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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
    wrote on last edited by
    #965

    Hay @Renauda !

    You still have contacts "over there," right?

    What's the sense of the "regular people?"

    When this started, you said it was divided in threes: supportive, indifferent and opposed.

    Has that changed?

    "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

      Elon Musk's poll...

      jon-nycJ Online
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      jon-nyc
      wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
      #966

      @George-K

      Regarding the Elon poll, No is currently winning, 2 to 1

      Only non-witches get due process.

      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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      • George KG George K

        Hay @Renauda !

        You still have contacts "over there," right?

        What's the sense of the "regular people?"

        When this started, you said it was divided in threes: supportive, indifferent and opposed.

        Has that changed?

        RenaudaR Offline
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        Renauda
        wrote on last edited by
        #967

        @George-K

        Hay @Renauda !

        You mistake me for the real Renauda. An equine. She was into hay and oats. But not too much of the latter - Arabian through and through.

        To answer your question. All my Russian contacts are against the special operation and have therefore gone to ground so to speak on discussing it openly. They are however worried as to what is next - they fear Stalin’s ghost in the wings for them.

        Ukrainian contacts on the other hand are cautiously optimistic but recklessly vengeful.

        Elbows up!

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        • RenaudaR Renauda

          @George-K

          Hay @Renauda !

          You mistake me for the real Renauda. An equine. She was into hay and oats. But not too much of the latter - Arabian through and through.

          To answer your question. All my Russian contacts are against the special operation and have therefore gone to ground so to speak on discussing it openly. They are however worried as to what is next - they fear Stalin’s ghost in the wings for them.

          Ukrainian contacts on the other hand are cautiously optimistic but recklessly vengeful.

          George KG Offline
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          George K
          wrote on last edited by George K
          #968

          @Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

          You mistake me for the real Renauda. An equine. She was into hay and oats.

          No way I'd make that mistake. She's a lot prettier than you.

          Probably a bit more even-tempered too.

          recklessly vengeful

          What a wonderful and scary description.

          "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 said in The Ukraine war thread:

            You mistake me for the real Renauda. An equine. She was into hay and oats.

            No way I'd make that mistake. She's a lot prettier than you.

            Probably a bit more even-tempered too.

            recklessly vengeful

            What a wonderful and scary description.

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            Renauda
            wrote on last edited by Renauda
            #969

            @George-K

            It is my now former Russian friends who have been living here for 25 or more years that concern me. Am afraid they have all drunk the Putin Kool-aide. FWIW, they can all get back to where they once belonged.

            Elbows up!

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            • George KG George K

              Elon Musk's poll...

              taiwan_girlT Offline
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              taiwan_girl
              wrote on last edited by
              #970

              @George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

              Elon Musk's poll...

              Ukraine ambassador does not think much of the pol. LOL

              https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign/ukrainian-diplomat-elon-musk-f-off-peace-deal-proposal

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              • RenaudaR Offline
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                Renauda
                wrote on last edited by Renauda
                #971

                France, a fence picket up the ass since 1938….

                https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63090644

                Am sure France will surrender before Ukraine Russia.

                Elbows up!

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                • RenaudaR Renauda

                  France, a fence picket up the ass since 1938….

                  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63090644

                  Am sure France will surrender before Ukraine Russia.

                  kluursK Offline
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                  kluurs
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #972

                  HIMARS in action

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                  • bachophileB Offline
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                    bachophile
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                    #973

                    Interesting thread on the Kherson front which is looking to be the next big thing in the current offensive.

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                    • bachophileB bachophile

                      Interesting thread on the Kherson front which is looking to be the next big thing in the current offensive.

                      George KG Offline
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                      George K
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #974

                      @bachophile interesting indeed. One common theme throughout this entire war has been the utter incompetence of the Russian military. Everything from strategy, tactics to supplies has been a boondoggle.

                      Is the Russian army really that incompetent?

                      Reading these threads makes it sound like the Ukrainians are master strategists, but I wonder if these recent successes are simply because the Russians are so bad.

                      If they are so bad, how did that happen?

                      "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
                        #975

                        Well...Iran will not recognize annexation.

                        The Spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nasser Kanaani, in response to journalists’ question regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s position on holding a referandum in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions in Ukraine and the annexation of the regions to Russia, emphasized, “The Islamic Republic of Iran, as always and based on its principled positions, emphasizes the necessity of fully observing the principle of territorial integrity of countries as a fundamental rule of international law and respecting the principles and goals of the United Nations Charter.”

                        "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
                          #976

                          Thread on how warfare has changed. It must've been @jolly who, years ago, posted about how an overwhelming number of semi-autonomous drones can disable just about anything.

                          Game of Drones:

                          "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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                          • JollyJ Offline
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                            Jolly
                            wrote on last edited by Jolly
                            #977

                            Posted the other day about an autonomous robotic armored vehicle the U.S. Army is currently testing. It's a tracked vehicle designed to keep up with and protect armored columns from drones.

                            Measure/Counter-measure.

                            “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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                            • jon-nycJ Online
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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #978

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                              • MikM Offline
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                                Mik
                                wrote on last edited by Mik
                                #979

                                If this is their beefed-up professional army under Putin, it is difficult to imagine their nukes being much better. 31 years after the USSR collapsed.

                                I guess the question Putin has to ask himself is 'Do I feel lucky?'.

                                Well do ya, punk?

                                “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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                                • MikM Offline
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                                  Mik
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #980

                                  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-s-new-offensive-is-fueled-by-captured-russian-weapons/ar-AA12CIDc?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=366af961d0cd4346841e111bd9e067fa

                                  “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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                                  • MikM Mik

                                    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-s-new-offensive-is-fueled-by-captured-russian-weapons/ar-AA12CIDc?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=366af961d0cd4346841e111bd9e067fa

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #981

                                    @Mik Interesting article

                                    A while ago, I posted that Ukraine supposedly has more tanks now than it did at the beginning of the conflict, because of captured Russian material.

                                    "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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                                    • bachophileB Offline
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                                      bachophile
                                      wrote on last edited by bachophile
                                      #982

                                      Surrender

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                                      • JollyJ Offline
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                                        Jolly
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #983

                                        You blame them?

                                        “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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                                          Mik
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #984

                                          Hard to win a war with an army that doesn't want to fight it.

                                          “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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