Agree we should provide only defensive weapons and not long range offensive weapons to Ukraine. That was basically the ground rules Russia followed in Vietnam. Vietnam was not provided weapons to hit Washington.
no, they need the proper weaponry to take back their territory and have every right to hit targets in russia, particularly where russian troops mass before they get to ukraine.
The danger with these rockets is promises arenāt worth the paper they are printed on.
This is warā¦if Ukraine is faced with a situation where they think hitting supply depots or troop formations or fuel facilities inside Russia using these rockets is their only chance, they will do it.
And now Putin HAS made that a red lineā¦a clear one.
Thatās not accurate, Stalin immediately set up a puppet government for the āFinnish Democratic Republicā headed by the Finnish communist Otto Kuusinen.
Russiaās ask was just a little territory but their objective was taking over the entire country as they did with the Baltic states.
āIt shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.āāJohn F. Kennedy, October 22, 1962
Yes, it used to be that fairy tales would begin with āonce upon a timeā, now they begin with āaccording to officials in London (or Kiev or Washington)ā. Occasionally the whopper is so obvious that even the officials need to admit it was a ānoble lieā.
I agree. Ukraine has every right to hit Russia like Russia is hitting them. But not with our weapons or Russia is going to say they have a right to hit us with their missiles if they are being hit with our missiles that we gave to Ukraine.
liberals are content i suppose. Wonder who is reporting all the negative Russian news? Looks to me like the west, nato, food production, energy prices are all suffering.
American and western arms merchants are doing a brisk business, now that Afghanistan fell apart.
The ruble is holding out and China is happy with Russia trade policiesā¦ The Russian ruble has emerged as the best-performing currency in 2022, despite wide-ranging sanctions imposed for its invasion of Ukraine. It is nearly 30% higher against the US dollar, as of May 23, for the year.