sycasey said:
cbbass1 said:
sycasey said:
cbbass1 said:
sycasey said:
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DaddyLegend said:
Can you get banned here for saying Trump is Putin's puppet?
Asking for all my friends here.
No.
But you'll likely be dismissed for believing nonsense.
Clearly Trump is FAR more beholden to Netanyahu, Miriam Adelson, the NeoCons, the Israel Lobby, the AI/Tech Bros, the PayPal Mafia, and Elon Musk than he is to Putin.
Trump is simply recognizing reality. The U.S. cannot defeat Russia, nor dislodge Putin. Any $$$ spent on the Ukraine War, or "defending Europe" is a waste.
Like it or not, the U.S. must learn to "get along with others" in order to survive. That includes Russia, China, and Iran.
Unfortunately, the aforementioned "puppet masters" cannot tolerate anything but U.S. Global Hegemony.
This is why they're discussing the use of nuclear weapons.
Idiots!
It's time to return control of U.S. foreign policy to the U.S. Sovereignty is important.
What's your thinking for how to get Putin to stop attacking Ukraine?
Putin will stop attacking Ukraine when Ukraine & the U.S. & NATO stop attacking Russia, and stop arming Ukraine.
That's what Witkoff & Kushner will be telling Trump.
It's over.
Ah, more confident predictions. So your position is that the US should leave Ukraine and then Putin will just stop the war? Won't be conquering any more territory? That's your thinking?
Once U.S./NATO/Ukrainian aggression stops & there's no more threat to Russia, it's over. The SMO has been a purely defensive operation from the very beginning.
A "defensive" operation that involves invading another country? Okay.
I think you are naively optimistic about Putin's motivations here (just like you were naively optimistic that he wouldn't invade Ukraine at all), but thanks for laying out your views at least. May as well get them on the record here.
It's known as a "pre-emptive strike".
Putin launched the SMO with a force of -- at most -- 190,000 poorly-trained & equipped troops. They attacked a
much larger U.S.-funded, trained, & equipped Ukrainian army that was poised to conquer / "re-take" the Donbass & cleanse it of ethnic Russians. (Remember -- when the purpose is to invade and conquer, military strategists recommend an invading force that's 3x larger than the defending army. In the SMO, Russia launched its pre-emptive attack with about
half of the Ukrainian troop strength.)
After conquering the Donbass, the Ukrainian army was going to invade Russian territory, with the intention of getting Russia bogged down in an expensive conflict.
The SMO accomplished its purpose -- to get Ukraine to the negotiating table.
It was only
after the U.S. & UK killed the diplomatic solution in April 2022 that Russia did its mobilization. At that point, it was obvious that the only path for Russia's safety & survival was a clear military victory in Ukraine.
Putin, Lavrov, & Russia have been clear & consistent about their motivations since 2021. They don't want a hostile military threat at their doorstep. As Putin said, "We will not live at the end of a rifle barrel."
It's the U.S. / NATO / CIA / MIC that carries out its foreign policy in secret, only leaking out the bits & pieces that it wants Western Taxpayers to believe. The entire Russian "threat" to Europe was a narrative to justify $Trillions in U.S. / EU / NATO war spending. It's been the biggest scam / grift in world history. Most of that $$$ has lined the pockets of Ukrainian scammers & oligarchs, Zelenskyy's villa, the strip clubs in Kyiv, and the shareholders of Lockheed-Martin, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Starlink, Microsoft, etc, etc.
