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Matt07924's avatar

@Russell Blake - Very good analysis and thank you for condensing it by stripping out all the BS.

Three things -

One - Nordstream 1 & 2 does not run through Ukraine unless I misunderstood you.

https://dir.md/news/2022/1/25/ukraine-russia-what-is-nord-steam-2-and-why-is-it-contentious

Two - Don't forget US broke our promise to Russia back during Clinton administration. We agreed not to push NATO past the old Warsaw Pact line and yet we did it. Poland is part of NATO.

Three - There are a number of theories that the reason why US wanted to overthrow Syria is to build a pipeline from Saudi Arabia/Iraq to Europe to counter the Russian pipeline. Syria is blocking that from happening.

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Russell Blake's avatar

I reworded it. I believe that George Bush made the promise, and when the US violated it and called the US on it, the US responded "did you get it in writing?" Typical, although even had it been in writing I think it's safe to assume that would mean as much as the treaties with the American Indians...

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Bill Koller's avatar

Well, there goes my vacation in Moldova.

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Skip's avatar

Thank you, Russell, for spelling the reality out, every word with which I’m in agreement.

Our nation, for many decades, has been operating as an International Criminal Enterprise (ICE). It’s purpose is international control and profit therefrom.

International: Our criminal actions have occurred across the globe for many decades.

Criminal: We have violated a massive amount (over fifty listed, but not in this post) of International, Constitutional, and related US Code laws, not including sub-paragraphs.

Enterprise: An enterprise is an organization structure composed of multiple business profit centers, some independent, some dependent upon parent structures. We (US & Foreign affiliates) are a very large, multi-component, distributed organization for profit ...

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Zarayna Pradyer's avatar

Always good to read your intelligent contributions.

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Skip's avatar

Zarayna, truly, Very kind of you. Thank you. Hope now I don’t get the mental version of the infamous centipede infliction. When asked how he knew which foot to move first, the centipede, stumped, never walked again. Oh well, we stumble forward.

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Zarayna Pradyer's avatar

Yes, stumble forward - but with style!

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Darlene Jones's avatar

I didn't really want to click the like button because there is nothing about this to like. Too much truth, maybe?

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Zarayna Pradyer's avatar

Thanks, Russell. I shall post on your FB TL.

In the meantime, a six-minute film discussing other acts of violence that we may not have regarded as seriously as the current Ukrainian flag-waving.

https://www.facebook.com/100037084472939/videos/7110976198976376/

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Matt07924's avatar

Trust me on this...folks in the US are so ignorant of the world around them...even within the US itself. Folks in New Jersey could not find Tennessee on the map if they tried. To ask them to find Ukraine is asking too much! Some guy I went to graduate school with worked for a company that shipped US military gear to bases around the country. Of course this stuff cannot leave the country right? When he called the Army base to arrange the transfer to a base in New Mexico, the Army said they do not ship to Mexico. He said it is "NEW Mexico" and the guy said we do not ship out of the country. This is the US military and they do not even know where are borders start and end!

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Richie Vieques's avatar

Pretty good analysis R...

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Pawsative's avatar

Ukrainians are NOT Nazis. That’s dehumanizing Russian propaganda. Ukrainians fought against and helped to defeat the Nazis.

Ukraine’s deadly gamble

https://powerglobal.us/2022/02/26/ukraines-deadly-gamble/

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Russell Blake's avatar

Nobody said Ukrainians are Nazis. But there are definitely Nazis in the government, and paramilitary organizations that are classified as terrorist organizations that are full blown neo-nazis. Google the Azov Battalion and C14.

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