Posted on 01/16/2022 7:30:50 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the United States was in a “new cold war” with Russia.
Discussing Russia gathering troops on its border with Ukraine, McCaul said, “I’m seeing tough rhetoric but not a lot of action. I talked to Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman prior to her negotiations that. You know, you have to put things on the table, like sanctions. You have to talk about more arms sales, weapon sales to Ukraine, and this Nord Stream.”
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Wendy Sherman is in charge.
She has Putin shaking in his boots….
( these failed morans that the democrats keep recycling into “policy making” never never ever go away. Eventually one of them will turn a Cold War into a hot mess)
Nope.
If Europe wants to do something about it, be our guest.
Ukraine was the most corrupt country I’ve ever tried to do business with (until I gave up) and I doubt things have changed.
Thinking they are going to buy our arms is nuts. How about we try to sell arms to the NATO countries that border Ukraine.
What is Russia’s supposed beef with Ukraine that might prompt an altercation? The mere possibility they might join NATO, which doesn’t even appear imminent?
“The mere possibility they might join NATO”
To Russia, there is nothing “mere” about that.
To Russia, this would be like Mexico joining a CCP alliance, and having Chinese troops, tanks and missiles arrayed along the border.
All this is is putting the pea under the Russia cup. The pea is under the CHINA cup. That is where we should be mounting some kind of proactive foreign policy.
I don't think we should intervene. But I do sympathize with Ukraine.
They suffered a Communist Holocaust in the 1930s (7 to 10 million killed) that was easily as devastating as the Nazi Holocaust (which also impacted Ukraine). They also shed a lot of blood during the 1917-22 Russian Civil War.
Ukraine suffered immensely in the first half of the 20th Century. Perhaps more per capita than any other European nation.
I don't think we should intervene. But I wish them well, and hope they enjoy a peaceful future.
Thinking they are going to buy our arms is nuts. .............. Don’t they have their own arms industry? They can always rely on their western neighbors to purchase weapons, they’ll get th4em quicker, i.e. Poland, Germany and CR? They still have an abundant supply of USSR cold war small arms left overs.
Thanks TM, for correcting my poor choice of words there. I think I understand the threat represented there, but how real is it? My understanding is NATO membership for Ukraine is barely even on the drawing board. Maybe the Biden’s (and other US politicians) want to defend their secret business interests there, but I don’t think too many others do, especially in the EU. But maybe I’m just not up to speed.
“Our economy sucks, our nation is crumbling, and our people might re-elect the Orange Man.” “Give us war!” - The Deep State
Who have we not offended in the past year? Our government is working against our country.
Ukraine is run by Oligarchs. The elected are puppets of those Oligarchs.
Putin knows this and his Oligarchs want a piece of the acton, while the Ukranian Oligarchs want NATO protection from the Russian Oligarchs.
It sucks for the Ukranian people, but F-them all. Not our Circus. We have our own Oligarchs to deal with.
If they all want to fly to Mexico and walk across our Border, there is still that option for them.
Ukraine stands out for having reserves of and ability for the extraction of manganese, iron, and non-metallic raw material. They also have a lot of natural gas and shale oil reserves, and the largest titanium reserve in Europe.
“GOP Rep. McCaul: We Are in a New Cold War with Russia”
Someone needs to tell Russia that. All I see is Russia looking out for their interests in their backyard (and ready to respond appropriately to countries that mess around there).
Ukrainian people are very intelligent, but their industry is corrupt to the core.
If you have slaves to the state, you can build stuff. “freedom” makes building stuff harder. If it takes payoff’s and kickbacks to build stuff, you go elsewhere to build stuff.
“Thanks TM, for correcting my poor choice of words there. I think I understand the threat represented there, but how real is it? My understanding is NATO membership for Ukraine is barely even on the drawing board.”
Russia broke off talks with us because we wouldn’t promise to keep Ukraine out of NATO...so there’s probably a lot more going on there than meets the eye - otherwise, we would have agreed to it.
Seems like we’re trying to have it both ways, work on getting Ukraine into NATO while denying it the same time - and Russia called us out.
Thanks for your frank assessment. So if I understand it from your somewhat apparent business perspective, the roots of this are roughly a mafia war, already being waged. That’s sort of been my thought, as well. I thought the recent mass hacking of the Ukraine banks might be an example of that.
If that’s the case, the Russian troops may just be a show of force, to tighten the screws, and help Russia move in behind the scenes. If Russia is thwarted behind the scenes, is where it would get dangerous. Mass hacking can also happen just before actual invasion, as well.
Even hinting or whispering about Ukraine joining Nato is seen by Russia as a deadly red line.
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