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2022-02-20 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by trailing wife 2022-02-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Very easily explained. Putin is simply being a Russian.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-20 04:39|| 2022-02-20 04:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Imagine some distant foreign power attempting to interfere with the integrity of our border.

Oh, wait...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-20 06:20|| 2022-02-20 06:20|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ Easily explained as well. It's simply Biden being a Russian.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-20 06:24|| 2022-02-20 06:24|| Front Page Top

#4 ^Simple, easy to understand explanations are often best...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-20 06:26|| 2022-02-20 06:26|| Front Page Top

#5 I'll take Occam's Razor for $200, Alex.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-02-20 06:54|| 2022-02-20 06:54|| Front Page Top

#6 The long con.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-20 07:18|| 2022-02-20 07:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Besides the oddly long protracted Saber Rattling with mid-term's campaigning starting and C-19 controls finally being openly challenged for the Voters.

I still end up asking the same question of the Biden Admin, that I have asked for about 2+ months.

Why is the Biden Admin willing to engage in a war 7,000+ miles away, and offer up US soldier lives, to protect another countries borders. But refuses to properly protect US Border, resulting in an estimated 2 Million violations in 1 year?

A process that has allowed ANTI-USA focused terrorists, Drug Cartels, and other such elements to gain easy entry to US Soil.

A process that can be tied directly to US Citizen deaths and murders?

Is increasing future Democrat Plantation Voter rolls more important to them than USA citizen lives?

Posted by NN2N1 2022-02-20 07:56|| 2022-02-20 07:56|| Front Page Top

#8 It's not like they can even come up with "You won't be able to get pistachios. Or dates! Or nice hand-crafted Oriental rugs."

All they can come up with is "We will look bad if we don't fight."

I bet even Frank Luntz can't sell that one.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-20 08:01|| 2022-02-20 08:01|| Front Page Top

#9 much better analysis here.

Note to Magoo and his fellow numbskulls: not going to "invade." The tactic is called hybrid warfare, and the strategic goal is to thwart NATO expansion on Russia's front porch without getting bogged down in a conventional war

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-20 09:54|| 2022-02-20 09:54|| Front Page Top

#10 If Frank Luntz or George Lakoff were advising them, we'd hear a lot of talk now about independence for Ukraine.

Which is easily satisfied by simply giving the Russians their #1 objective, an ironclad guarantee, in a formal signed agreement, that Ukraine shall be independent... of NATO.

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-20 09:58|| 2022-02-20 09:58|| Front Page Top

#11 Like a laser pointer with a cat, Putin's doing to our ruling class 'best and brightest'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-20 12:03|| 2022-02-20 12:03|| Front Page Top

#12 ^ Cats understand going to the litter box to do their business. I don't grant the top people in the state dept or NSA that degree of knowledge.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-20 12:08|| 2022-02-20 12:08|| Front Page Top

#13 Putin senses weakness. Afghanistan didn't help. The fact that we can't protect our own borders projects weakness. Bad left-wing policies and poor focus also communicates weakness.

Posted by JohnQC 2022-02-20 17:55|| 2022-02-20 17:55|| Front Page Top

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