Russia ups ante in dispute with West over Ukraine, not ruling out deployment to Cuba, Venezuela

By artappraiser on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 7:07pm |

Russia ups ante in dispute with West over Ukraine, not ruling out deployment to Cuba, Venezuela https://t.co/J8eR5Cxcr9 pic.twitter.com/J5AwkjfTXq
— CBC World News (@CBCWorldNews) January 13, 2022

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"US national security adviser Jake Sullivan dismissed the statements about a possible Russian deployment to Cuba and Venezuela as 'bluster in the public commentary.'" — AP

BREAKING: A senior Russian diplomat says that a Russian military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela can’t be excluded if tensions with the United States mount. https://t.co/yFSvDOHbOp
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 13, 2022

"National security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday the US has not determined that Russia has decided to take a military path forward in Ukraine, and said the US is prepared to continue with diplomacy to advance stability in that region." — Reuters

"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also said Moscow viewed a sweeping sanctions bill unveiled by U.S. Senate Democrats 'extremely negatively' and that its timing meant it looked like an attempt to put pressure on Moscow." — Reuters

U.S. hasn't determined that Russia has decided on military path forward, says Sullivan https://t.co/pXQJF6ZbM9 pic.twitter.com/7ZcMC16alf
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 13, 2022

Russia says talks with the US and Nato have failed to address its security grievances, adding that it would have the 'political will' to continue talks if the west was willing to negotiate on rolling back Nato’s expansion https://t.co/TIFmV9QvN6
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 13, 2022

Russia describes its security talks with the US and NATO 'unsuccessful' as Poland warns of war https://t.co/eWS3BCDQDb pic.twitter.com/wSj6T0xza1
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) January 13, 2022

U.S. Officials Prepare for Escalation as NATO-Russia Talks End With No Resolution on Ukraine Border Tension https://t.co/Uslr4vyw04
— NBC DFW (@NBCDFW) January 13, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 7:14pm

^ Looks and sounds like diplomatic "war" to me, that is--war with words, so all is good. Sticks and stones will break bones but kabuki theater will not harm, just keep wingers happy in both countries.

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 7:17pm

Had Trump won, Putin believed he'd have a partner in the White House in seeking to weaken NATO. He also believed that Trump didn't care about Ukraine. In a second term, Trump also wouldn't have around those "pesky" hawkish generals like Mattis & McMaster. But Biden won. https://t.co/mgsYTT4qBQ
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) January 15, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 7:52pm

“To enact harsh or unpopular measures and then see them ignored or sabotaged only deepens the feeling of crisis,” one political scientist said, of Russia’s pandemic response. “The most dangerous thing of all is to give an order that won’t be followed.”https://t.co/lPm23mtAZo
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 15, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/15/2022 - 5:11am

I would say this means it's definitely a "cold war"

Marked shift in tone from the Ukrainian President. https://t.co/9OIT4I6iF3
— Clarissa Ward (@clarissaward) January 21, 2022

by artappraiser on Fri, 01/21/2022 - 12:23pm

Here's the Congressional progressive narrative (cue up the kumbaya sounds, whirled peas and "Putin is really a pussycat" slogans) -

.@RoKhanna says “Ukraine should declare it is a non-aligned nation” and then there would be peace. Says before 2008 “there wasn’t actually Russian aggression” but then @nato expansion was “unnecessarily provocative.” Discuss. @CNN
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 22, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/22/2022 - 3:42pm

The worldly Antonio is LOL:

A society and culture whose elites think 'LatinX' is real and the 1619 Project some sort of serious debate suddenly having to grapple with Eastern European power politics and a hot ethnic war.

LOL
— Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) (@antoniogm) January 22, 2022

It may well be that childish little philosophies cooked up on American college campuses can only handle the sort of pseudo-problems that appear on American college campuses, and otherwise can't even begin to understand the world beyond that cosseted bubble.
— Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) (@antoniogm) January 22, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/22/2022 - 4:49pm

very cynical followup tweet:

The sound of a hundred Millennial Vox and Atlantic writers opening up Ukraine-related Wiki pages and trying to figure out who's the PoC and who can be discredited for having been pro-American before.
— Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) (@antoniogm) January 22, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/22/2022 - 7:51pm

Is NATO the same thing it once was? Is Russia the same thing as the USSR?

Nato has invited Germany to join the Alliance as about 30% of German territory was occupied, Germany was in a legal state of war with the USSR and had territorial claims to both the USSR and Poland. It is hypocrisy to deny Ukraine the same level of protection we enjoyed once. https://t.co/sa5AOH3vqX
— Sergej Sumlenny (@sumlenny) January 22, 2022

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/22/2022 - 5:07pm

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