And German guy lectures us without even a hint of irony :roll:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60485766

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https://www.focus.de/politik/ausland..._56583708.html


Scholz always is absent, even when he stands there and makes some noise with his mouth. He always is totally disconnected form the reality around him, appears apathic, seems to be completely uninterested, you do not so much see him for himself, but you are aware of him only by that where he should be there is just kind of a hole that covers the background behind it. And because you cannot see that part of the backgroudn your relaise that there should be something in the foreground - just that you cannot see that thing in the foreground. A misty cloud that moves and changes form all the time, never takes clear contour and shape and form, mad eof highly polsiehd Teflon particles so that nothign cna stiock to it, nothign can be seen in it, nothing can be interpreted into it. Pure nothingness. In interviews he often ignores the quesiton and babbles down a prepared text, and when being asked again he repeats that text more or less and when being pressed a third time, he repeats that text. There is no link between what he says and what he is, and the reality we others live in. His way of speaking is lame, sedating, boring, monotonous.


He is very strange, there is something about him that triggers all my instinctive alarm sensors. I call him bubble-Olaf because he seems to live in his own alternate reality all the time. Even if he is here he is not really here. Very alienating figure. Even his own party does not really like him.

https://www.nytimespost.com/germany-...a-ukraine-row/


Ukraine is a new Belt Road hub for that German Chinese alliance announced in the Chinese State run newspaper Global Times. However this hub would completely bypass Russia, and it appears Putin wants a piece of the pie too.

Winkin', Blinkin, and Nod
 

He's already discovered that! As I've stated earlier in this thread We need to be at DEFCON two and remove our useless ambaßador from Moscow...and find another SEC of State that ain't Blinkin', :Kaleun_Wink:n' or :Kaleun_Sleep:n'. Moreover on 60 Minutes this weekend past, the President of Ukraine admitted that Ukraine's giving up its third largest nuclear arsenal was a mistake...I wonder what remaining plums: Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia are contemplating at this juncture:ping::ping::ping: :hmmm: Our best hope is that Mr Putin Age 69, dies...shortly w/o a legacy! :doh:

I reckon this politician should be reminded he is no longer a member of the British army.

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Absolute Zero Ice Burn!

I've tried to find an Article in English. It has been in the news here-They showed a video clip of a train with many tanks and armoured vehicle on its way eastward-To the front.

The only article I have is this translated Danish article

https://ekstrabladet-dk.translate.go..._x_tr_pto=wapp

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If - and that means: "if" - Russia attacks all Ukraine and conquers it, then a huge part of the Russian army is concentrated in that territory -. and suddenly shares borders with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary. And Putin already has made claim for owning all former Sovjet vasalls, too.

If he plays totally crazy horse and goes all in (which I doubt, but we cannot be certain of anything anymore, he has executed all comfortable certainties we based on in the past 30 years), and strikes in the Baltic region, too, I do not see that NATO, with or without the US, could defend or later retake the three small Baltic states without the use uf nukes. Which the US would not use for three small Baltic states, no doubt.

The big bulwark in the east must be Poland.

I wonder how the logistical background of the Russian army now is, after the many reforms and modernizations of theirs. I expect it to be fundamentally improved compared to the 1990s, but I know nothing about their logistcs systema and status nowadays.


And the US now launch sanctions against NS2 and related companies and directors that had been held back in the past months and year. Either the US does this now because Berlin had alreayd put the certification process on a temporary halt (thats how German media interpret it), or the Americans have realised that the announced German freeze indeed is no end but just a delay to NS2 and so they use the opportunity to hammer the penultimate nails into the coffin of NS2 (I could no longer criticise them for that like I still did one year ago).

^ This is what I tried to get an answer The day the entire Ukraine is occupied. Will the Russian(Putin) stop there or will they continue into Poland and/or the Baltic states ?

And this

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60454795

Markus

That must be sarcasm....

...it's worth noting that Putin invades Ukraine when Biden, not Trump, is in office. :hmmm:

Wouldn't be so sure. If Russia attacks any NATO Member, it's war. Where the nukes come into play? Well, I'm sure they are in the plan somewhere, otherwise they wouldn't exist.

Their forces are concentrated around Ukraine, while a contingent is of course in Belarus.. close to Poland.
If NATO could push for Leningrad full conventionally it would take Putin by surprise.

Same surprise if NATO decided to accept Ukraine for defense against Russia next week.
Would Putin risk a nuclear war over Ukraine? I guess not.

That was a good question.

How would different US-President have acted.

How would Reagan(if he was the President today) have acted if Russia invaded Ukraine ?

How would Trump(If he was the President today)have acted of Russia invaded Ukraine ?

How would JFK..... ?

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^ no doubt about JFK or Reagan.
Skybird and sarcastic? Are you being sarcastic? :D
It will be interesting what can be found out by the courts about Trump, i hear they are in full swing.
Trump would not even have initiated sanctions, maybe some congratulation on twitter.

(quoting myself from this morning)
Trump:
“I said, ‘This is genius,'” [...] “Putin declared a big portion of … Ukraine … as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful. … I said, ‘How smart is that?’ And he’s going to go in and be a peacekeeper. That’s strongest peace force. … We could use that on our southern border. That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen. There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen. They’re going to keep the peace all right. Here’s a guy who’s very savvy … I know him very well. Very, very well.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...asion-1311025/

https://www.rawstory.com/mike-pompeo-2656771461/


Or, how Tim Rowland wrote:
"Truth? Who cares about that? Truth is so 1992.
You want to win in this country, you gotta do two things: You gotta lie and you gotta be nuts. Maybe we could even invade Ukraine before Putin does. Perfect."

And to be true: Maybe this, or going for Leningrad. War it will be anyway.

Have you taken note of the Donald's recent brilliant comments on the issue short time ago? I linked it somewhere. Nothing but praise for Putin he gave.

I do not say its good that Biden commands the US in this. I only meant there was a chance that the US would be commanded by an even worse "commander".

Even if he already does not recall it anymore, Biden is, like Putin, a child of the cold war thinking and playing. He learned and experienced and knows how the cold war game is played and what the rules are. Donny does not.


Lets not be mistaken, that Putin now goes tough is not becasue ther eis Bidne in place, he has prapred this many years in advance. all hius thinling finds its expression and culmination in what he now does. He has been about this since 15 years or so. And obviously raging bull Trump had no braking effect on it, evenm if his fans claim so.



Putin's history lessons and world view may or may not sound weired in Western ears (as always there are at least some grains of truth in them...). But we better start taking him by these his words. He means them. He always has.