Jeff Danziger for February 17, 2022

It’s coming soon and I don’t think that there will be any way to stop it. Hopefully it won’t go nuclear.

I’m predicting that the Russians will declare some parts of Ukraine “autonomous Russian enclaves” and then it won’t be an ATTACK because they’ll be coming in by invitation.

The last time, Putin and company pretended that no Russian soldiers were there, it was all Ukraine people. To {"prove", this hose the families of Russians who were killed did not get survivor’s benefits since there were “No Russian soldiers involved” Anything to back up his claims.

If Vladdy wants another Afghanistan, who are we to stop it!! Eejits will be eejits!!!

/SHNARK/

In the toon, should have been “dasvidanya.”

Cannon fodder.

Putin the Putsch.

I might be totally off base but I do not think that Russia ever ment to invade Ukraine. I think Putin is playing the same game Henry Kissinger used to play, he wants something and figures this would be the best way to get it.

Remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? Recall how the USSR apparently folded and gave JFK a yuge victory? The USSR pulled their nukes out of Cuba because JFK removed all the US nukes from Turkey. I think Putin is playing for something similar

solid………….Danziger is one of the best.

I wonder how the Russian soldiers on the line see these military activities. Are they selected super patriots that agree with everything Putin is doing? Or are they insulated from the political implications of this situation?

What is their average age? Since it must be obvious that the Ukraine government is not responding as one would normally expect of a nation under potential siege, what do they think is happening or will happen? What is the scuttlebutt they receive? Any cynicism on their part toward all this, or like obedient soldiers are they only “following orders”?

What could be the cost of this whole venture? Is Putin sending them out as “crusaders” to give them something to do so they learn discipline and to get their minds off generally poor economic conditions back home?

If Putin goes through with an incursion it’ll likely be a small one… to be followed by another small one… to be followed…

If even that action is costlier than expected and the body bags are numerous, the Russian people might notice even through the blanket of official obfuscation.

Then Putin may have cause to regret the whole thing. Maybe. it’s happened before.

Trump’s owner and hero!

Given Putin’s logic, Poland should annex Chicago because of all the Polish speaking people living there.

If the Russian tank drivers are anything like their road users the Ukranians got nothing to worry about, they’ll all crash into each other within 50 yards of launch.

Beats what America did for its soldiers.. brought them home under the cover of darkness.

Putin wants to put in a puppet ruler. I don’t think the ex-dictator with no vowels in his name in “Doonesbury” is busy at the moment……….

Pooty (or is it Puty) lies like a rug…

Ukraine

1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;

2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves;

2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world’s reserves);

2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);

2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves;

3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)

4th in the world by the total value of natural resources;

7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)

Ukraine is an agricultural country:

1st in Europe in terms of arable land area;

3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world’s volume);

1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;

2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;

3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;

4th largest producer of potatoes in the world;

5th largest rye producer in the world;

5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);

8th place in the world in wheat exports;

9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;

16th place in the world in cheese exports.

Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.

Ukraine is an industrialized country:

1st in Europe in ammonia production; (For fertilizer)

2nd in Europe and 4th largest natural gas pipeline system in the world (142.5 bln cubic meters of gas throughput capacity in the EU);

3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants;

3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km);

3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment;

3rd largest iron exporter in the world

4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world;

4th world’s largest manufacturer of rocket launchers;

4th place in the world in clay exports

4th place in the world in titanium exports

8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates;

9th place in the world in exports of defence industry products;

10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).

Source: Andriy Futey

Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Ukrainian World Congress

Putin has made a major tactical error. He thought that the West was so splintered after his apparatchik Trump worked to destroy our relationship with our allies that his plans could only be met with the weakest of responses.

He didn’t expect Joe Biden (of all people!) to rally the NATO and Baltic nations to unite to resist the threat. Not that anyone is giving him credit for that….but it’s true. Vlad is now between a rock and a hard place. Appeals to Russian nationalism fall short when your economy’s in the toilet and the Big Boss Man wants to obligate more of your taxes to a war that you don’t care about. And the sanctions that the allied countries are willing to inflict are going to be truly painful. But he’s too prideful to turn around and say, “just kidding”.

He’s painted himself into a corner. Now it gets interesting.

“….and watch out for those Kiev girls.”

They leave the West behind.