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Russia Versus The Ukraine
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On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.
During his speech, President Vladimir Putin told the United States and its allies that they can’t destroy Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
As the delivery of Western-made tanks to Ukraine looms, Putin has fired back, warning that Moscow’s response to the threat will go far beyond armored vehicles.
It can be recalled that the Biden regime agreed to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine to fight the Russian military.
This means the US will be forced to send men and women to operate the tanks and perform maintenance. It is the Biden regime’s attempt to escalate the war in Ukraine.
Less than 24 hours later, Germany announced they would be sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
The Kremlin called this move a “blatant provocation.”
“Unbelievable, but true – we are once again threatened with German Leopard tanks, with crosses on their hull. And once again seeking to battle Russia in Ukraine with the help of Hitler’s followers, the Banderites,” Putin said.
“Those who expect to win a victory against Russia on the battlefield don’t understand that modern-day war with Russia will turn out totally differently for them,” he warned.
“We aren’t sending tanks to their borders, but we have the means to fight back and they won’t be limited to armor. Everyone should understand this,” he continued.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Russia’s urgent nuclear war warning comes as the Doomsday Clock moves closer than it ever has to midnight, prompting the World Health Organization to urge countries to begin stockpiling medications for “nuclear emergencies.”
The Doomsday Clock was set a minute and a half (90 seconds) before midnight on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, the closest it has ever been to midnight since the clock’s inception in 1947.
“Russia’s thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons remind the world that escalation of the conflict – by accident, intention or miscalculation – is a terrible risk,” said Rachel Bronson, head of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that manage the doomsday clock.
According to Daily Mail, Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, recently warned that a military defeat for Russia in Ukraine may lead to a nuclear war with the West.
Back in September, Vladimir Putin warned the West that his nuclear threat is “not a bluff.”
“To those who allow themselves to make such statements about Russia, I would like to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction, and for some components more modern than those of the NATO countries. And if the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people. It’s not a bluff,” Putin warned.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...-response-goes-beyond-armored-vehicles-video/
During his speech, President Vladimir Putin told the United States and its allies that they can’t destroy Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
As the delivery of Western-made tanks to Ukraine looms, Putin has fired back, warning that Moscow’s response to the threat will go far beyond armored vehicles.
It can be recalled that the Biden regime agreed to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine to fight the Russian military.
This means the US will be forced to send men and women to operate the tanks and perform maintenance. It is the Biden regime’s attempt to escalate the war in Ukraine.
Less than 24 hours later, Germany announced they would be sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
The Kremlin called this move a “blatant provocation.”
“Unbelievable, but true – we are once again threatened with German Leopard tanks, with crosses on their hull. And once again seeking to battle Russia in Ukraine with the help of Hitler’s followers, the Banderites,” Putin said.
“Those who expect to win a victory against Russia on the battlefield don’t understand that modern-day war with Russia will turn out totally differently for them,” he warned.
“We aren’t sending tanks to their borders, but we have the means to fight back and they won’t be limited to armor. Everyone should understand this,” he continued.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Russia’s urgent nuclear war warning comes as the Doomsday Clock moves closer than it ever has to midnight, prompting the World Health Organization to urge countries to begin stockpiling medications for “nuclear emergencies.”
The Doomsday Clock was set a minute and a half (90 seconds) before midnight on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, the closest it has ever been to midnight since the clock’s inception in 1947.
“Russia’s thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons remind the world that escalation of the conflict – by accident, intention or miscalculation – is a terrible risk,” said Rachel Bronson, head of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that manage the doomsday clock.
According to Daily Mail, Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, recently warned that a military defeat for Russia in Ukraine may lead to a nuclear war with the West.
Back in September, Vladimir Putin warned the West that his nuclear threat is “not a bluff.”
“To those who allow themselves to make such statements about Russia, I would like to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction, and for some components more modern than those of the NATO countries. And if the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people. It’s not a bluff,” Putin warned.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...-response-goes-beyond-armored-vehicles-video/
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It only makes sense for Russia to use whatever tools they need to bring this little conflict to an end. I just wish they could have finished it before Joebama sent 10's of billions of US tax payers dollars to that corrupt shythole.
Indeed Putin is not bluffing about Nuclear World War 3 . I find it interesting to see some that try to convince themselves that he is bluffing -- or that he will die and Russia's next leader will simply retreat the military back to Russian soil . Though both above scenarios are possible they are not probable . As preppers we can do as preppers do " prepare " . --- Remember they have a time line to complete their conquest January 1st 2025 . As that is the day the fantasy cartel that gained control by a political coup are in danger of losing their grip over the United States and consequences of that rippling around the planet . --- Well I need to put my coffee cup down and go feed my honey bees as it appears I have another day to enjoy .
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Putin may not be bluffing about WW3 but most of the BS and bluster is coming from Russian TV presenters, if Russia ever let off one nuclear missile they would get many more in the opposite direction and Moscow would be left in radio active ashes.
Bullies always threaten their opponents but very rarely follow the words with action, the majority of this rhetoric is to TRY and get the West to stop supporting Ukraine.
Bullies always threaten their opponents but very rarely follow the words with action, the majority of this rhetoric is to TRY and get the West to stop supporting Ukraine.
Thanks for the post Bigpaul as this shows the exact mindset that I was referring to . We do not have any control over NATO or Putin , but we do have control over our preparedness .
as I've said many times before I dont think all out nuclear war between Russia and the west is survivable, nobody wins, we all lose.
not that I wont try to survive because I will I just dont think its possible in the long run, maybe a minor skirmish but not full blown nuclear war, we just end up with a dead radioactive planet . thats the end of the human race .
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Sorry folks, but this one you gotta see. Russia doesn't play.
Russian Releases Secret Weapon/Terminators [tanks]
BPEarthwatch . . . . . 19 Minute Video
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Believe me, once Russia uses the current modern weapons, what we see now in Ukraine will still be toys.
Putin knows what he has to do to fool the West, the people of the West and certain Western governments like the Germans actually believe that the Russians are still at war like they were 100 years ago, but the awakening could be terrible if Russia retaliates one day.
The Russians still have more in the bunkers than we think, whether from WW2 or the state of the art, while Europe HAS NOTHING MORE.
If the Russians went after Europe right now, we could literally defend ourselves with rocks here because the arsenals are empty or full of defective equipment.
Your advantage is that you have about 15 minutes longer than I do when you hear that the Russian has fired missiles against Europe, if it gets to that point, to use those 15 minutes very well could be less if the Russian has boats near the United States.
I don't think the Russians will start WW3 with nukes, but if Europe and the US keep supplying assault weapons, uranium munitions, and NATO green men to Ukraine, Vlad might see that as a direct declaration of war at some point and then we'll have the ****.
By the way not only Vlad determines this but also some others, the command structure is very complicated, if you expect liquidation of Vlad to solve the problem, you have all the more.
I heard three weeks ago that this system is still running.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tote_Hand_(Nuklearstrategie)
Putin knows what he has to do to fool the West, the people of the West and certain Western governments like the Germans actually believe that the Russians are still at war like they were 100 years ago, but the awakening could be terrible if Russia retaliates one day.
The Russians still have more in the bunkers than we think, whether from WW2 or the state of the art, while Europe HAS NOTHING MORE.
If the Russians went after Europe right now, we could literally defend ourselves with rocks here because the arsenals are empty or full of defective equipment.
Your advantage is that you have about 15 minutes longer than I do when you hear that the Russian has fired missiles against Europe, if it gets to that point, to use those 15 minutes very well could be less if the Russian has boats near the United States.
I don't think the Russians will start WW3 with nukes, but if Europe and the US keep supplying assault weapons, uranium munitions, and NATO green men to Ukraine, Vlad might see that as a direct declaration of war at some point and then we'll have the ****.
By the way not only Vlad determines this but also some others, the command structure is very complicated, if you expect liquidation of Vlad to solve the problem, you have all the more.
I heard three weeks ago that this system is still running.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tote_Hand_(Nuklearstrategie)
Here is a video worth watching . The terminator may be coming to a town near you .
The Terminator is probably a problem to be taken first, especially for the Western tanks, if it works as Ivan says, the Ukas will be grilled in their Leopard tanks.
At the moment dozens of trains with Russian soldiers and heavy war material are being emptied in Eastern Ukraine, Vlad may be planning a new invasion before European weapons gifts reach Ukraine.
The Miserable Idiot Boris Johnson who told Zelensky from the beginning that this war can be solved only on the battlefield and not at the negotiating table probably did not please Ukraine.
Some politicians in Europe now get cold feet because they realize that Ukraine could lose, now suddenly make Moscow proposals how to solve the conflict well. Moscow after the theater with the West no more desire on a false Minsk 3 agreement after the Minsk 2 agreement with the West was already a farce as some European politicians have publicly admitted, may well be that Moscow now says that it will solve the conflict for this reason on the battlefield.
Furthermore, from Russian military circles it is rumored that NATO soldiers are actively involved in the fighting, I read the following info.
"They are not mercenaries, but professional cadres of the NATO bloc. This is a clear thing, because if they were ordinary mercenaries, I don't think they would use hundreds of Ukrainian military to take out a body of such a mercenary."
If this info will be confirmed, we can add 1+1 what Russia will do next, for us it could be rather bad.
At the moment dozens of trains with Russian soldiers and heavy war material are being emptied in Eastern Ukraine, Vlad may be planning a new invasion before European weapons gifts reach Ukraine.
The Miserable Idiot Boris Johnson who told Zelensky from the beginning that this war can be solved only on the battlefield and not at the negotiating table probably did not please Ukraine.
Some politicians in Europe now get cold feet because they realize that Ukraine could lose, now suddenly make Moscow proposals how to solve the conflict well. Moscow after the theater with the West no more desire on a false Minsk 3 agreement after the Minsk 2 agreement with the West was already a farce as some European politicians have publicly admitted, may well be that Moscow now says that it will solve the conflict for this reason on the battlefield.
Furthermore, from Russian military circles it is rumored that NATO soldiers are actively involved in the fighting, I read the following info.
"They are not mercenaries, but professional cadres of the NATO bloc. This is a clear thing, because if they were ordinary mercenaries, I don't think they would use hundreds of Ukrainian military to take out a body of such a mercenary."
If this info will be confirmed, we can add 1+1 what Russia will do next, for us it could be rather bad.
I see things differently.
I see Russia awoke and aware of who they are fighting.
I see Russia as tired of playing Slap-A-Round with hidden leaders.
I see a future world coming in a year in which the new tanks will no longer be needed.
King Of The Hill is not the prize. Peace is.
I see peace.
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During the time of the great square-sail ships, sailors of the British Navy took joy in playing a game I dubbed “slap around”. Their huge warships carried 500 men and a dozen or two young cabin boys. Invariably on each voyage there were at least half a dozen new boys around the age of nine venturing to sea their first time. Once at sea the sailors would get bored and initiate those first timers.
A short piece of rope was tied to each boy’s left wrist with the other end being lashed to the mast placing the boys in a circle facing each others back. Their right hand held a board. There were only two rules to the game. When you were tapped by the boy behind you, you had to tap the one before you. You could hit as hard or soft as you wanted; you were free to choose.
After several rounds of slightly tapping each other someone would always feel that they had been tapped too hard and would accelerate his blows. Before long the sailors would be roaring with laughter at the sight of the boys beating the hell out of each other. What was so funny (or sad) was that all that was needed was for one boy to choose to go back to tapping, but they couldn’t comprehend that what they did was a delayed version of what was coming back around to them. All they had to do was to simply stop!
We are playing in an economic game of slap around that is also torturing us. All we have to do is to simply choose to stop playing it.
I see Russia awoke and aware of who they are fighting.
I see Russia as tired of playing Slap-A-Round with hidden leaders.
I see a future world coming in a year in which the new tanks will no longer be needed.
King Of The Hill is not the prize. Peace is.
I see peace.
Slap Around top of page
During the time of the great square-sail ships, sailors of the British Navy took joy in playing a game I dubbed “slap around”. Their huge warships carried 500 men and a dozen or two young cabin boys. Invariably on each voyage there were at least half a dozen new boys around the age of nine venturing to sea their first time. Once at sea the sailors would get bored and initiate those first timers.
A short piece of rope was tied to each boy’s left wrist with the other end being lashed to the mast placing the boys in a circle facing each others back. Their right hand held a board. There were only two rules to the game. When you were tapped by the boy behind you, you had to tap the one before you. You could hit as hard or soft as you wanted; you were free to choose.
After several rounds of slightly tapping each other someone would always feel that they had been tapped too hard and would accelerate his blows. Before long the sailors would be roaring with laughter at the sight of the boys beating the hell out of each other. What was so funny (or sad) was that all that was needed was for one boy to choose to go back to tapping, but they couldn’t comprehend that what they did was a delayed version of what was coming back around to them. All they had to do was to simply stop!
We are playing in an economic game of slap around that is also torturing us. All we have to do is to simply choose to stop playing it.
Is Russia tired? I hope you're right, but you can't be sure.
Russia hasn't declared war on Kyiv yet, it's still a kind of official special operation, even if it amounts to something like war.
Russia has not yet triggered a general war mobilization in Russia itself, if it does, millions of soldiers will eventually be at the front.
The Russian people are now fully behind Putin because of the delivery of German SS tanks, he has more supporters now than before the tank deal.
All in all, Russia isn't down and I don't think they even started, if the Ukrainian population wasn't so related to the Russian ones, Russia would have hit it a lot harder.
If a NATO country goes into Russia or a NATO country sends soldiers to Ukraine to fight against Russia, the response from Russia will be very harsh.
Consider one thing, our military arsenals are EMPTY, we in Europe could not oppose Russia at the moment and I personally don't want to take the blame for the consequences of Macron's, Johnson's and Scholz's idiotic warmongering if Ivan decides to take revenge on Europe.
I will not go to war for this damn WEF elite that could have been avoided. This is not my war and when it comes I will fight against this idiotic who provoked this war on our soil.
Russia hasn't declared war on Kyiv yet, it's still a kind of official special operation, even if it amounts to something like war.
Russia has not yet triggered a general war mobilization in Russia itself, if it does, millions of soldiers will eventually be at the front.
The Russian people are now fully behind Putin because of the delivery of German SS tanks, he has more supporters now than before the tank deal.
All in all, Russia isn't down and I don't think they even started, if the Ukrainian population wasn't so related to the Russian ones, Russia would have hit it a lot harder.
If a NATO country goes into Russia or a NATO country sends soldiers to Ukraine to fight against Russia, the response from Russia will be very harsh.
Consider one thing, our military arsenals are EMPTY, we in Europe could not oppose Russia at the moment and I personally don't want to take the blame for the consequences of Macron's, Johnson's and Scholz's idiotic warmongering if Ivan decides to take revenge on Europe.
I will not go to war for this damn WEF elite that could have been avoided. This is not my war and when it comes I will fight against this idiotic who provoked this war on our soil.
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Perhaps there comes a time when the team must sac their own quarterback.
Do this and there should be no fear of Russia.
Pressure on the Elite governments and their leaders would diffuse the whole globe of warfare, once and for all, perhaps.
Do this and there should be no fear of Russia.
Pressure on the Elite governments and their leaders would diffuse the whole globe of warfare, once and for all, perhaps.
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One thing that's different now days, and for the last 50+ years, is that we don't fight to win wars anymore. We get involved in other countries conflicts to feed our massive military machine with boat loads of taxpayers money. And to maintain a forever presence in foreign lands. We're playing around in an area where we have no business being, and ignoring our one true enemy; China. They violate our airspace and we do nothing. Joebama needs to be impeached and put in prison for colluding with our enemy.
unless home territory is threatened we have no business interfering in other countries politics or conflicts.
the trouble with that sentiment is one word, Putin, if the West hadnt taken a hand in supplying Ukraine with weaponry the chances are the Russians would now control all of Ukraine, whilst that dosent affect Washington or London too much the next question is would Putin stop there? and most analists answer NO, therein lies the problem.
the trouble with that sentiment is one word, Putin, if the West hadnt taken a hand in supplying Ukraine with weaponry the chances are the Russians would now control all of Ukraine, whilst that dosent affect Washington or London too much the next question is would Putin stop there? and most analists answer NO, therein lies the problem.
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Follow the money. Most "experts" are ex military and their only answer is more war. I agree, the US never should have gotten involved in Ukraine, or any other country's business. Let them fight their own battles. The US is something like 31 trillion $$ in debt. We can't afford to pay for another conflict. And what do we get in return? Will Ukraine pay us back? No. In fact we'll probably end up rebuilding that corrupt cesspool.
What do we get? Especially additional problems. About 50% of all NATO weapons that are delivered to the black hole of Ukraine end up in the Draknet and will one day be pointed at us by terrorists in Europe and the USA.
You are also 100% right about the rebuild, European governments have been looking for 6 months which country will smear how much money into this corrupt hole, which is called reconstruction.
Every European country, like the USA, is currently donating billions to this corrupt regime in Ukraine every year while their own population can no longer pay for electricity and energy and children are starving.
Our politicians just laugh about it and get 10% more wages because of inflation while workers get a 1% wage increase, if any, which is eaten straight away by inflation.
Governments in Europe and USA keep up the good work, the revolution will come, with or without a Russian war.
You are also 100% right about the rebuild, European governments have been looking for 6 months which country will smear how much money into this corrupt hole, which is called reconstruction.
Every European country, like the USA, is currently donating billions to this corrupt regime in Ukraine every year while their own population can no longer pay for electricity and energy and children are starving.
Our politicians just laugh about it and get 10% more wages because of inflation while workers get a 1% wage increase, if any, which is eaten straight away by inflation.
Governments in Europe and USA keep up the good work, the revolution will come, with or without a Russian war.
ENGLAND just announced (parallel to Germany) that they have shipped so much to Ukraine...that they could only fight for ONE DAY and then they would be OUT OF AMMO....America has also tapped the RESERVES of ammo and explosives in S. Korea AND the reserves in Israel to send to Ukraine.....we are running out of rocks for the slingshots...get your baseball bats and brass knuckles out of the bottom drawer. I am starting to think that the civilians in America have stored up MORE AMMO THAN THE GOV'T.....hurra, gung-ho, whoopeee. Now the civilians have to save America since the soldiers have been left out in the dark...
You know, It feels like the Gov't is treating us like mushrooms....keep you in the dark and feed you ****.
You know, It feels like the Gov't is treating us like mushrooms....keep you in the dark and feed you ****.
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You forgot to be thankfull to the big heroic and great Führer of the most corrupt state in Europe to keep our lifestyle, values and freedom. Please do the same to all the peacekeeping leaders in Europe. You should be sooo glad to give away your last cent and shirt to support them. And don't forget your freedom.
OK, sarcasm works at midnight too.
The reality is different. If you dont praise an halleluja 3 times a day to the western leaders, don't blame every Russian permanently and you think critical you're an Nazi and Putinlover. I'm waiting the New Gestapo drives along the streets to collect the people who think (or absolutly worse) say something different than the governments like it. I'm not kidding.
If i ould choose to let few houndreds million of eurooean citizens loosing incoming, rooftop and having problems to feed themselves or / and their families or saving the Ukraine - my choice is clear. Very clear.
And i'm every day surprised what's going more anf more expensive or isn't aviable anymore, like food, energy, fuels, rents, chlothes, furnitures and so much more. It wasn't clear myself the Ukraine produces everything of our daily life. The Ukraine must been the most productive nation in the whole Universe before.....
But what do i know... i'm just an stupid citizen of my country who have to think every day more how to pay all this crap.
Guess i need to collect some more ropes - we will need them.
You forgot to be thankfull to the big heroic and great Führer of the most corrupt state in Europe to keep our lifestyle, values and freedom. Please do the same to all the peacekeeping leaders in Europe. You should be sooo glad to give away your last cent and shirt to support them. And don't forget your freedom.
OK, sarcasm works at midnight too.
The reality is different. If you dont praise an halleluja 3 times a day to the western leaders, don't blame every Russian permanently and you think critical you're an Nazi and Putinlover. I'm waiting the New Gestapo drives along the streets to collect the people who think (or absolutly worse) say something different than the governments like it. I'm not kidding.
If i ould choose to let few houndreds million of eurooean citizens loosing incoming, rooftop and having problems to feed themselves or / and their families or saving the Ukraine - my choice is clear. Very clear.
And i'm every day surprised what's going more anf more expensive or isn't aviable anymore, like food, energy, fuels, rents, chlothes, furnitures and so much more. It wasn't clear myself the Ukraine produces everything of our daily life. The Ukraine must been the most productive nation in the whole Universe before.....
But what do i know... i'm just an stupid citizen of my country who have to think every day more how to pay all this crap.
Guess i need to collect some more ropes - we will need them.
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Hmmm. Norton just blocked the website link as "dangerous". Same happened when I linked to the story on Drudge. Somebody doesn't want it read. Didn't work through the search engine either...the only links that are working are the ones that cite Biden refuting it.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/seymour-hersh-nord-stream
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I could write on this for days, but in short there are no "good guys" in this fight but overall I believe Russia has the moral high ground for defending itself from existential threats and attempting to bring Ukraine back into the fold. In 2014, the majority of citizens of the SE portion voted to become Russia.
Regardless of who there is wrong or right, this is not the west's or American's fight. We should not be involved, we are not the world police. I can give many analogies to show the US/West is wrong to engage.
It is so unbelievably foolish for the west/US to provide arms and support in a clearly proxy war that is killing tens of thousands on both sides, and risks direct attacks on the west/US by Russia or surrogates. I cannot fathom how stupid this mess is, and we gain nothing from it.
Thanks for allowing me to vent.
Regardless of who there is wrong or right, this is not the west's or American's fight. We should not be involved, we are not the world police. I can give many analogies to show the US/West is wrong to engage.
It is so unbelievably foolish for the west/US to provide arms and support in a clearly proxy war that is killing tens of thousands on both sides, and risks direct attacks on the west/US by Russia or surrogates. I cannot fathom how stupid this mess is, and we gain nothing from it.
Thanks for allowing me to vent.
Simplististically from a macro-level view, here's my assessment/predictions:
1. Russia/Ukraine. Three possible outcomes in no particular order.
A. Russia bleeds Ukraine dry for years, ultimately the west gives up seeing it as futile and not worth the loses, Russia takes Ukraine.
B. Next 10 years are back and forth losses of life and resources in a stalemate between Russia and the west. Ultimately a truce is reached, Ukraine is divided up and split.
C. Russia loses and withdrawal due to western support. This is the worst case as I believe Russia would launch all nukes to defend itself and punish the west.
China:
China is waiting in the wings, allowing the west to waste resources in Ukraine. Ultimately I believe China will either unite with Russia or act unilaterally on Taiwan when the US is just too weak to do anything about it. Once the US has developed our own chip makers, Taiwan is of little value to us anyway.
There's simply no way possible the US could fight a 2-front war against Russia and China.
Ultimately, the US is going to lose against Russia and China in these wars IMHO. We do not have the money to fight, our military is suffering attrition and aged equipment and low morale, and we are just spread too thin with too many problems, and we are very vulnerable to infiltration, cyber attacks, terrorism here by cell actors, etc.
1. Russia/Ukraine. Three possible outcomes in no particular order.
A. Russia bleeds Ukraine dry for years, ultimately the west gives up seeing it as futile and not worth the loses, Russia takes Ukraine.
B. Next 10 years are back and forth losses of life and resources in a stalemate between Russia and the west. Ultimately a truce is reached, Ukraine is divided up and split.
C. Russia loses and withdrawal due to western support. This is the worst case as I believe Russia would launch all nukes to defend itself and punish the west.
China:
China is waiting in the wings, allowing the west to waste resources in Ukraine. Ultimately I believe China will either unite with Russia or act unilaterally on Taiwan when the US is just too weak to do anything about it. Once the US has developed our own chip makers, Taiwan is of little value to us anyway.
There's simply no way possible the US could fight a 2-front war against Russia and China.
Ultimately, the US is going to lose against Russia and China in these wars IMHO. We do not have the money to fight, our military is suffering attrition and aged equipment and low morale, and we are just spread too thin with too many problems, and we are very vulnerable to infiltration, cyber attacks, terrorism here by cell actors, etc.
I agree with this assessment. In my view and understanding:
1. Russia's invasion was actually pre-emptive and defensive. Not "offensive" like the western propagandists claim. The west has antagonized this region for decades. Russia did it relatively gently at first, but escalated it over time. I think Zelinsky will be dead within a year. It appears Russia will probably take Ukraine within a year.
2. Russia defeated the Nazis, pushed them all the way back to Germany, the Russian's are perhaps the hardest people on the planet, and there's zero chance the west is going to defeat them without provoking a total nuclear exchange. The west simply will not step foot on Russia IMO. It would provoke nukes.
If there is a nuclear exchange, Russia can hit any western city in 5-15 minutes with weapons that will destroy cities like London, DC, etc, every military base of the west... Sure, Russia will be obliterated, but it has more nukes than anyone and more advance nukes. Russia will obliterate most of Europe and much of the United States. Most of the northern hemisphere - all major cities and military bases, will be destroyed. So the west knows it cannot "invade" Russia, or this will touch off.
For naive people who think we have capable weapon defense systems, we don't. It's all been a big boondoggle lie to enrich the deep state MIC executives. We have some, but they are too few and inadequate to stop the global barrage of nuclear missiles plus all the decoys that would be fired. (A nuke tipped warhead, might have 5 nukes and 30 decoys, etc.).
If you think our US airspace is secure, look at the embarrassment of the air balloon that infiltrated us and floated around for a week, with impunity, gathering all manner of intel. A complete embarrassment. How about the total intel failures of 9/11/01. We are very, very vulnerable and we have done little to improve our security in meaningful ways (e.g. our southern border sees 2 million infiltrations annually, drugs, human trafficking, etc.). Our best "security" is to stop engaging in stupid wars and to seal our borders.
3. Absent a nuclear war, Ukraine will simply be a dying ground for Ukrainians and later NATO and US Soldiers. Ukraine has no manufacturing or maintenance for equipment - all destroyed - and long supply chains into the nation. Ripe to be hit as they are moved into place. The west will funnel equipment in, and it will get destroyed. Americans who go there, will suffer the same fate as the 100,000+ Ukrainians and die.
Imagine a WWII style gloves-off war with a modern superpower with an actual military who can hit HARD, anywhere in the world, with tech similar to ours.
The US hasn't won a war in 6 decades, and those were all fought against lesser opponents who had no real ability to actually fight. We haven't really fought an air power, or a Navy, or anyone with nukes or ability to hit us hard.
I'm factoring Iraq as some swift victories but ultimately a 20 year loss. Imagine American's resolve when 50,000 American Soldiers die in year one. Also, America hasn't fought a real enemy with real military abilities to strike us as hard as we strike them - city leveling attacks. Imagine "shock and aw" on NYC or Chicago or Dallas. Or imagine a synchronized city leveling attack on our 10 biggest cities on a Wednesday morning along with a nationwide EMP cyber strike! Imagine a dozen attacks each larger than 9/11/01. Imagine if we were crippled in travel, every airliner shot down and every container ship sunk. Russia could hit the west and hit the west very very hard. Harder than any Americans comprehend in a true war.
How would Americans react? How about our stock markets?
Speaking of economics, other super powers could take actions that cripple or destroy the US dollar (BRIC nations are already trying to develop a new petro-dollar), and destroy our ability to import and export goods thereby shutting down our economy worse than Covid did. If we cannot import goods and energy, or export goods, we are economically toast.
I fear a lot of people are far too unjustifiably over-confident in the US/west abilities, and far under-appreciate the damage Russia (or China) can cause. Engaging as we have been and being global bullies, the US is unfortunately probably about suffer a real old fashioned thumping. I pray we can find peace but I fear that result.
an invasion of another country is an act of war, pure and simple.
the West could have simply let Ukraine go under but that wouldnt have stopped Putin, he's already threatened Washington, London and the whole of Poland, today he has threatened the whole of Europe and the entire world, just because Zelensky got on a plane and came to Britain, today he flies to Brussels.
Putin issues these threats on a daily basis, nobody with a right mind believes him.
the West could have simply let Ukraine go under but that wouldnt have stopped Putin, he's already threatened Washington, London and the whole of Poland, today he has threatened the whole of Europe and the entire world, just because Zelensky got on a plane and came to Britain, today he flies to Brussels.
Putin issues these threats on a daily basis, nobody with a right mind believes him.
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Denying or simply succumbing to fatalism is not my plan . " I prepare " regardless as to whether my attempt at survival is successful or not . Those whose preps is mainly some garden seeds and extra food , will be walking around with the looters , if they survive . Hard core SHTF situation calls for hard core prepping .
at least I will survive when the lights go out, unlike some.
nuclear winter and radiation poisoning are not survivable.
if just one nuclear missile is fired by the Russians we will have nuclear armageddon with all the Nato ones fired in reply, nothing is going to survive that, no human, no animal, no plant, even the soil the air and the water will be contaminated.
I prepare for those things that are survivable, not the ONE that is NOT.
nuclear winter and radiation poisoning are not survivable.
if just one nuclear missile is fired by the Russians we will have nuclear armageddon with all the Nato ones fired in reply, nothing is going to survive that, no human, no animal, no plant, even the soil the air and the water will be contaminated.
I prepare for those things that are survivable, not the ONE that is NOT.
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Interesting things being floated from a preppers view . A so called Whistle blower claiming Old Demented Joe Biden ordered the pipeline blown up , war airplanes on the verge of being shipped into Ukraine " if I am not mistaken from the UK ". Whether any of these things swirling about is true , I don't know . What I do know is , that I am glad I took prepping serious and prepared for what may lay ahead . As on those apoplectic movies If a Nuclear World War 3 takes place , I don't expect there to be many survivors . My preps are in place as I have no intention of just declaring there is no use prepping for a Nuclear World War 3 and we are all going to die .
