James Crisp

Ukraine War, January 26, 2023: After battle tanks, Ukraine expects long-range artillery rockets for HIMARS; proposal to set up munitions factory in Poland to ramp up war production: delivery of Leopard 2 and Abrams battle tanks agreed

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Ukraine War, January 17, 2023: Germany’s timorous and calculating leader, “Kein Alleingang” Scholz, apparently blockng transfer of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, names former member of German-Russian Parliamentary Friendship Group to be Defense Minister

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Ukraine War, December 22, 2022: Biden resists sending “offensive” weapons to Ukraine; Full text of Zelensky’s historic speech to Congress

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Ucraine War, December 6, 2022: Hungary blocks €1.7 billion in aid for Ukraine; U.S. response to Ukrainian strikes within Russia

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Ukraine War, October 9, 2022: Inter-species slavery–Russian military dolphins guarding the Kerch Strait Bridge

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Vladimir Putin’s hubris, and Dimitry Peskov’s flair for self-satire and parody; If Putin invades Ukraine, could that be his last rodeo?

What an irony it would be if Putin’s hubris led him to invade Ukraine, and the consequences of that action–as the Russian body bags came home, Russia was expelled from the SWIFT international payments system, suffered from severe sectorial sanctions, and Finland joined NATO–led to his removal from power.

If Putin invades Ukraine, it could be his last rodeo.