Russia & Ukraine

userque · Feb 26, 2022

Mercor said:
The resistance has been surprisingly effective and seems to have caught he Russians off guard
Maybe downplaying the coming battle was a cover

I'll give you that. It's possible.

Cuddles · Feb 26, 2022

ph1l said:
There are currently five NATO countries in Europe with Russian borders.
View attachment 279148

Not enough it seems.

userque · Feb 26, 2022

Cuddles said:
He was in the loop on intelligence, the signaling was not for his citizens but foreign investors about to bail from Ukraine. They've been prepping for years, there wasn't much that could've been amassed in a few weeks time given the west's ambivalence to provide weapons systems. It was a good hedge in case Putin went home.

Noted.

gwb-trading · Feb 26, 2022

gwb-trading said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1497637224883666951

Finland, Sweden brush off Moscow's warning on joining NATO
Finland and Sweden have brushed off warnings from neighboring Russia that their possible joining NATO would trigger “serious military-political consequences” from Moscow
https://abcnews.go.com/Internationa...ush-off-moscows-warning-joining-nato-83126927

Cuddles · Feb 26, 2022

https://twitter.com/x/status/1497696378461593605

userque · Feb 26, 2022

gwb-trading said:
Finland, Sweden brush off Moscow's warning on joining NATO
Finland and Sweden have brushed off warnings from neighboring Russia that their possible joining NATO would trigger “serious military-political consequences” from Moscow
https://abcnews.go.com/Internationa...ush-off-moscows-warning-joining-nato-83126927

Interesting ... after they've seen how NATO won't defend Ukraine.

Cuddles · Feb 26, 2022

userque said:
Interesting ... after they've seen how NATO won't defend Ukraine.

NATO's like car insurance, gotta join and pay your dues to reap the rewards.

userque · Feb 26, 2022

Cuddles said:
NATO's like car insurance, gotta join and pay your dues to reap the rewards.

As long as the dues aren't losing your country to Russia.

gwb-trading · Feb 26, 2022

userque said:
Interesting ... after they've seen how NATO won't defend Ukraine.

Mercor · Feb 26, 2022

Cuddles said:
NATO's like car insurance, gotta join and pay your dues to reap the rewards.

This guy could not have made that more clear

Trump has long slammed NATO allies, particularly Germany for not meeting the 2% NATO defense spending target, which only eight of 29 members currently meet. All members pledged to reach the 2% level by 2024 but not all of them currently have plans to do so.