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[Gp1]

The way Biden is recalling the events of the last 12 hours makes it sound like something that happened 20 years ago. He has a really weird way of delivering a message.

Someone should put the teleprompter closer to him. The man is suffering to read the speech.

 

[ipukespiders]

he is talking on cnn right now :

February 24, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday. Follow here for live news updates from the ground in Ukraine.

edition.cnn.com

I know, I'm referring to his speech right now.

 

[CGiRanger]

 

[DrAspirino]

Yes all these rules .. next is Poland ..

There's a very cruel saying I keep remembering every time I read that, and it goes "If you've never invaded Poland, you've failed as a dictator". xD

 

[poppabk]

Then why have they been having military drills and intrenched , manned and armed boarders?

It was worth a try asking here, but it seems folks here are as much in the dark on the reason as I am.

Most of it was likely for show, both for Russia and it's own people.

 

[Mistake]

So the freedom fighting Russians are squashing the second coming of the Nazis before it happens. Ahhh, it all makes sense now. For a moment, the invasion seemed ridiculous.

The land itself is quite valuable from a strategic standpoint. Large port and foothold in Europe

Isn't the Ukrainian President Jewish? It doesn't make sense calling them Nazis.

It didn’t make any more sense after the US’ last president put the embassy in Jerusalem and people called him a nazi, but hey, Russia learned from the best I guess.

 

[bob_mugabe]

Sounds like the state controlled media propaganda has been a domestic success among some Russians.

There is an even stronger focus on WW2 history in Russia today, even though the victory has always been a big celebration there. When the government calls Ukrainians nazi, they not only point to Ukrainian nationalist, I think they mostly refer to their role in WW2.

 

[Lady Redfield]

No. Ukraine is not part of NATO. There's going to be a lot of yelling and screaming from Western Countries, but none are willing to go to war over it for the sake of Ukraine. America is done with war after two failed attempts and the European Union was never interested in it in the first place.

Other countries have sent troops, money….


Putin won’t stop at Ukraine, his vision is to revive the Soviet Union, he’s not been shy about his thinking that the fall of the Soviet Union was a “tragedy”. He’s a tyrant that needs to be shutdown.


Russian soldiers have taken control of Chernobyl.


Russians protesting the war in Russia are being arrested.


China making it known they are behind their Russian butt buddies.

 

[3liteDragon]

 

[Javthusiast]

Both can be wrong at the same time.

Fuck that "freedom" convoy.

 

[Kraz]

Other countries have sent troops, money….

Exactly. While NATO can't respond as NATO(it's a defense pact) allied countries in and outside NATO can organize themselves in other ways to help.

 

[CGiRanger]

Biden: "No One Expected The Sanctions to Stop Him"

.....huh?....

 

[Hypereides]

Btw, the Russian ministry of digital development, communication and media has threatened with blocking and hand big "fines" if its media outlets report "disinformation" about the attacks in Ukraine.

Only "official Russian sources" deliver actual updated and accurate information, according to the ministry.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

There's a very cruel saying I keep remembering every time I read that, and it goes "If you've never invaded Poland, you've failed as a dictator". xD

Now that’s a saying

 

[Javthusiast]

Btw, the Russian ministry of digital development, communication and media has threatened with blocking and hand big "fines" if its media outlets report "disinformation" about the attacks in Ukraine.

Only "official Russian sources" deliver actual updated and accurate information, according to the ministry.

 

[KingGhidorah]

What a load of horseshit!!

IT. IS. NOT. WORKING!!

All these wealthy individuals/entities have to do is to shove 2-3 briefcase full of money under the table to the bankers and they will help them circumvent all these sanctions (UK, Swiss bankers are the worst!!) no wonder so many wealthy Russians make home in the UK and Switzerland. The corruption in the Western countries are as bad if not worse than in 3rd world countries, because our bankers do it in a much higher complex/advanced level

 

[GladiusFrog]

....... WTF is this conference. I'm stunned and nearly speechless.

 

[CGiRanger]

Biden refused to answer question about personally sanctioning Putin

 

[CGiRanger]

Biden actually said "Asia is opposed to Russia's actions" (uh China???)


lol Biden openly refused to comment on China's opinion/role in this!

 

[ipukespiders]

Significant Sanctions

Now, back to my nap.

 

[miles118]

Biden: "No One Expected The Sanctions to Stop Him"

.....huh?....

It will not stop putin but it will sanctionned his country. And people will suffer so people will be against Putin. That's the idea behind those sanctions.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

We should ask Cubans how sanctions helped liberate them from the Castros…

 

[DeepEnigma]

Biden: "No One Expected The Sanctions to Stop Him"

.....huh?....

wargames

 

[Boss Mog]

So all these woke corporations and Sports leagues that love to champion causes, have any of them stepped forward to condemn Russia and take their business away? Have FIFA and UEFA banned Russia and all its clubs from all competitions? is FIA cancelling the Russian GP?

 

[CGiRanger]

 

[miles118]

Some people either do not want sanctions to hit Russia or want arm force to go in Ukraine to risk bigger conflict

 

[j0hnnix]

It's really hard to follow Javthusiast posts with that avatar.

 

[Forsete]

So afraid of that gas valve being shut..

Traitors.

 

[chromhound]

What a load of horseshit!!

IT. IS. NOT. WORKING!!

All these wealthy individuals/entities have to do is to shove 2-3 briefcase full of money under the table to the bankers and they will help them circumvent all these sanctions (UK, Swiss bankers are the worst!!) no wonder so many wealthy Russians make home in the UK and Switzerland. The corruption in the Western countries are as bad if not worse than in 3rd world countries, because our bankers do it in a much higher complex/advanced level

they probably converted most of their money in Gold

and WTF Germany????

 

[miles118]

So afraid of that gas valve being shut..

Traitors.

They have already shutdown Nordstream 2. Some politicians are simply corrupt in germany that's all. Russian's money.

 

[xellos2099alpha]

She's one of the few streamers I follow since she's put out some quality ff material. Hopefully she gets out okay.

Supposedly she manage to get to poland base on her tweet. Not goign to post the link as some peopel here refuse to believe the situration and attack her base on the bunyn ear.

 

[DeepEnigma]

So all these woke corporations and Sports leagues that love to champion causes, have any of them stepped forward to condemn Russia and take their business away? Have FIFA and UEFA banned Russia and all its clubs from all competitions? is FIA cancelling the Russian GP?

All about them Benjamins. See: China.

 

[bob_mugabe]

It will not stop putin but it will sanctionned his country. And people will suffer so people will be against Putin. That's the idea behind those sanctions.

It litterally never worked that way in recent history.

 

[Forsete]

They have already shutdown Nordstream 2. Some politicians are simply corrupt in germany that's all. Russian's money.

Yes but they need to kill NS1 as well.
I know it will never happen.

 

[Yamisan]

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

So afraid of that gas valve being shut..

Traitors.

God I hate anti nuclear ecologists so much…

 

[3liteDragon]

 

[Wildebeest]

Germany makes a decision in favour of their mercantilist policies and blocks holding a country accountable for an illegal war because it hurts them? I'm shocked, I tell you, simply shocked. Who could predict a twist like that? Not good ol' Germany, ethical champion of Europe.

 

[kutthoat5150]

To defend Nato countries, that's it

 

[LordCBH]

Who knows. A few months ago I would have thought it not possible. After today, and the fact we know the CCP backs Russia, it's probably very possible.

China also knows the US wouldn’t do dick about it. If I’m China, I’m moving on Taiwan by the end of the week.

 

[Mistake]

Another problem to point out, is if SWIFT is cut and international sanctions are too harsh, it could create another situation similar to what spurred WWII with Germany. Pretty unlikely though

 

[Hari Seldon]

So all these woke corporations and Sports leagues that love to champion causes, have any of them stepped forward to condemn Russia and take their business away? Have FIFA and UEFA banned Russia and all its clubs from all competitions? is FIA cancelling the Russian GP?

I can still go on Steam right now and buy Russian made flight sims and my money would go to Russian devs lmao.

 

[Hari Seldon]

We should be pulling troops out of Germany and telling them that we will defend them if they stop importing gas from Russia. Until then no one should be dying for those corrupt assholes.

 

[CGiRanger]

We should be pulling troops out of Germany and telling them that we will defend them if they stop importing gas from Russia. Until then no one should be dying for those corrupt assholes.

Nato and the EU have always seemed to rely on the US to basically bear the brunt of it all. The current admin sadly will not be the one to tell them to wake up and pull their own weight.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Another problem to point out, is if SWIFT is cut and international sanctions are too harsh, it could create another situation similar to what spurred WWII with Germany

Isn’t that irrelevant? With the rise of modern propaganda Putin already has a big chunk of Russians believing everything he says.

 

[Boss Mog]

China also knows the US wouldn’t do dick about it. If I’m China, I’m moving on Taiwan by the end of the week.

I have a good Taiwanese friend and he said he started working on his exit strategy the day Biden took office. I fear he may soon need it; there's no way Xi isn't looking at this and saying to himself: "well, Putin is getting away with it, no reason I can't.".

 

[jason10mm]

I like watching the sign language lady. I never knew they had signs for "cyberattack" and the expressions, signs, and mouth pops she makes for the "air raids and tank attacks" stuff are, out of context, hilarious. Still seems odd to me they use ASL instead of closed captioning but it is what it is.

 

[miles118]

It litterally never worked that way in recent history.

What shall we do then ? What is your genius idea ?

 

[Wheeljack539]

Nato and the EU have always seemed to rely on the US to basically bear the brunt of it all. The current admin sadly will not be the one to tell them to wake up and pull their own weight.

IIRC wasn't that Trump's biggest issue with NATO and why he wanted to pull us out as they're weren't paying their dues and letting us do all the heavy lifting? And now Germany tells us not to overly sanction them and we bend over that quickly and will send troops to their border?

 

[GladiusFrog]

IIRC wasn't that Trump's biggest issue with NATO and why he wanted to pull us out as they're weren't paying their dues and letting us do all the heavy lifting? And now Germany tells us not to overly sanction them and we bend over that quickly and will send troops to their border?