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Russian President Vladimir Putin put his American colleagues in a deadlock after signing a decree
2022-02-22
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] The American elites did not foresee the development of events with the recognition of the independence of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics by President Vladimir Putin. The current precarious economic situation of the United States may prevent the White House administration from joining the West's sanctions war against Moscow's decision.

“This suggests that they were outplayed - this is generally Putin's style.

They really made a mistake. And this is a system thing. Putin said that it was pointless to talk with Western Europe - it was necessary to talk with the United States. And now they have another pain, ”-declared expert.

The decision of the Russian side on Donbass has finally cut the ground from under the feet of the collective West, which has serious economic and domestic political problems. The ill-considered imposition of sanctions by certain European partners of the United States can cause a wave of bans against Russia, for which Europe itself cannot be ready.

“Their key problem is that they don’t have mechanisms in the domestic situation by which they could do something, and Putin has put them in a situation in which they have the same situation in foreign policy. They don't know what to do with it. Moreover, they cannot, because in order to come up with a foreign policy, you need to be sure that you have an internal resource for its implementation, ”Khazin concluded.

The situation in Ukraine required decisive action on the part of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized in his address to the nation what historical moments led to such a misunderstanding between Moscow and the West on all counts. The anti-Russian front is reaping the fruits of many years of aggression, which created a Russian superpower with inviolable national principles.

Posted by:badanov

#15  And in honor of the bear clipart.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-02-22 16:56  

#14  We got quickly away from talking about Ukraine and our rainbow military once we started talking about important stuff, like food...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-02-22 16:50  

#13  #11 is on to something, though...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-02-22 16:48  

#12  Fou du cochon is a turducken stuffed inside a whole deboned pig, the whole thing smoked. Beyond beyond...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-02-22 16:47  

#11  I want this

Moo Oink Duck Tucken
Posted by: Beavis   2022-02-22 16:46  

#10  True, no going back - but one can always go forward: Turduckchicquail.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2022-02-22 16:35  

#9  Chicken Cordon Bleu is great, but once you have had Turducken, there's no going back...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-02-22 16:14  

#8  General Mills: "Somebody say Chicken Kiev?!"
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-02-22 15:51  

#7  all the western elites' predictions centered on Kyiv

Because Frank Luntz focus group said, although nobody in the group could identify Ukraine's location on a map, slightly more than half of them had at least heard of Chicken Keiv. Slightly less than half guessed correctly that it's a main course, not a diplomatic gambit...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-02-22 15:28  

#6  ^ That's classified...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-02-22 15:25  

#5  Has anyone considered tik-tok getting a platoon of paratroopettes to dance to Uptown Funk, then have Lunch Vader introduce Admiral Tits on a Bull for a national conversation about how the worlds' militaries should Go Green?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-02-22 15:23  

#4  Biden: "I'm roaring off to oblivion".
Posted by: crazyhorse   2022-02-22 14:42  

#3  Even more comical: all the western elites' predictions centered on Kyiv. Instead the Russians are just moving materiel into those pro-Russian disputed regions at the far eastern end of Ukraine, de facto autonomous regions that could not be further from Kyiv.

Whose autonomy and independence would have been upheld by a good-faith, even minimally competent US government, if we ever were to have one.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2022-02-22 10:35  

#2  You give them way too little credit for their brainpower and way too much for their moral fortitude.

The "elites" in the West have spent the last thirty years undermining the West's ability to produce products and energy for themselves and empowering China's industrial base and Russia's leverage via its energy resources and the resources it leverages from the landlocked countries of Central Asia. (Oh, and whatever Iran can do to disrupt supplies from the Middle East).

But hey, the elites sure whipped those truckers' asses, eh? Maybe Putin will be impressed by their ability to have the RCMP trample underhoof some First Nations senior citizen on a mobility scooter.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2022-02-22 10:11  

#1  "The American elites did not foresee the development of events with the recognition of the independence of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics by President Vladimir Putin."

Well I'm only Bavarian elite but I did foresee this.
Posted by: European Conservative   2022-02-22 09:44  

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