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Ray-SoCa's avatar

What Putin has won so far:

1. Encircled major amounts of the Ukranian Army

2. Showed that NATO is impotent

3. Revealed the Financial Weapons of the West

4. Increased anti Russian feelings in Europe to a hysterical level, that will help his support at home, and reduce Western Influence.

5. Showed non Western Countries will not go along with the sanctions including India, Pakistan, China, and Saudi Arabia.

6. Showed the West can't be trusted financially, and can and will seize assets if they disagree with your politics.

7. Brought up issue that Biden was elected fraudently.

8. Show cased the tools of the Tech Giants

9. Showed limitations of economic sanction weapon.

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Brother Ass's avatar

An excellent summary of the current state of things and where this is headed. Thanks, Mark!

People who say that Putin would not have done this if Trump were President are right, but for the wrong reasons. Trump wanted strategic partnership with Russia to counter China. He also showed signs that he wasn’t sold on continuing to fund the money pit known as NATO. No doubt he would have made the sensible diplomatic moves: guarantee Ukraine would never join NATO and push Ukraine to follow through on obligations to make peace with its eastern, ethnic Russian population.

What we got instead was the exact opposite, as if Washington wanted this war. What a debacle, for which we will all pay for years to come. God help us!

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