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interesting perspective on UKR's loss of Mariupol.
so, its all about having a strong bargaining position...
Still don’t know why there has to be a negotiation. This is an unprovoked act of aggression and mass murder.As you know he's sitting on the largest or second largest nuclear weapons stockpile in the world, and his military is many times the size of Ukraine's. If he wants to annihilate Ukraine he can.
Fuck that guy. Originally Posted by Yssup Rider
As you know he's sitting on the largest or second largest nuclear weapons stockpile in the world, and his military is many times the size of Ukraine's. If he wants to annihilate Ukraine he can.
The conventional argument is that we should treat Putin like Hitler. If Hitler had been stopped early on when he annexed, say, part of Czechoslovakia, the world would have been better off. But I read where someone was speculating maybe we need to be thinking about World War I too, in the aftermath of all this. The allies humiliated Germany and drove its economy into the ground. And Hitler arose from the ashes.
I tend to agree with Macron. It would be best if there were a face saving way for Putin to exit from his disastrous adventure. Originally Posted by Tiny
What would happen if every American company pulled their business form Russia like McDonalds just did? Think that might make a difference not only to Russia but China, who just might stop and think about what they are doing with Taiwan. Originally Posted by HedonistForeverAt this point I don't think it would make a difference Hedonist. Most of them already have left or announced plans to. Some of these sanctions, imposed by both sides, are hurting the west and the Russian "man on the street" much more than they're hurting Putin and the Russian government.
At this point I don't think it would make a difference Hedonist. Most of them already have left or announced plans to. Some of these sanctions, imposed by both sides, are hurting the west and the Russian "man on the street" much more than they're hurting Putin and the Russian government.
I suspect sanctions usually don't work. Or at least they seem to have helped impoverish ordinary Cubans, Venezuelans, and Iranians while doing little to penalize the countries' leaders. And they harden the views of the people in those countries against us. Castro used U.S. sanctions for many years to justify the failure of his sorry ass policies, and drum up nationalistic support. Originally Posted by Tiny
After having given Zelenskyy the customary BBBJ, CIM, NQNS for the third time (unfortunately we cannot yet do Luminol on photos, because I'm pretty sure you would see splooge on the corners of her mouth), San Fran Nan also forked over another check worth $40B US taxpayer dollars, bringing the total of US Tax payers dollars to about $63B. Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_DoThat cunt. Winn Dixie's going to be pissed. She was supposed to just be banging her husband and WD.
here is what happens. Russia gets a bunch of hamburger joints for free.Yeah, it doesn't make a lot of sense -- western companies giving up assets that the oligarchs will buy on the cheap.
Russia prepares to seize exiting Western firms
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-pr...093519480.html Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid