Russian President Putin's surprise announcement that Russia would recognize two breakaway republics in eastern Ukraine as independent has left the Biden Administration and NATO - as well as the EU - at a loss for how to respond.
This is not a game. As this crisis has been unfolding in Ukraine, I have been seeing people all over the Internet cheer for either side like they would cheer for their favorite football teams.
Ukraine -- Kiev "armed forces are ready for the forcible takeover of Donbass (by) implement(ing) (a Biden regime) plan for invading the territory of our republic."
While some wars may be necessary and unavoidable, a war pitting Russia against Ukraine--and potentially involving the United States--doesn't make the cut.
Overnight both the Ukrainian and pro-Russian separatist sides in Donbas have reported intensified shelling, leading to the military heads of both the Lugansk and Donetsk regions to declare a "general mobilization" on Saturday, urging all military age
• https://www.lewrockwell.com,By Patrick J. Buchanan
When NBC's Lester Holt asked President Joe Biden what might prompt him to send U.S. troops to rescue Americans fleeing Ukraine, Biden replied: "There's not. That's a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another."
• https://consortiumnews.com, By Caitlin Johnstone
The Ukraine invasion that never arrives is showing us once again that when it comes to Russia you really can just completely ignore all the so-called experts in the mainstream media.
Apparently undeterred after being flat out wrong on every other recent "imminent" Russian invasion of Ukraine prediction, President Joe Biden on Thursday has issued yet another timeline specific statement regarding the "when" of a Russian offensive.
After weeks of breathlessly assuring us that Russia was about to attack Ukraine, Russian troops and military equipment are returning to their bases after exercises in Belarus and elsewhere. As they said they would do.
Global markets rallied Tuesday on the early morning announcement from Russia's defense ministry that it had begun drawing down some military units from near the border with Ukraine.
As we detailed earlier, during the Monday evening speech by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy - which was intended to calm fears of the West's predicted "imminent" Russian invasion - he made a passing reference to "February 16" being the "day of t
• https://www.paulcraigroberts.orgPaul Craig Roberts
As I have warned for some time, sooner or later the Kremlin will lose its patience with Washington and its European puppet states. Signs of this are now appearing.
• https://www.paulcraigroberts.orgPaul Craig Roberts
Update: "The Chairman of the State Duma said that the issue of official recognition by Russia of the Donbass republics will be considered on Feb 14." I fear the Russians have waited too long. They should have done this years ago.
As I have watched how the U.S. national-security establishment has set up its latest crisis, this one in Ukraine, I couldn't help but be reminded of how it set up a similar crisis in Afghanistan in 1979.
Amid escalating tensions between US/NATO and Russia, all eyes are on Ukraine, but Nord Stream 2, a pipeline built to bring Russian gas under the Baltic Sea directly to Germany, is an integral part of the story.
Despite for much of last week seeking to downplay Washington's rhetoric of an "imminent" Russian invasion, given the panic it unleashed among the Ukrainian population...
It's "shoe time"! The obvious pun on "show time" stems from the UN Security Council debate on the crisis in Ukraine held yesterday. We did not get to see a Russian leader banging his shoe on the desk, but we did get to see:
SNL mocks Joe Biden's attempts to combat Russia's disinformation campaign over Ukraine in cold open which suggests a high schooler would have more success
With the crisis over Ukraine getting bigger by the day, this would be a good time for the American people to engage in some serious introspection, especially given the recent withdrawal of U.S. forces from their forever deadly and destructive war in
Deescalation appears to be accelerating over the Ukraine crisis given a number of rapid developments which have seen lead NATO countries break from the more bellicose and threatening tone of the United States and UK.
Ukaine -- Hegemon USA-controlled Ukrainian forces continues to mobilize large numbers of troops, heavy weapons and equipment menacingly along the border with Donbass.
In my last post (Too Many Women In The Wrong Places), I mentioned how our elites continue to court disaster by ignoring the reality of human differences.
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