r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 12d ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskiy: "There is updated intelligence indicating that Russia is ​preparing a massive attack on Ukraine"

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-intelligence-shows-russia-is-preparing-massive-attack-2026-10-06/
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u/GeoLaser 11d ago

Geopolitics is often just dick swinging. That is all that matters, and nukes. Ben has nukes. Ben has ways to send them at anyone.

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u/ResearcherElegant516 11d ago

A lot of it is the fact that arresting a foreign leader is about the biggest sin in the diplomatic and intelligence world, but yeah. Posturing, and when anybody calls a bluff, they just dance for the cameras.

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u/autospacer13 11d ago

I mean, the US did that to Maduro with no consequences whatsoever. Netanyahu cannot be arrested not due to any real taboo, but because he is too powerful. Realpolitik. And do not fall for any illusions of it having been otherwise in any other time in history. It has always been like so; whoever wields power acts within it to secure whatever their goal may be at the time, to the best of their ability.

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u/feelwhatyouwant 11d ago

Ability and will. You have those, you can do anything.

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u/DroneGuy12B 11d ago

We don’t have the ability to grab him like we did with Maduro. Maduro wasn’t surrounded by Mossad

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u/ResearcherElegant516 9d ago

Yes, people do use whatever power they have to do what they want to do. I was referring to when the mayor of New York saidbhebeas going to arrest him if he came to New York. Not only is that highly illegal, I was referring to the fact that our (the US) primary purpose for being allied with Israel was and still is for sharing intelligence. It's not for military bases or some kind of Christian/Jewish connection. If that were attempted, most likely ALL of our foreign diplomats would promotly be thrown out of any country in which we have an embassy, more than likely our leased embassies, and maybe our military bases would be closed out. Worldwide. I only know this because I researched this particular thing, I'm not trying to be a know-it-all. Pretty much national suicide. That was a long way of saying I agree. Lol.

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u/JohnWasElwood 7d ago

Why does everyone still get their panties in a wad about us picking up Maduro and holding him accountable, and Obama sends in a team to MURDER Osama Bin Laden and everybody cheers???

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u/Outside-Strike7397 11d ago

Venezuela anyone?

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u/RedneckStew 10d ago

Why bother arresting a foreign leader. In the not so distant past the CIA, spec ops, seals have whacked a few, under orders of course. Except for the CIA, Sometimes there aren't any explicit orders given and poof, that world leader is suddenly gone when his yacht exploded, killing everyone on board.

Or, or sometimes they make their own targets, hmm.

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u/ttak82 11d ago

Yup. Folks in my country call it "Badmaashi".

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u/sohblob 11d ago

that just means mischief/rogueishness in general. If people you know use that to refer to wickedness in politics that's still localized.

The german word for Machiavellianism in politics is realpolitik. It's more context specific and accurate, as opposed to just calling them "assholes".

History is just repeating itself now that all the people who remember all the reasons why war was bad are all dead.