Kremlin Spy Chief Warns of ‘Preemptive’ Moves Against NATO Amid Rising Tensions

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11 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

So not the entire wold then.

 

Okay.

 

 

 

Rome wasn't destroyed in a day.

[steven100]

Just wipe Moscow off the face of the earth ....  

 

problem solved.  

[Will B Good]

3 hours ago, Cameroni said:

 

How do you not die of embarassment posting claptrap like this, is what I'd like to know.

 

Because there was a cyberattack on Estonia, for which there is not a shred of evidence mind you that it was the Russian government, Putin intends to invade Estonia? 

 

So I guess China intends to invade the US then? Since there were Chinese cyberattacks on the USA?

 

I mean seriously, how do you get out of bed in the morning?

 

Trade restrictions? So the US is basically going to invade the entire world then? I mean I literally cannot believe you would post such flimsy transparent non-evidence.

 

Again the question is does Russia intend to invade the Baltics? The resounding clear answer is "NO". There is absolutely zero chance.

 

Airspace violations? So Russia is also planning to invade England and Scotland then? I mean do you actually believe the utter drivel that you write? This is what I'd like to know.

 

 

Calm down dear, calm down......wrong time of the month to be posting for you methinks.

[Tug]

12 hours ago, Mike_Hunt said:

It's time for the lazy Europeans to deal with issues in their backyard.  

What an ignorant ugly thing to say……lazy Europeans ya say….just who I might ask who paid the price in ww2 (along with the Russians) and just what what country profited the most from that horrific time in our collective history???obviously it’s our USA hands down.in that respect I as an American find that really ….shall I say misinformed.the Europeans have been shocked into reality by putins aggression they are certainly providing more for their collective defense as is the correct thing to do.unfortunately for Europe the USA now has a really shall I say flawed president (thats beeing wayyy more polite than he deserves) personally I don’t think putins going for the Baltic this spring he needs to exterminate the Ukrainian NATION then re arm re train.

[Hawaiian]

15 minutes ago, Tug said:

What an ignorant ugly thing to say……lazy Europeans ya say….just who I might ask who paid the price in ww2 (along with the Russians) and just what what country profited the most from that horrific time in our collective history???obviously it’s our USA hands down.in that respect I as an American find that really ….shall I say misinformed.the Europeans have been shocked into reality by putins aggression they are certainly providing more for their collective defense as is the correct thing to do.unfortunately for Europe the USA now has a really shall I say flawed president (thats beeing wayyy more polite than he deserves) personally I don’t think putins going for the Baltic this spring he needs to exterminate the Ukrainian NATION then re arm re train.

Trump and his muppets fail to realize that allowing Russia to succeed in Ukraine is an incentive for China to become more aggressive and more determined to invade Taiwan.

A trade war with China and the rest of the world is not the answer. 

[spidermike007]

16 hours ago, Cameroni said:

 

Ludicrous. Russia has shown precisely zero interest in the Baltics. 

 

Why would they want them anyway.

 

What a nonsense.

Russia needs the hydropower and Putin loves the Latvian furniture for his various chateaus and palaces.

[impulse]

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

Just wipe Moscow off the face of the earth ....  

 

problem solved.  

 

Yup.  'Cause worldwide nuclear annihilation is a good option.  You think you'll be one of the unlucky humans to survive and live in the apocalyptical hellscape that would cause?

 

[MicroB]

1 hour ago, Hawaiian said:

Trump and his muppets fail to realize that allowing Russia to succeed in Ukraine is an incentive for China to become more aggressive and more determined to invade Taiwan.

A trade war with China and the rest of the world is not the answer. 

 

I'm thinking its actually less likely for China to invade Taiwan than it is to snatch bits of lost China from Russia.

 

Taiwan is complex. There are 3 groups on Taiwan. Non-Han aboroiginals, they have no say. Indigenous Han Chinese; historically, as Formosa, Taiwan was a long time part of Nippon, and many people were forced to take Japanese names. They have a different history to the mainlanders, and are the ones pushing for independance.

 

Then there are the KMT Chinese; Chiang Kai Shek's army and their supporters. They are opposed to independence, and are looking for reunification, when the Communists are gone. Companies in both countries have significant investments wth each other.

 

But nationalist Chinese are getting quite agitated about restoring China's imperial boarders.

 

 

Some are demanding the return of Vladivostock. These calls are not coming from the wumao trolls, who are basically working for the government, but from the zi gan wu, who represent more of the man on the street, China was forced to hand over Vladivostock in 1860. The Chinese call it Haishenwai.

 

The CCP has a policy called "China's Second Rise", which is about restoring national pride following humiliation by other powers. Among the nationalists, they are coming up with a "China First" policy. The Neo-nationalists are less beholden to Russia past as an ideological big brother, These nationalists believe every country is a threat to China, and that China should no longer apologise for being China China has been quietely getting back Chinese territory through leases, and know possession is 9 tenths of the law. Since 2020, about 5 million hectares of Russian land are now Chinese.

 

https://cepa.org/article/goodbye-vladivostok-hello-haishenwai/

 

China might look at Taiwan, and think,its are full of Chinese people, we are all Chinese people. One day we will reunite. China looks at the lost territories in Russia. There are no Chinese there, because they were driven out. That's a huge hurt to fix. The war in Ukraine is reversing the China-Russia relationshio. Now China is the top dog. Russia has nothing to offer to advance China. It has minerals and dumb people to dig these out of the ground.

 

Putin's escapade has fatally weakened Russia. Whatever happens, after this is done, Russia is broke. Its expended huge amounts of blood and treasure for very little. Its military prowess was a legacy built up during the Soviet era,  now severely degraded, and unlikely to ever come back.

[Hawaiian]

58 minutes ago, MicroB said:

 

I'm thinking its actually less likely for China to invade Taiwan than it is to snatch bits of lost China from Russia.

 

Taiwan is complex. There are 3 groups on Taiwan. Non-Han aboroiginals, they have no say. Indigenous Han Chinese; historically, as Formosa, Taiwan was a long time part of Nippon, and many people were forced to take Japanese names. They have a different history to the mainlanders, and are the ones pushing for independance.

 

Then there are the KMT Chinese; Chiang Kai Shek's army and their supporters. They are opposed to independence, and are looking for reunification, when the Communists are gone. Companies in both countries have significant investments wth each other.

 

But nationalist Chinese are getting quite agitated about restoring China's imperial boarders.

 

 

Some are demanding the return of Vladivostock. These calls are not coming from the wumao trolls, who are basically working for the government, but from the zi gan wu, who represent more of the man on the street, China was forced to hand over Vladivostock in 1860. The Chinese call it Haishenwai.

 

The CCP has a policy called "China's Second Rise", which is about restoring national pride following humiliation by other powers. Among the nationalists, they are coming up with a "China First" policy. The Neo-nationalists are less beholden to Russia past as an ideological big brother, These nationalists believe every country is a threat to China, and that China should no longer apologise for being China China has been quietely getting back Chinese territory through leases, and know possession is 9 tenths of the law. Since 2020, about 5 million hectares of Russian land are now Chinese.

 

https://cepa.org/article/goodbye-vladivostok-hello-haishenwai/

 

China might look at Taiwan, and think,its are full of Chinese people, we are all Chinese people. One day we will reunite. China looks at the lost territories in Russia. There are no Chinese there, because they were driven out. That's a huge hurt to fix. The war in Ukraine is reversing the China-Russia relationshio. Now China is the top dog. Russia has nothing to offer to advance China. It has minerals and dumb people to dig these out of the ground.

 

Putin's escapade has fatally weakened Russia. Whatever happens, after this is done, Russia is broke. Its expended huge amounts of blood and treasure for very little. Its military prowess was a legacy built up during the Soviet era,  now severely degraded, and unlikely to ever come back.

I agree with you that Putin has caused irreparable harm, but Russia still remains a nuclear power.  Putin could threaten any Chinese attempt to seize Russian territory with nuclear warfare.  Who knows what a desperate Putin would do.  Is Xi willing to chance it?

Xi has pledged reunification.  If an invasion of Taiwan were successful any resistance would be met with oppressive measures by occupying forces.  Witness the treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

[Cameroni]

5 hours ago, steven100 said:

Just wipe Moscow off the face of the earth ....  

 

problem solved.  

 

Thankfully, the leaders of the Western countries have a brain in their heads, unlike you, which is  why they have been extra careful not to put troops on the ground in Ukraine.

 

Because they are, rightly, afraid of nuclear war with Russia, which could wipe out your home country and the entire plant in the blink of any eye.

 

2 hours ago, MicroB said:

Putin's escapade has fatally weakened Russia.

 

You need to study history properly. Western fools have predicted the death of Russia as a great power for 35 years now. However, what history taught is that it is not the case, that a country that can destroy your home country in the blink of an eye, and could destroy the entire planet in the blink of an eye will always be a strong actor on the world stage that has to be reckoned with, as the Ukraine found out. And indeed as the West, hiding behind Ukraine, has now found out.