How about "Russia deploys cruise missile in violation of treaty"

http://www.salon.com/2017/02/15/official-russia-has-deployed-missile-in-violation-of-treaty/

As far as I am concerned, it's my opinion that V Putin is a despicable criminal. Thief and murderer... multiple times for both offences

any criticisms of Trump you can Putin here

@MajorMitchell I agree whole-heartedly.
@JamesYanik I see we're all Russian to the puns now

I don't know why the others were Stalin

Maybe if you gave them some time to reply, they would get top Marx

that's a terrible pun, it's truly Volga

No,no. That one was horrible. They shouldn't even be Lenin you post anymore.

Funny i felt i was Lenin to the left, but i straightened up and Marx'ed on.

Just Putin retaliating for the US getting rid of Flynn. If the Trump administration removes any more Russian insiders, Russia will continue to deploy more missiles. If Trump goes back to kowtowing to Russia by putting key Russian lackeys/mouthpieces/sympathizers in positions of authority, then Russia will play nicely.

If Trump resigns, Putin starts WWIII.

that wasn't a pun at ALLLLL

Well according to the sources @slypups, this missile business started three years ago when Obama was president. I think it's just Russia being Russia, like when it stabbed Ukraine and took over Crimea. They said a unit in Crimea support move'd them, but again, it's Russia.
@JamesYanik Since that annexation, Russia seems to have a lot more CRIMEa.

For @JamesYanik: Everyone knows Trump actually does not get along with the Russian president because it's always Putin on the Ritz instead of Trump Towers.

@mitomon

the puns are now done. the fact this site does not have a -1 button is now becoming it's most apparent flaw. can a modern civilized society forgive you for your crimes? time will only tell. we can only pray that people do no repeat these puns, so that no more casualties of such atrocities shall arise.

@jamesyanik you mean my crimeas?

*reaches down throat, strangles self with duodenum, reincarnates as a zombie, begins infecting people throughout the midwest, gov't responds with massive austerity measures destroying the global economy, meanwhile vampires return to former might, gets bitten by vampire, becomes a hybrid zombievamp, proceeds to destroy vampire nests nationwide, humanity close to extinction during the chaos, radical vegan extremists begin taking over world, slowly other animals begin to evolve, nearby aliens sense the anarchy and begin invasion plans, eventually an alliance is formed between the otter people, the last humans and myself, massive consumption of human remains has created me to swell to the size of a ghostbuster's metaphorical twinkie, aliens begin invasion, i nobly sacrifice myself as i'm catapulted at the mothership, the otters betray the last vegans, maintain control of the earth, because of the damage the earth's magnetic field is weakened, and a massive solar storm slowly envelopes earth, in a basement in northern previously occupied India, a man logs onto his computer and messages the otters. this man's username is mitomon. The otters know he about to make a pun, and not wanting to let humans have the last word, they message him quickly, telling to Soviet.*





that got out of hand, i'm not going to lie.

Wow, JY. You know I was thinking the exact same thing! Except I had it as "reanimates" as a zombie, not "reincarnates." Otherwise, same thing.

2017 and communists and fellow travelers are now rabidly anti-Russian because CNN tells them to be. It's a long strange trip, comrade. I can hardly bear it.

@slypups

i suppose your terminology would be more accurate, UNLESS... i reincarnated into a separate body which was then zombie... so my body is still out there... GUY I CAN STILL MAKE IT SOMEBODY GET ME SOME VAMPIRE BLOOD

Question is, if you reincarnated as a zombie - who was in the zombie body before you entered it, and what happened to that guy? Did he suddenly transfer into your corpse as a dead person?

good question... maybe he got reincarnated into the otter king (they're a monarchal people) which means i am by intra-dimensional blood related to the royal throne.

someone call CNN

@JY - CNN wants your digits to follow up on this story.

they'll have to cut them off my dead lifeless recently reanimated hands first!!!

Hoorah, I had a good laugh at some of those pins, and it's good to have a bit of fun here in the forum. On a serious note, regarding Putin. I disliked his methods and attempts to make himself a dictator. His oppression of any free press/ media in Russia is a disgrace. But it's the dirty game he has played in the Ukraine, and now in Syria as well. The tragic loss of innocent lives in the crash of that Malaysian Airlines jet is something I hold Putin responsible for, so it is my opinion that Putin is a multiple murderer. He's amassed a personal fortune estimated at about $US 40 billion. How many people have suffered as a result of the actions of Putin ? I'd suggest it's hundreds of thousands, millions. That dog Putin deserves to spend eternity in hell, imho. Regrettably we have to make compromises and negotiate with the dog, but let's never forget just how evil the man is.

@MM putin didn't do anything dirty in Sytia, he supported the Assad Regime, in a way the US and her allies refused to support the opposition.

He direct support will end the civil war with a victory for the Assad government. (Iranian backing helped too). But it is no more 'dirty' than the (US-led) invasion of Iraq, or anything else NATO has done.

You want dirty, look at how Turkey has been trading weapons for oil with ISIS. At least allowing Syrian 'rebels' cross the border to sell oil and buy weapons... But not the Kurds, because Turkey cares a lot more about her own security issues than it does about the grand strategy of the US.

Putin's game in syria is to support his puppet who is increasingly isolated and dependant on putin, eliminate the moderates and present the Western powers with a limited choice, his puppet, or the extremists, and his forces now control a major Syrian naval base with access to the Mediterranean. Putin is willing to sacrifice as many syrians as it takes to further his ambitions. It's his air force that carpet bombs indiscriminately, that targets moderates.

It's a bit like the way MAO fought the Americans in Vietnam.. He didn't care how many Vietnamese were killed fighting the Americans, isn't there a famous MAO quote where he said he was quite happy to fight the Americans until the last Vietnamese was dead

I thought you were talking about Mid Atlantic Ocean for some reason...

Yes, MAO also has been viciously attacking Portugal, the English Channel, Brest, Spain (both coasts), and the Western Mediterranean for as long as I can remember. His actions have net been restricted to east Asia.

Oh that's just the asinine self correcting software, changing Mao to MAO

I think the chap with the player name Chairman Meow, created a clever, witty player name

must... resist...urge...insult...major...mfker...

Chairman meow is off the Simpsons or some such refuse.

It is teally weird that you're conparing this to China in Vietnam.

The only thing i knew was about the Sino-Vietnamese Conflict of 1979. Where China basically was worried that Vietnam was becoming a regional power, and backing the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia as a Chinese proxy to challenge Vietnam for regional power.

Of course the Khmer Rouge attack Vietnam, and as a result the Vietnamese end the reign of the Khmer Rouge and China invaded Vietnam (which after beating the French and the Americans, was a mistake... The Vietnamese have beaten more world powers invading them than anyone else i can think of)

Byt it goes to show, Mao was more worried about Vietnam as a potential independent power in South East Asia, than looking at a communist ally. (Even if he did want meddling Inperialist, like the French and Americans successfully ousted)

Syria is different. Ok both could be seen as civil wars, but the South Vietnam puppet government is more like Assad's regime, so again it seems more appropriate to compare Putin to the US.

Second the opposition it not united, the communists in North Vietnam were all in it together. In Syria the Free Syrian Army (probably joined the opposition because of promises of material support from the US which never followed through). The Sunni militants joined the opposition because they could see the tide turning and Saudi Arabia wanted a new Sunni ally - and ISIS (seperate from Al-Quaeda affiliates) decided to invade/cross the border because things were going so badly for them in Iraq. (Never mind the Kurds, who haven't declared independence, and from what little i can tell have just protected themselves while the government pulled out of Kurdish territory)

As for claims of carpet bombing, i'm sire that russian bombing is a little less precise, but i'm also sure thry could have reduced Alleppo to rubble if their airforce had gone in full force - think the fire bombing of Dresden. But i don't really know.

(Ok, my information on Syria seems to be way out of date)

On Vietnam this: http://www.usefulhistorian.com/2014/03/06/dont-forget-chinas-role-in-the-vietnam-war/

Who knows what the SDF is, and when the US started deoying troops to Syria?