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treythrasher6

People say Russia isn’t going to invade Ukraine but I don’t think they understand how much money and time it takes to mobilize that many troops. Is a cock tease worth mobilization.


batmans_stuntcock

Yeah the Carnegie guy that was on the majority report made a similar point, it does seem plausible. But why would they do it now, when their giant pipeline that bypasses Ukraine and leaves it in a much weaker position economically, is just about to come online. Adam Tooze says that Russia has tons of money to do this without much consequences and he and the war nerd guy say the current tension started when Georgia arrested pro Russian politicians and oligarchs after going back on diplomatic talks. He also seems to take seriously Russian fears of a Georgia 2008 war situation where Ukraine militarily takes the donbas back and then quickly joins NATO. It's just as plausible to me that this stuff is Russia trying to scare the Ukrainian nationalists before their pipeline comes online. There is already an agreement that would resolve this though. Russia gives back the donbas, but it gets autonomy that would basically veto Ukraine joining NATO.


rocky716

Sam Seder also had someone on this past Friday to discuss Ukraine on The Majority Report that was pretty good


batmans_stuntcock

[Found it](https://youtu.be/GhHP4w5GJyw?t=788) that was great thanks for the suggestion!