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Posted: 9/14/2024 12:26:05 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 12:34:05 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 12:40:15 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: Looks like south of Luhansk there are a couple good candidates for that. https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#m:advanced;d:2024-09-14;@39.55,48.38,11.07z Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: Originally Posted By HIPPO: 10 mins ago. Shit is on fire in the Russian rear. Looks like south of Luhansk there are a couple good candidates for that. https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#m:advanced;d:2024-09-14;@39.55,48.38,11.07z
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Posted: 9/14/2024 12:42:37 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 12:57:46 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 1:05:07 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 1:15:32 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: Originally Posted By HIPPO: Bingo https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bidens-meager-1-us-defense-budget-increase-buys-fewer-ships-jets-2024-03-11/ https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_2779-3321837.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_2778-3321838.jpg The sad thing about GD bitching about the "military industrial complex" is that US defense spending isn't just low relative to what it's been historically, but it's actually lower than it was under the Trump Administration. |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 1:23:39 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 1:33:01 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 1:38:20 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jaehaerys: The sad thing about GD bitching about the "military industrial complex" is that US defense spending isn't just low relative to what it's been historically, but it's actually lower than it was under the Trump Administration. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jaehaerys: Originally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: Originally Posted By HIPPO: Bingo https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bidens-meager-1-us-defense-budget-increase-buys-fewer-ships-jets-2024-03-11/ https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_2779-3321837.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_2778-3321838.jpg The sad thing about GD bitching about the "military industrial complex" is that US defense spending isn't just low relative to what it's been historically, but it's actually lower than it was under the Trump Administration. Last time we were heading towards a World War (1938-1941), we were doing things like "The Two-Ocean Navy Act", Mobilization of the Reserves/National Guard, the first peacetime military draft in US history, ordering construction of more aircraft (when you combine both USN and USAAC numbers) than were in service at the time with all of the other worlds air forces, signing contingency contracts with virtually any domestic producer/manufacturer (and a few foreign ones) that could produce war-required materials, and building/improving airfields, military facilities, and infrastructure that might be required during wartime. So, right now we're.....not doing squat! 
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Posted: 9/14/2024 1:39:36 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HIPPO: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/61522/IMG_4942_jpeg-3322178.JPG After all, he managed to become Chancellor without ever having used them! 
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Posted: 9/14/2024 1:52:29 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 2:02:05 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 2:07:05 PM EST
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kursk Direction: Start of Battles for Lyubimovka and Defense of Veseloye Situation as of 8:00 PM on September 14, 2024 In the Kursk Direction, Russian forces during the counteroffensive have reached the outskirts of Lyubimovka and Pokrovskoye. At the same time, the enemy is attacking the flank of the Russian Armed Forces in order to reduce the pace of the advance. 🔻In the south of Glushkovo District, fighting has been ongoing for more than a day on the southern outskirts of Veseloye, where Ukrainian formations advanced after overcoming obstacles on the border several days earlier. The previously occupied Novy Put is being used by the enemy as a staging area, where AFU assault groups dismount for further engagement around Veseloye. 🔻In the Korenevo District, advanced assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces have reached the outskirts of Pokrovskoye and Lyubimovka, with clashes taking place in the western part of the latter. The enemy is deploying reinforcements in order to slow the advance of Russian troops. Artillery and aviation are providing support to the advancing Russian units, regularly "knocking out" AFU fire support assets. For example, in the area of Daryino, the VKS aviation destroyed an enemy self-propelled gun at a firing position in the forest. ❗️The liberation of Lyubimovka will create a threat to the AFU communications running through Highway 38K-030. In this case, the enemy grouping in the Korenevo area may face a severe supply shortage. The spreading information about the liberation of Daryino has not yet been confirmed, although with the current pace of advancement, the Russian Armed Forces can soon be expected to reach the northern outskirts of the village. The Snagost River poses a natural obstacle. 🔻In the Sudzha District, the Russian Armed Forces conducted an attack on Borki: after air strikes, assault groups entered the village and began to destroy Ukrainian firing positions. At the moment, the enemy has been driven out of positions at least in the northeastern part of the settlement. This vector of the Russian forces' advance suggests that the neighboring Spalnoye is already under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. If you have any additions to the situation, or you would like us to highlight the successes of your unit, you can always write to us in the feedback bot @rybar_feedback_bot #digest #map #Kursk #Russia #Ukraine 
1244ET, Russian- ⚡️⚡️Information is received that it has still not been possible to stabilize the situation in the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region in the Novy Put-Obukhovka-Veseloye area. The enemy penetrated our defenses at a distance of up to 5 km and was able to gain a foothold in the outlying houses in the village of Veseloye. There are oncoming battles. The situation is alarming. https://t.me/ZaDonbassVmeste/82347 |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 2:20:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lieh-tzu: Fucking hell! This is me stamping my feet and shaking my fist. There were two dozen AH1W Super Cobras that were excess defense articles in 2021. That would have been really nice to transfer to Ukraine in response to Putin's buildup.  If they were sitting at Ukrainian airfields in Feb 2022 they probably would have been blown up by Russian missiles. They should have been transferred way earlier in the conflict though, we shouldn’t in 2024 be talking about the possibility of maybe transferring them in 2025 or beyond |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 2:33:53 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 2:40:04 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 2:54:28 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 2:59:15 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoldenMead: The devil in the details is the US didn’t allow Japan South Korea or Australia bid on them. Maybe a little bit of competition could help fix our shipyard industry. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoldenMead: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest: I'm sure if you look into more details on the bid that the devil is in it. On the surface, it is probably because the U.S. wanted to have U.S. ship making facilities making the ships instead of a foreign country. The devil in the details is the US didn’t allow Japan South Korea or Australia bid on them. Maybe a little bit of competition could help fix our shipyard industry. US industry is not competitive in general. We need domestic shipbuilding capability, but our industry is not competitive. Labor laws, labor rates, and environmental regulations keep our manufacturers from producing. |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 3:03:49 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kpacman: What would most UKRAINIAN"S accept? I think it's their country and they should make the call. Real Ukraine interviews video was posted several pages ago with that exact question. |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 3:08:08 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 3:09:34 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HIPPO: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GXcctBjW4AAHAaJ?format=png&name=mediumhttps://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/ukraina-har-startet-egen-produksjon-av-155-mm-artillerigranater/s/5-95-2013618 Who's producing the tubes? |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 3:39:46 PM EST
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Europe Has a Painful Choice: War vs. Welfare
Despite promising to raise military spending, nations such as Germany are proving reluctant to sacrifice their generous welfare programs to pay for it https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/europe-has-a-painful-choice-war-vs-welfare-41e9e7f7?st=H2FJNn We are 2.5 years into this war and Europe’s military’s spending as a whole is still laughable. Outside of a few countries Europe has shown it is not very concerned about Russia and doesn’t really care if Ukraine wins. They need to play catch up for the last 30 years of underfunding, so just funding at 2% of gps isn’t going to cut it. It is beyond frustrating to watch. |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 3:43:41 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 3:45:41 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoldenMead: Europe Has a Painful Choice: War vs. Welfare Despite promising to raise military spending, nations such as Germany are proving reluctant to sacrifice their generous welfare programs to pay for it https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/europe-has-a-painful-choice-war-vs-welfare-41e9e7f7?st=H2FJNn We are 2.5 years into this war and Europe’s military’s spending as a whole is still laughable. Outside of a few countries Europe has shown it is not very concerned about Russia and doesn’t really care if Ukraine wins. They need to play catch up for the last 30 years of underfunding, so just funding at 2% of gps isn’t going to cut it. It is beyond frustrating to watch. Could get worse, supposedly Germany and Europe’s economy is getting worse https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/08/27/german-economy-shrinks-as-consumers-shy-away-from-spending |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 3:46:54 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 3:59:05 PM EST
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https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/u-s-wet-moldy-body-armor-to-taiwan/
 “The inspector general also found that some of the 2.7 million rounds of ammunition Taiwan received had expired and were sent "in a mix of original, loose, and incorrect packaging." The report says that the delivery of "unserviceable equipment" risks "degrading Taiwan's confidence in the United States." Properly stored ammo has a shelf life of 40 years right? |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 4:04:56 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/u-s-wet-moldy-body-armor-to-taiwan/ https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_2802-3322307.jpg “The inspector general also found that some of the 2.7 million rounds of ammunition Taiwan received had expired and were sent "in a mix of original, loose, and incorrect packaging." The report says that the delivery of "unserviceable equipment" risks "degrading Taiwan's confidence in the United States." Does this make any f**king sense at all??? CMOS |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 4:07:45 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CMOS: Does this make any f**king sense at all??? CMOS Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CMOS: Originally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/u-s-wet-moldy-body-armor-to-taiwan/ https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_2802-3322307.jpg “The inspector general also found that some of the 2.7 million rounds of ammunition Taiwan received had expired and were sent "in a mix of original, loose, and incorrect packaging." The report says that the delivery of "unserviceable equipment" risks "degrading Taiwan's confidence in the United States." Does this make any f**king sense at all??? CMOS Leaky container(s) where the body armor was sent by ship? |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 4:12:28 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By birdbarian: Leaky container(s) where the body armor was sent by ship? “It added, “More than 340 pallets of items sustained water damage while they remained at the aerial port of embarkation at Travis Air Force Base for three months pending a flight to Taiwan.” |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 4:14:49 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By birdbarian: Leaky container(s) where the body armor was sent by ship? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By birdbarian: Originally Posted By CMOS: Originally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/u-s-wet-moldy-body-armor-to-taiwan/ https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/459941/IMG_2802-3322307.jpg “The inspector general also found that some of the 2.7 million rounds of ammunition Taiwan received had expired and were sent "in a mix of original, loose, and incorrect packaging." The report says that the delivery of "unserviceable equipment" risks "degrading Taiwan's confidence in the United States." Does this make any f**king sense at all??? CMOS Leaky container(s) where the body armor was sent by ship? That or sabotage (either by CCP entities that control a lot of the commercial shipping and/or elements within the .gov who are trying to undermine current US policy towards Taiwan) |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 4:16:34 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: “It added, “More than 340 pallets of items sustained water damage while they remained at the aerial port of embarkation at Travis Air Force Base for three months pending a flight to Taiwan.” Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: Originally Posted By birdbarian: Leaky container(s) where the body armor was sent by ship? “It added, “More than 340 pallets of items sustained water damage while they remained at the aerial port of embarkation at Travis Air Force Base for three months pending a flight to Taiwan.” So, was it inadvertent incompetence or malicious incompetence? |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 4:19:11 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Saltwater-Hillbilly: So, was it inadvertent incompetence or malicious incompetence? Who knows? I don’t have an answer but either way between 20 billion in weapons sales still not delivered and this kind of stuff, it’s not confidence inspiring |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 4:40:00 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Saltwater-Hillbilly: So, was it inadvertent incompetence or malicious incompetence? Well, you can have an NFA item that you have to go through all the ATF BS to take possession of simply dropped off at the FFL's porch by FedEx while he's on vacation. |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 4:40:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doc540: Let us not forget that Trump was elected to office by the anti-Hillary vote, not the pro-Trump vote. He had no prior history of bedrock conservative principles. Now the destiny of Ukraine may very well be determined by the likes of the two choices available to us in November? Ukraine 🇺🇦 better have honed their Plans C and D. 😢 Absolutely true. Ukraine does have options outside us. 1)Poland can’t allow Ukraine to be overrun. If it gets that bad, there’s good odds that Poland joins the war in a serious manner. 2)Europe probably has enough gas in the tank (via production and foreign purchases) to support Ukraine. Yes, things would get dicier, and Ukraine would have to play a lot more conservatively everywhere. Unlike us, Europe can’t wash their hands of this. They need to stop Russia in Ukraine. 3)Ukraine has some hypothetical “nuclear options” if the west goes wobbly. The worst of them is making a deal with the devil to maintain some of their identity in exchange for joining Putin’s attack on Europe. That would make the Euros shit their pants. Another would be blowing up their own NPPs and letting the Euros deal with it. So if it comes to hardball, if they have the will, there’s things they can do. 4)Not likely in the short term, but if Ukraine doesn’t get a NATO invite soon, Ukraine needs to go all in on a nuke program. They need to time it right and make sure they have some other coercive tricks up their sleeve too. I.E. if NATO keeps blowing them off, Ukraine announces a crash nuke program, EU announces “you can’t do that or we’ll pull our support”. Ukraine then says “oh really, how about ____________? How bout them apples?” In other words, a quick NATO invite should be the goal, the nuke program is the threat, but they also need a credible card to play now to avoid the EU/NATO cutting them off, otherwise the nuke program isn’t a credible threat because it will never come to fruition. I don’t know what that threat is. |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 5:00:53 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By belted_guns: Is there any way to get this type of information to the Trump camp? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By belted_guns: Originally Posted By Jaehaerys: Personal attacks and terrible use of the English language aside, it very much so is. Genocide has an actual legal definition, and it doesn't mean "killing every single member of the group." The Genocide Convention of 1948 defines genocide as any of five "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group." The five acts include killing members of the group, causing them serious bodily or mental harm, imposing living conditions intended to destroy the group, preventing births, and forcibly transferring children out of the group. In terms of intent, there is an overwhelming abundance of it on the part of Russian leadership. Putin has been very open in his beliefs that there is no Ukrainian people. In his view and that of Russian imperial nationalists as a whole, the linguistic divergence of what would become Ukrainians, Belarusians, and Russians was imposed by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as an attack on Russian national cohesion. Then the Austro-Hungarians were involved in promoting the allegedly fictional idea of a Ukrainian nation prior to WW1. Then Lenin and the early Bolsheviks supposedly erred by giving the Ukrainians a Republic within the USSR, including contemporary Southeastern Ukraine in it, and promoting Ukrainian language and culture via the policies of Korenizatsiia. Then the Nazis supposedly got involved and promoted Ukrainian nationalism-separatism. Then it was the CIA, MI6, the Zionists, the EU, etc. Ukrainians, in the mind of Putin, are the consequence of conspiracies at the hands of the Poles, Austro-Hungarians, Lenin, Nazis, Western intelligence agencies, etc. Hence, contemporary Russian imperialism is necessary to correct this historical slight against Russian civilization, which in the minds of Russian nationalists began in the medieval commonwealth of Kyivan Rus and stretches for 1,000 years into the present day. Beyond Putin, Medvedev has referred to Ukrainians as a race of "bastards and freaks," and he has of course denied that there is a separate Ukrainian language. Surkov, Putin's main adviser on Ukraine policy for a number of years, said that there is no Ukraine and there are no Ukrainians, and that the belief that one is a Ukrainian is a sickness of the mind. Gubarev, the first "prime minister" of the "DPR," said that if needed, they will kill millions of Ukrainians. Russian State TV regularly refers to Ukrainians as Nazis, fascists, satanists, traitors, homosexuals, etc. We're kind of in a unique position in which where this is no shortage of evidence of genocidal intent on the part of the Russian state. It is here that I must emphasis that there is no requirement for there to be an overall plan for something to constitute genocide. An overall plan can be helpful in terms of establishing intent, but it's not a necessary feature by itself. There is no evidence of an overarching order being given by Hitler to exterminate Jews, and one likely doesn't exist. With intent out of the way, let's get into actions. Russia has forcibly transferred at bare minimum tens of thousands of Ukrainian children from Ukraine to Russia, where they have been subject to brainwashing, put up for adoption by Russian families, and had significant obstacles placed between them and reunification with their families. This is obviously a case of genocidal action. In terms of preventing births, millions of Ukrainians were forced through filtration camps in occupied territory, and there is evidence to suggest that the Russians deliberately screened for fertile women of breeding age and deliberately deported them to Russia. Russian soldiers who have participated in sexual violence against Ukrainian women have openly stated that their goal in doing so was to prevent them from making more Ukrainians. In terms of imposing living conditions aimed at destroying the group, Russian propagandists brag about the harm they are causing to Ukrainian civilians by strikes on infrastructure, we know that Ukrainians are denied medical care and medicine in occupied territory if they refuse to accept Russian passports, we know that Ukrainians have been held in terrible conditions in "filtration camps" for extended periods of time, etc. Regarding causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group, Russian forces use torture as a matter of policy everywhere they occupy, and just speaking Ukrainian or displaying the Ukrainian flag is enough to wind up in a torture chamber. Finally, in terms of killing members of the group, tens of thousands of civilians were murdered in Mariupol, Russia targets civilians on a daily basis with drones and other munitions, and Ukrainians deemed to be too patriotic were murdered when sent through "filtration camps." I must highlight here that in order for something to rise to the level of genocide, only one of these actions has to be taken. Yet, it's arguable that Russia has committed all five. Is there any way to get this type of information to the Trump camp? Not sure if you’re being sarcastic or straight, but I don’t think it’s a case of not having the information. For reasons not yet clear, Russian sympathizers are ending up in influential positions in the Trump camp. Whether that’s Trump himself, or some of the unknown but long term “political machinery” in the Trump circle, or that Russian intel has figured out precisely which approaches are most likely to produce influence with Trump or those in his circle. It’s not an accident. I did some reading about the internal workings of his inner circle during the 2020 election crisis, and there was at least one dude that sounded pretty suspicious to me. Can’t recall his name, but he’s not a household name. |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 5:31:16 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoldenMead: Europe Has a Painful Choice: War vs. Welfare Despite promising to raise military spending, nations such as Germany are proving reluctant to sacrifice their generous welfare programs to pay for it https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/europe-has-a-painful-choice-war-vs-welfare-41e9e7f7?st=H2FJNn We are 2.5 years into this war and Europe’s military’s spending as a whole is still laughable. Outside of a few countries Europe has shown it is not very concerned about Russia and doesn’t really care if Ukraine wins. They need to play catch up for the last 30 years of underfunding, so just funding at 2% of gps isn’t going to cut it. It is beyond frustrating to watch. Everyone in the country not taking the entire month of August off would probably boost their GDP and associated taxes beyond the spending they need for defense. |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 6:23:11 PM EST
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Looks like the tech industry is getting into the defense industry. Hopefully this small cheap anti ship missile works out. Could be very useful to take out the hundreds of smaller Chinese vessels.
US Tech Titan Targets Ships: Y Combinator Backs Anti-Ship Missile Startup https://gcaptain.com/us-tech-titans-target-ships-y-combinator-backs-anti-ship-missile-startup/ |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 7:16:59 PM EST
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ISW assessment for September 14th.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-14-2024 |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 7:43:51 PM EST
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~30 sec video of big badaboom |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 8:00:39 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lieh-tzu: Who's producing the tubes? 
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Posted: 9/14/2024 8:14:05 PM EST
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The Iranian Foreign Legion
The Houthi group has been transferring fighters from its forces to Syria in preparation for a new phase of escalation against Israel… -Sputnik @nourabohsn There have been several drills where the Houthis rehearse seizing an Israeli town and capturing IDF soldiers as hostages.
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Posted: 9/14/2024 8:28:44 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 8:30:40 PM EST
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Saw a couple handfuls of reports of drones over Russia.
Hoping to wake up one morning very soon to this: 
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Posted: 9/14/2024 8:34:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: Not sure if you’re being sarcastic or straight, but I don’t think it’s a case of not having the information. For reasons not yet clear, Russian sympathizers are ending up in influential positions in the Trump camp. Whether that’s Trump himself, or some of the unknown but long term “political machinery” in the Trump circle, or that Russian intel has figured out precisely which approaches are most likely to produce influence with Trump or those in his circle. It’s not an accident. I did some reading about the internal workings of his inner circle during the 2020 election crisis, and there was at least one dude that sounded pretty suspicious to me. Can’t recall his name, but he’s not a household name. One of the big disadvantages of Trump being a political outsider and an obnoxious firebrand is that he cannot attract good talent, especially in the foreign policy. Remember the unregistered Russian agent Paul Manafort? Trump has always scraped the bottom of the barrel for foreign policy advisors and aides. This probably makes him more susceptible to Russian info ops, and you know he's a high-value target that will get maximum attention from FSB. They are identifying anybody he gets close to and targeting them for information campaigns, without a doubt. |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 8:36:51 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: Not sure if you’re being sarcastic or straight, but I don’t think it’s a case of not having the information. For reasons not yet clear, Russian sympathizers are ending up in influential positions in the Trump camp. Whether that’s Trump himself, or some of the unknown but long term “political machinery” in the Trump circle, or that Russian intel has figured out precisely which approaches are most likely to produce influence with Trump or those in his circle. It’s not an accident. I did some reading about the internal workings of his inner circle during the 2020 election crisis, and there was at least one dude that sounded pretty suspicious to me. Can’t recall his name, but he’s not a household name. I'm of the opinion that a basic and fundamental "anti-European" sentiment also comes into play with the American right these days. Simply put, many just don't care about what happens with or in Europe. |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 8:38:18 PM EST
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Posted: 9/14/2024 8:42:17 PM EST
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The last decisive warning #3:
Russia will give the most decisive response if anyone tries to interfere with the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. The corresponding statement was made by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov on May 12, 2022. “We primarily proceed from the statements made by the President, starting on February 24, that Russia will be ready to give the most decisive response to the side that tries to somehow interfere in Ukraine and interfere with the special military operation that the Russian Armed Forces are currently conducting in Ukraine,” Dmitry Peskov noted. … Final decisive warning #48: Russia's response to the drone attack on the Kremlin must be in the interests of the country, said Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov on May 4, 2023. "Naturally, I cannot give you any details here. In any case, we can only talk about well-thought-out, balanced steps that correspond to the interests of our country." … Final decisive warning #113: Russian presidential press secretary D. Peskov said on August 26, 2024, that Kyiv's hostile actions against the Kursk region cannot go unanswered. "We are not talking about a separate decision here. Of course, such hostile actions cannot go unanswered. There will definitely be a response," Peskov explained. Final decisive warning #115: Russia will give an appropriate response if the West approves the supply of long-range missiles to Ukraine for strikes on Russian territory. This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov. “In the event of the supply of long-range missiles to Ukraine for strikes against Russia, Moscow’s response will be appropriate,” Peskov said at a briefing on September 11, 2024. And so on and so forth... https://t.me/blackcolonel2020/1557 Despite the optimistic statements of the top leadership of the Russian Federation that all the goals of the special military operation (SMO) will be achieved and that we have not yet started to fight for real, in fact the situation in the SMO zone is very serious. The Russian army has demonstrated to the whole world its low combat capability and inability to achieve a strategic turning point in the military actions in Ukraine. Moreover, the war has moved to the territory of "old Russia" and the Armed Forces of Ukraine have occupied part of its territory in the Kursk region. It seems that things are heading towards the "deal" that has become customary in recent years, which will be more like an unconditional surrender of the Russian Federation with inevitable consequences that Russia has not yet known in the previous thousand-year history. Why do I make such a tragic conclusion? The fact is that for the first time Russia has found itself in such severe international isolation and most countries of the world condemn it for the military conflict in Ukraine, demand an end to the war and the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Moreover, Russian Foreign Minister S. Lavrov, speaking at MGIMO on September 2, 2024, said that a coalition of about 50 countries has now been created, the main goal of which is to dismember Russia https://ria.ru/20240902/lavrov-1970052855.html?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop The sad thing is that even countries that we consider friendly also essentially take pro-Ukrainian positions and demand that Russia restore the territorial integrity of Ukraine. I mean China and India. As is known, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India N. Modi, at the invitation of President V.V. Putin, visited Moscow on July 8-9, 2024 on an official visit and took part in the XXII annual Russian-Indian summit. Following the visit, the "Joint Statement on the Results of the XXII Russian-Indian Annual Summit "Russia-India: A Strong and Expanding Partnership" was adopted. I drew attention to paragraph 74 of the Joint Statement: "The Parties emphasized the urgent need for a peaceful resolution of the conflict around Ukraine through dialogue and diplomacy, including the involvement of both sides. They noted with satisfaction the relevant proposals for mediation and "good offices" aimed at a PEACEFUL RESOLVEMENT OF THE CONFLICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ON THE BASIS OF THE UN CHARTER." http://kremlin.ru/supplement/6168 This paragraph indicates a fundamental change in the Kremlin's approach to the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict. The fact is that international law and the UN Charter consider the principle of TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY of all states, including Ukraine, to be the cornerstone of international relations. And the Russian President, having signed the Joint Statement, including the ill-fated point 74, for the first time agreed with the territorial integrity of Ukraine. And thus for the first time he questioned the Russian affiliation of Crimea, Donbass, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions. In addition, I was struck by the fact that the most important issue, namely the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, was put under number 74 at the very end of the Joint Statement, obviously in the hope that few would pay attention to it. Having achieved such an impressive diplomatic success in Moscow, on August 23, Prime Minister N. Modi arrived on an official visit to Kiev, where he held talks with President Zelensky and apparently informed him of the Kremlin's agreement with the territorial integrity of Ukraine. The Indian Prime Minister's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval was also present at these negotiations. On September 12, he urgently flew to Moscow on the instructions of N. Modi to inform V. Putin about the details of the negotiations between the head of the Indian government and President Zelensky that took place in Kiev. It seems that India is acting as a mediator in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in this situation. But I repeat, India advocates negotiations exclusively on the basis of international law and the UN Charter, i.e., first and foremost, for the territorial integrity of Ukraine. CONTINUED BELOW https://t.me/blackcolonel2020/1560 On July 9, President V. Putin signed the recognition of the priority of international law and the UN Charter in these negotiations. Will he agree to the practical implementation of these principles in the upcoming negotiations? https://t.me/blackcolonel2020/1561 |
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Posted: 9/14/2024 8:54:50 PM EST
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Miroslava Reginskaya/Mrs. Girkin
The translation seems messed up on that second sentence, so original Russian included below.  This is very difficult news for me. On the same day (edited here) were killed during the assault on the village of Lesovka - Dmitry Lysakovsky (Goodwin) and Sergey Gritsai (Ernest). It is very difficult to write about this, and not only because it is unbearably painful to lose friends forever. The circumstances of their deaths cause not only grief, but also anger, an absolute incomprehension of how this can happen. Goodwin commanded a UAV reconnaissance crew, he was a highly qualified professional. Ernest is an experienced military man, a real career officer. Both died in the assault. Not long ago, I talked with the guys in Donetsk, drank coffee, talked about life, about the war... Who knew that that meeting was the last. My husband, Igor Strelkov, had known Ernest for a long time. He spoke very well of him. He said that he was an honest, decent person. They met near Rostov, when Igor was recruiting people for the battalion. Ernest came to serve under his command, signed a contract. And continued to fight. Dmitry and Sergey were among those for whom honor and duty are above all else. They paid the highest price for loyalty to duty and their truth - life. And it is a tragedy for all of us that such people die, and especially that they die exactly like that. Eternal memory to the soldiers. We will not forget anything. Очень тяжелое для меня известие. В один день погибли при штурме населенного пункта Лесовка наши с Игорем друзья - Дмитрий Лысаковский (Гудвин) и Сергей Грицай (Эрнест). Очень сложно писать об этом, и не только потому, что навсегда терять друзей невыносимо больно. Обстоятельства их гибели вызывают не только скорбь, но и гнев, абсолютное непонимание, как такое может происходить. Гудвин командовал расчетом БПЛА-разведки, был профессионалом высочайшей квалификации. Эрнест - опытный военный, настоящий кадровый офицер. Оба погибли в штурме. Не так давно я общалась с ребятами в Донецке, пили кофе, говорили о жизни, о войне... Кто же знал, что та встреча была последней. Мой муж, Игорь Стрелков, давно знал Эрнеста. Очень хорошо о нем отзывался. Говорил - честный, порядочный человек. Познакомились они под Ростовым, когда Игорь набирал людей в батальон. Эрнест пришел служить именно под его командование, подписал контракт. И продолжил воевать. Дмитрий и Сергей были из тех, для кого честь и долг превыше всего. Они заплатили за верность долгу и свою правду самую высокую цену - жизнь. И это трагедия для всех нас, что подобные люди погибают, и особенно, что они погибают именно так. Вечная память воинам. Мы не забудем ничего. https://t.me/i_strelkov_2023/1270 Russian military are getting increasingly dissatisfied with their incompetent command. Drug dealing among the Russian soldiers flourishes, approved by their commanders. Phones are taken away from soldiers and they are forbidden to complain about their commanders. Those who disagree are sent on meat assaults and shot in the back. Yesterday, Russian "Z-channels" shared information that Russian commanders sent their "legendary drone operator" Lysakovskiy on a "meat assault" where he died. Dmitriy "Gudvin" Lysakovskiy has recently recorded a video where he blamed the regiment commander that he "intentionally and acting solely out of selfish motives" transferred him from long-range reconnaissance into assault, and also shared about the drug dealing in the regiment. Afterwards, "Gudvin" was sent on a "meat assault" which he did not survive. Reportedly, the video was published after his death. In 2014, Russian terrorist Lysakovskiy fought against Ukraine on Donbas and was commander of the "DPR" aerial reconnaissance. In 2015, he returned to Russia, spent a few years in prison and returned to the frontlines in 2022. More and more similar reports about the state of the Russian army are becoming public.
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