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Post by aztecmusician on Mar 6, 2022 19:47:37 GMT -8
Yes it’s going to get interesting, and while all of this is going on I have to think China is fueling up its ships and planes ready to make a run at Taiwan. It’s too bad that the Democrat Party’s political know how has seemingly been reduced to underhanded political skulduggery and baseless accusations and attacks on their political rivals. There was a time a few decades ago when foreign policy was actually one of their strong suits. Were you asleep the last four years when we had daily attacks on social media of the free press, racial slurs towards members of Congress, unprecedented corruption across multiple branches of government and two impeachments? Just checking. You want to make everything a political hitjob about one party when we got into this mess because of BOTH parties. It reeks of just uninformed bias. This isn't a new development, either. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert inhabit the GOP. That's embarrassing on its own. Ok, the Dems were openly talking about impeachment BEFORE the supposed “high crimes and misdemeanors” allegedly happened, if that isn’t clear cut bias I don’t know what is. Of course they can get away with these shoddy absurd impeachment cases because they have the mainstream media covering for them and now social media censoring for their botched attempts. If Ted Cruz even sneezes on the Senate floor he is demonized and lampooned for the next 6 months. The Republicans don’t try the mud launching because they know the media will unfairly make a HUGE EPIC scandal out of the thing. Their strategy seems to be let the Dems stink the place up with their comprehensively stoopid policies and clean up later. That seems to be working. “It is time to for us to do what we’ve been doing..and that time is everyday.” -Kamala Harris She is the diplomatic point person for the United States negotiations in Ukraine. That is obviously not working. It’s as if the Democrat strategists want WW III to blow up in our faces. I don’t know if it is too soon to consider the possibility of a Tzar Bomba being parked on North Island, it feels like the 1960’s all over again.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 6, 2022 20:04:29 GMT -8
Were you asleep the last four years when we had daily attacks on social media of the free press, racial slurs towards members of Congress, unprecedented corruption across multiple branches of government and two impeachments? Just checking. You want to make everything a political hitjob about one party when we got into this mess because of BOTH parties. It reeks of just uninformed bias. This isn't a new development, either. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert inhabit the GOP. That's embarrassing on its own. Ok, the Dems were openly talking about impeachment BEFORE the supposed “high crimes and misdemeanors” allegedly happened, if that isn’t clear cut bias I don’t know what is. Of course they can get away with these shoddy absurd impeachment cases because they have the mainstream media covering for them and now social media censoring for their botched attempts. If Ted Cruz even sneezes on the Senate floor he is demonized and lampooned for the next 6 months. The Republicans don’t try the mud launching because they know the media will unfairly make a HUGE EPIC scandal out of the thing. Their strategy seems to be let the Dems stink the place up with their comprehensively stoopid policies and clean up later. That seems to be working. “It is time to for us to do what we’ve been doing..and that time is everyday.” -Kamala Harris She is the diplomatic point person for the United States negotiations in Ukraine. That is obviously not working. It’s as if the Democrat strategists want WW III to blow up in our faces. I don’t know if it is too soon to consider the possibility of a Tzar Bomba being parked on North Island, it feels like the 1960’s all over again. So instead of answering the question, you pivot to media conspiracy theories and pander to the right-wing psycho fantasies, straight out of the InfoWars playbook. Yawn. Ever read a Fox News chyron? Spare the indignation here. It's laughable. Your post makes no sense. If they wanted to engage in World War III, they'd send troops into Moscow. It's that simple. Providing logistical support without sacrificing human life is not in any way "blowing up in our faces." This is diplomacy 101.
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Post by aztecmusician on Mar 6, 2022 21:19:57 GMT -8
Ok, the Dems were openly talking about impeachment BEFORE the supposed “high crimes and misdemeanors” allegedly happened, if that isn’t clear cut bias I don’t know what is. Of course they can get away with these shoddy absurd impeachment cases because they have the mainstream media covering for them and now social media censoring for their botched attempts. If Ted Cruz even sneezes on the Senate floor he is demonized and lampooned for the next 6 months. The Republicans don’t try the mud launching because they know the media will unfairly make a HUGE EPIC scandal out of the thing. Their strategy seems to be let the Dems stink the place up with their comprehensively stoopid policies and clean up later. That seems to be working. “It is time to for us to do what we’ve been doing..and that time is everyday.” -Kamala Harris She is the diplomatic point person for the United States negotiations in Ukraine. That is obviously not working. It’s as if the Democrat strategists want WW III to blow up in our faces. I don’t know if it is too soon to consider the possibility of a Tzar Bomba being parked on North Island, it feels like the 1960’s all over again. So instead of answering the question, you pivot to media conspiracy theories and pander to the right-wing psycho fantasies, straight out of the InfoWars playbook. Yawn. Ever read a Fox News chyron? Spare the indignation here. It's laughable. Your post makes no sense. If they wanted to engage in World War III, they'd send troops into Moscow. It's that simple. Providing logistical support without sacrificing human life is not in any way "blowing up in our faces." This is diplomacy 101. And you read like you get your political takes from Comedy Central. Are you a Daily Show or Tosh 2.0 type of person? Apparently you think Biden is doing a great job and Kamala is a genius. It’s difficult to take anyone seriously who will not or cannot acknowledge the major Biden f#&/ up in Afghanistan. Even your own political pundits admit that was a screw up of the first order and has emboldened foreign leaders to take the initiative against our president and allies. At minimum President Biden should issue a statement that any use of thermobaric vacuum bombs will trigger a no fly zone in the Ukraine. Otherwise the entire population of the country will get wiped out of existence. WW III starts when Russian tanks roll on to Lithuanian or Polish soil.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 7, 2022 8:48:46 GMT -8
So instead of answering the question, you pivot to media conspiracy theories and pander to the right-wing psycho fantasies, straight out of the InfoWars playbook. Yawn. Ever read a Fox News chyron? Spare the indignation here. It's laughable. Your post makes no sense. If they wanted to engage in World War III, they'd send troops into Moscow. It's that simple. Providing logistical support without sacrificing human life is not in any way "blowing up in our faces." This is diplomacy 101. And you read like you get your political takes from Comedy Central. Are you a Daily Show or Tosh 2.0 type of person? Apparently you think Biden is doing a great job and Kamala is a genius. It’s difficult to take anyone seriously who will not or cannot acknowledge the major Biden f#&/ up in Afghanistan. Even your own political pundits admit that was a screw up of the first order and has emboldened foreign leaders to take the initiative against our president and allies. At minimum President Biden should issue a statement that any use of thermobaric vacuum bombs will trigger a no fly zone in the Ukraine. Otherwise the entire population of the country will get wiped out of existence. WW III starts when Russian tanks roll on to Lithuanian or Polish soil. Nowhere did I say Biden was doing a good job. I'm intelligent enough to know that we spent four nightmarish years of mudslinging, corruption and foreign government puppeteering in the previous administration. An administration that withheld military aid to a country now under siege by the genius that the previous administration holds so near and dear. It's all connected. We are where we are because of groundwork laid before Biden even took office. Years before, in fact. Afghanistan has nothing to do with Ukraine and once again, the previous administration was culpable in that fiasco as well. Was the pullout handled well? No. Were they dealt a bad hand by backroom deals of Mike Pompeo with terrorists? Yes. It's all connected. Saying that one party was doing a tremendous job of navigating foreign policy, or insinuating that this is all happening because of one side of the political sphere is just a falsehood. It's flat out not true. Your opinion on what Biden should do is noted. For what it's worth though, Marco Rubio (not Kamala Harris, not Joe Biden, not a Democrat) said that engaging in a no fly zone directive would lead to a catastrophic start to world war. So maybe it's not just the Democrats? Rubio and Steve Daines leaked the location of Zelensky after being explicitly told not to. To me, that's for worse than anything Kamala or Joe Biden have done in the last handful of days.
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Post by Fishn'Aztec on Mar 7, 2022 19:12:18 GMT -8
Putin is nothing more than a crazed ass sphincter. Anyone that drops mortars on women and children and blames it on the U.S. is nutz! JMO
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Post by aztecmusician on Mar 7, 2022 22:20:54 GMT -8
And you read like you get your political takes from Comedy Central. Are you a Daily Show or Tosh 2.0 type of person? Apparently you think Biden is doing a great job and Kamala is a genius. It’s difficult to take anyone seriously who will not or cannot acknowledge the major Biden f#&/ up in Afghanistan. Even your own political pundits admit that was a screw up of the first order and has emboldened foreign leaders to take the initiative against our president and allies. At minimum President Biden should issue a statement that any use of thermobaric vacuum bombs will trigger a no fly zone in the Ukraine. Otherwise the entire population of the country will get wiped out of existence. WW III starts when Russian tanks roll on to Lithuanian or Polish soil. Nowhere did I say Biden was doing a good job. I'm intelligent enough to know that we spent four nightmarish years of mudslinging, corruption and foreign government puppeteering in the previous administration. An administration that withheld military aid to a country now under siege by the genius that the previous administration holds so near and dear. It's all connected. We are where we are because of groundwork laid before Biden even took office. Years before, in fact. Afghanistan has nothing to do with Ukraine and once again, the previous administration was culpable in that fiasco as well. Was the pullout handled well? No. Were they dealt a bad hand by backroom deals of Mike Pompeo with terrorists? Yes. It's all connected. Saying that one party was doing a tremendous job of navigating foreign policy, or insinuating that this is all happening because of one side of the political sphere is just a falsehood. It's flat out not true. Your opinion on what Biden should do is noted. For what it's worth though, Marco Rubio (not Kamala Harris, not Joe Biden, not a Democrat) said that engaging in a no fly zone directive would lead to a catastrophic start to world war. So maybe it's not just the Democrats? Rubio and Steve Daines leaked the location of Zelensky after being explicitly told not to. To me, that's for worse than anything Kamala or Joe Biden have done in the last handful of days. I didn’t say you said that, I inferred from your comments on this thread. Yes, Afghanistan has everything to do with Putin suddenly getting back in the conqueror mode. Let me put it this way. When the Aztecs (or any competitive team) takes on an opponent, they study and look for any weaknesses to exploit. It’s the same in politics and warfare. Putin, the ex KGB killer (and Xi) sees a hesitant old man with possible dementia in charge of the USA as his opponent and reasons that now is the time to strike. It’s very similar to the beginning of the Battle of France in 1940, Hitler (a maniacal killer just like Putin) saw weak leaders in French PM Paul Reynaud and British PM Neville Chamberlain and pulled the trigger on the invasion of France. I have to say, Biden’s hesitant half measures are looking a lot like Reynaud and Chamberlain. We have to stop this psycho murderer now. If we wait, the Russians will be hip deep into Poland and the Baltic Countries before the USA can get an army in Europe to stop them. By then the cost in lives could be in the 100’s of thousands and WWIII will be on. The good news is our military is well armed and trained. The bad news is our leaders to this point are lacking.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 7, 2022 22:27:14 GMT -8
Nowhere did I say Biden was doing a good job. I'm intelligent enough to know that we spent four nightmarish years of mudslinging, corruption and foreign government puppeteering in the previous administration. An administration that withheld military aid to a country now under siege by the genius that the previous administration holds so near and dear. It's all connected. We are where we are because of groundwork laid before Biden even took office. Years before, in fact. Afghanistan has nothing to do with Ukraine and once again, the previous administration was culpable in that fiasco as well. Was the pullout handled well? No. Were they dealt a bad hand by backroom deals of Mike Pompeo with terrorists? Yes. It's all connected. Saying that one party was doing a tremendous job of navigating foreign policy, or insinuating that this is all happening because of one side of the political sphere is just a falsehood. It's flat out not true. Your opinion on what Biden should do is noted. For what it's worth though, Marco Rubio (not Kamala Harris, not Joe Biden, not a Democrat) said that engaging in a no fly zone directive would lead to a catastrophic start to world war. So maybe it's not just the Democrats? Rubio and Steve Daines leaked the location of Zelensky after being explicitly told not to. To me, that's for worse than anything Kamala or Joe Biden have done in the last handful of days. I didn’t say you said that, I inferred from your comments on this thread. Yes, Afghanistan has everything to do with Putin suddenly getting back in the conqueror mode. Let me put it this way. When the Aztecs (or any competitive team) takes on an opponent, they study and look for any weaknesses to exploit. It’s the same in politics and warfare. Putin, the ex KGB killer (and Xi) sees a hesitant old man with possible dementia in charge of the USA as his opponent and reasons that now is the time to strike. It’s very similar to the beginning of the Battle of France in 1940, Hitler (a maniacal killer just like Putin) saw weak leaders in French PM Paul Reynaud and British PM Neville Chamberlain and pulled the trigger on the invasion of France. I have to say, Biden’s hesitant half measures are looking a lot like Reynaud and Chamberlain. We have to stop this psycho murderer now. If we wait, the Russians will be hip deep into Poland and the Baltic Countries. The good news is our military is well armed and trained. The bad news is our leaders to this point are lacking. Once again, Putin's not capitalizing on anything other than his stooge no longer occupying the White House. Your historical comparisons aren't a true characterization of what's happening. It's a lot more complex than you give it credit for. There are serious long-term economic, social and political consequences for taking Russia on in a war that isn't ours to fight.
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Post by aztecmusician on Mar 8, 2022 10:43:25 GMT -8
I didn’t say you said that, I inferred from your comments on this thread. Yes, Afghanistan has everything to do with Putin suddenly getting back in the conqueror mode. Let me put it this way. When the Aztecs (or any competitive team) takes on an opponent, they study and look for any weaknesses to exploit. It’s the same in politics and warfare. Putin, the ex KGB killer (and Xi) sees a hesitant old man with possible dementia in charge of the USA as his opponent and reasons that now is the time to strike. It’s very similar to the beginning of the Battle of France in 1940, Hitler (a maniacal killer just like Putin) saw weak leaders in French PM Paul Reynaud and British PM Neville Chamberlain and pulled the trigger on the invasion of France. I have to say, Biden’s hesitant half measures are looking a lot like Reynaud and Chamberlain. We have to stop this psycho murderer now. If we wait, the Russians will be hip deep into Poland and the Baltic Countries. The good news is our military is well armed and trained. The bad news is our leaders to this point are lacking. Once again, Putin's not capitalizing on anything other than his stooge no longer occupying the White House. Your historical comparisons aren't a true characterization of what's happening. It's a lot more complex than you give it credit for. There are serious long-term economic, social and political consequences for taking Russia on in a war that isn't ours to fight. As long as we have a weak president, Putin is going to push our friends and Allies around until we stop it. It isn’t about partisan politics. It’s about international leverage and oil.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 8, 2022 12:04:43 GMT -8
Once again, Putin's not capitalizing on anything other than his stooge no longer occupying the White House. Your historical comparisons aren't a true characterization of what's happening. It's a lot more complex than you give it credit for. There are serious long-term economic, social and political consequences for taking Russia on in a war that isn't ours to fight. As long as we have a weak president, Putin is going to push our friends and Allies around until we stop it. It isn’t about partisan politics. It’s about international leverage and oil. It's about Putin's desire to unite Ukraine and Russia as one people under one ruler. It's why Russia annexed Crimea nearly a decade ago. International leverage? They are bombing civilian residential areas. They have no leverage outside of their natural gas reserves. They have no allies. Alone, they aren't strong enough to invade and defeat multiple countries.
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Post by johneaztec on Mar 8, 2022 13:17:08 GMT -8
As long as we have a weak president, Putin is going to push our friends and Allies around until we stop it. It isn’t about partisan politics. It’s about international leverage and oil. It's about Putin's desire to unite Ukraine and Russia as one people under one ruler. It's why Russia annexed Crimea nearly a decade ago. International leverage? They are bombing civilian residential areas. They have no leverage outside of their natural gas reserves. They have no allies. Alone, they aren't strong enough to invade and defeat multiple countries. Isn't China an ally? Basically? They'll help Russia to a certain extent, financially, etc...
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Post by aztecmusician on Mar 8, 2022 13:22:21 GMT -8
Yes international leverage and energy. Russia supplies much of Western Europe’s gas (40%), oil and coal. They are indispensable right now. Without those commodities Germany Belgium France ect. would freeze and starve, so Putin can do as he pleases. He has leverage over most of Western Europe.
This all stems from President Biden dramatically reducing the USA’s energy production. Under Trump we could supply Europe with coal, gas, petroleum. Under Biden we can’t.
So actually it is your fault, democrat voters. All of your riots and election shenanigans brought us Biden, enjoy the mayhem and carnage you have wrought.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 8, 2022 14:14:06 GMT -8
It's about Putin's desire to unite Ukraine and Russia as one people under one ruler. It's why Russia annexed Crimea nearly a decade ago. International leverage? They are bombing civilian residential areas. They have no leverage outside of their natural gas reserves. They have no allies. Alone, they aren't strong enough to invade and defeat multiple countries. Isn't China an ally? Basically? They'll help Russia to a certain extent, financially, etc... Not going to happen.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 8, 2022 14:14:44 GMT -8
Yes international leverage and energy. Russia supplies much of Western Europe’s gas (40%), oil and coal. They are indispensable right now. Without those commodities Germany Belgium France ect. would freeze and starve, so Putin can do as he pleases. He has leverage over most of Western Europe. This all stems from President Biden dramatically reducing the USA’s energy production. Under Trump we could supply Europe with coal, gas, petroleum. Under Biden we can’t. So actually it is your fault, democrat voters. All of your riots and election shenanigans brought us Biden, enjoy the mayhem and carnage you have wrought. Glad to know you're comedic relief.
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Post by johneaztec on Mar 8, 2022 14:24:57 GMT -8
Isn't China an ally? Basically? They'll help Russia to a certain extent, financially, etc... Not going to happen. I heard Russia is buying grain/oats from Russia to help offset Russia's financial burden.
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Post by aardvark on Mar 8, 2022 14:28:24 GMT -8
I heard Russia is buying grain/oats from Russia to help offset Russia's financial burden. I believe China is also buying oil and gas from Russia as well.
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Post by johneaztec on Mar 8, 2022 14:30:03 GMT -8
I heard Russia is buying grain/oats from Russia to help offset Russia's financial burden. I believe China is also buying oil and gas from Russia as well. Yes, they'll help them any way they can, but maybe not with military, although you never know.
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Post by aztecmusician on Mar 8, 2022 16:39:05 GMT -8
Yes international leverage and energy. Russia supplies much of Western Europe’s gas (40%), oil and coal. They are indispensable right now. Without those commodities Germany Belgium France ect. would freeze and starve, so Putin can do as he pleases. He has leverage over most of Western Europe. This all stems from President Biden dramatically reducing the USA’s energy production. Under Trump we could supply Europe with coal, gas, petroleum. Under Biden we can’t. So actually it is your fault, democrat voters. All of your riots and election shenanigans brought us Biden, enjoy the mayhem and carnage you have wrought. Glad to know you're comedic relief. Your resorting to this response signals your points have been obliterated. That’s all.
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Post by uwphoto on Mar 8, 2022 18:32:04 GMT -8
Glad to know you're comedic relief. Your resorting to this response signals your points have been obliterated. That’s all. In jo mine. ps, once you go the "election shenanigans" route and "your rioters" route ...yer done.
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Post by aztecryan on Mar 8, 2022 19:23:03 GMT -8
Glad to know you're comedic relief. Your resorting to this response signals your points have been obliterated. That’s all. No, it's just that your post is so unserious, it's a waste of time to even bother. It's mind-boggling how people choose THIS hill to die on.
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Post by azson on Mar 9, 2022 12:21:27 GMT -8
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