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War in Ukraine

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

  1. pogba

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    No it is much,much more likely that the clowns in EU cuddle back up to Russia like Germany was doing before this. Russia would expand more in Ukraine and former Soviet territories first
     
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  2. pogba

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    I’ll read this when I get time but you are quoting TASS (Russian media) and expecting me to use this as a primary source.
     
  3. demosthenes

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    I don’t typically partake in conspiracy theories but this one is too fun to pass up. Drumpf shall now be known as “Krasnov.”

    Donald Trump's Russian spy connection: Social media explodes with ‘evidence’ about #Krasnov. Is it just another wild conspiracy theory? - The Economic Times


    Alnur Mussayev:​

    In 1987, I worked in the 6th Department of the KGB of the USSR in Moscow. The most important area of work of the 6th Department was the acquisition of spies and sources of information from among businessmen of capitalist countries. It was in that year that our Department recruited the 40-year-old businessman from the USA, Donald Trump, nicknamed "Krasnov".​
     
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  4. vegasfox

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    Use whatever sources you want. You might ask why Russia demanded the UN investigate the Bucha massacre and why the US was opposed.
     
  5. vegasfox

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    If Europeans really thought the Russians were a threat they'd be spending a lot more on their defense. Deep down nobody thinks Russia is going to invade Germany or Finland
     
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  6. chemgator

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    You do know that you are one of the largest sources of misinformation on this thread, don't you? (Talk about lack of self-awareness . . . )
     
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  7. chemgator

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    Now we know what he was trying to type on that fateful night at 3:00 a.m. when he typed "Covfeve". He was signing off with his Russian code name on the wrong platform, and he was confused enough to butcher the spelling.

    I have always wondered what it would be like to have a certified Russian spy elected as a U.S. president. Now we know.


    (Just kidding. I never dreamed in my wildest dreams that we would have a Russian spy as president. Didn't think that half of the electorate could possibly be that stupid. I admit I was wrong.)
     
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  8. vegasfox

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    "Who really betrayed Ukraine?"

    Here's Professor John Mearsheimer a decade ago warning America and Ukraine that they were going to start a war which would be devastating for Ukraine
     
  9. JustaGator

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  10. duggers_dad

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    Good news for you chickenhawks …

    Canada is sending $5 billion in assets it stole from Russia to Ukraine to prolong the dying.
     
  11. vegasfox

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    Ukraine still playing the role of Monty Python's Black Knight. Fighting until the last US dollar
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  12. slayerxing

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    That's good news - the drone numbers are staggering - 85% of all kills? My goodness. I'd hate to be a soldier in the war that comes AFTER this one.
     
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  13. demosthenes

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    We’re one step away from robots autonomously killing humans.
     
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  14. JustaGator

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    Now go ahead and put a value on the following things "stolen" from Ukraine by Russia:

    1) A quarter of a million Ukrainian lives taken.
    2) 100s of cities, towns, and villages destroyed.
    3) the wanton rape, torture, and murder committed by Russian personnel.
    4) the damage to the mental health and well-being of Ukrainians by Russia's unprovoked invasion.
    5) all of the defensive military equipment, civil infrastructure, lost profits from business, materials and products stolen, and the cost to the nations supporting Ukraine's defense.

    That is, if you really want to go ahead and make such a silly assertion of who stole what from who, that is.
     
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  15. JustaGator

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    I think the point Ukraine is making is that it can continue and win if it is making 96% of its drones domestically, which are killing and destroying 85% of all Russian personnel and equipment. A pretty strong negotiation point if Russia really wants to continue its madness. And it will only get worse for Russia as time goes on.
     
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  16. PITBOSS

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    The big problem is air defense for their cities. US provides critical military aid for anti missile systems. Europe can’t easily step in, if at all.
     
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  17. JustaGator

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    Sounds like Ukraine is already developing Patriot analogs. Ukraine always was the scientific brains and engineers that among other things supported weapons development and production in the Soviet Union.
     
  18. sierragator

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    Don't give Musk any ideas