They will get away with it at first then it depends (Reply #12)

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Wed Feb 16, 2022, 11:37 AM

doc03 (33,290 posts)

12. They will get away with it at first then it depends

on how effective Ukraine is in resisting. Gas prices will go up and most Americans won't give a flying f--k about Ukraine just gas prices. Russia will cut off gas to Europe blaming sanctions and it won't be long before Europe starts squealing like a pig and blameing Biden

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34 replies	Author	Time	Post
What do you think will happen if Russia invades Ukraine? [View all]	zanana1	Feb 2022	OP
Nothing good	Sherman A1	Feb 2022	#1
A war crime.	gab13by13	Feb 2022	#2
What will happen?	Chainfire	Feb 2022	#3
I hope you're right.	zanana1	Feb 2022	#5
You hate Ukraine that much?	Clash City Rocker	Feb 2022	#19
We simply can't have a war over this...it can't and won't happen.	Demsrule86	Feb 2022	#24
No, to war.	Demsrule86	Feb 2022	#25
"History tells us that is a bad thing.".. Yup, Neville Chamberlain gave the Sudetenland	mitch96	Feb 2022	#29
From what I have seen and heard, Russia will have sanctions slapped on them immediately.	Thomas Hurt	Feb 2022	#4
I think	John Ludi	Feb 2022	#7
Wouldn't rule it out.nt	awesomerwb1	Feb 2022	#10
Make no mistake, China is closely watching how this plays out.	Irish_Dem	Feb 2022	#20
"China is closely watching how this plays out". Just like how Japan watched how Europe played out	mitch96	Feb 2022	#30
Exactly.	Irish_Dem	Feb 2022	#33
This always rings in my head.. "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it"..nt	mitch96	Feb 2022	#34
Yep, and those sanctions will likely destroy Russia's economy.	GoCubsGo	Feb 2022	#31
A whole bunch saber rattling.	LakeArenal	Feb 2022	#6
It won't be WWIII, but it won't be pretty	A HERETIC I AM	Feb 2022	#8
A whole lot of handwringing and gnashing of teeth	AZSkiffyGeek	Feb 2022	#9
I think concern about these deaths is obvious and implicit	Torchlight	Feb 2022	#16
Russia will never get the respect it craves so badly	C_U_L8R	Feb 2022	#11
They will get away with it at first then it depends	doc03	Feb 2022	#12
Apologies for make light of a serious and possibly deadly situation, but	brachism	Feb 2022	#13
Nothing like that will happen.	SoonerPride	Feb 2022	#14
A nasty proxy war	Amishman	Feb 2022	#15
WWIII won't be as profitable for the oligarchs - many small wars are much more profitable.	Probatim	Feb 2022	#17
US republicans will support Putin.	Turbineguy	Feb 2022	#18
Suspect Putin may have made one of	Enoki33	Feb 2022	#21
If it happens, I'm pessimistic about the outcome.	Torchlight	Feb 2022	#22
No that will not happen no matter what.	Demsrule86	Feb 2022	#23
Ukraine will suffer greatly, but so will Putin & Co.	Joinfortmill	Feb 2022	#26
Soooo very much of this reminds me of Russia in Afghanistan.	KY_EnviroGuy	Feb 2022	#27
Read Sen Murphy's tweet thread on this...	themaguffin	Feb 2022	#28
My fear in a worst case is as an escalation proceeds is that cyber warfare will turn everything off	mitch96	Feb 2022	#32

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