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Unfortunately I have seen several historians and commentators suggest this is a distinct possibility in the face of a likely failure to achieve the desired results and the prospect of an actual defeat. I seriously believe that Biden should take a leaf out of Putin's book and say that while the US will said it would not directly confront Russian forces, the use of WMD's would change that and the US would have to consider that Russia had become a direct threat.

Bidens current nonsense of giving Putin carte blanche to do whatever he likes is so stupid it's the one thing that has made me think he's not fit for the position.

With advanced drones (ones without Cannon cameras and held together by superglue) being able to accurately target Russian forces and further weaken their air defences, those Russians could be in for a World of hurt.

let's all hope that happens to Russia.

Thanks for that. Been looking at a few channels and it's a bit of a mess. Might stick to my usual sources!

The bombing of Mariupol may be an attempt to get a victory for May 9th.

Crimea is essentially Russian anyhow. It was given to the Ukrainians by Khrushchev in 1954. Why Did Russia Give Away Crimea Sixty Years Ago? | Wilson Center

According to reports the Moskva had at least 2 nuclear weapons on board. In an interesting aside it also had a relic of the 'true cross' of Jesus? Were these still on board at the time of sinking?

Quite apt.

Mariupol — the “City of Mary”

Maybe a joint son / mother effort.

First he uses a version of the Russian propaganda line ("the US will fight Russia to the last Ukrainian") and then his solution is to appease Putin's wishes in the name of "reality". This war has really exposed some people's world views for what they really are.

Noam loves bleating away about had bad the Americans are and how the Russians have a point all from the security of his cushy job in Arizona. Maybe he should fcuk off the Russia or China and see if they'll publish his long winded muck.

Russians have flattened cities, raped and killed thousands, and they're the ones getting the hump because some piece of floating metal sank. What a shower of self obsessed pricks

The price gouging by military contractors to the US military is even worse than charging $100 for a $15 switch. Have a look a the below video, it shows AOC in a Senate committee grilling a CEO from a military contractor who was selling the military clutch discs for $1,443 each. She established that the clutch disc was just 3 inches in size and each one cost them $32 to manufacture. The contract was for 149 of these 3 inch clutch discs so the total amount paid by the US taxpayer was $215,007 while the cost price to manufacture them was just $4,768, representing a gross profit of 4,436% for the military contractor.

In other words there is more profit in supplying the US military with parts and equipment than there is in drilling for oil and thats known as black gold for a good reason. Al the military contractors within in the military industrial complex know that the annual US military budget is $700bn a year and as private companies its their task to get that $700bn into their shareholders pockets with as much profit as possible. When you see the vast profits that are on offer the idea that the US & UK will only send weapons to prolong the war rather than finish it decisively is less about conspiracy theory and more about an economic reality.

'Agreement' won't really solve anything. Most analysts think we are into a major new Cold War and standoff with the regime and it remaining a pariah state with all sanctions still in place. The only way this ends is with Putin's death or removal.

I can't see the sanctions being lifted. It has nearly been forgotten that sanctions were still in place over Crimea when he invaded Ukraine (nobody recognises Crimea or the so called Donetsk People's Republic as being part of Russia) and now he has ratcheted things up a hundred fold from where we were in February.