It's a TV host saying what he thinks Putin should do if the US issues Russia an ultimatum. We're not giving Russia any ultimatum and if we did, the TV host would only know about it if Putin decided he wanted to make it public. There's certainly been instability (at least in areas we care about; there's always conflict that isn't on American's radar), but I think it's probably at it's peak right now. Even with the Biden administration, Iran seems to have pushed as far as it can go. A Trump administration probably wouldn't have pushed to protect Iran's nuclear assets from Israel, but if Iran is steadily deescalating between now and Trump's inauguration (which is presumably what they will do; they've already been trying to save face at home without antagonizing Israel too much), I don't know that the Trump administration is going to greenlight anything that would risk reescalating.
My thought is that this was expected. Several foreign actors have been officially put on notice and are under some pressure now to make decisions and move quickly - buckle up, because we will probably see a lot of action in the next 70 days.
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Except the Russian media is state controlled. North Korea with boots on the ground was surprising to me.
This is an old article - published right after the war broke - but I think it explains an awful lot beyond just 'Putin bad' as far as reasons Ukraine is in the position it's in. The US (both Rs and Ds) using Ukraine as a pawn in the region coupled with Ukraine playing the willful participant in the sponsored shenanigans probably did more to invite this environment than anything Putin did.
Ukraine’s Deadly Gamble
By tying itself to a reckless and dangerous America, the Ukrainians made a blunder that client states will study for years to come
Is your whole life about who is in office? I can’t imagine how you carry enough outrage to constantly couch everything in those terms. You keep on fighting the good fight. My only current orange man concern is that his dumbass gets his team to execute the Ethics agreement that by law was due on 10/1, so they can begin to get briefed on things.
LOL and Trump doesn't have control over Hannity ? And North Korea has boots on the ground because the Russian bear told them to "put some 17ing boots on the ground". It's all good.
Does it really matter? He never gave a **** about his intelligence briefings the first go round. I see no reason to think that will change. ETA - If we can keep the info from being stored in a closet at Mar-A-Lago or ending up for sale on eBay, we will be shooting par.
Correct. Let me clarify. It is concerning that, for whatever reason, North Korea has actual skin in the game. It is one thing to know that Russia/N. Korea/China/Iran are allied, at least in their hate for America. It is another thing altogether that they actually sacrifice their own humans to fight in each other's wars. I've not seen that before (perhaps I'm sheltered). It seems like an escalation. It seems like it might matter no matter who the 17 is in office.
I hope he can, but it's a very different threat environment than it was 4 years ago. None of our last few Presidents, including Trump, have done much to build up our military. They have all presided over a gradual slipping away of our military hardware, force level, and military industrial base. Those chickens are coming home to roost now.
He for sure wants to get the band back together. That, alone, is reason enough to do whatever we can to support that not happening. Tough position that I don't envy. We seem to have a strong isolationist opinion in much of the country, but we are in a global economy in a world that we must participate in. Walking the line between clear policy that is good for America without falling into policy that is so nationalistic and isolationist that we severely damage America is not going to be easy.
Are they fighting yet or still glued to porn hub?
As a lifelong sidewalk history student, the now is really reminding me of the 1930s.
The same people that have been leading it for almost the last four years?
I'm kind of curious as to whether this is anything other than Russia having money but needing warm bodies and North Korea having warm bodies but needing money.
A collection of center-left Harvard/Yale/JPME grads to be followed shortly by a collection of center-right Harvard/Yale/JPME grads.
If only there was a vaccine for TDS. I'm sure they would all voluntarily take it.
Rice is now a bad word??**
And he is sucking at it.
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When I was in S. Korea they and the North used human ****. That's probably change. I was more joking than anything else.Ever heard of milorganite???...
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I suspect the Korean version is much "fresher", to be fair.
