Ukraine

the White House is calling this report a lie

 

@Os Trigonum
Deserves its own thread

 

Are the people who live Ukraine going to he called
RussianX ?
@Sweet Lou 4 2

 

Given Russian troop movements and buildup, it appears an invasion is imminent.

 

MJ would have stopped this

 

Search for clues about Putin's Ukraine plans turns to unlikely source: TikTok

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna13795

 

So . . .. why are we very concerned about this again?

Rocket River

 

A war is "imminent" where:

1. Democracy in Europe is being threatened by an authoritarian state
2. NATO countries are right next to a very credible potential aggressor and US signed a treaty to protect small baltic countries where a provocation is simpler to stage and can set off a nuclear stand off between US and Russia.
3. Europe will have to react to it with economic sanctions, just like they did with Crimea, thus destabilizing the world economy (concerns US) and the political stability of the region that we are tightly involved with both ideologically, militarily and economically.
4. Diplomacy with Russia breaks down. How many nuclear pariah states does world has capacity to deal with in a military standoff type of fashion before something goes haywire?

Seems pretty important. I'd venture to say huge..

 

Thank You. Needed a simple explaination

Rocket River

 

The number of days I have read war is imminent now makes me think nothing will actually happen. It’s just Russian posturing to remind Ukraine whose sphere of influence they reside in.

 

Have you done any research on Tiktok?

 

I am not allowed on there because I am too old.

 

Will Russia still send us female tennis players?

 

White Nights. Their dancers and tennis players will start defecting.

 

Just for some perspective, if the US lost a state it could lose up to 3 trillion, which is more than all of the United Kingdom. It would be devastating, but obviously not the end. Russia and China have already lost the Ukraine and Taiwan dollars, so it's not the same, but it does remind you how they look at it. While the US would not likely go to war over a state that seceded, it would be miffed. Ukraine is worth 157 Billion. Taiwan is 700 Billion. Lebron James is 1 Billion...

 

History's taught us that one already...

 

So you're saying that giving Lebron to the Russians will not be enough to keep them out of Ukraine?

 

We would have to throw in Ja Morant to keep the offer valid at this point.