BernardKingGOAT
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That's ok, I appreciate your service. My older brother was an intelligence officer in the USAF from 1969-1973, stationed in SE Asia for most of that time. I've heard a plethora of eye openersI will explain an eye opener if I got time as to why I give blunt responses as too much of this. On mobile at the moment.
Another reason Russia hasn't taken the Stan's is that they really don't add much. Kazakhstan is the only one with real value. The only reason. Why Russia conquered these lands in the past was because they kept being invaded from those areas.Belarus is already under his thumb. Russia just put some of their own nukes back in Belarus. Russia has used Belarus as a staging area and launch point for their invasion and attacks into Ukraine. Lukashenko only has a job, and probably his life, because he sucks up to Putin.
Azerbaijan was one of the victims of Putin's "frozen" wars with soviet troops occupying some of their territory for Armenia. Azerbaijan also spent that oil money on building up their military to maintain their independence, Russia has made multiple attempts to enact their control and been thwarted so far.
he pretty much only shares a border with Kazakhstan, pretty hard to invade thru another. and he just propped Kazakhstan up to maintain what level of control they do have. Putin wasn't able to do much during that strife because he was only a few weeks from invading Ukraine and needed all of his troops on that border. it was pretty clear Putin thought Ukraine would fall easy, and then could turn around to take Kazakhstan; and its been soviet revisionism since then.
for the rest, the CSTO is Russia's NATO. although a lot more dysfunctional. which is saying a good bit.
The point being is that if he's trying to put the Soviet Union back together as implied by the other poster, he's not exactly going about it the easy way.
You don't try restarting your "empire" by taking the largest country first that's going to draw the most international attention. Putin's not that dumb
sure there is.Its not relevant as its past the point of return, there was no reason to expand NATO unless the enemy was Russia. They are just fixing the glitch.
sure there is.
the world map expands beyond the NATO nations and Russia. the only time in its history its been invoked didn't involve Russia.
also by putting most of europe all on the same team, they have stopped fighting each other. and they have stopped fighting Russia.
you have to ignore so much reality to form your opinions its amazing.
also by putting most of europe all on the same team
go dig up posts of me in other threads. you will see me calling out our military involvement as bad.No, you are not located in the world, you are over here. Nobody in their right mind thinks someone is coming to invade over here and nobody think Europe is going to be invaded. Europe has already been invaded, they allowed the invaders in willingly, and they will collapse and eventually burn. Your ability to ignore that you have been bombing the world over and some how you are innocent is amazing and evil. Everyone has to fear you, that is the history of the time since you were born.
They are not on the same team, which is why you have been sanctioning and threatening your "friends". I'm sorry but your reality does not exist, its pure fantasy. I'm sorry but you at best are at Stage 1 on this, or worse. You are not the good guy, which is why you continue to lose and most likely this one will be lost either in part or full. The good guys don't lose and they certainly don't run. And the good guy promoting bombing people and getting into other people's affairs shouldn't be hiding behind a keyboard like a chicken.
What I would suggest you do is sign up, but let's be honest your death would mean next to nothing. Just one more stupid ass gone from the planet. https://www.ildu.com.ua/ Send us a note or something.
Go die, if you want.
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No, you are not located in the world, you are over here. Nobody in their right mind thinks someone is coming to invade over here and nobody think Europe is going to be invaded. Europe has already been invaded, they allowed the invaders in willingly, and they will collapse and eventually burn. Your ability to ignore that you have been bombing the world over and some how you are innocent is amazing and evil. Everyone has to fear you, that is the history of the time since you were born.
They are not on the same team, which is why you have been sanctioning and threatening your "friends". I'm sorry but your reality does not exist, its pure fantasy. I'm sorry but you at best are at Stage 1 on this, or worse. You are not the good guy, which is why you continue to lose and most likely this one will be lost either in part or full. The good guys don't lose and they certainly don't run. And the good guy promoting bombing people and getting into other people's affairs shouldn't be hiding behind a keyboard like a chicken.
What I would suggest you do is sign up, but let's be honest your death would mean next to nothing. Just one more stupid ass gone from the planet. https://www.ildu.com.ua/ Send us a note or something.
Go die, if you want.
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go dig up posts of me in other threads. you will see me calling out our military involvement as bad.
I have repeatedly said in this thread we shouldn't be involved in Ukraine. you just have to lie about me to have any argument, because all you know is canned responses. you have repeatedly shown the inability of engaging in any critical thinking, relying on making stuff up so you can joust with windmills.
When you really want to stick it to Russia you put sanctions on ... India.
The only thing keeping Russia's war time economy afloat is gas and oil, India is their washing machine for the vast majority of their products. Pressure on India to reduce/ditch Russian products is significant in this context.
Correct, they are the launderers.
Europe needs the gas. This is about keeping Russia from expanding their influence back to previous borders and everything that comes with that.Or if Europe actually believed in all this nonsense, they would just turn off the import. Basically, Europe has no choice but to take the gas and oil, but they have to hide it because U.S. was going to sanction them i.e. friends.
This whole thing really isn't about the Ukraine, its about the collapse of Europe.
Europe needs the gas. This is about keeping Russia from expanding their influence back to previous borders and everything that comes with that.
Europe needs the gas.