Mobbed-up "former" KGB officer Vladimir Putin is a world class (pardon the pun) humanitarian!!! Evil, evil NATO FORCED him to wage electronic warfare against Estonia in 2007, invade Georgia in 2008, and invade Ukraine (originally in 2014 with his "Little Green Men" and full-on in 2022)!!!
"Sorry folks," said Karoline Leavitt. "We genuinely thought it was an invasion. We never realised it was a skit, and that the Ukrainian president was an actor... I'll answer questions now."
"Is that misinterpretation why Victoria Nuland never became Secretary of State," asked reporter Sam Husseini.
There are no good guys in the equation. Putins a vindictive, greedy, sociopath ( at the very least ), and what can you say about the calibre of men that have sat in the Oval Office, since, let’s say the mid eighties up to the present day? Again, I’m stumped. Let’s call them cunts as well. So, a bunch of cunts, who will be portrayed in a manner that suits the narrative that is being pushed, onwards,I was almost about say and upwards but that would be stretching the imagination a little too far. Right now, Putin bad. I remember the Taliban being just about the baddest society on the planet. It had to be smoked out, and killed. 20 years later and it’s like that invasion never happened, and those Taliban chaps were back in business , without a whimper of discontent from the media at large.,
It’s Punch and Judy. With bunker buster bombs instead of fists or a stick, or whatever the fuck Punch was fondly using on the missus. Putin bad. NATO good. When it suits them. Then NATO gone. All bad actors to my eye.
The first part, we’ll just look at its track record. But when applying that to Russia, it doesn’t make for a good, compassionate filled CV, does it? I suggest you seek out a track by Jarvis Coker and his band Pulp. ‘The world is still ruled by cunts’.. it’s on YouTube or Spotify..their album. Common People is a masterpiece. The track I mentioned must be coming up for 30 years old and it could have been written yesterday.,
That is the crux of the matter. As the truth about Ukraine is drip fed to everyone, so that even the most anti Putin people are forced to see how things played out before and during the conflict, there will be another crisis, war, bad guys that will be focused on, 24/7 , hammering home a narrative that suits the good guys. Perpetually at war. By design. With control of resources abroad, and huge profits for those who supply munitions to make that a reality. Tens of millions displaced. Millions of civilians dead. And on it goes. Until it won’t.
Without satellites, thinks tanks and thousands of journalists, we were able to figure out what was going on. Not because we're special, but because it was obvious. One side works for lies, and almost everyone in between them and us doesn't give a shit who lives or dies unless its something to chat about at a barbeque or Facebook. I get sociopaths being sociopaths but its the apathy of billions that grates me most.
The revelation this week that 90% of Ukrainian News was funded by USAID may have something to do with it. If the freeze on funding sent all the Ukrainian journalists home without a paycheck, there may be no “news” coming out to report in the West.
I recall, as a young girl, watching carpet bombing, Agent Orange spraying, rows of body bags being counted on tarmacs to be sent home. Something similar but more filtered in Iraq and Afghanistan. Where have the voices been in Congress and the media demanding to see what’s really been happening there? Based on the 90% USAID controlled media in Country, it’s likely the Ukrainians don’t even know this war is lost and was lost before it began.
I hope all of the people who wore their Covid masks outside in their own yards to hang their Ukraine flags are forced to watch the raping and pillaging their uninformed, virtue-signaling bandwagon support wrought on this utterly flattened, depopulated and demoralized nation. Their men are gone, including the members of their professional class (doctors, dentists, economists…) who had the bad fortune of being males. Doctors and vagrants, all of equal value as fodder in a war machine that never had a 1% chance of winning.
Ukraine’s only sin (besides their money and attention grubbing leader) was to being a neighbor of Russia and, therefore, a pawn in U.S. empire games. If ever we find ourselves in a hot war with Russia, you heard it here first, Ukraine will fight with Russia against us.
I have read english versions of Ukrainian news outlets online for about 2 years. They are strange sad schizoid beasts oscillating between hatred of Russia, documentation of Ukrainian corruption, the hopelessness of their situation, celebration of ephemeral “advances” , but always kissing Zelensky’s miserable ass. Sad indeed.
Putin is more like Mobutu than Hitler, but he has had a bad habit of blowing up apartment buildings since he came to power in the late 90's. And you know, invading countries whose sovereignty and territorial integrity your nation has signed treaties to guarantee is not nothing. Our real problem is that our "security state" has done everything possible to avoid winning in peace or war since 1945.
You need to get some more background on this war. Watch John Mearsheimer or Jeffrey Sachs or Christopher Hedges. They will explain it all better to you. Your understanding of the bigger picture is lacking
I know all of them. I just think they each have gotten some things wrong. I think Putin is worse than they do and that most of what he and they blame the West for is an excuse for his imperial pretensions. I could be wrong, but I've spent a good deal of time on and in Russia, Ukraine, and the rest of what the Russians call "the near abroad." Thanks for the message.
No, they wouldn’t. Eventually there might have been some missile defense systems if Iran keeps building nukes, but now there are DOZENS to defend Ukraine from the Nazi/Fascist Russian invasion. And since when does Russia dictate what Europe can or cant do??? No one was invading Russia — ever.
Does it not make you sick to repeat Putin’s revisionist, genocidal bullshit? His actions have killed and maimed over a million souls.
The US doesn’t dictate anything. NATO is an alliance. France Germany Italy are all sovereigns who do what they want However, opposition to evil tends to breed agreement. Doesnt it bother you to be in league with North Korea and Iran??
And this justifies Putin’s invasion of Ukraine how, Michael?? Ukraine was not joining NATO. Ukraine was suffering Russia’s black ops invasion of Donbas for 10 years. When that ultimately failed, Putin bought off Yanukovych to reverse his promises. The PEOPLE threw him out, not the US. And he was waiting in Russia to be reinstalled after Putin took Kyiv. Now explain WHAT that has to do with the US’ role in the Middle East or anywhere else.
"Ukraine suffered" ? You mean the Russian-speaking Ukrainians suffered from being slaughtered by neo -nazi Ukrainians until Putin put a stop to it. Where do you morons get your talking points, CIA laundered corporate media, funded by tbe military industrial complex. Understanding what caused the war-against-Russia-using-Ukraine-like-a-rag is an IQ test, and you failed.
That’s exactly where they get their talking points, programmed to repeat everything the CIA tells them through their propaganda mouthpieces line CNN, New York Times, etc. Critical thinking isn’t strong in these sheeple, that is tied to low IQ, as well.
Well there's zelenskys off-shore accounts, but the real money laundering was what Mitch McConnel said, "This money isnt going to Ukraine its going to our weapons manufacturers. And its the best bang for the buck - no US soldiers are being killed."
Hey, that’s right. It was years after that, I found out that little girl was the daughter of the Kuwait Ambassador and she was at Columbia drama class! Don’t remember when I heard or saw it but the Gazans attempted the same thing o. The Israelis. Towards the beginning, when they “hit” a hospital. Know we know we the people paid for that propaganda on ourselves…
You claim to be “anti-Imperialist” yet you parrot Putin’s every word about the war in Ukraine. You blame UKRAINE for the invasion and say Ukraine was/is bound to lose, so the West should just abandon them.
To be clear: Putin’s justification of the invasion matches verbatim every invasion Russia has undertaken in the last 120 years. “To protect ‘ethnic Russians’ from ‘genocide.’” “To prevent the extermination of the Russian language and culture from historically ‘Russian’ territory.” Go read the history of Molotov-Ribbentrop and the invasion of eastern Poland. You could literally just change the proper nouns and it would be the same crap Putin spouts, the same revisionist history, the same denial of Russian brutality and imperialism.
The good news is that Ukrainians are tough, honest and relentless freedom fighters. ONE of their men is worth TEN Russians. The bad news is how the West has drip-fed them the weapons and sanctions they needed to stop this war. Biden’s pretend sanctions were a travesty, to try to keep oil prices down for the election.
The HUMANE thing to do would have been to make clear in December 2021 that the West was providing Ukraine with a full modern Air Force and the complete suite of long range weapons IMMEDIATELY. That would have put Putin’s plans on ice. But Biden was in Russia ad China’s pocket, and the MIC loves a long, drawn out bloodbath.
What an asshat and Russian troll you are. Russia had NO EXCUSE for its invasion other thn imperialist desire to take over Donbas and turn Ukraine into a rump state,
None of that changes the fact that Ukraine was going to lose from the start. Claiming that warfare is “unfair” or “inexcusable” has a really poor track record for results. Ukraine still loses.
Saying “I hate Russia” would be more honest than the lame moralizing. The failure to placate Russia is the proximate cause of the problem here and that is all on the Ukrainians.
Ukraine was absolutely in position to run Russia out, The counteroffensive in 2022 took back 65% of the lost land and needed long range fires to take the rest. Chickenshit, corrupt Biden refused. The morons like Milley tried to sell a 2023 counteroffensive with NO air power. Had Biden authorized planes and ATACMS in late 2022, the war would have ended in the Summer of 2023.
France managed to gear up Mirages and train pilots in SIX MONTHS. The US stalled and did NOTHING, then took 30 months to train pilots for a handful of Dutch F-16s.
Russia’s vaunted AA systems, Pantsirs and S-400s were exposed as frauds, easily defeated by even rudimentary drones and missiles.
There was no “placating: Putin. He wanted Donbas, period. The first negotiations were surrender options, not peace plans. He had his little green men killing and bombing in Donbas, kidnapping children - a full on terror campaign for a DECADE. And people like YOU blamed Ukraine!!!
Right now, Russia’s non-military economy is in total collapse, borderline hyperinflation, Ukraine has taken out 25% of their refining capacity, Trump’s efforts have gotten China to refuse all shadow fleet tankers. Their armored assaults have fallen from 200 a day to 50, and are virtually devoid of tanks and APCs. After four months and 30,000 casualties, they STILL haven’t taken Povrovsk. Ukraine has gone back on the offensive in Kursk, retaking a line of villages and killing and capturing hundreds Russian and NoKo troops.
With the proper support from a POTUS who wasnt totally corrupt, Ukraine wins this war in a walk.
That they are still very much in the fight without ANY American air assets is astonishing.
The Russian propaganda regime is in overdrive to get Trump to hand Putin what he wants. The fact is if Trump kicked up support with the RIGHT weapons, Ukraine would have Putin on his knees by late summer. They still may even without Trump.
You are basically a Russian troll, useful idiot or propagandist on the payroll. Anyone actually following this war on social media and Ukrainian channels has a far more compete picture of what is going on. Russia just upped recuitment bonuses to $40,000! That is 6-8X the average annual income. Imagine if the US offered a $500,000 signing bonus to the US Army! (Of course, Putin never actually PAYS.
Anyone who claims Ukraine was destined to lose the war from Day One is precisely that, Anyoe who claims UKRAINE brought Russia’s invasion on itself is clearly either demented or a paid Russian troll.
Ukraine is 1/4 the size of Russia in population, and had an antiquated military with few modern weapons. And yet it stopped Russia’s invasion and turned it around without a SINGLE long-range weapon and about 40 operational military aircraft, all 30-40 years old and without any modern avionics . This is one of history’s most epic military accomplishments. The mighty Russian military has been exposed as a Potemkin facade.
And what precisely was Ukraine’s crime against Russia? Trying to become a prosperous and democratic nation? Working to integrate with Europe to bring peace and prosperity to the country? Developing its own natural gas deposits to sell to Europe and compete with Russia (GASP!). NATO had already stated Ukraine was DECADES from membership, with much to do. Like rooting out corruption by the likes of Burisma and the Bidens.
Meanwhile, Putin has drained all of his foreign reserves and swamped his economy to pay for the war. He forced the banks to “lend” $400 billion to Russian military contractors to fund it, and to pay for weapons production. The loans are unsecured and will likely all default as soon as the war ends. He has also forced the banks to hand over ALL deposits over the $13,000 insurance limit to the government, and replaced the cash with bank “equity vouchers” in the customer accounts!!
In other words, Putin is bankrupting his entire economy to fight this war. He is printing Roubles to try to keep afloat, while interest rates are at 21% and climbing and inflation is pushing 30% (Rostat keeps changing how they report it and just making it up as they go along)
This is “winning”???
That you just ignore all of these facts tells me you are either fully ignorant of what is really happening, or you are spreading propaganda to assist in the attempt to sway Trump and get the West to dump Ukraine just as the tsunami is about to swamp Russia. Putin took a hopeful and growing economy and turned it into a tower of s—t for his Tsar’s fantasies.
I literally shared a thread on day one with a friend of mine, a fellow wargamer, who knew as well as I did that Ukraine didn't stand a chance. The soldiers I work with were on the same page. Everything was working against it, population, preparedness, geography, dependence on the ex-Soviet industrial complex for heavy goods like generating capacity...the list goes on. People who do not understand this are just fine, but they probably should just shut their mouths until they learn better.
It is every nation's responsibility to look to its own well-being. Armenia is a great example. It spent hundreds of years being on the border between Rome and Parthia/Sassanid Persia. It never stoked a war between the two powers because they invariably got ravaged by the warring armies. It tried to negotiate and fulfill the requirements of both sides because the price was having the country devastated. Who was right? I don't know. Might makes right.
But people like you think waging internet war is going to suffice. Well, this is the result.
You’ve said a lot and maybe without meaning to you didn’t realize you were repeating some things that was thrown out as facts but weren’t
Yes! There was chatter between Ukraine and Russia and it was suggested somewhere by someone that Russia would withdraw, you’d have to know what was said because the terms were not acceptable and it kind of looks like you said they were .
After being. Invaded and having Ukraine blasted it wasn’t acceptable to go back in time tj only do it over again . Ukraine knew it wasn’t anything near what they could accept and it’s up to them , what is.
That’s not true. Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett and Turkish PM Erdogen both said the deal was very close. The United States didn’t want a neutral Ukraine. They wanted the war to weaken Russia. And that was a miserable failure. The version you were telling iis a sanitized US media garbage
Meaning you get the USAID / CIA version. 90% of ‘journalists’ were being paid by their propaganda wing to report the war from their perspective. Yes, there is definitely suffering, but the US/Euro Union deep state defense/industrial complex is complicit for all of it.
Tell that to the Ukrainians who have been shot, starved, tortured, bombed out of their homes, had their children kidnapped by Russian soldiers and “given” to “good” Russian families to be raised as loyal Russian citizens; 500,000 of them at last count.
We have sponsored 200 Ukrainian refugees where we live. It’s all very real to them.
The narrative we were told about Putin being Hitler as the reason for the war wasn’t real. What caused the war was the US and NATO threat of putting NATO on the Ukraine border, which was on the same magnitude to Russia as the USSR putting missiles in Cuba was to the US.
"Full spectrum dominance" as the guiding principle of US foreign policy has not worked. The morally bankrupt Neocon dream that usurped the "Peace Dividend" that was promised after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Time for a new American vision, hopefully a more, human, less exceptionalistic, more collaborative, cooperative,peaceful, win- win foreign policy.....not holding my breath, though.
'Narrative'...can we stop peddling this word, a dog whistle for 'something I don't like'. There is no narrative, only facts. Putin invaded a sovereign country. Did you expect Ukraine's allies to just do nothing? What would be the fucking 'narrative' then?
I always ask people like you who recycle state dept/cia/mic talking points to tell me what Angela Merkel said about the Minsk Agreements and who sent Boris Johnson to tell zelelensky not to sign the Istanbul peace deal???
Cmon Jay, wake up. The US & the defense/industrial complex set this whole thing in motion. They facilitated the whole thing, playing on your mind. And it clearly worked.
Why on Earth would Mr Putin or any other Russian want to "conquer Europe"? There is absolutely nothing there but trouble - serious trouble - and deranged people.
Moreover, on a purely military level, there is no longer any need to march into Paris or Berlin (as the Russians did in 1814 and 1945 respectively. They can now destroy either the whole city, or any individual building, within 20 minutes.
"Most of the support we are providing actually goes right back into the U.S. economy and defense industrial base, helping to modernize and scale our own vital defense infrastructure while creating American jobs and economic growth. In fact, the first $75 billion package created good-paying American jobs in at least 40 states across the United States, and 90 percent of this next request will do the same…
It helps Ukraine, it provides jobs in the United States, and it serves as an economic stimulus. And I think countries like Germany are starting to see the same requirement [JUST READ TODAY'S NEWS]. And so that’s – that is a good thing…
And I think right now we haven’t seen an either/or in Europe. We’ve seen a yes/and, including, again, countries like Germany looking at how you build weapons in Ukraine both for their market, for the global market, et cetera. So that is what we need to foster going forward. And I will tell you as somebody who works all around the world some of these really basic systems – you know, we make Cadillac of weapons, but some of the most basic stuff is needed by every – all over the place, by countries defending themselves against terrorism and other things."
A U.S. invasion of Canada would be an unprecedented geopolitical crisis with global consequences. Below is a condensed step-by-step breakdown of how such an event might unfold:
I am not an expert on this subject other than what I've read on various scenarios.
Step 1: The U.S. Invades Canada
The U.S. launches a large-scale military operation under a pretext such as national security or economic interests.
Major Canadian cities and military bases are targeted, with cyberattacks disrupting communications and infrastructure.
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) engage in defensive tactics but are vastly outnumbered.
Canada invokes NATO Article 5, calling for international military assistance.
The Prime Minister and key government officials relocate to secure sites.
Step 2: Global and NATO Response
Canada Actions
Canadian forces retreat strategically, using the country's vast geography for guerrilla warfare.
Civilian militias form, disrupting U.S. supply lines.
NATO Response
European NATO members strongly condemn the invasion and prepare military assistance.
NATO forces deploy naval blockades and launch cyberwarfare operations against the U.S.
Some NATO countries hesitate due to U.S. military and economic influence.
United Nations and the European Union
The UN is paralysed due to a U.S. veto in the Security Council.
The EU imposes sanctions, freezing U.S. assets and cutting trade ties.
Step 3: U.S. Internal Unrest and Civil War
Anti-war protests erupt in major U.S. cities, dividing the nation.
Some state governments, particularly those bordering Canada, refuse to support the war.
The U.S. military experiences defections, with some commanders refusing to fight against Canada.
Armed resistance and separatist movements in Texas and California gain traction, escalating into a Second American Civil War.
Step 4: Russia and China Take Advantage
Russia
Uses NATO distraction to expand into Ukraine, the Baltics, or the Arctic.
China
Invades Taiwan, assuming the U.S. is too preoccupied to intervene.
Strengthens global trade ties, positioning itself as the dominant economic power.
Step 5: The U.S. Struggles to Occupy Canada
U.S. forces capture major Canadian cities but face ongoing insurgency and logistical challenges.
Harsh winter conditions and vast geography make occupation difficult.
NATO special forces infiltrate occupied zones to train resistance fighters.
The U.S. economy weakens due to war expenses and global sanctions.
Step 6: Nuclear Brinkmanship and Economic Collapse
If NATO fully commits to defending Canada, the risk of nuclear war rises.
The U.S., engaged in multiple conflicts, struggles to maintain global dominance.
A worldwide recession occurs as trade routes are disrupted and markets collapse.
Step 7: Possible Outcomes
1. U.S. Victory, but at Enormous Cost
The U.S. occupies Canada but suffers economic collapse and internal rebellion.
NATO fractures, while Russia and China expand influence.
2. NATO Victory, U.S. Withdrawal
International pressure and U.S. civil war force a retreat.
A new U.S. government seeks peace, but its global influence is permanently weakened.
3. Global War and U.S. Collapse
The war spirals into a global conflict, leading to U.S. disintegration.
Russia and China emerge as the new superpowers, while Canada rebuilds under NATO protection.
Final Thoughts
An invasion of Canada would be self-destructive for the U.S., triggering NATO intervention, a domestic civil war, and an economic meltdown. The most likely outcome is U.S. collapse and the end of its global dominance, with Russia and China reshaping the world order.
And the sad thing is, Michael, that those of us paying attention could see this coming all along. Sacrificing all those people for nothing...
It’s the story of the Empire. Nothing changes. On to the next war
Mobbed-up "former" KGB officer Vladimir Putin is a world class (pardon the pun) humanitarian!!! Evil, evil NATO FORCED him to wage electronic warfare against Estonia in 2007, invade Georgia in 2008, and invade Ukraine (originally in 2014 with his "Little Green Men" and full-on in 2022)!!!
You have the US narrative down well. Maybe you should get some additional perspectives. Or you can wait until my book is out
Yeah, I have it memorized. Regarding your book -- No thanks, I already have plenty of toilet paper.
"Sorry folks," said Karoline Leavitt. "We genuinely thought it was an invasion. We never realised it was a skit, and that the Ukrainian president was an actor... I'll answer questions now."
"Is that misinterpretation why Victoria Nuland never became Secretary of State," asked reporter Sam Husseini.
Rubbish.
There are no good guys in the equation. Putins a vindictive, greedy, sociopath ( at the very least ), and what can you say about the calibre of men that have sat in the Oval Office, since, let’s say the mid eighties up to the present day? Again, I’m stumped. Let’s call them cunts as well. So, a bunch of cunts, who will be portrayed in a manner that suits the narrative that is being pushed, onwards,I was almost about say and upwards but that would be stretching the imagination a little too far. Right now, Putin bad. I remember the Taliban being just about the baddest society on the planet. It had to be smoked out, and killed. 20 years later and it’s like that invasion never happened, and those Taliban chaps were back in business , without a whimper of discontent from the media at large.,
It’s Punch and Judy. With bunker buster bombs instead of fists or a stick, or whatever the fuck Punch was fondly using on the missus. Putin bad. NATO good. When it suits them. Then NATO gone. All bad actors to my eye.
Yes, it’s much better to vote for Jill Stein or to not vote at all. (LOL)
America evil! / Russia victim!
Your use of the word "cunts" suggests to me that you're a Brit.
If so, how's Brexit working out for you?
And, who the fuck is Jill Stein?!
It sounds as though she's right up your alley. Unless, of course, you support The Traitorous Orange Turd known as Donald Trump.
A mass boycott of elections would be a good start in the right direction. Pity people talk the talk but can’t be bothered to walk the walk.
America evil. Russia victims?
The first part, we’ll just look at its track record. But when applying that to Russia, it doesn’t make for a good, compassionate filled CV, does it? I suggest you seek out a track by Jarvis Coker and his band Pulp. ‘The world is still ruled by cunts’.. it’s on YouTube or Spotify..their album. Common People is a masterpiece. The track I mentioned must be coming up for 30 years old and it could have been written yesterday.,
What part of the track record do you want to look at?
That is the crux of the matter. As the truth about Ukraine is drip fed to everyone, so that even the most anti Putin people are forced to see how things played out before and during the conflict, there will be another crisis, war, bad guys that will be focused on, 24/7 , hammering home a narrative that suits the good guys. Perpetually at war. By design. With control of resources abroad, and huge profits for those who supply munitions to make that a reality. Tens of millions displaced. Millions of civilians dead. And on it goes. Until it won’t.
So true, but now we get to witness it on social media. Still, people are believing the mainstream narrative.
Without satellites, thinks tanks and thousands of journalists, we were able to figure out what was going on. Not because we're special, but because it was obvious. One side works for lies, and almost everyone in between them and us doesn't give a shit who lives or dies unless its something to chat about at a barbeque or Facebook. I get sociopaths being sociopaths but its the apathy of billions that grates me most.
And the gullibility of so many. I've noticed that some people -- many who I wouldn't expect -- are drinking the koolaid.
UKRAINE: A money-laundering operation masquerading as a war.
This is what it has ALWAYS been … from day one.
The revelation this week that 90% of Ukrainian News was funded by USAID may have something to do with it. If the freeze on funding sent all the Ukrainian journalists home without a paycheck, there may be no “news” coming out to report in the West.
I recall, as a young girl, watching carpet bombing, Agent Orange spraying, rows of body bags being counted on tarmacs to be sent home. Something similar but more filtered in Iraq and Afghanistan. Where have the voices been in Congress and the media demanding to see what’s really been happening there? Based on the 90% USAID controlled media in Country, it’s likely the Ukrainians don’t even know this war is lost and was lost before it began.
I hope all of the people who wore their Covid masks outside in their own yards to hang their Ukraine flags are forced to watch the raping and pillaging their uninformed, virtue-signaling bandwagon support wrought on this utterly flattened, depopulated and demoralized nation. Their men are gone, including the members of their professional class (doctors, dentists, economists…) who had the bad fortune of being males. Doctors and vagrants, all of equal value as fodder in a war machine that never had a 1% chance of winning.
Ukraine’s only sin (besides their money and attention grubbing leader) was to being a neighbor of Russia and, therefore, a pawn in U.S. empire games. If ever we find ourselves in a hot war with Russia, you heard it here first, Ukraine will fight with Russia against us.
I have read english versions of Ukrainian news outlets online for about 2 years. They are strange sad schizoid beasts oscillating between hatred of Russia, documentation of Ukrainian corruption, the hopelessness of their situation, celebration of ephemeral “advances” , but always kissing Zelensky’s miserable ass. Sad indeed.
You're full of beans and KGB* disinformation whether you realize it or not.
*Today's SVR and FSB
In other words, you don’t have an intelligent argument and have to resort to name calling
You poor thing, you.
And STILL, no cogent argument … insults and condescension.
You poor thing, you.
🤣🤣🤣
Does Vladimir Putin pay you, or do you do it for free?
And STILL, no cogent argument.
Try again.
Is Ukraine a fascist country? Did NATO force your buddy Putin to invade it?
As usual, Michael:
“You idiot,” they argued.
🤣🤣🤣
Uh oh. The village called, they want their idiot back.
Yuk. Yuk. Yuk.
LOL
Putin is more like Mobutu than Hitler, but he has had a bad habit of blowing up apartment buildings since he came to power in the late 90's. And you know, invading countries whose sovereignty and territorial integrity your nation has signed treaties to guarantee is not nothing. Our real problem is that our "security state" has done everything possible to avoid winning in peace or war since 1945.
You need to get some more background on this war. Watch John Mearsheimer or Jeffrey Sachs or Christopher Hedges. They will explain it all better to you. Your understanding of the bigger picture is lacking
I know all of them. I just think they each have gotten some things wrong. I think Putin is worse than they do and that most of what he and they blame the West for is an excuse for his imperial pretensions. I could be wrong, but I've spent a good deal of time on and in Russia, Ukraine, and the rest of what the Russians call "the near abroad." Thanks for the message.
What would the US do if China tried to put hypersonic missiles on the US border?
What did the US do when the USSR tried to put missiles in Cuba pointing at the US?
No one was putting nukes in Ukraine. Moron.
Oh they would have if Russia didn’t stop them
No, they wouldn’t. Eventually there might have been some missile defense systems if Iran keeps building nukes, but now there are DOZENS to defend Ukraine from the Nazi/Fascist Russian invasion. And since when does Russia dictate what Europe can or cant do??? No one was invading Russia — ever.
Does it not make you sick to repeat Putin’s revisionist, genocidal bullshit? His actions have killed and maimed over a million souls.
Why does United States dictate what the entire region can do?
The US doesn’t dictate anything. NATO is an alliance. France Germany Italy are all sovereigns who do what they want However, opposition to evil tends to breed agreement. Doesnt it bother you to be in league with North Korea and Iran??
And this justifies Putin’s invasion of Ukraine how, Michael?? Ukraine was not joining NATO. Ukraine was suffering Russia’s black ops invasion of Donbas for 10 years. When that ultimately failed, Putin bought off Yanukovych to reverse his promises. The PEOPLE threw him out, not the US. And he was waiting in Russia to be reinstalled after Putin took Kyiv. Now explain WHAT that has to do with the US’ role in the Middle East or anywhere else.
"Ukraine suffered" ? You mean the Russian-speaking Ukrainians suffered from being slaughtered by neo -nazi Ukrainians until Putin put a stop to it. Where do you morons get your talking points, CIA laundered corporate media, funded by tbe military industrial complex. Understanding what caused the war-against-Russia-using-Ukraine-like-a-rag is an IQ test, and you failed.
That’s exactly where they get their talking points, programmed to repeat everything the CIA tells them through their propaganda mouthpieces line CNN, New York Times, etc. Critical thinking isn’t strong in these sheeple, that is tied to low IQ, as well.
I've always suspected the war in Ukraine has been linked to money laundering.
Well there's zelenskys off-shore accounts, but the real money laundering was what Mitch McConnel said, "This money isnt going to Ukraine its going to our weapons manufacturers. And its the best bang for the buck - no US soldiers are being killed."
Win-win! We enrich stockholder back accounts, and only* Ukrainian and Russians die!!
Don't forget the babies in incubators 1991 Iraq atrocity propaganda. And of course this...
https://youtu.be/GAD029Dr2pI?si=Q1vgMqn-QGQ_HWKO
Hey, that’s right. It was years after that, I found out that little girl was the daughter of the Kuwait Ambassador and she was at Columbia drama class! Don’t remember when I heard or saw it but the Gazans attempted the same thing o. The Israelis. Towards the beginning, when they “hit” a hospital. Know we know we the people paid for that propaganda on ourselves…
McFaul is slime.
Scum of the earth. He blocked me on Facebook.
You claim to be “anti-Imperialist” yet you parrot Putin’s every word about the war in Ukraine. You blame UKRAINE for the invasion and say Ukraine was/is bound to lose, so the West should just abandon them.
To be clear: Putin’s justification of the invasion matches verbatim every invasion Russia has undertaken in the last 120 years. “To protect ‘ethnic Russians’ from ‘genocide.’” “To prevent the extermination of the Russian language and culture from historically ‘Russian’ territory.” Go read the history of Molotov-Ribbentrop and the invasion of eastern Poland. You could literally just change the proper nouns and it would be the same crap Putin spouts, the same revisionist history, the same denial of Russian brutality and imperialism.
The good news is that Ukrainians are tough, honest and relentless freedom fighters. ONE of their men is worth TEN Russians. The bad news is how the West has drip-fed them the weapons and sanctions they needed to stop this war. Biden’s pretend sanctions were a travesty, to try to keep oil prices down for the election.
The HUMANE thing to do would have been to make clear in December 2021 that the West was providing Ukraine with a full modern Air Force and the complete suite of long range weapons IMMEDIATELY. That would have put Putin’s plans on ice. But Biden was in Russia ad China’s pocket, and the MIC loves a long, drawn out bloodbath.
What an asshat and Russian troll you are. Russia had NO EXCUSE for its invasion other thn imperialist desire to take over Donbas and turn Ukraine into a rump state,
How do scum like you live with yourself?
None of that changes the fact that Ukraine was going to lose from the start. Claiming that warfare is “unfair” or “inexcusable” has a really poor track record for results. Ukraine still loses.
Saying “I hate Russia” would be more honest than the lame moralizing. The failure to placate Russia is the proximate cause of the problem here and that is all on the Ukrainians.
Ukraine was absolutely in position to run Russia out, The counteroffensive in 2022 took back 65% of the lost land and needed long range fires to take the rest. Chickenshit, corrupt Biden refused. The morons like Milley tried to sell a 2023 counteroffensive with NO air power. Had Biden authorized planes and ATACMS in late 2022, the war would have ended in the Summer of 2023.
France managed to gear up Mirages and train pilots in SIX MONTHS. The US stalled and did NOTHING, then took 30 months to train pilots for a handful of Dutch F-16s.
Russia’s vaunted AA systems, Pantsirs and S-400s were exposed as frauds, easily defeated by even rudimentary drones and missiles.
There was no “placating: Putin. He wanted Donbas, period. The first negotiations were surrender options, not peace plans. He had his little green men killing and bombing in Donbas, kidnapping children - a full on terror campaign for a DECADE. And people like YOU blamed Ukraine!!!
Right now, Russia’s non-military economy is in total collapse, borderline hyperinflation, Ukraine has taken out 25% of their refining capacity, Trump’s efforts have gotten China to refuse all shadow fleet tankers. Their armored assaults have fallen from 200 a day to 50, and are virtually devoid of tanks and APCs. After four months and 30,000 casualties, they STILL haven’t taken Povrovsk. Ukraine has gone back on the offensive in Kursk, retaking a line of villages and killing and capturing hundreds Russian and NoKo troops.
With the proper support from a POTUS who wasnt totally corrupt, Ukraine wins this war in a walk.
That they are still very much in the fight without ANY American air assets is astonishing.
The Russian propaganda regime is in overdrive to get Trump to hand Putin what he wants. The fact is if Trump kicked up support with the RIGHT weapons, Ukraine would have Putin on his knees by late summer. They still may even without Trump.
You are basically a Russian troll, useful idiot or propagandist on the payroll. Anyone actually following this war on social media and Ukrainian channels has a far more compete picture of what is going on. Russia just upped recuitment bonuses to $40,000! That is 6-8X the average annual income. Imagine if the US offered a $500,000 signing bonus to the US Army! (Of course, Putin never actually PAYS.
Anyone who claims Ukraine was destined to lose the war from Day One is precisely that, Anyoe who claims UKRAINE brought Russia’s invasion on itself is clearly either demented or a paid Russian troll.
Ukraine is 1/4 the size of Russia in population, and had an antiquated military with few modern weapons. And yet it stopped Russia’s invasion and turned it around without a SINGLE long-range weapon and about 40 operational military aircraft, all 30-40 years old and without any modern avionics . This is one of history’s most epic military accomplishments. The mighty Russian military has been exposed as a Potemkin facade.
And what precisely was Ukraine’s crime against Russia? Trying to become a prosperous and democratic nation? Working to integrate with Europe to bring peace and prosperity to the country? Developing its own natural gas deposits to sell to Europe and compete with Russia (GASP!). NATO had already stated Ukraine was DECADES from membership, with much to do. Like rooting out corruption by the likes of Burisma and the Bidens.
Meanwhile, Putin has drained all of his foreign reserves and swamped his economy to pay for the war. He forced the banks to “lend” $400 billion to Russian military contractors to fund it, and to pay for weapons production. The loans are unsecured and will likely all default as soon as the war ends. He has also forced the banks to hand over ALL deposits over the $13,000 insurance limit to the government, and replaced the cash with bank “equity vouchers” in the customer accounts!!
In other words, Putin is bankrupting his entire economy to fight this war. He is printing Roubles to try to keep afloat, while interest rates are at 21% and climbing and inflation is pushing 30% (Rostat keeps changing how they report it and just making it up as they go along)
This is “winning”???
That you just ignore all of these facts tells me you are either fully ignorant of what is really happening, or you are spreading propaganda to assist in the attempt to sway Trump and get the West to dump Ukraine just as the tsunami is about to swamp Russia. Putin took a hopeful and growing economy and turned it into a tower of s—t for his Tsar’s fantasies.
You know, you people look like clowns calling everyone who points out your idiotic viewpoint a Russian troll. Please, keep it up, we need the comedy.
I literally shared a thread on day one with a friend of mine, a fellow wargamer, who knew as well as I did that Ukraine didn't stand a chance. The soldiers I work with were on the same page. Everything was working against it, population, preparedness, geography, dependence on the ex-Soviet industrial complex for heavy goods like generating capacity...the list goes on. People who do not understand this are just fine, but they probably should just shut their mouths until they learn better.
It is every nation's responsibility to look to its own well-being. Armenia is a great example. It spent hundreds of years being on the border between Rome and Parthia/Sassanid Persia. It never stoked a war between the two powers because they invariably got ravaged by the warring armies. It tried to negotiate and fulfill the requirements of both sides because the price was having the country devastated. Who was right? I don't know. Might makes right.
But people like you think waging internet war is going to suffice. Well, this is the result.
You’ve said a lot and maybe without meaning to you didn’t realize you were repeating some things that was thrown out as facts but weren’t
Yes! There was chatter between Ukraine and Russia and it was suggested somewhere by someone that Russia would withdraw, you’d have to know what was said because the terms were not acceptable and it kind of looks like you said they were .
After being. Invaded and having Ukraine blasted it wasn’t acceptable to go back in time tj only do it over again . Ukraine knew it wasn’t anything near what they could accept and it’s up to them , what is.
That’s not true. Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett and Turkish PM Erdogen both said the deal was very close. The United States didn’t want a neutral Ukraine. They wanted the war to weaken Russia. And that was a miserable failure. The version you were telling iis a sanitized US media garbage
Some of us get news from Ukraine directly, not through the news…it is a real event, trust me.
I never said the war wasn’t real. Only the origins of the war was misleading.
Meaning you get the USAID / CIA version. 90% of ‘journalists’ were being paid by their propaganda wing to report the war from their perspective. Yes, there is definitely suffering, but the US/Euro Union deep state defense/industrial complex is complicit for all of it.
It’s not real??
Tell that to the Ukrainians who have been shot, starved, tortured, bombed out of their homes, had their children kidnapped by Russian soldiers and “given” to “good” Russian families to be raised as loyal Russian citizens; 500,000 of them at last count.
We have sponsored 200 Ukrainian refugees where we live. It’s all very real to them.
The narrative we were told about Putin being Hitler as the reason for the war wasn’t real. What caused the war was the US and NATO threat of putting NATO on the Ukraine border, which was on the same magnitude to Russia as the USSR putting missiles in Cuba was to the US.
"Full spectrum dominance" as the guiding principle of US foreign policy has not worked. The morally bankrupt Neocon dream that usurped the "Peace Dividend" that was promised after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Time for a new American vision, hopefully a more, human, less exceptionalistic, more collaborative, cooperative,peaceful, win- win foreign policy.....not holding my breath, though.
I would like to believe, but can't, that Trump sees war as a loser and will moderate a bit.
He is not serious about Gaza and is doing a bit of hyperbole.
I stand behind none of this other than he knows it is not going to happen.
Why?
Imagine the conversatios:
King Abdullah in answer to Trump: "Sure Donnie, I was kinda tired of the kingship thing."
President Sisi: "No problema Mr. Pres, Egypt needs a revolution."
Straight ON Michael and WELL spoken.
'Narrative'...can we stop peddling this word, a dog whistle for 'something I don't like'. There is no narrative, only facts. Putin invaded a sovereign country. Did you expect Ukraine's allies to just do nothing? What would be the fucking 'narrative' then?
I clearly explain in the article what the narrative is.
I always ask people like you who recycle state dept/cia/mic talking points to tell me what Angela Merkel said about the Minsk Agreements and who sent Boris Johnson to tell zelelensky not to sign the Istanbul peace deal???
Cmon Jay, wake up. The US & the defense/industrial complex set this whole thing in motion. They facilitated the whole thing, playing on your mind. And it clearly worked.
Why on Earth would Mr Putin or any other Russian want to "conquer Europe"? There is absolutely nothing there but trouble - serious trouble - and deranged people.
Moreover, on a purely military level, there is no longer any need to march into Paris or Berlin (as the Russians did in 1814 and 1945 respectively. They can now destroy either the whole city, or any individual building, within 20 minutes.
Victoria Nuland, one year ago:
"Most of the support we are providing actually goes right back into the U.S. economy and defense industrial base, helping to modernize and scale our own vital defense infrastructure while creating American jobs and economic growth. In fact, the first $75 billion package created good-paying American jobs in at least 40 states across the United States, and 90 percent of this next request will do the same…
It helps Ukraine, it provides jobs in the United States, and it serves as an economic stimulus. And I think countries like Germany are starting to see the same requirement [JUST READ TODAY'S NEWS]. And so that’s – that is a good thing…
And I think right now we haven’t seen an either/or in Europe. We’ve seen a yes/and, including, again, countries like Germany looking at how you build weapons in Ukraine both for their market, for the global market, et cetera. So that is what we need to foster going forward. And I will tell you as somebody who works all around the world some of these really basic systems – you know, we make Cadillac of weapons, but some of the most basic stuff is needed by every – all over the place, by countries defending themselves against terrorism and other things."
A U.S. invasion of Canada would be an unprecedented geopolitical crisis with global consequences. Below is a condensed step-by-step breakdown of how such an event might unfold:
I am not an expert on this subject other than what I've read on various scenarios.
Step 1: The U.S. Invades Canada
The U.S. launches a large-scale military operation under a pretext such as national security or economic interests.
Major Canadian cities and military bases are targeted, with cyberattacks disrupting communications and infrastructure.
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) engage in defensive tactics but are vastly outnumbered.
Canada invokes NATO Article 5, calling for international military assistance.
The Prime Minister and key government officials relocate to secure sites.
Step 2: Global and NATO Response
Canada Actions
Canadian forces retreat strategically, using the country's vast geography for guerrilla warfare.
Civilian militias form, disrupting U.S. supply lines.
NATO Response
European NATO members strongly condemn the invasion and prepare military assistance.
NATO forces deploy naval blockades and launch cyberwarfare operations against the U.S.
Some NATO countries hesitate due to U.S. military and economic influence.
United Nations and the European Union
The UN is paralysed due to a U.S. veto in the Security Council.
The EU imposes sanctions, freezing U.S. assets and cutting trade ties.
Step 3: U.S. Internal Unrest and Civil War
Anti-war protests erupt in major U.S. cities, dividing the nation.
Some state governments, particularly those bordering Canada, refuse to support the war.
The U.S. military experiences defections, with some commanders refusing to fight against Canada.
Armed resistance and separatist movements in Texas and California gain traction, escalating into a Second American Civil War.
Step 4: Russia and China Take Advantage
Russia
Uses NATO distraction to expand into Ukraine, the Baltics, or the Arctic.
China
Invades Taiwan, assuming the U.S. is too preoccupied to intervene.
Strengthens global trade ties, positioning itself as the dominant economic power.
Step 5: The U.S. Struggles to Occupy Canada
U.S. forces capture major Canadian cities but face ongoing insurgency and logistical challenges.
Harsh winter conditions and vast geography make occupation difficult.
NATO special forces infiltrate occupied zones to train resistance fighters.
The U.S. economy weakens due to war expenses and global sanctions.
Step 6: Nuclear Brinkmanship and Economic Collapse
If NATO fully commits to defending Canada, the risk of nuclear war rises.
The U.S., engaged in multiple conflicts, struggles to maintain global dominance.
A worldwide recession occurs as trade routes are disrupted and markets collapse.
Step 7: Possible Outcomes
1. U.S. Victory, but at Enormous Cost
The U.S. occupies Canada but suffers economic collapse and internal rebellion.
NATO fractures, while Russia and China expand influence.
2. NATO Victory, U.S. Withdrawal
International pressure and U.S. civil war force a retreat.
A new U.S. government seeks peace, but its global influence is permanently weakened.
3. Global War and U.S. Collapse
The war spirals into a global conflict, leading to U.S. disintegration.
Russia and China emerge as the new superpowers, while Canada rebuilds under NATO protection.
Final Thoughts
An invasion of Canada would be self-destructive for the U.S., triggering NATO intervention, a domestic civil war, and an economic meltdown. The most likely outcome is U.S. collapse and the end of its global dominance, with Russia and China reshaping the world order.
GQ
Sounds like a nice outline for a new mini series. It’s worth shopping it around.
Step 1 should have been “is writing this total bullshit a good use of my time”
It's good to be on guard for thee
Excellent summation.
A needless blood bath.