TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
It has been predicted that the brief will hit the Trump defense team like a bomb.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/jack-smith-is-still-targeting-donald-trump/58308/
Good morning Resisters. Windy with rain clouds. I guess we don't have to wait for the hurricane for rain.
Goodnight. I made it home at dusk and finally got the groceries put away
The very real threat Trump poses
https://steady.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-he-poses
Why Don-old does not have a prayer of winning. He does not understand how Americans feel about Russia. How deep the feelings go.
https://open.substack.com/pub/twogrumpyoldmenonukraine/p/ukraine-is-dead-gone-donald-trump?r=70k1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
🛢️🤔 Russia has been delivering crude oil directly to European ports for several weeks. This is shown by analyses of GPS data. This violates current EU sanctions, - FAZ
Tankers carrying Russian oil have been heading directly to ports in the EU for several weeks. This was the result of research by Greenpeace, which documented the program "Report Mainz".
This violates current EU sanctions. Russian crude oil transports by ship to the EU have been banned since March 2023. The transports mainly involved ships from Greek shipping companies, some of whose ships are classified as part of the so-called Russian "shadow fleet". These are tankers suspected of helping Russia to circumvent sanctions.
Polish FM to Russian Ambassador to UN: How does what you are doing to kidnapped Ukrainian children, differ from what German Nazis did to your children and ours? When will you return the remaining thousands of stolen children to Ukraine? This is Russia's shame, that will not be forgiven or forgotten!
🪐 Subscribe to Live: Ukraine
Trump says he will be working at McDonald's soon
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/donald-trumps-mcdonalds-meltdown-just-came-full-circle/58306/
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So how do we respond to this doctrine? It’s becoming increasingly difficult for Putin to say these things and not finally act upon them. This is quite a tight red line.
If we ignore it and Ukraine uses missiles from the west inside Russia after this blatant attempt to blackmail us out of doing so, what does he do? If he doesn’t react that’s the end of the line for his red line policies. If he does - well that’s a whole can of worms and you know where that might go.
Have no doubt this policy change is 100% for our benefit, it’s aimed right at us and it’s very specific. It’s possibly the most blatant and precise of the redlines Russia has laid down.
We know where they stand and the only question is do we believe them?
I suspect Biden and Sullivan will
not be willing to risk it. If they won’t nether will the UK or France be able to use their missiles. On this, Putin wins.
His ability to unilaterally change the rules is quite remarkable. Can you imagine the US saying that if a nuclear power used a non-nuclear states missiles on Ukraine that would initiate a nuclear response? Yet that’s what Russia is already doing.
So it seems this is a red line that actually might work. Yet you have to wonder what happens if we ignore it and he does nothing? The credibility of nuclear weapons other than as a last resort is all that’s left - and that is where they should be.
Personally he puts his power on the line. A strongman cannot be seen to be weak and many already think he’s not been strong enough. We must be careful what we wish for.
‘The Analyst’ MilStratOnX
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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