Indeed, Biden, is far from perfect, but he a DECENT, PATRIOTIC legitimately-elected POTUS. A loving, FAITHFUL father and husband. I will accept his flaws.
Compared to the alternative, they are insignificant.
Ukraine Crisis
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Compared to the alternative, they are insignificant.
ok doser
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Like raping Tara Reade?
lovemeorhateme
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I wonder how many people commenting on this crisis have been to Ukraine? I have, twice. It’s a beautiful country with lovely and hospitable people, but has many problems with poverty and corruption. The fact of the matter is that Ukrainians don’t want to be Russian, and Russia has attacked a country which has done nothing wrong. Ukrainians are a proud people who don’t want war. As always, it’s innocent Ukrainians who are the ones to suffer the most. I have friends currently stuck in the bomb shelters of Kyiv in fear of their lives.
Regardless of what’s happening in Ukraine, my biggest worry is what if he doesn’t stop there? Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and possibly Bulgaria and the Balkan states of Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia are now all at risk. If we do nothing now, what will anyone do if Putin decides to occupy these countries? For me personally, many of my friends and much of my life is in Poland. I fear for them, with fighting currently going on less than 100 miles from the border.
What can we do? I think the worst possible option is to do nothing.
Regardless of what’s happening in Ukraine, my biggest worry is what if he doesn’t stop there? Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and possibly Bulgaria and the Balkan states of Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia are now all at risk. If we do nothing now, what will anyone do if Putin decides to occupy these countries? For me personally, many of my friends and much of my life is in Poland. I fear for them, with fighting currently going on less than 100 miles from the border.
What can we do? I think the worst possible option is to do nothing.
Howdy Pete. It’s heartbreaking, and yet there are other countries including my own who are against military action. I wish Ukraine would be welcomed into the UN immediately AND retroactively so our members WOULD intervene and wipe out every single Russian soldier involved and then figure out a way to give Putin the Osama Bin Ladin treatment.
As much as I hate war and military interaction, sometimes an evil is so great it has to be done. Putin and his allies are the next Hitler regime …
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
Pete!
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
There are already reports of India and China offering support to Putin in the form of bypassing sanctions. The only sanctions that would be effective, in my opinion, would be for Central and Western Europe to go cold turkey off of Russian natural gas. They won't do that. They can't do that. So sanctions are a non-starter.
Is war better than doing nothing? And if War, how long before it goes nuclear?
Remember, the guy with his finger on the nuclear button is 79 years old and frequently confused
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annabenedetti
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And he's had to spend most of his time repairing the destruction caused by TFG, including the current crisis.
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
You're insane
annabenedetti
like marbles on glass
A complication is that apparently a significant amount of information is coming out that Russian soldiers were misled and/or forced into the current situation, and some have already surrendered or fled. Trying to verify info as I get it though, it's not easy in this disinformation age.
I know … but I also believe in their heart of hearts they know the truth.
annabenedetti
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There are anti-war demonstrations going on in Russia, with many arrests already. It seems only Putin wants war for his crazy megalomaniacal idea of resurrecting empire.
Pete! Welcome back. And well said.
Putin is a megalomaniac with what he is doing.
What a mess Biden was left with … and now this.
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
4 years of peace between Russia and Ukraine
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And I really hope that this unexpected surprise turns into a groundswell and Putin's government deposes him. One can hope.
lovemeorhateme
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Like you, I hate war. War is never good. Sometimes though, we have to defend ourselves against an evil oppressor. This is the situation Ukraine now finds themselves in - and like I said before, what happens if Putin doesn’t stop at Ukraine? We in the west need to do something, and we need to do a lot more than these toothless sanctions. Putin is evil.
lovemeorhateme
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I’m still alive and well! Don’t know why, but I was curious what TOL was saying about the Ukraine situation today and decided to come and say hi!