gowlerk

Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.

Today FIFA has sniffed the air and realized that no amount of Russian money can be paid to them anyway. New announcement... Russian national football teams and club teams have been suspended from competition until further notice by global football governing body FIFA and European football governing body UEFA.

Yeah, it's a funny thing that. Tow truck operators are like lawyers. Universally disliked until you need one. They did not really have anything to fear. When you need them you need them.

You can tell right away who watches FOX news by asking them about the Canadian protests.

Yeah, I know. But they will ALL vote in the primary.

Forgotten? Not so much. Among attendees as the Conservative Political Action Conference, 59% said they would vote for Trump if the 2024 Republican primary were held today. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/27/politics/donald-trump-cpac-straw-poll-results/index.html

The level of hypocrisy, or perhaps "realpolitik" in the world reaction is starting to get to me. I keep hearing about all these sanctions, but somehow they won't cover energy or other important things. And FIFA is now saying that for Russia's World Cup qualifier matches, "Russia must play all upcoming international fixtures on neutral sites under the name “football union of Russia,” This after every nation scheduled to play them have already said that they absolutely will not. Follow the money. Then there is the fact that I have never seen a war situation that did not involve fair skinned people get this much attention.

I think they hang out at the McDonalds now. Didn't they used to play dominoes at the store?

Of course it is just a wild guess on my part. But the flip side is that if he really does feel like he is in danger he may make even worse moves in desperation. I don't like it very much when big historic events are unfolding. It's the old curse, "May you live in interesting times".

This error of an adventure is going to cost Putin his position. And possibly his life.

I seriously am in favour of Canada having a nuclear weapons program. The day will come when we need to deter the southern aggressor. In the meantime I think that Biden should issue a statement encouraging the Russian military to overthrow the madman in the Kremlin. It would make him wild.

Yeah, rationing. Like stopping frivolous fuel wasting activities like skydiving. Sailboats okay.

I know Jerry. That is how many served in total. I stopped looking before I found the peak number.

It is reported to be 190,000 troops. 2.7 million Americans served in Vietnam. Your view of history is distorted. 160,000 Americans were overseas at the peak of the invasion of Iraq. But what I am asking is not about the taking of Ukraine, but holding it.

Don't forget the titular leader of the movement. There is a lot of support in the Christian conservative movement for Vlad, defender of the faith and oppressor of all things wrong in society.

It seems to me that the 190,000 troops that Putin is reported to have thrown into this adventure is not even close to enough to effectively control an area the size of Ukraine. What do the military experienced people here think?

That's funny. You will of course be the invaders when the time comes for Canada. Manifest destiny and all.

Since the US conservative position on this is running solidly in favour of Putin I don't see where you get the nerve to attack the left over this. I am just reading that Russian banks are having a run on deposits and that their central bank is issuing calming statements that everyone knows is bullshit. That will turn public opinion in Russia quickly, even with strict media control.

I would agree. They are not natural allies, they are rivals who currently have reasons to do business with each other.

Congratulations. And here's hoping world events don't interfere.

That has been the custom here. That is merely because minority parties, (chiefly the NDP) think that aligning so closely with the Liberals will result in the electorate punishing them next time around. They stubbornly stick to the dream of forming a left wing government some day. But our system certainly allows for deals that include cabinet participation from multiple parties.

Well.....making peace or some semblance of it with Iran would reduce dependency on Russian energy. Sigh.....so many compromises.

There is NATO to consider. If a NATO member is attacked, or even threatened Kaliningrad would be the first logical target for the west. That would be hard to defend.

That remains to be seen. I am not convinced that a year from now there will be significant resistance. On one level I hope there is. But at the same time I fear the brutality of the repression it will bring. It's not like Russia has not ruled over Ukraine before, they may just find a way to cope.