Re: The timing is...interesting

There's a thing called an "escalation ladder"...and we would seem to be on about Level 5 or 6 right now of it. Which is: a very stern and unmistakable warning. My guess would be it's likely directed squarely at Donald Trump himself. Whether he has the ears to hear it or not is an interesting question. My own fear would be: not. Malignant narcissists have "Main Character Syndrome"; they genuinely think they're untouchable. Donald is...Donald, and it seems far more likely to me he's going to keep doing what he always does: what he will, when he wills it, without the slightest thought to consequences, and he'll be blithely out golfing tomorrow on Mar-a-Lago without a care in the world. Which is potentially beyond unwise.

What Ukraine was very likely doing here (unless they were somehow just completely blind to the message doing something like this today would be) was demonstrating their reach, capacity, and will to act right as "peace talks" were about to begin that had already started on terms unacceptable to Ukraine. Namely: giving up Crimea and putting a withdrawal of Western sanctions on Russia on the table.

I've been saying for awhile now this was absolutely the red line Donald did not want to cross. But here we are.

https://nypost.com/2025/04/25/world-news/russian-military-general-yaroslav-moskalik-killed-in-moscow-car-explosion/

There will be more attempts on his life, but it will not be from Putin

Re: There will be more attempts on his life, but it will not be from Putin

There will be more attempts on his life, but it will not be from Putin

This tactic is way more effective than random missile strikes in Kyiv

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Apr 25, 2025, 2:28 PM [ in reply to Re: The timing is...interesting ]

What's coming out of Donald's mouth. He's already handed the Russians Crimea just off the jump. Zelenskyy can't accept that deal, he's prohibited from doing so by both his own pledges and by Ukrainian law. Donald's also talking openly about removing Russia's sanctions - which would allow them to rebuild their crumbling economy - and also not just denying Ukraine entry into NATO, but also refusing to offer them any kind of tangible security guarantees whatsoever...all while extorting the Ukrainians for half their mineral wealth.

And if Ukraine won't take that "deal", Donald will almost certainly use that as a pretext to cut off their military aid and their satellite intel. He already did that once...and within three hours, 100,000 Russians launched a surprise attack that drove Ukraine completely out of Kursk. Having already seen it happen once, Ukraine knows that full well too.

What Ukraine seems very likely to do first seems pretty obvious. Especially when you look at what their GUR and SBU intel outfits have been pulling off out in the world the last three years. And I could name you a couple dozen other agencies, militaries, and even private individuals across the globe with equal or greater means...and almost as much motive.

You were arguing with me five years ago on a certain thread about something I saw as pretty much obvious, if you'll recall. This seems...equally obvious. Why people think "it can't happen here!" is kind of confusing to me. Donald Trump is not a normal president, and a whole lot of things that couldn't happen here...are happening here.

I keep saying this and people keep not hearing it: power defends itself, always. It's like gravity. And Donald is literally threatening every financial, industrial, security, and even cultural arrangement we have, and throwing away both America's hard and soft power, and he's doing it like a real vicious six-year waving around his daddy's gun while having a tantrum. That's...past the point of unwise.

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The timing is...interesting

There will be more attempts on his life, but it will not be from Putin

Re: There will be more attempts on his life, but it will not be from Putin

Re: There will be more attempts on his life, but it will not be from Putin

Re: There will be more attempts on his life, but it will not be from Putin

Are you saying that Ukraine killed a Russian Lieutenant General as a veiled

Re: Are you saying that Ukraine killed a Russian Lieutenant General as a veiled

Re: There will be more attempts on his life, but it will not be from Putin

Re: There will be more attempts on his life, but it will not be from Putin

This tactic is way more effective than random missile strikes in Kyiv