If the US had continued to support Ukraine, we may have been months away from the end of the war. The Russians would not have been able to continue to fight for much longer. They were making almost no progress, taking huge casualties.
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Which unfortunately would not mean the war might end soon.more likely would be intensed russian mobilization and/or ukrainian efforts to regain terretories imo
You are wrong. Somehow it was expected that Trump would stop helping Ukraine and that would be a big problem in itself but Europe was in the process of preparing to manage that. That Trump now even work with the enemy was unforeseen and is a disaster and very difficult to manage for Europe.
Imagine if you will a man so vain, so entitled yet without talent or accomplishment that he is flattered and sustained, in a moment of need, by a worldly agent of espionage. Imagine this man, at the height of power, happy to provide a return for favours granted.
This is an interesting analysis.
My next question is what is next? With Trump eliminating the cyber security efforts with respect to Russia and working to eliminate sanctions against Russia, what is the end game and what is the extent of the benefits to Trump and harm to the US?
It's almost like imagining Reagan pulling the plug on the US defense posture in the late '80s right before the USSR collapsed. That would have been incomprehensible. The least complicated explanation here is that Trump is preserving a Ru escape hatch in case he is ever held to account here.
Plus their economy is on very, very shaky ground as the Ukrainians slowly reduce their capacity to refine crude oils, so are affecting their export of fuels and oils reducing their income.
Nor do they have the tech to repair some of the critical components of refining crude.
I have observed their antics as they are to gutless to stand-up to 🍊💩4🧠buffoon. Who is a Kremlin asset in the WH.
They have lost all their principles & integrity as they kow-tow to the wanna be Dictator.
Americans are about to learn not only are they not special, they are the farthest thing from special. Ukraine doesn't need the help of rapists and dumbshits.
There's no viable pathway to UKR victory anymore. Ukrainians inside Ukraine want peace, even with territorial concessions. Their voice counts more than foreigners egging them on to "just fight" due to Russophobia.
Some of your media friends beat up on Biden so much before & after the debate driving down polls. If you speculate on Ukraine's possible success, you must also speculate on whether Biden could have won. One old white man against another old white man. Please understand race in this country.
Therefore Russia bet big on its ally to break Ukraine resistance. US just stopped sharing intelligence. Ukraine will not receive crucial satellite imaginery for example. In next step US is going to switch off Starlink. And if they could they would start to sell weapons to Russia.
Europe + Canada + Turkey + Japan + Australia + other global partners are capable of stepping up and filling the gap left by the USA. Russia's economy and industrial capacity can't compete against that. But it requires conviction + political will to break with the USA and help Ukraine decisively win.
The USA is prepared to go to war with NATO over Greenland & Canada. Not much of a step up for the USA to fight beside NKorea in the service of Russia. Tens of thousands of dead American GIs in foreign mud again & WW3 to boot. Who ever thought LA, NY & DC would be wiped out by British/French nukes?
Putin has only been able to hide the rot because he still had savings in his Sovereign Wealth Fund; He's been able to hide the deficit over the past 3 years ONLY because of those liquid assets in the SWF. Now the SWF is nearly dry. The #RussianEconomy is the cannibal eating its own leg to stay full.
🔭Watch for further collapse of Putin's thugs' morale on the battlefield. 💥Ukraine's strikes on O&G facilities are restricting Putin's REVENUES making his DEFICIT more UNSUSTAINABLE. #EconomicFragility 👉When the thugs no longer believe the LIE that they will be paid WATCH FOR INCREASED #DESERTIONS.
Ukraine and Europe - Ignore Trump's weakness. Block the shadow fleet and keep up with the "💥sanctions💥" on the O&G facilities inside Russia. STRANGLE PUTIN'S REVENUES. His army will collapse if it is not paid. #EconomicFragility
Ignore Trump's weakness.
Why would DT and foremost JDV have let the White House meeting go south otherwise.
Consider the possibility they are assets or agents. And if you cannot allow yourself that thought experiment, we see the results of their acts. Quid bono?
My heart breaks for Zelensky and the Ukrainians. Making a deal with Putin and/or the United States is not going to end well for them. Neither of those two countries can be trusted. An agreement will be made and Putin will breach it, again and again. Trump will cosign.
There have been statements for months that Russia can't last much longer, probably dating back to 2023. Yet here we are. Why has the analysis been wrong, why is it right this time?
I truly believe his advisors will never contradict him even if it's obvious or beneficial. He has nobody to be his conscious. Marco Rubio is just a prop to him.
Considering how very heavily armed the US is, they're not very good at actually fighting wars without the involvement of the allies they're now fucking over.
Two things are true. The Biden Administration’s timidity blew a strategic chance to truly weaken Putin’s imperial ambitions. Trump’s impulses to appease the Kremlin - like he did with the Taliban - are ruining the chances for real peace.
Lay off Biden. He rightly saw that the US has to be able to respond to multiple crises. After Ukraine, another one came up, in Gaza, that became a test of Iran's "Axis of Resistance." I'm not happy about all that went down, but we prevailed while remaining able to act elsewhere. That's not timidity.
Bruh Biden had like 2 years before Gaza started, he had so much time and acted completely inadequately. He couldn’t even spend the money Congress gave him before Trump took office
“Impulses to appease the Kremlin?” They aren’t impulses. They are parr of a grand plan to turn America into a Russian ally that literally shares our most sensitive intel with Putin and uses Putin/the Kremlin to hack/attack U.S. systems and political opponents
I just looked up the word 'appease' to make sure I understand its proper use, and while I see where it says 'to accede to another's demands', i don't see a definition that says 'to explicitly do another's bidding,' which seems to be more what trump is doing right now.
no. I was just being facetious in wanting to add my 2 cents about how insane all of this is, how clear it is, and how dismaying it is that the only thing we seem to be doing about it is tweeting a bunch (myself included).
Please, sit down. Get coffee/tea
Re-read your input & your mail.
Both deserves the extra attention.
"appease" is like surrendering to the bully in the schoolyard so he stops beating you and pick on somebody else - but, you surrendered to his will & might. He will come to you. You will bend. Again.
I mis-understood your intention/message.
I apologize.
Reading through your msgs - your sentences sometimes requires a double-read❤️
Non-native English speakers (as me) are sometimes slow(me slower) to get to the nucleus of the message.
Again - I apologize.
(coffee/tea still good though :-) )
I am not sure the administration would have survived putting boots on the ground.
I am not sure whatever Ukrainian administration that invited Americans, up until it was too late, would have survived too.
Until Feb 2022, Europeans were against the US's direct involvement.
I'm a leftist, but, I'll say it, Biden was a bad president.
Not everything he did was bad. IRA was mostly good, some things very good for example. But "not everything was bad" is a really weak standard. Not "everything was bad" about Trump v1 (for example, Operation Warp Speed).
(To be clear, I'm not saying Biden was as bad as Trump v1, or even in the same remote ballpark. But he made a *lot* of terrible decisions which led to the world being in the state it is now. The decision to run again when he could barely stay coherent was just the final one.)
We undervalue all the transformative legislation Biden passed in the first two years with a tied Senate and a tiny majority in the House.
My disappointments with him are in the incomprehensibly timid Ukraine policy and his lack of aggressive prosecution of Trump and his insurrectionists in Congress.
I hope that Trump will never get the Nobel Peace Prize. I propose that it be given to President Zelenski for having to make all the concessions to Trump and Putin to save his country. Glory to this hero
They are actually starting to go backwards near Pokrovsk. They're re-supplying front lines in the Donbas with donkeys. Between 10% and 20% of their refining capacity has been taken offline by drone strikes. They can't eject Ukraine from Kursk. Trump is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
If only the EU would offer Zelinsky a comparable deal for mineral extraction, allow the use of long-rage missiles, use Russia's frozen assets etc. And tell Trump to take a walk. Why are they pressing Zelinsky to sign that poisonous deal of his?
Pressure your MP to continue Canada's support for Ukraine, give to legitimate charities that support Ukrainians with food and clothing etc. Attend protests if and when you can. Write letters to the editor of your local press. Talk to your friends to encourage them do do the same. Keep the faith!
Realistically that was not the case. Russia may be stalled but is still the occupier & still has vast resources compared with its neighbour. This was not going to be easy, even with US input.
If this is true (You say, I dont know), then the question is if UA can go on with EU support for this long, playing all the diplomacy - negotiation things for time, but continuing the war.
Do you think this is an option?
Like Putin cares about casualties. Even if the Russians gets fed up with sacrificing themselves, Putin would sacrifice mercenaries and North Koreans. He sees no escalation with that.
Unless European allies step up in a big way. That said, the traitors in the White House will almost certainly ease sanctions on Russia, helping them avoid total economic collapse.
Zero pressure is being placed on Russia to exit the war, and in fact the US is now aiding Russian victory.
I agree, you could have seen this coming. But I do admit I didn't expect it to be this disastrous bad. Trump turned into a cartoon villain. Before all this, such a cartoon would never be published as it's way over the top.
Right, but this is the problem. He spoke about everything he did later. It would have been better to expect the worst and not vote for him than later being sorry about what he does. People are so naive!
I know only one Trumper personally (they are becoming fairly rare in Europe). In general he is just a nice guy. He believes that Trump is doing great things and that all the bad stuff isn't true. He believes in the deep state and conspiracies. He fell into the disinformation hole.
Ja, das ist schlimm, das kenne ich auch. Trotzdem sind all diese Personen verantwortlich für ihre Wahlentscheidung. Sie wussten alles. Sie wollten es so. Sie wollten es nicht verhindern.
"That we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but it is morally treasonable to the American public." - Teddy Roosevelt. I do not stand by Trump, I, like many of my fellow Americans stand with #Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
That’s why Musk was brought into the fold. To ensure that the kind of disinformation that tipped this election, got as wide of an audience as possible. He already wielded too much power with starlink, but now he has the keys to it all.
While I tend to agree personally, you don't even need to believe this. The open and documented voter suppression seen in this election was more than enough to change the outcome.
So many stayed home or had great difficultly trying to cast votes. Hours long lines in to many places. Floods of disinformation email discouraging voting. This is really an domestic Information War if we want a return to Sanity. This is Brad Parscale's company. 22.6 Billion disinfo email sent!
Even without the disinformation and the possibility of hacking, your system seems almost designed to disenfranchise people.
Like, here, we have local polling stations (never more than about a 10 minute walk unless you're really middle of nowhere), open 7am-10pm, and never more than a 5-10 min wait.
This is intentional .. Trump knew it and is saving Putin, this is not by chance at all , he is selling Putin Ukraine with Europe only to walk away and after he destroys his own American people and gag them with censorship he will try to take over Canada, Mexico, …more … and establish his own empire
We may. To be honest, this is what they have been saying for three years. “Support Ukraine and sooner or later Russia will quit”. They haven’t, and they won’t. If this “sooner or later” is the deepest strategic thought Eu can bring on, Ukraine is doomed.
They will continue to suffer losses because they no longer have heavy equipment. One way or another, Ukraine will wage war more cautiously, but for the USA, this is a disaster in every dimension.
Trump is the perfect Russian asset. I would not know how to improve anything, (slightly less smelly maybe?) Putin must be very pleased with his loyal Minion.
And yet Congress decided not to aid Ukraine for 6m, the current POTUS now ‘pauses’ (great word) aid he wasn’t sending anyway. To add to that, POTUS now ‘pauses’ intel’ sharing with Ukraine military
As an observer, whose side would you think the USA is on?
I'm a huge anti-Trump guy, but I doubt Russian collapse was near. This is just what the German gen'l staff was saying in July of 41. Putin wd've found a way to duck-tape his war together.
But this is not a reason not to keep funding Ukraine--it's a huge black hole for Rus/Chi/NK/Iran.
A Russian soldier died for every 10 square meters they have conquered recently. Not sustainable. They import ammunition and soldiers from North Korea(!).
Alt account: Probably sustainable, precisely b/c they are importing ammunition and soldiers from NK.
There have been many predictions that Russia's on the brink, always proven wrong. I'd like it to be true, but I don't think it's realistic to predict it.
There's already a demographic catastroph in ruzzia, it's been before special military operation. They had died in the piles. Let them die way more further!
We know the U.S. government is already compromised by Russia. After the state department hack in 2014, it’s been a steady unraveling. Trump is Putin’s Trojan horse letting the criminals and rapists in while they sack and pillage.
Fight, or concede. Understand that the Russians won’t let up.
When Putin became increasingly concerned about his deteriorating situation viz. a. viz. Ukraine, he snapped his fingers at Trump, his primary Russian asset, and commanded "jump"! Trump of course replied with "how high"?
Europe is mobilizing behind Ukraine, will raise the level of military and political support and the fight will go on. Trump's retreat may only cause the war to last longer. Not sure the Russian people will be thankful to "Krasnov".
Letting Russia off the hook will be a terrible mistake. I really hope that history books don’t have to detail how this was a far bigger strategic mistake than the one Chamberlain made in WWII.
This is such a painful realization… All that sacrifice, all the bravery on the part of the Ukrainians - all in vain because of one man who relishes in inflicting cruelty.
Please repost and ask others to repost. The sooner we accept this, the faster we can end it. We don’t want to wait until Putin tells him to nuke a Canadian or Mexican city.
That’s not America’s decision to make. Ukraine is fighting for survival not because they got slightly bored and fancied livening it up a bit. The Russians started it.
This is part of a plan that spans decades to infiltrate and take over the US from the inside out. Musk and Murdoch enabled this, and its about to be cataclysmic. Most Americans do not see what's happening
EU and US provided about equal funding. EU now moving to replace US funding. Special from US is Patriot and intelligence. Rest is fine. I think EU need boots on ground / planes in air anyway, and this will help a lot. Have to see what happens about ballistic missiles.
By not resuming support or intelligence until talks have started, the US gave Putin the initiative to take his time to attrite the Ukrainian air defences, possibly killing hundreds of civilians. This is criminal.
I have thought from the very first that the U.S. ought to have no holds barred assisted arming Ukraine with everything + flight training and totally puzzled as to who in Biden admin kept holding back. I couldn't & still can't understand why the mostly "Ukraine can't win" attitude prevailed?????
If only. If only MLK, Jr hadn’t died. If only Carter had been re-elected. If only John Kerry had been elected. If only Roberts hadn’t ruled in favor of Citizen’s United. It makes my heart break for what might have been. Have to pull myself up every morning and keep fighting.
Ruzzia/terrorists are displaying all the desperation signs.
Sporadic intensities of terror.
Dispatching Krasnov on a "hail Mary"Ukraine bad guy ( victim think about that???)
Like we're not all wise to that crap???
Time to intensify there demise and enjoy 1000 yrs of peace.
The snow is melting and the ground is thawing which means the fighting gets more intense - Ukraine are now more exposed and less equipped (thanks to USA) so I predict Russia will ramp up their efforts now. Trump has just weakened Ukraine.
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Quite! The Russian army is in a mess, and has been for at least two years. They have no usable fleet left in the Black Sea either. Ukraine forces are better and smarter. We should support them as much as we can.
Well done 👏 Donald Trump for giving Putin a massive boost that will keep him in power, from what I read the Ukrainian’s are in a much better position against the Russian’s than given credit for because of their bravery and innovation with drone technology something the West could learn from
Why do you think Trump is acting so desperate to end this war? Putin has demanded he ends this war quickly! Probably because Russia is absolutely screwed economically.
Rob Wittman (R-VA-01) says he supports Ukraine & that Putin is an existential threat. Please reach out to tell him that you expect him to take action to ensure Trump's Administration stops the pause on aid to Ukraine.
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A crushing thud-like sound that feels like it resonates through universe.
My next question is what is next? With Trump eliminating the cyber security efforts with respect to Russia and working to eliminate sanctions against Russia, what is the end game and what is the extent of the benefits to Trump and harm to the US?
Nor do they have the tech to repair some of the critical components of refining crude.
They have lost all their principles & integrity as they kow-tow to the wanna be Dictator.
He wants peace in Russia but war in Ukraine.
"If the US had continued to support Ukraine, we may have been months away from the end of the war."
More and more, I believe Putin/Musk found a way to rig the election to put Trump in office.
Ignore Trump's weakness.
Consider the possibility they are assets or agents. And if you cannot allow yourself that thought experiment, we see the results of their acts. Quid bono?
🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸
Absolutely humiliating.
I dated an SAS veteran, and one evening he talked about the toughest day of his life. I say “Hang on! That’s the day before the Iraq invasion!?”
I never knew US forces asked UK to go in to do the risky stuff behind enemy lines DAY BEFORE US invasion!!!
Well, Benedict Arnold comes to mind.
Do you think Trump is anti America (as opposed to merely pro Trump).
The speed with which he is weakening the US on multiple fronts is head spinning
Trump admin wants Ukraine to lose.
Re-read your input & your mail.
Both deserves the extra attention.
"appease" is like surrendering to the bully in the schoolyard so he stops beating you and pick on somebody else - but, you surrendered to his will & might. He will come to you. You will bend. Again.
I apologize.
Reading through your msgs - your sentences sometimes requires a double-read❤️
Non-native English speakers (as me) are sometimes slow(me slower) to get to the nucleus of the message.
Again - I apologize.
(coffee/tea still good though :-) )
I am not sure whatever Ukrainian administration that invited Americans, up until it was too late, would have survived too.
Until Feb 2022, Europeans were against the US's direct involvement.
All hopes and dreams, zero ability put their backs into something.
Not everything he did was bad. IRA was mostly good, some things very good for example. But "not everything was bad" is a really weak standard. Not "everything was bad" about Trump v1 (for example, Operation Warp Speed).
My disappointments with him are in the incomprehensibly timid Ukraine policy and his lack of aggressive prosecution of Trump and his insurrectionists in Congress.
Do you think this is an option?
What will now happen is that there'll be a ceasefire for a bit, Russia will recover, break the ceasefire, and start again.
Listen to Finland. You don't cave to Russia, EVER. Nobody knows better than the Finns.
Zero pressure is being placed on Russia to exit the war, and in fact the US is now aiding Russian victory.
Looking at you, Joe, Jake and Olaf.
Hindsight I know, but the architects of one of the most disastrous policies since Nordstream.
I think Musk found a way to hack or otherwise change the results.
Like, here, we have local polling stations (never more than about a 10 minute walk unless you're really middle of nowhere), open 7am-10pm, and never more than a 5-10 min wait.
Putin’s puppet is pushing all of his chips in.
There can be no peace with terror
Where is it from?
And yet Congress decided not to aid Ukraine for 6m, the current POTUS now ‘pauses’ (great word) aid he wasn’t sending anyway. To add to that, POTUS now ‘pauses’ intel’ sharing with Ukraine military
As an observer, whose side would you think the USA is on?
It's a tragedy we let them get away with it when they annexed crimea - which as you'll recall belonged to Ukraine until the Russians stole it.
There's a reason Poland and the Baltic states have been rearming like mad.
Putin and Trump are the same team, simply after land and resources.
But this is not a reason not to keep funding Ukraine--it's a huge black hole for Rus/Chi/NK/Iran.
There have been many predictions that Russia's on the brink, always proven wrong. I'd like it to be true, but I don't think it's realistic to predict it.
Not as long as Trump and the Putin-kissing GOP are running it.
Fight, or concede. Understand that the Russians won’t let up.
Letting Russia off the hook will be a terrible mistake. I really hope that history books don’t have to detail how this was a far bigger strategic mistake than the one Chamberlain made in WWII.
declared rascist territory off-limits,
It might be over now.
Be thorough, please.
Fuck Trump,
Fuck National Insecurity Advisor Sullivan
and, by extension,
Fuck Biden.
It's on the latter two as well.
I believe putler threw his lot into treacherous tRUMP. Putlers military is pretty much on their last legs. Relatively speaking 🤷♂️
🔱 💪 🇺🇦
USA set this up
One more abandonment on a long list
Their entire mindset has changed.
Was last week
Sporadic intensities of terror.
Dispatching Krasnov on a "hail Mary"Ukraine bad guy ( victim think about that???)
Like we're not all wise to that crap???
Time to intensify there demise and enjoy 1000 yrs of peace.
White House !!!
Russia did not gain *anything*
And the cult believes them.
I hope the EU and other reality-based nations can hold the line for legitimate democracies around the world,
until we can vote this maga plague out of our government.
Sadly, there’s a lot of Americans who don’t want to or don’t care…
If we don’t grasp the concepts of “Do not kill” or “Sanctity of Life” or “Compassion” how can we expect #AI models? #Revenge is a construct of humans.
https://vocal.media/humans/promote-peace