So you believe the sanctions should be lifted?
Anyhing related to the phony Trump Russia collusion yes.
So you believe the sanctions should be lifted?
No, no forget that. The sanctions have nothing to do with suspected collusion. They are aimed directly at Putin's interference in our electoral process. If you are aware of sanctions that are directly related to the bogus Trump allegations of collusion, please enlighten me because I would likewise be opposed to them.
I didn't suggest any such thing. All I stated is that Russia is in direct, egregious violation of it.
Forces could go in through eastern Europe but that would technically involve a NATO response and since Ukraine is not a part of the organization, Article 5 would not apply as you mentioned. Putin is playing poker here and betting that treaty obligations will remain static. However, if Ukraine's NATO application were to suddenly be approved, there would be an immediate obligation by all NATO members to come to Ukraine's aid. I don't see that happening since the result would be a full-scale war, at the very least on the conventional level, with an implied nuclear threat being involved. There is no doubt the sanctions are having an effect. Otherwise, Putin wouldn't react in this manner.
Don't we already have a treaty obligation to defend Ukraine's sovereignty based on the Budapest Memorandum - to which Russia was a signee and is in direct and egregious violation of?
Anyways, as MP is jumping up and down about, back on topic. What about North Korea testing rocket engines and a North Korean drone was recovered south of the DMZ?
Well, this is a more imminent threat than anything that Russia is up to. At least Putin isn't a lunatic. Fucking Kim Jong-un is out of his mind and I fear that, much like a little boy playing with his toy soldiers would do, he's got this big ol' army and a bunch of cool rockets that are just lying there doing nothing and he wants to use them. I am very fearful of a sneak attack on South Korea by this guy. Recent events show all the earmarks of such an event taking place. Because we are treaty-bound, we would be obligated to respond in kind and come to their aid militarily. A conventional war would be an absolute bloodbath but if NK used nukes it would be cataclysmic from my perspective. The dominoes would start to fall and all of the world's great powers would line up on one side or the other, the missiles would fly and the earth would be reduced to a smoldering cinder in short order. Some might say that I am overplaying my hand here and that the North Korean dictator is all bluff and bluster (I hope that is true!) but I really think that he might actually believe his own propaganda about how big and bad he is and therefore act accordingly. History has shown that you cannot deal with an irrational megalomaniac in a diplomatic fashion and I am afraid that this is what we have on our hands with Kim Jong-un.
No, no forget that. The sanctions have nothing to do with suspected collusion. They are aimed directly at Putin's interference in our electoral process.
Maybe I misunderstood. Justaman was talking about a U.S. military response and what Ukraine's approval into NATO would mean and you brought up the Budapest Memorandum and that we were already obligated to defend Ukraine's sovereignty. I took that as militarily defend given the context of what was being discussed.
...Except the last time which was a Phony Fake Show.
You still claim that no one died of gas on that day? Yes or no.
We will watch and see how he handles new chemical weapons showing up
Let me just make this clear.
My country has been at war for going on 20 years.
Everywhere they have attacked they have destroyed. And every one of those places were attacked illegally.
Meaning they posed no threat.
Its destroyed an entire region of the planet.
Caused mass immigration into Europe which is destroying there also.
Killed millions, made millions of orphans and destroyed many millions of lives.
Basically massive suffering.
And it has bankrupted our country and put us and our children into debt slavery to a private bank owned by a few mega rich familys.
Look around. Our country is becoming moe and more 3rd world each day. In many areas we already are.
And there is no end in sight.
Now they just can't leave Syria alone.
They just can't let it go.
They gotta have their war there no matter what.
No matter what. And it won't end there either.
All for what? So a few thousand people in a world of over 6 billion can get filthy rich at the expense of everybody else.
Off the blood of everybody else.
This is reality and people all over are waking up to it all , which is why the big push NOW.
They know future Euopeans, Americans and Israelis are going to put an end to this one day so they have to put the world in as much turmoil as possible as quickly as they can.
Our world is run by a few thousand elite sociopaths who care not about humanity.
They know its now or never at this point. How far are they willing to go to get their way?
... since every time this has happened before it was the US doing the gassing.
Except the last time which was a Phony Fake Show.
... probably. At least I don't think people were killed this time (by the US like before).
If they were it sure the hell wasn't Asssad who did it.. there is a lot more going on then whether or not I think that last attack was staged.
So my question for you bob. Do you want the US to go to war with Syria Russia and Iran?
...There are no chemical weapons showing up. As usual its just words from the war mongers with no evidence at all.
MP, then why are you still here? If I believed my country was guilty of all those things I sure as hell wouldn't continue to live here, let alone pay taxes. From what I understand, you have ties in South America.
If the United States was ever stupid enough to attack Israel, I'd clear the fuck out.