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War in Ukraine

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

  1. sierragator

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  2. ajoseph

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    Oligarchs get so rich by stealing money from the government contracts. Money earmarked for arms, etc., was diverted to the Oligarchs pockets, and shoddy material was purchased instead.
     
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    That’s a 20% casualty rate on 190k originally staged troops.

    That, friends, is not good for Russia.
     
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    They've also had defectors including some taking advantage of the "defect & bring us a tank, get 10,000 & citizenship" offer.

    They should offer that to the pilots, too. Bring us your plane, get 20,000
     
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    Also fairly hard to believe. Though, I hope it’s true.
     
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  8. sierragator

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    Call me cynical, but I will believe it when I see it.
     
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    He's a white European, that's why.
     
  11. VAg8r1

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    If Putin is following in the footsteps of Stalin, it's not good news for Sergei Shoigu.
     
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  13. sierragator

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    He visited a balcony
     
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    I was thinking that didn't they bring charges & arrest the president of Yugoslavia? Name escapes me...sorry (migraine) So figured it's happened before.
     
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    Just to inject a little joy in this...

     
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    Well, let’s game this out: What would happen if another country tried to arrest our President while overseas, whether the charges were real or imagined?
     
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  18. uftaipan

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    Slobodan Milosevic. And if memory serves, his country took custody and turned him over. He wasn’t arrested under the safe passage afforded heads of state for international conferences, nor while he was surrounded by his well armed bodyguards.
     
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    Again comparing it to the Yugoslavia thing. Yes it'd be a mess. But if there's no penalty why bother with building a case/charging Putin in the first place?
     
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    Thank you