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re: Did Zelensky already sign mineral rights deal with UK

Posted on 3/3/25 at 8:50 am to
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
23326 posts
Posted on 3/3/25 at 8:50 am to
Z has ZERO credibility, none. He needs to resign NOW.

Posted by SlayTime
Member since Jan 2025
3738 posts
Posted on 3/3/25 at 8:51 am to
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Tony Schaffer


That’s a high level credentialed source. Z got played by UK again. We’ll see how this plays out, backlash from US on UK piggybacking off US.

Yet another reminder it’s time to leave NATO/EU.
Posted by loogaroo
Welsh
Member since Dec 2005
39835 posts
Posted on 3/3/25 at 8:54 am to
I posted in the other thread basically what Tony says in his tweet.

The EU thought they were going to be slick and try to get us to extend our umbrella of protection to all of Europe because of Ukraine. The EU waaay overplayed their hand.

Trump was right. None of them have the cards.

What a bunch of deceitful idiots trying to leverage us like this.
Posted by LARancher1991
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2015
2061 posts
Posted on 3/3/25 at 8:55 am to
Only thing I've seen out of the UK on this is that the British PM has said that if a deal was to be in place the UK would deploy air assets to the region to create a no fly zone and could potentially put boots on the ground. This was apparently agreed to by Macron who send France would do the same thing.
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
37185 posts
Posted on 3/3/25 at 8:59 am to
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If true, then Trump overplayed his hand. There's just no way to spin this.
We aren't getting our money back. Being on the outside is my preferred position. We're done.
Posted by Mike da Tigah
Bravo Romeo Lima Alpha
Member since Feb 2005
61402 posts
Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:04 am to
Let’s hope he did. That was his only bargaining chip with the US he had to play, and so if so, it’s now all Europe’s baby, and that suites me just fine.

Europe needs to fund it’s own militaries, and protect it’s over sovereignties. It’s highly absurd to just expect for the American people to front the bill, and put American lives on the line in order to protect them, all the while enjoy the benefits economically from not having to put that into their budget every year.



Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
31842 posts
Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:08 am to
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Why can't Trump admit Putin is a dictator?



i think Putin is a dictator and a bad person.

calling him that in negotiations is sure to get us somewhere. we've called him a dictator and treated him like it for the last 10 years and kept arming his next door neighbors and invited them to treaties that are directly in opposition to his country.

again, dictator, despot, murderer, etc. all true. still the leader of Russia we have to deal with unless we're going to start WW3. calling him names in the media when we're trying to reach a conclusion is counterintuitive

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This post was edited on 3/3/25 at 9:13 am
Posted by Gus007
TN
Member since Jul 2018
14192 posts
Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:17 am to
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i think Putin is a dictator and a bad person.



In comparison to which world leaders?

Biden
Starmer
Macron
Xi Zinping

IMO Putin looks out for Russia better than Biden/Obama did for the USA.
Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
31842 posts
Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:35 am to
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In comparison to which world leaders?

Biden
Starmer
Macron
Xi Zinping


i mean i'm bordering on anarchist at this point so they all are.

maybe to phrase it differently:

I do not think Putin is a good guy, but he greatly tries to protect his country more fiercely and with a heavy hand that I think is always merited. that being said, he is the leader on the other side of this conflict.

Unless we plan on assassinating him, or going to WW3 with him, we have to negotiate with who is currently on the other side of the table. Calling him names at this point is petty when you are another world leader with skin in this game.
Posted by SlayTime
Member since Jan 2025
3738 posts
Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:39 am to
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Why can't Trump admit Putin is a dictator?


Call your wife a fat ugly whore and ask her to make you your favorite meal immediately after.

Livestream it.

Posted by Tantal
Member since Sep 2012
19224 posts
Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:41 am to
If so, defending those minerals is now the U.K.'s problem.
Posted by jimmy the leg
Member since Aug 2007
42373 posts
Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:45 am to
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by Tmcgin


I enjoy reading your takes.

I always want to see if you can “outdumb” yourself. Rarely do you disappoint.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
176246 posts
Posted on 3/3/25 at 9:46 am to
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If so, defending those minerals is now the U.K.'s problem.


maybe...

but ... is this a bad take....

some of our biggest allies will now have priorities that will take up a lot of their resources thus making us vulnerable to some of our other biggest enemies. ??
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