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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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    The Brits are talking about the destruction of the Russian air force (VKS). It's on the ropes and they want to finish it off.

    Russia’s air force is back. Now is the time to finish it

     
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  2. chemgator

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    Western intelligence believes that Russian casualties in Ukraine are above 350,000. That would put them at an average of 14,000 per month over the last 25 months.

    NATO: More than 350,000 Russian soldiers killed or injured in Ukraine

     
  3. chemgator

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    You mean that the people who are sabotaging the election, setting fire to and bombing polling stations, and dumping ink in the ballot boxes are supporting this "existential war"? Russians support the war so much that Putin had to poison the leading opposition candidate. They support the war so much that Putin has had to rig his re-election, select the opposition candidates, use disappearing ink on ballots (in case they need to be changed later), etc. Russians support the Ukraine War so much that the second leading group of people fighting Russia in Ukraine and the border regions is a group of . . . Russians. If that's how Russia chooses to support the war, I can't wait to see what they look like opposing the war. Especially when their economy collapses . . . again.
     
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  4. chemgator

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    Putin did not go nuclear when Wagner made a run on Moscow. I don't see why he would go nuclear based on a few attacks on a border region.

    I also get the impression that this group of Russians, while big enough to cause trouble in these rural areas, is not big enough to make a run on Moscow. I'm sure that Putin desperately wants to stop them, to prevent them from snowballing into an organization that is big enough to make a run on Moscow.
     
  5. G8trGr8t

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    It appears they got the two that were roaming in proximity of the lines to target downrange aircraft. Not sure if they were being used as radar for sams or launch units as intended
     
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    Do some quick research on how much material stuff Putin owns, as well as his key stakeholders. Then ask yourself if someone who lives that large would go nuclear. Now, is it in his interest to make us all believe he might go nuclear if he doesn’t get his way in order to deter us? Of course, it is. And it has worked. But it’s a bluff. And we should have called it a long time ago.
     
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    This is probably more than have ever served, on the frontlines, to date. Mediazona is virulently anti-Putin and is working with the BBC to track Russian kia. I believe their estimates include Ukrainian freedom fighters fighting alongside Russian troops …

    Mediazona confirms identities of over 44,600 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine
     
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    Russia supposedly tried to murder an opposition leader, who was polling at less than 2%, by putting poison in his underwear. Turns out you’ll believe anything if it sounds like Bad Man Putin.
     
  9. l_boy

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    This is a guy who during Covid isolated himself from everybody and would talk to others across a 40 ft long table. He definitely does not have a deathwish.
     
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  10. demosthenes

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    He fled Moscow when Wagner was moving toward the city too.
     
  11. duggers_dad

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    I think it’s called trolling. He sat close when he met with allies.
     
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    Videos look legit as supposed Russian police asked the woman if she was "okay" as she films the fire on her phone. Even in the U.S., your ass would be on the ground if you set a polling booth on fire. But in the police state that is Russia, their biggest concern is if the arsonist is "okay"? as she's filming the fire? Are you really that stupid?
     
  13. chemgator

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    If anyone should know about trolling, . . .
     
  14. duggers_dad

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    Long table for you. Don’t want to be exposed to soy.
     
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  16. chemgator

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    I never claimed to know how Putin poisoned him. Only that he didn't die of natural causes, and Putin is the prime (and only) suspect. You seem to be the one that wants to drag the man's underwear into the discussion. Not that there's anything wrong with that, if that's your thing. Maybe Putin will send you the man's underwear, and you can complete an "investigation". You could tell your Kremlin handler that you are willing to accept celebrity underwear in lieu of payment for your posts.
     
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  18. chemgator

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    Also, no mention of the possibility that many Russians may show up and vote for Putin out of fear. Putin has been killing a fair number of people who do not support him or his policies.
     
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  19. chemgator

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    Don't worry. I would wear a bio-hazard suit and gladly sit at the far end of the long table from you. Don't want to be exposed to s--t.
     
  20. chemgator

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    So you are saying that the Russian police were in on the "prank" of lighting the polling booth on fire. Are YOU really that stupid? Damn, son! You lit your own a$$ on fire with that one, didn't ya? :)

    Maybe the police did not know that she was the one who did it. (There have been U.S. police who have provided directions to a serial killer on how to get out of an active shooter situation because the police did not know that he was the killer.) Maybe they secretly support her actions.