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johnycomelately's avatar

With so many puppeteers (US, UK, Israel, France, Islamic fundamentalists, Nazis etc.) pulling the strings of the marionettes in Ukraine, one really has to wonder who is calling the shots. Mass killing of civilians in Moscow seems like a stupid act.

Unless of course someone wants to up the ante.

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ML's avatar

It’s looking more and more like the puppets’ strings are broken: from the looks (and wordiness) of Blinken, it seems the US has little, if no, leverage with the madmen in Kyiv and Jerusalem. This latest act committed in Moscow suggests that, imho. Re the UK, the Duran presented a very revealing and insightful (but depressing!) conversation with a former British Ambassador to Moscow, named Ian Proud, on the occasion of the publication of his book recounting his time there, “Misfit in Moscow.” His private school accent notwithstanding, he confirms the worst about the Foreign Office: incompetence, poor language skills, preference for playing politics over creating genuine relationships and just plain laziness! As Mark would say, What could go wrong? —-

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Mark Wauck's avatar

I was amused and saddened by Diesen quoting John Stuart Mill re the ridiculousness of Brit Russophobia.

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Vlad's avatar

Only the first two mentioned are real puppeteers. My bet is on the second.

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Vlad's avatar

They do not control the Ukrainian special services.

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SMH's avatar

Putin has shown himself to be a master of restraint and self-control in the face of what I would certainly call reckless provocation and he has said all along that he’s the one in control, not NATO, not Ukraine and certainly not the West. The Russian declaration that the SMO was now officially a war, wasn’t so much saber rattling as much as it was a clear message to the West, and the US specifically, “we are not playing around and if you persist in escalating the provocations, then we will respond accordingly”. As many here have said, this is a very dangerous game that the globalists/neocons are playing

and Putin is not in the mood for games!

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Vlad's avatar

Russia did not declare war. The games will continue, changing as the escalation progresses.

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dissonant1's avatar

It makes perfect sense that Russia would retaliate via strikes on NATO capabilities in Ukraine. Ukraine is no longer capable of competing with Russia on the battlefield. It is totally dependent on asymmetrical warfare in an attempt to goad Russia into retaliatory escalation that would justify direct NATO intervention. NATO, on the other hand, cannot admit that it is already plotting and carrying out these attacks from Ukrainian soil. So Russia can attack NATO assets in Ukraine at will without losing the propaganda war. It can disable NATO capabilities without escalation and without triggering any legal cassus belli vis a vis NATO.

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Piquet's avatar

"...It supplies liquefied natural gas, which is used to power military bunkers, warehouses, command posts and other facilities..."

Take out the word "liquified." There is no way a land-locked facility makes LNG. Transport is not feasible, since it has to be kept at -260 degrees F.

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Mark Wauck's avatar

Right. I don't want to edit someone else, but I should've pointed that out.

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Steghorn21's avatar

Putin's overwhelming re-election and now the terrorist attack seem to have marked a turning point. Nothing new, but just a big upshift in gears of the existing strategy. Let's see if NATO is stupid enough to try and stop Russia taking Odessa.

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Ray-SoCa's avatar

The Ukrainian missile attack was to counter the narrative of the massive 3 day Russian missile attack.

Bear vs B52

Bear has longer range, but less payload with turbo prop vs Jet Engines. Bear has gone into the Recon and missile carrier roles. B-52 can carpet bomb if defenders have no anti aircraft ability or launch cruise missiles.

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Russtovich's avatar

"European atural gas shortage incoming."

2nd word needs an 'n', to make it natural. ;)

Cheers

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