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We're off topic now but back in the early 1930s many strategists thought the next big war would be between the US and UK, the US even had War Plan Red with air bases built specifically for an invasion of Canada.
The US also developed War Plan Orange in which it was attacked by Japan and the British Empire as allies.
Back on topic Putin at the time of the Crawford ranch visit to Bush Jr was considered an ally.
Yeah heard it a few hrs back. Not sure but seems Ukraine left it late pulling out some of their forces from there so I say lost a lot of troops trying to get out.
Another fly in the ointment I see is that as far as the Russian economy goes in many ways putin needs the war to continue. Defence spending is currently propping up their economy as war economics tend to. If that tap were to shut off the internationally worthless ruble, the massive drop off in international sales and exports, the sanctions and the swelling rate of inflation would come into very sharp focus.
I don't there'd be a drop off in oil exports, so there finance for a post Putin government.
I really dont know , the positive scenario is that both sides kind of need a "fake because" to end this and Trump would be the one to deliver that, lord knows Harris has no gravitas in this regard or a more negative scenario is that it carries on til an obvious capitulation or some messy event down the road.
The "fake end" would result in genocide in the areas that Trump allows Russia to retain.... So I'm not sure what good this fake peace would be for Ukraine. Also "fake peace", reminds me of that time Chamberlain came back from Germany with the line "Peace in our time". Something that aged pretty poorly since Poland was invaded less than a year later.
I really dont know
You could have left it there.
I dont know what you mean , "a fake because" means they want the war to end genuinely but dont know how to go about it because of internal pressures etc.
In the Vulhedar link above you can find a video of 16 Ukraine POWs being lined up and shot by the Russians.
Still no permission to strike inside Russia?
The west are absolute cowards. Ukraine have been betrayed and lied too.
I for one think that a man who can barely deliver a speech and blurts out nonsense he gets from Facebook and Laura Loomer in a televised debate will deliver a deal, not just any deal but probably the best, biggliest and most beautiful.
"I don't know" seems to be a consistent theme in what you are posting. Maybe you are trying to be evasive and avoid committing yourself to the pro putin h**se**ite you are repeatedly peddling.
Meanwhile in a democracy the country he is trying so hard to terrorize for years now is continuing to fight back.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3911766-zelensky-ukraine-produced-25-times-more-ammunition-in-half-a-year-than-in-entire-year-of-2022.html
Weird, you guys never seen to address the fact that Putin has a goal of Russification so giving him any territories results in genocide...
HahahahahahahaHahahahahahaha.
Gravitas? Omf sides. You know why you don't know what the adjudicated rapist will do? Because no-one knows who will do the actual thinking for him and how long they will stick around. No-one with decency and integrity will work for him and the few intelligent arseholes who think they can end up quitting or getting fired because the ignoramus is Dunning Kruger personified. The man is a dribbling moron and deep down he knows it because good old Fred told him so every day of his miserable childhood.
Vuhledar is gone and seems a lot of Ukrainian soldiers killed or wounded while left to try and escape by their own means. Tragic loss of life and not a good development at all:
More war crimes by the Russian scum, the Ukrainian restraint in comparison is still extraordinary and the disgusting double standards of the US and European countries who let Israel strike wherever and whenever it wants while forcing Ukraine to fight with one hand behind its back is a disgrace:
Harris has no "gravitas" in this regard? How do you judge that?
Trump is blatantly compromised. I have my doubts about the rumour of the golden shower kompromat the Kremlin supposedly have of him (why should he fear being outed as a kinky whoremonger when being an adjudicated rapist and customer of porn stars doesn't seem to have hurt him?) but they definitely have him over a barrel somehow (as proven by his handing them classified information).
Given the choice between a Kremlin Asset that has a track record of attempting to extort their president) and a former DA that's judged as lacking gravitas by silverharp of boards.ie fame, I think it's beyond obvious who Ukraine would rather be dealing with after the election (assuming there will still be a United States of America and that Trump accepts his loss this time doesn't kick off a second American Civil War).
Of course the ideal situation would be not to have the US as a crutch to fall back on. The US has always been criticized for being militaristic, spending more than the next top ten or whatever combined on their military, foreign policy interventions etc., but it's not good enough for European countries to then turn around and get them to intervene when it suits. It also plays right into the hands of US non interventionists.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1002/1473123-gold-seizure-court/ Any idea how a russian living in Ireland happened to have gold bullion lying around?
Let that be a lesson: next time you find yourself with some nukes in your hand… don't let go.
Let us hope this isn't the eve of western 'leaders' "finding out"…
"assuming there will still be a United States of America and that Trump accepts his loss this time doesn't kick off a second American Civil War"
Oh please do… the apologists of the Confederate States of America are in dire need of a thorough trashing…
Russians killing Russians. Just business as usual. Works for me.
Sure thing buddy!
"The US is just as bad as Russia, or even worse, the difference is the US uses the pre text of bringing democracy to start their illegal wars which unnescesary killed hundreds of thousands over the past decades ..."
Wrong. For actual information talk to someone who has lived in the US. And in a non-democratic state. I'll go out on a limb and say you are not that person. Don't get me wrong: I'm all for giving the US a thorough enema - they've clusterfu**ing since WW2. But only after these diseases of the mind located in Beijing and Moscow are sterilized…
xD Goodness… you had lost me at "just as bad as Russia" but "or even worse"?… That just certifies your ignorance…
It's been a while since I've been under the impression that Austria needs to be turned into Europe's Paraguay… maybe this time around is a charm…
That bad huh 🤔
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/saudi-minister-warns-of-50-oil-as-opec-members-flout-production-curbs-216dc070
Saudis warning again they will crash oil prices because Russia and other OPEC+ members refuse to cut production despite agreeing to do so
bring on full tank of oil for 500 quid again! 😍
The loss of Vuhledar in the Donetsk is a setback yes. But, like Bakhmut last year, Ukraine is in a hard place, if they pull out in good time, Russia will just keep moving west so Ukraine have to make the difficult choice of holding off Russia for as long as possible. Another way of putting it is to quote an excellent source from Anna In Ukraine. Russia lost 9 brigades taking Vuhledar. The equivalent to the entire Danish army. As another poster here said a few days ago, if the US lost [or anyone else for that matter] that kind of manpower it would be the end of the government for sure and a national outcry of epic proportions. Even China would struggle to survive that. But Russia! is the oddest place on earth. I can understand Ukraine's difficult decision to stay on as long as they could. Its high time the US took off the gloves and let Ukraine do exactly what they need to do. Russian rhetoric is just that, a load of fist-thumping and loud wailing. If Putin planned to use WMD's he and his lot would never so much as say boo about it.
this one is not behind soft paywall
I really liked this quote
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Mikhail Krutikhin, a Russian energy analyst based in Norway, said Saudi Arabia's possible move posed "an enormous risk" for Moscow's state budget, because of its overwhelming dependency on oil revenues. And it's just one of several unpredictable factors on the horizon, including the U.S. presidential election.
"So we have to sit back now and wait — stock up on the popcorn," he said.
Saudi Arabia "understands perfectly well that Russian companies do not comply with the demand to reduce production, so they are making their own plans," Krutikhin added.
