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War in Ukraine

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by PITBOSS, Jan 21, 2022.

  1. chemgator

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    Ukraine strikes a Russian drone factory hundreds of miles behind enemy lines. They apparently used a light aircraft as a drone. It may or may not have been launched close to the factory. It's hard to tell from the video how much damage was done. There was a large fireball when the plane hit the roof, but no secondary explosions.

    There was another attack on a Russian refinery. Both attacks were more than 800 miles from the border.

    Watch: Ukraine flies aircraft packed with explosives into Russian drone factory

     
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  2. chemgator

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    ISW says that Russia will likely lose the war in Ukraine IF the mentally challenged in the U.S. do not fall prey to Moscow's (mis)information game.

    Russia 'will likely lose' its war in Ukraine if the US can keep from falling prey to Moscow's information game, conflict analysts say

    Will America's most vulnerable population be able to resist the siren song of Moscow's misinformation? Or will they be distracted by a nefarious Nigerian prince with millions of dollars waiting for them? Or is there a lonely internet bewitching beauty queen looking for love, once she gets the correct credit card information? Or is there a bastardly billionaire in Gotham City trying to control their minds? Can Batman save these people? Tune in next time! Same Bat-channel!

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  3. chemgator

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    Ukraine votes on whether they would like Russia to start processing Ukraine's minerals in the southeast of Ukraine by sending them to Yekaterinburg. The answer is no.

    A massive fire has broken out in one of Russia's largest heavy machinery factories in Yekaterinburg, after an explosion was heard. Russia seems to be having a bit of a run of bad luck recently.

    Watch: Massive fire engulfs major Russian factory

     
  4. chemgator

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    The U.S. and Europe are considering developing an organization that will be in charge of sending weapons to Ukraine, in order to protect Ukraine from the remote possibility of Trump being elected.

    Trump-proofing weapons for Ukraine: Allies consider moving arms group into NATO

     
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  5. antny1

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  6. duggers_dad

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    Ukrainians incredulous, ask, “They have fires in Russia too ???”
     
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    RDS - Russia Derangement Syndrome
     
  8. vegasfox

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    Given the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall

    Diven Malyuk's (SBU).admisdion (essentially) that Ukraine was behind the attack

    Given Russia has given Ukraine a list of terrorist suspects it wants Ukraine to turn over

    Given Ukraine will not turn over the suspect (imp)

    We can conclude that Russia can cross the Dnieper river and proceed West all the way to Lyiv and that would be legal under International Law. Because Ukraine harbors terrorists

    Wasn't that the rationale the US used to enter Afghanistan. Russia entered Ukraine under Article 51 of the UN Charter.
    Article 51 was used by the US to bomb Belgrade for 78 days.. Russia acquired Crimes the same way the US got Texas.

    Russia has extremely good lawyers. They do things by the book, unlike the US.
     
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  9. coleg

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    Purposely wrong again Vatnik ( blatant lies) . Both the US and Iran warned Russia of an impending attack by Islamic terrorists that were in no way aligned with Ukraine. Rewrite history for somebody else. LOL
     
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  10. duggers_dad

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    Like reading a book on the ground from a helicopter. Even the NYT admits that the so-called “warning” was nebulous, not passed through proper channels and omitted key details. Also, I prefer Orc.
     
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  11. ajoseph

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    That one had to be parody.
     
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  12. duggers_dad

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    While the bodies were still warm US declaring “It wasn’t Ukraine!”
     
  13. NavyGator93

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    Responding to the putin trolls on here is like playing chess with a pigeon.
     
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  14. vegasfox

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    Another swing and a miss. You don't wante to put you in the torture chamber, do you? This is what it looks like(response to chemgator, page 1217, post 24332). chem had no choice, he had to blocke

    War in Ukraine
     
  15. Gatorhead

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    My FAVORITE Ukranian Podcaster (Denys Davydov) has complete command on why this is happening to the mighty Russian
    Petro-Oil economic machine.

    The culpret, shockingly, is indeed the United States, but NOT the Military / Industrial Complex.

    it's Phillip Morris / those experts in dealing premature cancer deaths.

    Smoking American Cigarettes is the cause of the refinery "Ka-Booms" as Denys so lovingly descibes the explosion(s).

    I would hope the Putin Trolls that populate this board would lead a campaign to rid russia of this dirty, underhanded, deep state
    threat to their economy, health and of course European expansionist efforts.
     
  16. duggers_dad

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    ^ How can you have a conversation with someone like this ?
     
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    The Duran (top rated foreign policy podcast) concludes that the head of the SBU (Malyul) wanted the Russians to know Ukraine helped orchestrate the Crocus City Hall attack. The man on the right is a lawyer and geopolitical analyst. Other analysts such as Glenn Diesen and Jacques Baud watch this pod several times a week

     
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    For the sake of argument, let’s go ahead and assume that the only reason an American would assess, that Russia is winning the war, is because he’s on the Kremlin payroll.

    In 1962 the world was as close to nuclear war as it had ever been and perhaps closer than it’s ever been since. Nevertheless, the U.S. and Russia were talking back and forth and cataclysmic was averted.

    Given the precariousness of the present situation, what would it hurt to talk with a Putin troll ?
     
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  19. vegasfox

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    Pepe Escobar is a legendary journalist known for his expertise on Eurasia and the Middle East. "404" refers to Ulraine

     
  20. vegasfox

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    The full quote is much funnier. I came in 2nd in a chess tournament at the Reitz Union.Lost in my second tournament (round ,1, single elimination). A decade or so before I attended UF they had a grandmaster on campus who wrote for the Alligator (student newspaper). Gabriel Schwartzman
     
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