Statements like ‘sacred obligation’ aren’t really meant to persuade us. Most Americans obviously don’t know or care particularly about the situation in Ukraine. It’s meant to signal to Russia that the administration is setting a hard line.
I’m still guessing that a diplomatic solution will be found.
people are talking about stuff but I'm still obsessed with
shark week wrote:
LocustValley4 wrote:Just trying to assemble the great minds of hipinion to get their take on this fluid situation. No need to get angry my friend. Merry Christmas
palmer eldritch wrote:just some nice naval engagements then
time to bring back civil war era riverboat battle
Gotta find a use for these things somehow I guess
fuuuuck that’s a sick bball court on that thing
The UC Berkeley expert I spoke with described your approach to boarding -- posting things without knowing whether they’re true in order to juice engagement -- as “sociopathic.” Do you have a response to that?
Wait are you saying Russia is amassing troops on the border of Ukraine to launch a surprise attack against China? Because I’m pretty sure the Chinese would fight back.
giant screens with skies exploding/thumping bass and power chords/we got a preacher if you're listening/he'll play his guitar if you're bored
its definitely time for WWIII simultaneous with american civil war II plus global pandemic
Slartisfgh is never mentioned in The Bible, but it is here, during one of the early battles, that Matthew spontaneously became liquid. Radiation trace: negligible
Hard to know how seriously Putin feels threatened by NATO stuff (seems unlikely as he can nuke the planet multiple times over) but he is obsessed with Ukraine and Russia's sovereignty, wrote an article on it last year.
He frames it as a Germany + Austria style situation but that's obviously disingenuous to a degree. I certainly think he's overestimated Russian sympathies in Ukraine (that the LRB article I posted earlier covers well and also why that has shifted in the last five years).
Guess the question now is how does he stand down without harming his strong man reputation. Not sure how useful Biden's approach will be for that.