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       #Post#: 2553--------------------------------------------------
       Donald Trump's empire is in serious trouble. This time, he might
        not get away with it.
       By: RE Date: January 22, 2022, 3:30 am
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       Bankrupting the Trump family would be better than putting him in
       prison.   :)
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       Donald Trump's empire is in serious trouble. This time, he might
       not get away with it.
       RE
       #Post#: 2577--------------------------------------------------
       U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter Ru
       ssia
       By: RE Date: January 24, 2022, 12:14 am
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       What a SPECTACULARLY bad idea!
       If/When Vlad the Impaler decides to roll tanks into Ukraine,
       FSoA troops will confront them DIRECTLY?!?!  Right on the border
       with Mother Russia?  That cannot possibly work to do anything
       but either lose badly or start an all out war in Europe which
       nobody can win.
       The sabre rattling has reached a fever pitch.
  HTML https://www.npr.org/2022/01/23/1075240355/u-s-troops-ukraine-russia-crisis
       U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter
       Russia
       RE
       #Post#: 2578--------------------------------------------------
       Dozens of Chinese warplanes fly near Taiwan after US-Japan show 
       of naval might
       By: RE Date: January 24, 2022, 12:31 am
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       More sabres rattling on the Western front.
  HTML https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/23/asia/china-taiwan-warplane-incursion-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
       Dozens of Chinese warplanes fly near Taiwan after US-Japan show
       of naval might
       RE
       #Post#: 2579--------------------------------------------------
       Re: U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counte
       r Russia
       By: K-Dog Date: January 24, 2022, 2:25 am
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       [quote author=RE link=topic=70.msg2577#msg2577 date=1643004842]
       What a SPECTACULARLY bad idea!
       If/When Vlad the Impaler decides to roll tanks into Ukraine,
       FSoA troops will confront them DIRECTLY?!?!  Right on the border
       with Mother Russia?  That cannot possibly work to do anything
       but either lose badly or start an all out war in Europe which
       nobody can win.
       The sabre rattling has reached a fever pitch.
  HTML https://www.npr.org/2022/01/23/1075240355/u-s-troops-ukraine-russia-crisis
       U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter
       Russia
       RE
       [/quote]
       I believe the best rhyme to the Ukraine situation is WWI.
       Perhaps the assassination of a Ukrainian politician by a Serb
       would start a repeat of WWI.  Again capitalism needs a war.
       Like then, like now.
       #Post#: 2580--------------------------------------------------
       Re: U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counte
       r Russia
       By: RE Date: January 24, 2022, 3:00 am
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       [quote author=K-Dog link=topic=70.msg2579#msg2579
       date=1643012748]
       [quote author=RE link=topic=70.msg2577#msg2577 date=1643004842]
       What a SPECTACULARLY bad idea!
       If/When Vlad the Impaler decides to roll tanks into Ukraine,
       FSoA troops will confront them DIRECTLY?!?!  Right on the border
       with Mother Russia?  That cannot possibly work to do anything
       but either lose badly or start an all out war in Europe which
       nobody can win.
       The sabre rattling has reached a fever pitch.
  HTML https://www.npr.org/2022/01/23/1075240355/u-s-troops-ukraine-russia-crisis
       U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter
       Russia
       RE
       [/quote]
       I believe the best rhyme to the Ukraine situation is WWI.
       Perhaps the assassination of a Ukrainian politician by a Serb
       would start a repeat of WWI.  Again capitalism needs a war.
       Like then, like now.
       [/quote]
       At least in WWI the doughboys could hunker down in trenches.
       You could ship in reinforcements.  The planes were made of wood
       and cloth.
       Every troop movement and position is known by both sides.  If
       the FSoA flies planes off a carrier in the Mediterrainian, how
       long before a few cruise missiles sink it?  How many LNG tankers
       make it across the Atlantic to supply Europe with gas?
       Vlad demanded NATO get OUT of the Baltics.  They are doing the
       exact opposite, sending more hardware and more grunts.
       It's just incomprehensibly stupid, but yea capitalism does need
       a war.
       In the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Ruskies backed down.  I don't
       see them backing down on their own border.  It's hard to find a
       face-saving solution to this confrontation.
       RE
       #Post#: 2589--------------------------------------------------
       If war is coming, the West must decide how far it will go to def
       end Ukraine against Russia
       By: RE Date: January 24, 2022, 12:06 pm
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       Transferring weapons to the Ukies is already a Bridge Too Far.
  HTML https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/24/can-the-us-and-europe-stop-russia-from-attacking-ukraine.html
       If war is coming, the West must decide how far it will go to
       defend Ukraine against Russia
       RE
       #Post#: 2593--------------------------------------------------
       Re: U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counte
       r Russia
       By: Phil Potts Date: January 24, 2022, 3:19 pm
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       [quote author=RE link=topic=70.msg2580#msg2580 date=1643014823]
       [quote author=K-Dog link=topic=70.msg2579#msg2579
       date=1643012748]
       [quote author=RE link=topic=70.msg2577#msg2577 date=1643004842]
       What a SPECTACULARLY bad idea!
       If/When Vlad the Impaler decides to roll tanks into Ukraine,
       FSoA troops will confront them DIRECTLY?!?!  Right on the border
       with Mother Russia?  That cannot possibly work to do anything
       but either lose badly or start an all out war in Europe which
       nobody can win.
       The sabre rattling has reached a fever pitch.
  HTML https://www.npr.org/2022/01/23/1075240355/u-s-troops-ukraine-russia-crisis
       U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter
       Russia
       RE
       [/quote]
       I believe the best rhyme to the Ukraine situation is WWI.
       Perhaps the assassination of a Ukrainian politician by a Serb
       would start a repeat of WWI.  Again capitalism needs a war.
       Like then, like now.
       [/quote]
       At least in WWI the doughboys could hunker down in trenches.
       You could ship in reinforcements.  The planes were made of wood
       and cloth.
       Every troop movement and position is known by both sides.  If
       the FSoA flies planes off a carrier in the Mediterrainian, how
       long before a few cruise missiles sink it?  How many LNG tankers
       make it across the Atlantic to supply Europe with gas?
       Vlad demanded NATO get OUT of the Baltics.  They are doing the
       exact opposite, sending more hardware and more grunts.
       It's just incomprehensibly stupid, but yea capitalism does need
       a war.
       In the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Ruskies backed down.  I don't
       see them backing down on their own border.  It's hard to find a
       face-saving solution to this confrontation.
       RE
       [/quote]
       What never gets reported in western media about the Cuban
       missile crisis is that the US backed down just as much, by
       agreeing to remove it's own missiles elsewhere. That type of
       misinformation is why at all times and especially around
       election years, whatever side of politics is not in power always
       seeks reelection on the issue of the current president 'not
       being tough enough/not standing up to/weak on/getting pushed
       around by/puppet of, Russia' and now also china.
       The Europeans thenselves were not even observers in the recent
       talks, just the US and Russia. The euros don't have much of the
       troops or hardware involved, so get no say in their own future.
       We can't have them making concessions to get their gas back
       either.
       Just days ago I heard an announcement that if Russia invades
       Ukraine, Biden will impose more sanctions. They never mention
       that Putin says he will only go in if they try and station nukes
       there.
       #Post#: 2594--------------------------------------------------
       Re: U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counte
       r Russia
       By: RE Date: January 24, 2022, 3:35 pm
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       [quote author=Phil Potts link=topic=70.msg2593#msg2593
       date=1643059197]
       [quote author=RE link=topic=70.msg2580#msg2580 date=1643014823]
       [quote author=K-Dog link=topic=70.msg2579#msg2579
       date=1643012748]
       [quote author=RE link=topic=70.msg2577#msg2577 date=1643004842]
       What a SPECTACULARLY bad idea!
       If/When Vlad the Impaler decides to roll tanks into Ukraine,
       FSoA troops will confront them DIRECTLY?!?!  Right on the border
       with Mother Russia?  That cannot possibly work to do anything
       but either lose badly or start an all out war in Europe which
       nobody can win.
       The sabre rattling has reached a fever pitch.
  HTML https://www.npr.org/2022/01/23/1075240355/u-s-troops-ukraine-russia-crisis
       U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter
       Russia
       RE
       [/quote]
       I believe the best rhyme to the Ukraine situation is WWI.
       Perhaps the assassination of a Ukrainian politician by a Serb
       would start a repeat of WWI.  Again capitalism needs a war.
       Like then, like now.
       [/quote]
       At least in WWI the doughboys could hunker down in trenches.
       You could ship in reinforcements.  The planes were made of wood
       and cloth.
       Every troop movement and position is known by both sides.  If
       the FSoA flies planes off a carrier in the Mediterrainian, how
       long before a few cruise missiles sink it?  How many LNG tankers
       make it across the Atlantic to supply Europe with gas?
       Vlad demanded NATO get OUT of the Baltics.  They are doing the
       exact opposite, sending more hardware and more grunts.
       It's just incomprehensibly stupid, but yea capitalism does need
       a war.
       In the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Ruskies backed down.  I don't
       see them backing down on their own border.  It's hard to find a
       face-saving solution to this confrontation.
       RE
       [/quote]
       What never gets reported in western media about the Cuban
       missile crisis is that the US backed down just as much, by
       agreeing to remove it's own missiles elsewhere. That type of
       misinformation is why at all times and especially around
       election years, whatever side of politics is not in power always
       seeks reelection on the issue of the current president 'not
       being tough enough/not standing up to/weak on/getting pushed
       around by/puppet of, Russia' and now also china.
       The Europeans thenselves were not even observers in the recent
       talks, just the US and Russia. The euros don't have much of the
       troops or hardware involved, so get no say in their own future.
       We can't have them making concessions to get their gas back
       either.
       Just days ago I heard an announcement that if Russia invades
       Ukraine, Biden will impose more sanctions.
       [/quote]
       They have now increased the possible deployments to 8500 troops
       "on alert".
       NATO has always depended on mainly the FSoA MIC for hardware and
       personnel.  All the other NATO countries have puny armies.  Ever
       since WWII and the Cold War, its always been a tripartite contes
       of FSoA, Russia and China.  "Spheres of Influence" were hammered
       out at Yalta, but with the collapse of the Soviet Union, NTO has
       been moving in to former Soviet States.  Putin sees that as a
       threat, which it is even more on the economic level than
       military.
       RE
       #Post#: 2596--------------------------------------------------
       Ukraine Bullshyt Clarifications.
       By: RE Date: January 25, 2022, 2:32 am
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       The latest in dick waving.
       The 8500 possible FSoA reinforcements will not actually go in
       and fight invading Ruskies.  They will support othe Eastern
       Europe NATO states  (Lithuania, Estonia etc) to keep Vlad from
       invading them too.  Which at the moment I doubt he has any plans
       to do.
       If the Euros want to go in and defend the Ukies, apparently they
       have 40K grunts at their disposal.  That's including ALL
       countries, UK, France, Germany, Spain, etc.  That is 1/3rd the
       current number Vlad the Impaller already has on the front line.
       Do you think the French will send in the Foreign Legion to save
       the Ukies?
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       I don't.  I don't think the Germans will send in the Hitler
       Youth either.
       So, at this point I don't think Vlad will invade, he will arm
       the rebels in Donetsk and Lugansk to the teeth, and work to
       foment another color revolution in Ukraine. That's how the FSoA
       got the current regime into power.  Tit for tat.
       "Sanctions" are pretty laughable.  We won't sell any software to
       them.  So what?  They'll just pirate it.  We won't sell them any
       chips.  So what.  The Chinese will.  On the other hand, if Vlad
       cuts off ALL the gas to Europe, we'll need a pretty big parade
       of LNG tankers across the Atlantic to make up that deficit.
       Not even touching the Cyberwar hacking that might go on here.
       Either side that starts dropping bombs is an idiot.  The
       military bluster is a show.  Of course, one misstep by either
       side, and it goes blooey.
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       RE
       #Post#: 2597--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Geopolitics Errata.
       By: Phil Potts Date: January 25, 2022, 3:05 am
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       Putin has stated clearly the condition he will go into Ukraine,
       it just doesn't get reported in western msm. That is if ukr is
       armed with nukes. The US wants to edge toward a first strike
       advantage, also wants to try and bankrupt and keep bogged down
       Russia in a quagmire. They also really want to try and cut
       Russias influence in the security council and globally. If they
       can get them to be the invading imperialists restoring the old
       cold war border, so much the better. The alternative financial
       system to swift they have set up is a big motivator for
       desperate times calling for desperate measures.
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