@Very-Rusty saidIndeed. I am ashamed to be an American in this S H I T show right now and it is clear even if Trump and Vance and Johnson are all gone by some miracle the damage is decades deep and won't be fixed by platitudes from a new administration, there is too much angst now among ALL our allies.
That is why the rest of the world has to be ready. Canada is now working on making their military stronger, but a little late for that. We have depended on our friends South of us for far too long. We have fought and died along side of them, now Trump treats his allies as enemies and his enemies Russia as his friend. The rest of the world has to stand up to him, some of hi ...[text shortened]... o one could do their jobs. Very unorganized King Trump and President Musk are in my opinion.
-VR
Like who in the HELL would want to give precious intel to that bitch Gabbard, czar of intel? I sure wouldn't if I was an agent in UK say.
It is disgusting those spineless senators put Trump over our NATIONAL security.
@Metal-Brain saidAbout 800 thousand which says the Russian army is a PISS POOR ARMY.
How many troops did Russia lose?
You don't care, do you?
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@sonhouse said@sonhouse,
Indeed. I am ashamed to be an American in this S H I T show right now and it is clear even if Trump and Vance and Johnson are all gone by some miracle the damage is decades deep and won't be fixed by platitudes from a new administration, there is too much angst now among ALL our allies.
Like who in the HELL would want to give precious intel to that bitch Gabbard, czar of in ...[text shortened]... agent in UK say.
It is disgusting those spineless senators put Trump over our NATIONAL security.
As a Canadian I feel sorry for all the good American People. After all not every one voted for him out of 350 to 400 million people he got under 100 million votes, so obviously not all Americans even bothered to vote. I have many friends and relatives in the Boston area.
I have heard that many of the snowbirds are selling their homes. Many who visit the states yearly to go to Disneyland are now planning Trips to France and other countries. It probably will not be noticed right away but the tourist industry dollars will be missed many businesses like Hotels, Restaurants, Shuttle buses, and Taxis will all see less business when the tourist season starts.
I hated hearing the American anthem booed in Montreal at the Four Nations Cup, but it was to be expected after all Trump, Musk, and Vance have done to severe ties with Canada who have fought and died next to them in more than one war. I believe the only one we refused was the Viet Nam war. Many American young men came to Canada at that time to dodge the draft as they didn't agree with it either. That is one War the U.S. didn't win and was not winnable from the start in my opinion. I know I am going back a ways, some of you reading this were probably too young to even remember it.
The tariff's will hurt both countries and jobs will be lost in both countries. Yet to be seen who will end up worst off for it, but I think in the end both countries will. As I type this Trade is being looked for in different countries, American products are being taken off of the shelves in Grocery and commercial Stores. Canadian are not buying American Products. I never thought I would see this happen in my life time.
The world is certainly at a bad place in this period of history!
-VR
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@no1marauder saidPerhaps functioning as moderator rather than participant.
For one thing, he could insist on face to face negotiations between Russian and Ukranian officials to come to terms to end the war and stop his counterproductive practice of excluding the latter.
This is what Carter did vis-à-vis Begin and Sadat in '78-'79.
He wasn't exactly as biased as Trump, either.
I don't know why he doesn't realize that an actual fair agreement between parties could raise the world's opinion of him. He doesn't even care as long as he gets pets from Putin. "Good boy, gooooood boy."
@Metal-Brain saidWhy don't we see what The Hague has to say about it?
"Putin could end the war tomorrow by withdrawing his troops back to the prior border."
LOL!
You you stupid or are you acting stupid? Ukraine is losing the war badly.
And how stupid is Zelensky for ticking off Trump? Great tactic. Tick of the guy that is keeping him from losing his country to Russia. Now Trump hates Zelensky.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopoliti ...[text shortened]... committed a common mistake of theater kids: He started to think he's the character he plays on TV."
@Metal-Brain saidOh lord, the irony.
Putin was elected. Stop trying to rewrite history.
Lying over and over does not make something true.
@Very-Rusty saidAre you forgetting Ukraine is losing the war?
He was going to walk in and take Ukraine in a week, here we are 3 years later, his military isn't as good as people taught it was. He is a blow hard and a bully the same as Trump I put them both in the same basket. Hell Putin had to get the North Koreans to help them. What happened to Russia's all powerful Military????
-VR
Trump wants peace so you want war. If he wanted war you would want peace. Anything Trump wants you want the opposite. Right?
@no1marauder saidI seem to have missed the part where Putin thought the war would be easy.
No, I have no illusions that Ukraine can win the war. But Russia's "winning" of the war sure seems to be taking longer than Putin thought would occur when he started it. If it's all going soooooooooooo well for Russia, why do they want negotiations at all? And you are delusional if you think any peace deal will allow Putin to keep every inch of territory his forces have g ...[text shortened]... d.
US officials insulting Zelensky is part of the amateurish incompetence of this administration.
Are you making this up as you go along?
All I can figure is that if Trump wants peace you want war. Is that every democrat knee jerk reaction? If Trump wanted war you would want peace. Right?
@Very-Rusty said"He was going to walk in and take Ukraine in a week"
He was going to walk in and take Ukraine in a week, here we are 3 years later, his military isn't as good as people taught it was. He is a blow hard and a bully the same as Trump I put them both in the same basket. Hell Putin had to get the North Koreans to help them. What happened to Russia's all powerful Military????
-VR
Putin said that? No. You are making it up. Lie much?
@no1marauder saidI seem to have missed the part where Zelensky wants peace. Why would anybody include a man who says Putin does not want peace and refuses a peace deal from his arms supplier?
For one thing, he could insist on face to face negotiations between Russian and Ukranian officials to come to terms to end the war and stop his counterproductive practice of excluding the latter.
Zelensky wants war because an end to the war would mean he would have to hold elections he cannot win. He is living high on the hog. Peace is simply not in his interest.
Zelensky will accept a peace deal or his people will hate him and kill him. What is he going to say? Is he going to refuse to stop losing territory to Russia because he doesn't like the terms? Zelensky is being counterproductive and you refuse to see the obvious. He could have prevented the war before it happened and even now he keeps insisting Ukraine be in NATO. He is an unreasonable a- hole.
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@Metal-Brain saidOk 10 days 3 more days than a week it has still been 3 years and counting, poor Military and had to receive help from North Koreans! How embarrassing that had to be. 😉
"He was going to walk in and take Ukraine in a week"
Putin said that? No. You are making it up. Lie much?
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Since the initial attack, pain, destruction and bloodshed has been caused, with hundreds of thousands killed and millions more displaced from their homes. But it wasn’t supposed to be like this.
According to research by the think tank RUSI, when Vladimir Putin began his invasion, he expected to take control of Ukraine within 10 days. So what went wrong? Why did his plan fail? And how close did he come to succeeding?
We answer these questions in our below YouTube video. Visit our War in Ukraine page to watch more videos from our Ukraine series.
-VR
@Very-Rusty saidStarting wars is unacceptable? How many wars has the USA started? Were you rooting for the other side every time the USA started these wars?
I will be Very Honest I don't Care how many troops Russia lost they are the INVADERS and started the war!!!! Giving Russia land was not something any country would be willing to do, and I commend Ukraine for standing up for themselves.
Christ need I reiterate Russia needed North Korean troops to help them in a war they said would last about a week turned into 3 years and counting.
-VR
Democrats seem very childish. Like a common bully losing a fight for once and saying "he started it!"
@Metal-Brain saidTrump wants to help Putin and the WORLD knows it, when will you catch on???
Are you forgetting Ukraine is losing the war?
Trump wants peace so you want war. If he wanted war you would want peace. Anything Trump wants you want the opposite. Right?
Putin will not be happy until he has all of Ukraine and adjoining countries, then he might decide to turn on the U.S., don't count that out!!!
-VR
@Very-Rusty saidDid you make that up or are those the propaganda talkng points you are repeating? Trump imposed more sanctions on Russia than anybody during his first term so the world does not know anything of the sort.
Trump wants to help Putin and the WORLD knows it, when will you catch on???
Putin will not be happy until he has all of Ukraine and adjoining countries, then he might decide to turn on the U.S., don't count that out!!!
-VR
So Putin is going to take over all of Europe? When did Putin say that? Never.
Stop lying. You cannot read Putin's mind.