Russia Surrounded

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A glorious room.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Perfect illustration of the principle that being as macho as humanly possible almost invariably looks incredibly gay.

 

[Leo]

Trump: What Putin Did Was “Genius”; Biden Response “Sad”

tell me you haven't missed this level of intellectual rigor

BUCK: Mr. President, in the last 24 hours we know Russia has said that they are recognizing two breakaway regions of Ukraine, and now this White House is stating that this is an “invasion.” That’s a strong word. What went wrong here? What has the current occupant of the Oval Office done that he could have done differently?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, what went wrong was a rigged election and what went wrong is a candidate that shouldn’t be there and a man that has no concept of what he’s doing. I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, “This is genius.” Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine. Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful.

So, Putin is now saying, “It’s independent,” a large section of Ukraine. I said, “How smart is that?” And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper. That’s strongest peace force… We could use that on our southern border. That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen. There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen. They’re gonna keep peace all right. No, but think of it. Here’s a guy who’s very savvy… I know him very well. Very, very well.

By the way, this never would have happened with us. Had I been in office, not even thinkable. This would never have happened. But here’s a guy that says, you know, “I’m gonna declare a big portion of Ukraine independent,” he used the word “independent,” “and we’re gonna go out and we’re gonna go in and we’re gonna help keep peace.” You gotta say that’s pretty savvy. And you know what the response was from Biden? There was no response. They didn’t have one for that. No, it’s very sad. Very sad.

 

[Clinamenic]

"we’re gonna go out and we’re gonna go in and we’re gonna help keep peace."

 

[version]

You don't know what you've got until it's gone.

 

[Leo]

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, what went wrong was a rigged election and...

I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and ...

 

[version]

They’re gonna keep peace all right.

 

[Leo]

weird that he's allowed to tweet, isn't it?

 

[wild greens]

Matthew Broderick enters the scene

 

[Leo]

Which Dissensus folks in the EU are most likely to freeze their noogies off when Putin turns off the gas spigot?

 

[Leo]

Apparently the UK gets only about 5% of its gas from Russia, so Boris can act like a tough guy.

 

[luka]

Which Dissensus folks in the EU are most likely to freeze their noogies off when Putin turns off the gas spigot?

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[Mr. Tea]

Which Dissensus folks in the EU are most likely to freeze their noogies off when Putin turns off the gas spigot?

Gonna be @yyaldrin and @pattycakes_ (if he's still in Berlin), I guess?

 

[Mr. Tea]

Apparently the UK gets only about 5% of its gas from Russia, so Boris can act like a tough guy.

...right up until they stop funding the Tory party.

 

[craner]

Are you ready? It's about to begin.

 

[luka]

PETER HITCHENS: Why I blame the arrogant West for the Ukraine crisis

We have been utter fools, writes PETER HITCHENS. We have treated Russia with amazing stupidity. Now we pay the price for that. We had the chance to make her an ally, friend and partner.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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[luka]

i know craner has loved a pipeline theory ever since his blogging days

 

[Mr. Tea]

Hey Yurrup, are you ready to be economically integrated with Russia?

 

[Leo]

Nice pipeline ya got there. Be a pity if something happened to it.