and boy did the orange avenger make a mistake......big time
The reason it was done is without the grain and fertilizer many people in poorer nations would starve. Unintended consequences that could turn nations against us.
Oh, did I mention a bridge? Russia signaled that they would not be happy with Ukraine getting missiles that can fire into Russia, but a Hellfire could not reach the bridge so it should be OK (ignoring the fact that the drone can easily go there and back). Got to read the fine print. Russia would get upset if Russian teritory is hit, but everyone else says Crimea is still Ukrainian, so it is not really Russian territory. Also a bridge between a Ukrainian territory and a Russian side, would not half the bridge be Ukrainian? I would think so.
Good question. It is not like they are willing to cooperate for the greater good. Maybe more turret tossing?
Ukraine is just a speed bump in the election, how Americans feel about how far their paycheck goes will be foremost.
True, foreign affairs is seldom important, however this one did divide the republicans and put Trump and his bunch on the wrong side of history. I was thinking only in terms of the media coverage for the J6 hearings and report and such.
looks like Germany is in too...with MLSR's Mars II's and also IRIS-t systems as well.......
This may be simplistic, but ships no longer have turrets.
They will arrive in the "fullness of time", by this fall at the earliest, unless someone lite a fire under their arses. Perhaps someone explained how much petroleum and natural gas Ukraine was sitting on. Not to mention the speed with which it could be developed because the pipelines run right through the existing gas fields. Punch holes in the ground and hook up, replacing Russian gas. It doesn't get much cheaper or easier and the transport infrastructure runs right over the top of the largest undeveloped fields.
from what i'm seeing that's basically the idea.....get this war over with, start developing the NG plant, and cut Russia off period, now UA can send all the gas to the EU, prolly one of them main reason why Russia wants UA, it's because of it's NG and they can dominate the market of it....not working so well at the moment
I am sure Putin has become a new fan of the Turret Toss Competition going on now. And yes, ships have turrets also.
Conceded on turrets; looked it up.
It was always the real reason. Ukraine would displace them and take their market share, his plan was to keep them offline, they already had contracts signed with oil companies and guess what happened to cause them to move out? Russia didn't want any of this developed, they have massive gas fields and infrastructure built, most of their pipelines passed through Ukraine, hence Nordstream 1&2 with Germany to bypass it. However Ukraine can highjack their last mile of pipeline to their main markets and use it for their gas. Once a country like Ukraine started getting a lot of money from gas, they would spend much of it on defense and they would become even more important to Europe. He had to first cause trouble, then invade, or they would have developed this gas and he'd be fucked. Also a liberal democratic Ukraine would "infect" Russia and Russia is an empire of conquest and would dissolve or pieces would fly off, like with Chechnya. So Vlad had a couple of good reasons for invading Ukraine, from his perspective.
eh we really can't speculate what's gonna happen after this but i do have my fingers crossed in a few areas though.....especially after this dibocle...
