This is even more absurd. Nobody cares about foreign policy until a war starts. How are conservative leaders less clueless? Should the trucker protesters go home now because there's a bigger problem than vaccine mandates?
Autocratic leaders believe in hyper masculinity, raw physical power. They believe that might makes right. Progressives have spent decades fetishizing soft, cuddly, emotional power.
"We need more diversity training in the Marines" ~ AOC
In an address to Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky did not specifically say Russian forces had entered Kyiv, but his reference to “sabotage” units was interpreted as a sign that the city was was in peril.
U.S. troops stationed in Europe are on high alert as Russia begins its attack on Ukraine. However, the Biden administration has strongly stated U.S. troops will not move into the region. Dan De Luce reports on how U.S. troops...
Yah sure, unarmed Mexicans with their families hoping for a better life in the US are the same as armed trained military members. I hope this was a joke.
No, but many of our progressive leaders are clueless about what's truly important. Electing congressmen or women that are more concerned with pronouns and whether or not transgenders could compete in college at the expense of national security has consequences.
This is even more absurd. Nobody cares about foreign policy until a war starts. How are conservative leaders less clueless? Should the trucker protesters go home now because there's a bigger problem than vaccine mandates?
Yes they 100 percent should. If innocent civilians being bombed in Ukraine in their homes is not enough to make you realize how small your problems are then you are blind. They should go home. They should hold their friends and family close. People are dying and they are worried about masks? Yah, go home. The death of any human life should put your life in perspective.
It is sad that this needs to be said. But it really diminishes the argument that Trump would be a better leader in this situation when he literally just praised the invasion and said it was "pretty smart" for Putin to do it.
It IS pretty smart, from Putin's perspective. You can't see that? It doesn't mean anyone approves of his action but he just moved his rook into 'check' position. Brandon's move ...
More good questions for the strong right: Would you rather see Biden succeed and get credit for doing so for stopping Russia, or Biden fail, get the blame and see Russia not only take over Ukraine but several other European countries and bring the world to the brink of another World War?
It IS pretty smart, from Putin's perspective. You can't see that? It doesn't mean anyone approves of his action but he just moved his rook into 'check' position. Brandon's move ...
More good questions for the strong right: Would you rather see Biden succeed and get credit for doing so for stopping Russia, or Biden fail, get the blame and see Russia not only take over Ukraine but several other European countries and bring the world to the brink of another World War?
Very good question but with a very obvious answer.
You talking about people who would gladly sacrifice family members to own the libs.
Owning the libs is the most (only) important thing in their lives.
The left wing in this country has truly gone batsh*t insane. "Right-wing doesn't love Putin just because he is an authoritarian, tyrannical leader, they love him because he's a WHITE authoritarian leader. Race has become more important than even nationality. They've turned on democracy and now even America, in favor of a white warlord".
The left wing in this country has truly gone batsh*t insane. "Right-wing doesn't love Putin just because he is an authoritarian, tyrannical leader, they love him because he's a WHITE authoritarian leader. Race has become more important than even nationality. They've turned on democracy and now even America, in favor of a white warlord".
~ Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks
I think you missed the point, kid. You've been praising Putin for years because your daddy never loved you. An internet tough guy act isn't fooling anyone
General Milley has announced that he is very close to understanding white male rage. He is certain that Putin will soon have to declare his pronouns and wave the rainbow flag of submission.
There is a straight line from electing a dementia patient to the White House to getting trampled on by every country who sees us as weak now.
Trump: 1. Peace with N Korea 2. Serbia-Kosovo deal 3. No new wars 4. UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, Morocco recognized Israel Biden: 1. Taliban occupied Afghanistan 2. Terrorists using USA weapons left in Afghanistan against India 3. Russia-Ukraine WAR
If Russian forces can quickly sweep through Ukraine and take control of the country in a week or two with minimal fighting, Putin will emerge from this as a big winner. But if Ukraine forces put up fierce resistance and drag out the battle for control of the country into the spring, then this may be the beginning of the end for Putin. The Russian stock market lost about a third of its value overnight with some banks losing up to 60% of their value. The Ruble has also crashed and is trading at all time lows. Russia has positioned itself with enough foreign reserves to be able to withstand this initial blow, but those foreign reserves are also crashing as world markets take a beating.
Whether Ukraine forces are willing and able to stand up to Russia is the big question. Zelensky was ironically an anti-war candidate when he ran for election but has since given in to pressure from the militant nationalists to take a harder line with Russian and make moves back towards NATO. Most people in Ukraine aren't particularly fond of their government as it is still rife with corruption and control by Ukraine oligarchs. So, it is a big "if" as to whether the military is going to fight to the end or give up quickly to cut a deal to coup Zelensky and transition to a Russian republic.
The other question is whether Russian forces are up to a bloody battle. This is virtually a civil war with Russian forces fighting friends and neighbors. This is not like the Chechen war where Russia was fighting Muslim separatists who has ties to terror groups. This is more analogous to US forces invading Toronto that US forces invading Iraq. The Russian military is well equipped and has a battle hardened air force. But the average Russian conscript has no battlefield experience and is usually poorly paid and treated like dirt by commanders and officers. If Russia follows the Chechnya play book (bombing the country back to the stone age), it may spare ground forces significant combat. But it may also unite the world (save and except for China) in basically expelling Russia from the world economy. Thus, anything short of a fast and relatively painless invasion is going to be a huge problem for Russia.
Finally, I think this invasion has nothing to do with the current US administration. Putin did this because he needed something to unite the country. Russians generally like Putin because he delivered the country from very bleak economic times under Yeltsin's corrupt government. But the strong GDP growth Russia saw in the early 2000s is long gone and Russia's dependence on oil markets has meant a crash in 2015 when the Saudi's flooded the market and tepid growth that collapsed once the pandemic hit. Putin has no economic agenda that can lift Russia out of its economic turmoil and had to turn to a wartime economy to distract Russians from the fact that the country has been ravaged by the pandemic and has little prospects for better economic times in the future. So, if this conflict drags out and Russia suffers an economic collapse as a result, Putin may not be in power by the end of the summer.
since paratroopers have taken a major international airbase just north of Kyiv - its looking short. (Antonov International - mainly freight).
Thing is, that without subduing the military capability of ukraine - its one thing to approahc a city, its another to fight in it - that would be a major humanitarian disaster so lets hope both sides try to avoid that.
I think the govt is going to have to capitulate if the russians just roll in. Gulf war tactics would assume two weeks aur war to gain air superiority and douse military capability to protect losses, but these are rooosians - rolling rolling rolling??