NATO was developed to defend against Russia after WW2. Also look at the Cuban missile crisis. We were/did put missiles in Turkey. Russia started putting missiles on Cuba. We blockaded, Russia agreed to back off and remove missiles from Cuba if we agreed to remove our missiles from turkey. I believe what Chancey said is correct about Putin not wanting Ukraine in NATO. Russia didn't invade Ukraine until blabber mouth Harris stated that Ukraine would be welcomed to NATO with open arms. I hope the US pulls out of NATO. Come on, we fund it.

What happened to the Nord Streams? War is profitable if you have a pile of natural gas to sell and new customers. It is bad if you have coon to sell though.


Nord Stream 2 was built ( by Germany, Switzerland and Russia) to get around transit fees (problems) in Ukraine, Who was blocking the construction?

^^^^^^
Answer; the USA, Ukraine, Poland, and the EU.
So when we blew it up we blamed Russia; yeah, that makes a lot of sense that Russia would blow up their own pipeline. The Neocons and their Dem allies, the MSM - including FOX, are just plain evil, there is no getting around that fact

I don't believe Putin gives a crap about the ethnic Russians in western Ukraine, just like he doesn't care about the million plus soldiers being ground up.....It's just an excuse...

Frankly, Russia should just quit in shame that the "powerful" red army couldn't win the war in the first month....

Russia and the US are only 2 1/2 miles at our closest island border points the Diomede Islands. Big Diomede is owned by Russia and Little Diomede is owned by the US. You could walk from one to the other in Winter on the ice, in under an hour. Our mainlands are only 55 miles apart.

Keith

What happened those the sentiments of Russia being some conservative paradise and Putin was fighting the globalists or something this place had a a while a few months back ? Thought some of y'all where gonna move over there with how much y'all loved ole super conservative Christian Putin was

Where are you getting your information? Real question, not sarcasm.
BTW, the "ethnic Russians" are in eastern Ukraine, where the conflict is, not western, where the nazis predominate.

Sorry, wrong region, my bad...still don't think Putin cares, and there hasn't been over a million casualties on Russia's army?

I remember that well, Wolfdog. It was a hot fantasy for a lot of these dudes on Tman--at least for a while while they were being told to think that way.

You're correct, this analogy is hilarious.

"Canada wants to sell LNG to Germany. Critics say it’s a race against time"


"Canada is now also racing against the United States, which became the largest global exporter of LNG in the seven years it took to build the first phase of LNG Canada."


Late to the dance!

Ahh yes... I hope Marty followed his heart and moved there. If so, he probably got sent directly to the front line.

I guess I'm one of those folks with sentiments that Russia is a conservative Country; well I'm still here, with no apologies.
So I guess those on the other side of the issue support globalism, Soros, Klaus Schwab, and the government of Ukraine which supports the largest money laundering racket in the western world? Remember Hunter Biden and Barisma?
We won the cold war against the Marxist, Soviet Union, we should be happy that the Russians threw off communisim. We conservatives here in the USA have a lot more in common with the Russians than we do with western Europeans.

I'm in that boat with you, Waggler. I'm not overly convinced that Russia is the "bad guy" in this.

Me either.

I've always considered both guys to be like mob bosses fighting over territory. I do know one thing, it's a money pit for the American taxpayer.

The amount of money and military aid we have sent over there is staggering.

No US troops should be used period. Ukraine is one of if not the most corrupt excuse for a country and I don’t want my boys paying the price to defend it.

... I swear 70% of these posts basically in " Ha ! Obviously all apart of Trump's master plan !"

Boy I wanna use a Warhammer 40k reference but 99.9% sure no one would get it...

EXACTLY!