"The Reason Why The U.S. Cannot Go To War Against Russia" Topic

"Russia's autocratic strongman, President Vladimir Putin, finds himself in an unenviable position. He is deeply unpopular at home. An old political rival, Alexei Navalny, has returned home from abroad in an attempt to overturn Putin's increasingly unpopular regime.

Moreover, it appears to Putin as though US President Joe Biden is leading NATO and the European Union (EU) in a renewed encirclement strategy meant to break Russian power in Europe and ultimately push Putin himself from power.

Whether or not the West is stoking the flames of resentment and regime change in Russia, the fact remains that Putin clearly believes the West is responsible—which further threatens regional security at a time when American power is being stretched to its breaking point all throughout Eurasia…"
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Armand

If Putin is not popular, then Navalny simply does not exist against his background)))

Have to wonder if Russia will strike for Ukraine simultaneously with China attacking Taiwan, and maybe North Korea thrown in for good measure.

All is great!

Everything is wonderful, both domestically and internationally.

Smile and wave.

My confidence level is very high that everything will work out great. I know that my motivation is at an all time high looking at the sunny future we have made for ourselves.

As long as China doesn't launch any cyber or biological attacks on us, we'll be OK.

Too late, China has already launched a successful biological attack. It has shut down our economy for the last year which lead to changes in our government. But as Oddball so eloquently puts it, All is great! Smile and wave.

I forgot to add a winking smile on my post.

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If any of those do come to pass, you can bet their ally Iran will have its proxies attack Israel with a huge barrage of rockets as well.

USAFp for the win, AND their attack wasn't just against us, but was against the world. They purposefully allowed their citizens to jump on jets and fly around the globe at the same time China was locking things down internally due to the Wuhan virus.

My friend Oddball … I want to smoke the same as you…. (smile)

Armand

Oddball +1 …

If you need to order any models from the Ukraine, better do it yesterday…

Oddball +2 and kudos to the writer of the article.

We won't go to war against Russia, because the US military is to worried about being Woke.

We won't go to war against Russia, because the US military is to worried about being Woke.

I essentially agree with your sentiment but would phrase it differently. The US military is having "wokeness" shoved down their throats by the leadership at the very top. Those who don't comply will be purged. The evil which is "wokeness" is also being forced on employees in corporate America. As far as Russia goes, they are the perfect target of the woke. Let's face it, most Russians are white. And they have a very common sense leader in Putin who certainly doesn't put up with the idiocy of political correctness.

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Wokeness is definitely being forced on employees.

In my workplace we are now required to say a little prayer to Aboriginal Australians called "welcome to country" at the start of every meeting.

We've had to attend antidiscrimination training where I learned such "enlightened facts" such as sending a document only in PDF or Word is discrimination against those who may not use that software.

There's more of this stuff everywhere each and every day. It's madness.

You occasionally have to do a 30 second 'Welcome to Country' to honour the traditional owners of the land??

Why would you want to honor the "traditional owners" of the land? What a horribly stupid idea which serves no purpose other than help divide a society between us and them.

Anyway mate, all of human history is stronger tribes expanding and pushing out weaker tribes. At its most basic level it's just Darwinism, survival of the fittest, so don't take it so personally.

Wokeness is definitely being forced on employees.

It is being put into US Military training from the academies to troops levels. They need to be training for combat … not a moronic left wing PC, SJW, Critical Race Theory, etc., crap …

Sorry mate, I think you're having a bit of a lend here. I get a feeling that's not the full context or intention of what was said.

That was actually the electronic discrimination component of the lecture. Rest was usual how not to be racist. <insert group> phobic etc

Why would you want to honor the "traditional owners" of the land? What a horribly stupid idea which serves no purpose other than help divide a society between us and them.

Nail hit on the head.

We literally have to thank the indigenous for allowing us to be on their land.

The whole "Welcome to Country" prayer we have to utter before each meeting:

'I would like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet today, and pay my respects to their Elders past and present. I extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.'

At best it's a prayer to the Aborigines and at worst it's literally bending the knee or passing beneath the yoke.

I have no idea why this is being forced on us as secular public sector employees who are meant to represent all Australians and not favour one group.

It's just another way of splitting society apart. Our enemies must be overjoyed at all the self inflicted injuries we inflict on ourselves.

It's hilarious how whenever Americans promote creating an active dialogue with Russia, they still maintain that coercive actions need to be taken against Russia.

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Somehow the Americans think the Russians are stupid – that the Russians will embrace Americans whilst the Americans stab them in the back and undermine them.

Literally every article I've read that promotes expanded dialogue with Russians goes along like this:

1. American hostile approach to dealing with Russia has failed and Russia keeps being a bad boy.

2. America needs to enter a dialogue with Russia to reduce tensions and make Russia act like a good boy.

3. However as it's all Russia's fault and Russians are bad, the Americans need to maintain hostile/coercive action.

And then the stupidest possible takeaway: that by chatting with the Russians, they will stop engaging in "bad" behaviour.

What's fascinating is that Americans offer no carrot in their approach. What benefit do the Russians get out of dialogue with the Americans and then relinquishing their national interest and allow the Americans to keep up sanctions etc etc?!?

It's the archetypal modern "consultation" approach – "ie we consulted with you, now you do as we say and I will keep my foot on your throat if you disagree."

And it doesn't help that the Americans usually go against their word – Libya, Kosovo, Syria, North Korea (1995), anti-ballistic missile defence, NATO expansion etc.

In my opinion a more clever approach would be to make the Russians a European problem. Let the EU manage Russia and the Americans focus on China.

It's hilarious how whenever Americans promote creating an active dialogue with Russia, they still maintain that coercive actions need to be taken against Russia.

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Somehow the Americans think the Russians are stupid – that the Russians will embrace Americans whilst the Americans stab them in the back and undermine them.

Literally every article I've read that promotes expanded dialogue with Russians goes along like this:

1. American hostile approach to dealing with Russia has failed and Russia keeps being a bad boy.

2. America needs to enter a dialogue with Russia to reduce tensions and make Russia act like a good boy.

3. However as it's all Russia's fault and Russians are bad, the Americans need to maintain hostile/coercive action.

And then the stupidest possible takeaway: that by chatting with the Russians, they will stop engaging in "bad" behaviour.

What's fascinating is that Americans offer no carrot in their approach. What benefit do the Russians get out of dialogue with the Americans and then relinquishing their national interest and allow the Americans to keep up sanctions etc etc?!?

It's the archetypal modern "consultation" approach – "ie we consulted with you, now you do as we say and I will keep my foot on your throat if you disagree."

And it doesn't help that the Americans usually go against their word – Libya, Kosovo, Syria, North Korea (1995), anti-ballistic missile defence, NATO expansion etc.

In my opinion a more clever approach would be to make the Russians a European problem. Let the EU manage Russia and the Americans focus on China.