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“Chi used to support Ukraine in its war to survive.”
Still do. Just not willing to endlessly pay for something that hasn’t shown any success yet (in driving Russia out) and won’t in the future.
What’s the plan to drive the Russians out? How much, for how long? “For as long as it takes, and as much as it takes” is not a plan and is not gonna fly. I said a few years ago that the American public needs to see success to keep funding. You called me names, of course, but it worked out that way.
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‘SHOCK POLL’: Trump “more popular than ever” at +8 approval rating, which ticked up in recent weeks, now at 54%-46% J.L. Partners
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Can you hear the leftist heads exploding> Just released polling show President Trump increasing his popularity on eve of SOU –
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14455729/donald-trump-poll-approval-congree.html
“Our Trump tracking poll, launched today with J.L. Partners, shows his approval rating has ticked up by one point in the past two weeks.
It now stands at 54 percent, representing a historic high for a president who has polarized the nation.
Some 46 percent of those who expressed an opinion said they disapproved of his performance.
Much of the increase in approval comes from younger voters, with 56 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds now saying they approve (up from 51 percent two weeks earlier).
It shows that Trump’s helter-skelter blitz on the federal government has more admirers than critics among voters. So far.
When asked if they now had a more or less positive view of the president, more than one in three Americans (36 percent) said they had a more positive view.
Only 16 percent said more negative.”
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Tina, were you able to pull the crosstabs?
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Luna Park in Durres, Albania (adjacent to Tirana).
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GF is correct! Were you aided by Google Lens? I have tried to get pics that don’t return anything on google lens.
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So, the Brits signed a mineral rights deal with Ukraine three days before Inauguration Day.
Is this why Big Z has been trying to blow up the deal with the US? Because he already sold out to the Brits? I wonder what Z’s cut was….
And the Brits want us for security?!?
FAFO.
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https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/03/03/zelenskyy-caught-red-handed-misleading-the-united-states-n4937504
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Worse than Google lens; the Roller coaster directory.😂 Had to go off the “Kamikaze” sign on the unit to the right and break it down from there. I wasn’t sure if it was the Albania park, but there it collection was the only one I saw that had blue tiles on the round thing to the left
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Meanwhile,chicon…
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Europe has spent more money buying Russian Oil and Gas than they have spent on defending Ukraine —BY FAR!
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I could not obtain the poll tabs,it was a tweet.
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Wait….I was told RFK, Jr., would eliminate vaccines….
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/03/03/rfk-get-your-kids-vaccinated-n3800373
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Sorry for the typos, Word Press froze and would not allow me to edit anything, only the blue comment button worked. I wasn’t about to retype all that.
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Tina…..Yep, Europe is funding both sides of the war. They don’t think they need America. Everyone has choices….
FAFO.
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Excellent GF, those are the sorts of clues you tracked down that makes the game fun.
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And the guess of Japan made sense, given the name on the ride.
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My bad, DW, that I didn’t take the clue further like GF did.
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Goober playing both sides of the fence? Shocking…..
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/03/03/republicans-were-meeting-with-zelensky-and-dems-before-the-oval-office-explosion-n3800367
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“President Trump moments ago reacted fiercely to fresh statements of Ukrainian President Zelensky, who said that he sees the end of the war with Russia as being “very, very far away.” Zelensky had even added that he expects to keep receiving American support despite last Friday’s blow-up at the White House, wherein VP Vance charged that he is ungrateful.
“I think our relationship (with the U.S.) will continue, because it’s more than an occasional relationship,” Zelensky said late Sunday. “I believe that Ukraine has a strong enough partnership with the United States of America” to keep aid flowing. These were some of the remarks featured in the Associated Press article highlighted in a Truth Social post by Trump on Monday.
Trump warned in response, “This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelensky, and America will not put with it for much longer.” He added in reference to Zelensky that “this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing…”.
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Whew, how brazenly stupid that comment by Zelenskyy was!!!
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He’s on a roll, Jan.
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There will be no more aid from us.
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Matt Taibbi got Zelenskyy’s Oval Office act perfectly!
”I read that headline as “Starmer gives Zelensky ‘full backrub,’” which might have been more accurate. The Zelensky World Tour for the last week now includes punking the White House, lecturing America for its insufficient billions, getting yelled at for having “no cards” by a furious Donald Trump (who took offense “on Putin’s behalf,” not the taxpayer’s, according to the New York Times), then instantly backtracking on X and opening the door to a NATO-less solution. Afterward, he fled across the pond to England, where he offered to resign in exchange for NATO admission before dismounting into the arms of Starmer, who eased urgency toward a settlement by pledging to stand with Ukraine “for as long as it may take.”
Zelensky’s transformation from affable populist to Anne Applebaum’s idea of a sex symbol was off-putting even before he started appearing before swooning legislators around the world wearing his trademark wan face and “I Saved The World From Putin and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt” costume. We just spent three years turning a fixable local issue into a test case for a new ethos of imperial intransigence, one that apparently requires constant weeding of unbelievers and full control of media to preserve “democracy.” Zelensky may not have started as a hawk for this global Misinformation is Murder movement, but once he realized selling the idea was a requirement for NATO’s billions, he threw himself into the role with gusto. Now, he’s refusing to give up the part.”
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And Jan, Putina, Chi, and the rest of the Cult will celebrate the fall of Ukraine without being honest about it.
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Bitterlaw, you are able to bend over that far with a broken leg?
The evidence mounts, yet you refuse to even contemplate it.
-nycmike23
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And you still won’t call in American troops, but you care so much for Ukraine?!?!
-nycmike24
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There is no need for American troops in Ukraine. There is a need for continued weapons. Both can be true.
Of course, 1 or 2 aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean/Black Sea and a few hundred aircraft in Poland might somehow show up.
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Bitter wants American troops in Ukraine without being honest about it.
Two can play this dumb game…..
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it would be better to have a couple of aircraft carriers in the Taiwan Strait.
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Bitter say….There is no need for American troops in Ukraine. There is a need for continued weapons.
Show your work. Boatloads of weapons and money have resulted in Russia getting 20% of Ukraine. How, specifically, will increasing money and weapons drive Russia out of Ukraine?
I’d be interested in reading any link showing how it is possible.
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the Russians are not going to be driven out. They also will not be negotiated into ceding any ground that they now occupy. That is reality no matter how much bitter and Jason don’t want it to be. Z should have taken the deal, except he already had one with GB. It is Europe’s issue now. Western hemisphere (Monroe Doctrine) and the Pacific should be where we concentrate.
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And Jan, Putina, Chi, and the rest of the Cult will celebrate the fall of Ukraine without being honest about it.
What all of us will celebrate is the end of this futile war and the suffering of the Ukrainian people because of it. Continuing the war will only amount to more deaths, not of the elites or Ukrainian officials, but the average citizen. This is not a game, Bitter, but real life, real battles, real bloodshed with no end in sight if obstinate people like you don’t take the lenders off and take in the real picture of what is happening in Ukraine.
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Bitterlawyer is a bit prone to exaggeration and hyperbole. Strange trait for an attorney.
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President Trump has HALTED all weapon sales to Ukraine, and is considering freezing weapon shipments from U.S. stockpiles, per WSJ The U.S. will also no longer finance weapon purchases for Ukraine If Zelensky wants an endless war, he’ll have to pay for it himself. We’re out.
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More newly issued polling –
“A little bit of a reality check for some: -Trump’s net approval on Russia/Ukraine (+2) is far more positive than Biden’s was by the end (-22). -The share (31% to 50%) who want a compromise in the war is way up -The share who say Russia is an enemy is way down (64% to 34%).”
https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/1896618726906376650
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BehizyTweets
President Trump should start his speech in Congress tomorrow by announcing an investigation into where all the Ukraine money went. That’ll really stun all those liars and thieves.
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Why did Russia leave Afghanistan? The Afghan fighters had far fewer and less effective weapons than Ukraine.
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Did you uninvent airplanes and ships? The U.S. trades with the entire world.
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And who started the futile war? Own it. Just once.
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And how long has your legal career been?
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Cold Putina is having a great day.
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the Russian-Afghan war lasted 10 years and gave us Osama bin Laden. Not sure we want that again.
don’t mind trading with Europe. Just don’t want to support their wars anymore.
Russia started it. That does not change the reality on the ground at this time.
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And how do we trade with Europe with Putin’s westward expansion?
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“And who started the futile war?” From a technical standpoint you can pin the blame on the US taxpayers. The taxpayer dollars getting funneled into the NGOs by corrupt politicians funded the Colour revolution back in 2014 that lead to the puppet Zelensky being installed to power. Another contributing factor would be the thousands of ethnic Russians that were persecuted and murdered by the Big Z regime. I am sure Mr. Bitter and Jason will claim these things are not true because the news guys on NBC and CNN didn’t tell them. In reality there is plenty of information out there if one wants to learn the truth or just accept the propaganda.
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I didn’t know that they had made it that far west. The old USSR which was much larger and a lot formidable foe that present day Russia didn’t stop us from trading with Europe. And that USSR that you claim Putin is trying to rebuild, history shows what happens to it. Empires are expensive and hard to maintain
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The following members of NATO used to live within the Soviet sphere. Vlad ain’t putting the band back together…..
Albania
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czechia
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
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very true, gameboy.
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A decent read, sure to upset the Ukrainiacs –
https://www.laughingwolf.net/2025/03/01/the-zelensky-implosion/
“Zelensky displayed is far too common in Western Europe, where it is fashionable and acceptable (and far too common for my taste) to display such arrogant entitlement towards America and Americans. I will note that when you get out into the countryside, or more into Eastern Europe, this fades. Or, at least it did when I last traveled around a bit.”
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https://archive.is/jgurj
Another Ukraine supporter calling Zelenskyy the issue.
https://archive.is/ImDPE
Same writer, a week ago, with the same idea about the minerals deal as Levin, VDH and the multitude of others who actually decide to read about it, and not “translate” it.
Trump offered Ukraine a lifeline backed up by the United States of America.
Zelenskyy chose to believe we are called the United States of Altruism©.
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“A decent read, sure to upset the Ukrainiacs –”
-Can’t access the site, too much traffic?
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https://archive.is/ChWT4
-Uh oh, something tells me that jason won’t “translate” this author very well!
Here is an excerpt:
“Well, Congress didn’t pass the bill. And yet in his first month in office, Donald Trump has somehow managed to shut down the border without it.”
**SHOCKING**
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Somehow, some “moron” on a blog was able to write “ENFORCE CURRENT LAWS ON THE BOOKS” for the past 14+ years, and finally President Trump, Tom Homan and the United States Executive Branch was able to follow that **silly** advice.
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probably, NYCmike. Unfortunate. Although I just tested and it came up after a brief wait.
On another note, I think the Ukrainiacs are the funniest thing about this board. If you don’t display 100% fealty to Zelensky and Ukraine, they call you a cult member. However, they are too blind to see that this is the absolute definition of a cult in which they are a part of – the Ukrainiac cult. And the most powerful cult is the one its members refuse to acknowledge, just like the Ukrainiacs. Way too funny.
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fla2025 above
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Bondi has not released the Epstein files, as promised. She is not up to the job. I warned repeatedly about her.
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https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1896696803975643466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1896696803975643466%7Ctwgr%5E945c3d912e0290aa619174cf702a9349319d5214%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F705994%2F
-For Tina, especially.
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Laughing Wolf got caught in an Insta-lanche!
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Zzzzzzz Tina hates all Republicans except for RINO Trump.
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The Cult celebrating the impending fall of a sovereign nation to Putin is disgraceful.
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If nobody wants to talk about ABORTION, the how about some of my vegan recipes (Yummee Jadon) or bitter’s sweaters. Stay warm and get well
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Trump has paused all aid to Ukraine until Big Z gets his mind right.
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Stay or go.
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Still waiting for the military plan to evict Russia from Ukraine without the use of American troops. Remember, as long as it takes and as much as it takes are not a plan.
Anyone? Buehler?
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/watch-fox-newss-peter-doocy-reveals-exactly-what/
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The Doocy post was mine.
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It’s not a surprise 74% of Republicans are pro-Putin.
Talk radio is a love fest for Putin.
Jesse Kelly – pro-Putin
Clay Travis and Buck Sexton – pro-Putin
Glenn Beck – pro-Putin
Michael Berry – pro-Putin
I never listen to Mark Levin because I think he is a blowhard moron but supposedly he is more even handed than the rest. Same with Bill O’Reilly, who actually seems not to be a Putin toady.
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The Doocy post was mine.”
LOL
The Gateway Pundit was enough of a clue.
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for the past 14+ years,”
You mean while 14+ million illegals poured in while you bleated “WE ARE WINNING”?
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I am sure Mr. Bitter and Jason will claim these things are not true”
You are right.
Pure garbage and drivel.
Only Putin started this war and only he is responsible for it.
Nobody else.
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Roosevelt was pro-Stalin.
Reagan was pro-terrorist when he pulled Marines out of Lebanon after the barracks bombing.
Nixon was pro-Mao when he went to China.
Nixon was also pro-North Vietnam when he settled the Vietnam War.
Eisenhower was pro-North Korea when he negotiated the end of that war.
Any others?
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Trump offered Ukraine a lifeline backed up by the United States of America.”
BS.
He did what he wanted to do, throw Ukraine under the bus to benefit Putin.
I admit I was wrong about this, I actually thought he was serious about seeking a fair settlement.
Bitter deserves the distinction being the only one on this blog who called it correctly.
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Trump has paused all aid to Ukraine until Big Z gets his mind right.
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Zzzzz….
He paused all aid until Ukraine surrenders. Fixed it for you.
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“I actually thought he was serious about seeking a fair settlement.”
He is. Big Z want more war.
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what would constitute a “fair” settlement. It also needs to be rooted in the reality of today. Russia is not retreating to the original borders.
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Streiff at Redstate is not drinking the Putin Kool-aid.
“For the record, Zelensky is absolutely right because an absence of shooting is not peace, and a ceasefire is not an armistice. By now, Trump’s inaugural promise of “I’ll have that done in 24 hours” and “I will settle Russia-Ukraine while I’m president-elect” should be seen as the fatuous nonsense sane people thought it to be.”
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Big Z want more war.”
Lie. Defending your country against invaders is not “wanting more war”
Does Putin “want more war” for refusing to leave Ukraine?
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Jason hasn’t been watching Big Z lately. He says the war is a long way from over. He said he is against a ceasefire. He blew up the mineral deal. He says he expects continued US funding despite the crap he pulled Friday.
He wants peace, though. Put down the crack pipe…..
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what would constitute a “fair” settlement.
It will never be “fair”, I will change it to realistic.
The West lifts most sanctions against Russia.
Russia retreats to the pre-invasion borders with some adjustments to be negotiated. Russia could get some additional land to justify the losses, say half of what they conquered, I understand Putin can’t lose face by getting nothing. Roughly they get 10% of Ukraine. Anybody in the Russia occupied areas gets to leave without harassment and vice versa those in Ukraine that want to be Russians can also leave unhindered.
A buffer zone will be created within the Ukrainian controlled territory manned by international peacekeepers. The US commits to rearm Ukraine and/or provide weapons if Russia violates the agreement.
These leaves Russia with Crimea and more than what they had in 2022.
They get away with war crimes, a shameful international scandal.
This is a horrible outcome, but one the West could insist on.
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He says the war is a long way from over. He said he is against a ceasefire. He blew up the mineral deal.”
Zzzzz… all these statements are taken out of context.
He is talking about the present situation. He is obviously not against the mineral deal since he was part of its creation. He thinks it should be contingent upon security guarantees (I think he is right). He thinks a ceasefire is a long way off IF there is no mechanism to make it permanent.
He is NOT against a ceasefire or the mineral deal, he thinks some conditions have to be met before they can be implemented.
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Big Z want more war.
Chicon”
Chicon is a compulsive liar here, but this is one of the biggest whoppers.
Ukraine is the victim, it did not ask for this war, saying defending its territory and sovereignty is “wanting more war” while giving the invaders a pass is pretty sick.
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“Ukraine is the victim, it did not ask for this war”
It is indeed. It has now rejected an offer for help to end the war, after saying it wanted Trump’s help to end the war. FAFO.
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Still waiting for the military plan to evict Russia from Ukraine without the use of American troops. Remember, as long as it takes and as much as it takes are not a plan.
Anyone? Buehler?
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By the way, Chicon, what IS Trump’s plan to end the war in 24 hours?
Ok, that didn’t happen, let’s give him 3 months.
What IS his “plan” exactly.
So far he has attacked Zelensly as a dictator while giving Putin, a real dictator, a pass. He has proposed no “plan” that I can think of.
Is his “plan” to surrender 20% of Ukraine that Russia already occupies? What kind of negotiation is that?
He says he wants a “ceasefire”. Zelensky is asking and “then what”? What does a cease fire accomplish exactly except reward the Russians with the territory they illegally occupy?
I know none of the Putin sycophants want to answer any of these questions.
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“It has now rejected an offer for help to end the war”
What “offer” was that?
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Still waiting for the military plan to evict Russia from Ukraine without the use of American troops”
Easy question.
The answer to that is to make staying in Ukraine too expensive, rather than an actual “eviction”.
The losses have to be so great in human and material terms that if become untenable for Putin to continue the war.
But of course that involves massive military aid in the form of offensive weapons and shared intelligence, allowing Ukraine to pinpoint where the Russians are as well as doing massive damage inside Russia itself to its infrastructure and staging areas.
I understand the President’s party is now majority against this type of aid, but that would be my “military plan”.
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…..there is plenty of information out there if one wants to learn the truth or just accept the propaganda.
That’s why Jason and Bitter stick with their same old scripts on Ukraine, refusing to accept any new developments, evolving sentiments of the Ukrainian citizens, or how the war is actually going. Instead, they pull the Putin card out, railing against anyone not joining their Zelenskyy Cult.
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“The Cult celebrating the impending fall of a sovereign nation to Putin is disgraceful.”
-Just a simply idiotic statement, with no basis in fact, once again.
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Putin cultists calling others Zelensky Cultists?
You gotta love it here.
I am a Ukraine supporter against Russian invaders. I think Zelensky has done a great job for Ukraine.
But I always say this is not about Zelensky, it is about Ukraine and its 40 million citizens.
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“He is NOT against a ceasefire or the mineral deal, he thinks some conditions have to be met before they can be implemented.”
-Like Trump told him, he isn’t holding any “cards”. He is in no condition to set the conditions.
The USA(merica) was willing to hand him a pretty good set of cards (mineral deal), which they then would have turned TOGETHER onto Putin and hammered out a deal. Zelenskyy said No Thanks, publicly, after prodding from Senate Democrats “to stay the course”.
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“The Cult celebrating the impending fall of a sovereign nation to Putin is disgraceful.”
-Just a simply idiotic statement, with no basis in fact, once again.”
Seems highly relevant and completely factual to me.
But I understand you don’t think surrendering to Putin is shameful.
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-Like Trump told him, he isn’t holding any “cards”. He is in no condition to set the conditions.”
Zzzzzzz..
Do you ever analyze anything instead of repeating talking points?
Zelensky slapped down Trump’s analogy to cards smartly by saying “I am not playing cards”.
Zelensky’s responsibility is to Ukraine and HE decides what “cards” do play, not Trump.
Again, the problem with this whole argument is that it views aid to Ukraine as US charity, which it is not. Aiding Ukraine is IN OUR INTEREST. Containing Russia’s expansionist agenda is in OUR INTEREST.
I understand the isolationists don’t see it that way, so it colors their argument.
When you reduce the argument to whether we should give charity to Ukraine or not, it is is not the right argument.
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So, more weapons and more cash, and continued intelligence assistance. The only difference is letting them use the weapons anywhere. Not sure that gets it done.
But, the path to make Pooty squeal does involve taking all gloves off, militarily and economically. Europe has to quit buying their natural resources from Russia. The US would need to use all available economic tool available.
Odds are, that would’ve been the path threatened Pooty with. We’ll never know, because Zelenskyy blew it all up before we could find out. Now Zelenskyy can enact his plan
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The USA(merica) was willing to hand him a pretty good set of cards”
I don’t agree the hand was any good without security guarantees.
Trump might trust Putin, but no one else should.
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Below is an interesting analysis of the Ukraine war:
“Russia is not the problem; the US is. There have been some 250 armed conflicts since 1945, and the US initiatied over 200 of them, always against countries at peace with us. Serbia and Libya are egregious examples of Washington’s behavior, and Ukraine is the most recent example.
Obama started that war by overthrowing Ukraine’s legitimate government, and installing the current Banderite/Nazi junta. Zelenskyy is not some naif wandering lost in the forest. He is evil.
Russia avoided war for 8 years, repeatedly negotiating settlements that would have protected the civil rights of ethnic Russians in Ukraine, and would have left Ukraine intact, except for Crimea. The US and Europe sabotaged all of these agreements, because they were trying to make Russia go to war. The goal of the war was to be the collapse of a Russia that was supposedly too weak to survive a war. Then Russia would be fragmented and looted.
Trump is the first President understand that Russia is a peer superpower. Most leaders in Washington and Europe still don’t understand that. Trump is going to extricate the US and Europe from looming nuclear war, even against the wishes of other American and European leaders who are too besotted to see that.
Trump is going to save all our arses. We should be grateful.
PS You should stop reading the lunatic ravings of the war criminals in Washington. In a country of laws, the Wapo editors would be hanged
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What a bunch of garbage.
janzam would have been a prime target for Hitler’s speeches, geezus.
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“I think Zelensky has done a great job for Ukraine.”
Anyone who thinks Zelenskyy has done a great job for Ukraine in the past several weeks is definitely a Cultist. The guy is in a major slump.
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have protected the civil rights of ethnic Russians in Ukraine,”
Zzzzzz…
What about the civil rights of ethnic Russians in Russia?
Do you care about them?
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Anyone who thinks Zelenskyy has done a great job for Ukraine in the past several weeks is definitely a Cultist. The guy is in a major slump”
He has done a great job for Ukraine period.
His record is not measured in weeks.
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janzam is “concerned” about civil rights in Ukraine.
In Russia, a police state with kangaroo elections and kangaroo courts, where dissent is not allowed, the press is tightly controlled, and opponents of the regime are sent to Siberia?
No problem.
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“Trump might trust Putin, but no one else should.”
-Trump doesn’t trust Putin. See Jan2017-Jan2021 for evidence of that. Irrefutable evidence.
That’s why you need Zelenskyy to sign the deal first, so that Ukraine and USA(merica) are partners. Right now, we are just being treated as piggybank, one which doesn’t have to be repaid.
As for IN OUR INTERESTS, you are correct.
BUT, it is also in our interest to make sure our deficit doesn’t continue being YUGE. If we don’t change our trajectory, not only will Ukraine be at risk, but so will our own country. Our debt is unsustainable, and is our biggest weakness at this point in history.
The minerals deal solved the deficit spending part, and strengthened the IN OUR INTERESTS part. Win-Win.
Then Zelenskyy busted his hand.
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You called?
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“So, more weapons and more cash, and continued intelligence assistance. The only difference is letting them use the weapons anywhere. Not sure that gets it done.
But, the path to make Pooty squeal does involve taking all gloves off, militarily and economically. Europe has to quit buying their natural resources from Russia. The US would need to use all available economic tool available.”
I agree.
But Trump has no interest in that, it is easier just to surrender Ukraine.
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“His record is not measured in weeks.”
100% wrong. From the start of the war, he’s needed to be near-perfect. Continuously. The last several weeks have horrible. And that may turn him from hero to goat. Quickly.
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Have been horrible.
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Bizarre Foods has an episode in Lancaster Co.
Right now they are talking about scrapple!
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https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/03/03/zelenskyy-caught-red-handed-misleading-the-united-states-n4937504
-Is this true or not? Did Zelenskyy sign a deal with Great Britain?
If YES, why would anyone be saying that the USA(merica) is responsible for anything now?
Great Britain has this. Let them go for it.
jason, Bitterlaw – has this been verified? Disputed?
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Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Jan must have hated Reagan’s Evil Empire speech.
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“Trump has no interest in that, it is easier just to surrender Ukraine.”
We’ll never know because your guy screwed the pooch.
If Trump wanted to abandon Ukraine, he would’ve just said he’s out. Nope, he wanted to try to negotiate a settlement, but Zelenskyy freaked out before reaching the altar.
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nd that may turn him from hero to goat.”
Zzzzz. he has always been considered a goat by Putin lapdogs like you.
All the Putinistas here have hated him for years.
Let’s get real that the Putinistas here “suddenly” turned on him.
His record is that he was a giant in defending Ukraine against the Russian invaders. THAT it is his legacy.
Putinistas like you want to make his legacy what he wore in the Oval Office.
Sorry, Putinistas.
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Did Zelenskyy sign a deal with Great Britain?”
Wait. Ukraine can’t sign deals with more than one country?
LOL
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If Trump wanted to abandon Ukraine, he would’ve just said he’s out.”
Nah.
Not politically viable, even Rs would in congress would have balked.
He needed an excuse. He found one.
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“Wait. Ukraine can’t sign deals with more than one country?”
-No, not if his requisite is security guarantees, as you keep repeating over and over.
He got security guarantees from Great Britain?
Seriously? How will Great Britain guarantee anything? They can’t guarantee girls won’t get gang-raped in Manchester!!
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“His record is that he was a giant in defending Ukraine against the Russian invaders. THAT it is his legacy.”
You don’t get that legacy unless you land the plane. Zelenskyy crashed within site of the runway.
Chicon
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Ok, now I see jason isn’t the least bit serious about security guarantees for Ukraine.
Bitterlaw, do you also believe that Great Britain putting “security guarantees” on paper for Zelenskyy is actually worth the paper those guarantees are written on?
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Bitterlaw, do you also believe that Great Britain putting “security guarantees” on paper for Zelenskyy is actually worth the paper those guarantees are written on?”
Zzzzz…
Worth a lot more than the fake “security guarantees” Trump offered, which in fact were no guarantee at all.
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I can’t believe we are arguing with guys who believe that Zelenskyy getting “security guarantees” in a minerals deal with Great Britain means anything at all in the real world to Putin/Russia/China/etc.
Are you guys serious? Great Britain? Come on!
VictrC – where are you to defend Great Britain’s “security guarantees” for Ukraine!?!?
Please help these A-Holes out!
O M G ! ! !
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Janzam loves pro-Russian propaganda.
She is the poster girl for Goebbels style propaganda.
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NYC is hilarious.
He is critical of security guarantees from Britain but yet believes in the non-security guarantees Trump offered.
You can’t cure that kind of delusion.
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NT
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“Worth a lot more than the fake “security guarantees” Trump offered, which in fact were no guarantee at all.”
-Ok, jason thinks Great Britain giving “security guarantees” are worth more than the United States coming in and mining the crap out of Ukraine, and sharing the profits with Ukraine to build up their industries and their political institutions.
Great Britain.
Wow!
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Jan actually said the U.S. is the problem in the world, not Russia.
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I think she is wrong.
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