Is he bluffing ?

@deadgerbil You realize you are arguing with a man who would credit Trump for sunrise and blame Biden for sunset, right?

@graphite [quote]There wouldn't have been an invasion if Trump were in office.[/quote]

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@graphite Seriously?
Trump admires Putin, and claimed friendship and business deals with him shortly before he stood as candidate for POTUS.

During his time in office, Trump was keen to avoid wars:
tried to make peace with North Korea;
withdrew from the allied European anti-nuclear pact with Iran;
and withdrew American soldiers from Afghanistan.

Biden, on the other hand, sends aid - armaments and satellite intelligence - to the Ukraine. This surely tells us that Biden is no Putin supporter.
Biden supports democratically elected leaders.

@SW-User Widespread disorder is practically impossible in today's Russia. That's not to discount the fact that the mobilisation announcement appears to be going down like a bag of nails with the wider public , but when/if his demise comes it will almost certainly come from either a palace coup or an old style KGB 'disappearance'.

@SW-User There's a 35km queue at the Finnish border.

@RodionRomanovitch I find it a little ironic that less than 4-5 years ago people that were staunch republicans were trying to convince the rest of the US government that Russia is most likely responsible for UFOs or UAPs and I’m pretty sure that it’s obvious now that if Russia had anything that was more advanced than the US military they would have used it before letting their military get decimated by the Ukrainian and their allies. Even Chechen fighters have joined the cause with Ukrainians and that’s a perfect example of the concept “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”.

@2cool4school It is amazing how many people old enough to remember the cold war are running around with their heads cut off. We are in a new cold war. Back in the first one this sort of rhetoric was so common people wrote pop songs about it.

@RodionRomanovitch [quote]Put simply , the more it is talked about the likelier it becomes[/quote]
I don’t think I agree. It depends upon who’s saying it. The news media like you to pay attention and so they often overdramatize what they are reporting upon. Likewise people in power like to give their populations and rival populations something that makes them seem like they are the most aware and most prepared for the current situation and often the worst situation. I don’t think we’re nearly as close to the use of nuclear weapons in the form of the ICBM and bombs with nuclear warheads. It just doesn’t achieve anything that would benefit anyone. There are too many people that can still keep Putin from a scorched earth maneuver. And if the US were to do anything that would constitute an attack on Russia we run into problems with the other major countries on the UN namely China and India. I’m sure that the 5 Eyes are strongly focused upon the same countries that are a threat to the US namely China N.Korea and Iran but an all out war takes time to move strategic pieces in place. That said it’s interesting that the USS Ronny Reagan is now off the Korean Peninsulas coast and I’m sure that ghe forces on Guam and Diego Garcia especially are drilling for the possibility of being called into action. We’re just going to have to wait and see. But I don’t think living in fear is going to help things. You can of course but it’s a waste of time and energy in my opinion.

@independentone Don't know about Trump but I could definitely see Putin developing a "sudden illness." or acute lead poisoning.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Trump would just be an added bonus

@independentone well I have heard that you will see the worst part of a narcissist when he is loosing control.

@BackyardShaman he smells a bit desperate lately, doesnt he.

@robingoodfellow yes he does

@AthrillatheHunt For what it's worth I think he's bluffing too.

@JimboSaturn They know there would only be losers, any survivors' lives would be rather bleak

@Tres13 Are you one of those putin sympathizers?

@metaldog well I'd say the guy at 1:18 is on borrowed time now

@SW-User poor old Russia

@robingoodfellow That would be any sensible person's take on it. Unfortunately though our resident Kremlin apologist thinks he's being cute by parsing Putin's words for him. I'm sick of his bullshit.