NFR Ukraine...Little Did I Know

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EU went amazingly fast from "we will not consider removing Russia from SWIFT" to delivering fighter jets directly to Ukraine.

www.wsj.com

EU Member Countries in Talks to Supply Ukraine With Jet Fighters

BRUSSELS—Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has asked the European Union for jet fighters, and some EU countries plan to supply them, EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell said Sunday. A person familiar with the talks later said that discussions are still continuing. The person said any plane
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Well, shit. Reports are that the fighter jet plan may not happen.

 
news.sky.com

Ukraine invasion: Russian state media article deleted after suggesting Russia victory achieved

RIA's article claimed "Ukraine has returned to Russia" and "there will be no more Ukraine as anti-Russia", but a pro-Ukraine news source says that because the story appeared "exactly at 8:00. That means, the publication was planned in advance".
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Wow. What a blunder.

This whole time, I have been wondering what I don't know and that there must be more to this issue. However, more and more it just looks like Putin massively overestimated himself and underestimated Ukraine.

I have seen this kind of thing in business, where a once successful person surrounds themselves with yes men; they end up losing it all, out of a false sense of their own ability.
 
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Maybe we should consult with Greta Thunberg on what should be done. Time Person of the Year, 2019. Noted European deep thinker and person of action, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, “Doctor honoris causa” from the University of Mons, and many many more awards of note. She’s probably got some good ideas if we could get her excused from her high school geometry class.

I’m sorry. Sometimes I just can’t help myself. The juxtaposition of what were perceived as existential threats yesterday compared to what has happened in the last five days create a stark contrast of what are true imminent threats to people’s lives and what are threats we need to deal with in an evolutionary fashion every day, slowly but surely. As a society, we need to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. It’s not OK to worry single-mindedly about how to combat the very real risk of rising global temperatures, while in fact, our inattention to evil in our midst results in the world actually burning.

BTW - insert your favorite issue du jour instead of the one I picked. The thought remains the same. We must be able to confront evil, while dealing with all the other injustices and concerns, too. Can’t ignore any of them.

Sorry for the screed. Fire at will.
 
I have been wondering about strategery lately. If the Ukraine countryside is anything like the American midwest, ie, breadbasket, then the farms are filled with old farm equipment, pickups, beaters, and the like. Why not clog the main arteries into cities with said stuff. Also, as spring arrives, fields in the Midwest are set afire (https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/why-do-farmers-burn-their-fields), why not set adjacent farmlands afire - choke the Russians out (or entrap them)?

Just spitballing here, but when you're under gunned, you need to think "alternative strategeries" - please forgive the corporate speak.

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Given that even the Swiss have now enacted sanctions, I think perhaps the 'big boys' of world finance have decided its time for Putin to go. While it may take time, history shows once you get on the wrong side of that group things don't end well for you.
I think Dogecoin is going to be worth more than the ruble is soon.
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This is just idle speculation, but how is it any less than bat shit crazy that Putin let the world know he has put his nuke forces on high alert? I mean, even a megalomaniac must understand that if he so much as puts a single nuke bird in the air, then other nations' nukes will immediately retaliate and being raining them down on him. Nukes are known as Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) for a reason.
 
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This is just idle speculation, but how is it any less than bat shit crazy that Putin let the world know he has put his nuke forces on high alert? I mean, even a megalomaniac must understand that if he so much as puts a single nuke bird in the air, then other nations' nukes will immediately retaliate and being raining them down on him. Nukes are known as Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) for a reason.
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Everyone should fear the man with nothing to lose.
 
I was reading Belarus was joining the Russians in the invasion. Can we at least get these people some air support. It seems to me sanctions will start to really hurt after the conflict is over. Why not a united front to expel the Russians and expel Putin from power.
 
Salmo_g said:
This is just idle speculation, but how is it any less than bat shit crazy that Putin let the world know he has put his nuke forces on high alert? I mean, even a megalomaniac must understand that if he so much as puts a single nuke bird in the air, then other nations' nukes will immediately retaliate and being raining them down on him. Nukes are known as Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) for a reason.
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Hard to assess the motivations of a guy like Putin. His broader goals are to rebuild the Imperial Russian Empire is my guess, but it's just a guess.
A lot of bluster is to be expected from Russia, much like Saddam and his 'mother of all wars' rhetoric.
What I do wonder about is why the airspace over Ukraine isn't under complete Russian control after 5 days. Is he sandbagging, or are the Russian armed forces just an empty shell, with nukes ?
He can shovel lots of bodies into the fray, but seriously...either the strategy is severely flawed, they don't have the material to actually carry out this, or he's sandbagging.
 
Mukman said:
Maybe we should consult with Greta Thunberg on what should be done. Time Person of the Year, 2019. Noted European deep thinker and person of action, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, “Doctor honoris causa” from the University of Mons, and many many more awards of note. She’s probably got some good ideas if we could get her excused from her high school geometry class.

I’m sorry. Sometimes I just can’t help myself. The juxtaposition of what were perceived as existential threats yesterday compared to what has happened in the last five days create a stark contrast of what are true imminent threats to people’s lives and what are threats we need to deal with in an evolutionary fashion every day, slowly but surely. As a society, we need to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. It’s not OK to worry single-mindedly about how to combat the very real risk of rising global temperatures, while in fact, our inattention to evil in our midst results in the world actually burning.

BTW - insert your favorite issue du jour instead of the one I picked. The thought remains the same. We must be able to confront evil, while dealing with all the other injustices and concerns, too. Can’t ignore any of them.

Sorry for the screed. Fire at will.
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I think you could have made your points without first mocking a teenage girl.

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Russian conomy createring, B team couldn't get it done so Putin has ordered in the A team , a dozen mile long column of heavy weapons, tanks and elite troops closing in on the cities..by end of week Ukrainian will likely be in pitched door to door battles as a furious dictator watches his grand plan implode as a world mobilizes against him and his cronies. If Putin cannot be talked into a face saving agreement, there is no telling what his next move will be...
 
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