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  1. sillygoose

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    The Polish government will as a buffer zone when Ukraine starts falling apart. Given that the fortifications and best troops of the Ukrainian army as all there, once it falls there is nothing stopping the Russians from exploiting to the Dnieper and beyond. As the Ukrainians have said...
  2. sillygoose

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Ukrainian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War#War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesian_Uprisings...
  3. sillygoose

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    Not since 1945. I mean Poland has been begging Germany to spend more on their military for 10 years. Poland's biggest problem in the 20th century has been Poland's belligerence with their neighbors.
  4. sillygoose

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    Ukraine is collapsing, not Russia. Why would a victorious Russian leader get couped?
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    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    That's an old Polish goal, rebuild the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to counter Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermarium At this point all they can really do is just reannex Galicia, which seems to be the play that will be made once the Donbass front collapses.
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    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    Not as poor as people think. PPP adjusted GDP puts them nearly on par with Germany. Russia is effectively a more population, but less social services oriented Germany in terms of raw numbers, but with more basic industry and resources as well as a larger military. No way of course Russia...
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    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    Scott Ritter is reporting Gonzalo Lira was murdered:
  8. sillygoose

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    It involved the US taking over the economy via corporations and installing a puppet regime. Territorial losses or not the US set all sorts of nasty precedents with moves like that. Of course during the Cold War that was relatively normal.
  9. sillygoose

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    Or Iraq. Or really any country the US has ever invaded.
  10. sillygoose

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    🤷‍♂️ They said they wanted status quo ante, which would be quite the opposite from negotiating seriously. Of course I don't think Zelensky can do that because of both internal and external pressure on him.
  11. sillygoose

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    If Ukraine starts seriously negotiating now potentially. The longer it goes on the more Putin has to demand to satiate his public.
  12. sillygoose

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    Yeah status quo ante is not on the table.
  13. sillygoose

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    NPR and Pro Publica both investigated: The other articles also cite other instances when the org did not live up to its claims either and was linked with US government orgs and foreign policy. But you instead cherry pick only the elements that back your narrative. One part you ignored from...
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    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    Uh huh: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement - Wikipedia The ICRC is not a non-government org and the Swiss have taken sides in this conflict unlike any other time in modern history: Switzerland ditches neutrality to sanction Russia and Putin | CNN Business
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    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    They lied about constructing over 130,000 homes. They built 6. In Search Of The Red Cross' $500 Million In Haiti Relief : NPR The American Red Cross’ Haiti Scandal Not Isolated | Al Jazeera America The Red Cross, Haiti and the 'black hole' of accountability for international aid | Haiti | The...
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    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    Serious source? The org that stole most of the Haiti donantions? What happened to Red Cross donations for Haiti? | PBS NewsHour
  17. sillygoose

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    Different angle? This is basically what the MSM has been pushing since day 1.
  18. sillygoose

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    They can't possibly be that retarded. They will be entirely cut off from gas and oil from Russia for this and suffer a revolution at home when the economy implodes.
  19. sillygoose

    Russia(gate/bot) Russia-Ukraine War Political Discussion

    And? The US dollar is held up by the Saudis only (for now) taking dollars exclusively for their oil for security promises, which is how the petro-dollar created the global reserve currency. Russia is just doing the same thing as the US with their customers. Turns out it is working. The rest...
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