Putin has made this invasion in Ukraine all about the US dollar.

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I think Putin has intentionally suckered the EU and the US using poorly trained and equipped troops to make us think he is weak.

He wanted the sanctions on his ruble as it justified him in putting a gold standard ruble out there to replace the dollar.

Pouring weapons into Ukraine will justify him turning up his war machine.

I think this will go nuclear, he does intend to replace the US in the Middle East, I think he has cut a deal with about 100 other countries, primarily the union of islamic nations along with China and a few others. And I think he is trying to sucker the US into an attack on Russia which would justify him in having a powerful counterattack. Before going after Israel and before China goes after Taiwan they need to cripple the US.

Anyway we have the same guy who took on Corn Pop, the truck driver from Scranton, the professor, he may not be clear who his wife is, or who the Vice President is, or even who the President is, but you can be sure when it comes to Russia he'll do as good a job if not better than what he did in getting us out of Afghanistan.

 

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Someone better wake up Joe and let him know Russia just gave him an ultimatum.

 

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I think Putin has intentionally suckered the EU and the US using poorly trained and equipped troops to make us think he is weak

Using ineffective troops is not really a ploy any despot uses. What would he accomplish other than look weak and ineffective himself?

Putin has bitten off more than he can chew, and is probably regretting his own foolishness. It would appear that his own officers and intelligence operatives were not 100% behind his latest adventure, since many have been fired or suffered even greater punishment (or been killed on the battlefield). And now that he has lost a major warship due to a Ukrainian missile attack, he is looking even worse than before. This was one war which was totally pointless, and has made Russia look very bad, especially with accusations of genocide and war crimes.

 

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Using ineffective troops is not really a ploy any despot uses. What would he accomplish other than look weak and ineffective himself?

It is a ploy used in football all the time. Putin has the capability to take out the US in an hour, the problem is if he does that he would be a pariah to the rest of the world and they would take him out. However, if the US attacks him first then he would be justified in a counterattack.

For example, suppose he wants to replace the US dollar with the ruble as the reserve currency. How do you convince the rest of the world to join your currency? Well suppose the US first tries to destroy the ruble and illegally seize their assets. The whole world sees this and realizes if they can do this to Russia they can do this to me. Now when he introduces a currency on the gold standard the rest of the world can say 'hey that is better than this US currency where they are printing it like a bunch of cartel members have seized control of the printing press'. No one blames Russia for doing this and the rest of the world realizes that you had better switch to this currency if you don't want to be completely robbed by those crooks in DC

 

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"The world should be prepared for Russia to use nuclear weapons"

 

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This whole attack by Putin is becoming more and more obvious to be a "dummy" play. In football a dummy play is when you pull the guard to go to the other side of the field and the tackle thinking he is so smart follows him and then you run right in the hole vacated by the guard and defensive tackle.

So let's break this down.

1. What is the end game for Putin -- it can't be grabbing half of Ukraine with the entire world against him. In the end Russia would be far worse off. It can't be to intimidate Ukraine into not joining NATO because already we are seeing a number of other countries bordering Russia who now want to join NATO. No, I think Putin has a much more ambitious end game -- to replace the US dollar with the Ruble. To do that he must replace the US in the Mideast and to do that he has to sucker the US and NATO into attacking him so that he can then go nuclear on them in a counter attack. In a conventional war Putin loses. In an extended war Putin loses. But in a well organized counterattack with nuclear weapons he has a real chance.

2. So then you attack Ukraine but not with your well trained army, rather with conscripts who are poorly trained, do much worse in the field than people expect and as a result you give Ukraine hope of being able to beat you back. This in turn encourages NATO and the US to supply Ukraine with weapons, advisors, training and assistance.

3. Russia complains that they are now fighting against NATO and the US, especially when some very significant event happens that Ukraine was not able to accomplish on their own like sinking the Moscow, a key battleship in the Black Sea. So then Russia is very open about warning NATO and the US that they will force him to go nuclear.

4. The US and NATO see the Russian warning as a sign that they have Russia on the ropes due to their arrogance which causes them to be blind. This arrogance causes them to make a key blunder justifying Russia in attacking NATO with tactical nukes.

5. In response the US bombs Russia (perhaps after a false flag suitcase nuke bombing of US cities), also with tactical nukes. That was the goal, this now justifies Russia with a nuclear counter strike that is devastating to many coastal cities in the US while also destroying the electric grid for the continental 48 states with an EMP.

6. Without electricity the US is in a total crisis (no water, no refrigeration, no trucking or trains, blackouts in cities that are now overrun with looting and rioting).

7. With the US in crisis Russia now pulls out their real army and with a number of Islamic nations rides into the Middle East to seize control and destroy Israel. And China is now free to attack Israel without the help of the US.

If Russia were to control the security of the Middle East and China were to control Taiwan they (this alliance between China, Russia and the Islamic nations) would rule the world.

 

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All Systems Go!! Lord Jesus we are calling on you!

 

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Perhaps. But it seems odd that his allies aren't helping him right now when he could really use it.

Another reason why I don't think it will escalate too badly is because he's essentially fighting on his own territory. If World War 3 truly breaks out he's at home and would by and large destroy his own country. It doesn't really make sense.

Nope, doesn't really make sense.