You've danced around it multiple time. I don't care where you said it. I'm more interested in why you can't deny it. Failure to deny is an admission.
I 100% hope Russia fail in this war.
I also believe Zelensky is a narcissistic corrupt individual surrounded by gangsters and goons who are lining their pockets with US aid.
Guess what? I can believe both things at the same time with contradiction! Crazy, huh?
You can, although it's remains suspicious why someone would continuously and affirmatively post the latter while reluctantly posting the former. But the Court will accept your admission (it has been logged for future reference), and caution you that it may be held against you by your lower-end friends. Dismissed.
I also believe Zelensky is a narcissistic corrupt individual surrounded by gangsters and goons who are lining their pockets with US aid.
Guess what? I can believe both things at the same time with contradiction! Crazy, huh?
You can, although it's remains suspicious why someone would continuously and affirmatively post the latter while reluctantly posting the former. But the Court will accept your admission (it has been logged for future reference), and caution you that it may be held against you by your lower-end friends. Dismissed.
. . . I also believe Zelensky is a narcissistic corrupt individual surrounded by gangsters and goons who are lining their pockets with US aid. . . .
Why do you believe this and what do you think the US should do about it?
I'd grant that there is a history of corruption in Ukrainian government in recent decades, but why is that important enough in the specific context of the war effort that you raise it as an issue?
Why do you believe this and what do you think the US should do about it?
I'd grant that there is a history of corruption in Ukrainian government in recent decades, but why is that important enough in the specific context of the war effort that you raise it as an issue?
The problem is that you're helping people, who came into power through bribes and murder to stay in power. And so does Russia.
History shows that such support can backfire. The US backed anti-Soviet Afghan mujahideen who resisted the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Today we know this movement as Taliban.
Ukraine needs a complete rehaul, but not by the US or Russia, as both countries have their own agenda and own goals for Ukraine.
Why do you believe this and what do you think the US should do about it?
I'd grant that there is a history of corruption in Ukrainian government in recent decades, but why is that important enough in the specific context of the war effort that you raise it as an issue?
The problem is that you're helping people, who came into power through bribes and murder to stay in power. And so does Russia.
History shows that such support can backfire. The US backed anti-Soviet Afghan mujahideen who resisted the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Today we know this movement as Taliban.
Ukraine needs a complete rehaul, but not by the US or Russia, as both countries have their own agenda and own goals for Ukraine.
Good. So we agree the first step is that Russia should withdraw immediately.
Why do you believe this and what do you think the US should do about it?
I'd grant that there is a history of corruption in Ukrainian government in recent decades, but why is that important enough in the specific context of the war effort that you raise it as an issue?
The problem is that you're helping people, who came into power through bribes and murder to stay in power. And so does Russia.
History shows that such support can backfire. The US backed anti-Soviet Afghan mujahideen who resisted the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Today we know this movement as Taliban.
Ukraine needs a complete rehaul, but not by the US or Russia, as both countries have their own agenda and own goals for Ukraine.
I don't see how that overhaul happens if it becomes a Russian puppet state. In fact it would seem to ensure corruption. Maybe someone else can chime in.
Presuming Ukraine comes out of this as a sovereign country and moves forward with closer ties to the EU and/or NATO, both have standards of Democratic governance that must be met for admission, so, imperfect as it may be, there is at least a carrot for internal reform at the end of that path.
In any case the US and EU strategic self interest in supporting Ukraine has more to do with discouraging imperialistic aggression on the European continent than what individuals are holding office in Ukraine. All were perfectly content with the status quo so long as Russia kept its military within its borders and supplied the EU with natural gas.
Why do you believe this and what do you think the US should do about it?
I'd grant that there is a history of corruption in Ukrainian government in recent decades, but why is that important enough in the specific context of the war effort that you raise it as an issue?
The problem is that you're helping people, who came into power through bribes and murder to stay in power. And so does Russia.
History shows that such support can backfire. The US backed anti-Soviet Afghan mujahideen who resisted the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Today we know this movement as Taliban.
Ukraine needs a complete rehaul, but not by the US or Russia, as both countries have their own agenda and own goals for Ukraine.
Ukraine is a relatively new democracy and has a lot of problem, from corruption to the Azov battallion, but it is a reasonably free country compared to most of the former USSR republics. If Ukraine needs a complete rehaul, then, according to this standard, most of the worlds countries need a complete rehaul.
I would like to hear more about the bribes and murders that allowed Zelenski to be elected, but I do not think this is particularly relevant in a thread about the Russian invasion. Churcill was a misoginist, alcoholist POS sympathetic to the fascist party; according to your logic, the US should have been wary to support the UK during WWII, because their leader was not a good person.
Trump was impeached over an alleged quid pro quo threat to Ukraine over weapons transfers before an election
Biden just admitted to CNN he is threatening Saudi Arabia if they don’t agree to his quid pro quo for oil transfers before an election
Dont even need a whistleblower
the world is slipping into recession and you think pushing for lower oil prices is just politics? Lower oil prices and hurting Putin will make any recession shorter and less painful for the planet.
maybe you want to think through this kind of post before you type it out.
Now we're talking. RU's inability to have air superiority might be its largest failure of the entire war. And NATO just has to be laughing - if NATO ever had to fight RU, it would be over quickly. If RU can't get air superiority over Ukraine....they can't get air superiority anywhere. NATO would own the skies and therefore the battlefield.
RU will be very reluctant to put anything in the air now. That's a big loss.
Ukraine’s armed forces on Wednesday downed four Russian helicopters in 18 minutes in the south of the country.
Between 8.40am and 8.58am, anti-aircraft missile units of Ukraine’s Air Force managed to hit the Russian aircrafts, it was claimed. “Combat work was carried out on two more helicopters, so there is a high probability that the number of confirmed down helicopters will increase,” the Air Force said in a press release. It was claimed one Russian helicopter, believed to be a Ka-52, crashed on territory recently liberated from Russian-backed militants, while the rest crashed behind enemy lines. The helicopters were said to be “providing fire support to ground occupation troops in the southern direction” when they were gunned down. The claims were partially confirmed by pro-Russian sources on the Telegram messaging app.
If RU can't get air superiority over Ukraine....they can't get air superiority anywhere.
Russia had air dominance in Syria which enabled them to bomb cities into submission with cheap and plentiful munitions.
That they can't apply that tactic in Ukraine and have to use less plentiful and much more expensive cruise missiles and kamikaze drones is why the attacks over the last couple days will likely not significantly affect the course of the war.
It was observed in the opening days of the war that Russia was failing at suppressing Ukrainian air defenses and that it did not bode well for their campaign.
Trump was impeached over an alleged quid pro quo threat to Ukraine over weapons transfers before an election
Biden just admitted to CNN he is threatening Saudi Arabia if they don’t agree to his quid pro quo for oil transfers before an election
Dont even need a whistleblower
the world is slipping into recession and you think pushing for lower oil prices is just politics? Lower oil prices and hurting Putin will make any recession shorter and less painful for the planet.
maybe you want to think through this kind of post before you type it out.
You telling other people to think things through is pretty rich.
Biden is actively suppressing US oil production while literally begging Venezuela and Saudi Arabia and even Iran to increase production solely to virtue signal to green nuts in his political party.
The problem is that you're helping people, who came into power through bribes and murder to stay in power. And so does Russia.
History shows that such support can backfire. The US backed anti-Soviet Afghan mujahideen who resisted the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Today we know this movement as Taliban.
Ukraine needs a complete rehaul, but not by the US or Russia, as both countries have their own agenda and own goals for Ukraine.
Sounds good. Maybe the Ukrainians can get started on that . . . just as soon as the Russians get the hell out.
the world is slipping into recession and you think pushing for lower oil prices is just politics? Lower oil prices and hurting Putin will make any recession shorter and less painful for the planet.
maybe you want to think through this kind of post before you type it out.
You telling other people to think things through is pretty rich.
Biden is actively suppressing US oil production while literally begging Venezuela and Saudi Arabia and even Iran to increase production solely to virtue signal to green nuts in his political party.
the world is slipping into recession and you think pushing for lower oil prices is just politics? Lower oil prices and hurting Putin will make any recession shorter and less painful for the planet.
maybe you want to think through this kind of post before you type it out.
You telling other people to think things through is pretty rich.
Biden is actively suppressing US oil production while literally begging Venezuela and Saudi Arabia and even Iran to increase production solely to virtue signal to green nuts in his political party.
This is 100% politics.
I definitely have a harder time understanding the right wing/Libertarian mindset than the left wing mindset. Why must everything be a conspiracy?
Your premise is that Biden is actively suppressing US oil production to appease the environmentalist? Do you have a mainstream source (I'm sure there are podcasters galore who parrot that)?
"Many oil and gas executives say they have little interest in increasing oil production — even at crude's near-record prices, which make extraction very profitable for their companies.
The price of crude oil has been steadily rising since the start of last year. It hit $100 a barrel in March after Russia invaded Ukraine — the first time in 12 years it breached three digits. At that price, oil companies would normally race to snap up land and drill new wells. But a sizable number of oil and gas executives are saying they won't increase production at any price, according to a survey released this week by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
Asked what level the price of West Texas Intermediate oil would need to hit to get publicly traded oil and gas companies back into growth mode, 29% of executives said that their expansion plans weren't dependent on price. Another 9% named a price above $120 a gallon."
In the meantime oil producers are on pace for record stock buy backs and dividends. I suppose if I had a conservative mind I could twist that desire to not increase capacity with snuggling up with Biden. Win win right?
You telling other people to think things through is pretty rich.
Biden is actively suppressing US oil production while literally begging Venezuela and Saudi Arabia and even Iran to increase production solely to virtue signal to green nuts in his political party.
This is 100% politics.
I definitely have a harder time understanding the right wing/Libertarian mindset than the left wing mindset. Why must everything be a conspiracy?
Your premise is that Biden is actively suppressing US oil production to appease the environmentalist? Do you have a mainstream source (I'm sure there are podcasters galore who parrot that)?
"Many oil and gas executives say they have little interest in increasing oil production — even at crude's near-record prices, which make extraction very profitable for their companies.
The price of crude oil has been steadily rising since the start of last year. It hit $100 a barrel in March after Russia invaded Ukraine — the first time in 12 years it breached three digits. At that price, oil companies would normally race to snap up land and drill new wells. But a sizable number of oil and gas executives are saying they won't increase production at any price, according to a survey released this week by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
Asked what level the price of West Texas Intermediate oil would need to hit to get publicly traded oil and gas companies back into growth mode, 29% of executives said that their expansion plans weren't dependent on price. Another 9% named a price above $120 a gallon."
In the meantime oil producers are on pace for record stock buy backs and dividends. I suppose if I had a conservative mind I could twist that desire to not increase capacity with snuggling up with Biden. Win win right?
The reason they are not interested in investing in increased production is that they face an immediate future of denial of leases, massive bureaucratic regulation and pushback from the "No More Fossil Fuels!" Biden regime. So they sit on their capita or funnel it elsewhere, like the green energy ripoff industry.
The government poisons the well then blames industry for not upping their activity. Classic DemoRat tactics.
The understructure of the trailer does not match; between the trailer wheels and in the back there is a skirt in xray the photo does not have. The x-ray has removed a set of rear wheels from the truck. The spare wheel (between the rear wheels and the back of the rig) is incorrectly sized and mislocated.
The x-ray appears to be a "stealth" truck with large bombs inside that are being driven to the Russian front lines. It is more likely that the xray is the real truck, and the photo is of a truck carrying the scapegoat five Russian and three others falsely arrested. The real truck blew up carrying the bombs across the bridge. All it would take is one of those bombs falling over ... and Putin blows up his own bridge.
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