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Treasonous to speak of a former President that way.

Treasonous to make fun of Biden...the lunacy knows no boundaries. You'd like Moscow right now as they arrest all those treasonous folks protesting the war. That cartoon doesn't say Putin is a genius, it says Biden is a dope...Putin is playing chess in a chess match, Biden is playing checkers.

Posting a cartoon by Gary Varvel, an American cartoonist at the Indianapolis Star cartoonist for 24 years who was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame and won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award is posting propaganda? UFB. Time to invoke martial law, suspend the first amendment and post nothing but support for our dear leader.

It is not what he is doing now it is what he did the last 12 months leading up to this. Dude can barely eat his oatmeal and prune juice let alone be the leader of the free world.

People down voted this post but they won't defend the mushmellow in the White House and his actions.

Several Russian KA-52 Alligators Shot Down MI-8's defeat Manpad

I understand what you are saying but it doesn't matter if his math checks with us, it checks with him so he is acting. Believe it or not I've sat in a conference room at the former KGB headquarters with the head of the FSB and the FSK. The discussions were eye opening. The FSB guys were gregarious, the FSK folks looked at me with disdain and all of their inputs went back to the Cold War and the old FSU structure. The would readily admit we don't have mobile nukes in Romania, but we could with a single C-17.

Yet he just invaded and no one is doing anything other than dropping some sanctions that he doesn't care about. To stop an adversary you generally want to understand his motivations. Right or wrong, he is doing what he wants.

The world is not marching to one man's drum beat, Putin is marching to his own beat and so far no one has the stones to stand in front oh him. Doesn't matter, we allowed the discussion of Ukraine's admission to NATO to linger in an ambiguous stage for far too long. Also, we have put Strategic Defense interceptor missiles in other former FSU countries that we admitted to NATO. I am not saying his view and fears are valid, but we can't discount them through our lens.

Because you are viewing this through the lens of an American. Putin is a lunatic but his views have been shaped by a life dedicated to the Russian intelligence apparatus. When the FSU fragmented it destroyed everything he had worked for and in many ways the world as he knew it. Also, Russians still recall the great invasions through history and it shapes their psyche at the foundation. Whether we think NATO would actually attack is irrelevant, the Russians believe it. Also, for just a second flash back to how we reacted when the Russian's put tactical nukes in Cuba...we were ready to go to war. Northern parts of the Ukrainian border are less than 300 miles from Moscow and whether is seems reasonable or not to us, Putin sees that as a threat.

Who is watching what coverage? Fox has the occasional live shot but is mainly putting talking heads on the air and while Gen Keane has some good insights I would rather see snippets of what is actually happening. CNN has had very good coverage with reporters in key locations. Did anyone see the reporter walk up and talk to some soldiers he thought were Ukrainian, they were actually Russian Paratroopers that just airdropped in and seized the airfield. He said spoke to the Russian commander and the guy straight up said now we are going to establish an air bridge. It was like being at a Multi-Lat 20 years ago. CNN also has a crew on the Russian side of the border and they are filming all the tanks and mobile artillery streaming on to Ukraine. Shocked Putin is allowing that coverage unless he is sending a message to Ukraine.

Ukrainians appear willing to fight initially but the Russians have complete Air Supremacy and the Ukrainian ground forces are going to pay a horrible price. War is just horrible and a lot of people are going to die because of a madman.

Insane live stream from LHR with hilarious commentary as Storm Eunice hits the UK and the London area.

Vegas was with me wasn't it?

Will be interesting to see if SCOTUS steps in. Could the Supreme Court strike down the military’s vaccination mandate?

100% Not to derail the thread but the post WWII period is one of the "safest" in human history. The video below illustrates the staggering impact of World War. We tend to view things through our "USA" lens, if you take a slightly more worldly view you can see some horrific things that happen when there are world wars. One small example, when Japan invaded China in WWII the Chinese Nationalist opened the dike at the Yellow River hoping it would slow the advance of the Japanese Army. In doing so they knowingly sacrificed 500,000 Chinese civilians. Yes there has been chaos and conflict and the news instantaneously beams it to our homes, but in relation to times past, the post WWII world order has been very favorable to the human race.

I am not saying I disagree with you but what does that say overall about the United States. When the FSU fell apart we convinced Ukraine to give up their nukes (which most certainly would have deterred Putin), in hopes of providing more stability. In convincing them to give up the nukes we made assurances with regard to their security. A few months ago we sent a strong message to the world about our resolve when we left Afghanistan and screwed all those who helped us for so many years. If we stand by and watch Russia take Ukraine what does that say about us? Horrible game to be playing.

Russia shelled a reported Kindergarten on the border a little while ago.

Ukrainian winters are rough, maybe they are just cold.

‘You are the reason I drink’ — Airmen bid adieu to decrepit aircraft dubbed ‘Lucifer’s Chariot’ “four terrible and terrifying years that aged me well beyond where I should be.” “You are the reason I live to forget.” “582, you’re a real nasty lady,” said Markham. “I had some great memories, but most of them involved getting off the aircraft and sprinting away from you.”

Reports of artillery being exchanged across the border. More importantly, the Russian Embassy in Kyiv has white smoke as they are likely burning secret material and preparing for combat.

NASA X-59 undergoing tests No sonic boom, interesting looking bird.