Evidently the West and sanctions are mostly all talk and propaganda.

Sanctions which sound good on the evening news or from a White House briefing blurb seem to be mostly propaganda and have very little substance. Everything from purchasing Russian oil/no embargo on oil and gas which funds a good chuck of everything in Russia . The much touted Swift banking system which was going to really impact Russia...forget it only 7 banks out of 300 were affected.. If people were not dying it might be something less serious but people are dying who had homes and families until Russia decided it wanted their stuff and land ! Typical for all war lords and tyrants throughout history.


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No country messes with a supper power militaryly these days.

The Biden administration and all those who support and represent him behind the scenes had superior intelligence, wisdom and knowledge of what Putin was doing before the invasion.

I truly believe they could have brokered some sort of interim peace agreement to de-escalate the situation before it happened.

I thought the Biden had administration was on a higher level than Putin.

This goes beyond military might and saber rattling.

It seems like they wanted this invasion to happen.

Talk and propaganda ? Where did I see that before ?

Save and Effective ring a bell ?
Houston we have a problem

a reply to: choomsuba

Hunter Bidet needed some contacts erased.

originally posted by: 727Sky
Sanctions which sound good on the evening news or from a White House briefing blurb seem to be mostly propaganda and have very little substance. Everything from purchasing Russian oil/no embargo on oil and gas which funds a good chuck of everything in Russia . The much touted Swift banking system which was going to really impact Russia...forget it only 7 banks out of 300 were affected.

Putin is 'one of them'. Probably one of the richest individuals on the planet. He was reported to be worth some $600B a decade (or two) ago. The top dogs never hurt one another badly. It's always 'us' who suffers under them.

a reply to: 727Sky

It’s always profits first before worrying about civilian casualties


Shell defends 'difficult' decision to buy Russian oil

Multimillionaires don’t stop getting rich no matter what state the world is in

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I’m sure Putin has all the dirt on the Biden corruption in Ukraine and also on Obama when Hillary was Secretary of State.

Hillary et al had back door sweetheart deals with Putin so he was probably hesitant to release all the dirt in order to protect Obama and Hillary.

a reply to: 727Sky

Well the US killed a Ukraine citizen in cold blood and the person that did it still walks freely.(Baldwin shot Ms.Hutchins(Ukrainian) on movie set) Ms Hutchins husband is Michael Sussmans attorney in the Russiagate scandal. Russian mined Gold is still be processed and delivered back to Russia and it’s banks. Russian emigre Danchenko, who was going to be a witness against Hillary Clinton, is now said to have been sent back to Russia even tho he is out on a $100,000 bond.
And I doubt he returns to be a witness or prosecuted.
Clinton foundation opened back up last week after being closed in 2017 due to scandals and investigations.
So it seems like Biden and the Dems are trying to distract while they get rid of witnesses and evidence. Ukraine has been in a civil war the last 8 years with the Russians fighting with one side. Nothing has changed except World leaders had their media shine the light on Ukraine. And the world is sucked into the nonsense.

originally posted by: choomsuba

The Biden administration and all those who support and represent him behind the scenes had superior intelligence, wisdom and knowledge of what Putin was doing before the invasion.

I truly believe they could have brokered some sort of interim peace agreement to de-escalate the situation before it happened.

I thought the Biden had administration was on a higher level than Putin.

This goes beyond military might and saber rattling.

It seems like they wanted this invasion to happen.

Remeber Biden's description of Putin? I do.

Oh, and be patient trying to look up this comment, because it is being systematically sanatized ("memory holed") by Google". I used DuckDuckGo to find this.

Biden calls Putin a "killer" Devoid of a Soul

Biden sat down for an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, who asked: “So, you know Vladimir Putin. You think he’s a killer?” Without hesitation, the president replied, “Mmm hmm, I do.”
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The president also confirmed that, some years ago, he was alone with Putin in his office and he brought up the topic of Putin’s lack of a human soul. “I said, ‘I looked in your eyes and I don’t think you have a soul,’ and he looked back and said, ‘We understand each other.’ The most important thing of dealing with foreign leaders... is just know the other guy.”

^^^ top-notch diplomacy right there.

Putin was goaded and dared to invade, and now the extreme left of the Democrat party is getting their hike to $10 gasoline.

If you honestly don't think this is all engineered, then ask yourself if Biden believes Putin has 'no soul' and wants to crush him with sanctions, why won't he touch the Russian oil exports with sanctions, and why won't he re-enable domestic drilling and oil production to offset a Russian oil embargo?

You're being told why, delicately and subtly in the media, and by Harris: you are MEANT to pay $4/gallon + for gas. This is your "sacrifice" for the people of Ukraine!

It so happens to coincide and perfectly gel with Obama's (Joe's old boss remember? and the person some believe is running the W.H. right now) stated goal of $10/gallon gas.

President Barack Obama’s Energy secretary unwittingly created a durable GOP talking point in September 2008 when he talked to The Wall Street Journal about the benefits of having gasoline prices rise over 15 years to encourage energy efficiency.

“Somehow,” Chu said, “we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.”

Red Herring sanctions target the wrong bullseyes on purpose 😎

Old tricks work like a charm 😎

Anybody thinks Russia is "caught off guard" here is naïve. They know exactly what they're doing 🤓