Time to Get Real About Ukraine

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  1. Giftedone

    Giftedone Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Makes little difference in the Bakhmut battle such as it is - in which a tank is just another piece of long range artillery .. as that is how the battle is being fought .. trench warfare - just at longer range than in previous wars .. don't see where the enemy is firing from. So tank just sits there and fires like every other piece of Artillery ... unfortunately Russia having a 10-1 artillery advantage .. the tanks not making much of a difference to this ratio.

    Regardless .. the tanks wont be showing up until after the war is mostly over .. so way much adeau about nothing.
     
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    Giftedone Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Do what Jack .. why do you continue to follow me around saying talking moronic unintelligible gibberish .. What is it that I do Jack .. and how does it matter to your Nazi Cheerleading fiasco - marching them green ukrainian teens into the meatgrinder . now dying at a rate many times that of your beloved autocracy - albeit not as collectivist as you would like .. perhaps explaining the partiality for the Azov Nazi.

    Why do you favor this child sacrifice .. of which there is no point because all the prayers to Molech will not put Crimea out of the hands Vlad. Straight from the Kremlin mate :cynic::cynic: Russia Russia Russia :cheerleader::cheerleader:
     
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    Obivously, it would need to be agreed to by all nuclear powers, making all of them into enforcers. That way no one would dare violate the prohibition because they would need to fear reprisal regardless of alliances.

    Anyway, it's a silly suggestion loosely based on The Day The Earth Stood Still. The bottom line is humanity should get beyond these squabbles and focus on promoting life rather than destroying it and advancing the human race as a whole.
     
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    You think the war will be over by fall? I mean, I know that Challenger 2 and Leopard 2 tanks are good, but I don't know if Ukraine will have the Muscovites licked quite that quick.

    I agree about Bakhmut, but the idea is to break through defenses and out-flank the opponent, not just turn the new tanks into more artillery.
     
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    We did when we allowed representatives we elected to trade them a mealy mouthed promise of some security for their freedom to own nukes.
    They gave up their nukes, and while I acknowledge the promise was worded in such a way as to make it evadable if we felt like it: I don't feel like it. I feel we have morally bound ourselves to their defense against Russian aggression since we made them cough up their nukes. Because I feel morally bound, I do not feel a need to attempt a legal evasion.
    You might feel differently. Vote so. Such is representative government.

    If it was the choice between my dick in my hand, and trying to figure out the repair manual, I think I'd prefer a weapon actually delivered which I have a chance of making work for me rather than thoughts and prayers.
     
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    No one I voted for said they would protect Ukraine at all cost. Congress hasn't declared a war against Russia. Do you feel morally responsible for all the mistakes the US has made that destroyed another country?
     
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    At all cost? Its barely costing us money at this point we're throwing them things we were spending money to keep mothballed ffs.

    And we're not at war with Russia chief. Lend lease ain't war. It passed muster in WW2 and it does today.

    Morally responsible for the US disarming the Ukies so Putler felt safe invading? As stated: YES.
     
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    Only a one world government could achieve such a pipe dream.
     
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    Isn't saving countless lives worth it though?
     
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    What do we need it for? To bail out some more corrupt bankers?
     
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    And through the dense fog a ray of light ! a worthy objective indeed is advancing the human race rather than destroying it.

    The term "war of aggression" comes to mind- Hans Blix recently stating how Baby Bush should be in front of the Hague.. echoed by CNN which was interesting if you are a fan of youtube.

    The first and only step towards above objective is for the leading nations to Practice what they preach ... US foreign policy has been exactly the reverse .. each time with mass propaganda-censorship campaigne .. and a full measure of doublespeak .. of which even the fattest of sheep was aware - at least after the fact.

    East Timor - Iran/Iraq war - El Salvador - Guatemala - Nicaragua - Yemen - Syria - Libya - Iraq 2 -

    War crimes/Crimes against Humanity --- Every single one .. and that was off the top of head and left out Afghanistan. From Rotten Ronnie through to Trump and including Biden .. and Hillary for that matter .. Bill comes along for his deads .. should all be serving life .. and the one's not alive should be dug up and pissed on .. then remains burned .. buried in-between Putin and Pol Pot.

    Was this doubleface do as we say -- not as we do foreign policy that led this mess .. egged on by NATO -- greed and self interest of the "Oligarchs" - running our foreign policy .. similar to the Russian Oligarchs in ways .. but far more sophisticated and powerful. Russia's economy is 1/30th that the USA ..

    Patzer Zelinski - the coach of the latest JV team - and we know that never ends well -- got numerous examples above how it ends.. talk about "Promoting life rather than destroying it" .. arming and Supporting Death Squad Dictators and other Terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and Spawn .. teamed up with Brother El Saud.

    Whats wrong with the vision mate .. been around this long .. never saw nutting like Shultz on Hogan's Hero's .. Never saw what happening on the geopolitical chessboard ?
     
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    Norway says it has sent eight Leopard tanks to Ukraine


    Eight German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks which Norway pledged to Ukraine have now been received by Kyiv, the Norwegian armed forces has announced.

    Footage released by the Norwegian military on Wednesday (March 22) showed a Leopard 2A4 tank being transported by road to an undisclosed location on an undisclosed date, before being loaded onto an Antonov transport plane along with munitions and an armoured support vehicle.

    The tanks were promised in late January, along with four special purpose tanks from its armoured engineering and bridge layer category, based on what Ukraine said it needed the most.

    The Norwegian armed forces announced on its website on Monday (March 20) that the eight Leopard 2 tanks had been received, and the delivery was also confirmed to Reuters by email.

    Kyiv has secured from several of its Western allies pledges to send modern battlefield tanks to help fend off Russia's invasion as Moscow steps up its efforts to make advances in eastern Ukraine.

    Other NATO countries, including Germany, Poland and Portugal said they would deliver a total of 48 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

    Norway, which shares a border with Russia in the Arctic, had 36 Leopard 2 tanks in total.​

    Just some nice raw footage.
     
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    I merely call out falsehoods and false pretenses.
     
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    Stupid response.
     
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    Not Stopping Russia in Ukraine Would Force 'Doubling' of US Defense Budget, Milley Says
     
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    Russia's War in Ukraine Has 'Severely Dislocated the Russian Military’s Training System'

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    Ukraine-Russia latest: Zelenskyy pledges response to deadly raids
     
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    So you joined the army during nam and didn't ship out?

    Rear echelon says what?
     
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    What an assclown that milley character. The MIC have their hands so far up his butt, they move his lips. He should perp walked for lying to Congress...yet again.
     
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    No, he's right, of course. The more we appease Putler, the worse the security situation becomes for NATO.
     
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    We lost the war in Vietnam yet the commies didn't invade our shores. The BS is being fed to Americans about the Russians. You should learn from history.
     
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    No one is appeasing Putin, the US is escalating the war with him and that is what is putting NATO in a dangerous situation.
     
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    Nah we've had no problems with Chinese communists and China doesn't present the greatest threat to our sovereignty in the modern era and China didn't 1) fully participate in Vietnam arming and aiding the VC and 2) directly benefit from having a 'little brother' next door.
    Its not like ****ing off from 'nam didn't embolden them, heaven's no that didn't happen. Perish the thought.

    Listen to yourself ffs.
     
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    The US let China into the US.
     
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    Indeed, and its attitudes like yours that do it. You do not let land grabs against a sovereign nation you've disarmed stand. Not if you ever want anyone else to make a deal with you ever again.
     
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    I don't make policy for the US regarding China.
     
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