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Like most Americans, I'm surprisingly comfortable with Russia incinerating Washington. Do they make lo-carb nukes with minimal fallout?

There's one tiny bit of shortsightedness in your reporting, a myopia you share with Taibbi and lots of other independents I greatly respect. The story that got us here was not a series of random twists and turns. Yes, smugnorant liberals are preprogrammed to hate Putin because of Russiagate. But Russiagate wasn't an accident. There is an unbroken line between the Wolfowitz/Nuland grand vision of petroimperial conquest of Russia, the selection of Hillary as candidate, the blaming of Putin for Hillary's loss, the coordinated media-wide disinfo campaign against Russia, the wetting of the Bidens' beaks in theUkraine, the forced elevation of last-place candidate Biden to the presidency, the vampiric resurrection of Victorian Nuland, the intentional provocation of Russia to war, and the current coordinated state and media total information war against Russia.

The neocons have been driving this war. They are almost at the gates. And they plan further aggressions they have not told us yet. Anybody who still sees this story as one of western reaction to russian action is blind.

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The number of major US political figures calling for a "no fly zone"—which everyone now understands would entail direct military confrontation with Russia—is truly one of the most reckless and terrifying developments I've seen in recent years... and that's saying something. Yet nevertheless, I doubt that America's security establishment has any intention (at least for the moment) of getting involved in a shooting war with Russia. I fear the actual objective is to "lead on" the Ukrainians, providing them false hope, so they'll keep fighting and making poor strategic decisions with respect to their future prospects vis-à-vis Russia and Europe. I recently wrote an article entitled, "America and Her Allies Will Stand United and Fight Russia to the Last Ukrainian," and delves into this notion a little deeper if anyone wants to check it out.

https://colinsims.substack.com/p/america-and-her-allies-will-stand?s=w

It really is a tragedy for everyone involved, though of course, mostly for the Ukrainians. Yet from an American perspective, it is very sad that the government so frequently does stuff like this in our name.

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What's important to remember is how successful America has been spreading democracy with bombs. Nothing says freedom like living in rubble with mercenary factions, armed to the teeth patrolling your streets.

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Thank you for just reporting and any "bias" I see is just pointing out the obvious: that if we "close the skies," we de facto are declaring war on Russia and we want to understand the consequences of doing that. This isn't Hollywood where we all die at the end and then miraculously show up in the sequel.

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"In order to win a war, doesn’t one have to wage it first?"

Declaring the war first would be appreciated but seemingly unnecessary.

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All the noise is meaningless. I've seen strong evidence that the leadership realizes that intervention is suicidal. This is the usual noise; no one will get what they want, or if they do they will get the moonscape that such a foolish policy deserves. I have much less fear of that now than a week ago.

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Thank you for this report Michael. It makes sense to me, esp that it is older [males] with memories who don't want WW3 right away

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FYI -- Last summer Vladimir Putin wrote an article about the historical relationship between Russia and Ukraine.

https://russiaeu.ru/en/news/article-russian-president-vladimir-putin-historical-unity-russians-and-ukrainians

In summary - US made Putin intervention "regrettable but NECESSARY".

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It’s moments like this that remind how deeply irresponsible Biden and the DNC were in their VP pick. Biden has to see out the next 2.5 years.

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Close the sky! Don't import or use any oil (especially from say, Russia or Anwar or from dirty Canadian pipelines)! Don't Drill (except in foreign countries) NIMBY! Fight Despots (except the ones that can send us oil or, say, iPhones)! Don't complain! Just wear a mask! Eliminate cows (too much CO2)! Putin apologist! VAXX everyone! I feel like I was forced to sit and watch 2 years of NCAA cheerleading competitions except this is not as entertaining and much, much dumber. Is anyone amused that we are now asking Saudi Arabia and Iraq for more oil (while they toss gays off buildings and treat women like, well, never mind) and would prefer to lay waste to Israel in one nuclear strike, if they could? I want to get off this carnival ride. Make it stop! Stop the Spread!

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Mar 12, 2022·edited Mar 12, 2022

Close the skies? With what, a giant zipper? Congress should put forward a bill to construct a $500 billion green bullet proof zipper. Not only would it stop Russian bombs but it would prevent UV rays from the sun that cause ozone holes, the greenhouse effect and premature wrinkles due to sunburn. It will be a wonderful thing, but in case it fails there is a backup plan: a traditional no fly zone accompanied by WWIII and a nuclear apocalypse...and the nuclear winter that comes afterwards will presumably cancel out global warming. Its part of the green new deal. Behind every cloud, including mushroom clouds, is a silver lining /s

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