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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:01:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dracster: "The Cypriot army has Thor and Buk anti-aircraft missile systems. Cyprus is also ready to hand over T-80 tanks to Ukraine, which it bought from Russia in the second half of the 1990s and early 2010s. Moreover, Cyprus is interested in transferring Russian systems to Ukraine if it can receive an adequate replacement. Cyprus is also taking into account that Russian weapons will be difficult to keep because of the large-scale sanctions that Russia has been subjected to." https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-08_15-36-11_jpg-2342324.JPG |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:02:07 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 6SJ7GT: Is she actually a Putin sympathizer or is that a press label like us Republican racists? Waiting to hear from some Frenchmen that know. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 6SJ7GT: Originally Posted By FrankyRay: Originally Posted By PurpleOtter: The White House has begun to harbor fears that Vladimir Putin could soon notch his biggest victory of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Paris. There is growing concern within President Joe Biden's administration about the narrowing polls in the French presidential election that show a tight race between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. A possible victory by Le Pen, a Putin sympathizer, could destabilize the Western coalition against Moscow, upending France's role as a leading European power and potentially giving other NATO leaders cold feet about staying in the alliance, according to three senior administration officials not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations. Senior U.S. officials have warily watched across the Atlantic for any signs of possible Russian interference in the first round of the elections, which will take place Sunday. Polls suggest that Macron and Le Pen would likely then advance to a showdown on April 24 and that the potential two-person race would be close. Le Pen, in her third attempt at the presidency, has surged over the past couple of weeks, as she has toned down some of her notoriously incendiary rhetoric to focus on cost-of-living issues. Millions in France are struggling to make ends meet after a 35 percent surge in gas prices over the past year. Her resume deeply worries the White House. The White House is freaked out that Putin's next big win could be in Paris Wonderful.  Is she actually a Putin sympathizer or is that a press label like us Republican racists? Waiting to hear from some Frenchmen that know. Those are my thoughts, too. This seems like a convenient "never let a crisis go to waste" situation. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:06:13 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: I’ve been following the energy story pretty closely since this began, and I believe that Germany is sincere in trying to cut energy ties with Russia. They’ve been out there wheeling and dealing for new suppliers, which wouldn’t happen if they were faking it. A few issues that I think should be raised, however: 1)ACCOUNTABILITY. Germany was put in this position by the last 15 years of energy policy. Who enacted those policies? Who benefitted? Does Russia have an element of political influence/compromise over certain politicians? There needs to be public airing of the facts that put Germany where it is and some heads need to fucking roll. 2)Nukes/coal. A hard “no” stance on nukes is fantasy right now. There are also plenty of non-Russian sources of coal but Germany appears to be too beholden to politically correct environmental interests to do what they have to do even in the short run. Another month on the Russian take because Scholz won’t restart a nuke plant is unacceptable. 3)Germany is trying to cut energy ties, but on a timeline that is complete fantasy. They’re talking about 2024 to avoid ill economic effects. Yes, Germany is responsible for the German economy - but then Germany was also responsible for putting the German economy in that position in the first place. I strongly believe that the trajectory of the war is such that any economic support of Putin will soon be seen as collaboration in genocide. AND IT SHOULD BE. In a few days we’ll see a bloodbath in east Ukraine not seen since Stalingrad. The longer this goes on the more atrocities will be committed and/or revealed. At some point (probably soon) outrage and disgust will be such that the Western populace will no longer accept this. Mr. Scholtz is going to have to go on TV, say “Ich bin ein Kiev-er” and stop gas import cold way before 2024 or probably even 2023. Yeah it will suck, but not as much as having the Russian army cutting a swath through Germany again. I honestly think we should cut germany some slack here. The easiest thing and the thing that would not put them in this "rock/hard place" position would be to continue get gas from russia while saying they are going to do something else. That would continue their fuel supply without all the risk. That is not what they are doing. They are taking on a bunch of risk to help Ukraine. They are running the risk of destroying their entire economy and first world lifestyle. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:06:59 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dillydilly: Holy sh*t that channel has some gruesome stuff. Like the one video of the orc being stabbed by the soldier. Dude pleads for his life then let's out a bloodcurdling scream at the end. Not gonna lie, that was hard to watch. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dillydilly: Holy sh*t that channel has some gruesome stuff. Like the one video of the orc being stabbed by the soldier. Dude pleads for his life then let's out a bloodcurdling scream at the end. Not gonna lie, that was hard to watch. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:07:27 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 6SJ7GT: Is she actually a Putin sympathizer or is that a press label like us Republican racists? Waiting to hear from some Frenchmen that know. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 6SJ7GT: Originally Posted By FrankyRay: Originally Posted By PurpleOtter: The White House has begun to harbor fears that Vladimir Putin could soon notch his biggest victory of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Paris. There is growing concern within President Joe Biden's administration about the narrowing polls in the French presidential election that show a tight race between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. A possible victory by Le Pen, a Putin sympathizer, could destabilize the Western coalition against Moscow, upending France's role as a leading European power and potentially giving other NATO leaders cold feet about staying in the alliance, according to three senior administration officials not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations. Senior U.S. officials have warily watched across the Atlantic for any signs of possible Russian interference in the first round of the elections, which will take place Sunday. Polls suggest that Macron and Le Pen would likely then advance to a showdown on April 24 and that the potential two-person race would be close. Le Pen, in her third attempt at the presidency, has surged over the past couple of weeks, as she has toned down some of her notoriously incendiary rhetoric to focus on cost-of-living issues. Millions in France are struggling to make ends meet after a 35 percent surge in gas prices over the past year. Her resume deeply worries the White House. The White House is freaked out that Putin's next big win could be in Paris Wonderful. Is she actually a Putin sympathizer or is that a press label like us Republican racists? Waiting to hear from some Frenchmen that know. You better believe the same talking points will be thrown at all Republicans this summer. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:09:13 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dracster: "Dobranich" https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/48680/photo_2022-04-08_18-34-28_jpg-2342465.JPG $50 red dot off up in there. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:09:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M-1975:
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:09:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 6SJ7GT: Is she actually a Putin sympathizer or is that a press label like us Republican racists? Waiting to hear from some Frenchmen that know. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 6SJ7GT: Originally Posted By FrankyRay: Originally Posted By PurpleOtter: The White House has begun to harbor fears that Vladimir Putin could soon notch his biggest victory of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Paris. There is growing concern within President Joe Biden's administration about the narrowing polls in the French presidential election that show a tight race between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. A possible victory by Le Pen, a Putin sympathizer, could destabilize the Western coalition against Moscow, upending France's role as a leading European power and potentially giving other NATO leaders cold feet about staying in the alliance, according to three senior administration officials not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations. Senior U.S. officials have warily watched across the Atlantic for any signs of possible Russian interference in the first round of the elections, which will take place Sunday. Polls suggest that Macron and Le Pen would likely then advance to a showdown on April 24 and that the potential two-person race would be close. Le Pen, in her third attempt at the presidency, has surged over the past couple of weeks, as she has toned down some of her notoriously incendiary rhetoric to focus on cost-of-living issues. Millions in France are struggling to make ends meet after a 35 percent surge in gas prices over the past year. Her resume deeply worries the White House. The White House is freaked out that Putin's next big win could be in Paris Wonderful. Is she actually a Putin sympathizer or is that a press label like us Republican racists? Waiting to hear from some Frenchmen that know. She had been passing around campaign flyers prominently featuring her with Putin before the war made that rather impolitic. She's toned that stuff down, but has never repudiated it. Most of these nationalist parties seem to be big on Putin and the Russians. AfD went this route in Germany, as well. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:10:12 PM EST
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:10:25 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dillydilly: I won’t dare look at any of that stuff. I’m just saying that hearing him plead for his life and screaming at the end was hard not because I felt sorry for him or anything. Just a natural reaction to that sound man. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dillydilly: Originally Posted By cryo_tech: Not really. Not after seeing Bucha. I won’t dare look at any of that stuff. I’m just saying that hearing him plead for his life and screaming at the end was hard not because I felt sorry for him or anything. Just a natural reaction to that sound man. After 40 days of fighting and seeing your citizens murdered, raped, and tortured and fellow troops killed and wounded, I expect the solder doing the stabbing was far from being of sound mind. I expect, in the same situation, I would do the same whether or not if I saw evidence the orc had committed a crime. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:10:43 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CenterMass762: Those are my thoughts, too. This seems like a convenient "never let a crisis go to waste" situation. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CenterMass762: Originally Posted By 6SJ7GT: Originally Posted By FrankyRay: Originally Posted By PurpleOtter: The White House has begun to harbor fears that Vladimir Putin could soon notch his biggest victory of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Paris. There is growing concern within President Joe Biden's administration about the narrowing polls in the French presidential election that show a tight race between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. A possible victory by Le Pen, a Putin sympathizer, could destabilize the Western coalition against Moscow, upending France's role as a leading European power and potentially giving other NATO leaders cold feet about staying in the alliance, according to three senior administration officials not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations. Senior U.S. officials have warily watched across the Atlantic for any signs of possible Russian interference in the first round of the elections, which will take place Sunday. Polls suggest that Macron and Le Pen would likely then advance to a showdown on April 24 and that the potential two-person race would be close. Le Pen, in her third attempt at the presidency, has surged over the past couple of weeks, as she has toned down some of her notoriously incendiary rhetoric to focus on cost-of-living issues. Millions in France are struggling to make ends meet after a 35 percent surge in gas prices over the past year. Her resume deeply worries the White House. The White House is freaked out that Putin's next big win could be in Paris Wonderful. Is she actually a Putin sympathizer or is that a press label like us Republican racists? Waiting to hear from some Frenchmen that know. Those are my thoughts, too. This seems like a convenient "never let a crisis go to waste" situation. She may change her tune now but has been very pro-Putin,comparing him to herself and Trump. She has said that she would leave NATO as it was meant to oppose the USSR which doesn’t exist anymore. She has also been supportive of Iran. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:10:53 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Glock63: I've seen that happen with many makes and models. Its not unique to gm. Its not the least but unusual for fuel tanks to rupture or leak from an mvc. The tanks used to be behind the seat. Subject for another thread. Get hit hard enough, and yes the tank will rupture, no stopping it. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:11:10 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CenterMass762: Those are my thoughts, too. This seems like a convenient "never let a crisis go to waste" situation. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CenterMass762: Originally Posted By 6SJ7GT: Originally Posted By FrankyRay: Originally Posted By PurpleOtter: The White House has begun to harbor fears that Vladimir Putin could soon notch his biggest victory of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Paris. There is growing concern within President Joe Biden's administration about the narrowing polls in the French presidential election that show a tight race between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. A possible victory by Le Pen, a Putin sympathizer, could destabilize the Western coalition against Moscow, upending France's role as a leading European power and potentially giving other NATO leaders cold feet about staying in the alliance, according to three senior administration officials not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations. Senior U.S. officials have warily watched across the Atlantic for any signs of possible Russian interference in the first round of the elections, which will take place Sunday. Polls suggest that Macron and Le Pen would likely then advance to a showdown on April 24 and that the potential two-person race would be close. Le Pen, in her third attempt at the presidency, has surged over the past couple of weeks, as she has toned down some of her notoriously incendiary rhetoric to focus on cost-of-living issues. Millions in France are struggling to make ends meet after a 35 percent surge in gas prices over the past year. Her resume deeply worries the White House. The White House is freaked out that Putin's next big win could be in Paris Wonderful. Is she actually a Putin sympathizer or is that a press label like us Republican racists? Waiting to hear from some Frenchmen that know. Those are my thoughts, too. This seems like a convenient "never let a crisis go to waste" situation. She and many in her party have been known to be such for years. They've been rather open about it. It's not like it's something that just got trotted out now that there's an election. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:11:54 PM EST
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Almost good Russians |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:12:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stone-age: I honestly think we should cut germany some slack here. The easiest thing and the thing that would not put them in this "rock/hard place" position would be to continue get gas from russia while saying they are going to do something else. That would continue their fuel supply without all the risk. That is not what they are doing. They are taking on a bunch of risk to help Ukraine. They are running the risk of destroying their entire economy and first world lifestyle. Yet they still refuse to restart nuke plants, and in fact plan to proceed with the decommissioning of the last three. Their entire situation was entirely predictable, and completely fucking idiotic. I have no sympathy. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:12:25 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jozsi: that was WRONG...... no matter what.... That was a Ukranian traitor. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:12:26 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:13:20 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HIPPO:
Lance corporals doing lance corporal shit, doesn't matter the nationality lol |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:16:15 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cincinnatus: MORE war crimes? That might take some serious effort. If both sides are shown to be bad guys, the entire world will immediately stop caring who wins. And that anti-Ukraine loon in the US government will take a victory lap yelling "I told you they are nazis". |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:17:45 PM EST
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:17:59 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: I've been following the energy story pretty closely since this began, and I believe that Germany is sincere in trying to cut energy ties with Russia. They've been out there wheeling and dealing for new suppliers, which wouldn't happen if they were faking it. A few issues that I think should be raised, however: 1)ACCOUNTABILITY. Germany was put in this position by the last 15 years of energy policy. Who enacted those policies? Who benefitted? Does Russia have an element of political influence/compromise over certain politicians? There needs to be public airing of the facts that put Germany where it is and some heads need to fucking roll. 2)Nukes/coal. A hard "no" stance on nukes is fantasy right now. There are also plenty of non-Russian sources of coal but Germany appears to be too beholden to politically correct environmental interests to do what they have to do even in the short run. Another month on the Russian take because Scholz won't restart a nuke plant is unacceptable. 3)Germany is trying to cut energy ties, but on a timeline that is complete fantasy. They're talking about 2024 to avoid ill economic effects. Yes, Germany is responsible for the German economy - but then Germany was also responsible for putting the German economy in that position in the first place. I strongly believe that the trajectory of the war is such that any economic support of Putin will soon be seen as collaboration in genocide. AND IT SHOULD BE. In a few days we'll see a bloodbath in east Ukraine not seen since Stalingrad. The longer this goes on the more atrocities will be committed and/or revealed. At some point (probably soon) outrage and disgust will be such that the Western populace will no longer accept this. Mr. Scholtz is going to have to go on TV, say "Ich bin ein Kiev-er" and stop gas import cold way before 2024 or probably even 2023. Yeah it will suck, but not as much as having the Russian army cutting a swath through Germany again. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:18:08 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bigstick61: She had been passing around campaign flyers prominently featuring her with Putin before the war made that rather impolitic. She's toned that stuff down, but has never repudiated it. Most of these nationalist parties seem to be big on Putin and the Russians. AfD went this route in Germany, as well. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bigstick61: Originally Posted By 6SJ7GT: Originally Posted By FrankyRay: Originally Posted By PurpleOtter: The White House has begun to harbor fears that Vladimir Putin could soon notch his biggest victory of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Paris. There is growing concern within President Joe Biden's administration about the narrowing polls in the French presidential election that show a tight race between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. A possible victory by Le Pen, a Putin sympathizer, could destabilize the Western coalition against Moscow, upending France's role as a leading European power and potentially giving other NATO leaders cold feet about staying in the alliance, according to three senior administration officials not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations. Senior U.S. officials have warily watched across the Atlantic for any signs of possible Russian interference in the first round of the elections, which will take place Sunday. Polls suggest that Macron and Le Pen would likely then advance to a showdown on April 24 and that the potential two-person race would be close. Le Pen, in her third attempt at the presidency, has surged over the past couple of weeks, as she has toned down some of her notoriously incendiary rhetoric to focus on cost-of-living issues. Millions in France are struggling to make ends meet after a 35 percent surge in gas prices over the past year. Her resume deeply worries the White House. The White House is freaked out that Putin's next big win could be in Paris Wonderful. Is she actually a Putin sympathizer or is that a press label like us Republican racists? Waiting to hear from some Frenchmen that know. She had been passing around campaign flyers prominently featuring her with Putin before the war made that rather impolitic. She's toned that stuff down, but has never repudiated it. Most of these nationalist parties seem to be big on Putin and the Russians. AfD went this route in Germany, as well. So she is a real deal shitbag, and it’s not just media fables. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:18:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bigstick61: She had been passing around campaign flyers prominently featuring her with Putin before the war made that rather impolitic. She's toned that stuff down, but has never repudiated it. Most of these nationalist parties seem to be big on Putin and the Russians. AfD went this route in Germany, as well. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bigstick61: Originally Posted By 6SJ7GT: Originally Posted By FrankyRay: Originally Posted By PurpleOtter: The White House has begun to harbor fears that Vladimir Putin could soon notch his biggest victory of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Paris. There is growing concern within President Joe Biden's administration about the narrowing polls in the French presidential election that show a tight race between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen. A possible victory by Le Pen, a Putin sympathizer, could destabilize the Western coalition against Moscow, upending France's role as a leading European power and potentially giving other NATO leaders cold feet about staying in the alliance, according to three senior administration officials not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations. Senior U.S. officials have warily watched across the Atlantic for any signs of possible Russian interference in the first round of the elections, which will take place Sunday. Polls suggest that Macron and Le Pen would likely then advance to a showdown on April 24 and that the potential two-person race would be close. Le Pen, in her third attempt at the presidency, has surged over the past couple of weeks, as she has toned down some of her notoriously incendiary rhetoric to focus on cost-of-living issues. Millions in France are struggling to make ends meet after a 35 percent surge in gas prices over the past year. Her resume deeply worries the White House. The White House is freaked out that Putin's next big win could be in Paris Wonderful. Is she actually a Putin sympathizer or is that a press label like us Republican racists? Waiting to hear from some Frenchmen that know. She had been passing around campaign flyers prominently featuring her with Putin before the war made that rather impolitic. She's toned that stuff down, but has never repudiated it. Most of these nationalist parties seem to be big on Putin and the Russians. AfD went this route in Germany, as well. Thanks for that. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:19:14 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kncook: No. Le Pen isn't a Orban. She's just conservative and this is fear to try to keep her from being elected. She will kill Russian soldiers and send weapons to do so. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:23:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Star_Scream: Uh huh. Time to open a second front? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Star_Scream: Originally Posted By HIPPO:
Scope creep in the rhetoric y’all. Uh huh. Time to open a second front? If that happens, this may escalates out of control. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:24:28 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ludder093: Damn. There is some brutal shit on that channel Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ludder093: Originally Posted By M-1975:
Real side of war… |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:24:39 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By outofbattery: Latvia decided to make 9 May “remembrance of victims of Russian aggression day”. 9 May is when Russia has their big celebration of defeating the Nazis;that is when you see the big parade in Moscow and such. I hope that we shall do the same. https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/national-day-victims-communism/ National Day for the Victims of Communism Issued on: November 7, 2017 Today, the National Day for the Victims of Communism, marks 100 years since the Bolshevik Revolution took place in Russia. The Bolshevik Revolution gave rise to the Soviet Union and its dark decades of oppressive communism, a political philosophy incompatible with liberty, prosperity, and the dignity of human life. Over the past century, communist totalitarian regimes around the world have killed more than 100 million people and subjected countless more to exploitation, violence, and untold devastation. These movements, under the false pretense of liberation, systematically robbed innocent people of their God-given rights of free worship, freedom of association, and countless other rights we hold sacrosanct. Citizens yearning for freedom were subjugated by the state through the use of coercion, violence, and fear. Today, we remember those who have died and all who continue to suffer under communism. In their memory and in honor of the indomitable spirit of those who have fought courageously to spread freedom and opportunity around the world, our Nation reaffirms its steadfast resolve to shine the light of liberty for all who yearn for a brighter, freer future. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:25:14 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RolandofGilead: Lance corporals doing lance corporal shit, doesn't matter the nationality lol Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RolandofGilead: Originally Posted By HIPPO:
Lance corporals doing lance corporal shit, doesn't matter the nationality lol Don't fuck with the Lance Corporal Mafia !!!!  I can skate out of duty with the best of 'em.... |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:26:46 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chaingun: Give them some mothballed M1A1 Abrams, which will still clean the slate with any Russian T tank |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:26:58 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stone-age: If both sides are shown to be bad guys, the entire world will immediately stop caring who wins. And that anti-Ukraine loon in the US government will take a victory lap yelling "I told you they are nazis". Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stone-age: Originally Posted By Cincinnatus: MORE war crimes? That might take some serious effort. If both sides are shown to be bad guys, the entire world will immediately stop caring who wins. And that anti-Ukraine loon in the US government will take a victory lap yelling "I told you they are nazis". the dead women and children side of things seems to be slightly skewed in one direction... |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:29:42 PM EST
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Chances increasing that I'm headed back in a few weeks, and we're officially a 501c3 now! Getting the arfcommers heading over this weekend linked up with some of our people, and another arfcommer joined the team yesterday. If I go again part of it will be to help his project out, we'll be deep in country if all goes to plan.
Inspiring to see people working to make a difference, if folks sending supplies want to collaborate with us we can also work to get you a sweet tax write off as well. https://wheatfoxops.com/ |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:32:30 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HIPPO:
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:33:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M-1975: Is she legit far-right or just not a European Marxist? To be fair Macron has sold a lot of military equipment to Putin. She is not really far-right. Most of her economic agenda is fairly standard social-democrat welfare state stuff. French politics drifted seriously to the right in the last 5-10 years, to the point where left wing (Communists & Socialists) are noncompetitive. Her politics trend to "France First" kind of stuff, but she is a lot closer to Putin, both rhetorically and financially, then Macron. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:33:20 PM EST
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The Dirty Dozen's female medic, Sandra, was featured in a Washington Post article.
Looks like she's decided to join the Twitterverse.
 The article: Foreigners ready to join Ukraine’s fight must pass tougher muster “This is where I know I should be. I feel morally obligated to be here,” she said. “In the last big war, it was my country in need of aid and all the other countries stepped up. Now it’s our turn to step up.” Eira, who has been on the front lines for the majority of the conflict, said the veteran soldiers she’s fought alongside have stressed the unique nature of the invasion. “Because this is a trench-fighting war with modern-day technology,” she explained, “it’s a war unlike anyone has ever seen.” |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:33:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By triode: If that happens, this may escalates out of control. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By triode: Originally Posted By Star_Scream: Originally Posted By HIPPO:
Scope creep in the rhetoric y’all. Uh huh. Time to open a second front? If that happens, this may escalates out of control. Putin isn't going to stick his dick in the NATO fan. Not with that shitty army he has. His only card would be to actually use nukes, and that's the ballgame. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:34:30 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eesmith: Chances increasing that I'm headed back in a few weeks, and we're officially a 501c3 now! Getting the arfcommers heading over this weekend linked up with some of our people, and another arfcommer joined the team yesterday. If I go again part of it will be to help his project out, we'll be deep in country if all goes to plan. Inspiring to see people working to make a difference, if folks sending supplies want to collaborate with us we can also work to get you a sweet tax write off as well. https://wheatfoxops.com/ |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:35:37 PM EST
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Looks like they are striking Odesa. My claim a few weeks back was right, they want to control the entire southern region and Kiev was just a distraction. Need that access to the black sea and screw UKR of exports.
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:36:56 PM EST
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:37:15 PM EST
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:39:05 PM EST
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:40:00 PM EST
[Last Edit: R0N]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GTLandser: Agree, there was an interview video posted and one of the locals showed one of the small square PFF that he said we scattered all over. The choice of fragmentation warhead further undermines any Russian claims that there was any legit military target at the train station.  Most weapons are moving toward PFF inherent in their design, even a lot of newer dumb HE rounds are PFF. It is one of those twisted weaponeering facts that sometimes you selection munitions designed to better cause casualties to reduce the effect on structures, if you dig into our MOUT doctrine, it actual use to say to shoot VT, time or ICM in cities to reduce rubling. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:40:28 PM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eesmith: Chances increasing that I'm headed back in a few weeks, and we're officially a 501c3 now! Getting the arfcommers heading over this weekend linked up with some of our people, and another arfcommer joined the team yesterday. If I go again part of it will be to help his project out, we'll be deep in country if all goes to plan. Inspiring to see people working to make a difference, if folks sending supplies want to collaborate with us we can also work to get you a sweet tax write off as well. https://wheatfoxops.com/ Can you use donations? Or are you all set? |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:40:47 PM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:41:34 PM EST
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:43:15 PM EST
[#45]
Since many people have offered their SWAG about Russia's next move, let me offer mine:
Mariupol has significant economic importance, but nothing like its symbolic importance (considering the infrastructure is now destroyed anyway), and of greater economic importance, Ukraine still has Odessa. There is far too much of the Black Sea and Dnipro River between Russian forces in the Crimea and Odessa, to make an attack on Odessa feasible (insupportable either by sea or over bridges...the Russians can't even get past Mykolaiv). Anyway, I have always felt that Russian moves toward Odessa were a feint (although a very poorly executed one...you're supposed to make an attack look credible if it's going to be a good feint).  The Russians have given up on taking Kiev, which IMO was really only originally intended to cause a political collapse. Luckily they fucked that one all up, so now they are moving their Eastern and Central MD forces back to Belarus and inside Russia, and then probably moving them elsewhere (after some reconstitution and reorganization). So where will they go next? I believe they will try to make an offensive north from Crimea, and south from the Kharkiv region, with an aim to reach Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia. There may be supporting attacks moving east to west out of Donetsk and Luhansk, but Russian forces have never managed to seize either Oblast entirely, although that's been the case for a while, and so wouldn't be the whole point today: rather it would be to tie down Ukrainian forces, so that the main effort could encircle them. Mariupol may serve a similar function; its propaganda value keeps a certain amount of Ukrainian forces fighting for it, and trying to remain near enough where they can support (either from drones, air, or artillery, though I don't know exactly how close friendly Ukrainian forces are to the city), or even try to break the siege. Bypassing Kharkiv to drive south (which they haven't been able to take anyway), keeping things largely the same in Donetsk and Luhansk, and attacking north towards Dnipro, could encircle a large number of Ukrainian forces, and then even if they don't actually seize Dnipro or Zaporizhzhia, they can make the military situation perilous enough that they can sue for a political settlement when they have run out of steam. Further adding to my SWAG, the shortest route for the Ru forces leaving northern Ukraine would bring them to the Western MD AO (opposite Kharkiv). Meanwhile Crimea already has adequate support across the Kerch Strait, so nothing else has to change there, except a build-up of forces (in Malitopol or some suitable place). Can the Russians actually pull that off? I am highly skeptical, but they will break a lot of shit and hurt a lot of people along the way. They have to swing for the fences or this becomes a "frozen conflict", that at the moment isn't very favorable to Russia. Just my $.02. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:44:25 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doolyd: Looks like they are striking Odesa. My claim a few weeks back was right, they want to control the entire southern region and Kiev was just a distraction. Need that access to the black sea and screw UKR of exports. Lol, no kiev wasn't a distraction. It was a failed decapitation attempt. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:44:59 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CZ75_9MM: "Has experience in Syria" That's a pretty low bar. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CZ75_9MM: Originally Posted By Chokey:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FP2i8reWQAITy8V?format=jpg&name=medium That would indicate he's really good at killing civilians, so he should fit right in. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:46:48 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doolyd: Looks like they are striking Odesa. My claim a few weeks back was right, they want to control the entire southern region and Kiev was just a distraction. Need that access to the black sea and screw UKR of exports. Plan B. Looking weak in front of the whole world was never their plan. |
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:46:51 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By outofbattery: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/56204/D084D6D2-2EB0-4BE9-8626-D8607A65A8F6_jpe-2342514.JPG Beautiful. 
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Posted: 4/8/2022 6:47:30 PM EST
[Last Edit: Yobro512]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chaingun: In the North they should advance into Russia, just take some land Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chaingun: Originally Posted By Bassgasm: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPxhRhEXMAg5ZTL?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 Originally Posted By Yobro512: Spear head through non-dug in troops in the south until you hit Mariupol. Crimea NEEDS the land bridge from Russia. That area hasn't been prepared for defense from Ukraine soldiers for the last 8 years unlike the east. That's where you'd hurt the Russians strategically the most in my opinion. I think I agree with this. The two most strategically important points on the map right now are the land bridge between Russia and Crimea and the front between the RU army and Ukraine's Black Sea coastline. If they could drive a wedge into Mariupol and retake Kherson, those would be major strategic gains. Originally Posted By Zhukov: What's the likelihood of Russia doing a feint to get Ukrainian forces to withdraw from around Kiev only to invade again? Never say never, I'm extremely skeptical of the idea that the RU army can/would try any such thing. The units they have up there are badly mauled and combat ineffective. They lost a whole lot of men and equipment on the first attempt and on the retreat in particular. The first attempt also relied on surprise for success. Now the Ukrainians won't be surprised, and they have time to establish all kinds of defenses up there. Originally Posted By Yobro512: Or UA could start an offensive heading north east of sumy into Russia around the troops north of karhkiv. That would take all the punch out of Russians encirclement of southeast Ukraine. Seize the initiative. Attack where your enemy isn't. I'm not an expert on Ukrainian geography, but I'm not sure I see that territory as being particularly valuable. The best way to protect SE Ukraineis to simply seize the initiative and cut behind the attackers into Russia it self. Any success in that might cause a total cease in the Russian offensive. Ukrainian army’s attacking Russia proper? Madness. Humiliating . Putin would lose his shit and demand it be stop at all costs. |
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