As Russia continues to build up troop presence near the Ukraine border, Joe Biden sent a warning to Vladimir Putin. In response Russia told the U.S. to stay out of the Black Sea “for your own good” while they conduct exercises. Biden turned back two U.S. navy ships…. Hours later Putin closed the Kerch Strait.
The Biden administration is attempting to give the illusion of strength but it is all an act and Russia knows it. The Ukraine is vulnerable to Russian absorption because a large portion of the Ukrainian people support Russia. NATO is attempting to issue threats, but Russia knows the EU, and specifically Germany, will do nothing except grasp their pearls. It is all false bravado on the part of the NATO alliance; they have no teeth and their electorate have no desire for another conflict.
A Background Note – Additional leverage Putin holds goes back to the Nordstream 2 gas pipeline to supply the energy needs of Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was warned by President Trump not to go forward with the pipeline that creates a geopolitical leverage for Russia. Merkel went ahead despite the warnings, and adding salt to the issue, Germany never upheld their NATO funding commitments (2% of GDP). This was a major source of contention between Trump and Merkel.
The knuckleheads behind Biden attempted to flex their muscle toward Russia through a series of sanctions earlier today. The United States sanctioned 32 Russian entities and individuals along with six technology companies, formally attributed the SolarWinds cyber breach to Russian intelligence agencies, and accused Moscow of still trying to hack American targets.
Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t care about words. Words, without action are meaningless. Putin knows the Biden administration is weak domestically because the majority of the U.S. electorate view his administration as illegitimate. Putin also knows Barack Obama foreign policy is essentially Biden foreign policy, and Putin accepts that both Obama and Biden are intent to weaken the U.S. globally.
From the Russian perspective a bunch of noisy and pontificating moonbats are currently running everything in the U.S. and there is absolutely nothing to fear because their leadership, our U.S. government, is weak and unsupported. Putin knows Americans are not going to agree to another regional war in Europe when the damn Europeans are not even willing to defend themselves.
Joe Biden acting like Scott Farcus only works until Ralphie puts a fist in Farcus’s face.
And don’t forget… the number one asset of Russia is energy (oil and gas); JoeBama’s energy policy has effectively assisted the Russian economy. So there’s that…
Perhaps Joe pulled the ships after Putin read him the riot act after this previous “non escalatory” stunt a week ago.
https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2021/04/15/us-army-deploys-himars-near-crimea/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Just give *Biden some pudding so he can have his mid-morning nap.
Maybe if P**** takes over U****** he will release the documents on a certain politician and his family.
Good summary, but what Sundance overlooked is why Germany needs Russian oil and gas. Germany, to much Progressive applause, invested big-time in “renewables” — windturbines, especially. They found out the hard way (shhhhhhh–we don’t want Americans to know!) that this led to not only unreliable energy, but the highest energy costs in Europe.
Now you know why Putin has Germany (Europe’s largest economy) and NATO by the short hairs.
Conspiracy time, now: I’ve heard reports that Russia funds the Western “green” movement. Those dots are rather far apart, but I’m beginning to think they just might connect.
Why do you refer to Ukraine as “The Ukraine”? Also, it is a small portion of very eastern Ukraine that has Russian lackeys because they are ethnic Russian. In a large portion, Ukrainians do not like Russians. I used to think it was so but it isn’t. Lenin and Stalin forbid them from speaking and writing their own language. Stalin starved anywhere from 5 to 15 million of them to death in the 1920s. He and Lenin essentially wanted to wipe out Ukrainian society and culture. So no, Ukrainians are not friends with Russians.
Look it up. The Ukraine is the name of the country.
When RUS took Crimea they immediately deployed anti-ship missiles of various types on land. Some are deployed in fixed positions, others in caves on the coast, others are mobile. Many are supersonic. This in addition to whatever other firepower they can mount on aircraft and ships. It is after all their back yard.