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  • RenaudaR Offline
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    Renauda
    wrote on last edited by Renauda
    #2164

    Macron is talking of sending troops, the British implying they would consider it and the Poles are watching and waiting. Romanians are doing the same. Might just happen. All are members of NATO.

    Wonder that if it were to happen that they pull the trigger, that’s sufficiently bigly for some?

    Elbows up!

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    • HoraceH Offline
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      Horace
      wrote on last edited by
      #2165

      WW3 or Russia wins. Which was the prediction at the start, as far as I’m aware.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • HoraceH Horace

        WW3 or Russia wins. Which was the prediction at the start, as far as I’m aware.

        CopperC Offline
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        Copper
        wrote on last edited by
        #2166

        @Horace said in The Ukraine war thread:

        WW3 or Russia wins.

        A WW could solve a lot of problems.

        Russia wins, just leads to the next one, which makes the WW a little more difficult.

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        • RenaudaR Offline
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          Renauda
          wrote on last edited by Renauda
          #2167

          A WW could solve a lot of problems

          Yes, DEI and everything progressivism entails, good and bad, would be consigned to the rubbish heap of history.

          Hell, even cigarette smoking might even make a socially acceptable come back.

          Best of all, there will be jobs, jobs and more jobs in manufacturing and the oil and gas sector. Cost of labour will drop.

          Any remaining leftists - male, female or gender identified fucked up - will be either incarcerated and lobotomised or sent directly to the front lines as expendable shock or diversionary forces

          Elbows up!

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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
            wrote on last edited by
            #2168

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • George KG George K

              RenaudaR Offline
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              Renauda
              wrote on last edited by Renauda
              #2169

              @George-K

              Not quite. Shoigu will replace Nikolai Patrushev as Head of the RF Security Council. Not exactly a demotion.

              What is more significant is where Putin places Patrushev. He is perhaps the most ruthless, paranoid and hawkish of Putin’s inner circle of siloviki. He could well be Putin’s Beria. Does not bode well for anyone with Russian citizenship in country or for the relatives left in country of any Russian living abroad.

              Just another step towards becoming a European version of North Korea.

              Edit: Shoigu’s replacement at the MinDef is Andrei Belousov until now First Dep Prime Minister. Belousov is a highly regarded technocrat bean counter. A Winston Wolf kind of guy who fixes things.

              Elbows up!

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              • George KG Offline
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                George K
                wrote on last edited by
                #2170

                @Renauda thanks for the insights. I really appreciate them.

                Sometimes breathless Twitter....

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • George KG George K

                  @Renauda thanks for the insights. I really appreciate them.

                  Sometimes breathless Twitter....

                  RenaudaR Offline
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                  Renauda
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #2171

                  @George-K

                  I didn’t mean to leave the impression though, that Shoigu is now safe anywhere near a window in a multi-storey building. He’s clearly not at all safe.

                  Elbows up!

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                  • George KG Offline
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                    George K
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #2172

                    Warning - graphic drone strike.

                    ***Gory War Stuff***

                    click to show


                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • MikM Offline
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                      Mik
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #2173

                      Wrong place, wrong time. By place, I mean Ukraine.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      • RenaudaR Offline
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                        Renauda
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #2174

                        So Patrushev is appointed Putin’s Special Aid. Not sure what it means but I am confident the secret police and security services will benefit at everyone’s expense.

                        https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-69007468

                        Elbows up!

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                        • George KG Offline
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                          George K
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #2175

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • George KG Offline
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                            George K
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #2176

                            The Ukrainian Black Sea Submarine fleet got bigger recently.

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            • MikM Offline
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                              Mik
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #2177

                              What, no video? I suspect a missile cruiser would make a pretty big fireball.

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                              • W Offline
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                                Wim
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                                #2178

                                Putin always tells the truth. Oh wait, maybe not: https://www.kyivpost.com/videos/33098

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                                • JollyJ Offline
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                                  Jolly
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #2179

                                  The wrong training...

                                  https://www.businessinsider.com/western-fighters-die-in-ukraine-assume-be-easy-us-veteran-2024-5

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                  • MikM Offline
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                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #2180

                                    It is beyond me how any veteran could assume any war would be easy.

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on last edited by
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                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      • George KG Offline
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                                        George K
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #2182

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        • RenaudaR Offline
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                                          Renauda
                                          wrote on last edited by Renauda
                                          #2183

                                          Kremlin tells West told to stop “provoking Ukraine to continue this senseless war”:

                                          https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqq2zn3zw6o

                                          You can be assured that Berlin would have said similar if not the same, had Czechoslovakia fought back against the Nazi invasion and annexation in 1938. That it didn’t fight back, paved the way to the rape of Poland the following year.

                                          Elbows up!

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