🇷🇺 putin Invades Alaska, Here’s What Happens Next

[Foxfyre]

Hilarious! Putin can't win a home game against a bad team, he has no chance winning an away game against a good team, duh.

If Russia actually did that now, I can see a lot of hand wringing and finger wagging in Washington while they try to find some way to respond to it that won't make them look bad or foul up their self-serving agenda.

There wouldn't be any propaganda whatsoever about that, real or fake, if Trump was President because the response would be swift, terrible, deadly and there is no way in hell Putin would even suggest it, much less threaten it.

Sure would put NATO in a pickle though. Do they come to the aid of the USA as they are pledged to do or do they give up support from the USA if they do not? They would be forced to put their money (and guns) where their mouth is for the first time in a very long time.

 

[Litwin]

Hilarious! Putin can't win a home game against a bad team, he has no chance winning an away game against a good team, duh.

How putin´s Spies are Attacking Europe​

 

[surada]

DIdn't they sell Alaska to the U.S? Or was that Canada, I forget?

Regardless, someone got ripped off on that deal once the oil was found.

Now that's a stupid remark.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Now that's a stupid remark.

Exactly what do you mean by that comrade?

 

[surada]

Less than 2 cents per acre. Lol. 7.2 million for the whole state. What a deal.

They weren't looking for oil.

U.S. purchase of Alaska ridiculed as "Seward's Folly” | March 30, 1867 | HISTORY

U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7 million. Despi...

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March 30 the anniversary of one of the most controversial land deals in American history: the Alaska Purchase or Seward's Folly. On October 18, 1867, the United States took possession of Alaska from Russia under the terms of a formal land transfer, in a ceremony in the town of Sitka.Oct 18, 2023

 

[shockedcanadian]

They weren't looking for oil.

U.S. purchase of Alaska ridiculed as "Seward's Folly” | March 30, 1867 | HISTORY

U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7 million. Despi...

www.history.com

March 30 the anniversary of one of the most controversial land deals in American history: the Alaska Purchase or Seward's Folly. On October 18, 1867, the United States took possession of Alaska from Russia under the terms of a formal land transfer, in a ceremony in the town of Sitka.Oct 18, 2023

I know they weren't looking for oil but they were gifted it by accident.

 

[surada]

I know they weren't looking for oil but they were gifted it by accident.

They weren't gifted anything. They bought Alaska, fool.

 

[shockedcanadian]

They weren't gifted anything. They bought Alaska, fool.

If I sold you a sports card that I believe was worth $50 but it turned out it was worth $1000. Would you consider that a gift of sorts?

You're the fool. Considering our past interactions, not the most noble among us.

 

[surada]

If I sold you a sports card that I believe was worth $50 but it turned out it was worth $1000. Would you consider that a gift of sorts?

You're the fool. Considering our past interactions, not the most noble among us.

You don't know what your car is worth????

 

[shockedcanadian]

You don't know what your car is worth????

Sports card not car.

This analogy appears to be beyond your grasp.

 

[AsherN]

We wouldn't even have to use the US Army or Marines. We could just send the Rednecks after him!

Relax, stay home. Canada will take care of them.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Relax, stay home. Canada will take care of them.

We have many Ukranian- Canadians out West. They might be motivated!

 

[Litwin]

We have many Ukranian- Canadians out West. They might be motivated!

yes, they are.

update :

Moscow imperialists OPENLY discussing possible options for the "return" of Alaska. I They´d ask Trump (if elected) to offer a good deal, why not ?

Moscow imperialists OPENLY discussing possible options for the "return" of Alaska. I They´d ask Trump (if elected) to offer a good deal, why not ? If Moscow empire invades Alaska , or Northern California will our MAGA and commie members fight back? You will "offer a good deal" to Moscow 🇷🇺...

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[kyzr]

If Russia actually did that now, I can see a lot of hand wringing and finger wagging in Washington while they try to find some way to respond to it that won't make them look bad or foul up their self-serving agenda.

There wouldn't be any propaganda whatsoever about that, real or fake, if Trump was President because the response would be swift, terrible, deadly and there is no way in hell Putin would even suggest it, much less threaten it.

Sure would put NATO in a pickle though. Do they come to the aid of the USA as they are pledged to do or do they give up support from the USA if they do not? They would be forced to put their money (and guns) where their mouth is for the first time in a very long time.

Never happen. Alaska is very well protected with air, land, and sea assets. No worries.

We wouldn't need NATO's help.

 

[kyzr]

How Putin´s Spies are Attacking Europe​

Biden let 50,000 Russians into the US thru the open borders.

When they decide to act the US will be under attack by Russia.

No wonder Putin prefers Harris to Trump.

 

[Foxfyre]

Never happen. Alaska is very well protected with air, land, and sea assets. No worries.

We wouldn't need NATO's help.

We might not need NATO's help but nevertheless they are bound by ironclad treaty to defend any NATO country that is attacked. And if they did not act if we were attacked, why would we continue to pay the lion's share of their defense and protect them?

 

[AsherN]

We might not need NATO's help but nevertheless they are bound by ironclad treaty to defend any NATO country that is attacked. And if they did not act if we were attacked, why would we continue to pay the lion's share of their defense and protect them?

NATO responded to Article 5 after 9/11. They would respond if Russia attacked Alaska. Canada would immediately be there.

 

[Foxfyre]

NATO responded to Article 5 after 9/11. They would respond if Russia attacked Alaska. Canada would immediately be there.

Yes. They did however whine and grumble when Trump put them on notice that they had to pay their agreed share of the expense of NATO which many if not most had not been doing under Obama and probably aren't doing under Biden. But they did cough up most of the money they had pledged for the common defense NATO provides when Trump threatened to withdraw if they did not. Whatever they think of Trump, he commanded international respect in a way that Obama and Biden never could. They sensed that he doesn't made idle or meaningless threats.

Trump received a firestorm of media/Democrat condemnation with his "Russia can do whatever the hell it wants" line, but in full context it was his crude way of saying that ALL NATO countries need to hold up their obligations to that common defense and not depend on the Americans doing it all. If they are unwilling then they can't count on us either and they'll have to take their chances with Russia.

 

[BlindBoo]

Yes. They did however whine and grumble when Trump put them on notice that they had to pay their agreed share of the expense of NATO which many if not most had not been doing under Obama and probably aren't doing under Biden. But they did cough up most of the money they had pledged for the common defense NATO provides when Trump threatened to withdraw if they did not. Whatever they think of Trump, he commanded international respect in a way that Obama and Biden never could. They sensed that he doesn't made idle or meaningless threats.

Trump received a firestorm of media/Democrat condemnation with his "Russia can do whatever the hell it wants" line, but in full context it was his crude way of saying that ALL NATO countries need to hold up their obligations to that common defense and not depend on the Americans doing it all. If they are unwilling then they can't count on us either and they'll have to take their chances with Russia.

Official NATO data show that non-US members’ defense spending increased in each of the two years prior to Trump’s presidency – by 1.6% in 2015 and 3.0% in 2016. The increases came after NATO members recommitted to the 2%-of-GDP guideline at the 2014 summit in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region.

Non-US members’ defense spending increases in each year of the Trump era were bigger than their increases in 2015 and 2016 – the increases were 5.9% in 2017, 4.3% in 2018, 3.6% in 2019 and 4.6% in 2020 – and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gave Trump at least partial credit. But Trump is wrong when he claims he reversed a downward trend.

“If you look at the year-on-year data, the turning point away from the nadir of European defense spending happened in 2014, pre-Trump, and clearly due to Crimea,” Lagadec said.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/politics/fact-check-trump-nato/index.html

 

[Foxfyre]

Official NATO data show that non-US members’ defense spending increased in each of the two years prior to Trump’s presidency – by 1.6% in 2015 and 3.0% in 2016. The increases came after NATO members recommitted to the 2%-of-GDP guideline at the 2014 summit in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region.

Non-US members’ defense spending increases in each year of the Trump era were bigger than their increases in 2015 and 2016 – the increases were 5.9% in 2017, 4.3% in 2018, 3.6% in 2019 and 4.6% in 2020 – and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gave Trump at least partial credit. But Trump is wrong when he claims he reversed a downward trend.

“If you look at the year-on-year data, the turning point away from the nadir of European defense spending happened in 2014, pre-Trump, and clearly due to Crimea,” Lagadec said.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/politics/fact-check-trump-nato/index.html

What was pledged and what was paid are two different things.