tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post5259004437411553882..comments2023-10-08T12:11:52.993+13:00Comments on New Zealand Conservative: Russia has threatened Ukraine with nukes if they continue to resistLucia Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-61422481940446018772023-06-01T21:42:21.428+12:002023-06-01T21:42:21.428+12:00Very nice posttVery nice posttIced Coffee Recipeshttps://www.coffeepins.com/iced-coffee/dalgona_iced_coffee_5502230309.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-81966401671005722402014-09-07T20:19:19.541+12:002014-09-07T20:19:19.541+12:00Hi Maria,
Sorry about the delay in replying, I...Hi Maria,<br /><br />Sorry about the delay in replying, I've spent a bit of time looking into past articles I've read and then got seriously side-tracked. This happens to me a lot!<br /><br />You asked, "So is Russia cold war communist still or more imperialist Tsarist?"<br /><br />I was going to write a long comment, but it was easier to format the answer into a post: <a href="http://nzconservative.blogspot.com/2014/09/is-russia-cold-war-communist-or.html" rel="nofollow">Link to post.</a>Lucia Mariahttp://nzconservative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-48272438317101057682014-09-03T13:50:04.789+12:002014-09-03T13:50:04.789+12:00I am not sure if the cold war image is the one we ...I am not sure if the cold war image is the one we see here. Nor do I know the facts on the ground...to much going on in the world! But it seems to me that Russia is more like pre-communist Russian...which makes Putin a sort of Tsar or at least those who come after him. <br />I do think he read Syria correctly. <br />Looking at the RT news interviewing the rebel/Russian soldiers they speak about what is going on in a way which is quite different to western rhetoric. The glory of war seems to come to mind. <br />My own visit to Eastern Europe gives me the sense that the sense of national identity is very strong and unapologetically so. In the west we feel threatened by that.Marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-85788586012429339862014-09-03T09:56:38.074+12:002014-09-03T09:56:38.074+12:00William,
I so hope you are wrong, but ... I fear ...William,<br /><br />I so hope you are wrong, but ... I fear you are not.Lucia Mariahttp://nzconservative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-81082959160029295652014-09-03T01:21:53.659+12:002014-09-03T01:21:53.659+12:00Russia will not resort to tactical nukes in the Uk...Russia will not resort to tactical nukes in the Ukraine. The threat was made to<br />amplify the anxiety and distress felt by the Ukrainian government and<br />population. Putin's real goal is to collapse the Ukrainian economy. By keeping the war alive in the East, Putin stifles investment in the Ukraine by the West. Add to that the pressure of having turned off the gas to the Ukraine. While this is still August, winter is coming and the population of the Ukraine knows that it will freeze without that gas. <br /><br />Putin will play hardball with the Ukraine, but he does not wish for unnecessary casualties. Don't misunderstand me, if he has to kill large numbers of people he will most certainly do so. But if he can achieve his objectives without undue slaughter, he will. This is why he will not authorize the release of tactical nukes. He is positioning troops and material in order to place pressure on the Ukrainian government and to prevent the conflict from resolving before he has achieved his objective of forcing the Ukraine into submission as a satellite state. <br /><br />Without the West, the Ukraine will fold. There really is no other outcome. Sooner or later, the will of the public will crumble and the politicians will have no choice. But the repercussions will be felt long after the Ukraine folds. The Baltic states are worried about being next on Russia's menu, NATO has no idea what to do, and the United States fiddles while the Russians expand their borders. <br /><br />Worse, the United States and the West assured the Ukraine that we would defend them from Russian aggression. That promise was made in order to get them to release their nuclear arms. An exchange made in good faith at the time. Unfortunately, times and leaders change and that agreement isn't worth the paper that it is printed on. In fact, the U.S. has not even sent the combat rations we promised them and there is no way that we will support them with small arms shipments. A bitter lesson for them to be sure.<br /><br />Now Estonia, Latvia, and others question the reliability of NATO and the United States in the face of hanging the Ukraine out to dry. The U.N. (a useless organization if ever there were one) will do nothing to help. America used to defend the helpless. We used to stand up to aggressors and advocate for the innocent. Despair is beginning to be felt in Kiev and the populace are fearful. I would also submit that the Cold War has been re-ignited by this travesty as well if there were still men of character left in Washington.<br /><br />Make no mistake, darkness is moving in the world today and<br />there is much worse yet to come.William Stouthttp://knightnblu.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com