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Uncle Joe

(61,508 posts)
Sun Feb 16, 2025, 01:50 PM Feb 16

Marvin Kalb on how a Trump-Putin summit could lead to disaster



Veteran CBS and NBC journalist Marvin Kalb discusses why he believes an agreement between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that betrays Ukraine could send a chilling message to the rest of the world about America's position as a trusted global leader.
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Marvin Kalb on how a Trump-Putin summit could lead to disaster (Original Post) Uncle Joe Feb 16 OP
It's already a disaster mdbl Feb 16 #1
Tommy Tuberville will get the Medal Of Freedom for this accomplishment Submariner Feb 16 #2
It reminds me of Hitler's deal to split Poland with Stalin Uncle Joe Feb 16 #3

Submariner

(12,970 posts)
2. Tommy Tuberville will get the Medal Of Freedom for this accomplishment
Sun Feb 16, 2025, 03:27 PM
Feb 16

By stopping military changes of command for key personnel and their families, the Trump machine effectively set the stage to show Putin that if he can hang on a few more months until the election, he'll screw Ukraine and Zelensky when inaugurated.

It's called aiding and abetting the enemy, but it's okay if you're republicans.

Uncle Joe

(61,508 posts)
3. It reminds me of Hitler's deal to split Poland with Stalin
Sun Feb 16, 2025, 03:35 PM
Feb 16

(snip)

Germany and the Soviet Union then moved to take control of the spheres of influence outlined in the secret protocol. They amended the protocol so that Lithuania and the city of Vilnius (then Wilno, Poland) fell within the Soviet sphere. They also adjusted the boundary they had set in Poland. On September 29, 1939, they partitioned Poland between them. Germany occupied western and most of central Poland. It proceeded to annex the western provinces to the Reich. The Soviet Union occupied and annexed the rest of Poland.

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https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-soviet-pact#:~:text=On%20September%2029%2C%201939%2C%20they,annexed%20the%20rest%20of%20Poland.

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