Cold war 2.0

[JAVO]

This is satire. Links are my mis-attempts at supporting the headline. I apologize in advance for any actual valid arguments.


US General: Russia Will Fall Within 72 Hours If Ukraine Invades

1980s Song "99 Red Balloons" Foretold of China and Russia Spy Balloon Program

Iran Admits It's Just Angry With Entire World, Cracks Down on Happiness Within

Zalensky Expels Cabinet Members Who Misspell Name

Ex-President Bush Attacks Middle Eastern Store Owner Who Refused to Sell Him Oil At Sale Price

In Worst Winter Storm in Centuries, Russian/Siberian Band Holds Concert

Russia, US Decide Winter is Too Cold to Fight, Postpone Cold War to Summer

 

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China talks ‘peace,’ woos Europe and trashes Biden in Munich

It’s the end of the world as we know it — and Munich feels nervous



We all know it but this is basically just putting things out in the open.

 

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Biden arrives in Kyiv on surprise visit to war zone

Russia envoy accuses US of fueling Ukraine war with ‘crimes against humanity’ charge

Lindsey Graham to China: ‘If you jump on the Putin train, you’re dumber than dirt’

Netherlands orders expulsion of Russian diplomats

Zelenskyy: Macron is ‘wasting his time’ with Putin

In Georgia, hoping for any kind of cooperation is pointless

North Korea 'fires ballistic missiles' off east coast

 

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Russia targets Netherlands' North Sea infrastructure, says Dutch intelligence agency

 

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Angela Merkel duped by Russian pranksters pretending to be Ukraine’s Poroshenko

 

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Biden brings hope — as well as pledges of cash and weapons — to Ukraine

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1625241477642088454

 

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When not if: EU wants to buy bullets for Ukraine — doing it will be harder

 

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Putin suspends participation in key nuclear arms treaty

With this the doors are fully opened that we have genuine new cold war. The last remaining nuclear treaty is dead.

 

[The Cat]

 

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To be honest in my opinion: if some nukes will be used they will be used just in Ukraine (and probably just against concentrations of Ukraine's army). The odds that this will involve NATO that will fire back are quite low. However if Ukraine starts to take more ground again it is possible that the Russians will use "panic nuke". Therefore that risk exists and it is on Ukrainians. However that is the risk they all took in the moment when they decided to resist and they all know it. Therefore this is basically the only place where there is actual risk with nuclear weapons.

 

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People will win the Ukraine war — not equipment

‘Berlusconi’s house has never been bombed’: Zelenskyy slams ex-Italian PM as Meloni visits Ukraine

Biden: ‘Putin tried to starve the world’

 

[Virtual ghost]

This basically proves that we are in the new cold war.



Putin hails ‘new levels of cooperation’ with China

U.S. diplomatic counter-offensive targets China’s ‘false information’

European Commission staff banned from using TikTok

The West may be more united, but it’s also more isolated

How Moscow chased France out of Africa

Libya with nukes: Is the West ready for Putin to lose?

Russians hunting property in Finland hit a new wall of suspicion

Ukraine makes last-ditch appeal for EU sanctions to target Russia’s nuclear industry

Ukraine updates: Putin threatens to boost nuclear forces

UN's Guterres says Russia's invasion of Ukraine 'affront'

OSCE meets in Vienna amid protests at Russian participation

 

[The Cat]

This basically proves that we are in the new cold war.



Putin hails ‘new levels of cooperation’ with China

U.S. diplomatic counter-offensive targets China’s ‘false information’

European Commission staff banned from using TikTok

The West may be more united, but it’s also more isolated

How Moscow chased France out of Africa

Libya with nukes: Is the West ready for Putin to lose?

Russians hunting property in Finland hit a new wall of suspicion

Ukraine makes last-ditch appeal for EU sanctions to target Russia’s nuclear industry

Ukraine updates: Putin threatens to boost nuclear forces

UN's Guterres says Russia's invasion of Ukraine 'affront'

OSCE meets in Vienna amid protests at Russian participation

tbh i feel like we never really left the first one; sure there was a reboot in the early 00's after the decade of summer and earth tone and turquise that was the 90's But most things were rebooted in the early 00's to incentivize the culture to stay divided and manageable. A cold war is as far as I can tell one of the easiest ways to take advantage of both the 34th and 35th rules of Acquisition: (34: War is good for business. 35: Peace is good for business). in many ways I blame Ted Turner and the grift of the 24 hour news cycle.

It's our one way ticket to midnight; and we're all taking a ride flying the friendly skies of Catch 22 Airlines.

The one bizarre comfort I take from my torturous time in the military is the understanding that what is on the tv news has little to do with what's actually going on and more about manufacturing equal portions outrage and consent. Once you learn how propaganda works and how international signaling works, the fine art of diplomacy being about the tightrope of persuasion and intimidation that's found in the reality between truth and lies; it gets a little easier to be, not less alarmed, but less inclined to panic. As long as the status quo of 60 years ago is the equilibrium our leaders are aspiring to, the madness will continue till the game is called on account of weather. But by then it will most likely be too late to skip out on the check.

All aboard I guess. Tickets please?

Oh snap the Ticket's please guy is cut af.

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Some statistics and the summary of the first year.


Russia's war on Ukraine in numbers

 

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You ain’t no middleman: EU and NATO slam China’s bid to be a Ukraine peacemaker

China weighs sending drones, ammunition to Russia for Ukraine war

Russia may supply Iran with fighter jets, Kirby says

Ukraine gears up for new phase of cyber war with Russia

G20: Germany regrets China blocking Russia condemnation

Germany's Scholz in India: What's at stake?

 

[The Cat]

Hi, Margie!


Hi, Alice!
What's the story, morning glory?


What's the word, humming bird?
Have you heard about Putin and Xi?


Did they really get pinned?
Did he kiss him and cry?
Did he pin the pin on?
Or was he too shy?
Well, I heard they got pinned

I'll bet they're not going steady though.

 

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To ensure a short war in Ukraine, we must prepare for a long one

Sending F-16s 'a question for a later time,' national security adviser says

China weighs sending drones, ammunition to Russia for Ukraine war

 

[The Cat]