putin, p.o.s. did not show up, no surprise there. It is all about imposing the harshest sanctions on him, not the current ones. We can go a lot harder on him. It is a matter of taking the decisions to do. Oil prices going down spells trouble to putin p.o.s.
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Ukraineās European allies hit Russia with new sanctions as peace talks sputter | PBS News
Sadly, I think the US is on the verge of walking away from trying to help resolve this. It will be a sad day when we do, as we will turn our back on an allies.
Thereās an internet rumor that Pope Leo might try to provide a forum for peace negotiations.
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I saw that. I wonder if Putin is afraid to attend out of fear of being hit by lightning.
Weāve got to after Putin and Russia. Enough with trying to reason with him. That wonāt work, ever. Heās the bad guy. Hopefully weāve learned our lesson, again.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drones-missiles-b34e72f0856b0f19219076463cce0414
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The EU, past potus admin told us santions would it.
No it did not because the most crippling sanctions to Russia were never put into place.
There are three possible outcome.
- Putin, p.o.s. accepts Potus demands.
- Total Russian crude oil and economical embargo. This means anyone buying crude oil from Russia is economically sanctioned including china. Yes All E.U. nations, allies and china are on notice.
- Russia capitulates. This will means putin p.o.s. is deposed.
Putin will never accept any demands (not that it seems like we are demanding anything right now). Not sure why some havenāt learned who this guy is.
You canāt negotiate or try to appease him. Itās time to get tougher on him.
And no blaming others. We need to do something now. Until we do, we are part of the problem. Heās basically spitting in our face right now with his actions after our asks.
Then you put into place an entire economical embargo with sanctions against countries dealing with him.
china canāt stay āaliveā without our market. china deals with Russia,? china is economically isoltated. How long do you think china will be dealing with Russia.
It is either put up or shut up. Facts are the so called economical santions against putin, p.o.s. have had no decisive effects. That is now crystal clear. putin, p.o.s. has no regards for human lives. The West keeps hoping he does. Learn, learn from 2022.
We need to do what it takes. At the very least, throw what we can at him. Learn from 2022-2025. The issues arenāt all in the past. They are current and mistakes continue. We are getting played.
Putin is and always was the bad guy. I donāt know why anyone thought differently.
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Oh, I can think of plenty. Starting with those that make excuses for him and continue to blame Ukraine for starting the war.
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I meant to say I donāt know why anyone thought differently. Will edit.
Some definitely did (and some still do).
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The EU (and maybe US) has taken away conditions on how far into Russia the weapons they give can be used. This could make a big difference.
They also blame US and Europe for allowing NATO to add members. Russia
needs and is entitled to its ābuffer zoneā in their Soviet era cold war thinking.
Just ridiculous.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drones-buffer-zone-c063c708733d8e67a4893f54f264a9b6
Putin continues to give us the middle finger. I guess heās played out his fake negotiations (if you want to call them that) as long as he wanted.
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Carnac the Magnificent sees a personal gift or painting in the near future.
He is absolutely playing our leadership team. There should be no disucssion of any trade deals or benefits to Russia until this ends.
Putin can stop this at any moment; he just has to leave Ukraine. Russia is the aggressor in this, in spite of the narrative some are trying to spin.
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Newsflash, cgrbkr knows what our leadership is thinking, doing and not doing. I hear he can predict all lotto numbers and what stock to invest in.
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I predict more 
in the next two weeksā¦followed by more the two weeks after that.
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