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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.
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