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elliseamos · Post by **elliseamos** » Tue February 22, 2022 12:46 pm

Germany halts Nord Stream 2 certification over Russia's actions.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Tue February 22, 2022 2:14 pm

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Tue February 22, 2022 2:23 pm

I have family in Kherson.

elliseamos · Post by **elliseamos** » Tue February 22, 2022 3:21 pm

Any chance they can get out for a while, Anders?

Just read this, The U.K. is imposing sanctions on five Russian banks - Rossiya, IS Bank, General Bank, Promsvyazbank and the Black Sea Bank - and three "very high net worth individuals" - Gennady Timchenko, Boris Rotenberg and Igor Rotenberg - freezing their assets in the U.K. and banning them from entering the country.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Tue February 22, 2022 3:42 pm

elliseamos wrote:Any chance they can get out for a while, Anders?

No. My sister in law did move to Norway, and met my brother a few years ago. Eventually I was the best man at their wedding in Kherson.

She has friends and family there, and it is unlikely they will leave. Her parents I know quite well. They are in their 70s, and have lived in Kherson their whole lives. Lovely people. They will never move.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Tue February 22, 2022 4:05 pm

Putin has asked the Duma to say yes to military force being used outside Russia’s borders. They will say yes.

elliseamos · Post by **elliseamos** » Tue February 22, 2022 4:41 pm

Sorry for you and your family, Anders. Thanks for the Finland perspective thread. Hopefully this can still play out in a way that spares lives, but I feel foolish to think so.

The White House has now announced that they do in fact view Russia's action in these seperatist regions as "an invasion." Here come the sanctions, not sure that's enough to avert an escalation.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Tue February 22, 2022 4:52 pm

Putin decided that 22-2-22 will look cool in history books, huh?

simple schoolboy · Tue February 22, 2022 4:59 pm

Simple Torture wrote:Putin decided that 22-2-22 will look cool in history books, huh?

Its the 8th anniversary of Maidan.

elliseamos · Post by **elliseamos** » Tue February 22, 2022 9:05 pm

Biden has announced the US sanctions on VEB, Russia’s military bank & their sovereign debt (I have no idea how that's a thing).

Russian individual sanctions to be announced tomorrow.

US troops to be positioned in the Baltic (a relocation of already deployed NATO troops)

simple schoolboy · Tue February 22, 2022 9:26 pm

elliseamos wrote: US troops to be positioned in the Baltic (a relocation of already deployed NATO troops)

The winning move is to invade Kamchatka. They've moved almost all their Eastern Units to Ukraine, it'll practically be uncontested!

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Wed February 23, 2022 12:42 am

simple schoolboy wrote:
elliseamos wrote: US troops to be positioned in the Baltic (a relocation of already deployed NATO troops)
The winning move is to invade Kamchatka. They've moved almost all their Eastern Units to Ukraine, it'll practically be uncontested!

A land grab war is far more justifiable. That would be in our interests. Manifest Destiny.

elliseamos · Post by **elliseamos** » Wed February 23, 2022 1:03 am

BurtReynolds wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:
elliseamos wrote: US troops to be positioned in the Baltic (a relocation of already deployed NATO troops)
The winning move is to invade Kamchatka. They've moved almost all their Eastern Units to Ukraine, it'll practically be uncontested!
A land grab war is far more justifiable. That would be in our interests. Manifest Destiny.

So Cuba's in play again?

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Wed February 23, 2022 1:21 am

elliseamos wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:
elliseamos wrote: US troops to be positioned in the Baltic (a relocation of already deployed NATO troops)
The winning move is to invade Kamchatka. They've moved almost all their Eastern Units to Ukraine, it'll practically be uncontested!
A land grab war is far more justifiable. That would be in our interests. Manifest Destiny.
So Cuba's in olay again?

The kingdom of Cuba is to be inherited by Trudeau when Raul Castro dies.

simple schoolboy · Wed February 23, 2022 1:25 am

BurtReynolds wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:
elliseamos wrote: US troops to be positioned in the Baltic (a relocation of already deployed NATO troops)
The winning move is to invade Kamchatka. They've moved almost all their Eastern Units to Ukraine, it'll practically be uncontested!
A land grab war is far more justifiable. That would be in our interests. Manifest Destiny.

There's no reason for westward expansion to stop at the Pacific.

elliseamos · Post by **elliseamos** » Wed February 23, 2022 1:29 am

BurtReynolds wrote:
elliseamos wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:
elliseamos wrote: US troops to be positioned in the Baltic (a relocation of already deployed NATO troops)
The winning move is to invade Kamchatka. They've moved almost all their Eastern Units to Ukraine, it'll practically be uncontested!
A land grab war is far more justifiable. That would be in our interests. Manifest Destiny.
So Cuba's in play again?
The kingdom of Cuba is to be inherited by Trudeau when Raul Castro dies.

Got it.

simple schoolboy · Wed February 23, 2022 1:49 am

BurtReynolds wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:
elliseamos wrote: US troops to be positioned in the Baltic (a relocation of already deployed NATO troops)
The winning move is to invade Kamchatka. They've moved almost all their Eastern Units to Ukraine, it'll practically be uncontested!
A land grab war is far more justifiable. That would be in our interests. Manifest Destiny.

There's no reason for westward expansion to stop at the Pacific.

elliseamos · Post by **elliseamos** » Wed February 23, 2022 1:59 am

So you're saying there's no reason for westward expansion to stop at the Pacific?

simple schoolboy · Wed February 23, 2022 9:28 pm

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