I think I've said it before, but if I haven't, it is my belief that some time in the future, people will look back and say that World War III started in the 2008-2014 time frame. That is, some of the armed conflicts from that time and this time will eventually unite with other conflicts into what will become known as WW3.
That is, WW3 is already going on, and neither Neville Chamberlain style appeasement nor "we're just going to focus on things within our own borders" will prevent the war from coming to all or nearly all of Europe and North America. (And likely, East Asia.)
Traitors like #Trump and #Tucker_Carlson who are willing to sell out everyone else's freedom in order to appease #Putin are just going to cost us lots of unnecessary deaths.
And as #Ukraine can attest, death during a time of war doesn't confine itself to military personnel fighting on a battlefield. #Russia can lob the same missiles that it is using to kill civilians in Kyiv at London or New York or Paris or Toronto ... and they will.
Basically, #Trump said that if any #NATO ally isn't spending its designated 2% on its military, he'll invite #Putin to invade and enslave that country.
One day, the survivors will look back at Trump's speech in 2024-FEB and will allocated an estimated number of deaths to his encouragement of Putin's dream of building a new #USSR and ensuring that it rules the world.
Houthis struck a ship carrying Russian oil in the Gulf of Aden.
#Russia may not be in a position to “project power” into the region, but the #Houthis’ leaders should be smart enough to know that Russia gets drawn into the conflict, #Putin isn’t going to try to observe international legal niceties like the #US and #UK would.
Once I started doing more reading about their conflict after the current phase of their war started in 2022, I'm surprised people don't see it ... and don't see that he intends to put neo-Soviet boots on the ground in Berlin and Paris.
This means the #GOP "antiwar" folks have their heads up their you know whats. Or they're so addicted to the benefits--free advertising from RT, possible bribes and payoffs--and lack any consciences.
I think Henry Kissinger thinks that #Ukraine joining #NATO would freeze the war at the current footprint and allow #Russia to claim victory while preventing them from expanding their footprint in the future. However, I think this is premature.
The time to freeze footprints is after #Putin's invasion forces and puppet states are displaced from most or all Ukrainian territory. Meanwhile, negotiations would encourage a future repeat unless there is nothing gained from the invasion.
Some of their claims sound like the claims being made by right-wing #putinoids. It is almost as though they're being fed their doctrines and beliefs by the same Moscow-based organizations.
More speculation of Putin's #health, this time a wealthy person with known ties to #Putin was secretly recorded stating that the dictator has 'blood cancer'.
From 2022-03-23: Someone claims that members of #Russia's FSB are planning a coup over the consequences of the war in #Ukraine.
I don't see an FSB coup happening. Having been involved in the spy agency, #Putin knows what they are capable of doing, and he's naturally going to keep a very close watch on them.
I should clarify that this is a summary of what their comment says, not my own opinion.
I think the nuclear threats are because he backed himself into a corner by promising quick success in the #invasion of #Ukraine ... #Russia can still continue the #war for some time before running out of options. (Without considering the option of overthrowing #Putin, as I consider that unlikely until and unless the Russian military leaders see total military collapse in their near future.)
As for if or when a nuclear exchange will start, I profess complete lack of knowledge. He's a would-be world emperor, so seeing his path forward stymied could trigger an attack at any time. Or he could sit in the corner crying that those meanies prevented him from righting the (in his mind) wrong that was the breakup of the Soviet Union. It is anyone's guess which will happen.