It would be truly wonderful - not to mention of enormous strategic significance - if Ukraine could liberate Crimea. Ukraine would again control its entire coast and the perpetual Russian menace to its shipping and major ports would be a thing of the past. The Red Army took it away from the White Army, the Germans and Romanians took it away from the Red Army, the Red Army took it back, Russia took it away from Ukraine, long passed time for Ukraine to take it back. The first step is to isolate it and turn the Sea of Azov into a Ukrainian lake. Slava Ukraini!
So the Bill approved would deliver billions in aid to Ukraine 🇺🇦. I'm sorry but if you think Drumpf WILL NOT try to sabotage the disbursement of $$$ then you are naieve. Putins phone call to D will be 'stop the aid at all costs'.
May I ask about Musks Starlink and Ukraines once dependency on it? Has Ukraine worked around its absence? (If M yanked it away). This hi tech stuff hard for this old fart to follow.. All I know is that Ukraine seems to be succeeding in every aspect.
And there is absolutely nothing in the corporate media, nor in the leftist progressive media, about the proposed tunnel between Russia and Alaska. hmmm.
On the other hand, the staggering cost of a tunnel whose approaches won't be usable for half a year because of the weather, with enormous distances and consequent expense for road traffic to cover just to reach the tunnel, let alone reach inhabited zones on the other side, may mean that they dismiss the project as a mad pipedream and don't waste their time writing about it. I agree with you, though, that they should - not least by demonstrating how expensive a white elephant it would become.
Of course building a tunnel or bridge through an active fault would also create unimaginable difficulties for its construction. Probably cheaper and speedier to try to fill up the Grand Canyon by pouring money into it.
There is that Matthew, building a tunnel through an active fault. Look at a map of the ring of fire, ithe tunnel would follow it.
Then again there are technological advances, and engineers could design and build a tunnel that is flexible enough to move in the case of earth quakes. but that would require construction of flexible rail lines as well.
The major issue I have is that Trump has signed on to the concept, and that alone is traitorous as it provides Russia land access to the U.S., and Putin, so I hear, has whispered in Trump's ear, about reclaiming Alaska.
If this was solely because of Trump I wouldn't be worried,I don't think he will last to the end of his term, but I am worried that he might, in any event the forces behind MAGA will bend heaven and earth to keep him alive until 2028. I am fairly convinced that they have been gaming out a way to make the regime permanent, Trump in place or not.
The powers that be are on a roll, achieving all of their goals, Trump and Trumpism are just avatars. Avatars of the cult that adamantly, viciously and violently support him.
if he should die, he will be their Jesus on the cross, and the movement, the cult, will live on.
The cult is 35% of the population at least, and all it takes to take control of a culture or country is about 17%. And that 35% is armed to the teeth
Indeed. And then there's that one thing neither of us has mentioned, but is probably the decisive factor. How are you going to get your engineering or construction company selected to participate in this gargantuan project? Through a rigorous tendering process or, like most things with this régime, by buying the memecoins or bringing some family-connected firm quickly set up by Eric or Don Jr in to help with "consultancy services" or similar. Trillion dollar projects have wonderful opportunities for billion dollar bribes. Evviva la mafia!
It would be truly wonderful - not to mention of enormous strategic significance - if Ukraine could liberate Crimea. Ukraine would again control its entire coast and the perpetual Russian menace to its shipping and major ports would be a thing of the past. The Red Army took it away from the White Army, the Germans and Romanians took it away from the Red Army, the Red Army took it back, Russia took it away from Ukraine, long passed time for Ukraine to take it back. The first step is to isolate it and turn the Sea of Azov into a Ukrainian lake. Slava Ukraini!
All day every day
Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
So the Bill approved would deliver billions in aid to Ukraine 🇺🇦. I'm sorry but if you think Drumpf WILL NOT try to sabotage the disbursement of $$$ then you are naieve. Putins phone call to D will be 'stop the aid at all costs'.
He definitely will. Under no illusion about it
May I ask about Musks Starlink and Ukraines once dependency on it? Has Ukraine worked around its absence? (If M yanked it away). This hi tech stuff hard for this old fart to follow.. All I know is that Ukraine seems to be succeeding in every aspect.
And there is absolutely nothing in the corporate media, nor in the leftist progressive media, about the proposed tunnel between Russia and Alaska. hmmm.
On the other hand, the staggering cost of a tunnel whose approaches won't be usable for half a year because of the weather, with enormous distances and consequent expense for road traffic to cover just to reach the tunnel, let alone reach inhabited zones on the other side, may mean that they dismiss the project as a mad pipedream and don't waste their time writing about it. I agree with you, though, that they should - not least by demonstrating how expensive a white elephant it would become.
Of course building a tunnel or bridge through an active fault would also create unimaginable difficulties for its construction. Probably cheaper and speedier to try to fill up the Grand Canyon by pouring money into it.
There is that Matthew, building a tunnel through an active fault. Look at a map of the ring of fire, ithe tunnel would follow it.
Then again there are technological advances, and engineers could design and build a tunnel that is flexible enough to move in the case of earth quakes. but that would require construction of flexible rail lines as well.
The major issue I have is that Trump has signed on to the concept, and that alone is traitorous as it provides Russia land access to the U.S., and Putin, so I hear, has whispered in Trump's ear, about reclaiming Alaska.
If this was solely because of Trump I wouldn't be worried,I don't think he will last to the end of his term, but I am worried that he might, in any event the forces behind MAGA will bend heaven and earth to keep him alive until 2028. I am fairly convinced that they have been gaming out a way to make the regime permanent, Trump in place or not.
The powers that be are on a roll, achieving all of their goals, Trump and Trumpism are just avatars. Avatars of the cult that adamantly, viciously and violently support him.
if he should die, he will be their Jesus on the cross, and the movement, the cult, will live on.
The cult is 35% of the population at least, and all it takes to take control of a culture or country is about 17%. And that 35% is armed to the teeth
Indeed. And then there's that one thing neither of us has mentioned, but is probably the decisive factor. How are you going to get your engineering or construction company selected to participate in this gargantuan project? Through a rigorous tendering process or, like most things with this régime, by buying the memecoins or bringing some family-connected firm quickly set up by Eric or Don Jr in to help with "consultancy services" or similar. Trillion dollar projects have wonderful opportunities for billion dollar bribes. Evviva la mafia!
Yep, the only way Trump goes business is by doling it out to a company in which his family will buy stock.