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Post by pjaye on Feb 24, 2022 3:15:41 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 24, 2022 3:16:46 GMT
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Post by pjaye on Feb 24, 2022 3:24:38 GMT
His speech is here www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3pYbzFrnQUif anyone speaks Russian...but no subtitles. I expect one of the English speaking countries will have a subtitled version up soon. I honestly thought the days of Russia invading other countries were over. They've been interviewing people from the Ukraine on our news the last few days and they are all likening him to Hitler. The world is just starting to pull itself out of the covid nightmare this is the last thing we need, more senseless deaths. Americans can be very grateful that Trump is out - or you'd be on the wrong side of this, helping Putin instead of opposing him.
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Post by fiddlesticks on Feb 24, 2022 3:26:14 GMT
We were talking about this potential today and told our 13 DD, you might be seeing the beginning of WW 3. I hope we are wrong.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 24, 2022 3:27:20 GMT
Too true. Trump has blood on his hands though... As do his cohorts!
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Post by aj2hall on Feb 24, 2022 3:28:37 GMT
Yes, Trump would have opened the door for Putin and enabled him. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/23/russia-ukraine-updates/Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the Kremlin had decided to carry out a “special military operation” in Ukraine. “The situation requires us to take decisive, swift action,” he said in an early morning speech, adding that Moscow would carry out the “demilitarization and denazification” of Ukraine and end eight years of war in eastern Ukraine, where Kyiv government forces have been fighting pro-Moscow separatist militants.
Explosions could be heard in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and Kharkiv, in the country’s northeast. Putin told Ukrainians to give up their weapons and to return home.
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Post by mom on Feb 24, 2022 3:28:45 GMT
We were talking about this potential today and told our 13 DD, you might be seeing the beginning of WW 3. I hope we are wrong. I think if we do not have a very strong response, it will be. China is watching to see what happens to Russia.
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Post by naby64 on Feb 24, 2022 3:29:08 GMT
Shit...and my YDS is Navy. Hopefully his orders have him on shore duty now.
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Post by lucyg on Feb 24, 2022 3:29:26 GMT
Heartbreaking and pointless. WHY?!?!
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Feb 24, 2022 3:30:36 GMT
I have heard US officials say that our soldiers won't be fighting against Russians. I understand the reasons why they are saying this, because they don't want to escalate things. I also know that can change depending on Russia's actions. But I am also hearing leaders saying that the world will respond to Putin's actions. So, what does that mean? Are other European countries going to be sending soldiers? NATO?
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Post by aj2hall on Feb 24, 2022 3:31:46 GMT
Heartbreaking and pointless. WHY?!?! To expand his empire. And because he thinks the UK or Boris is distracted with the covid parties controversy, America is distracted with our own problems, Germany has new leadership and the world is distracted with covid.
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Post by mom on Feb 24, 2022 3:32:55 GMT
I have heard US officials say that our soldiers won't be fighting against Russians. I understand the reasons why they are saying this, because they don't want to escalate things. I also know that can change depending on Russia's actions. But I am also hearing leaders saying that the world will respond to Putin's actions. So, what does that mean? Are other European countries going to be sending soldiers? NATO? It will mean sanctions. Not severe ones at first, but they can be increased as this gets worse. www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/business/sanctions-russia-ukraine/index.html
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Post by pyccku on Feb 24, 2022 3:36:59 GMT
He wants to put the USSR back together. If he’s not stopped, the baltics will be next.
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Post by pjaye on Feb 24, 2022 3:37:32 GMT
Our (admittedly useless) Prime Minister has spoken this morning, before this official declaration. Mainly about economic sanctions against Russia affecting banking/trade/travel etc. No doubt Australia will back up any military actions the USA takes.
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Post by aj2hall on Feb 24, 2022 3:39:28 GMT
I have heard US officials say that our soldiers won't be fighting against Russians. I understand the reasons why they are saying this, because they don't want to escalate things. I also know that can change depending on Russia's actions. But I am also hearing leaders saying that the world will respond to Putin's actions. So, what does that mean? Are other European countries going to be sending soldiers? NATO? NATO could www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/23/us-military-pentagon-ukraine-russia/ There’s another major step that NATO can take, however. The alliance has at its disposal a multinational unit called the NATO Response Force that numbers about 40,000 troops. NATO has never activated the force, in part because doing so requires the consent of all 30 members of the alliance. Since Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and subsequent annexation of it, NATO has taken several other steps to bolster security. They include establishing a multinational brigade in Romania, an air policing mission, and a Very High Readiness Task Force, or VJTF, that is on alert to deploy at a moment’s notice.Ukraine has a pretty significant military of their own. Obviously smaller than Russia's though. www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56720589
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2022 3:39:59 GMT
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Post by pjaye on Feb 24, 2022 3:42:36 GMT
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Post by Just T on Feb 24, 2022 3:44:57 GMT
He wants to put the USSR back together. If he’s not stopped, the baltics will be next. Yep. Putin has always made it clear that putting the USSR back together is his goal. This is scary as hell. Who is going to try to stop him? Will the world let him run roughshod over the Balkins like Hitler did in Europe?
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Post by aj2hall on Feb 24, 2022 3:46:58 GMT
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Post by mom on Feb 24, 2022 3:50:24 GMT
Shit...and my YDS is Navy. Hopefully his orders have him on shore duty now. Im worried too. DS2 is up for a deployment. Because of where he is based, China misbehaving is a bigger worry for me though.
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Post by used2scrap on Feb 24, 2022 3:53:49 GMT
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Post by naby64 on Feb 24, 2022 4:01:37 GMT
Shit...and my YDS is Navy. Hopefully his orders have him on shore duty now. Im worried too. DS2 is up for a deployment. Because of where he is based, China misbehaving is a bigger worry for me though. His ship is deploying very soon. He tells me he won't be on it. Their theater is too close for comfort. I asked if he could be pulled back on the ship and he didn't think so. So for now, I can somewhat rest easy. Best wishes for you and your son!
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Post by mom on Feb 24, 2022 4:03:47 GMT
Im worried too. DS2 is up for a deployment. Because of where he is based, China misbehaving is a bigger worry for me though. His ship is deploying very soon. He tells me he won't be on it. Their theater is too close for comfort. I asked if he could be pulled back on the ship and he didn't think so. So for now, I can somewhat rest ready. Best wishes for you and your son!Same to you!
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Post by mimima on Feb 24, 2022 4:04:16 GMT
Lord have Mercy.
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Post by sassyangel on Feb 24, 2022 4:06:05 GMT
His speech is here www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3pYbzFrnQUif anyone speaks Russian...but no subtitles. I expect one of the English speaking countries will have a subtitled version up soon. I honestly thought the days of Russia invading other countries were over. They've been interviewing people from the Ukraine on our news the last few days and they are all likening him to Hitler. The world is just starting to pull itself out of the covid nightmare this is the last thing we need, more senseless deaths. Americans can be very grateful that Trump is out - or you'd be on the wrong side of this, helping Putin instead of opposing him. They’re not wrong. The Crimea was a Hitler taking Sudetenland equivalent. He just sat on it for 8 years, because he could. This is the same playbook, justifying invasion to protect so-called resident nationals. 🙁
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Feb 24, 2022 4:07:09 GMT
Shit...and my YDS is Navy. Hopefully his orders have him on shore duty now. ugh.
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Post by sassyangel on Feb 24, 2022 4:08:14 GMT
I have heard US officials say that our soldiers won't be fighting against Russians. I understand the reasons why they are saying this, because they don't want to escalate things. I also know that can change depending on Russia's actions. But I am also hearing leaders saying that the world will respond to Putin's actions. So, what does that mean? Are other European countries going to be sending soldiers? NATO? It will mean sanctions. Not severe ones at first, but they can be increased as this gets worse. www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/business/sanctions-russia-ukraine/index.htmlEffective sanctions will hurt here too. Be prepared. 😕
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 24, 2022 4:11:11 GMT
Missiles have hit Kyiv and Odessa... Include Kharkiv in booms.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 24, 2022 4:12:52 GMT
Shit...and my YDS is Navy. Hopefully his orders have him on shore duty now. ugh. Youngest DGS is Army Ft Campbell .
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Feb 24, 2022 4:13:38 GMT
Youngest DGS is Army Ft Campbell . I hope cooler heads prevail- signed.. Veteran
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