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Now I just imagine you saying "Namaste" after every post, and I'm thinking "Why not?"

So Nabbie and Distorted are pro-separatist. I guess that makes sense.+

Up top, bro. ... Don't leave me hanging.

Hmmm... Oh, so this is about the separatist fighting in the Donbas? There were 14,000 deaths in that conflict?

There’s no such group.

lol East Ukrainians?

No, we wouldn't respond more violently. We also wouldn't send in untrained conscripts with inferior equipment. There is a fundamental disconnect in your perception that tends to skew your opinions to the point of being borderline absurd.

That must be it. They had so much time dealing with NATO's bullshit, they could plan their absolute failure of an invasion down to the last Russian caught dead with his hand down his pants. Obviously.

OMFG So what were Russian troops doing on the northern border? Having a fucking circle jerk with the Belarusians?

Neutrality stance?!! So they were suppose to just sit there so the Russians could take their capitol and murder their president?

Easy. NATO does not address any actions taken against its member states outside of their home borders. Just because you're easily swayed by easily debunked fringe leftist nonsense, doesn't mean you can disprove this.

In all seriousness, your posts offer no valid commentary and are not conducive to any discussion.

Why do you say that? And before you answer, you can't use any reference to imperialism or national exceptionalism as part of your answer.

Right, hence him calling us out prior to the invasion. What I meant was that he was aiming for a narrow window where he could take Kyiv before NATO and the EU could mobilize. There is some logic to the approach: by calling out the US, NATO and the EU well in advance, he was giving them enough time to mull the prospect of Russia crippling the energy market. Even though everyone knows it's coming, the time it would take to overcome those differences would still be theoretically long enough for Russian Army to waltz into the capital, take out the President, and render military aide meaningless. There isn't any scenario where the EU doesn't eventually get involved if the invasion fails, and, ultimately, them banding together is what gave the US enough cover to directly assist Ukraine even though the US was technically leading the way all along by sounding the warnings.

I'm not sold that he was so inept that he truly thought NATO wouldn't rally after the invasion. I think it's more likely he expected to delay the response long enough to get a foothold in Ukraine and force negotiations. What he miscalculated was how horribly inept his military brass was leading up to the conflict. You could also say he was blinded by ambition to the point he didn't see some obvious structural deficiencies that would have swayed him from taking what was already a risky military campaign.

It was always a proxy war. Russia warned United States to not interfere before and at the immediate onset of the invasion explicitly to frame Zelensky and the conflict as proxies for NATO and its influence. The point of contention is who made it one, and all reputable sources agree that Putin's plan all along was to draw the Biden Administration and the rest of Europe in so that they could turn on each other.

I think you're right.

No they love him because they think everyone is being mean to them... by pointing out their racism.

Peddle your bullshit somewhere else @NewBluntsworth.

Ghost Rider is shaky as hell. The Cyclone replica that was out in the back of Magic Mountain was kind of like that, but GR has the somewhat dubious benefit of being out front so every can watch the thing falling apart from Beach Boulevard.

That doesn’t look all that dangerous.

That’s dedication.

I know it's far fetched, but your meme brings up the disturbing possibility... that Trumped wiped his ass with top secret documents just because he could......

Speaks to the extremely low morale.

What’s the random pray emoji at the end supposed to mean?