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  • HoraceH Horace

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

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    Copper
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    #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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      Renauda
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      #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
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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 George K

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          Renauda
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          #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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            @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....

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              Renauda
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              #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
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                #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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                  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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                    #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
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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 K
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                        #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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                          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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                            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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                              Jolly
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                              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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                                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
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                                  image.jpeg

                                  "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 K
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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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                                      Renauda
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                                      #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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                                        @George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

                                        image.jpeg

                                        50 years from now, Russia will be on its way to disappearing. They were already having population problems, and now this war, and the fact that any male who is able to leave has left, means that a whole generation + is wiped out. And it is the most important generation for the economy.

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                                        • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                          @George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

                                          image.jpeg

                                          50 years from now, Russia will be on its way to disappearing. They were already having population problems, and now this war, and the fact that any male who is able to leave has left, means that a whole generation + is wiped out. And it is the most important generation for the economy.

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                                          George K
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                                          @taiwan_girl said in The Ukraine war thread:

                                          They were already having population problems, and now this war, and the fact that any male who is able to leave has left, means that a whole generation + is wiped out.

                                          Link to video

                                          The number of military-aged men is quite small.

                                          "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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