The Ukraine war thread
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The crew survived? hell, it blew the whole tail off the thing.
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@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
The crew survived? hell, it blew the whole tail off the thing.
They probably ran away saying, "Fuck it."
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@Copper said in The Ukraine war thread:
An attack on Moscow would do wonders for morale.
See Jimmy Doolittle
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wrote on 2 Apr 2022, 13:56 last edited by
They are going to Moscow.
11 hours, with tolls
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wrote on 2 Apr 2022, 15:09 last edited by
Yep. With twenty recent years of war under our belt, one would think we'd have a better perception of rival armies.
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@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:
Worth reading:
This sort of dovetails with the article that said that Russia was still fighting in World War II style.
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wrote on 2 Apr 2022, 15:49 last edited by
War crimes.
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wrote on 2 Apr 2022, 18:02 last edited by Mik 4 Feb 2022, 18:03
This is an interesting way to look at it. What if Putin did not miscalculate all along, but the West misread his intentions?
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This is an interesting way to look at it. What if Putin did not miscalculate all along, but the West misread his intentions?
wrote on 2 Apr 2022, 22:33 last edited by Renauda 4 Mar 2022, 01:18Interesting but thin on credible supporting sources. Referring to David Knight Legg as an expert on energy alone undermines his argument.
Putin is a KGB hood not a calculating genius to try and pull off a heist worthy of a Bond villain as the oped suggests.
Sometimes an imperialist despot is just an imperialist despot. Nothing more.
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Interesting but thin on credible supporting sources. Referring to David Knight Legg as an expert on energy alone undermines his argument.
Putin is a KGB hood not a calculating genius to try and pull off a heist worthy of a Bond villain as the oped suggests.
Sometimes an imperialist despot is just an imperialist despot. Nothing more.
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War crimes.
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@Renauda yeah. If southeastern Ukraine was his goal all the time, would he have committed all the personnel and materiel around Kiev?
wrote on 3 Apr 2022, 01:25 last edited by@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
@Renauda yeah. If southeastern Ukraine was his goal all the time, would he have committed all the personnel and materiel around Kiev?
Depend what he wants you to think.
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War crimes.
wrote on 3 Apr 2022, 12:50 last edited by George K 4 Mar 2022, 12:52@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
War crimes.
Watch the entire horrific 1 minute video.
Later in the thread there are ghastly pictures of bodies, bound and hooded. And one, put into what looks like a storm drain.
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wrote on 3 Apr 2022, 13:01 last edited by
Cementing hatred for generations.
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Well, he is right about that.
My rants about Merkel are well-documented here
But most Germans still believe she was a good chancellor. We are still in denial about a large number of issues.