Ukraine is screwed.......... (Page 9/19)
maryjane FEB 11, 06:01 AM
I don't expect Xi to try to take Taiwan any time soon.
It's really not in their best interest to do so.
Valkrie9 FEB 11, 07:16 AM

What Xi Wants


Patriot Missiles as China’s Threats Build
Appears that Xi is serious about his plans for an imperialist invasion of Taiwan, not a fake.

Taiwan Invasion !

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82-T/A [At Work] FEB 11, 07:28 AM
Biden to Americans in Ukraine: Leave, We Can’t Help You

This sounds familiar. From the story: “American citizens should leave now,” Biden said in an interview with NBC News’ anchor Lester Holt. “It’s not like we’re dealing with a terrorist organization. We’re dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. It’s a very different situation and things could go crazy quickly.” Holt asked Biden what scenario could prompt him to send troops to rescue Americans fleeing the country. Biden replied: “There’s not. That’s a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another.”

NBC News
Personal thoughts, forget for a moment that Biden could have resolved this back in March when Putin first started bringing soldiers (just a few) to the border. He could have immediately engaged NATO, pleaded with them to get involved and move soldiers to where they've moved now. He could then have also moved US soldiers into Ukraine (if they are in fact an ally of ours), and this would have put an end to it. He is right about one thing... Russia does not want a war with the United States, so if there were US soldiers in Ukraine, he likely would have let it go. But Biden is a coward, and a horrible statesman. Biden is basically doing what he's done his entire life in international politics. What's more, Biden is making decisions based on poll-testing, which was the same thing that Obama got into which started to cause problems for him.
blackrams FEB 11, 08:52 AM

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Originally posted by maryjane:

I don't expect Xi to try to take Taiwan any time soon.
It's really not in their best interest to do so.



All I can say is, I hope you're right.

Rams
maryjane FEB 11, 08:54 AM
Some youtube bubbas are trying to make a big deal of the new purchases, but Taiwan has had Patriot missiles for quite some time now. For years.
This, at best is "old news".


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The US, which switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing from Taipei in 1979, has sold at least 400 Patriot missiles to Taiwan since 1997 when the island first obtained three Patriot Advanced Capability-2 systems.
sourmash FEB 11, 09:33 AM
The USA through NATO is determined to start a shooting war that Russia is dragged into.
The USA is the instigator, again.
82-T/A [At Work] FEB 11, 09:36 AM

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Originally posted by blackrams:

All I can say is, I hope you're right.

Rams




Hong Kong was taken, and no one noticed.

All the anti-CCP media/news establishments were shut down, and you are no longer allowed to run as a candidate unless you are picked by the CCP. The CCP from the mainland passed a law which stated only the CCP can pick candidates. Which means, there's no more reporting (internally from HK) on CCP influence, and their democracy was eliminated literally overnight. Didn't really make the nightly news. Sure... there's articles about it, here's one: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/fr...hong-kong-elections/

... but 99% of the US, maybe 99.99% has no idea this happened, since it likely wasn't covered at all on any of the talk shows, or nightly news casts outside of OAN.


I expect this is also the long-term strategy that China will attempt with Taiwan as well. They have no legislative authority over them, but you can be sure that the CCP will ramp-up propaganda and do whatever they can to infiltrate the legislative process.
rinselberg FEB 14, 06:09 AM
Here's a scoop... Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, used Twitter to implore President Biden to freeze Ukraine-related U.S. troop deployments to Europe.

Their Twitter message was on February 3, so 11 days ago.

"Ice cream moguls Ben & Jerry have a rocky road to hew on Ukraine as they soft pedal the wisdom of responding with U.S. troop deployments to Europe"
Sebastien Roblin for NBC News "THINK"; February 9, 2022.
https://www.nbcnews.com/thi...s-blames-ncna1288911

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sourmash FEB 14, 09:53 AM
Clearly Ben and Jerry need their Twitter suspended, right? They're spreading disinformation.
rinselberg FEB 14, 01:49 PM

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Originally posted by sourmash:
Clearly Ben and Jerry need their Twitter suspended, right? They're spreading disinformation.


I don't know about that, but they've just released a new flavor:
Click to show

"In before williegoat."