| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| The Gregorian calendar politics - England took 150 years to | 2022-12-31 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1609077841492316160 | 1609077841492316160 |
| What's next for Belarus? | 2022-12-24 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1606529641371815936 | 1606529641371815936 |
| The fine line between initiative and insubordination - | 2022-12-23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1606325400954511365 | 1606325400954511365 |
| The Russian way of war. | 2022-12-23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1606174625984978944 | 1606174625984978944 |
| How the Zelenskyy visit happened. | 2022-12-23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1606156871039008769 | 1606156871039008769 |
| Putin gets whatever help he can, wherever he can, and | 2022-12-23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1606153859600027648 | 1606153859600027648 |
| Ukraine war won't be settled by negotiation - only | 2022-12-01 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1598163567605592064 | 1598163567605592064 |
| Reality leaks back from the front lines | 2022-11-21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1594484825716465664 | 1594484825716465664 |
| Withdrawal or trap? And another "accident" claiming | 2022-11-10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1590570495367581697 | 1590570495367581697 |
| Procedural objections? | 2022-10-29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1586222643866308608 | 1586222643866308608 |
| Putin's propaganda is also aimed at Russians, to convince | 2022-10-28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1586109108184264704 | 1586109108184264704 |
| Belarus became a Russian puppet state years ago. Its | 2022-10-26 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1585333288901623808 | 1585333288901623808 |
| Throw unlimited cannon fodder at the enemy - another point | 2022-10-26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1585326797285076993 | 1585326797285076993 |
| Murder, rape, pillage, destruction - it's how the Russian | 2022-10-26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1585323297998135296 | 1585323297998135296 |
| The fate of Ukraine is the fate of America. | 2022-10-25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1584744325325328384 | 1584744325325328384 |
| Putin will not negotiate a solution that is not a win, | 2022-10-25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1584741778564882432 | 1584741778564882432 |
| “If Russia calls and says that Ukraine is allegedly | 2022-10-23 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1584306813981204481 | 1584306813981204481 |
| General Armageddon now in charge. | 2022-10-21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1583549297437511680 | 1583549297437511680 |
| How child abduction works in Ukraine. | 2022-10-14 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1580724978969739265 | 1580724978969739265 |
| Just the man for the job! | 2022-10-13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1580384175378468864 | 1580384175378468864 |
| Lukashenko needs all his soldiers at home to protect him | 2022-10-13 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1580350759505301506 | 1580350759505301506 |
| Putin finally and publicly declares war on civilians, to | 2022-10-11 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1579687310761037825 | 1579687310761037825 |
| Ukraine is already worried about GOP control of the House | 2022-10-11 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1579680891256774656 | 1579680891256774656 |
| "It brings forward by a number of weeks the strategic | 2022-10-09 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1578986513114619904 | 1578986513114619904 |
| Even Wagner Group is having trouble in Ukraine. | 2022-10-07 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1578437316619644932 | 1578437316619644932 |
| The argument for a negotiated end to the Ukraine war - | 2022-09-30 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1575906516871233536 | 1575906516871233536 |
| The Cuban missile crisis was averted by JFK secretly | 2022-09-23 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1573147359508594688 | 1573147359508594688 |
| Looks like the only ace in Putin's sleeve might be his | 2022-09-22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1573000568989437952 | 1573000568989437952 |
| Several ways Putin's war could end - from bad to worse. | 2022-09-22 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1572817344887656448 | 1572817344887656448 |
| A long winter ahead in Ukraine. | 2022-09-14 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1569885228667371520 | 1569885228667371520 |
| Putin supporters have more to say on Ukraine collapse. | 2022-09-12 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1569291176439853058 | 1569291176439853058 |
| More on Russian military reverses in Ukraine. | 2022-09-11 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1568861091555594247 | 1568861091555594247 |
| Is Putin really in trouble? | 2022-09-11 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1568849324897107968 | 1568849324897107968 |
| Ukraine attempts to liquidate the invader collaborator | 2022-09-09 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1568344920922165248 | 1568344920922165248 |
| Of course Putin liquidates potential opponents. Of course | 2022-09-09 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1568089799529201665 | 1568089799529201665 |
| How the Ukrainians are wearing down the Russians. | 2022-09-01 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1565163601437962240 | 1565163601437962240 |
| Lesson #1 from Ukraine - life is more complicated in | 2022-08-28 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1564019782831054848 | 1564019782831054848 |
| Chechens fight on both sides in Ukraine. It's a | 2022-08-28 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1563780086527971329 | 1563780086527971329 |
| Sometimes luck comes to the tenacious. | 2022-08-26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1563043235567587330 | 1563043235567587330 |
| Russia doesn't trust Iran - but any port in a storm. | 2022-08-26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1563042319279960071 | 1563042319279960071 |
| Some questions about Zelenskyy's judgment. | 2022-08-19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1560631236862693377 | 1560631236862693377 |
| Liddell Hart in Ukraine. | 2022-08-17 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1559907786578079745 | 1559907786578079745 |
| Countdown to Putin's invasion. | 2022-08-17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1559753695952179202 | 1559753695952179202 |
| None but the best for Putin's army! | 2022-08-11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1557715636377120769 | 1557715636377120769 |
| The invasion of Ukraine is not just about Putin's ego! | 2022-08-11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1557576662346190849 | 1557576662346190849 |
| Putin makes it clear. He's only interested in | 2022-07-08 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1545251367484198912 | 1545251367484198912 |
| How Putin reminds the west what he'll do to them if they | 2022-07-03 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1543498693365493760 | 1543498693365493760 |
| No peace for our time by giving away other countries' | 2022-06-23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1539977190380404737 | 1539977190380404737 |
| We wouldn't be so hesitant if American lives were on | 2022-06-21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1539232895776063488 | 1539232895776063488 |
| What's the truth about sanctions against Putin? | 2022-06-18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1538044101014106112 | 1538044101014106112 |
| Can the west afford to support Ukraine? | 2022-06-18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1538042085789446144 | 1538042085789446144 |
| What's the endgame in Ukraine - can we afford it? | 2022-06-05 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1533265687648448512 | 1533265687648448512 |
| Putin will wait as long as necessary for the west to get | 2022-06-03 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1532735970860097543 | 1532735970860097543 |
| Ukraine won't cede any of its territory, and Russia won't | 2022-06-03 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1532727705673682947 | 1532727705673682947 |
| The novel "The Third World War: August 1985" attributed the | 2022-06-01 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1531858306402160640 | 1531858306402160640 |
| Being an underequipped underdog against the Russian army | 2022-05-29 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1530809554354655232 | 1530809554354655232 |
| What is victory? Any cease-fire will allow Putin to | 2022-05-27 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1530200668144693253 | 1530200668144693253 |
| Toublesome Ukrainians are useful hostages for trading if | 2022-05-27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1530185042613284864 | 1530185042613284864 |
| There are limits to Ukrainian resistance. | 2022-05-27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1529996944763867136 | 1529996944763867136 |
| Not since Eisenhower has an American president mobilized | 2022-05-27 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1529994387890896897 | 1529994387890896897 |
| Putin appears to be bogged down in Ukraine in a war of | 2022-05-24 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1529089497643687936 | 1529089497643687936 |
| If Lavrov calls it fake news - it must be true! | 2022-05-24 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1528888960503537664 | 1528888960503537664 |
| Some Russians won't fight Putin's war. | 2022-05-22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1528373886831562755 | 1528373886831562755 |
| Belarusians see an opportunity for freedom. | 2022-05-22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1528368716798234629 | 1528368716798234629 |
| Ukraine is starting to look a lot like Syria. That's no | 2022-05-12 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1524887254677630976 | 1524887254677630976 |
| There is no compromise satisfactory to both Putin and | 2022-05-11 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1524259935197925378 | 1524259935197925378 |
| Another fatal flaw in Russian planning. | 2022-05-08 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1523189970248241159 | 1523189970248241159 |
| Walking the Ukraine tightrope - | 2022-05-07 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1522786539893256192 | 1522786539893256192 |
| Bipartisan agreement - of two persons. But Trumpists | 2022-05-07 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1522784988751532032 | 1522784988751532032 |
| Stealing farm machinery didn't work because it could | 2022-05-06 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1522556611830501376 | 1522556611830501376 |
| US tells Ukraine some, but not all. | 2022-05-06 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1522413455222853634 | 1522413455222853634 |
| You can't destroy a people without destroying its history. | 2022-05-06 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1522401791823937537 | 1522401791823937537 |
| Pride runs deep - | 2022-05-06 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1522400488083255297 | 1522400488083255297 |
| Belarusan puppet dictator Lukashenko is surprised that | 2022-05-06 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1522381602122190848 | 1522381602122190848 |
| Stealing farm machinery didn't work because it could | 2022-05-05 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1522338239377408001 | 1522338239377408001 |
| Can Russians be expelled from Ukraine before they kill | 2022-05-05 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1522224873388404736 | 1522224873388404736 |
| Not easy to be a Russian general. | 2022-05-05 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1522042740485201921 | 1522042740485201921 |
| Quislings are never that hard to find. | 2022-05-05 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1522041060284780546 | 1522041060284780546 |
| What would Putin do in a pinch? | 2022-05-04 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1521689602674728960 | 1521689602674728960 |
| It's not so easy to replace all those weapons going to | 2022-05-04 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1521688313450491904 | 1521688313450491904 |
| Why has Putin shown restraint? | 2022-05-04 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1521687095219163136 | 1521687095219163136 |
| The argument for limited aims in Ukraine. | 2022-05-04 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1521685674243416065 | 1521685674243416065 |
| Electronic warfare in Ukraine. | 2022-05-04 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1521679186544316416 | 1521679186544316416 |
| Will Putin declare war in order to get more cannon fodder? | 2022-05-04 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1521674922841366528 | 1521674922841366528 |
| Putin tries to turn back the tide of history. | 2022-05-03 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1521345252170240000 | 1521345252170240000 |
| Pillage - one of the things the Russian army does best, | 2022-05-01 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1520805883898257409 | 1520805883898257409 |
| In the finest Nazi tradition | 2022-05-01 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1520572217351827457 | 1520572217351827457 |
| Why artillery is a big deal in Ukraine now. | 2022-05-01 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1520569754309722112 | 1520569754309722112 |
| Why Putin will make some kind of victory announcement on | 2022-04-29 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1520049609137041408 | 1520049609137041408 |
| A black hole with no escape? | 2022-04-29 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1520048241378619392 | 1520048241378619392 |
| No hiding in a secure location for Zelenskyy. | 2022-04-29 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1519894075926667264 | 1519894075926667264 |
| How would Trump have handled the Ukraine invasion? | 2022-04-29 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1519851955002089473 | 1519851955002089473 |
| Bringing the war home. | 2022-04-29 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1519839806762590272 | 1519839806762590272 |
| Everybody in the world will be paying for Putin's war | 2022-04-28 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1519822343803080705 | 1519822343803080705 |
| Significance of Azovstal | 2022-04-28 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1519813116481089536 | 1519813116481089536 |
| Why not shoot at the Secretary-General of the United | 2022-04-28 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1519806145963065344 | 1519806145963065344 |
| Russians compiled an extermination list well in advance | 2022-04-28 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1519693839056867329 | 1519693839056867329 |
| Getting ready for another fake election. | 2022-04-28 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1519691859899035649 | 1519691859899035649 |
| Russian cyberwarfare units were laying the groundwork in | 2022-04-28 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1519503072216510464 | 1519503072216510464 |
| Unexpected allies in Belarus helped slow down the Russian | 2022-04-24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1518247693251796993 | 1518247693251796993 |
| Hackers claim to have raided Russian military and | 2022-04-22 | 508 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1517633677596917760 | 1517633677596917760 |
| Murder, rape, pillage civilians - ancient military | 2022-04-22 | 515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1517480706858835970 | 1517480706858835970 |
| Why the free world admires Zelenskyy. | 2022-04-21 | 494 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1517192892095205376 | 1517192892095205376 |
| "Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace– but there is no peace." | 2022-04-21 | 393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1516993975898370049 | 1516993975898370049 |
| Preview for America - what happens when western democracies | 2022-04-20 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1516828709985996802 | 1516828709985996802 |
| Donbas - the prize in the next phase of Putin's invasion. | 2022-04-18 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1515920441910579203 | 1515920441910579203 |
| Army learning from Ukraine. | 2022-04-17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1515578809713500161 | 1515578809713500161 |
| What is the significance of the Moskva sinking? | 2022-04-16 | 95 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1515161316683509764 | 1515161316683509764 |
| Why Putin might settle for Donbas - for now. | 2022-04-15 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1514955279032487936 | 1514955279032487936 |
| Conscription and corruption - hallmarks of populist | 2022-04-14 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1514749314223943680 | 1514749314223943680 |
| Are we giving Putin's threats too much credence? | 2022-04-14 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1514450864664047617 | 1514450864664047617 |
| Ukrainians beat FSB to capture a pawn. | 2022-04-14 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1514428997823696898 | 1514428997823696898 |
| Trumpist Putinist in France advocates appeasement. | 2022-04-14 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1514428277498126339 | 1514428277498126339 |
| Putin thought Ukrainians were Russians. Now he's | 2022-04-12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1513870808979894272 | 1513870808979894272 |
| Realpolitik's limitations on American idealism. Many | 2022-04-12 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1513727043514429445 | 1513727043514429445 |
| Can Russia contribute to rebuilding Ukraine? | 2022-04-12 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1513719014056292357 | 1513719014056292357 |
| Putin puts experienced professional civilian murderer | 2022-04-10 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1513247536311463937 | 1513247536311463937 |
| Russia captures Ukrainian hostages for future use. | 2022-04-10 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1513040752598654977 | 1513040752598654977 |
| Putin's gift to Russian soldiers - pointless exposure to | 2022-04-09 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1512641243611758592 | 1512641243611758592 |
| Putin's mistakes in Ukraine. | 2022-04-09 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1512636129387839488 | 1512636129387839488 |
| Global ripple effects - | 2022-04-08 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1512411412148076545 | 1512411412148076545 |
| 5000 murdered in Mariupol? | 2022-04-07 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1511877614356480002 | 1511877614356480002 |
| What liberation by Russian Army is like - | 2022-04-06 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1511565499003408384 | 1511565499003408384 |
| World War Wired - globalization means everybody is | 2022-04-03 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1510640581923336198 | 1510640581923336198 |
| Putin has failed in Ukraine before. But he can never | 2022-04-03 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1510639270452629504 | 1510639270452629504 |
| No end in sight - Putin can't win but he doesn't dare lose. | 2022-04-03 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1510621575816437762 | 1510621575816437762 |
| Afghanistan and Ukraine. | 2022-04-02 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1510254922238861314 | 1510254922238861314 |
| Cubans suffer from Ukraine invasion. | 2022-04-02 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1510050056572837893 | 1510050056572837893 |
| Not every Russian wants to die for Putin. | 2022-04-02 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1510049309638635522 | 1510049309638635522 |
| Putin divides and conquers - first eastern and southern | 2022-04-01 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509709003873431558 | 1509709003873431558 |
| Neo-nazis and white supremacists are everywhere. | 2022-03-29 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508832061800419330 | 1508832061800419330 |
| Putin's war ripples out to Turkey, Thailand, and Cuba. | 2022-03-28 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1508456236856971264 | 1508456236856971264 |
| More Biden gaffes? | 2022-03-27 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1508232300097523714 | 1508232300097523714 |
| Ukrainian resistance targets Russian command and control, | 2022-03-27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508078840991477761 | 1508078840991477761 |
| Extreme reactionary zealots are all excited about the war | 2022-03-27 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1508077802280521729 | 1508077802280521729 |
| Hungarians suffered Russian invasion in 1956, sending | 2022-03-27 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508067018976608256 | 1508067018976608256 |
| Move the goal posts until they are in punting range. | 2022-03-26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507751101587595264 | 1507751101587595264 |
| Ukraine is becoming like America. | 2022-03-26 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507724868355178501 | 1507724868355178501 |
| Western Europe postpones discussions about Poland's | 2022-03-25 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507412745624334343 | 1507412745624334343 |
| Ukraine war - and Putinism generally - is just another | 2022-03-25 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507394728588808193 | 1507394728588808193 |
| Comparative air forces. | 2022-03-25 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507393407169093635 | 1507393407169093635 |
| Guernica, Mariupol, what's the diff? Hitler, Putin, | 2022-03-25 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507387163343978507 | 1507387163343978507 |
| Failed to scuttle oligarch yacht, but fighting on anyway. | 2022-03-25 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507198680746536980 | 1507198680746536980 |
| He survived Hitler and Stalin but not Putin. | 2022-03-24 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506832438076403718 | 1506832438076403718 |
| Putin is on plan B. How far will he go? | 2022-03-23 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1506732980122710017 | 1506732980122710017 |
| Piling up and putrefying unknown soldiers, unacknowledged | 2022-03-23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506720802871205890 | 1506720802871205890 |
| Is anybody in charge? | 2022-03-22 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1506107621954052101 | 1506107621954052101 |
| Zelenskyy beats Putin at PR! | 2022-03-21 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1506057295041499137 | 1506057295041499137 |
| "we're not going to sit by while Putin eliminates a | 2022-03-20 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505549638098513931 | 1505549638098513931 |
| Why Ukraine is always at the center of world wars. | 2022-03-20 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505351812903174145 | 1505351812903174145 |
| An American training Ukrainians. | 2022-03-19 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1505326751827648514 | 1505326751827648514 |
| Georgia can't decide what to do about Ukraine and Putin. | 2022-03-19 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505212780340649985 | 1505212780340649985 |
| Nobody has an interest in revealing cyberwar successes | 2022-03-19 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504983139583598594 | 1504983139583598594 |
| Schwarzenegger speaks to Russians. | 2022-03-18 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504668527881428997 | 1504668527881428997 |
| If the enemy soldiers are too tough, you can always | 2022-03-18 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1504637875119292416 | 1504637875119292416 |
| Cheap drones heighten the risk of accidental war. | 2022-03-17 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504529257103454209 | 1504529257103454209 |
| Surprise - China's covid lockdown policies have reduced | 2022-03-17 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1504313425299599362 | 1504313425299599362 |
| Wilson and Biden - threading the needle between peace | 2022-03-17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504312307890884609 | 1504312307890884609 |
| Bolton knew what Trump and Putin were up to and he's not | 2022-03-17 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504299196718858243 | 1504299196718858243 |
| We had to ally with Stalin to defeat Hitler. Now? | 2022-03-17 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504258861875679233 | 1504258861875679233 |
| Slav leaders of formerly Stalinist countries risk danger | 2022-03-17 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504255150726148099 | 1504255150726148099 |
| Can Putin be overthrown by the oligarchs? | 2022-03-17 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504252759058440192 | 1504252759058440192 |
| Petraeus evaluates Russian invasion so far and speculates | 2022-03-16 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1503977564246724608 | 1503977564246724608 |
| Prisoners of war shocked by the truth. | 2022-03-16 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1503974813433413633 | 1503974813433413633 |
| No combat experience? No Slavic language fluency? | 2022-03-15 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503728239209975808 | 1503728239209975808 |
| "End of history" author sees Putin defeat inevitable - | 2022-03-14 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1503520863357833216 | 1503520863357833216 |
| There ARE neo-Nazis rushing to Ukraine to fight. | 2022-03-14 | 133 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1503516183722487812 | 1503516183722487812 |
| No-fly zones wouldn't stop missile attacks. | 2022-03-14 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503511394066464768 | 1503511394066464768 |
| “Four mistakes in making one decision is a lot” | 2022-03-14 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503247481865322498 | 1503247481865322498 |
| The Ukrainian Quislings step out of their closets. | 2022-03-14 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1503213693911252993 | 1503213693911252993 |
| Will China decide to help Russia in Ukraine? | 2022-03-14 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503170852635885569 | 1503170852635885569 |
| SpaceX is keeping internet connectivity going to and from | 2022-03-13 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503153882788102144 | 1503153882788102144 |
| There's lots of evidence that bombing civilians usually | 2022-03-13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503115953411801088 | 1503115953411801088 |
| American journalist killed in Ukraine. | 2022-03-13 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503087628928708610 | 1503087628928708610 |
| God has no tears but ours | 2022-03-13 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503084856296689665 | 1503084856296689665 |
| Reminiscent of La Dernière Classe of Daudet - | 2022-03-13 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502912555223638017 | 1502912555223638017 |
| No peaceful resolution in sight. Ukraine won't surrender, | 2022-03-11 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502277494325399560 | 1502277494325399560 |
| There is no diplomatic off-ramp. Nobody believes | 2022-03-11 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502153895413370880 | 1502153895413370880 |
| Another Russian general paid the price for Putinism. | 2022-03-11 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1502151275198095373 | 1502151275198095373 |
| Eyes in the skies on both sides - looking for the start | 2022-03-11 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502093493329485824 | 1502093493329485824 |
| Putin won't back down, Zelenskyy won't back down. | 2022-03-10 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1502069792395644940 | 1502069792395644940 |
| Many are called, but few are chosen. | 2022-03-10 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1501935150447292428 | 1501935150447292428 |
| Is there a realistic end-game scenario that doesn't involve | 2022-03-10 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1501729574043881478 | 1501729574043881478 |
| An endurance war - who can retain popular support the | 2022-03-10 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501728107656478722 | 1501728107656478722 |
| What a strong leader is like! | 2022-03-09 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501570727404654592 | 1501570727404654592 |
| Will Putin default on foreign debt? | 2022-03-09 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501479736224088069 | 1501479736224088069 |
| Why Putin can't lose in Ukraine. | 2022-03-09 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501478463357652992 | 1501478463357652992 |
| Hit back twice as hard! | 2022-03-09 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1501474677180403718 | 1501474677180403718 |
| Russians seeking information have to call Ukraine. | 2022-03-08 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1501186506500698113 | 1501186506500698113 |
| The outcome in Ukraine is uncertain, but Putin is winning | 2022-03-08 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1501077697182666756 | 1501077697182666756 |
| Europeans are getting a more realistic appreciation of | 2022-03-08 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1501038636686471173 | 1501038636686471173 |
| Knowing that Republicans will demand that Biden embargo | 2022-03-08 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1501035125038993412 | 1501035125038993412 |
| Russkiy Mir - Putin's version of Hitler's Großgermanisches | 2022-03-08 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1501015424342708224 | 1501015424342708224 |
| The view from Odessa - a vain search for rationality. | 2022-03-08 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1501011861621272577 | 1501011861621272577 |
| For an amoral aggressor, a cease-fire is just an | 2022-03-07 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500830434242228226 | 1500830434242228226 |
| A new Woke - to the dark side of Putinism/Trumpism. | 2022-03-07 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500688354723065857 | 1500688354723065857 |
| Can Putin digest all of Ukraine? | 2022-03-07 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1500679524282822657 | 1500679524282822657 |
| How the fight is sustained. | 2022-03-07 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500628332773187584 | 1500628332773187584 |
| In Ukraine, there's | 2022-03-07 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500624194064711681 | 1500624194064711681 |
| Not a helpful or diplomatic statement | 2022-03-07 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500622590456389633 | 1500622590456389633 |
| What begins as lies ends as carnage. | 2022-03-06 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500615000301264898 | 1500615000301264898 |
| Three weapons unleashed against Putin. | 2022-03-06 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500530474015354880 | 1500530474015354880 |
| West plans support for long-term Ukrainian resistance. | 2022-03-06 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500524634352934916 | 1500524634352934916 |
| To see what America's founders were like, don't look to | 2022-03-06 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500509332609265667 | 1500509332609265667 |
| In many places, rising gas prices are only #2 concern. | 2022-03-06 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500486140284977152 | 1500486140284977152 |
| Many Congressional representatives want to use up all our | 2022-03-06 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500382543081656320 | 1500382543081656320 |
| Can anybody isolate themselves economically from the rest | 2022-03-06 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500379594200731659 | 1500379594200731659 |
| Ukraine can't win big battles. But it can win at | 2022-03-06 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1500378269488541696 | 1500378269488541696 |
| Putin controls TV - social media, not so much. | 2022-03-06 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500376132314550274 | 1500376132314550274 |
| Putin's already told us everything we need to know. | 2022-03-06 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1500374790971879426 | 1500374790971879426 |
| The Baltics know they are next - along with Moldova and | 2022-03-06 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500371890665242628 | 1500371890665242628 |
| Every army has its snipers. Guerilla Ukrainian snipers | 2022-03-06 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1500368569829265409 | 1500368569829265409 |
| Give Putin credit for changing the world. | 2022-03-06 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1500364403245412353 | 1500364403245412353 |
| Putin's goal is larger than crushing opposition in Ukraine. | 2022-03-05 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499981217340424196 | 1499981217340424196 |
| Putin will get his revenge sooner or later. | 2022-03-04 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1499792996476198912 | 1499792996476198912 |
| Putin cracks down - the only truth is what he says it is. | 2022-03-04 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499792112077860867 | 1499792112077860867 |
| Guerilla warfare - no place for people with no military | 2022-03-04 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499744933225254912 | 1499744933225254912 |
| Which is worse for Putin - a humiliating victory or a | 2022-03-04 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1499743416397139972 | 1499743416397139972 |
| Just as in Finland in 1939 - | 2022-03-04 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1499604928997650434 | 1499604928997650434 |
| When cornered, Hitler did not do the logical thing. | 2022-03-04 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1499601737937657859 | 1499601737937657859 |
| Realpolitik avoided WWIII so far. But it depends on | 2022-03-04 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1499596725232672769 | 1499596725232672769 |
| Putin is immune to public opinion. Like Trump, he has | 2022-03-04 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499592073044844545 | 1499592073044844545 |
| A truly strong leader! | 2022-03-04 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1499591119759306755 | 1499591119759306755 |
| Can the Russian people act? Will they? | 2022-03-03 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1499525007533166611 | 1499525007533166611 |
| It's no coincidence that Potemkin was a Russian! | 2022-03-03 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1499523785296203778 | 1499523785296203778 |
| Putin says worst is yet to come. | 2022-03-03 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1499431567378161668 | 1499431567378161668 |
| Even generals pay for Putin's recklessness. How will | 2022-03-03 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1499431016313724934 | 1499431016313724934 |
| Why Ukrainians have hope to survive. | 2022-03-03 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1499411194431492101 | 1499411194431492101 |
| Can Putin's empire survive sanctions? He's been | 2022-03-03 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1499410216860864513 | 1499410216860864513 |
| Will western resolve against Putin hold in the face of | 2022-03-03 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499403641563717633 | 1499403641563717633 |
| Ukraine cleverly bypasses Russian censorship to get the | 2022-03-03 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1499211707628933120 | 1499211707628933120 |
| Putin's not trying very hard to influence the world | 2022-03-03 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1499208406132953089 | 1499208406132953089 |
| In politics, no good deed goes unpunished. | 2022-03-03 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499206373342539776 | 1499206373342539776 |
| Putin has re-awakened the insecurity of Eastern Europe, | 2022-03-03 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499192422617604097 | 1499192422617604097 |
| Will Putin impose martial law to silence opposition? | 2022-03-03 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1499180443740086274 | 1499180443740086274 |
| China knew all along. | 2022-03-03 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499179024215511041 | 1499179024215511041 |
| Putin tried to go back two centuries in one week. | 2022-03-03 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499176823048990721 | 1499176823048990721 |
| Which Trumpist US Congressmen stand with the genius Putin? | 2022-03-02 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499164491187060737 | 1499164491187060737 |
| Which sterling leaders stand with the genius Putin? | 2022-03-02 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499163046702243845 | 1499163046702243845 |
| Putin didn't kill all the Chechens in 2000. | 2022-03-02 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499035089765687297 | 1499035089765687297 |
| It's not so easy to hold urban areas with armor. | 2022-03-02 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1499030681854246919 | 1499030681854246919 |
| Putin is leading the charge back to 1914, if not 1772 - | 2022-03-02 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498926595934801927 | 1498926595934801927 |
| "Trump voters actually had a more favorable opinion of | 2022-03-02 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1498919140588851205 | 1498919140588851205 |
| It took years, but the American people finally put an end | 2022-03-01 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498660665526865922 | 1498660665526865922 |
| You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction? | 2022-03-01 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498657582973534211 | 1498657582973534211 |
| The invasion of Ukraine was planned almost a year in | 2022-03-01 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498535692145545216 | 1498535692145545216 |
| How did Zelenskyy progress from comedian to world | 2022-03-01 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498533406405058560 | 1498533406405058560 |
| Opposition from an unexpected direction! "Two lawmakers | 2022-03-01 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498532800512753670 | 1498532800512753670 |
| Self-belief. Putin reminded us how it works. | 2022-03-01 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498530783820062721 | 1498530783820062721 |
| How committed is Putin to taking Kyiv, to avoid a | 2022-03-01 | 377 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1498525937721233411 | 1498525937721233411 |
| We had our chance in Georgia, and in Crimea. Our | 2022-03-01 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498520661496459264 | 1498520661496459264 |
| Putin is hoping that Ukrainian refugees will become another | 2022-03-01 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498518429153726467 | 1498518429153726467 |
| America needs a history lesson? | 2022-03-01 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1498514098891329539 | 1498514098891329539 |
| What will Putin do to avoid a humiliating defeat or | 2022-03-01 | 571 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1498508450803765248 | 1498508450803765248 |
| The League of Nations died when it could not muster the | 2022-02-28 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1498375912458362881 | 1498375912458362881 |
| Putin achieved many western goals - united NATO and EU, | 2022-02-28 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1498373461126746113 | 1498373461126746113 |
| Putin has succeeded in uniting the fractious Ukrainians. | 2022-02-26 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1497584115318603781 | 1497584115318603781 |
| Sanctions might not touch oligarchs or Putin much. | 2022-02-26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497579602830512130 | 1497579602830512130 |
| US intelligence has been scoring big lately, since it | 2022-02-26 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1497575133942218754 | 1497575133942218754 |
| Russia sent a river of money to K street to buy influence | 2022-02-26 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1497573245150633987 | 1497573245150633987 |
| Putin might well conquer Ukraine if he's willing to pay | 2022-02-26 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1497571928344645638 | 1497571928344645638 |
| "I need ammunition, not a ride" - how a strong leader leads | 2022-02-26 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497568258286751747 | 1497568258286751747 |
| Possible futures for Ukraine - as seen by Putin. | 2022-02-25 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497274029048168451 | 1497274029048168451 |
| The next steps in Putin's plan - surrender of all Ukrainian | 2022-02-25 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1497206821609639938 | 1497206821609639938 |
| The west can hit Putin where it hurts - if they are willing | 2022-02-25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497087602863710208 | 1497087602863710208 |
| Baltic democracies and Poland fear they are next - with | 2022-02-25 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1497084059243016196 | 1497084059243016196 |
| Russia has a much better track record on subterfuge. | 2022-02-25 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1497079045011300359 | 1497079045011300359 |
| Putin's greatest fear - a pandemic of democratic yearnings | 2022-02-25 | 133 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1497078033445908483 | 1497078033445908483 |
| Putin can conquer Ukraine in a week. Then what? | 2022-02-25 | 173 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1497077763328544768 | 1497077763328544768 |
| Putin trips up his supporters all over the world. | 2022-02-25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497045742547963905 | 1497045742547963905 |
| Putin's plan for dismembering Ukraine, devouring the good | 2022-02-25 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1497044613260988417 | 1497044613260988417 |
| The clock is ticking down - to 1 Sep 1939. Or 28 | 2022-02-25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1497021190296145939 | 1497021190296145939 |
| Poland and Finland were once part of Russia. | 2022-02-24 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1496858724664692736 | 1496858724664692736 |
| "As Putin spoke, big explosions were heard in Kyiv, | 2022-02-24 | 864 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1496699658919313412 | 1496699658919313412 |
| Putin knows history well enough. | 2022-02-23 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1496481549659033600 | 1496481549659033600 |
| Appeasement isn't working. | 2022-02-23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496339415475671045 | 1496339415475671045 |
| The only thing GOP know how to do is criticize Biden | 2022-02-23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496335792880377859 | 1496335792880377859 |
| Putin can certainly quickly conquer Ukraine in a blitz. | 2022-02-21 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1495786080255504388 | 1495786080255504388 |
| Will Putin settle for the Sudetenland to obtain peace for | 2022-02-21 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1495781635652042753 | 1495781635652042753 |
| Putin has spent a lifetime preparing Russia for his day - | 2022-02-20 | 197 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1495405408596344832 | 1495405408596344832 |
| Putin has a little list - of democracy defenders who might | 2022-02-20 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1495395045481930753 | 1495395045481930753 |
| False flags - a Russian tradition! | 2022-02-19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1494880529593733125 | 1494880529593733125 |
| A permanent Ukraine invasion-threat crisis might be more | 2022-02-17 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1494321192756387842 | 1494321192756387842 |
| The real threat to Putin - Ukraine in the EU. | 2022-02-16 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1493960266895163397 | 1493960266895163397 |
| Along with "training exercises" on the border and a false | 2022-02-14 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1493369082095280129 | 1493369082095280129 |
| A lot of people in Afghanistan wish they'd left earlier | 2022-02-10 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1491586255611514887 | 1491586255611514887 |
| Biden gets Germany on board for a united front against | 2022-02-08 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490845856626446337 | 1490845856626446337 |
| There is bipartisan agreement among some senators that | 2022-02-06 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490222939903455241 | 1490222939903455241 |
| Putin's getting ready for - something. | 2022-02-06 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490221313499140096 | 1490221313499140096 |
| Putin keeps positioning more Russian troops and equipment. | 2022-02-05 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489824914374725633 | 1489824914374725633 |
| Putin strengthens NATO and reminds it of its purpose. | 2022-02-05 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489761322363359237 | 1489761322363359237 |
| How Putin gained control of Belarus. He had a | 2022-02-05 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489759256047874050 | 1489759256047874050 |
| Putin has already won without firing a shot, thanks to | 2022-02-04 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489623377333534721 | 1489623377333534721 |
| Putin's smaller-scale options. | 2022-02-04 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489469092184485889 | 1489469092184485889 |
| Why Germany is less inclined to oppose Russia. | 2022-02-03 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489315098334142464 | 1489315098334142464 |
| Lights, cameras, --- action! | 2022-02-03 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489312483189813248 | 1489312483189813248 |
| Following the steps of Lindbergh, Hawley and Carlson lead | 2022-02-03 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489139581639282688 | 1489139581639282688 |
| Vindman's revenge! | 2022-02-03 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489093698247819265 | 1489093698247819265 |
| Ancient ethnic rivalries and domestic politics dominate | 2022-02-01 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488384690885038080 | 1488384690885038080 |
| US dependents to leave Belarus too. | 2022-02-01 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488379361866616836 | 1488379361866616836 |
| Who helps Putin call the shots? A bunch of fellow | 2022-01-31 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487990351650381827 | 1487990351650381827 |
| Putin is NATO's best advertisement. | 2022-01-31 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487986261906243584 | 1487986261906243584 |
| Putin's mythology - much like Trump's. Make up an | 2022-01-31 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487984996283400193 | 1487984996283400193 |
| Putin, like Trump, hates to lose. So maybe he won't | 2022-01-30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487796726207422467 | 1487796726207422467 |
| Would Putin invade Ukraine during the Olympics? | 2022-01-30 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487795604818325510 | 1487795604818325510 |
| Strengths and weaknesses of Russian forces vs Ukraine. | 2022-01-27 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1486564160921952258 | 1486564160921952258 |
| Putin's best investment? | 2022-01-26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486407543312162817 | 1486407543312162817 |
| "there's rarely been a better time for foreign nations to | 2022-01-26 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486406435491618816 | 1486406435491618816 |
| Putin "wants to evict the United States from Europe." | 2022-01-26 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486240004422602752 | 1486240004422602752 |
| "Tucker Carlson ought to be on your show!" one guest on | 2022-01-26 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1486238055778324480 | 1486238055778324480 |
| "It appears to me the administration is moving in the | 2022-01-26 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1486232701770223617 | 1486232701770223617 |
| Napoleon and Hitler taught the world about invading Russia. | 2022-01-25 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485848614526062592 | 1485848614526062592 |
| "Russian linguistic and Orthodox motherland that should | 2022-01-25 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485820027013980161 | 1485820027013980161 |
| Are Russian troops practicing social distancing? | 2022-01-24 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485711107905896448 | 1485711107905896448 |
| Strong leader Putin's vision of the future meshes nicely | 2022-01-24 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485668702968115203 | 1485668702968115203 |
| War threat serious enough to evacuate dependents. | 2022-01-23 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485397042008444930 | 1485397042008444930 |
| It's 1938 all over again. The west takes a stand now | 2022-01-23 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485314345563082752 | 1485314345563082752 |
| British conclude that Russia intends to install a friendly | 2022-01-23 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485266477229899776 | 1485266477229899776 |
| Putin strengthens NATO. Now Sweden and Finland are | 2022-01-23 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1485153279432544256 | 1485153279432544256 |
| Optimism and pessimism in Ukraine. | 2022-01-22 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1484770734576574465 | 1484770734576574465 |
| Known by the company they keep! | 2022-01-22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484764271082831876 | 1484764271082831876 |
| It's now or never for Putin to stop western ideas from | 2022-01-21 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1484530190973747203 | 1484530190973747203 |
| An invasion of Ukraine won't do anybody any good. | 2022-01-18 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1483511275762044932 | 1483511275762044932 |
| Ukrainians are preparing for war. They fear it will | 2022-01-17 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482958544034942977 | 1482958544034942977 |
| More options for Putin in Ukraine. | 2022-01-17 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1482919482641158148 | 1482919482641158148 |
| A traditional conservative hawk on Putin's intentions and | 2022-01-17 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482915071428685825 | 1482915071428685825 |
| Opening shots in Putin's next battle for Ukraine. | 2022-01-16 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482729234166534146 | 1482729234166534146 |
| Russia prepares for Ukraine invasion. | 2022-01-15 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482190359773937668 | 1482190359773937668 |
| Putin's grand design is - preserving Putin! By making | 2022-01-07 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479520005242769414 | 1479520005242769414 |
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========== The Gregorian calendar politics - England took 150 years to accept that a pope might have been right about something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoption_of_the_Gregorian_calendar Now one Ukrainian church joins civil Ukrainian society in looking west rather than east. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-religion-orthodox-church-c8b84fad9dfe93554b2d28b08ec21ada #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 14% expands 1 impress 14 time 2022-12-31 06:43 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1609077841492316160 ========== What's next for Belarus? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/01/suspicion-swirls-over-russias-plans-belarus-after-ministers-death/ It's not easy being friends with Putin. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 3 engage-rate 7% impress 45 time 2022-12-24 05:58 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606529641371815936 ========== The fine line between initiative and insubordination - https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/23/politics/january-6-national-guard/index.html American military doctrine emphasizes commanders taking the initiative for tactical advantage. Russian doctrine forbids it, lest military initiative turn into political initiative! #PS1ukraine ===== impress 14 time 2022-12-23 16:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606325400954511365 ========== The Russian way of war. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-erasing-mariupol-499dceae43ed77f2ebfe750ea99b9ad9 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 5 time 2022-12-23 06:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606174625984978944 ========== How the Zelenskyy visit happened. https://apnews.com/article/putin-zelenskyy-politics-nancy-pelosi-zagreb-48d6e3aa3e13b0a9a677522260d61ba3 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 3 time 2022-12-23 05:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606156871039008769 ========== Putin gets whatever help he can, wherever he can, and denies it as much as he can. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-north-korea-e6a068d91bc9828ecadfb67c929a4162 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 8 time 2022-12-23 05:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606153859600027648 ========== Ukraine war won't be settled by negotiation - only postponed while Russia regroups and rearms and waits for the West to cave. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/24/opinions/russia-ukraine-truce-negotiations-war-andelman/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 5 engage-rate 7% expands 2 impress 72 time 2022-12-01 03:54 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598163567605592064 ========== Reality leaks back from the front lines https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/20/russia-military-families-conscripts-ukraine/ But nobody blames Putin! #PS1ukraine ===== impress 16 time 2022-11-21 00:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594484825716465664 ========== Withdrawal or trap? And another "accident" claiming a critic of the Russian military leadership. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/09/russia-withdraws-kherson-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 time 2022-11-10 05:02 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590570495367581697 ========== Procedural objections? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/10/28/seized-russian-asset-forfeiture-ndaa-republicans/ Looks more like running down the clock in pursuit of some other goal. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 5 time 2022-10-29 05:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586222643866308608 ========== Putin's propaganda is also aimed at Russians, to convince them that they have a stake in his invasion of Ukraine. https://insidetrackindia.com/russia-intensifies-its-propaganda-campaign-against-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 5 time 2022-10-28 21:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586109108184264704 ========== Belarus became a Russian puppet state years ago. Its leadership forces its people to support Putin in Ukraine. They'll eventually have to send soldiers. https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/10/europe/belarus-hospitals-russian-soldiers-ukraine/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 4 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 47 time 2022-10-26 18:11 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585333288901623808 ========== Throw unlimited cannon fodder at the enemy - another point of Russian military doctrine. "Quantity has a quality of its own" according to Stalin. https://apnews.com/article/putin-europe-moscow-government-and-politics-d73e6f1e3ac1632953278e8ff179de65 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 10 time 2022-10-26 17:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585326797285076993 ========== Murder, rape, pillage, destruction - it's how the Russian army rolls. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-europe-middle-east-government-and-politics-e3756976cf33cf5de29aa62d61ea7eb6 It's not an accident but a doctrine. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 18 time 2022-10-26 17:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585323297998135296 ========== The fate of Ukraine is the fate of America. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/24/election-deniers-ukraine-war-assistance/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1787305154947329 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 12 time 2022-10-25 03:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584744325325328384 ========== Putin will not negotiate a solution that is not a win, since anything else might be fatal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/24/biden-ukraine-liberals/ The far right wants to appease Putin. The far left thinks America can cut a lasting deal directly with Russia. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1787305154947329 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 12 time 2022-10-25 03:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584741778564882432 ========== “If Russia calls and says that Ukraine is allegedly preparing something, it means only one thing: that Russia has already prepared all of it,” https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-europe-think-tanks-business-deb83a49c24736928a010b0a449f308c Like Hitler, like Putin, like Trump. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 40 time 2022-10-23 22:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584306813981204481 ========== General Armageddon now in charge. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-mikhail-gorbachev-syria-middle-east-c2582dabed6158f058e58d2e2bc0d4cf Civilians can expect murder, rape, pillage, and destruction, until Ukraine surrenders or is wiped out. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 15 time 2022-10-21 20:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583549297437511680 ========== How child abduction works in Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/ukrainian-children-russia-7493cb22c9086c6293c1ac7986d85ef6 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 time 2022-10-14 00:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580724978969739265 ========== Just the man for the job! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/12/sergei-surovikin-russia-ukraine-war/ Russian military doctrine is based on throwing unlimited cannon fodder on the enemy forces until they are overwhelmed, while treating civilians to murder, rape, pillage, and destruction. It's worked before! #PS1ukraine ===== impress 11 time 2022-10-13 02:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580384175378468864 ========== Lukashenko needs all his soldiers at home to protect him from his citizens. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-estonia-moscow-belarus-ee8b2557d1c1cfc031261bc282a96e6b Ukraine has nothing to fear from that, but worries Putin will attack Ukraine through Belarus, with or without their help. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 38 time 2022-10-13 00:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1580350759505301506 ========== Putin finally and publicly declares war on civilians, to appease his right wing. It's the Russian way of crushing resistance. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/10/world/europe/russia-putin-ukraine-strikes.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 55 time 2022-10-11 04:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579687310761037825 ========== Ukraine is already worried about GOP control of the House in 2023 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/10/republicans-ukraine-putin-russia-midterms/ Plenty of GOP are opposed to further support. Putin encourages them all at every opportunity. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 39 time 2022-10-11 03:50 +0000 userclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1579680891256774656 ========== "It brings forward by a number of weeks the strategic choices he must make about Russia’s occupation of southern Ukraine" https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/08/europe/crimea-bridge-putin-ukraine-analysis-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 time 2022-10-09 05:51 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578986513114619904 ========== Even Wagner Group is having trouble in Ukraine. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/europe/wagner-ukraine-struggles-marat-gabidullin-cmd-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 17% impress 12 time 2022-10-07 17:29 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578437316619644932 ========== The argument for a negotiated end to the Ukraine war - remember Saddam Hussein. We were worse off without him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/30/putin-russia-ukraine-negotiated-peace/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 48 time 2022-09-30 17:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1575906516871233536 ========== The Cuban missile crisis was averted by JFK secretly agreeing to remove the American missles from Turkey. What can Biden offer Putin in the present crisis? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/22/putin-ukraine-threats-biden-cuban-missile-crisis/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 24 time 2022-09-23 03:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573147359508594688 ========== Looks like the only ace in Putin's sleeve might be his nukes. Other secondary military powers are taking note. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/europe/russia-mobilization-logistics-analysis-intl-hnk-ml/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 18 time 2022-09-22 17:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573000568989437952 ========== Several ways Putin's war could end - from bad to worse. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/opinion/ukraine-putin.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 36 time 2022-09-22 05:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572817344887656448 ========== A long winter ahead in Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/opinion/ukraine-war-biden.html Putin is counting on a long cold winter to turn Ukraine's western allies against it. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 47 time 2022-09-14 03:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569885228667371520 ========== Putin supporters have more to say on Ukraine collapse. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/11/europe/ukraine-russia-eastern-front/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 3 engage-rate 7% impress 43 time 2022-09-12 11:45 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569291176439853058 ========== More on Russian military reverses in Ukraine. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/russian-forces-flee-as-ukraine-makes-rapid-eastern-push-1.1817023 Some of these forces are Russian conscripts, others are Ukrainian collaborators. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 59 time 2022-09-11 07:16 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568861091555594247 ========== Is Putin really in trouble? https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1666827/putin-removal-plot-russia-st-petersburg-Smolninsky-council-ukraine-war-latest-news-ont Probably not - but some of his allies are - https://www.newsweek.com/russian-soldiers-riot-refuse-fight-ukraine-war-1739773 https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1666907/putin-russia-ukraine-war-luhansk-donetsk-soldiers-kremlin-vn #PS1ukraine ===== engage 7 engage-rate 18% impress 38 likes 1 time 2022-09-11 06:30 +0000 urlclicks 6 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568849324897107968 ========== Ukraine attempts to liquidate the invader collaborator class in advance of phony refererenda. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/08/ukraine-assassinations-occupied-territory-russia/ Does Putin win if he pulls Ukraine down to his moral level? #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 time 2022-09-09 21:05 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568344920922165248 ========== Of course Putin liquidates potential opponents. Of course he denies it. That's what Stalin would have done for Russia! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-united-states-nations-linda-thomas-greenfield-9fda3a35846a332f593ca50882c472ea #PS1ukraine ===== impress 17 time 2022-09-09 04:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568089799529201665 ========== How the Ukrainians are wearing down the Russians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/31/zelensky-ukraine-southern-counter-offensive/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 8 time 2022-09-01 02:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565163601437962240 ========== Lesson #1 from Ukraine - life is more complicated in practice than in theory. Lesson #2 - do not count on personality cultists to act rationally. Lesson #3 - personality cultists can be very expensive for the whole world. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/22/opinions/putin-russia-invasion-ukraine-treisman/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 18 time 2022-08-28 22:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564019782831054848 ========== Chechens fight on both sides in Ukraine. It's a continuation of their civil war. https://apnews.com/article/chechen-fight-on-both-sides-of-ukraine-war-6c663cbbc506c198ce14fa2266a826be #PS1ukraine ===== impress 61 time 2022-08-28 06:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563780086527971329 ========== Sometimes luck comes to the tenacious. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2022/kyiv-battle-ukraine-survival/ Russian military doctrine has never relied much on luck as much as on overwhelming superior numbers. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 2 time 2022-08-26 05:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563043235567587330 ========== Russia doesn't trust Iran - but any port in a storm. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/24/russia-iran-drones-sanctions/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 5 time 2022-08-26 05:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563042319279960071 ========== Some questions about Zelenskyy's judgment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/18/zelensky-ukraine-wapo-interview-warn-of-war/ Some of it politically motivated. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 3 time 2022-08-19 14:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560631236862693377 ========== Liddell Hart in Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/17/ukraine-indirect-approach-hitting-russians-war/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 21 time 2022-08-17 14:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559907786578079745 ========== Countdown to Putin's invasion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2022/ukraine-road-to-war/ Nobody believed he would be so irrational. They were wrong. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 4 time 2022-08-17 04:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559753695952179202 ========== None but the best for Putin's army! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-world-news-st-petersburg-treatment-of-prisoners-f20273227cf4c4e65ba6f4866dc975ea #PS1ukraine ===== impress 8 time 2022-08-11 13:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557715636377120769 ========== The invasion of Ukraine is not just about Putin's ego! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/10/ukraine-russia-energy-mineral-wealth/ It's about destroying Ukraine's economy. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 27 time 2022-08-11 03:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557576662346190849 ========== Putin makes it clear. He's only interested in negotiating the unconditional surrender of Ukraine. He's counting on the west to lose interest and abandon Ukraine to its sad fate. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-kyiv-moscow-6ccaef3a9d9d5ccd370d70126db78c5a #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 27 replies 1 time 2022-07-08 03:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545251367484198912 ========== How Putin reminds the west what he'll do to them if they keep supporting Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/g-7-summit-russia-ukraine-putin-boris-johnson-kyiv-4b25bc156410e2e9f764b879348e0184 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 time 2022-07-03 07:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543498693365493760 ========== No peace for our time by giving away other countries' territory. https://apnews.com/article/kaja-kallas-estonia-prime-minister-interview-5ad4bcc1fd76d9c5530129160fafa814 Not in 1938, not in 2022. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 4 time 2022-06-23 14:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1539977190380404737 ========== We wouldn't be so hesitant if American lives were on the front lives. But sooner or later they will be. Especially if we don't act now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/20/us-military-aid-ukraine-tanks-planes-drones-kyiv-russia-war/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 25% impress 4 likes 1 time 2022-06-21 13:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1539232895776063488 ========== What's the truth about sanctions against Putin? Will they really bite harder over time? https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/politics/nerd-warriors-treasury-department-sanctions-economic-war-russia/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2022-06-18 06:21 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1538044101014106112 ========== Can the west afford to support Ukraine? https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/opinions/ukraine-war-putin-eu-biden-cost-andelman/index.html Putin is betting that the west forgot the lesson learned in 1938. Earlier is way cheaper than later. Both are inflationary. Later is worse. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 14 time 2022-06-18 06:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1538042085789446144 ========== What's the endgame in Ukraine - can we afford it? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/04/opinion/ukraine-russia-putin-war.html Return to the boundaries of Feb 23, use Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine, admit Ukraine to EU and NATO, to discourage Putin's second act - that all sounds good, but Putin wouldn't accept it. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 47 time 2022-06-05 01:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1533265687648448512 ========== Putin will wait as long as necessary for the west to get tired of supporting Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/03/russia-putin-economy-attrition-war/ But the west knows that success in Ukraine would lead Putin to further adventures elsewhere. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 11 time 2022-06-03 14:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1532735970860097543 ========== Ukraine won't cede any of its territory, and Russia won't yield on its conquests. So the war will continue as long as Russia has the means to offend and Ukraine the means to defend. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-moscow-government-and-politics-139234bb95a3fe3ca2de0fe2c716dda8 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 likes 1 time 2022-06-03 14:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1532727705673682947 ========== The novel "The Third World War: August 1985" attributed the west's victory over Soviets to, in part, more independence of western non-commissioned officers. Reality now is a weak Russian military due to lack of independence in lower ranks https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/us/politics/russia-military-eastern-ukraine.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 22 time 2022-06-01 04:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1531858306402160640 ========== Being an underequipped underdog against the Russian army is too great a challenge for some. Foreigners can go home, but Ukrainians are stuck with it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/05/28/americans-fighting-in-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 32 time 2022-05-29 07:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1530809554354655232 ========== What is victory? Any cease-fire will allow Putin to regroup and try again. So it must be accompanied by immediate Ukrainian membership in NATO and EU. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/us/politics/zelensky-ukraine-war.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/pfbid02s7MsvuNh3RHsp9X676sBk73VpgvnTEs44K56u7BrjHiup7QYx8nmHnBAabrzipkFl #PS1ukraine ===== impress 18 time 2022-05-27 14:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1530200668144693253 ========== Toublesome Ukrainians are useful hostages for trading if the war goes badly for Russia, useful forced labor if the war ends well. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/26/politics/ukraine-filtration-camps-forcibly-remove-russia/index.html Russians should take note. Since Putin says they are brothers, he treats Russians the same way. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 16 time 2022-05-27 13:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1530185042613284864 ========== There are limits to Ukrainian resistance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/26/ukraine-frontline-russia-military-severodonetsk/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 8 time 2022-05-27 01:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1529996944763867136 ========== Not since Eisenhower has an American president mobilized such a massive international response. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/26/biden-white-house-secret-planning-helped-ukraine-counter-russia/ But if Trump had won, he'd have remembered Zelenskyy's uncooperativeness and asked Putin if there were anything Trump could do to help Putin. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 15 time 2022-05-27 01:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1529994387890896897 ========== Putin appears to be bogged down in Ukraine in a war of attrition - https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-kyiv-politics-9e0c72aa16d97d7466f22dfbf6dc8fa0 But his attrition strategy is working - wearing down the west with internal divisions over the price of supporting Ukraine until we give up. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-economy-inflation-467db62b671b1057ab867cf9a1335c93 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 time 2022-05-24 13:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1529089497643687936 ========== If Lavrov calls it fake news - it must be true! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/23/satellite-pics-appear-to-show-russia-stealing-ukrainian-grain/ Murder, rape, pillage - it's the traditional Russian way of war. And Putin is nothing if not traditional Russian. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 27 time 2022-05-24 00:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1528888960503537664 ========== Some Russians won't fight Putin's war. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/22/europe/ukraine-russian-officer-resigns/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 15 time 2022-05-22 13:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1528373886831562755 ========== Belarusians see an opportunity for freedom. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-alexander-lukashenko-poland-3d8d211ce217fff9550263466ffa5fd3 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 8% impress 13 time 2022-05-22 13:34 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1528368716798234629 ========== Ukraine is starting to look a lot like Syria. That's no accident. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/12/world/russia-general-ukraine-syria-cluster-bombs-intl-cmd/index.html Putin just wants victory. He doesn't care how. He selects generals that agree. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 33 time 2022-05-12 23:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1524887254677630976 ========== There is no compromise satisfactory to both Putin and Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-western-nato-a990adcad47a34764d64b03bdcd69f7b Like our Civil War, or like WWII, once a certain expenditure of blood and treasure has been made, it is not possible to accept less than a total victory to justify the sacrifice. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 47 likes 1 time 2022-05-11 05:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1524259935197925378 ========== Another fatal flaw in Russian planning. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/07/world/europe/russia-putin-ukraine-politicians.html Did Russians really think Ukrainians would resist foreign invaders in 2022 with less determination than Russians resisted foreign invaders in 1941? #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 likes 1 time 2022-05-08 06:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1523189970248241159 ========== Walking the Ukraine tightrope - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/opinion/biden-ukraine-leaks.html Loose lips sink strategies. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 50 time 2022-05-07 03:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1522786539893256192 ========== Bipartisan agreement - of two persons. But Trumpists don't agree. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/06/cheney-auchincloss-democracy-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 23 time 2022-05-07 03:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1522784988751532032 ========== Stealing farm machinery didn't work because it could be remotely disabled. So they stole the grain. That's what the Russians love about the Chechens. Stalin did the same 80 years ago. https://cnn.com/2022/05/05/europe/russia-ukraine-grain-theft-cmd-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 44 likes 1 time 2022-05-06 12:39 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1522556611830501376 ========== US tells Ukraine some, but not all. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/05/us-provided-intelligence-that-helped-ukraine-target-russian-warship/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 27 time 2022-05-06 03:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1522413455222853634 ========== You can't destroy a people without destroying its history. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/04/opinions/putin-destroying-ukraine-history-archives-florea/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 17 time 2022-05-06 02:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1522401791823937537 ========== Pride runs deep - https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/04/europe/russia-military-culture-brutality-intl/index.html Pride of murder, rape, and pillage. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 11 time 2022-05-06 02:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1522400488083255297 ========== Belarusan puppet dictator Lukashenko is surprised that Ukraine is taking longer than Putin said. Meanwhile his unsupporters act to help Ukraine - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/23/ukraine-belarus-railway-saboteurs-russia/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/pfbid0soeY36DmhG6Ewa1aF1AR82v6q1JGeUfeP96pdpAtRu3YHUq2C3iHZ2U4GL7xhXjSl #PS1ukraine ===== impress 31 time 2022-05-06 01:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1522381602122190848 ========== Stealing farm machinery didn't work because it could be remotely disable. So they stole the grain. That's what the Russians love about the Chechens. Stalin did the same 80 years ago. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/05/europe/russia-ukraine-grain-theft-cmd-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2022-05-05 22:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1522338239377408001 ========== Can Russians be expelled from Ukraine before they kill all the Ukrainian soldiers? "quantity has a quality all its own" https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/04/opinions/bergen-repass-ukraine-interview/index.html Should NATO members be training and equipping additional brigades of Ukrainian soldiers? #PS1ukraine ===== impress 43 time 2022-05-05 14:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1522224873388404736 ========== Not easy to be a Russian general. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/us/politics/russia-generals-killed-ukraine.html You have to go to the front to give a pep talk to the conscripts about the joy of murdering, raping, and pillaging - and dying - for Putin's glory. Too bad if a sniper knows where you will be and when. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 44 time 2022-05-05 02:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1522042740485201921 ========== Quislings are never that hard to find. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/04/ukraine-collaborators-chernihiv-fear-paranoia-villages/ Money works for some, threats for others. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 12 time 2022-05-05 02:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1522041060284780546 ========== What would Putin do in a pinch? https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2671147 US should quietly let Putin know that any use of weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine will lead to a proportionate destruction of Russian military forces in Ukraine. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 57 likes 1 time 2022-05-04 03:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1521689602674728960 ========== It's not so easy to replace all those weapons going to Ukraine - we've got supply chain issues. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-business-eastern-europe-dover-35586737ec1923b1477d26bc45eeb7ed It seems likely that future DOD procurements will specify all made-in-America components. That will get expensive. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 40 time 2022-05-04 03:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1521688313450491904 ========== Why has Putin shown restraint? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-nato.html Is it lack of resources or is he saving everything he's got for one big push at a later date? #PS1ukraine ===== impress 20 time 2022-05-04 03:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1521687095219163136 ========== The argument for limited aims in Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/opinion/biden-ukraine.html Putin could easily be replaced by somebody worse. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 31 time 2022-05-04 02:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1521685674243416065 ========== Electronic warfare in Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/03/russia-ukraine-electronic-warfare/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 40 time 2022-05-04 02:32 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1521679186544316416 ========== Will Putin declare war in order to get more cannon fodder? He'd hoped for a "victory celebration" on May 9, but that doesn't look like it would fool anybody. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/europe/russia-ukraine-declaration-of-war-intl-hnk-ml/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 likes 1 time 2022-05-04 02:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1521674922841366528 ========== Putin tries to turn back the tide of history. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/02/soviet-putin-russia-revenge-of-history/ He has no trouble finding enough Ukrainian collaborators. Just like the Nazis did in 1941. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 49 time 2022-05-03 04:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1521345252170240000 ========== Pillage - one of the things the Russian army does best, along with murder and rape. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/01/europe/russia-farm-vehicles-ukraine-disabled-melitopol-intl/index.html Putin's glad he didn't kill ALL the Chechens in 2000. They're proving useful. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 71 time 2022-05-01 16:42 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1520805883898257409 ========== In the finest Nazi tradition https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/30/ukraine-russia-art-mariupol/ Will some of it end on the walls of Putin's country retreats? #PS1ukraine ===== impress 32 time 2022-05-01 01:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1520572217351827457 ========== Why artillery is a big deal in Ukraine now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/30/ukraine-russia-artillery/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 36 time 2022-05-01 01:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1520569754309722112 ========== Why Putin will make some kind of victory announcement on May 9. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/opinions/may-9-putin-victory-war-nixey/index.html Ukraine is no doubt planning some daring action to stain Putin's big day. Can they pull if off? #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 63 time 2022-04-29 14:37 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1520049609137041408 ========== A black hole with no escape? https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/politics/ukraine-war-week-that-changed/index.html Putin's demand - unconditional surrender by Ukraine. Ukraine's demand - all Russian forces out of Ukraine, and western guarantees against a Putin encore invasion. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/pfbid02z5XmA3Lm2vdeL1DY21YqynFRmW7Z9QgvxhRDNbZw1vXPWBrcZU58kBWxLQEJdX6Nl #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 60 likes 1 time 2022-04-29 14:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1520048241378619392 ========== No hiding in a secure location for Zelenskyy. https://arabdawaer.com/tehiyuwi/world-news/2022/04/28/volodymyr-zelensky-refused-evacuated-kyiv-even-russian-hit-men/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 76 time 2022-04-29 04:19 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1519894075926667264 ========== How would Trump have handled the Ukraine invasion? Channeled Neville Chamberlain or Charles Lindbergh? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/opinion/russia-ukraine-biden-aid.html Instead Biden and Johnson and the rest of the western leadership channeled FDR while Zelynskyy channeled Churchill. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 81 time 2022-04-29 01:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1519851955002089473 ========== Bringing the war home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/28/ukrainian-attacks-bring-war-home-russia-fraying-civilian-nerves/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 41 time 2022-04-29 00:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1519839806762590272 ========== Everybody in the world will be paying for Putin's war for years. All that economic output is lost forever, and that's a problem for the developed countries and a disaster for the third world. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/28/politics/ukraine-war-world-costs-analysis/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1652412121769967 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 48 time 2022-04-28 23:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1519822343803080705 ========== Significance of Azovstal https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/28/europe/mariupol-azovstal-steel-plant-intl-cmd/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 65 time 2022-04-28 22:57 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1519813116481089536 ========== Why not shoot at the Secretary-General of the United Nations? Putin needs to teach him a lesson too. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-bulgaria-nato-138362dbd31e65e7c06f91760bee75ce #PS1ukraine ===== impress 48 time 2022-04-28 22:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1519806145963065344 ========== Russians compiled an extermination list well in advance of invasion. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-business-border-patrols-automobiles-fa3f88e07e51bcaf81bac8a40c4da141 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 41 time 2022-04-28 15:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1519693839056867329 ========== Getting ready for another fake election. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-moscow-referendums-crimea-7129a6d1f5ab81279ac7cf1a6be0996b Trumpists might well study Putin's methods. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 46 time 2022-04-28 14:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1519691859899035649 ========== Russian cyberwarfare units were laying the groundwork in Ukraine months before the military invasion. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-business-europe-hacking-f844d60f06fa98ee3cc1456df4080c26 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 65 time 2022-04-28 02:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1519503072216510464 ========== Unexpected allies in Belarus helped slow down the Russian assault. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/23/ukraine-belarus-railway-saboteurs-russia/ But their grandfathers did it to Germans. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 21 time 2022-04-24 15:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1518247693251796993 ========== Hackers claim to have raided Russian military and intelligence personnel files. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/22/us/politics/hackers-russia-cyberattacks.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 508 time 2022-04-22 22:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1517633677596917760 ========== Murder, rape, pillage civilians - ancient military traditions upheld by Putin, who says he's a very traditional Russian. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/22/europe/ukraine-sexual-violence-allegations-russia-cmd-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 515 time 2022-04-22 12:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1517480706858835970 ========== Why the free world admires Zelenskyy. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/19/opinion/why-we-admire-zelensky.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% impress 494 likes 1 time 2022-04-21 17:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1517192892095205376 ========== "Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace– but there is no peace." https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/20/business/oleg-tinkov-ukraine-insane-war/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/20/opinions/sachs-ukraine-negotiation-op-ed/index.html As with Hitler or Stalin, a cease fire or "security guarantees" are just methods to regroup, sow division among enemies, and resume the war later. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 393 time 2022-04-21 04:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1516993975898370049 ========== Preview for America - what happens when western democracies are asked to sacrifice a little bit to support Ukraine, which is learning real sacrifice? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-germany-europe-economy-b9004fca7ea3a60fd281ad58d21a7bd4 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 21 time 2022-04-20 17:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1516828709985996802 ========== Donbas - the prize in the next phase of Putin's invasion. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/15/europe/donbas-region-ukraine-war-russia-explainer-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 67 time 2022-04-18 05:09 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1515920441910579203 ========== Army learning from Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-us-army-training-54e76eba46f9bf79542dd3f872456e67 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 26 time 2022-04-17 06:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1515578809713500161 ========== What is the significance of the Moskva sinking? https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/15/europe/russia-guided-missile-cruiser-moskva-sinks-intl-hnk-ml/index.html Naval planners world-wide are trying to decide what it means for their fleets. The trend in modern warfare rewards multitudes of expendable attack weapons and penalizes high-value targets. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 5 engage-rate 5% expands 2 impress 95 time 2022-04-16 02:53 +0000 urlclicks 2 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1515161316683509764 ========== Why Putin might settle for Donbas - for now. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/15/europe/donbas-region-ukraine-war-russia-explainer-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 39 time 2022-04-15 13:14 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1514955279032487936 ========== Conscription and corruption - hallmarks of populist kleptocratic regimes. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/14/europe/ukraine-war-russia-trucks-logistics-intl-hnk-ml/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 52 time 2022-04-14 23:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1514749314223943680 ========== Are we giving Putin's threats too much credence? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/13/west-help-ukraine-win-next-phase-russia/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 42 time 2022-04-14 03:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1514450864664047617 ========== Ukrainians beat FSB to capture a pawn. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-zelenskyy-kyiv-business-1453669c4918e71051806e38f9d076c3 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 51 time 2022-04-14 02:23 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1514428997823696898 ========== Trumpist Putinist in France advocates appeasement. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-marine-le-pen-macron-moscow-d79b5ddd4fe93ebef39da900d99b22da #PS1ukraine ===== impress 47 time 2022-04-14 02:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1514428277498126339 ========== Putin thought Ukrainians were Russians. Now he's caused most Ukrainians to reject everything Russian. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/12/ukrainians-abandon-russian-language/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 27 time 2022-04-12 13:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1513870808979894272 ========== Realpolitik's limitations on American idealism. Many other nations, like India, view the Ukrainian war not as an ideological crusade, but as a profitable opportunity for cheap Russian oil and other potential advantages. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/11/opinion/ukraine-war-realist-strategy.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% expands 1 impress 28 time 2022-04-12 03:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1513727043514429445 ========== Can Russia contribute to rebuilding Ukraine? https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/11/opinions/ukraine-russia-monetary-damages-legislation/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 37 time 2022-04-12 03:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1513719014056292357 ========== Putin puts experienced professional civilian murderer in command of next Ukraine campaign. No more amateur murder! https://apnews.com/article/russia-appoints-new-ukraine-war-commander-dvornikov-225f976f9abfb5aff6154ac3b77c21e6 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 55 likes 1 time 2022-04-10 20:08 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1513247536311463937 ========== Russia captures Ukrainian hostages for future use. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/07/europe/ukraine-mariupol-russia-deportation-cmd-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 36 time 2022-04-10 06:26 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1513040752598654977 ========== Putin's gift to Russian soldiers - pointless exposure to high radiation. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/world/europe/ukraine-chernobyl.html Putin's gift to Ukraine - diabolical land mines and unexploded ordnance. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/world/europe/ukraine-russia-land-mines.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 94 time 2022-04-09 03:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1512641243611758592 ========== Putin's mistakes in Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/08/how-russia-botched-ukraine-invasion/ Result - NATO strengthened, despite apparent uselessness of Russian military for anything except murdering civilians, which they've raised to an art form. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 3 engage-rate 5% impress 60 likes 2 time 2022-04-09 03:38 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1512636129387839488 ========== Global ripple effects - https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-janet-yellen-eastern-europe-europe-81dff914f79f22c6839cf262fa79523c As global inflation and shortages lead unstable governments to topple or look for external enemies to blame and punish, the global impacts of the Ukraine invasion might indeed compound into WWIII. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 49 time 2022-04-08 12:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1512411412148076545 ========== 5000 murdered in Mariupol? https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/06/mariupols-dead-put-at-5000-as-ukraine-braces-in-the-east/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 72 time 2022-04-07 01:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1511877614356480002 ========== What liberation by Russian Army is like - https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/europe/borodianka-ukraine-deaths-destruction-intl/index.html Not so different from liberation by Hitler or Stalin. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 19 time 2022-04-06 04:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1511565499003408384 ========== World War Wired - globalization means everybody is involved. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/opinion/ukraine-russia-wired.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 29 time 2022-04-03 15:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1510640581923336198 ========== Putin has failed in Ukraine before. But he can never admit it. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/02/world/europe/putin-ukraine-failure.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 37 time 2022-04-03 15:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1510639270452629504 ========== No end in sight - Putin can't win but he doesn't dare lose. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/02/opinions/russian-military-invasion-has-peaked-repass-bergen/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 37 replies 1 time 2022-04-03 14:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1510621575816437762 ========== Afghanistan and Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/02/ukraine-afghanistan-russia-parallels-quagmire/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 48 time 2022-04-02 13:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1510254922238861314 ========== Cubans suffer from Ukraine invasion. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-lifestyle-cuba-069cb5152efc535e3a001af7a79a0a81 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 58 time 2022-04-02 00:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1510050056572837893 ========== Not every Russian wants to die for Putin. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-russian-youth-draft-fears-0553c8ac5981758826f973e2103348e0 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 34 likes 1 replies 1 time 2022-04-02 00:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1510049309638635522 ========== Putin divides and conquers - first eastern and southern Ukraine, then the rest, when his army is ready. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-shift-in-strategy-7386a5893a3b43bad7e438cfe45468c2 It's time for democracies neighboring Ukraine to contribute air and land support in Ukraine, without invoking NATO protection in Ukraine. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 55 time 2022-04-01 01:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509709003873431558 ========== Neo-nazis and white supremacists are everywhere. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-29 15:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508832061800419330 ========== Putin's war ripples out to Turkey, Thailand, and Cuba. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-covid-health-business-travel-b9885c965d8ed13822be4c8796d13181 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 48 time 2022-03-28 14:49 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508456236856971264 ========== More Biden gaffes? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-ketanji-brown-jackson-state-of-the-union-address-2022-midterm-elections-46757d4b4b7d4297245d7e6de8f2b290 But it MIGHT not be a bad thing if Putin has to consider that Biden MIGHT arrange Putin's retirement, MIGHT use weapons of mass destruction, MIGHT send US troops to Ukraine. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1629711384040041 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 53 likes 1 time 2022-03-27 23:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508232300097523714 ========== Ukrainian resistance targets Russian command and control, with some success. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/26/ukraine-russan-generals-dead/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 25 time 2022-03-27 13:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508078840991477761 ========== Extreme reactionary zealots are all excited about the war in Ukraine. But some side with Putin and others side against him. Will Ukraine become like Afghanistan? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/25/germany-far-right-ukraine-russia/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 58 likes 1 time 2022-03-27 13:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508077802280521729 ========== Hungarians suffered Russian invasion in 1956, sending refugees all over the world - but that's all forgiven now, at least by Orban. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-business-budapest-viktor-orban-c289237f0c626ce9447bd1c78ebcd8ae #PS1ukraine ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-27 13:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508067018976608256 ========== Move the goal posts until they are in punting range. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/europe/russian-general-calls-encirclement-of-ukrainian-cities-a-deliberate-plan/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 20 time 2022-03-26 16:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507751101587595264 ========== Ukraine is becoming like America. Russia is becoming like Nazi Germany. So in best Stalinist tradition, Putin claims the exact opposite. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/26/opinions/zelensky-ukraine-putin-nightmare-glaser/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1628685644142615 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 49 time 2022-03-26 14:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507724868355178501 ========== Western Europe postpones discussions about Poland's rightward drift while facing a greater threat. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/world/europe/poland-ukraine-russia.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 31 time 2022-03-25 17:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507412745624334343 ========== Ukraine war - and Putinism generally - is just another symptom of addiction to burning fossil fuels. https://politpost.com/2022/03/24/were-in-a-fossil-fuel-war-biden-should-say-so/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 63 time 2022-03-25 16:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507394728588808193 ========== Comparative air forces. https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2022/03/24 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-25 16:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507393407169093635 ========== Guernica, Mariupol, what's the diff? Hitler, Putin, what's the diff? It's all just practice training for the next big war. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2653018 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 71 time 2022-03-25 16:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507387163343978507 ========== Failed to scuttle oligarch yacht, but fighting on anyway. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/business/ukrainian-crew-member-sabotaged-russian-oligarch-linked-yacht-invs/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 28 time 2022-03-25 03:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1507198680746536980 ========== He survived Hitler and Stalin but not Putin. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/opinions/boris-romantschenko-russia-strike-death-wagner/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 22 time 2022-03-24 03:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506832438076403718 ========== Putin is on plan B. How far will he go? https://cvvnews.com/after-a-difficult-month-vladimir-putin-launched-his-plan-b/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 time 2022-03-23 20:41 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506732980122710017 ========== Piling up and putrefying unknown soldiers, unacknowledged by those who sent them to die. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/europe/ukraine-war-russian-soldiers-deaths-cmd-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 23 time 2022-03-23 19:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506720802871205890 ========== Is anybody in charge? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/21/politics/us-russia-top-military-commander-ukraine-war/index.html It doesn't matter much if the order of the day is just to murder as many civilians as possible. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 time 2022-03-22 03:16 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506107621954052101 ========== Zelenskyy beats Putin at PR! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/21/opinions/zelensky-wartime-speech-communications-pr-mcgowan-silva/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 41 likes 1 time 2022-03-21 23:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506057295041499137 ========== "we're not going to sit by while Putin eliminates a sovereign European country" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/20/politics/joe-biden-europe-trip-vladimir-putin/index.html Should countries that border Ukraine and have the greatest stake, to send defensive forces to Ukraine? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1624461517898361 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 50 time 2022-03-20 14:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505549638098513931 ========== Why Ukraine is always at the center of world wars. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/opinion/ukraine-russia-putin-history.html Putin thinks Ukraine is Russian, but its government traditions comes from the west, not the east. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 48 time 2022-03-20 01:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505351812903174145 ========== An American training Ukrainians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/18/ukraine-militia-volunteer/ He'd never seen a war like this. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 time 2022-03-19 23:33 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505326751827648514 ========== Georgia can't decide what to do about Ukraine and Putin. Are they going to be next anyway? Or can they survive the current crisis by being neutral? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/world/europe/ukraine-georgia-war.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 39 time 2022-03-19 16:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1505212780340649985 ========== Nobody has an interest in revealing cyberwar successes and failures. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/opinion/cyberwar-ukraine-russia.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 33 time 2022-03-19 00:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504983139583598594 ========== Schwarzenegger speaks to Russians. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/17/world/arnold-schwarzenegger-message-russian-people/index.html Will the message get through? #PS1ukraine ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-18 03:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504668527881428997 ========== If the enemy soldiers are too tough, you can always just murder civilians instead. Whatever it takes to accomplish Putin's goals, whatever they are. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/17/politics/russia-military-ukraine-what-matters/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 37 time 2022-03-18 01:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504637875119292416 ========== Cheap drones heighten the risk of accidental war. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/17/politics/us-nato-errant-drones-unintentional-conflict-russia-ukraine/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-17 18:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504529257103454209 ========== Surprise - China's covid lockdown policies have reduced the demand for oil, and hence the price. Putin didn't see that coming, and nobody else did either. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/opinion/russia-ukraine-putin-war.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 86 time 2022-03-17 04:27 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504313425299599362 ========== Wilson and Biden - threading the needle between peace and war. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/politicalnews/s-2648804 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-17 04:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504312307890884609 ========== Bolton knew what Trump and Putin were up to and he's not sugar-coating it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/15/john-boltons-crusade-debunk-trumps-revisionist-history-russia-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 36 time 2022-03-17 03:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504299196718858243 ========== We had to ally with Stalin to defeat Hitler. Now? Venezuela, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/opinions/venezuela-oil-russia-sanctions-miller/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 65 time 2022-03-17 00:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504258861875679233 ========== Slav leaders of formerly Stalinist countries risk danger to meet Zelenskyy in person and support Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-janez-jansa-jaroslaw-kaczynski-europe-95780a078715eb271edec313bfc683e7 You'd never see a Putinist or Trumpist undertake such risks. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 50 time 2022-03-17 00:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504255150726148099 ========== Can Putin be overthrown by the oligarchs? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/10/russia-elites-putin-coup-war/ Those closest to Putin are all KGB veterans who think exactly like him. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/opinions-stop-imagining-putin-e2-80-99s-overthrow-fantasies-won-e2-80-99t-help-ukraine/ar-AAV7hZw More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1621995598144953 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 32 time 2022-03-17 00:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504252759058440192 ========== Petraeus evaluates Russian invasion so far and speculates on possible outcomes. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/opinions/russia-ukraine-petraeus-bergen/index.html The upshot is that the Ukraine campaign has made the US, EU, and NATO look stronger, and Russia look weaker. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 61 time 2022-03-16 06:12 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503977564246724608 ========== Prisoners of war shocked by the truth. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/europe/ukraine-russian-prisoners-of-war-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 25 time 2022-03-16 06:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503974813433413633 ========== No combat experience? No Slavic language fluency? Stay home! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-0b332e01abf61890d5d5458dc9bf2c8b #PS1ukraine ===== impress 36 time 2022-03-15 13:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503728239209975808 ========== "End of history" author sees Putin defeat inevitable - eventually. Dangerous if true - Putin might resort to weapons of mass destruction and west would retaliate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/14/putin-could-lose-ukraine-fukuyama-optimistic/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 66 time 2022-03-14 23:58 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503520863357833216 ========== There ARE neo-Nazis rushing to Ukraine to fight. Their goal is NOT preservation of democratic government, but creation of fascist states. So why are they fighting Putin? Any war is a good war for destroying civilization. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/14/neo-nazi-ukraine-war/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 133 time 2022-03-14 23:39 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503516183722487812 ========== No-fly zones wouldn't stop missile attacks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/14/russia-strikes-yavoriv-poland-border/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 63 time 2022-03-14 23:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503511394066464768 ========== “Four mistakes in making one decision is a lot” https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-nato-william-burns-europe-1271f76008b3e639df6ff21e3644e339 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 104 time 2022-03-14 05:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503247481865322498 ========== The Ukrainian Quislings step out of their closets. They've been waiting for this moment for years. https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-13-22/h_38e38946a6d8425903a4e2709803e3dd #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 67 time 2022-03-14 03:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503213693911252993 ========== Will China decide to help Russia in Ukraine? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/13/politics/jake-sullivan-meeting-chinese-counterpart-ukraine/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 117 time 2022-03-14 00:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503170852635885569 ========== SpaceX is keeping internet connectivity going to and from Ukraine. Russia is not pleased while it "implements its highest national interests on the territory of Ukraine" - meaning murdering civilians. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/03/13/how-elon-musks-satellite-internet-is-coming-to-ukraines-defense/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 105 time 2022-03-13 23:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503153882788102144 ========== There's lots of evidence that bombing civilians usually doesn't work. Putin keeps on anyway. He thinks it worked for Stalin and Hitler. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/13/opinions/putin-bombs-and-ukraine-resists-column-galant/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 21 time 2022-03-13 21:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503115953411801088 ========== American journalist killed in Ukraine. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brent-renaud-ukraine-russia-american-journalist-killed/ It's dangerous to be in range of Russian forces. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 88 time 2022-03-13 19:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503087628928708610 ========== God has no tears but ours https://www.political-scrapbook.net/img/ua-flag-tear.jpg God has no hands but ours 3 million in exile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUfwy3f3R4s The glory and freedom of Ukraine has not yet perished Luck will still smile on us brother-Ukrainians. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1619790031698843 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 109 time 2022-03-13 19:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503084856296689665 ========== Reminiscent of La Dernière Classe of Daudet - https://litgloss.buffalo.edu/daudet/text.php It's how Russian cultural domination of Ukraine worked - and would work again. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/12/opinions/ukrainian-identity-russia-invasion-buchatskiy/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 76 time 2022-03-13 07:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502912555223638017 ========== No peaceful resolution in sight. Ukraine won't surrender, Putin won't go home. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-nato-european-union-europe-aca0de34f3644058256f1fc700e2da54 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 90 time 2022-03-11 13:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502277494325399560 ========== There is no diplomatic off-ramp. Nobody believes anything the Russians say - for good reason. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/11/politics/russia-misinformation-putin-lavrov-ukraine-war/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 79 time 2022-03-11 05:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502153895413370880 ========== Another Russian general paid the price for Putinism. https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-top-russian-general-andrei-sukhovetsky-killed-in-ukraine-2937452 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 86 time 2022-03-11 05:15 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502151275198095373 ========== Eyes in the skies on both sides - looking for the start of WWIII. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/10/politics/nato-surveillance-flight-russia-belarus/index.html Belarus is helping Russia, so Russia has no valid complaint if other countries help Ukraine. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 104 time 2022-03-11 01:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502093493329485824 ========== Putin won't back down, Zelenskyy won't back down. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/10/ukraine-end-game/ Putin will have to kill enough of the Ukrainians to discourage the survivors from resisting. No problem - Stalin did that to Finland in 1939. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1617855291892317 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 112 time 2022-03-10 23:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502069792395644940 ========== Many are called, but few are chosen. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-d0243a1708a3115e5ad0ac40aed99b9f Military experience and fluency in Ukrainian or Russian would seem to be required. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 84 likes 1 time 2022-03-10 14:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501935150447292428 ========== Is there a realistic end-game scenario that doesn't involve either Putin being removed from power by the Russian oligarchs and military, or Putin using nuclear weapons? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/opinion/putin-ukraine-russia-war.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 84 time 2022-03-10 01:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501729574043881478 ========== An endurance war - who can retain popular support the longest? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/world/europe/russia-ukraine-economy.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 83 time 2022-03-10 01:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501728107656478722 ========== What a strong leader is like! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/opinions/volodymyr-zelensky-ukraine-message-house-of-commons-ghitis/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-09 14:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501570727404654592 ========== Will Putin default on foreign debt? https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/09/russia-default-on-debt-is-imminent-fitch-a76833 Why not? He doesn't get much friendship from most countries today. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 30 time 2022-03-09 08:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501479736224088069 ========== Why Putin can't lose in Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/07/why-putin-must-beware-of-coup-threats/ Russian history is not favorable for leaders that lose. That makes him more dangerous. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 55 time 2022-03-09 08:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501478463357652992 ========== Hit back twice as hard! https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/politics/russia-ukraine-us-intelligence/index.html A defeat or stalemate would jeopardize Putin's political career. Self-serving opportunists attract the same, who are happy to take over if the opportunity arises. So Putin will double down in Ukraine. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 3 engage-rate 6% impress 47 likes 1 time 2022-03-09 08:27 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501474677180403718 ========== Russians seeking information have to call Ukraine. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/europe/ukraine-hotline-russian-soldiers-intl-cmd/index.html Putin's government is not talking to Russians. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 48 time 2022-03-08 13:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501186506500698113 ========== The outcome in Ukraine is uncertain, but Putin is winning the war at home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/08/russian-media-state-television-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 73 time 2022-03-08 06:09 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501077697182666756 ========== Europeans are getting a more realistic appreciation of the Russian army - unwilling conscripts commanded by risk-averse officers. But mass matters in the end. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/politics/russia-ukraine-military.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 52 likes 1 time 2022-03-08 03:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501038636686471173 ========== Knowing that Republicans will demand that Biden embargo Russian oil and gas, and that they will then blame Biden for resulting inflation later, Putin thinks Biden will be too afraid to embargo. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/07/biden-oil-ban-russia-blinken-ukraine/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1615939952083851 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 44 time 2022-03-08 03:20 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501035125038993412 ========== Russkiy Mir - Putin's version of Hitler's Großgermanisches Reich deutscher Nation. https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/06/russia-putin-civilization/ In Putin's mind, Russian exceptionalism is superior to even American exceptionalism, so ordinary rules don't apply. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/politics/putin-totalitarianism-russia-ukraine-what-matters/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 40 time 2022-03-08 02:02 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501015424342708224 ========== The view from Odessa - a vain search for rationality. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/europe/russia-southern-ukraine-military-analysis-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 5 engage-rate 5% impress 93 time 2022-03-08 01:48 +0000 urlclicks 5 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1501011861621272577 ========== For an amoral aggressor, a cease-fire is just an opportunity to regroup and restrike. Even better, evacuation routes to the aggressor's territory to obtain civilian hostages. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-europe-evacuations-kharkiv-01693b3373cf8bcf2400ae29af992bbe #PS1ukraine ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-07 13:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500830434242228226 ========== A new Woke - to the dark side of Putinism/Trumpism. "The creed of liberalism is getting a second wind. This week we have a clearer view of the alternative. Looks like Vladimir Putin." https://olxpraca.com/brooks-the-week-that-woke-the-world/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 27 time 2022-03-07 04:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500688354723065857 ========== Can Putin digest all of Ukraine? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/opinions/bergen-mike-repass-putin-invasion/index.html Probably not - perhaps he will be content to annex the parts he wants and level the rest, leaving it for the west to clean up. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 64 retweets 1 time 2022-03-07 03:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500679524282822657 ========== How the fight is sustained. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/politics/mark-milley-ukraine-military-assistance/index.html But how much longer can they keep the pipeline open? #PS1ukraine ===== impress 22 time 2022-03-07 00:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500628332773187584 ========== In Ukraine, there's a civilian hacker corps - https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-europe-software-hacking-da0b91a6502cf7f7ccd7b9481a0074a4 and a civilian drone reconnaissance corps - https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-technology-business-europe-47dfea7579cedfe65a70296eb0188212 But there's a catch - the Chinese drones report back the operator's location. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 72 time 2022-03-07 00:07 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500624194064711681 ========== Not a helpful or diplomatic statement https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-marjorie-taylor-greene-jen-psaki-united-states-44025ad2591b57a77923622fb8e2da00 Putinism is bigger than Putin, and it would suffice for the Russian oligarchs to convince Putin to resign for "health" reasons. Imagine a Russian legislator calling for Americans to assassinate Biden. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 53 time 2022-03-07 00:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500622590456389633 ========== What begins as lies ends as carnage. https://www.yahoo.com/news/pitts-begins-lies-tends-end-140014270.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 33 time 2022-03-06 23:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500615000301264898 ========== Three weapons unleashed against Putin. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/opinion/putin-ukraine-china.html How will Xi respond? #PS1ukraine ===== impress 35 time 2022-03-06 17:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500530474015354880 ========== West plans support for long-term Ukrainian resistance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/05/russia-ukraine-insurgency/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 35 time 2022-03-06 17:32 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500524634352934916 ========== To see what America's founders were like, don't look to the Jan 6 rioters. Look to the defenders of Ukraine. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/06/politics/ukraine-democracy-lesson-us-blake-cec/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 52 time 2022-03-06 16:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500509332609265667 ========== In many places, rising gas prices are only #2 concern. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-africa-lifestyle-middle-east-1b41faaa7ac0984d0673023b68d39a70 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-06 14:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500486140284977152 ========== Many Congressional representatives want to use up all our sanctions weapons at once. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/us/politics/republicans-ukraine-putin.html But then what? Better to gradually tighten restrictions so Putin is never sure he's seen the worst. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 43 replies 1 time 2022-03-06 08:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500382543081656320 ========== Can anybody isolate themselves economically from the rest of the world? Maybe not. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/opinion/russia-ukraine-sanctions-economy.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-06 07:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500379594200731659 ========== Ukraine can't win big battles. But it can win at guerilla warfare, especially urban guerilla warfare. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/05/ukraine-military-strategy/ Russian defense traditionally relied on scorched-earth leading into Russian winter, but Ukraine has less geography and had less time. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 5 engage-rate 5% impress 104 likes 1 time 2022-03-06 07:50 +0000 urlclicks 4 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500378269488541696 ========== Putin controls TV - social media, not so much. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/04/russian-social-media-ukraine-vk-propaganda/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 31 time 2022-03-06 07:42 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500376132314550274 ========== Putin's already told us everything we need to know. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/03/putin-essays/ He's on a path to restore the Russian Empire with Putin as Czar. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% hashclicks 1 impress 41 likes 1 time 2022-03-06 07:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500374790971879426 ========== The Baltics know they are next - along with Moldova and Georgia and Poland and Romania. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/03/russia-ukraine-baltic-states/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 3 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 91 time 2022-03-06 07:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500371890665242628 ========== Every army has its snipers. Guerilla Ukrainian snipers will be even more important if Putin conquers Ukraine, though in that case you can expect him to retaliate against civilians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/05/ukraine-russia-war-putin/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 85 time 2022-03-06 07:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500368569829265409 ========== Give Putin credit for changing the world. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/05/europe/world-changes-ukraine-russia-intl-cmd/index.html He wants to be remembered with Stalin, Hitler, and Napoleon. Ukraine is hardly the end of his ambitions. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 73 time 2022-03-06 06:55 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1500364403245412353 ========== Putin's goal is larger than crushing opposition in Ukraine. It's crushing opposition at home, too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/04/russia-ukraine-internet-cogent-cutoff/ All to rebuild a Russian Empire in his image. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 56 time 2022-03-05 05:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499981217340424196 ========== Putin will get his revenge sooner or later. https://www.geo.tv/latest/403017-ukrainian-president-survives-three-assassination-attempts-last-week As murderers go, Putin is not yet in the league of Stalin and Hitler, but he's not done. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 55 time 2022-03-04 17:04 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499792996476198912 ========== Putin cracks down - the only truth is what he says it is. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-business-europe-germany-d15ca4ed450d9ca67f43d3b1ac27294d #PS1ukraine ===== impress 22 time 2022-03-04 17:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499792112077860867 ========== Guerilla warfare - no place for people with no military experience and no fluency in Ukrainian or Russian. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/04/europe/ukraine-foreign-fighters-russia-intl-cmd/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 35 time 2022-03-04 13:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499744933225254912 ========== Which is worse for Putin - a humiliating victory or a humiliating defeat? Either way, the most important thing is to keep the truth from the Russian people. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/04/opinions/putins-war-ukraine-kremlin-power-london/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 8% impress 24 likes 1 time 2022-03-04 13:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499743416397139972 ========== Just as in Finland in 1939 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War The Finns outfought the Russians on a man-to-man basis but were eventually overwhelmed by superior numbers of cannon fodder. Russia's military ineptitude encouraged Hitler. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/us/politics/russia-ukraine-military.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 45 time 2022-03-04 04:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499604928997650434 ========== When cornered, Hitler did not do the logical thing. But he didn't have nuclear weapons. Even if Putin decides to leave NATO alone - he might still decide the time is ripe to incorporate Moldova and Georgia back into his empire. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/us/politics/white-house-putin-sanctions.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 39 time 2022-03-04 04:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499601737937657859 ========== Realpolitik avoided WWIII so far. But it depends on rational adversaries - is Putin one, or not? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/opinions/realpolitik-putin-ukraine-mabry/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 47 time 2022-03-04 04:04 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499596725232672769 ========== Putin is immune to public opinion. Like Trump, he has never paid a price for his transgressions. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2641354 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 42 time 2022-03-04 03:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499592073044844545 ========== A truly strong leader! https://www.gocomics.com/claybennett/2022/03/02 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 12% impress 17 likes 1 time 2022-03-04 03:42 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499591119759306755 ========== Can the Russian people act? Will they? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/opinion/russia-ukraine-war.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 time 2022-03-03 23:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499525007533166611 ========== It's no coincidence that Potemkin was a Russian! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village And it happened in Ukraine. Today Ukraine reveals the truth about the Russian army - and about Putin enablers like Ted Cruz. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/03/putin-invasion-ukraine-shattered-myth-invincibiity-of-russian-military-power/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 3 engage-rate 4% impress 69 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 23:15 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499523785296203778 ========== Putin says worst is yet to come. https://news.yahoo.com/terrifying-putin-phone-call-warns-164852494.html He's going for the gold, and nobody can stop him - except perhaps the Russian people. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 33 time 2022-03-03 17:08 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499431567378161668 ========== Even generals pay for Putin's recklessness. How will the oligarchs take that news? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-forces-reportedly-kill-russia-general-andrei-sukhovetsky-in-blow-to-invading-army/ar-AAUymwg Not to mention the raw conscripts in the invading army. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 5 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 87 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 17:06 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499431016313724934 ========== Why Ukrainians have hope to survive. https://olxpraca.com/goldberg-why-ukrainians-believe-they-can-win-war-with-russia/ The blessings of liberal democracy are new to them, so they defend it like America's founders did. Not for them the Putinist Trumpist cynicism and corruption. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 15:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499411194431492101 ========== Can Putin's empire survive sanctions? He's been preparing for years for this showdown. https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-2640691 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 15:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499410216860864513 ========== Will western resolve against Putin hold in the face of shortages and inflation? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/countries-rush-to-release-emergency-reserves-as-oil-prices-soar/ar-AAUu3DG https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/business/economy/ukraine-russia-supply-chains.html The front-line nations know what's at stake. Further back, domestic politics might overcome strategic unity over time. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 17 time 2022-03-03 15:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499403641563717633 ========== Ukraine cleverly bypasses Russian censorship to get the story home to Russian civilians. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/us/politics/russia-ukraine-war-deaths.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 46 time 2022-03-03 02:34 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499211707628933120 ========== Putin's not trying very hard to influence the world right now because his actions are so indefensible. His propaganda is mainly to keep Russians at home supporting his war effort - instead of, say, staging a coup. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/opinion/putin-disinformation-social-media.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 41 likes 1 time 2022-03-03 02:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499208406132953089 ========== In politics, no good deed goes unpunished. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/opinion/war-ukraine-putin.html No matter how well he performs in the universe of what's possible, the GOP will blame Biden for the inevitable imperfections. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 20 time 2022-03-03 02:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499206373342539776 ========== Putin has re-awakened the insecurity of Eastern Europe, even Serbia. The Baltic democracies and Poland fear they might well be next - they were forcibly incorporated into the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-eastern-europe.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 35 time 2022-03-03 01:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499192422617604097 ========== Will Putin impose martial law to silence opposition? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-casualties.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 47 time 2022-03-03 00:30 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499180443740086274 ========== China knew all along. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/politics/russia-ukraine-china.html They'll need Putin's support if they invade Taiwan. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 37 time 2022-03-03 00:25 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499179024215511041 ========== Putin tried to go back two centuries in one week. Instead, he provoked Europe to finally look forward to define a new future. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/02/one-week-of-war-in-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 27 time 2022-03-03 00:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499176823048990721 ========== Which Trumpist US Congressmen stand with the genius Putin? Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Thomas Massie (Ky.), Matt Rosendale (Mont.). https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-passes-resolution-backing-ukraine/ar-AAUwPZP #PS1ukraine ===== impress 52 time 2022-03-02 23:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499164491187060737 ========== Which sterling leaders stand with the genius Putin? Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea, Syria https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/02/united-nations-russia-ukraine-vote #PS1ukraine ===== impress 118 time 2022-03-02 23:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499163046702243845 ========== Putin didn't kill all the Chechens in 2000. https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1010764/putins-brutal-record-in-chechnya-and-syria-is-ominous-for-ukraine He saved a few for Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/02/zelensky-russia-ukraine-assassination-attempt-foiled/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 87 time 2022-03-02 14:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499035089765687297 ========== It's not so easy to hold urban areas with armor. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/02/europe/russia-military-challenges-ukraine-past-wars-intl-hnk/index.html Putin ultimately had to flatten the city of Grozny. Will he do the same in Ukraine? #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 44 time 2022-03-02 14:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499030681854246919 ========== Putin is leading the charge back to 1914, if not 1772 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Partition_of_Poland What can you do? Disinvest! https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/28/world-war-iii-already-there-00012340 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 25 time 2022-03-02 07:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498926595934801927 ========== "Trump voters actually had a more favorable opinion of Putin than of Biden" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/01/republicans-biden-fail-putin-succeed/ Putin's efforts are paying off - divide and conquer is an ancient strategy. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 39 likes 1 time 2022-03-02 07:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498919140588851205 ========== It took years, but the American people finally put an end to the Vietnam war. The Russian people don't have years - can they act in time? https://www.politico.eu/article/no-to-war-ukraine-russian-opposition-fury-bursts-open-vladimir-putin/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1611512439193269 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 32 time 2022-03-01 14:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498660665526865922 ========== You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction? https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/03/01/ukraine-kharkiv-government-building-explosion-marquardt-ovn-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvq4rMsheJE #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% expands 1 impress 22 time 2022-03-01 13:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498657582973534211 ========== The invasion of Ukraine was planned almost a year in advance. European leaders didn't want to believe the evidence though - until Putin made them believe it. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-nato-353b9d46e2b0d0c7113cc760b144d7fb #PS1ukraine ===== impress 107 time 2022-03-01 05:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498535692145545216 ========== How did Zelenskyy progress from comedian to world inspiration? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-kyiv-poland-europe-c270027c825e009ed66988bb98a3476e #PS1ukraine ===== impress 22 time 2022-03-01 05:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498533406405058560 ========== Opposition from an unexpected direction! "Two lawmakers from the Communist Party, which usually toes the Kremlin’s line, spoke out against the hostilities on social media" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-business-dmitry-medvedev-global-trade-858a23b058209e5662ee59d768b615bd #PS1ukraine ===== impress 38 time 2022-03-01 05:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498532800512753670 ========== Self-belief. Putin reminded us how it works. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/opinion/ukraine-russia-us-war.html But Ukraine has reminded us even more, of our past and future. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 83 time 2022-03-01 05:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498530783820062721 ========== How committed is Putin to taking Kyiv, to avoid a humiliating defeat or stalemate? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/politics/us-kyiv-fears/index.html "it became necessary to destroy the town to save it" #PS1ukraine ===== engage 8 engage-rate 2% impress 377 time 2022-03-01 05:09 +0000 urlclicks 8 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498525937721233411 ========== We had our chance in Georgia, and in Crimea. Our inactions encouraged Putin and led to the current Ukrainian crisis. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/24/ex-georgia-president-saakashvili-lessons-georgia-2008-invasion-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 48 time 2022-03-01 04:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498520661496459264 ========== Putin is hoping that Ukrainian refugees will become another crisis dividing and weakening the west. It's essential to recognize that and prevent it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/24/ukraine-invasion-could-produce-greatest-refugee-crisis-since-world-war-ii/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 57 time 2022-03-01 04:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498518429153726467 ========== America needs a history lesson? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/27/state-of-the-union-needs-a-biden-history-lesson/ In 1937 few Americans could identify the Marco Polo Bridge; in 1938, the Sudetenland. But appeasement failed in 1938 and isolationism in 1941. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1611233142554532 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 29 time 2022-03-01 04:22 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498514098891329539 ========== What will Putin do to avoid a humiliating defeat or stalemate? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/27/ukraine-russia-invasion-tactics/ History suggests that leveling Kyiv and Kharkiv, burying the inhabitants, is not off the table. There's a 40 mile column headed toward Kyiv, and Belarus might join in. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 6 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 571 time 2022-03-01 04:00 +0000 urlclicks 5 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498508450803765248 ========== The League of Nations died when it could not muster the will to oppose aggression by major powers. How will the UN perform in a similar crisis? https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-war-isolated-russia-defends-ukraine-war-at-un-general-assembly-2795810 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 43 likes 1 time 2022-02-28 19:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498375912458362881 ========== Putin achieved many western goals - united NATO and EU, got Ukraine closer to both, and managed to drive most of the world - even the Swiss - further away. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-016cc6cbc65ae95286d825a4ebebd1c5 Did dealing with Trump leave him over-confident? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-west-eu-nato-f810a6d94524b804730a9704ad4f0a87 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 66 likes 1 time 2022-02-28 19:04 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1498373461126746113 ========== Putin has succeeded in uniting the fractious Ukrainians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/25/saddest-irony-of-putins-war-on-ukraine-russians-ukranians/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 7% impress 30 likes 1 time 2022-02-26 14:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497584115318603781 ========== Sanctions might not touch oligarchs or Putin much. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-ivanka-trump-joe-biden-sports-business-785172175d5ab4800e2a816b3ae2193d They are unlikely to change his policies, since he's had eight years to prepare for them. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 29 time 2022-02-26 14:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497579602830512130 ========== US intelligence has been scoring big lately, since it turned its attention to Russia and China, and since the president started paying attention. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/26/politics/us-intelligence-ukraine-russia/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 33 likes 1 time 2022-02-26 14:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497575133942218754 ========== Russia sent a river of money to K street to buy influence in Congress. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/26/politics/lobbying-firms-russian-businesses-sanctions-invs/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 time 2022-02-26 14:04 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497573245150633987 ========== Putin might well conquer Ukraine if he's willing to pay the price. He has lost the disinformation war, united NATO and the EU, and convinced most of the rest of the world that he is Stalin re-incarnate. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/opinions/ukraine-putin-disinformation-ghitis/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1609426586068521 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% impress 65 likes 1 time 2022-02-26 13:59 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497571928344645638 ========== "I need ammunition, not a ride" - how a strong leader leads in person - not hiding at a safe distance watching on TV. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/zelensky-defiant-ukrainian-president-refuses-us-offer-to-evacuate-saying-i-need-ammunition-not-a-ride/ar-AAUkXju #PS1ukraine ===== impress 60 time 2022-02-26 13:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497568258286751747 ========== Possible futures for Ukraine - as seen by Putin. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/europe/ukraine-russia-putin-endgame-intl/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 63 time 2022-02-25 18:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497274029048168451 ========== The next steps in Putin's plan - surrender of all Ukrainian armed forces, extermination of its democratic leaders, and installation of a puppet government that will petition to be absorbed into Russia? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/24/ukraine-russia-military-strategy/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1608730366138143 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 89 time 2022-02-25 13:48 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497206821609639938 ========== The west can hit Putin where it hurts - if they are willing to endure some pain themselves. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/opinion/russia-ukraine-sanctions-offshore-accounts.html It's time to take care of offshore accounts, theirs and ours! #PS1ukraine ===== impress 24 time 2022-02-25 05:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497087602863710208 ========== Baltic democracies and Poland fear they are next - with good reason. Finland used to be part of Russia, too, and now is looking at NATO in a more positive light. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/world/europe/us-putin-nuclear-war-nato.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 104 time 2022-02-25 05:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497084059243016196 ========== Russia has a much better track record on subterfuge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/23/deadly-devious-intelligence-war-unfolds-ukraine/ The west might not be able to count too much on Ukrainian resistance. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 70 likes 1 time 2022-02-25 05:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497079045011300359 ========== Putin's greatest fear - a pandemic of democratic yearnings might spread from Ukraine to Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/24/putin-attack-ukraine-restore-russian-empire/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 3 engage-rate 2% impress 133 time 2022-02-25 05:16 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497078033445908483 ========== Putin can conquer Ukraine in a week. Then what? Does he think he can install a puppet government without permanent Russian soldiers to exterminate dissent? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/24/putin-invasion-ukraine-shape-new-world-order/ He can if the rest of the world lets him. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 1% impress 173 likes 1 time 2022-02-25 05:15 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497077763328544768 ========== Putin trips up his supporters all over the world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/24/russia-ukraine-putin-bolsonaro-salvini/ Some admit they were wrong, others just try to blame somebody - anybody - else. That's the essence of Putin/Trumpism! #PS1ukraine ===== impress 25 time 2022-02-25 03:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497045742547963905 ========== Putin's plan for dismembering Ukraine, devouring the good parts and spitting out the rest. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/24/ukraine-russia-putin-war/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 104 time 2022-02-25 03:03 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497044613260988417 ========== The clock is ticking down - to 1 Sep 1939. Or 28 Jun 1914? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/politics/putin-russia-ukraine-invasion-europe-what-matters/index.html 75 years of relative peace in Europe, twisted but not broken, finally shattered by Putin. He's earned his place in history. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 21 time 2022-02-25 01:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1497021190296145939 ========== Poland and Finland were once part of Russia. https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1571053/poland-under-attack-cyber-russia-invasion-ukraine-world-war-3-putin But the Baltic democracies know they are next. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-russia-estonia-race-and-ethnicity-soviet-union-187f098422b7a3170143de238865b526 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 78 time 2022-02-24 14:45 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496858724664692736 ========== "As Putin spoke, big explosions were heard in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other areas of Ukraine." And so the Russian invasion of Ukraine begins, exactly as predicted, exactly as Stalin would have done (if he had cyberwarfare capability). https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-russia-moscow-kyiv-626a8c5ec22217bacb24ece60fac4fe1 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 9 engage-rate 1% expands 4 impress 864 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2022-02-24 04:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496699658919313412 ========== Putin knows history well enough. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/opinions/putin-history-lesson-andelman/index.html But he laments the late great Soviet Union, especially its habit of completely rewriting history as often as it likes. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 20 likes 1 time 2022-02-23 13:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496481549659033600 ========== Appeasement isn't working. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/opinions/putin-russia-ukraine-plan-donbas-treisman/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 16 time 2022-02-23 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496339415475671045 ========== The only thing GOP know how to do is criticize Biden https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/22/ukraine-republicans-biden/ That old notion of "partisanship ends at the water's edge" is so Eisenhower-era. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 19 time 2022-02-23 04:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1496335792880377859 ========== Putin can certainly quickly conquer Ukraine in a blitz. But at what cost? Can Ukraine maintain a Taliban-style insurgency until Putin leaves Ukraine or falls from power? https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/20/opinions/ukraine-forces-russia-matthew-schmidt/index.html Annexing Donbas might be simpler - for now. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 106 time 2022-02-21 15:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495786080255504388 ========== Will Putin settle for the Sudetenland to obtain peace for our time? Or even Donbas? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-joe-biden-boris-johnson-europe-emmanuel-macron-2b7c2949ae3168effce9d0cb2584bb32 Appeasement didn't work that well in 1938. Putin's goals are bigger than Donbas. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 73 time 2022-02-21 15:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495781635652042753 ========== Putin has spent a lifetime preparing Russia for his day - which may be today - that he installs a puppet regime in Ukraine like those in Belarus and Moldova. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/20/putin-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 5 engage-rate 3% impress 197 likes 1 time 2022-02-20 14:30 +0000 urlclicks 3 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495405408596344832 ========== Putin has a little list - of democracy defenders who might well be underground, and who he would never miss. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/politics/us-russia-ukraine-officials-list/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% expands 1 impress 36 likes 1 time 2022-02-20 13:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495395045481930753 ========== False flags - a Russian tradition! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/18/ukraine-putin-false-flag/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 time 2022-02-19 03:44 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494880529593733125 ========== A permanent Ukraine invasion-threat crisis might be more useful to Putin than an actual invasion. It will wear down western unity. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/politics/russia-ukraine-us-biden-putin/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 82 likes 1 time 2022-02-17 14:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494321192756387842 ========== The real threat to Putin - Ukraine in the EU. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/opinion/biden-putin-ukraine.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 94 time 2022-02-16 14:47 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493960266895163397 ========== Along with "training exercises" on the border and a false flag pretext attack - right out of the Stalinist playbook - Russia pretends to engage in in good faith negotiations right until the shooting starts. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/14/politics/us-embassy-kyiv-closure/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1601426036868576 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 56 time 2022-02-14 23:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1493369082095280129 ========== A lot of people in Afghanistan wish they'd left earlier rather than later. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/09/russia-ukraine-putin-macron-nato/ Little lost if it all turns out to be a false alarm. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 6% impress 32 time 2022-02-10 01:34 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491586255611514887 ========== Biden gets Germany on board for a united front against Putin. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-joe-biden-vladimir-putin-europe-moscow-46f8be10fa71af16bae8f3a9bd82918d #PS1ukraine ===== impress 59 time 2022-02-08 00:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490845856626446337 ========== There is bipartisan agreement among some senators that US troops should stay out of Ukraine. This group is supported by Biden AND Trump. There is bipartisan agreement among some other senators that US troops should help defend Ukraine. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/05/all-options-are-not-on-the-table-as-biden-moves-troops-closer-to-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 73 time 2022-02-06 07:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490222939903455241 ========== Putin's getting ready for - something. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-russia-vladimir-putin-98f0ae4d7dcf539094d67c8dd9b90e23 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 56 time 2022-02-06 07:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490221313499140096 ========== Putin keeps positioning more Russian troops and equipment. Does he want to use them or avoid using them? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/world/europe/russian-troops-ukraine-crimean-peninsula.html If Trump or another Trumpist were in power, Putin could get what he wants for free. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 56 time 2022-02-05 04:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489824914374725633 ========== Putin strengthens NATO and reminds it of its purpose. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/01/nato-russia-baltics-estonia/ #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 49 time 2022-02-05 00:42 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489761322363359237 ========== How Putin gained control of Belarus. He had a collaborator in need. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/02/putin-belarus-ukraine/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 57 time 2022-02-05 00:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489759256047874050 ========== Putin has already won without firing a shot, thanks to collaborators abroad. After pitting Democrats against GOP in 2016, now he's got the GOP split between traditional conservatives and isolationists. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/04/politics/biden-putin-russia-ukraine/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1594408274237019 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 27 time 2022-02-04 15:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489623377333534721 ========== Putin's smaller-scale options. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/europe/putin-ukraine-options-intl-cmd/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 19 time 2022-02-04 05:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489469092184485889 ========== Why Germany is less inclined to oppose Russia. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/opinions/germany-vulnerable-to-russia-ukraine-loss/index.html Unlike the rest of Europe, they do not look at Putin in 2022 and see Hitler in 1938. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 48 time 2022-02-03 19:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489315098334142464 ========== Lights, cameras, --- action! https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/politics/us-alleges-russian-false-flag-ukraine/index.html Or not. Probably not while Putin is in China, nor after the ice turns to mud. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 47 time 2022-02-03 18:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489312483189813248 ========== Following the steps of Lindbergh, Hawley and Carlson lead the way for America Firsters. Like Hitler, Putin is gratified by the support. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/opinions/josh-hawley-ukraine-russia-gop-ghitis/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 39 time 2022-02-03 07:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489139581639282688 ========== Vindman's revenge! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-lawsuits-donald-trump-impeachments-trump-impeachment-300ff76e8bdf7b995032e547f1e52afb Has he got the witnesses and the evidence? In a civil trail, he only needs preponderance of evidence. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 33 time 2022-02-03 04:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489093698247819265 ========== Ancient ethnic rivalries and domestic politics dominate foreign policy in eastern Europe - not so different from US. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/world/europe/ukraine-poland-hungary-nato.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 60 time 2022-02-01 05:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488384690885038080 ========== US dependents to leave Belarus too. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/us-embassy-minsk-belarus-ordered-departure-family/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 58 time 2022-02-01 05:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488379361866616836 ========== Who helps Putin call the shots? A bunch of fellow KGB veterans. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/world/europe/putin-top-advisers-ukraine.html Like Trump, they tout "traditional values" but if you know anything about Russian history, they are not values you'd want forced upon you. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 58 time 2022-01-31 03:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487990351650381827 ========== Putin is NATO's best advertisement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/01/28/putin-ukraine-russia-backfire/ #PS1ukraine ===== impress 60 time 2022-01-31 03:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487986261906243584 ========== Putin's mythology - much like Trump's. Make up an enemy and blame everything on it. Protect people by invaliding them and oppressing them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/01/28/putin-russia-ukraine-myths/ Historical revisionism is an ancient Russian tradition. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 61 time 2022-01-31 03:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487984996283400193 ========== Putin, like Trump, hates to lose. So maybe he won't launch a war if he thinks he can't win. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/opinion/putin-russia-ukraine.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 23 time 2022-01-30 14:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487796726207422467 ========== Would Putin invade Ukraine during the Olympics? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/opinions/putin-xi-relationship-ukraine-ghitis/index.html Probably not. But he would gain the element of surprise. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 42 time 2022-01-30 14:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487795604818325510 ========== Strengths and weaknesses of Russian forces vs Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/russia-miiitary-advances-ukraine/2022/01/26/25f959b0-7ec4-11ec-a844-86749890616a_story.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 72 time 2022-01-27 04:58 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486564160921952258 ========== Putin's best investment? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/business/russia-putin-nord-stream-2-gas-pipeline-intl-cmd/index.html Nord 2 is working exactly as planned to divide Europe. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 20 time 2022-01-26 18:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486407543312162817 ========== "there's rarely been a better time for foreign nations to test a modern President's character and stamina" https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/politics/joe-biden-ukraine-russia-china-iran/index.html Putin's "timing is no accident as he tries to probe divisions between European powers internally and with the United States." #PS1ukraine ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-26 18:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486406435491618816 ========== Putin "wants to evict the United States from Europe." https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/politics/biden-us-foreign-affairs-what-matters/index.html The Nord 2 pipeline has been Putin's useful tool for dividing Europe and dividing the US Senate. Ukraine is an opportunity for Xi and Kim to make moves in their spheres. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 56 time 2022-01-26 07:30 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486240004422602752 ========== "Tucker Carlson ought to be on your show!" one guest on a Russian talk show told the anchor. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/europe/ukraine-nato-russia-coverage-tv-media-cmd-intl/index.html Trump too! #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 55 time 2022-01-26 07:22 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486238055778324480 ========== "It appears to me the administration is moving in the right direction," McConnell said! McConnell is still not clearing his statements with Trump - and on this front reflects traditional GOP conservatism rather than Trumpism. https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-russia-ukraine-joe-biden-business-voting-bb843191f9a6636e90efb97612e069cf #PS1ukraine ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-26 07:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1486232701770223617 ========== Napoleon and Hitler taught the world about invading Russia. Here's what the US could do instead - https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-sports-technology-business-middle-east-49557915cbd254b01d5cb2f210803b47 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 45 time 2022-01-25 05:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485848614526062592 ========== "Russian linguistic and Orthodox motherland that should be joined with, or at least friendly toward, Moscow" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-russia-vladimir-putin-soviet-union-europe-32b8a914ad4debba6c3231738a5f5a36 Just what you'd expect from a KGB graduate. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 33 time 2022-01-25 03:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485820027013980161 ========== Are Russian troops practicing social distancing? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-01-russia-covid-case-day.html Just in case, 8500 US troops are on alert to reassure allies. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-puts-8500-troops-on-heightened-alert-amid-russia-tension/ar-AAT4Hez #PS1ukraine ===== impress 62 time 2022-01-24 20:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485711107905896448 ========== Strong leader Putin's vision of the future meshes nicely with Trump's. Perhaps Putin senses that Biden can't effectively oppose him now, while threatened by China, Korea, and the GOP. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-russia-vladimir-putin-soviet-union-europe-32b8a914ad4debba6c3231738a5f5a36 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1587040024973844 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 52 time 2022-01-24 17:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485668702968115203 ========== War threat serious enough to evacuate dependents. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-antony-blinken-europe-evacuations-45d1a477929caefe1f0626a5ca42afd0 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 59 time 2022-01-23 23:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485397042008444930 ========== It's 1938 all over again. The west takes a stand now or a stand later. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/22/politics/russia-ukraine-us-what-matters/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 60 time 2022-01-23 18:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485314345563082752 ========== British conclude that Russia intends to install a friendly government in Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-europe-russia-antony-blinken-d6425c531f277b9dfb099511999822f4 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 94 time 2022-01-23 15:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485266477229899776 ========== Putin strengthens NATO. Now Sweden and Finland are thinking about whether they should join. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/opinions/putin-russia-us-nato-miscalculation-ghitis/index.html #PS1ukraine ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% impress 87 time 2022-01-23 07:31 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485153279432544256 ========== Optimism and pessimism in Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/21/ukrainians-cant-afford-be-afraid/ Sooner or later they know they will have to fight for their independence. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 60 time 2022-01-22 06:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484770734576574465 ========== Known by the company they keep! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-joe-biden-europe-manhattan-campaign-finance-07c83dcbb9ecc93d14e65b43e0eb72bb #PS1ukraine ===== impress 20 time 2022-01-22 05:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484764271082831876 ========== It's now or never for Putin to stop western ideas from getting too close to Russia. It's now or never for Biden to show he will stand up against aggressors without suffering another humiliating defeat. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/politics/joe-biden-vladimir-putin-us-russia-ukraine/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1584973205180526 #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 71 likes 1 time 2022-01-21 14:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484530190973747203 ========== An invasion of Ukraine won't do anybody any good. Will Putin do it anyway? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/europe/russia-ukraine-us-high-stakes-gamble-cmd-intl/index.html He doesn't want to appear to back down. But can he wait until Trump is in charge? #PS1ukraine ===== engage 3 engage-rate 3% impress 92 time 2022-01-18 18:47 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483511275762044932 ========== Ukrainians are preparing for war. They fear it will come sooner or later, no matter what concessions NATO makes to Putin. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/16/opinion/ukraine-war.html #PS1ukraine ===== impress 56 time 2022-01-17 06:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482958544034942977 ========== More options for Putin in Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/15/russia-us-ukraine-biden-putin/ If Putin decides Trump might not be re-elected, that might increase the chances of a military invasion. #PS1ukraine ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 82 time 2022-01-17 03:35 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482919482641158148 ========== A traditional conservative hawk on Putin's intentions and NATO's lack of resolve. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/16/putin-strategy-ukraine-united-states-needs-one/ Bolton might be right. Or Putin might just be setting up the chessboard, in order to move when Trump is re-elected. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 36 time 2022-01-17 03:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482915071428685825 ========== Opening shots in Putin's next battle for Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-europe-russia-ukraine-404c5e751709fba66b31fd512f734d80 https://apnews.com/article/technology-russia-europe-moscow-malware-d3246ab9149e1a7e76599e7cc2149866 #PS1ukraine ===== impress 56 time 2022-01-16 14:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482729234166534146 ========== Russia prepares for Ukraine invasion. https://apnews.com/article/technology-europe-ukraine-hacking-106e5948eb4e313c7eba53d714cb7533 https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-media-ukraine-vladimir-putin-f24e6bd400e20d7890daff371cd80eb2 Putin is hoping to achieve his objective of restoring the Russian Empire without firing a shot - but he might be willing to do whatever it takes. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 87 time 2022-01-15 03:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482190359773937668 ========== Putin's grand design is - preserving Putin! By making Russia the center of a new empire. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/opinion/russia-ukraine-putin-nato.html The counter-measures that would get his attention are measures that would endanger his rule. But those carry risks of mutual miscalculation. #PS1ukraine ===== impress 39 time 2022-01-07 18:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479520005242769414