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jackass
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Location: Burien Joined: Sun Sep 22, 2013 Posts: 5878
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https://gab.com/Matt_Bracken/posts/108334653376099917As Macgregor notes, Russia was always going to strategically win a war in eastern Ukraine for the same reason the United States would win a war in Mexico. The scale of a determined military capability eventually wins, even with a strong resistance, specifically because: (a) Ukraine is connected to a common border with Russia, and (b) the citizens in the eastern part of the country are aligned with Russia. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/bl ... e-advance/Macgregor also identifies the financial motive for the government of Sweden to join NATO, even though the Swedish citizens would likely not support the effort if put to a referendum. The segment with Macgregor starts at 04:00 https://rumble.com/v15cydz-real-america ... r-cea.htmlAdded:
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Sat May 21, 2022 5:57 am |
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movingviolation
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jackass wrote: movingviolation wrote: taking lots of left behind weaponry and using it against the Ukrainian forces. Well we've pushed billions of dollars of weapons, and accounting for cuts to the big guy and his little brothers and sisters, it's still a lot. Hell, we left over $80 billion dollars worth of gear on Afghanistan. I would think these weapons left behind and lost would gravitate towards bad guys, you know, if they were not of questionable character to begin with. I'm sure those Chechen alohasnackbarlovers "freedom fighters" will have a few truckloads of bringbacks
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Sat May 21, 2022 10:59 am |
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jackass
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Part of my opposition to our support of the war in Ukraine is the corruption of the Ukrainian government, but it would not be so bad except for its willful neglect of its own soldiers, especially in time of death. Part of the US problem when we got into Afghanistan was the initial losses of Afghan soldiers. Despite the initial pay of $50/month, if you were killed, the family got zero support. Oftentimes the soldiers, to include US soldiers would take up a collection to pay the family upon loss. Later, there was a more comprehensive system to collect family and next of kin information in case of loss, in addition to a death benefit. But the death benefit in time of conflict was sacred, no shenanigans should take place in time of great personal loss. https://gab.com/Matt_Bracken/posts/108345361799952476The former positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the LPR are littered with the corpses of Ukrainian soldiers. They are not taken away on purpose, by order of the military-political leadership of Ukraine, so as not to show losses and not to pay money to their families. Without corpses, they will be considered missing, and for such payments are not due."
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Sun May 22, 2022 6:26 am |
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hkhnm
Location: King County Joined: Thu Feb 3, 2022 Posts: 697
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If they are former positions it would seem that the Ukrainians do not have the ability to take them away? It would surprise me if the Russians would allow them to.
I suspect the videos of corpses and the associated narrative are coming from the Russian side to try and demoralize the Ukrainians.
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Sun May 22, 2022 10:51 am |
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jackass
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Location: Burien Joined: Sun Sep 22, 2013 Posts: 5878
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After watching one of JR Nyquist's interviews, maybe NATO is pressing so hard and not backing down, is that Russia thought they would sweep Ukraine in a week and did not want Russia to go to Europe next, unlike previous Soviet advances in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary etc. It could have been a coordinated effort between Russia first, then China next in a larger war. Russia certainly has a stranglehold over many in food and energy. I think that Europe (and the US) should have never been so dependent on former enemies. https://gab.com/Michael_Yon/posts/108348955487417140Just 90 days ago, Ukraine was a global breadbasket. Today, despite massive international assistance, Ukraine cannot hide that its army and people are being shredded and a breadbasket is facing Holodomor II. Millions of Ukrainians have fled.
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Mon May 23, 2022 6:32 am |
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WitchyWoman
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movingviolation wrote: jackass wrote: movingviolation wrote: taking lots of left behind weaponry and using it against the Ukrainian forces. Well we've pushed billions of dollars of weapons, and accounting for cuts to the big guy and his little brothers and sisters, it's still a lot. Hell, we left over $80 billion dollars worth of gear on Afghanistan. I would think these weapons left behind and lost would gravitate towards bad guys, you know, if they were not of questionable character to begin with. I'm sure those Chechen alohasnackbarlovers " Terrorists" will have a few truckloads of bringbacks Fixed it for ya. The ones fighting for Putin at least. Just my opinion.
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Mon May 23, 2022 6:48 am |
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Gman
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Location: Unincorporated Rural Pierce County Joined: Mon Feb 24, 2020 Posts: 1804
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jackass wrote: Part of my opposition to our support of the war in Ukraine is the corruption of the Ukrainian government, but it would not be so bad except for its willful neglect of its own soldiers, especially in time of death. Part of the US problem when we got into Afghanistan was the initial losses of Afghan soldiers. Despite the initial pay of $50/month, if you were killed, the family got zero support. Oftentimes the soldiers, to include US soldiers would take up a collection to pay the family upon loss. Later, there was a more comprehensive system to collect family and next of kin information in case of loss, in addition to a death benefit. But the death benefit in time of conflict was sacred, no shenanigans should take place in time of great personal loss. https://gab.com/Matt_Bracken/posts/108345361799952476The former positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the LPR are littered with the corpses of Ukrainian soldiers. They are not taken away on purpose, by order of the military-political leadership of Ukraine, so as not to show losses and not to pay money to their families. Without corpses, they will be considered missing, and for such payments are not due." I hear it's the other way around. Russia isn't claiming their dead because they'd have to admit how poorly their invasion has gone. Ukraine has reached out to the International Committee of the Red Cross for help as they've run out of places to store the bodies. Russian families have no idea where their conscript/contract family members are and aren't getting answers. Ukraine is using facial recognition software to track down families of dead Russians via social media and contacting them directly.
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Mon May 23, 2022 7:19 am |
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hkhnm
Location: King County Joined: Thu Feb 3, 2022 Posts: 697
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jackass wrote: ...
I think that Europe (and the US) should have never been so dependent on former enemies. .. This is the real problem. We spent the last 40 years optimizing our supply chains for efficiency and lowest cost, and forgot about security. There should be some tenet around certain goods only being sourced from military allies.
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Mon May 23, 2022 9:48 am |
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Gman
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Location: Unincorporated Rural Pierce County Joined: Mon Feb 24, 2020 Posts: 1804
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Yep. We need to have a strategic plan that keeps fundamental and necessary infrastructure and production within our own borders. That includes energy production. During the cold war we kept our eye on strategic resources. We dropped our guard and got a wakeup call. Will we hit the snooze button and roll-over or actually do the right thing?
Can't depend on a global supply chain during a pandemic or conflict.
_________________ Liberals never met a slippery slope they didn't grease.
I wish technology solved people issues. It seems to just reveal them.
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Mon May 23, 2022 10:13 am |
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WitchyWoman
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Do not elect me. I'd instantly seize every asset China had in our country and kill all imports from them. Us customs has not done squat, for decades China has been criminally cloning tons of American products that are inferior and importing them. Amazon, Walmart, and others peddle them. US customs does nothing. It's time to play hardball and cut them off 100% Next I'd declare our border a DMZ and give orders to shoot everything trying to come across and start laying mine fields. That would end the insurgency fast and I could care less what the bleeding hearts said.
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Mon May 23, 2022 10:18 am |
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jackass
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https://odysee.com/@theduran:e/ukraine- ... bles-has:dUkraine update & Wheat for Rubles has collective west in panic mode I don't see how the West did not anticipate these outcomes, unless the Russian movement west (Ukraine) was an intentional first step in a global war that the west eventually could not avoid. Europe will need fuel in the winter and food to eat, much of it comes from Russia. So far, it does not appear arrangements will be made to do so. Europe will need fuel for its industries to employ its citizens and maybe execute defensive operations against Russia. Nonetheless, if Europe was not so dependent on Russia for food and energy, they might not be in such a mess. Maybe that's why Trump fought so hard against Nordstream 2. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50875935
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Tue May 24, 2022 6:29 am |
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WitchyWoman
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Here ya go...boommm. WARNING-watch from home if you are worried about viewing it from work. https://www.kaotic.com/video/e5bb7327_20220502074741_tLooks like repurposed mortar rounds.
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Tue May 24, 2022 9:21 am |
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jackass
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Location: Burien Joined: Sun Sep 22, 2013 Posts: 5878
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BE CAREFUL, NOT SAFE FOR WORK! Luckily I had a non-work computer. Had a porno pop-up, and if you don't get those, the thumbs on the bottom are porno, so I don't think your work may allow.
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Tue May 24, 2022 9:25 am |
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WitchyWoman
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jackass wrote: BE CAREFUL, NOT SAFE FOR WORK! Luckily I had a non-work computer. Had a porno pop-up, and if you don't get those, the thumbs on the bottom are porno, so I don't think your work may allow. Sorry about that. I run a lot of blockers so I seldom see bad ads. Watch it after work.
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Tue May 24, 2022 9:40 am |
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jackass
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Location: Burien Joined: Sun Sep 22, 2013 Posts: 5878
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That'll cost you one WaGuns infraction, remember to report to MadPick on a non-work day for either Kitchen Patrol, painting rocks, mowing his yard, or picking up drug needles along I-5. </sarcasm>
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Tue May 24, 2022 10:01 am |
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