It seems that there are more than a few upset Russians right now (and even disregard those that have fallen out of windows or down flights of stairs.) - How do you explain the volume of male Russians trying to exit their country?old salt wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 1:04 amThat all makes sense to Americans, given our history & perspective.a fan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 10:21 pmNo, it's not. 60's we had boots in Vietnam, and were still doing duck and cover drills.
Offered Putin peace and a chance to join the 1st world. Old Salt. And you would have understood that just fine if Obama was a Republican.
But he wasn't, so Obama was bad, and Trump was awesome, and shocker, Biden is bad, too.
How'd all that work out for Putin, OS? How's Russia's GDP, Old Salt, and how many times did I point that out to you? Putin could have lobbied Obama as key trading partner when ol' Hillary showed up.
What did he do instead? He blew a bunch of money on stupid military expenses that PLAINLY haven't worked out. Remember when I asked you about Putin's pointless "bases" in Syria? How helpful are those bases now?
I tried to tell you all of this....but you didn't want to hear it. Why? Because when you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
The Soviet empire went broke, OS. It had NOTHING to do with military victories or losses. And Putin missed that memo.
I'll ask the same question now as I did when Putin was rattling his saber: Would you invest money or trade in Russia?
And when you come back with a big fat "no", you'll realize how F'ed Russia is after 20 years of intermittent Putin leadership.
Obama now looks brilliant.....and the people of Russia will now pay the price for the road not taken by Putin. But boy, Putin sure showed that Democrat Hillary what was what, right OS?
It does not take root with the Russian people, given their history & perspective.
All your prattle about Russia's GDP did not prevent them from invading Ukraine,
& they're still awash in cash from energy sales at crisis prices.
How's your 401k doing ? How 'bout the price of your supplies & shipping ?
This war is producing a global recession, hurting Europe & the US a lot more than Russia.
You think this is all a joke that validates your liberal schoolboy reading of history.
Putin is writing history, in blood, from a different perspective.
Keep laughing, you will need a morbid sense of humor before this is over.
Russia is mobilizing, full scale, for the first time since WW II. We minimize that at our own peril.
Russia is mobilizing for war & to you, it's just a stupid political debate.
It's not just Putin, it's the entire Russian nation.
Like your GOP pals using Russian video footage to roll out their "American" agenda
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-re ... 04bab1?hgm
“A spokesperson for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) did not immediately respond to a request for comment as to why GOP leaders rolled out their plan for America with a video featuring stock footage from Russia.”
As for Russian "mobilization" what makes you think they will do any better than the first team in terms of realizing objectives? How long would they last vs. USA and NATO if it came to that? On the other hand, a sobering assessment Op-Ed by Peggy Noonan in the WSJ that more aligns with your view.
https://wallstreetjournal-ny.newsmemory ... a2_1348620
that said - Ramzan Kadyrov refusing to launch the mobilization in Chechnya under his rule. Might tell you something is going on and it's not good for Vlad.
"liberal schoolboy"? You should apply to RT as a commentator based upon your overt contempt of people with whom you disagree. As a former Naval officer, would have thought you better than this