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Russia Invades Ukraine
In a speech Wednesday night, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation,” followed immediately by troops entering Ukraine and large explosions throughout the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the attack and declared martial law. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called it a “full-scale invasion,” adding, “Peaceful Ukrainian cities are under strikes. This is a war of aggression. Ukraine will defend itself and will win. The world can and must stop Putin. The time to act is now.”
Putin strenuously warned against international meddling. “To anyone who would consider interfering from the outside: if you do, you will face consequences greater than any you have faced in history,” he said. “All relevant decisions have been taken.”
President Biden issued a statement: “The prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine tonight as they suffer an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces.” He added that he will consult with the leaders of the G7 on Thursday and promised “severe sanctions.”
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The next Presidential election will not occur until 2024. What should we do right now?
It’s not word games. Three alternatives as you walk by the woman getting raped: Intervene personally, call the cops, or pull up your collar and put your hands in your pocket as you whistle your way past on your way to wherever you were going.
The first two are an intervention, ineffectual or otherwise. The third is not.
All of those appear to be good to me.
The election is over. The next Presidential election is in 2024. What should we do now?
It is infuriating that the obvious lesson of striving for energy independence, both for us and Europe will be no doubt willfully ignored because all must bow to environmentalist dogma.
See you at the polls, friend.
Agreed. I like the McCain/Palin formulation of “all of the above” for energy generation.
Sir, I agree with everything you said here. Taking this rare opportunity to say that.
I will be working at the polls, which is what any Republican who can should do.
Happy for the agreement!
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The purpose of the redacted part of your comment was to personally attack another commenter. It didn’t contribute to the conversation about Russia’s invasion.We aren’t in a position to do anything that won’t durn into a giant clusterfark [redacted].
Hey do you have a point to add to the discussion or are you just here to make personal attacks? (Asking for a friend)
And any respect we’ve earned.
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Name calling[redacted]
Yeah that’s how I am usually described, and you are super brave as an anonymous commenter. However, there are rules here about ad hominem atracks you should perhaps familiarize yourself with. Then again, I’m not a moderator so suit youtself.
Maybe you should learn a bit about existing international agreements BEFORE making claims about who is breaking them- b/c it is Russia that has violated the agreement. FYI- About the only treaty Russia has not broken was the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement- you know the one that started WW2 with Russia as partner in aggression with Nazi Germany- when Russia seized eastern Poland & the Baltic States-where Russia sent Germany many products it needed to attack France.
Stina pointed out what just about everyone already knows, that Gary voted for an incompetent, senile, nursing home patient. Stina did NOT say that GARY is an incompetent, senile, nursing home patient. Hence, not a personal attack on Gary.
The entire purpose of the comment was to rip on Gary about who he voted for. There wasn’t anything there contributing to the conversation about Russia’s invasion. You know that’s the case no matter if you agree with it or not.
Criticizing Gary for voting for one or more fools who have gotten the world into this mess, is not a personal attack.
I also agree.
With you, not let you forget you voted for Biden until you admit, without reservation or demand, that you were wrong to do so. Do that, and I’ll forgive you, but until then, I will hang everything Biden does around your unrepentant neck.
What is funny here, Gary, is basically, you are making the same argument Clinton did “At this point, what does it matter?”
It matters Gary. It matters.
Got it!
I choose not to needlessly get myself killed jumping in, I am a “bad person”. Thank you for your moral arbitration in these matters.
It is so funny, we call those people who take risks ‘Heroes’ so to you, the world is either Heroes or bad people.
I am not sure what will work or won’t work.
I am not sure what we should do now. What we should have done we did not do.
People who were strongly Anti Trump have little moral standing to demand anything from the rest of us on “What should we do now”. Frankly, you have no right to an answer.
All due respect Brian this has very little to do with being anti-trump. Just because you have a hammer doesn’t make everything a nail.
I pointed out to Gary that the things he supported where exactly Trump’s policy. It is perfectly reasonable to point that out and to point out that Gary voted, proudly, against the very policies he says he likes. That is relevant. Who says something is always relevant. And, it was my conversation with Gary, not with you.
At least Gary always spells my name correctly.
self redacted because of better angels.
Well there goes MY fun for the day!
They were no more representative of the Chechens than Jordan Peterson is representative of Canadians.
Taiwan and South Korea should be working on their own nukes now.
The obvious conclusion to our not seriously punishing Putin’s aggression is get a nuclear weapon- the genie is about to get way out of the bottle.