US Halts Military Aid to Ukraine Amid Push for Peace Talks

[Harrisfan]

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

SHOCK and DISMAY is far better than....

 

Shock and Awe....!!!!

 

 

Round em up and first plane there.

[TedG]

1 minute ago, Tug said:

Watching the New York City trustfund baby betray everything America stands for abandoning a heroic country to the murderous putin and his criminal regime isn’t going to sit well with Americans believe me there is a fury building here it’s palpable it’s coming.siding with Putin instead of our allies ain’t sitting well with us.tonight he’s giving his rant in front of congress I’m sure he will further rupture alliances with trade sanctions in a desperate attempt to be a better asset to his hero putin and the Russian federation…..

 

In 2023, a US intelligence assessment said the war was a stalemate, which proved true.  

 

In April 2023 word broke that an Air National Guardsman named Jack Teixiera was arrested after leaking intelligence documents. These showed internal U.S. assessments calling Ukraine a “catastrophic situation” that was “grinding toward a stalemate” and a “protracted war beyond 2023.” This came out just after Anthony Blinken said Ukraine’s position was “stronger than ever,” Joe Biden said Putin would “never” win, and General Ben Hodges said Ukraine would be liberated by August.

 

Let's look at the facts.

 

1) The war is at a stalemate. 

2) Putin is not leaving because he does not want to lose facts. 

3) The idiots from Europe are funding the war by buying gas from Russia. 

 

What is your solution? 

 

[Tug]

1 minute ago, mogandave said:

Why did you not care about Ukraine when Obama traded Crimea to Putin for help with his reelection? 

 

Why did yiu not care when Biden cancelled arms shipments to Ukraine and lifted the sanctions Trump imposed on Russia? 

 

Why is it only now you care?

Oh but I did care when Obama let the murderer putin get away with stealing Crimea and what canceling of shipments and lifting of sanctions are you referring to?I’ve allways cared about democracy’s struggles and I’ve allways felt sorry for Russia being held back from their potential by bad governance.

[MikeandDow]

22 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

Yet again, same question to the other idiot who said the same BS, where do you get that Putin wants the old Russia back? Please show me a DIRECT quote from Vlad. I bet you vmcannot, so its been fed to you by your lying media

first off you need to read russian ?? most of Putins rhetoric is in his books  if you want to learn about Putin there is a 150-minute film “The President” about Vladimir Putin bit boring  but you will find that he is adamant that he will get the old russia back, Putin compares himself to Peter the Great in quest to take back Russian lands, as i said he is a megalomaniac

do your reasearch if you want to learn about Putin

[rough diamond]

19 minutes ago, TedG said:

The war was most intense from September to December 1941. ....

The U.S. Navy captured the Nazi blockade runner Odenwald, which was carrying rubber from Japan to Germany. 

Two years into the war and only a few months before Pearl harbour.

The The U.S. Navy captured the Nazi blockade runner Odenwald, which was carrying rubber from Japan to Germany in a chance incident!

 

[frank83628]

5 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

first off you need to read russian ?? most of Putins rhetoric is in his books  if you want to learn about Putin there is a 150-minute film “The President” about Vladimir Putin bit boring  but you will find that he is adamant that he will get the old russia back, Putin compares himself to Peter the Great in quest to take back Russian lands, as i said he is a megalomaniac

do your reasearch if you want to learn about Putin

Who made the film/documentary ?

[frank83628]

10 minutes ago, Tug said:

Oh but I did care when Obama let the murderer putin get away with stealing Crimea and what canceling of shipments and lifting of sanctions are you referring to?I’ve allways cared about democracy’s struggles and I’ve allways felt sorry for Russia being held back from their potential by bad governance.

There was a referendum, you can deny that until the cows come home. But thems the facts.

[MikeandDow]

7 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

Who made the film/documentary ?

look it up

there is another on have not seen made in 2025 called Putin

[mogandave]

13 minutes ago, Tug said:

Oh but I did care when Obama let the murderer putin get away with stealing Crimea

Yet you blame Trump

13 minutes ago, Tug said:

 

and what canceling of shipments and lifting of sanctions are you referring to?

Biden’s, 

13 minutes ago, Tug said:

 

I’ve allways cared about democracy’s struggles and I’ve allways felt sorry for Russia being held back from their potential by bad governance.

So why do you not support a Trump brokered peace agreement?

[MikeandDow]

8 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

There was a referendum, you can deny that until the cows come home. But thems the facts.

My ! my ! are you that XXXX  you must belive in santa !! if you belive in that referendum !!

[frank83628]

7 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

look it up

there is another on have not seen made in 2025 called Putin

Oliver stone has a good documentary about the US, the 3rd one explains when/how the rift between USA - Russia took place.

[frank83628]

1 minute ago, MikeandDow said:

My ! my ! are you that XXXX  you must belive in santa !! if you belive in that referendum !!

You dont believe any Elections in Russia are legitimate. 

[MikeandDow]

6 minutes ago, mogandave said:

Yet you blame Trump

Biden’s, 

So why do you not support a Trump brokered peace agreement?

Because Agreement are broken by the us  and without Security Assurances not worth it

[MikeandDow]

1 minute ago, frank83628 said:

You dont believe any Elections in Russia are legitimate. 

did not say that !  so stop trying to put word in my mouth  !! what iam saying is you are very naive if you think the referendum conducted was not a farce

[frank83628]

1 minute ago, MikeandDow said:

did not say that !  so stop trying to put word in my mouth  !! what iam saying is you are very naive if you think the referendum conducted was not a farce

Russia says it was, West says it wasn't.

[TorquayFan]

IMHO the most treacherous betrayal, at the drop of a hat, I can remember in my long lifetime. Trump is a total menace.

 

In short, Trump and none of his crew of Pirates, should be anywhere near Govt. in the USA. God bless and help Ukraine !

 

 

 

 

 

[metisdead]

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[mogandave]

6 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

Because Agreement are broken by the us  and without Security Assurances not worth it

Is a security assurance not just an agreement? 

 

If Zelensky did not want to sign, he should have stayed home.

[MikeandDow]

1 minute ago, mogandave said:

Is a security assurance not just an agreement? 

 

If Zelensky did not want to sign, he should have stayed home.

( Is a security assurance not just an agreement? )   no !!

i was not talking about the mineral agreement yet to be signed,   but the Budapest Memorandum of 1994

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum

[mogandave]

12 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

( Is a security assurance not just an agreement? )   no !!

i was not talking about the mineral agreement yet to be signed,   but the Budapest Memorandum of 1994

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum

Oh yeah, the Clinton debacle. Any agreement with a leftist is not worth the paper it’s printed on.

[Dan O]

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

The deal will be done. Watch this space. As for "shrimp dick Trump" I suggest you don't post examples of your level of education and your grasp on complex issues on topics you are clearly out of your depth in with pitiful derangement comments.

I believe I stated the facts accurately and you cant rebut the facts so you deflect.  If you dont like comments then don't read or reply. There may well be a deal but its not gonna be the one your idol tried to force down Z's throat.

[MikeandDow]

9 minutes ago, mogandave said:

Oh yeah, the Clinton debacle. Any agreement with a leftist is not worth the paper it’s printed on.

Who ever  the president was, it means agreements signed by the USA  are worthless if they do not back them up end of story, and by that agreement the usa should honor it

 

prohibited Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom and France from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, Russia breached the Budapest memorandum in 2014 with its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea.

This is exactly what trump is doing Now 

Putin is not going to stop even if he gets Ukraine

 

[CharlieH]

Reported off topic post removed.

[dinsdale]

55 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

Who ever  the president was, it means agreements signed by the USA  are worthless if they do not back them up end of story, and by that agreement the usa should honor it

 

prohibited Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom and France from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, Russia breached the Budapest memorandum in 2014 with its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea.

This is exactly what trump is doing Now 

Putin is not going to stop even if he gets Ukraine.

How and where? This is a simple question. As for getting Ukraine do you mean all of Ukraine? If you do you really have no idea. 

[frank83628]

2 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Round em up and first plane there.

Would save Ukranian men being dragged off the streets

[thaibeachlovers]

14 hours ago, rough diamond said:

So you would rather Trump gets a totally unwarranted Nobel Prize and appease a Dictatorial invader rather than restore Ukraine's right to self determination and reclamation of it's illegally occupied lands?

I never said I wanted him to get one- you made that up. I just want young men to stop being killed because the US wants to bleed Russia and get minerals.

[thaibeachlovers]

6 hours ago, MikeandDow said:

Who ever  the president was, it means agreements signed by the USA  are worthless if they do not back them up end of story, and by that agreement the usa should honor it

Does that include all the agreements ( treaties ) the US signed with the native Americans in the 19th century and broke. They still haven't returned the Black hills to the Dakota tribe.

[thaibeachlovers]

11 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Lefties run from one thing to another. What happened to climate crisis thing?

Bit hard to support ending MMCC when your preferred side is blowing things up all over the place. Just how much pollution are all those jets and missiles causing?

[sharot724]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-ukraine-prepare-sign-minerals-deal-tuesday-sources-say-2025-03-04/

Vlad is going to be mad

[Hakuna Matata]

Trump Outfoxes Europe

Today’s session took place during the countdown to Donald Trump’s address to Congress tonight. Rumor has it that he will announce the U.S. withdrawal from NATO.

If he does so, then his sense of theater timing will be proven to be extraordinary.  I say this because withdrawal from NATO, which we may assume was always in his plans, normally would raise rancorous debate on Capitol Hill. However, by a stroke of luck, the Europeans this past weekend, set the stage for such withdrawal by repeating the disastrous mistake of Volodymyr Zelensky during his meeting with Trump on Friday. I have in mind the capital crime of lèse majesté.   You cannot publicly go up against the explicitly stated will of the President of the United States and expect to survive politically.

This is precisely what the 19 European leaders who convened in London at the invitation of Keir Starmer did: they embraced Zelensky warmly, after he had been thrown out of White House; they called for a cease fire that entails European boots on the ground and American back-up support, which Trump very clearly said on Friday will not be forthcoming. They positioned themselves very clearly as the ‘war party’ when Trump has positioned himself as the campaigner for a durable peace here and now.

If Trump does call for withdrawal from NATO, I expect he will get enormous support from those who are incensed at the temerity of the Europeans going up against their President.

Another highlight of this interview is our discussion of Trump the Realist, Trump the Internationalist, even if and when he pulls out of NATO.