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Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 21 days!)

https://twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1488180774390149126?s=20&t=T0bvpB9-9jDcMyEMcXyqIw

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1488113581363134465?s=20&t=T0bvpB9-9jDcMyEMcXyqIw

Pener Kropoopkin has issued a correction as of 18:58 on Jan 31, 2022

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Lostconfused
Oct 1, 2008


I think we all know the answer to this.

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3
Nov 15, 2003

The Communists' secret weapon: SUBSIDIES

XMNN
Apr 26, 2008
I am incredibly stupid
https://twitter.com/melissakchan/status/1488196020014096391?t=cPaNxVZFh1pN2fx3dYjk-Q&s=19

Ardennes
May 12, 2002
Funny, I thought the iPhone pushed out Nokia and Motorola…anyway luckily Apple doesn’t get any type of subsidy from the US government.

Palladium
May 8, 2012

Very Good
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china knows they are doing the right thing when the west disapproves and vice versa

30.5 Days
Nov 19, 2006
drat I wonder if any behavior on behalf of the washington post has led to people not taking the A-word seriously enough?

Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007

China isn't fascist because they don't have a racial supremacy as a core tenet of their ideology. If you want actual fascism look next door at India and the hindutva movement

Pryor on Fire
May 14, 2013

they don't know all alien abduction experiences can be explained by people thinking saving private ryan was a documentary

I swear a new china war marketing campaign just kicked off to start the week, this poo poo is suddenly everywhere
https://twitter.com/NikkeiAsia/status/1488233180217946115

I think the china team is getting jealous of all the attention the russia team is getting lately.

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

Pryor on Fire posted:

I think the china team is getting jealous of all the attention the russia team is getting lately.

Rahm Emanuel didn't move to Japan to get put on the loving junior varsity team

Grapplejack
Nov 27, 2007

Why the gently caress would Japan intervene and with what army lmao

Palladium
May 8, 2012

Very Good
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Grapplejack posted:

Why the gently caress would Japan intervene and with what army lmao

because america really believes other countries giving them lip service is realpolitik

it's like singapore where they keep mincing up some geopolitical feel-good weasel for yanks while turning up every possible lever to trade with china

Palladium has issued a correction as of 21:02 on Jan 31, 2022

mawarannahr
May 21, 2019


quote:


It is our view that the Ukrainian small business owner is the equivalent
of the peasants of years past, struggling to develop opportunities once
dominated by state control and Oligarchy. In this we see parallels and
differences to what Makhno experienced.

Thee Ukrainian Small Business Owner

Lostconfused
Oct 1, 2008

mawarannahr posted:

Thee Ukrainian Small Business Owner
Racketeering is a business.

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

normally the people calling small business owners kulaks are not doing it as a compliment

wolfs
Jul 17, 2001

posted by squid gang

Pryor on Fire posted:

I think the china team is getting jealous of all the attention the russia team is getting lately.

the Russian media push isn’t going well enough what with the Russians and the Ukrainians dismissing it to the news and news anchors just being flummoxed by the mismatch of ideas

https://twitter.com/asbmilitary/status/1488242944318578689?s=21

so Taiwan’s invasion in 3 weeks replaces Ukraine’s invasion in 2 weeks

until the midterms

then we go back to ignoring the outside world and resume the biz of legislative deadlock

Flavahbeast
Jul 21, 2001



Its a frequent subject in /r/ukraine

slave to my cravings
Mar 1, 2007

Got my mind on doritos and doritos on my mind.

wolfs posted:

the Russian media push isn’t going well enough what with the Russians and the Ukrainians dismissing it to the news and news anchors just being flummoxed by the mismatch of ideas

https://twitter.com/asbmilitary/status/1488242944318578689?s=21

so Taiwan’s invasion in 3 weeks replaces Ukraine’s invasion in 2 weeks

until the midterms

then we go back to ignoring the outside world and resume the biz of legislative deadlock

our prediction of imminent war prevented war from happening we are the good guys

Palladium
May 8, 2012

Very Good
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wolfs posted:

so Taiwan’s invasion in 3 weeks replaces Ukraine’s invasion in 2 weeks

until the midterms

then we go back to ignoring the outside world and resume the biz of legislative deadlock

and covid's over this time

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

slave to my cravings posted:

our prediction of imminent war prevented war from happening we are the good guys

in a way i feel like this was the plan from the start - stir up tensions to try and make it look like we scared the russians into backing down when they don't invade, ignoring that they never intended to launch an invasion to begin with, because after leaving afghanistan with our tails between our legs we needed to beat our chests a little so we can pretend we're still mighty and fearsome. but i think the ukrainians are screwing it up by not feeding into the hysteria and begging strong daddy usa to save them

Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



slave to my cravings posted:

our prediction of imminent war prevented war from happening we are the good guys

this is what biden is hoping to happen but he will find a way to poo poo it up

The most realistic way would be for germany to come up with a solution that both ukraine and russia are fine with. Even then they'll try to spin it as "NATO comes up with a solution" despite not playing any part in it.

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 21 days!)

Pryor on Fire posted:

I swear a new china war marketing campaign just kicked off to start the week, this poo poo is suddenly everywhere
https://twitter.com/NikkeiAsia/status/1488233180217946115

I think the china team is getting jealous of all the attention the russia team is getting lately.

this is one of the smarter invasion scares, since 5 years from now is long enough you don't have to prove anything (unlike Russian army divisions), and by the time 2027 rolls around everyone will have completely forgotten about it. Check please.

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 21 days!)

Cao Ni Ma posted:

this is what biden is hoping to happen but he will find a way to poo poo it up

The most realistic way would be for germany to come up with a solution that both ukraine and russia are fine with. Even then they'll try to spin it as "NATO comes up with a solution" despite not playing any part in it.

Biden already hosed it up by admitting we're not going to do anything more than sanctions - which means we're applying zero leverage to the situation. All we've done is dump weapons and specialists into Ukraine while whipping up an invasion frenzy. There's no meaningful deterrent being thrown up by the West whatsoever. All the reasons for Russia to not invade & occupy Ukraine are self-evident problems of practicality and long term diplomacy.

ikanreed
Sep 25, 2009

I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!

Pener Kropoopkin posted:

this is one of the smarter invasion scares, since 5 years from now is long enough you don't have to prove anything (unlike Russian army divisions), and by the time 2027 rolls around everyone will have completely forgotten about it. Check please.

Making wrong predictions is the very essence of foreign policy think tank work.

If you accidentally say something then it does, your career is over

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 21 days!)

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY
The msm will be pushing war with china and Russia while America fights a civil war.

sleep with the vicious
Apr 2, 2010

The weird push over the last few years for Nortel as some kind of aggrieved champion is so ridiculous...one of the worst managed companies of all time and a complete embarassing business failure entirely at their own hands.

Mantis42
Jul 26, 2010

Workshopping a hot take: Calling Kiev "Kyiv" is the interventionists version of Latinx.

30.5 Days
Nov 19, 2006

Mr Hootington posted:

The msm will be pushing war with china and Russia while America fights a civil war.

PROGROM PROBLEM: How General Groyper's Recent Massacre Undermines Our Footing Against China

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

remember when nokia could have been a world-conquering giant in 1998

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

Mantis42 posted:

Workshopping a hot take: Calling Kiev "Kyiv" is the interventionists version of Latinx.

mark ames pronounced it "keev", one syllable, in the latest war nerd. is that the closest to accurate or does it change depending on which language you speak?

Conspiratiorist
Nov 12, 2015

17th Separate Kryvyi Rih Tank Brigade named after Konstantin Pestushko
Look to my coming on the first light of the fifth sixth some day

Mantis42 posted:

Workshopping a hot take: Calling Kiev "Kyiv" is the interventionists version of Latinx.

That's pretty spicy but Kyiv is something actual Ukrainians campaigned for in the wake of euromaidan, unlike latineks which is 100% distilled white man virching.

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 21 days!)

Kiyev is to Kiev
as
Colour is to color

mila kunis
Jun 10, 2011

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:

Angela Merkel scribbled, "Ukraine and Georgia WILL be part of NATO" on a cocktail napkin at the 2008 Bucharest summit, thinking Putin couldn't do anything about it. In order to join NATO, a government has to control its own territory. So Putin keeps separatists in Ukraine and Georgia strong enough to keep that from happening, and supported them directly in the case of Georgia. He doesn't like doing it, really. He is notoriously sore about the broken promises to Russia that NATO would not expand eastward, and says in every interview that it was a terrible mistake not to get that promise in writing. He wants that agreement, in writing, because to him that would correct a grievous error in Russian foreign policy.

any agreement even in writing from the american empire is worthless lol, look at the iran deal

Conspiratiorist
Nov 12, 2015

17th Separate Kryvyi Rih Tank Brigade named after Konstantin Pestushko
Look to my coming on the first light of the fifth sixth some day

mila kunis posted:

any agreement even in writing from the american empire is worthless lol, look at the iran deal

Zero credibility. Not that they're any kind of reliable partners in that sense themselves, but at this juncture Russians wouldn't trust the US to hold to any signed diplomatic agreements even if they got them.

Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/31/countries-are-thinking-twice-about-hacking-an-olympics-held-china/

drat imagine that, having mutually beneficial geopolitical goals means people are less likely to try to gently caress with you.

Lostconfused
Oct 1, 2008

I assume that's the reason why Russian officials keep saying "we will only engage in diplomacy on our terms and when it benefits us"

Ardennes
May 12, 2002

Conspiratiorist posted:

That's pretty spicy but Kyiv is something actual Ukrainians campaigned for in the wake of euromaidan, unlike latineks which is 100% distilled white man virching.

It depends if someone is using mostly Ukrainian or a Russian in their daily lives, and the country is split. Basically, you can use either.

Some Guy TT
Aug 30, 2011
Probation
Can't post for 6 hours!
https://mobile.twitter.com/ClintEhrlich/status/1488257518568497156
https://mobile.twitter.com/ClintEhrlich/status/1488261254309298177
https://mobile.twitter.com/ClintEhrlich/status/1488263052738772992

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Orange Devil
Oct 1, 2010

Wullie's reign cannae smother the flames o' equality!

Conspiratiorist posted:

Zero credibility. Not that they're any kind of reliable partners in that sense themselves, but at this juncture Russians wouldn't trust the US to hold to any signed diplomatic agreements even if they got them.

Ask a Native American what a treaty with the US is worth.

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