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sanpipita:
Ironically Russia could have had their own NATO using their neighbors and ex USSR nations but then they just keep miscalculating, everyone in that region will now go and arm themselves against Russia's aggression

tonididdy:
When Trump was POTUS, there was peace, he dine and wined with Americans assumed enemies from previous leaders from Kim to Putin to Xi. It was love all the way... Then came Biden �

gambojimeta:
Ya attention Isa needed:

https://www.nairaland.com/7006914/donald-trump-says-vladimir-putin

raumdeuter:
The same European countries who didn't contribute their required percentage to NATO because they believe US will always defend them, after seeing Russia war in Ukraine they are changing positions

Ibime:
Baba spoke the truth. Sanctions take a long time but they are highly effective in punishing the offending country. Russia is creating a rod for its own back.

Who America bless is blessed and who they curse is cursed.

They sanctioned the old Soviet Union and they eventually fell apart

They blessed Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Singapore and they became the tigers of Asia

China blessed North Korea while Yankee and friends sanctioned them, and despite all China's might, North Korea is in absolute squalor.

Go and see Turkish controlled Northern Cyprus who are under sanctions, that place be like Ajegunle

Venezuela, Cuba all suffering massively

Truth be told, who the West bless is blessed and who they curse is cursed. Russia should be trying to join the club, not oppose it.

Even the China growth started with factories that Taiwanese businessmen set up in mainland China to satisfy the immense demand America put on their products. China gained knowhow from that and Yankee companies started going there directly to produce.

tonididdy:
When Trump was POTUS, there was peace, he dine and wined with Americans assumed enemies from previous leaders from Kim to Putin to Xi. It was love all the way... Then came Biden �

feedthenation:
Ex-Attorney General William Barr Urges GOP to Move On From Trump
Book recounts confrontational meeting in Oval Office and says Republicans need to focus on new leaders

Former Attorney General William Barr writes in a new book that former President Donald Trump has “shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed,” and that it is time for Republicans to focus on rising new leaders in the party.

The release of the former attorney general’s 600-page book, “One Damn Thing After Another,” is coming as Mr. Trump, who remains the GOP’s dominant figure, contemplates another presidential run. Mr. Barr writes that he was convinced that Mr. Trump could have won re-election in 2020 if he had “just exercised a modicum of self-restraint, moderating even a little of his pettiness.”https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-attorney-general-william-barr-urges-gop-to-move-on-from-trump

sanpipita:
Hope MAGAs will buy the book, he is saying nothing new anyway

For starters, the suspension of Nord Stream 2 will be a lot more painful for Germany than for Russia if the pipeline remains suspended over the longer term. The point of Nord Stream 2 was to increase gas flows to Germany as the country shuts down its nuclear and coal power plants. So if there is no pipeline, Germany would have to replace the cheap pipeline gas with costlier LNG.

As for Russia’s pain, Gazprom recently sealed a deal with China to double the capacity of its Power of Siberia gas pipeline that delivers gas to northern China. Over the short term, the stranding of the $12-billion Nord Stream 2 project would be unpleasant, but it won’t be the end of Gazprom.

But why did nobody sanction Russian oil or gas or metals? First, there are a lot of big, important Western companies working in Russian oil and gas and metals. Second, Russia is a major global commodity supplier and sanctions would disrupt an already shaken global economy.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Uncomfortable-Truth-About-Sanctioning-Russia.html

armyofone:
Sir, hire him again so you can dine and wine with the enemies.

tonididdy:
Is dinning with the enemy nor better than War?
Ehn okon?

armyofone:
What size of spoon should you use to dine with the enemies ?

Eh Abasi Mbong ?

feedthenation:
---According to the latest information---Germany have changed their decision---

Ukraine invasion: Germany prepares to 'disconnect Russia from SWIFT' Lithuania president says

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/ukraine-invasion-germany-prepares-disconnect-russia-from-swift-lithuania-president-says

Ibime:
Benalvino3, we once discussed high level of renal failure in Nigeria

https://www.nairaland.com/6976323/experience-kidney-failure-patient-nigeria

benalvino3:
Nowhere near the at least 3million people in the UK suffering from the disease.

Ibime:
Only 68,000 of those 3 million needing treatment.

You are only pointing out UKs proficiency at diagnosis at every stage of the disease

Nigeria number is much higher for those needing treatment or dead. Those with subnormal function are not even diagnosed until the stage of failure

benalvino3:
How many need for Nigeria?

armyofone:
Sir, hire him again so you can dine and wine with the enemies.

Ibime:
Do you have a National Healthcare system? Why ask stupid questions.

Nigeria data is purely anecdotal but let's accept this estimate by nephrologists, which says 25m vs 3m in UK

https://guardian.ng/news/25m-nigerians-have-kidney-failure-says-nephrologists/

tonididdy:
When Trump was POTUS, there was peace, he dine and wined with Americans assumed enemies from previous leaders from Kim to Putin to Xi. It was love all the way... Then came Biden �

tonididdy:
I have nothing to say here.
The West controls the most viewed media's, they have term Putin the bad guy.
I know my stand on Putin.
I have a brain and a conscience, am sorry lives are involved ( but more souls have being lost in Africa to terrorist group who the " so called world powers " can wipe in a week) but Putin's actions are justifiable ( he feels threatened and must protect her people).

feedthenation:
---Yes that's true about the stable genius (Trump)---who said Putin is smart for engaging in peacekeeping mission in Ukraine---now the smart fellow (Putin) is running Russia, how Trump ran his casinos (out of business)---with the latest set of sanctions---

benalvino3:
Putin actions are not justifiable.

The although the west av provoked this,
But Putin has no right to install government through military. The west install theirs which is bad, Putin Want to do worse.

Both side cannot be right here but who is the lessor evil?

sanpipita:
Belarus are reversing their nuclear status which will have them host Russian nuclear weapons, but Ukraine can't join NATO to protect themselves, hypocrisy.

sanpipita:
Belarus are reversing their nuclear status which will have them host Russian nuclear weapons, but Ukraine can't join NATO to protect themselves, hypocrisy.