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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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    A bridge is a military target once you start moving large amounts of military supplies and personnel over it. One of the hazards of living in a war zone. I don't know why that's so hard for you to understand, comrade.

    Russia has been attacking apartment buildings, schools and hospitals--those are obviously not military targets. Try to come to grips with Russia's war crimes before you start accusing others of committing them.
     
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  2. duggers_dad

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    Amnesty International complained, early on, that Ukrainian troops, were imperiling civilians, by embedding in the structures you reference. Of course the Zelensky regime howled and Amnesty International backed down.
     
  3. chemgator

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    Because you have to have a good reason. And "I want what my neighbor has" is not a valid reason for war. If it walks like a criminal enterprise, and quacks like a criminal enterprise, then it just may be a Russian invasion. Ukraine never attacked or threatened Russia in any way.
     
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  4. duggers_dad

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    Remember when ethnic cleansing was a thing ?

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  5. chemgator

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    It's understood that when you invade a city with an army, these structures will be used by enemy troops as shelters of opportunity and will therefore be valid targets at times. But when you are sending in missiles from hundreds of miles away, they are not valid military targets. It's an attempt to kill civilians.

    Ukraine is in the process of invading Kherson right now, and they are attacking targets in the city. The so-called mayor of Kherson is asking for Russian help to evacuate civilians. This is normal in warfare. Attacking schools and hospitals in a city that you are not invading is more of a mass homicide of defenseless people.

    Civilians told to flee as Moscow loses grip on Kherson

     
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  6. chemgator

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    How far left do you have to be to start a fight with AOC to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine?

    Some loonies are protesting AOC's support for Ukraine against Russia, saying that she is trying to start WWIII. AOC is not that smart, but even she can see the need to support Ukraine in this fight. Comrade, there are people out there who are as misguided as you. I suggest that you seek them out and join them. And bring your worthless propaganda justifying the Russian invasion with you--they will like that.

    AOC heckled by anti-Ukraine war activists at town hall

     
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  7. duggers_dad

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    The US never got the memo.
     
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  9. duggers_dad

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    I think the protestors are angry about neoliberal bottom-feeders fighting Russia to the last dead Ukrainian and socking American taxpayers with the bill.
     
  10. duggers_dad

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    First it was you have to have more than 33,000 followers. Now it’s you can’t self-publish. What’s next ? You can’t drink Stoli ?
     
  11. sflagator

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    I'm not for invasion by anyone. So in my opinion, because invading other countries is wrong?
     
  12. sflagator

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    Well that was an easy block. I feel bad for Duggar, whoever he/she/it is
     
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  13. okeechobee

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    I don't think Putin believes he could fracture NATO by invading the Baltic states. NATO has already expressed explicitly what the response would be. It would be full, unequivocal, boots on ground support until the end. There's a huge difference in that response and what NATO signaled on Ukraine, which of course drives Putin's calculus. I don't think Putin is stupid enough to think he can pull the Baltics away from NATO, which is one reason he's so fanatical about Ukraine. He knows once Ukraine becomes a NATO state, it's game set match. No chance Putin will go after the Baltics. He may as well try to take Poland. It would be the same outcome. Putin is many things, but he's not stupid. He's already 70 years old, which limits his time for any of this to come to fruition, which just makes the task all that more insurmountable.
     
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  14. coleg

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    Garbage in = garbage out. If you only partake of agenda driven, unsupported viewpoints, then those based on facts will prevail. I can find self-published sites that claim Elvis was an alien, didn't die and is in Arkansas.
     
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  15. duggers_dad

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    Right, because we’re so awash in Russian propaganda that David Muir’s probably a Putin operative.
     
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    duggar is the old Dreamliner.
    And yes, you will feel your BP go down with the block.
     
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  17. Gatorhead

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    I STRONGLY STRONGLY suggest that interested citizens that monitor this topic on the board watch THIS interview to get the full CHILLING MEASURE of the Despot that is Vladimir Putin.

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwju5YO3guD6AhXGj4kEHbC3B6wQtwJ6BAgIEAI&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSNo2FPQDQw&usg=AOvVaw1IKQ1wNJr_q-ltGVm7ONDE

    Julia Loffe is not some BS Podcaster spinning for money or a political side, rather a competent journalist that, IMO has as good a command of the facts as anyone I have heard to date.

    You owe it to yourselves to watch this and hear some stunning realities as to the situation in Russia and Ukraine.
     
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  19. Gatorhead

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    I'm thinking of reporting you to the FBI
     
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