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2022-03-20 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

What Ukraine Can Learn From Finland's Stand 80 Years Ago

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-03-20 07:04|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Many differences too numerous to mention. Terrain,massive exit of population uninhibited by the waving Russians, outrageous corruption within Ukrainian government and so on. A polished turd still looks like a turd. Putin is not Stalin. He is well disciplined, tenacious and goal oriented. Deep water port a highly desired need for Russia. Forcing Russia and China together has created a NATO of Asia. India, Japan, Vietnam, South Korea and of course Taiwan all now see the tide of change approaching them. With the Biden leadership they can expect no consideration. They are on their own.Latin America is lost, Africa/Arab world, and even Canada. NATO is a sad joke. If I lived in Alaska now I too would be nervous. This will be a long slog for America. With bureaucrats running things only failure will be achieved.

Posted by Dale 2022-03-20 08:07|| 2022-03-20 08:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Putin is not Stalin

Agreed: Stalin was a psychopath. Putin is an organized sociopath and therefore much more dangerous.

Posted by Mercutio 2022-03-20 08:48|| 2022-03-20 08:48|| Front Page Top

#3 What! Sacrilege! Blasphemy! No self respecting American would call Putin anything but a slimeball! Disciplined? No no no no no he must be a psychopath, a sociopath, a Hitlerstalingoebbelsmao. If we don't call him that how do we face the fact that the sickest and most inhuman minds have run America for the past 3-4 decades? Excluding Donald Trump which was a one off incident and cannot be allowed again.

Posted by Cthulhu of Ryleh 2022-03-20 09:01|| 2022-03-20 09:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Do you think the sons of the Soviet staff officers that confidently predicted that the "Afghans would welcome their fraternal Russian comrades" promised that Putin would only have to chant "Nazi! Corruption! Nazis!" three times and Ukraine would collapse?

Posted by magpie 2022-03-20 18:00|| 2022-03-20 18:00|| Front Page Top

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