying the Ukrainians don't have a say; I'm saying they don't have much of a choice. When someone attacks you, you really only have two options.
Anthony Perez9 said:This is basically a fight for Russia's survival because things are starting to fall apart internally. There's this growing trend of moving toward the West. They're losing pieces one by one... How does Putin stop that?
By tightening control through fear and manufacturing an external enemy.
That Russian excuse about wanting a buffer zone between NATO and Russia is total nonsense.
True. But they want to freeze the borders where they are forever, not have countries breaking away on their own terms.
The most valuable stuff Ukraine has is the oil and gas in the Sea of Japan (allegedly not quite as much as Norway has) and the mineral wealth in the Donbas mines.
What's left for the Russians if they lose access to that?
So, exactly what the Russians took and are currently holding.
Basically, they grabbed their "Frontier," but the real plan was to take the whole damn cake.
Nobody cares about sunflower fields—not one side or the other.
Who are "the others"? Given its role as the world's breadbasket, Ukraine matters.
Do you really think ExxonMobil or Chevron are going to ask for concessions on sunflower fields? Americans and the British have already burned tens of billions of dollars; that's nothing compared to the hundreds of billions or even trillions in oil and gas. Zilch.
So, "the Americans and the British cooked everything up," while Putin's Russians are just innocent bystanders...
The Russians know it too. If they let the Americans and the European Union take those deposits, they can kiss selling their gas to the European Union goodbye.
Smart Russians, indeed...
So they claim they're defending themselves from, I don't know, some "conspiracy and shadow elites pulling the strings".
And you don't even mention the Ukrainians, like they have any say in it. Are they just being played by the, uh, "greedy capitalists" in some conspiracy theory?
| There’s zero chance Americans and Englishmen are just going to let Russia annex what they're holding right now. |
Always "Americans and Englishmen" blocking someone. What exactly is this "territory Russia is holding"?
It means they raised the stakes for nothing and are folding now just when they actually have the better hand. Basically, they'll keep raising until Russia folds and asks for a truce—just enough to save face or salvage something.
"Russia asks for a truce," sure... while the US and UK won't budge an inch. Real villains, aren't they?
Just look at the kind of hardware they're sending to the Ukrainians.
What else should they send? Magic wands?
About twenty HIMARS batteries completely flipped the script on the battlefield. Now imagine if they sent three times that along with ATACMS. They have them. Anyone who knows how to play poker knows you raise the stakes when you're holding a winning hand...
What poker? What hands? Who we even talking about?
So yeah... watching how this plays out is going to be interesting.
Yeah, "interesting" to watch Russian tanks rolling over someone else's land...
Stakes are up for now, but there's plenty of room to go higher. If you're bluffing, you're busted.
In my book, Russia lost the war the second they sent that first soldier into Ukraine.
And we're still waiting for them to fold. They'll fold because they ran into people who refuse to surrender, and people who were smart enough to get out of their way fast.
Did the West push them into this, or did they just ignore the warnings?
Putin realized he didn't just swallow one bait, he swallowed the whole damn bucket, and he figured that out pretty much immediately after the invasion started. But hey, no turning back now...
He learned the hard way that his cronies gave him a totally skewed picture of how much Ukrainians actually care about their freedom.
The Chinese are staying quiet and playing it smart.
They've started distancing themselves from Russia, because nobody likes rooting for a loser.
Same deal with India. Iran sent over some drones and ended up getting a half-baked revolution in return, courtesy of those women's rights protests.
"A half-baked revolution" received? You're back at it again, seeing some conspiracy where A&E "gifted" Iran something? Instead of realizing Islamism just shoved those women right into a corner?
I doubt they'll be sending any more drones their way.
Because... why bother?
Americans don't make threats; the one holding the weak hand does.
Putin might be a decent chess player, but he’s a terrible poker player. And this isn't chess, it's poker.
Putin is just a delusional spy with a massive Napoleon complex. ☕
New Zealand and Tasmania. What are we even talking about? Haloooo Quote
Anthony Perez9 said:This is basically a fight for Russia's survival because things are starting to fall apart internally. There's this growing trend of moving toward the West. They're losing pieces one by one... How does Putin stop that?
By tightening control through fear and manufacturing an external enemy.
That Russian excuse about wanting a buffer zone between NATO and Russia is total nonsense.
True. But they want to freeze the borders where they are forever, not have countries breaking away on their own terms.
The most valuable stuff Ukraine has is the oil and gas in the Sea of Japan (allegedly not quite as much as Norway has) and the mineral wealth in the Donbas mines.
What's left for the Russians if they lose access to that?
So, exactly what the Russians took and are currently holding.
Basically, they grabbed their "Frontier," but the real plan was to take the whole damn cake.
Nobody cares about sunflower fields—not one side or the other.
Who are "the others"? Given its role as the world's breadbasket, Ukraine matters.
Do you really think ExxonMobil or Chevron are going to ask for concessions on sunflower fields? Americans and the British have already burned tens of billions of dollars; that's nothing compared to the hundreds of billions or even trillions in oil and gas. Zilch.
So, "the Americans and the British cooked everything up," while Putin's Russians are just innocent bystanders...
The Russians know it too. If they let the Americans and the European Union take those deposits, they can kiss selling their gas to the European Union goodbye.
Smart Russians, indeed...
So they claim they're defending themselves from, I don't know, some "conspiracy and shadow elites pulling the strings".
And you don't even mention the Ukrainians, like they have any say in it. Are they just being played by the, uh, "greedy capitalists" in some conspiracy theory?
| There’s zero chance Americans and Englishmen are just going to let Russia annex what they're holding right now. |
Always "Americans and Englishmen" blocking someone. What exactly is this "territory Russia is holding"?
It means they raised the stakes for nothing and are folding now just when they actually have the better hand. Basically, they'll keep raising until Russia folds and asks for a truce—just enough to save face or salvage something.
"Russia asks for a truce," sure... while the US and UK won't budge an inch. Real villains, aren't they?
Just look at the kind of hardware they're sending to the Ukrainians.
What else should they send? Magic wands?
About twenty HIMARS batteries completely flipped the script on the battlefield. Now imagine if they sent three times that along with ATACMS. They have them. Anyone who knows how to play poker knows you raise the stakes when you're holding a winning hand...
What poker? What hands? Who we even talking about?
So yeah... watching how this plays out is going to be interesting.
Yeah, "interesting" to watch Russian tanks rolling over someone else's land...
Stakes are up for now, but there's plenty of room to go higher. If you're bluffing, you're busted.
In my book, Russia lost the war the second they sent that first soldier into Ukraine.
And we're still waiting for them to fold. They'll fold because they ran into people who refuse to surrender, and people who were smart enough to get out of their way fast.
Did the West push them into this, or did they just ignore the warnings?
Putin realized he didn't just swallow one bait, he swallowed the whole damn bucket, and he figured that out pretty much immediately after the invasion started. But hey, no turning back now...
He learned the hard way that his cronies gave him a totally skewed picture of how much Ukrainians actually care about their freedom.
The Chinese are staying quiet and playing it smart.
They've started distancing themselves from Russia, because nobody likes rooting for a loser.
Same deal with India. Iran sent over some drones and ended up getting a half-baked revolution in return, courtesy of those women's rights protests.
"A half-baked revolution" received? You're back at it again, seeing some conspiracy where A&E "gifted" Iran something? Instead of realizing Islamism just shoved those women right into a corner?
I doubt they'll be sending any more drones their way.
Because... why bother?
Americans don't make threats; the one holding the weak hand does.
Putin might be a decent chess player, but he’s a terrible poker player. And this isn't chess, it's poker.
Putin is just a delusional spy with a massive Napoleon complex. ☕
Is the goal defense, or actually reclaiming what was lost?
For the second one, they’re going to need a lot more offensive firepower. You aren't getting territory back with just six Gepards and two NASAM batteries.
Anthony Perez9 said:This is basically a fight for Russia's survival because things are starting to fall apart internally. There's this growing trend of moving toward the West. They're losing pieces one by one... How does Putin stop that?
By tightening control through fear and manufacturing an external enemy.
That Russian excuse about wanting a buffer zone between NATO and Russia is total nonsense.
True. But they want to freeze the borders where they are forever, not have countries breaking away on their own terms.
The most valuable stuff Ukraine has is the oil and gas in the Sea of Japan (allegedly not quite as much as Norway has) and the mineral wealth in the Donbas mines.
What's left for the Russians if they lose access to that?
So, exactly what the Russians took and are currently holding.
Basically, they grabbed their "Frontier," but the real plan was to take the whole damn cake.
Nobody cares about sunflower fields—not one side or the other.
Who are "the others"? Given its role as the world's breadbasket, Ukraine matters.
Do you really think ExxonMobil or Chevron are going to ask for concessions on sunflower fields? Americans and the British have already burned tens of billions of dollars; that's nothing compared to the hundreds of billions or even trillions in oil and gas. Zilch.
So, "the Americans and the British cooked everything up," while Putin's Russians are just innocent bystanders...
The Russians know it too. If they let the Americans and the European Union take those deposits, they can kiss selling their gas to the European Union goodbye.
Smart Russians, indeed...
So they claim they're defending themselves from, I don't know, some "conspiracy and shadow elites pulling the strings".
And you don't even mention the Ukrainians, like they have any say in it. Are they just being played by the, uh, "greedy capitalists" in some conspiracy theory?
| There’s zero chance Americans and Englishmen are just going to let Russia annex what they're holding right now. |
Always "Americans and Englishmen" blocking someone. What exactly is this "territory Russia is holding"?
It means they raised the stakes for nothing and are folding now just when they actually have the better hand. Basically, they'll keep raising until Russia folds and asks for a truce—just enough to save face or salvage something.
"Russia asks for a truce," sure... while the US and UK won't budge an inch. Real villains, aren't they?
Just look at the kind of hardware they're sending to the Ukrainians.
What else should they send? Magic wands?
About twenty HIMARS batteries completely flipped the script on the battlefield. Now imagine if they sent three times that along with ATACMS. They have them. Anyone who knows how to play poker knows you raise the stakes when you're holding a winning hand...
What poker? What hands? Who we even talking about?
So yeah... watching how this plays out is going to be interesting.
Yeah, "interesting" to watch Russian tanks rolling over someone else's land...
Stakes are up for now, but there's plenty of room to go higher. If you're bluffing, you're busted.
In my book, Russia lost the war the second they sent that first soldier into Ukraine.
And we're still waiting for them to fold. They'll fold because they ran into people who refuse to surrender, and people who were smart enough to get out of their way fast.
Did the West push them into this, or did they just ignore the warnings?
Putin realized he didn't just swallow one bait, he swallowed the whole damn bucket, and he figured that out pretty much immediately after the invasion started. But hey, no turning back now...
He learned the hard way that his cronies gave him a totally skewed picture of how much Ukrainians actually care about their freedom.
The Chinese are staying quiet and playing it smart.
They've started distancing themselves from Russia, because nobody likes rooting for a loser.
Same deal with India. Iran sent over some drones and ended up getting a half-baked revolution in return, courtesy of those women's rights protests.
"A half-baked revolution" received? You're back at it again, seeing some conspiracy where A&E "gifted" Iran something? Instead of realizing Islamism just shoved those women right into a corner?
I doubt they'll be sending any more drones their way.
Because... why bother?
Americans don't make threats; the one holding the weak hand does.
Putin might be a decent chess player, but he’s a terrible poker player. And this isn't chess, it's poker.
Putin is just a delusional spy with a massive Napoleon complex. ☕
The Chechens tore through them in two different wars, yet Russia still brought them back under control eventually.
Anthony Perez9 said:This is basically a fight for Russia's survival because things are starting to fall apart internally. There's this growing trend of moving toward the West. They're losing pieces one by one... How does Putin stop that?
By tightening control through fear and manufacturing an external enemy.
That Russian excuse about wanting a buffer zone between NATO and Russia is total nonsense.
True. But they want to freeze the borders where they are forever, not have countries breaking away on their own terms.
The most valuable stuff Ukraine has is the oil and gas in the Sea of Japan (allegedly not quite as much as Norway has) and the mineral wealth in the Donbas mines.
What's left for the Russians if they lose access to that?
So, exactly what the Russians took and are currently holding.
Basically, they grabbed their "Frontier," but the real plan was to take the whole damn cake.
Nobody cares about sunflower fields—not one side or the other.
Who are "the others"? Given its role as the world's breadbasket, Ukraine matters.
Do you really think ExxonMobil or Chevron are going to ask for concessions on sunflower fields? Americans and the British have already burned tens of billions of dollars; that's nothing compared to the hundreds of billions or even trillions in oil and gas. Zilch.
So, "the Americans and the British cooked everything up," while Putin's Russians are just innocent bystanders...
The Russians know it too. If they let the Americans and the European Union take those deposits, they can kiss selling their gas to the European Union goodbye.
Smart Russians, indeed...
So they claim they're defending themselves from, I don't know, some "conspiracy and shadow elites pulling the strings".
And you don't even mention the Ukrainians, like they have any say in it. Are they just being played by the, uh, "greedy capitalists" in some conspiracy theory?
| There’s zero chance Americans and Englishmen are just going to let Russia annex what they're holding right now. |
Always "Americans and Englishmen" blocking someone. What exactly is this "territory Russia is holding"?
It means they raised the stakes for nothing and are folding now just when they actually have the better hand. Basically, they'll keep raising until Russia folds and asks for a truce—just enough to save face or salvage something.
"Russia asks for a truce," sure... while the US and UK won't budge an inch. Real villains, aren't they?
Just look at the kind of hardware they're sending to the Ukrainians.
What else should they send? Magic wands?
About twenty HIMARS batteries completely flipped the script on the battlefield. Now imagine if they sent three times that along with ATACMS. They have them. Anyone who knows how to play poker knows you raise the stakes when you're holding a winning hand...
What poker? What hands? Who we even talking about?
So yeah... watching how this plays out is going to be interesting.
Yeah, "interesting" to watch Russian tanks rolling over someone else's land...
Stakes are up for now, but there's plenty of room to go higher. If you're bluffing, you're busted.
In my book, Russia lost the war the second they sent that first soldier into Ukraine.
And we're still waiting for them to fold. They'll fold because they ran into people who refuse to surrender, and people who were smart enough to get out of their way fast.
Did the West push them into this, or did they just ignore the warnings?
Putin realized he didn't just swallow one bait, he swallowed the whole damn bucket, and he figured that out pretty much immediately after the invasion started. But hey, no turning back now...
He learned the hard way that his cronies gave him a totally skewed picture of how much Ukrainians actually care about their freedom.
The Chinese are staying quiet and playing it smart.
They've started distancing themselves from Russia, because nobody likes rooting for a loser.
Same deal with India. Iran sent over some drones and ended up getting a half-baked revolution in return, courtesy of those women's rights protests.
"A half-baked revolution" received? You're back at it again, seeing some conspiracy where A&E "gifted" Iran something? Instead of realizing Islamism just shoved those women right into a corner?
I doubt they'll be sending any more drones their way.
Because... why bother?
Americans don't make threats; the one holding the weak hand does.
Putin might be a decent chess player, but he’s a terrible poker player. And this isn't chess, it's poker.
Putin is just a delusional spy with a massive Napoleon complex. ☕
Look, Ukraine didn't just suddenly break away from Russia; they've been enjoying their independence for 30 years. My take is that this is a war over resources. Russia doesn't want anyone else getting their hands on them. Sure, they wouldn't have minded if their poorly planned blitzkrieg had swallowed all of Ukraine whole, but since the Ukrainians weren't buying what they were selling, they pivoted to whatever they think they need to seize at any cost.
So, what's your angle? Why did Russia invade Ukraine? Because of Nazism?
