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So, there are more data points that would lead Trump towards inaction, but at some point, Russia totally ignoring him and doing what it wants with impunity, is going to push him to his limit. 
 


Forgetting of course the most salient point, which is that he’s Putin’s absolute bitch. Even if there isn’t kompromat, there’s clearly something Putin has that taco wants or at least strikes fear in the gaping cavity in his chest where a heart should be…
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4 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

It’s deliberate a deliberate gray zone probing action, designed entirely to see how NATO and the president will respond. Early returns— weakly.  Let’s see the outcome of the Article 4 mechanism (which is a fairly big deal to invoke) and what kind of unity emerges.  Either way, some other type of escalation from Russia is likely. 

I won't be surprised if we get a no-fly zone in western Ukraine, along with NATO air defenses either on the border or just inside Ukraine.

Well, I kind of would be, but that feels like where this is going - Europe is tired of Russia's bullshit, and Russia is being the proverbial bully and trying to project power when it's fairly weak - we're coming up on the 4th anniversary of the main invasion.  Imagine if it was 1994 and the US and its allies were still trying to liberate Kuwait or it was 2004 and we were still trying to take Kabul.  And we were fighting literally halfway around the world, and not next door like Russia.

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5 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

 Let’s see the outcome of the Article 4 mechanism (which is a fairly big deal to invoke) and what kind of unity emerges

So…2 weeks then?

 

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I will also add— Russia has with this “error” entirely deflected attention away the clearly non-erroneous massive air raid on Ukraine at a time when we’ve allegedly demanded that stop or else.  Instead we are talking about what to do since they droned Poland. 
 

This is a classic of Russian negotiations: demand all of someone else’s cake and then act like they've conceded something by “settling” for only half. 

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3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

I won't be surprised if we get a no-fly zone in western Ukraine, along with NATO air defenses either on the border or just inside Ukraine.

Well, I kind of would be, but that feels like where this is going - Europe is tired of Russia's bullshit, and Russia is being the proverbial bully and trying to project power when it's fairly weak - we're coming up on the 4th anniversary of the main invasion.  Imagine if it was 1994 and the US and its allies were still trying to liberate Kuwait or it was 2004 and we were still trying to take Kabul.  And we were fighting literally halfway around the world, and not next door like Russia.

A no-fly zone in Ukraine would require US support and intel at lease. I am far from confident this admin would do that.  It would be easily the most “escalatory” thing we’ve done since 2022. 

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1 minute ago, Party_Taco said:

Forgetting of course the most salient point, which is that he’s Putin’s absolute bitch. Even if there isn’t kompromat, there’s clearly something Putin has that taco wants or at least strikes fear in the gaping cavity in his chest where a heart should be…

 

Narrator: “ There was kompromat”

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12 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

tl/dr - Bullies either get their noses bloodied, or keep stealing your lunch.

Russian doctrine: escalate to deescalate. 
 

Oh, and they just got a shit ton of great intel on tactics and procedures if they ever decide to do it for “real.”

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16 minutes ago, Baldwin said:

It's weird how I cant find one single thread on the Ukranian that was murdered on this site. How many pages did the George Floyd thread have?

Maybe because this thread has nothing to do with local crime in Charlotte?

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21 minutes ago, Baldwin said:

It's weird how I cant find one single thread on the Ukranian that was murdered on this site. How many pages did the George Floyd thread have?

It was awful, terrible, and disgusting. Start a thread for it, as it doesn't belong here, but I am unlikely to click on it because I've already seen far too much of the video and don't care to see reminders of that image.

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1 hour ago, Gatorubet said:

Narrator: “ There was kompromat”

At this point, would it matter?  Does Russia have evidence of him caught committing adultery? fucking porn stars? fucking kids? supporting the world's most notorious pedophile? engaging in self-dealing of unprecedented proportions?

He would neutralize any kompromat that comes his way: Fake! Hoax! Forged signature! AI generated!

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this youtube channel is clearly a Ukr friendly channel, and tends to over-celebrate on events that occur that look like Russia has been punched in the nose... BUT if this story is correct, and Ukr sent their new cruise missiles directly into 5 HQ sites in Donetsk, they killed a lot of higher ranking Russians.  Like Lt-Col or higher. 

 

its doubtful we will hear much from Russia on these attacks, it might be months before a story comes out that Col so-and-so along with 3 Komrades were killed in an explosion in Soviet  err Russian Donetsk Oblast.  But supposedly these HQ sites had been in place for years.  - which again, is why you need to move your HQ's around when the battlefield has weapons capable of attacking inside 700km   but hey Russia gonna Russia.

 

 

 

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