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Amn Roger Omberg - As for the biolab in China... that is just one of many that were/are being operated in Secret around the world. Russia invaded Ukraine for many reasons, one of which was that the West was operating secret Biolabs in Ukraine. And since the wind generally blows West to East at that latitude, if anything were to get out, a lot of Russians would get the full brunt of it.

The problems with Ukraine go back pretty far and it has to do with NATO promising Russia that it would not expand Eastward. Well, that promise was broken when NATO brought in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Russia was not happy about it, but they weren't willing to go to war over it. Putin reached out to Obama, who was conducting his own MidEast foreign policy (bypassing Congress and using his State Department to arm Islamic Terrorist Rebel groups and replacing bad governments with worse ones) and he asked Obama to not get involved in Syria. Obama got involved and ISIS grew out of it.

Under Obama, the CIA mucked around in Ukraine's elections and replaced the Russia friendly puppet leader with a Western friendly puppet. Putin respected Trump and when we were dealing with the COVID epidemic, Russia sent planeloads of supplies to help out because Obama never replaced the stockpiles of masks after the Swine Flu epidemic which I'm beginning to think may have been a plandemic as well. The strange thing is that the press was too busy fawning over Obama to discuss the deaths due to the Swine Flu. Anyway, when the Democrats ousted Trump by stealing the election (which isn't lost on Putin), he saw the writing on the wall and figured it wouldn't be long before they tried to oust him. And sensing Biden's weakness Putin gambled and lost. He's right about Biden's weakness but he didn't think the EU would pull together and get behind Ukraine. He's been waging a war not just against Ukraine but against the West which has been supplying Ukraine with weapons superior to everything he can field. But losing is off the table and the Russian people are behind Putin because they see the West as the instigators... because, well, we DID instigate it by encouraging attacks against Russian speaking citizens and offering Ukraine membership in NATO. That plus the bio labs, and it's just too much for the Russians to ignore. If I were a Russian citizen, I'd blame the West for the war in Ukraine. And I would not want the Western central banks in my country, nor would I want Western woke culture infecting Russian culture. They see us as evil, and I can't argue that they're wrong.

We should be looking for ways to mend fences with Russia but it's going to be very difficult to regain their trust given our behavior. When they reached out and helped us in time of need, due to problems of our creation (COVID), we thanked them by backstabbing them and going back on our promise to not expand NATO. They want a buffer against the West and that has been the status quo. I would say that WE messed up and blew an opportunity to turn an enemy into an ally.

Re your statement “… nor would I want Western woke culture infecting Russian culture. They see us as evil, and I can't argue that they're wrong,” I agree with you Capt Jeff S.. I think most nonWestern countries see American Wokeism and heavily promoting alternative lifestyles [homosex., transgenderism, multiple genders) as morally wrong and dangerous agendas that could bring the downfall of their own countries. Also, the American Democrats’ obsession with killing our Preborn is well known. All of these liberal agendas have made US a more unstable and immoral country.

Re “We should be looking for ways to mend fences with Russia but it's going to be very difficult to regain their trust given our behavior.” I agree. With Trump there was mutual respect which I hope returns if (when) Pres Trump returns to office.

Capt Jeff S. - I knew about an American Bio lab off the US shores in the Northeast somewhere, its reportedly been there since Carter, I think, but the other labs You mentioned, I was not aware of. However the one thing You just mentioned that triggered everything that all AMERICANS HATE is, or begins with NOBAMA, that S.O.B., I heard the report that He gave funding of taxpayer money to fund the WUHAN lab, I already knew that. OBIDEN acts like no one knows anything about that. Thats how stupid these liberal are.. OBAMA did not want America to have Allies, or friend's, because the radical, communists have a deep hatred for AMERICA, & so therefor HE wanted to make sure that there was frustration with :PUTIN over the Ukraine, situation, that explains why, & how OBIDEN is always talking up more funding for UKRAINE, I guess that's why HUNTER BIDEN received the three million dollar check from the former MOSCOW, mayor??

Buit understand one thing. Texas has a higher GDP than Russia has, so they are not financially able to fight much longer by themselves, they must have slome gelp, CHINA, or some one, or it will cause WW3

Is there accountability by something other than themselves for the leaders in an Authoritarian or Totalitarian government? MAJ Montgomery Granger Maybe the United States is not far from that.

Maybe not. We are the last line of defense. We have a Constitutional right to redress of our grievances through our elected officials. But we need to hold their feet to the fire. I am constantly on my Rep. about everything. Mostly he is on target, but when he's not, I let him have it, politely, but firmly.