We’re in the middle of World War III, and never mind that it’s not been formally declared.
Everyone in the world is fighting Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine.
The map, below, shows countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia. A reminder that Africa and Latin America were largely absent in World Wars I and II as well.
This includes shoulder-fired anti-tank missiles, anti-tank mines, semi- and fully-automatic guns and ammunition, grenade launchers, and helicopters.
Drones capable of firing missiles and doing reconnaissance are flowing in, as well as medical supplies and transportation vehicles.
Drones capable of firing missiles and doing reconnaissance are flowing in, as well as medical supplies and transportation vehicles.
No Russian aircraft of any kind can fly over Europe or North America, and no Russian ships can leave the Black Sea.
Oligarch yachts and properties are being sized in Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, and the US.
Trans-national companies are also joining in the pressure for Russia to get out of Ukraine. Car manufacturers as well as oil companies, banks, airplane makers, and shipping companies have cut ties.
Over 200 companies have pulled out of Russian so far, with McDonald's, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Starbucks, General Electric, Shell, Unilever, and Conde Nast pulling out just today.
China’s biggest smartphone makers are slashing their shipments to Russia because of the ruble's collapse and western sanctions.
The few companies still doing business with Russia have been targeted by pressure campaigns.
The United States has cut off oil imports from Russia which, when combined with the de-banking of Russian and the shipping and unloading restrictions Russia faces all over the globe, will savage their major source of income.
The Russian stock market has closed and the Ruble has fallen to less than a penny, and all Russian trading in international currency has stopped.
The Russian-sponsored propaganda network RT has folded up.
The fact that nuclear weapons have not yet been fired off does not mean we are not a world at war.
We are -- and Russia is going to lose and end up destroying itself to a level it will not recover from for decades.
Meanwhile, millions of refugees are flowing west out of Ukraine to Poland, Hungary, Romania, Molodova, Germany, Italy, and onward to the rest of the world.
This is World War III, with Russia and Belarus in the role of Germany and Italy, and the rest of the world organized in defense of the Ukrainians who are in the role of Poland, where most holocaust Jews actually lived.
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The fact that nuclear weapons have not yet been fired off does not mean we are not a world at war.
We are -- and Russia is going to lose and end up destroying itself to a level it will not recover from for decades.
These two statements are very ominous, especially in the light of a quote by, ironically enough, Putin himself in an interview he gave a couple of years ago, he was talking about his youth, "Never corner a rat".....
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