re: Poland officially announces it just invoked NATO Article 4

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Thankfully we have a President that wants as few dead soldiers as possible.

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If we just disbanded the army tomorrow then none of them would die!
Moron. Why do you think we fought WWI & WWII? Because Germany & Japan were going to invade America?
Typical pacifist pussy. And, before you ask, I already stood my watch. But I’d do it again!

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It’s not against the law there.

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It is.

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And z absolutely could amend their constitution.

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No, he can't.

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He just needs to tell his party to do it.

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Well, that's not Zelensky doing it, is it?

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you neocon warmonger

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I'm not advocating war, you idiot, I'm trying to tell you what Zelensky can and cannot legally accomplish. That it doesn't comport to what you think a head of state should be doing in the face of an armed invasion is totally irrelevant considering you have no idea what you're talking about.

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You’re not getting your war.

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I don't have a war, and I don't want a war. You must have responded to the wrong post.

Had you actually given some context to your statement, it might be have been more clear.

They want the United States to have to become more involved. Pull out of nato on the basis of unmatched funding.

You are incorrect. Elections are only banned if martial law is in effect. He can pull that and host an election.

And he has full control of his political party. He can tell them to pass an amendment allowing land to be ceded. His party outright controls over 50% of parliament, and there are enough minority votes to get him to the 2/3 requirement.

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He can pull that and host an election.

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You think Putin's going to let everyone in the occupied territory go to the polls?

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pass an amendment allowing land to be ceded

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Why do you care? If they are willing to fight for their country, why not keep fighting? Just because you're too big a pussy to fight for yours doesn't mean other people are just as scared.

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And he has full control of his political party

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So you're saying he still has the support of his party.

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even though the EOC I'm sure opposes Putin.

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Negative sir. Putin is an OBSERVANT Orthodox Christian and has commissioned the building of hundreds of churches as well as enacted laws protecting women and families.

Putin honoring WW2 dead in Alaska

Putin meeting American Orthodox Bishop

Putin at Pascha (Easter) service

New Russian Army Orthodox Church

So you want to mobilize American troops to attack Orthodox Christians who are fighting Pagan and Neo-Nazi forces (Azov Battalion) in Ukraine which is also oppressing Christians??

Come on buddy.

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But how do we stop Putin's aggressive foreign policy

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Respectfully, what country has Russia invaded under Putin and left behind in shambles? Now do the same math with US policy.

Russia has had troops in Transnitria since 1992 yet has not invaded Moldavia nor Romania…why? Neither are historical Russian lands and haven’t rattled sabers against Russia until NATO began building largest military base in Romania.

How would you feel if Russia built its largest base in Matamoros, Mexico?

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When is Putin going to stop, in you estimation

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Putin had said 1000 times he will stop war in Ukraine when they have full control of 4 oblasts they’re in now. Period.

If the Neocon, One World Order, Atheist Warpigs of NATO want to go to war with Russia, let them do so at their own harm.

i assume you served when the godless Soviet Union was our enemy…I remember running in formation singing cadence about killing commies and a year later singing cadences about killing Iraqis…funny how big bad Russia was lost to military memory until Ukraine and the drawdown from the GWOT.

Russia is not the enemy of America. The Neocons who want war all the time yet never send their own kids to war are the enemies.

MIC has to eat and too many of us fell for the lies once; never again for myself nor my sons.

I know that the Globalists want nothing more than for NATO to go to war with Russia. I oppose the Globalists on everything so I am conflicted here.

That said, Putin's Russia invaded Ukraine, and, under the UN Charter that Russia agreed to after WW2, Russia acted in violation to the International Law of Armed Conflict. So Putin started Russia off on the wrong foot here - by violating International Law.

Let's say that Putin had good reasons for so doing. Fine. I can agree to that for the sake of argument. But what now, after these years of war?

Z-man is not willing to surrender anything for the sake of peace. How can the West demand that he do so when Russia violated the law?

Now we learn that Putin's drones have penetrated 15 miles into Poland's air space. I don't suggest that the USA respond to this provocation with an armed attack on Russia, but, I say that military readiness demands that we bolster our military presence in Eastern Europe.

Are you going to argue that Ukraine is actually part of Russia and thus must be ruled by Russia? Ukraine has already been established as a soverign nation for years now. How do we as an International Community allow Russia to conquer all or part of Ukraine?

Do you suggest that we allow Russia to have control and sovereignty over these disputed Oblasts? Will that stop the war and bring peace to Putin's mind? I hope that is true.

I suppose that this war will continue until Ukraine or Russia quits, and both sides will continue to receive military support from outside countries.

My main point is this: yes you have a right to feel like you are on the right side here, but, Putin invaded a sovereign country and violated International Law. As a matter of Law and Order, we can't abide this.

I'd like to think that Putin will be satisfied with the disputed Oblasts and then want peace after that, but I am not sure about that. And I also have concluded that Putin was crazy to not pursue peaceful diplomacy in his quest to obtain sovereignty over these disputed Oblasts. Putin is a masterful diplomat. Choosing war was a really crazy and dangerous course of action.

Nobody in the USA ever heard about these disputed Oblasts before this war. If Putin has a good case to make for sovereighty over these Oblasts, We Americans never had the chance to hear his case and see the Justice in his position. Putin denied everybody the chance to reason it out because he chose war.

So, please share your thoughts on what Putin is now entitled to and how does the World make peace with Putin?

Let's assume for the sake of argument that Putin is correct and right about these disputed Oblasts. I'll assume that for the sake of argument. But even so, Putin chose military invasion as his method of addressing this political question. He did this although political and diplomatic solutions had not been explored and tried. He should have used diplomacy first.

We can't have a world where Leaders can choose military invasion FIRST even if they are right, can we? I think I'm being reasonable here and I really think that Putin could have won this policy debate through diplomacy rather than resorting to military invasion.