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You cannot trust this man, Putin will never quit or admit defeat. The only option is a complete victory and total destruction of their military/mercs making them impossible to continue this war.
Putin knows he is screwed but doesn’t want to lose Crimea >

If he loses Crimea and its ports, Putin is dead meat. Losing 8 years worth of colonization will be what tips the scale internally. He will be replaced with another hardliner beholden to the Russian mafia state and business as usual will resume to the best of their abilities. >

That is what many of us don't realize -- putin will not be replaced by a peaceful democracy. We are also fighting the next few totalitarian dictators to come after him right now.  All of Russia needs to learn to keep their pathetic shit within their own borders moving forward. >

The goal isn't to make peace, it's to send a message. "You are not welcome here." The Russians cannot be taught acceptance, but they can be taught fear. In the past, they only feared the US. Now they will fear Ukraine. >

I would say that as, the goal is to find a peace that lasts and doesn't lead to another invasion within a few years. >

Honestly, from what I'm seeing the best way for peace is to simply be way to fucking dangerous to attack. 
Ukraine will recover from this way faster than Russia, and their military will have a huge springboard in advancement. They're already talking about pushing to be a major drone weapons manufacturer. >

Ukraine should recover well and have great economic cooperation with the west, but I don't see any serious war reparations on the horizon. >

I don't either. I suspect very long term Russia will be forced to pay back some in tarriffs and as part of trade fees etc. I know Germany paid some of its reparations off over time with border crossing fees or something ( I might be wrong on the details there. ), but there are ways to collect, but it won't be voluntary or anything appropriate. 
But Russia just shit the bed doing this, no ones going to want hardly anything to do with them. They've turned themselves into a major pariah, and that will cost them gravely for generations more than anything ever could. They're going to have to learn to basically do everything themselves for the most part from here on. 
Maybe the citizens of Russia might find the courage to choose another destiny for themselves, who knows. >

A lot of western corporate money will go to a more stable Ukraine, once it is rebuilt and fortified its borders,  rather than risk this craziness that Russia is intent on causing. >

Honestly I don't even expect Russia to end it's warmongering. If it pulls everything out of all of Ukraine, and out of Belarus, they're going to turn it on someone else. 
I think the people of Kazakhstan should really take a deep look at their national defenses, and start making sure everything is in good running shape. >

Putin doesn’t negotiate, he stalls.
‘“Our goal is not to spin the flywheel of military conflict, but, on the contrary, to end this war," Putin said’.  Lol.  Then go home. >

Putin be stalin >

Stalin had successful plans though. >

Stalin and his buddies were also drunk off their asses every night til like 3 am. It's honestly surprising no one hit the big red button... >

Pre-internet world mate. Communication was verbal, written or on a wired phone.
The glory days of world leaders when you actually had down time and could get off your face. >

"OK, I'm going to need you to get all the way off my face."
"Alrighty then" >

"Wowowowow....
...wow." >

Super easy, barely an inconvenience >

Your drunk mates at 3am are tight >

Sure, he wants peace. Piece of Crimea, piece of Kyiv, piece on the Donbas… >

Piece of Moldova too. >

Piece of Finland also >

Piece of Georgia also >

If only Putin knew someone who could order the Russian troops to go home. >

I think the problem is that he wants it to end on terms that no one else accepts. Something like… we keep all the land, Ukraine destroys all weapons and yeah, we pick their governments for 40 years. >

Yeah he’s gonna try and legitimize his illegal annexations with some silly one sided deal, then say “woe is me, no one wants peace!” >

And there is a weird segment of people out there that eat it up. In their minds the war started because NATO threatened the Russian border. I feel weird whenever I interact with one of those types. Like I’m talking with someone that has an alien parasite directing their thoughts. >

You can tell them that NATO has been at Russia’s border from the beginning. Norway was a founding member and has a ~200km land border with Russia. >

Unfortunately, arguing with a moron doesn't get you anywhere. >

"Never Wrestle with a Pig. You Both Get Dirty and the Pig Likes It" >

Chess with pigeon. They're just gonna strut all over the board knocking over all the pieces and act like they won anyway. >

argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. >

That's why people need to argue with lots of idiots. It's good practice. And when you see how they play you can play them at their own games, be dismissive, derisive, belligerent and make bad faith arguments. Bad faith arguments don't deserve good faith responses. >


Putin made the comments, likely to be met with scepticism by Ukraine and its allies, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the White House and promised him continued and unwavering U.S. support. >

The standing ovations of nearly unified congress must have sent the shivers down Putin's spine. That is a very strong indication of the might that his army will be facing. Not sure that there is any reason that will prevail... >


standing ovations of nearly unified congress

Everyone stood except Putin’s employees. >

Yep, Boebert and Gaetz. Two intellectually challenged lumps of shit that together have zero courage or integrity.   They don’t even deserve to be in the same room as Zelenski. >

Gaetz is that pedophile right? >

yeah, and boebert is the one who married a sex offender >

There are also rumors out there that she was a former escort who had at least one abortion.  I don't care enough about her to dig into if any of that is true though.
To be fair, any number of claims against just about any member of congress can probably be found on the internet and most of them are probably false.  I'm pretty certain the one about Mitch McConnell's grandfather being a tortoise is true though - some things you just can't hide.  
*Edit:  I'm not saying I'm personally against escorts or abortion, I'm just stating that these rumors exist which, if true, show that she's a liar and a hypocrite. >

I am in constant shock that someone voted for her. I am not a US citizen, but hearing her speak it baffles the mind why someone might think she is a good candidate to make laws. Same goes for that lady from Georgia. >

Marjorie Trailer Park Queen >

That's just not fair to trailer parks >

Then turn around and go home. >

So easy yet they pretend it's impossible >

It is for putin.  How you going to face your whole country after getting your ass kicked and losing over 100k men for nothing?  At best they revolt to kick him out, at worst they attempt assassinations.  Putin won't let that happen. >

Just lie and say you won? 🤷‍♀️ >

That’s what I don’t get. He has complete control of the media. He can easily spin zone it and just say some bullshit like it was a training exercise or something. The fake news media is saying we lost. Like how many of those people gonna travel to Ukraine to see it isn’t? >

"We never set out to conquer Ukraine.  We said from the start that we were there to take down the Nazi element that had taken root there.  The Ukrainian government was slow to act, and Nazism poses a serious threat to our Motherland.  We have accomplished what we set out to do, and the Nazis in Ukraine have been destroyed.  It is now time to bring our troops back home, but rest assured... we will always take decisive action against Nazis wherever they may reside." >

Some pretty grade A bullshit right there man bravo. With so much evidence to refute that claim, it would be hard to spin but i think entirely possible. You could find some success as a propagandist lol >

Fun fact that with russians at this point you don’t really need evidence. This sounds more convincing then most things russian propaganda speaks to russians since the beginning of the year. It is a very much real option for them. The only tough part is Crimea here - absence of that will be hard to explain but not impossible I think >

That's not a quality unique to the Russian populace. A substantial portion of Americans don't require evidence when being told what to believe. >

After losing all that money and troops, makes sense >

He doesn't care about that at all, especially troops. He said he's willing to sacrifice 500,000 Russians for the war. >

Many of you will die, comrades, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make. >

"You see, killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them until they reached their limit and shut down." >

"Kif, show them the medal I won." >

"Ugh" >

"Have the boy lay out my formal shorts"
"The boy, sir?"
"You! You lay out my formal shorts!" >

"Nothing remains now but for the Captain to go down with the ship."
"Why, that’s surprisingly noble of you, Sir."
"No. It’s noble of you, Kif. As of now, you’re in command." >

Soooo doooo >

Oh man Is that an obscure sunny quote? Lol >

I can’t believe I just watched this episode for the first time yesterday >

I've been rewatching it myself, and I highly recommend their podcast on youtube. They go through the episodes and rewatch the episodes. I've been following them along and having a blast >

Danny finally joined them on the most recent episode!  I really hope he comes back, so many new stories and great energy.  Plus, obviously didn’t even scratch the surface of everything Danny. >

Go ahead, Putin, nobody is stopping you.  You can end this right now. >

You have to say it in a nice and calm manner, in your normal tone of voice. Also, while holding a revolver up to his forehead. >

“Zelensky made fatal mistake by visiting US Russia says.” Literally the title of another post below this one in r/worldnews 🤔 >

He's gonna stop attacking Ukraine and attack America >

Lol Maybe they can get a tugboat to bring their "carrier" closer to our coast. >

It's on fire, so... Probably not. >

Tug it to ramming speed, maybe? >

That’s what my boyfriend calls a Saturday night >

It's easy. Stop fighting, go home and let the diplomats argue about paying the cost of rebuilding >

The world: Pay for the cost of rebuilding
Russia: No
Well that was productive >

Russia: We want peace and an end to sanctions
Nato: Return to your 2013 borders
Russia: No
Ukraine: Fires 100,000 more rockets
Russia: NO FAIR RUSSOPHOBIA >

End? He spelled "win" wrong.  
If he wanted it to end, he could make that happen literally at any time. >

Well we all know if he says something, he means the opposite. In fact he is preparing a new offence. Maybe if this fails he tries with negotiations. >

Generally when your large offensive fails you don’t then go to the negotiating table. 
You want your offensive to be a success then bring your enemy to the negotiating table leaving you in a position of strength over them. >

Putin is like one of these AIs in Civ V that you destroyed early on and is just an irrelevant waste of space but every once in a while throws a horseman and a composite bowman at you, just to keep things going. So embarrassing.
It’s like you lost bro. Go home. >

I love it when the AI pulls a Putin. They throw everything at me, lose, and up with their armies decimated and mine stronger than before the conflict, then offer peace terms that favor them. Get bent. >

Did he actually say it was a war? >

He calls it a "war" when he talks about the role of the West.
He calls it a "special military operation", when it's about Russian role. >

Remember, bombing hospitals, schools, and the power grid is a special military operation. Setting up a patriot missile battery to protect a city is war. #HowToSpeakRuZZian. >

Is this just a daily report now? "Putin says he wants to win the war so the war can be over" like yeah reuters... that's kinda how most wars work. >

I'd like to propose a four-point peace plan, for Mr. Putin's consideration.
1.Get.
2. The.
3. Fuck.
4. Out >

I like to add 4 more points for your peace plan
5.and 6.never 7.come 8.back >

I know this plan is getting a little long but I also got 4 points to add

and 10. go 11. fuck 12. yourself >

Gonna have to add four more points as a final addendum. 
And. Pay. Me (Zelensky, reparations). Bitch. >

This should be taught at schools: "Never trust anything coming from the Russian officials." >

This is already taught in schools that have history classes, lol. >

Good news for him, the quickest and easiest path out is simply leave Ukraine (including Crimea). Easy peasy. >

What, I thought peace was not an option since Zelenskyy spoke to congress?  Make up your mind Vlad, it’s hard to follow all your stories! >

Ha! I read the peace is not an option right before I read this one. >

Do you think they realize they can go back to Russia any time? No one is stopping them. Yet. >

What Putin is really saying is:  oh f-ck!.. how am I going to get out of this without looking like a loser and end up falling out of some window at a moscow highrise...