Russia Surrounded

[Mr. Tea]

Sounds about right.

Yeah - for a pinko liberal tree-hugger like Bolton!

 

[luka]

since we're doing predictions, i think it's going to turn out to be a real disaster, a huge bombardment of the cities by the russians, followed by a long and grinding ukranian insurgency with a load of backing from the west. crimes on all sides, all the dirt of war, lots of suffering russians and ukranians, a lot of refugees in neighboring countries, and it's going to go on for years.

this is based on knowing basically nothing about any of this

Russia invaded Ukraine by land, air and sea on Thursday, but for years now the Central Intelligence Agency has been preparing for such a moment, not only with prescient intelligence gathering and analysis but also by preparing Ukrainians to mount an insurgency against a Russian occupation.

A news story last month revealed that the agency has been training Ukrainian special forces and intelligence officers at a secret facility in the U.S. since 2015. Some U.S. officials have played down the report by claiming that the CIA is simply training the Ukrainians in intelligence collection. Others say the program has another secret purpose, which I believe: preparing Ukrainians for an insurgency in the event of a Russian occupation.

 

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[luka]

thats hilarious

 

[version]

The full headline isn't quite as sensational, but that's a genuine tweet.

 

[Mr. Tea]

The full headline isn't quite as sensational, but that's a genuine tweet.

Spoiler: it's mainly one Russian, in particular.

 

[Mr. Tea]

In related Shropshire news:

Burton landlady bars Vladimir Putin from her pub

Sam Rice says her punters would 'wreck' the Russian president if he tried to come in for a pint

www.staffordshire-live.co.uk

A Burton landlady has barred Russian president Vladimir Putin from her pub.

Sam Rice, who runs the Loaf and Cheese, says Mr Putin is not welcome in her Waterloo Street boozer as he continues to spearhead an invasion of the Ukraine.

She says her customers are disgusted at Russia's actions - so much so that they would "wreck" Mr Putin if he ever tried to come in for a pint.

She said: "What he is doing is just wrong. It is all my customers are talking about at the moment.

 

[Clinamenic]

In related Shropshire news:

Burton landlady bars Vladimir Putin from her pub

Sam Rice says her punters would 'wreck' the Russian president if he tried to come in for a pint

www.staffordshire-live.co.uk

Witness the power of the western economic alliance.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Witness the power of the western economic alliance.

It's arguably at least as effective as all the sanctions imposed by the Westminster government so far, to be fair.

 

[Clinamenic]

It's arguably at least as effective as all the sanctions imposed by the Westminster government so far, to be fair.

Really, Putin just needs to be kicked out of Lad's Whatsapp.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Really, Putin just needs to be kicked out of Lad's Whatsapp.

The Vlad's Whatsapp.

 

[...]

Witness the power of the western economic alliance.

It's a special economic operation

 

[Clinamenic]

It's a special economic operation

I was waiting to deploy a "special ____ operation" joke somewhere but you beat me to it.

 

[Mr. Tea]

It's an SBB - Strategic Boozer Blockade.

 

[...]

Olga Skabeeva

 

[hmg]

Possible Outcomes of the Russo-Ukrainian War and China’s Choice​

Possible Outcomes of the Russo-Ukrainian War and China’s Choice - U.S.-China Perception Monitor

Hu Wei is the vice-chairman of the Public Policy Research Center of the Counselor's Office of the State Council.

uscnpm.org

Argues that China should not support putin, that western hegemony is now so strong because of putins fatal error that it risks everything by falling on the wrong side of world opinion.

 

[luka]

On the other hand it's a bit weird to side with the nation that keeps saying its entire war stance is directed at you its number one enemy that it wants to kill and dismember

 

[hmg]

On the other hand it's a bit weird to side with the nation that keeps saying its entire war stance is directed at you its number one enemy that it wants to kill and dismember

There's a tension in this conjecture that I am not able to resolve. Which nation's war stance? Russia against China? USA against China or vice versa?

 

[Mr. Tea]

There's a tension in this conjecture that I am not able to resolve. Which nation's war stance? Russia against China? USA against China or vice versa?

You're forgetting that @luka is basically just keen on killing and dismemberment in general.

 

[luka]

Not sure what tea is on about, the ravings of a deranged mind. I mean the USA has explicitly geared their war machine towards conflict with China