Who is really the aggressor?


Lloyd Austin To Stress "Open Door To NATO" In Visit To Ukraine & Georgia

https://www.zerohedge.com/mark...isit-ukraine-georgia

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is traveling to eastern Europe this week, where he will reportedly tell countries on the "the front lines of Russian aggression" - in particular Ukraine and Georgia - that there is an "open door to NATO", according to a senior defense official quoted in The Washington Times.

His trip will take him to both countries, after which he'll go to Romania and on to Belgium to participate in a meeting of NATO defense ministers. "We are reassuring and reinforcing the sovereignty of countries that are on the front lines of Russian aggression," the unnamed senior US official said further.

Both Ukraine and Georgia have have seen recent border conflicts and tensions flair up with their large, more powerful neighbor - including the Russo-Georgia War of 2008 centered on the status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

"Against that backdrop, defense officials said Mr. Austin will tell Ukrainian and Georgian leaders that there is an open door to NATO membership and that each country should take steps to qualify for membership," the Washington Times continues.

As for Ukraine, which earlier this year saw President Volodymyr Zelensky provocatively declare that "NATO membership is the only way to end war in Donbass", Austin is expected to underscore "unwavering support" - according to a DOD announcement of the official trip:

Meanwhile, just before Austin's arrival in the region, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov took the opportunity to restate Russia's "red line" in an interview with a French TV channel, saying "Ukraine’s accession to NATO would be the worst-case scenario" for which Moscow would respond with necessary "active measures".

"This is a scenario that goes beyond the red lines of Russia’s national interests. This is a scenario that could force Russia to take active measures to ensure its own security," Peskov said. And addressing accusations earlier in the year of Russia threatening Ukraine's sovereignty via a major troop build-up, he pointed out that "before the Russian troops were moved to that region, there were large NATO exercises held near the Russian border. Everyone talks about the concentration of Russian troops all the time, but nobody talks about the concentration of NATO troops."

Austin's trip comes on the heels of a rare visit to Russia of Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland, where a US delegation said productive talks were had with the Russian side toward restoring deteriorated communications with Washington.

Hmmm, yes. One side is inviting unity in the name of peace through a peaceful, voluntary process of joining a joint-security organization in the face a threat that is literally centuries old. The other is talking about red lines and trying to justify the perpetual destabilization of its neighbors and a heavy military presence on the basis of an opposing military presence that no one else has mentioned, much less is complaining about.

Whatever the Putin-suckers and crypto-socialists want to insist on, and no matter how shady the intentions of the Biden "Coalition", Russia is unquestionably the aggressor.

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Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
Hmmm, yes. One side is inviting unity in the name of peace through a peaceful, voluntary process of joining a joint-security organization in the face a threat that is literally centuries old. The other is talking about red lines and trying to justify the perpetual destabilization of its neighbors and a heavy military presence on the basis of an opposing military presence that no one else has mentioned, much less is complaining about.

Whatever the Putin-suckers and crypto-socialists want to insist on, and no matter how shady the intentions of the Biden "Coalition", Russia is unquestionably the aggressor.

If Mexico and Canada got all warm and fuzzy with Russia or China and entered into a military alliance with them and were going to allow foreign troops and weapons on our border. I am sure we would be fine with that.

Ronald Regean promised the Russians that Nato would never expand Eastward if the Soviet Union withdrew from Eastern Europe.

I recall the world came close to war when Cuba invited Russian missles onto their soverign territory.

We're no threat to Mexico or Canada, in fact our stability and security depends on theirs. The missiles in Cuba were intentionally put there as a direct threat to our safety rather than to protect Cuba at a time when it had already become clear that doing so was unnecessary for the purpose of protecting the Castro regime from us.

Ronald Reagan made the promise that he did over thirty years (and two Russian governments) ago and at a time when countries in the area had not yet set themselves free only to be perpetually destabilized by 'little green men' campaigns out of Russia. An awful lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then.

Instead of wallowing in a bunch of moral relativism horse manure and sucking up to a vicious pig like Vladimir Putin, why don't we keep this thread more or less focused on the threat to American liberties and America's future known as Joe Biden?

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...res-a-catch-n2597665

"President Joe Biden will participate in a CNN town hall on Thursday in Baltimore, where he'll take questions as his administration continues to sell his ambitious legislative agenda to members of Congress and the nation,"

"A CNN spokesperson said an invitation-only audience will be present at the town hall"

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Originally posted by sdy:
...an invitation-only audience

Yeah. Uh-huh..... Maybe that's the day I have to do my colonoscopy prep.....

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Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
We're no threat to Mexico or Canada, in fact our stability and security depends on theirs. The missiles in Cuba were intentionally put there as a direct threat to our safety rather than to protect Cuba at a time when it had already become clear that doing so was unnecessary for the purpose of protecting the Castro regime from us.

Ronald Reagan made the promise that he did over thirty years (and two Russian governments) ago and at a time when countries in the area had not yet set themselves free only to be perpetually destabilized by 'little green men' campaigns out of Russia. An awful lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then.

Instead of wallowing in a bunch of moral relativism horse manure and sucking up to a vicious pig like Vladimir Putin, why don't we keep this thread more or less focused on the threat to American liberties and America's future known as Joe Biden?

Trump knew better than to put NATO right on Russia's border. A cornered animal is a dangerous animal. This is about Biden's policies and the stability to the world's peace. No one is sucking up to Putin.

President Trump actually tried to have a dialog with Putin and improve relations with Russia but was stymied by the Democrats at every turn. He was even accused of being a puppet of Russia.

The following former Soviet occupied coutries have become Nato members.Poland, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,Latvia,Lithuania, Romania,Slovakia, and Slovenia.

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Originally posted by sdy:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...res-a-catch-n2597665

"President Joe Biden will participate in a CNN town hall on Thursday in Baltimore, where he'll take questions as his administration continues to sell his ambitious legislative agenda to members of Congress and the nation,"

"A CNN spokesperson said an invitation-only audience will be present at the town hall"

Translated: We are planting the carefully selected "questions" that China Joe already has the "answers" all written down for...

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...food-prices-n2597492

Consumers need to prepare for a permanent increase in food prices, according to Kraft Heinz CEO Miguel Patricio.

Patricio said that inflation is "across the board," leading to a price increase in several countries. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the U.N. marked an increase in the Food Price Index in September, up 1.2% compared to the same month last year.

"We are raising prices, where necessary, around the world," Patricio said in an interview with the BBC. He noted a number of factors in various countries have driven the "necessary" increase.

"Specifically in the U.K., with the lack of truck drivers," Patricio explained. "In [the] U.S. logistic costs also increased substantially, and there's a shortage of labor in certain areas of the economy."

Patricio’s reference to "U.S. logistic costs" could refer to the record backlog of container ships waiting to enter the Port of Los Angeles. The port’s executive director, Gene Seroka, claimed that around 250,000 containers require moving through the port as of Oct. 6.

Where are Americans seeing inflation?

Rental cars +43% over last Sept
Gas 42%
Used cars 24%
Bacon 19%
Hotels 18%
Beef 18%
Pork 13%
Eggs 13%
TVs 13%
Kids' shoes 12%
Furniture 11%
New cars 9%
Chicken 8%
Apples 8%
Restaurant prices: 5%
Electricity 5%
Rent 2.9%

Biden tweet yesterday:

"We’re going to pass my Build Back Better Agenda and ensure the super-wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share."


heating bills set to spike 30-50 percent in some parts of the country

NYC:

Thanks to a citywide shoplifting tsunami, bare necessities are now rare luxuries on drug-store shelves across New York City.

“It looks like the Third World,” bemoaned one Manhattan resident, after eyeing the aisles of a CVS on Sixth Avenue in Soho desperately low of toothpaste, face wash and hand sanitizer, among a long list of other items.

“They’ve all been stolen,” a CVS employee told The Post.

State bail reform laws make shoplifting a promising career option for some New York City crooks. One man, Isaac Rodriguez, 22, of Queens, was arrested for shoplifting 46 times this year alone

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...hain-fiasco-n2597698

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“It looks like the Third World,” bemoaned one Manhattan resident, after eyeing the aisles of a CVS on Sixth Avenue in Soho desperately low of toothpaste, face wash and hand sanitizer, among a long list of other items.

“They’ve all been stolen,” a CVS employee told The Post.

Early bird gets the worm. Whoever stole it is probably hawking it somewhere. Start looking. Be prepared to pay cash (or ass or grass or whatever they else they take up there). Welcome to Bartertown.

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Biden tweet yesterday:

"We’re going to pass my Build Back Better Agenda and ensure the super-wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share."

Oh, that'll help!
Flood the world with $3.5 trillion newly made-up dollars... for blue cities and special interest groups. And make banks report every transaction over $600.
FJB!

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Originally posted by sdy:
"A CNN spokesperson said an invitation-only audience will be present at the town hall"

Shouldn't that read "a hand selected audience". And even at that, 'all' questions will be fully approved well in advance of the town hall.

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“It looks like the Third World,” bemoaned one Manhattan resident, after eyeing the aisles of a CVS on Sixth Avenue in Soho desperately low of toothpaste, face wash and hand sanitizer, among a long list of other items.

“They’ve all been stolen,” a CVS employee told The Post.

Reap what you sow NYC.

Poll: Israel worse off with Biden than with Trump
Israelis give new government poor marks on foreign policy, say Biden administration is less beneficial for Israel than Trump administration.

https://www.israelnationalnews...ews/News.aspx/315379

A majority of Israelis believe Israel is worse off with President Joe Biden in office than it was with President Donald Trump, according to a new poll.

According to a report released Wednesday by Mitvim: The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies, an absolute majority of Israelis say the current US administration is less beneficial for Israel than its predecessor was.

Just 10.9% of Israelis, including 9.9% of Israeli Jews, say Israel is better off with Biden in office, compared to 52.9% of Israelis and 58.2% of Israeli Jews who say Israel was better off with the Trump administration. Just over a third (36.2%) of Israelis and 31.8% of Israeli Jews say there is no significant change since the end of the Trump administration.

The poll, which was conducted by the Rafi Smith Institute last month, surveyed 700 Israeli Jews and Arabs.

The report also found that Israelis gave the Bennett government poor marks on foreign policy, with most Israelis have an unfavorable view of Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s job performance.

The government received a net score of 5.29 out of 10 on foreign policy, with just 24% giving it a satisfactory rating. By comparison, last year, the Netanyahu government received a score of 6.05.

Lapid received score of 4.88, with 36% of respondents dissatisfied with his job performance, compared to 24% who said they were satisfied.

When asked which countries, other than the US, it is most important for Israel to maintain a relationship with, a plurality of respondents (36.6% of Israelis, 38.9% of Israeli Jews) said Russia, followed by Germany (28.4% of Israelis, 29.8% of Israeli Jews), Britain (25.6% of Israelis, 26.6% of Israeli Jews), and China (21.9% of Israelis, 22.4% of Israeli Jews).

And if anyone thought the "Let's go Brandon" thing was anywhere close to over, there's now a Tik Tok challenge going on called the #letsgobrandonchallenge. Tons of videos are popping up all over YouTube. Way to go Joe!

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And if anyone thought the "Let's go Brandon" thing was anywhere close to over, there's now a Tik Tok challenge going on called the #letsgobrandonchallenge. Tons of videos are popping up all over YouTube. Way to go Joe!

Can't imbed it for some reason.

https://youtube.com/shorts/M_5vGa4weYQ?feature=share

Glorious

Ted Cruz Introduces Legislation To Send Illegal Immigrants To Martha’s Vineyard, Other ‘Democrat-Led Communities’

“That’s why today I am introducing this crucial legislation to alleviate the massive overload at the southern border by establishing new ports of entry in Democrat-led communities such as North Hero, Vermont, where Bernie Sanders spends his summers, and Martha’s Vineyard, where Democrat elites host their cocktail parties,” Cruz added.

The legislation would establish new ports of entry in 13 communities across the U.S. and mandate that all illegal immigrants caught at Border Patrol Sectors in Texas be transferred to one of the 13 new ports for processing.

The 13 New Ports Would Be In The Following Locations:

Block Island, RI
Greenwich, CT
Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Cambridge, MA
Governors Island, NY
Rehoboth Beach, DE
Nantucket, MA
Newport, RI
Scarsdale, NY
Palo Alto, CA
Yountville, CA
St. Helena, CA
North Hero, VT

https://dailycaller.com/2021/1...rat-led-communities/