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Thinks the caf is 'wokeish'.
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At least he can't be accused of being dogmatic or stubborn. His views have certainly shifted.
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Sure, I was more interested in the actual systems used - MANPADS, systems like Tor or Osa, or maybe SPAAG like the Gepard? I'm curious how much these systems are currently used near the front.It can happen when there’s poor communication with air forces having different front lines on their maps to what’s going on in reality, they might have entered into Ukrainian controlled areas without realizing and got wrecked (this is what actually happened when they downed several jets on the same day recently).
Amazing what money, personal security, and dangling a couple of Italian villas can do to a man.Tweet
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At least he can't be accused of being dogmatic or stubborn. His views have certainly shifted.![]()
Might just be offering it to sew discord with no intention of following though. Would be a clever move I think, though maybe he should have waited a bit till it's colder and prices of energy are (presumably) higher.If this happens it can only mean Russia's economy is in serious trouble. The issue is it's impossible to believe anything coming out of Putin's mouth as he has lied so many times.
Or just a daily supply of hookers & blow courtesy of Messr Putin.Amazing what money, personal security, and dangling a couple of Italian villas can do to a man.
Putin: Ukraine does not exist as a country, it has a false history, it has been part of Russia and we are gonna enforce it become part of Russia again.Interesting:
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All those predictions before 2000 weren't about Ukraine, they were about other former Eastern Bloc countries that joined NATO in the late 1990s and Russia's reaction to it. Those predictions were undeniably wrong, but political realists apparently can't be wrong, so after 20 years they recontextualised those texts and now they pretend that they were about Ukraine all along. If those countries actually took the advice from "leading geopolitical scholar" or "America's greatest ever foreign policy strategist" in their infinite wisdom, they would be in the same boat as Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine or Moldova are today. But in their stupidity they assumed that Russia was only temporarily dealing with internal problems and warzones they created by that point were a hint of what was coming to them and pressed to join NATO anyway.I agree with you. I find it interesting just how predictable this apparently all was. I also agree with the poster above saying we shouldn't have to molly coddle Russia. I also believe that Russia is a mafia state controlled by a very few and that a huge proportion of the population there really have nothing to live for. I found it interesting that this was predicted and that there is apparently a substantial body of opinion out there that this is purely of the west's (read USs) making.
Also theres a bit about the West backing neonazis in the land where nazis supported hitler in ww2...Putin: Ukraine does not exist as a country, it has a false history, it has been part of Russia and we are gonna enforce it become part of Russia again.
Dans from the Caf and a few US fossils (Kissinger, Chomsky et al): The West is to be blamed for the war cause they pushed Ukraine to join NATO (which actually never happened).
This is a very blunt, but also important speech. Us people in the EU can no longer hide in this world and just enjoy our cake. We will have to sacrifice parts of the lifestyle we have enjoyed for so many years, to avoid being held hostage by the superpowers of this world.https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-230995
Joseph Borell's speech was rather open and damning to some EU leaders to assess their future.
There is a video that shows the trucks arriving. It can only be seen shortly as it drives behind the red one, but the truck in the background looks like it could fit the X-Ray. It's just that they don't have another camera angle to properly show itAnother Sims moment for the spymasters at FSB
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I'm guessing with manpads of sort.Would be interesting to know how they downed them, as Ukraine's air defence is evolving
One definitely can't believe anything Putin says, although it would make sense that they are running out of money and resources due to sanctions and expenditure on the war.If this happens it can only mean Russia's economy is in serious trouble. The issue is it's impossible to believe anything coming out of Putin's mouth as he has lied so many times.
Far worse indeed. They only lost about 15k troops in a decade in Afghanistan and are currently moving towards 100k lost in 8 months.It's already Afganistan reanactment and despite its not a year old its way worse.
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Or trying to feed the discord? I was reading an article yesterday that there's a significant part of the population in eastern Germany (poorer already and hit hardest by the current situation - I know you know, but not everyone might) that wants the German government to stop sending weapons Ukraine and restore its relations with Russia, in order to be able to receive gas again. When winter really starts, these movements may get larger and more serious all over Europe - and they will feel strenghtened by believing that Russia would be ready to restore gas delivery if only the European countries lifted the sanctions (and repaired the Nordstream pipes, I guess).Russia running out of money
After positive reports of their role in the Kharkiv offensive I an just waiting for the first confirmed kill by a Gepard, just for the sake of it.I'm guessing with manpads of sort.
Would assume manpads, that was one thing the UK and Lithuania were on unbelievably quickly and almost every video now you see multiple of them with each group of troops.Sure, I was more interested in the actual systems used - MANPADS, systems like Tor or Osa, or maybe SPAAG like the Gepard? I'm curious how much these systems are currently used near the front.
Nordstream 2 is still operational, only one of two pipelines was damaged, so it could be inmediately used.Or trying to feed the discord? I was reading an article yesterday that there's a significant part of the population in eastern Germany (poorer already and hit hardest by the current situation - I know you know, but not everyone might) that wants the German government to stop sending weapons Ukraine and restore its relations with Russia, in order to be able to receive gas again. When winter really starts, these movements may get larger and more serious all over Europe - and they will feel strenghtened by believing that Russia would be ready to restore gas delivery if only the European countries lifted the sanctions (and repaired the Nordstream pipes, I guess).
That's inaccurate. I merely said it was interesting.Putin: Ukraine does not exist as a country, it has a false history, it has been part of Russia and we are gonna enforce it become part of Russia again.
Dans from the Caf and a few US fossils (Kissinger, Chomsky et al): The West is to be blamed for the war cause they pushed Ukraine to join NATO (which actually never happened).
His complimentary deployment notice is in the mail.
All these "important thinkers" fail to consider that Russia invaded Ukraine exactly because Ukraine did not join NATO! That was the main failure of the West, that Germany and France did not accept Ukraine into NATO. If Ukraine had joined NATO in 2008, we would never have a war, as we did not have a war in the Baltic States that also have a lot of Russians in their population.I absolutely adore those quotes from former Western strategists who somehow managed to delude themselves into thinking that Russia didn't do anything wrong before 1996 and only after that they started to turn into this weird hybrid of mafia state with a former empire. They even managed to delude themselves into thinking that this invasion happened because Ukraine was joining NATO without it.
ScousersSo after failing to find a single nazi during the past 8 months, the narrative shifted towards fighting gay satanists. Wondering what's next in line.
Exactly! The only realistic way for Putin to win this war is discord in the West.Or trying to feed the discord? I was reading an article yesterday that there's a significant part of the population in eastern Germany (poorer already and hit hardest by the current situation - I know you know, but not everyone might) that wants the German government to stop sending weapons Ukraine and restore its relations with Russia, in order to be able to receive gas again. When winter really starts, these movements may get larger and more serious all over Europe - and they will feel strenghtened by believing that Russia would be ready to restore gas delivery if only the European countries lifted the sanctions (and repaired the Nordstream pipes, I guess).
Give the man an assault rifle and a helicopter ride to Kharkiv. I'd love to see how quickly he'd stop being willing to fight and die for his white master
Yeah, I know, and there's also the overland route through Ukraine. That still works as well, right? Just figured I'd mention Nordstream before someone brings it up.Nordstream 2 is still operational, only one of two pipelines was damaged, so it could be inmediately used.
In principle, yes, but in a time when people's views appear to be constantly reinforced/fueled/misdirected through social media, I suppose frequently stating this explicitly is helpful.And it's not news, it's clear to everyone in Germany that gas imports could be started if we make a deal with Putin. Putin signalling this again might strengthen those protests a little, but there is no indication that the tide will turn so far.
He doesn't need to wait that long. In two months the Republicans might control Congress and all he needs is to stop the flow of modern weapons to Ukraine. And high energy prices over the course of the winter could cause a lot of social unrest in countries like Germany or Italy.Exactly! The only realistic way for Putin to win this war is discord in the West.
His other realistic plan is to stabilise the front and hope that the war drags out for two more years, and his buddy Trump becomes President again. That's his wet dream, I guess.
This is the worst possible argument for Ukraine being part of Russia, since Ukraine was part of Russia both times that happened. Clearly it didn't help. It's also, incidentally, the argument Russian nationalists use on Poland. Are you in favour of Russia annexing Poland? Maybe that would make you less anxious sitting in your shelter on the opposite side of the planet?Ukraine has been used at least two times as a gate to invade Russia.
It's waste of time replying to that poster.This is the worst possible argument for Ukraine being part of Russia, since Ukraine was part of Russia both times that happened. Clearly it didn't help. It's also, incidentally, the argument Russian nationalists use on Poland. Are you in favour of Russia annexing Poland? Maybe that would make you less anxious sitting in your shelter on the opposite side of the planet?
I know, but we all need hobbies. My life just hasn't been the same since @Striker10 got banned, I guess I'm just vainly searching for another one. @ExoduS isn't perfect, but he could get there.It's waste of time replying to that poster.