I was hoping it was Russia reporting that "Putin fell out a window by accident" while I was sleeping.
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I was hoping it was Russia reporting that "Putin fell out a window by accident" while I was sleeping.
Nothing happened AFAIK, and believing the EU would even want to absorb Russia is less likely than Putin declare war on France.
We already know a significant portion of them are barely trained at all
Truss has a reputation in the UK as a bit thick.
This is perfectly on form.
Nothing, this is nothing but weird LARPing out of pretty much nowhere.
Their military uses many of the same vehicles and surely can get outside help eventually on how to operate. Getting proper parts if it was sabotaged before abandoning it will be another matter along with the missiles
Lot of this will just be paper weights
legit or a false flag operation by russia to legitimize their bombing campaign?
This is beautiful to see. I think we're very lucky to be living in an age where pretty much everything is recorded and disseminated instantly. Who knows what would happen to groups of civilians like this back in the day.
Yeah, I can't believe she is seriously considered a serious option for the Tory leadership.
The Gulf War in 1990 when Iraq invaded Kuwait for basically no reason. Iraq had just finished fighting a decade long war against Iran which left them with the 4th largest military in the world and a mountain of debt. Kuwait was a wealthy neighbour that sold a lot of oil while also holding a good chunk of Iraqi debt.
No money, huge army, rich neighbour...you see where it went.
Afghanistan and Iraq 2003 were ultimately futile, but I think the work being done and the idealistic goals were "worthy" on paper. Iraq 100% shouldn't have happened, but it did have the potential to turn out okay if the government rebuilding hadn't been botched.
Why would it be a false flag? Pretty dumb considering they have an enormous army in Ukraine right now.
Well, the US's involvement in the Middle East certainly didn't help anyone after 20 years.
Are we retconning WW2 now?
Oh, does it finally? Good for Dassault I guess.
Oh, I knew they were doing their next tanks together, good to know it's also for jets. That'll be a decade out though right?
the intel keeps saying to watch out for false flag attacks to "justify" further force from putin. obviously taken with a grain of salt; but a lot of the intel has been spectacularly accurate this time around
Norway has been using customized German subs for over a hundred years - more or less since military submarines were a thing. This would just be a continuation of a longstanding relationship.
I get the sentiment but him being gone could make things even worse. It would be more chaotic at the very least.
The Gulf War in 1990 when Iraq invaded Kuwait for basically no reason. Iraq had just finished fighting a decade long war against Iran which left them with the 4th largest military in the world and a mountain of debt. Kuwait was a wealthy neighbour that sold a lot of oil while also holding a good chunk of Iraqi debt.
No money, huge army, rich neighbour...you see where it went.
Afghanistan and Iraq 2003 were ultimately futile, but I think the work being done and the idealistic goals were "worthy" on paper. Iraq 100% shouldn't have happened, but it did have the potential to turn out okay if the government rebuilding hadn't been botched.
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Sheesh we've boomeranged into defending Iraq and Afghanistan, let's not. That's like saying Russias goals in invading to save Donbass from Ukrainian terrorists are "worthy" on paper. Both are awful, and predicated on lies and falsehoods. Neither should be defended.
No money, huge army, rich neighbour...you see where it went.
Afghanistan and Iraq 2003 were ultimately futile, but I think the work being done and the idealistic goals were "worthy" on paper. Iraq 100% shouldn't have happened, but it did have the potential to turn out okay if the government rebuilding hadn't been botched.
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Sheesh we've boomeranged into defending Iraq and Afghanistan, let's not. That's like saying Russias goals in invading to save Donbass from Ukrainian terrorists are "worthy" on paper. Both are awful, and predicated on lies and falsehoods. Neither should be defended.
Without nukes the NATO should definitely fight Russia soldiers to stop the madness of them killing innocent people. We got 3,5 million soldiers total in the NATO. Putin got not even a million active soldiers. In ukraine only a fraction is active and I'd imagine most monsters in the ukraine would run instead of fighting a army better trained and with significantly more ressources available. Wouldn't be a long war and it would be more about stopping the war and not invading Russia.
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because its an aggression that occurred inside Russian territory, pretty different from Ukraine repelling invaders on its soil. russia misinformation is about to go into overdrive, hence my question.
If they were going to try to make Ukraine look bad it'd be by targeting their own civilians. Nobody is going to think hitting Russian military bases is out of bounds.
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I've thought about this a lot lately and my conclusion is that they are and they should rightfully be punished along with the ruling class through the sanctions.
Normal citizens are those committing massacres in Putin's army.
Normal citizens are those who uphold his regime by working in his corrupted law enforcement.
Normal citizens are the fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, cousins of those who are pillars of the Putin regime and have not convinced their family to seek a different path.
They had 20 years of possible passive action they could have done to slowly erode Putin's regime, but they did not. They chose to be cogs in the wheel the whole time and/or did not raise or educate they families to avoid supporting their tyrant. As such I can't be bothered to be sorry for them. Inaction is the same as support.
I've been trying to read back since I woke up, but what happened
Have they been able to resupply fuel, or are they running dry like all the other attempts?
Yeah, Russia is far beyond the need for "false flags". Nothing they do is going to convince the world that they're in the right, and they just make shit up for internal consumption.
One of the more surprising aspects of this has been just how closely Russia is sticking to the Soviet playbook in all of this. Gaslight their people, shrug off sanctions, daily nuclear threats…that would have worked back in the USSR days, but there's a pretty big difference now. Back then, the party held the reigns of power, not one man (I'm talking post-Stalin). The problem is, a lot of the soft power Russia now has is in the hands of the oligarchy, owners of businesses that depend on trade with the west.
I think this comes down to Putin biting the hand that has fed him, and eventually it will catch up to him. Hopefully sooner, rather than later.
Without nukes NATO forces would already knock on the doors of the Kremlin.
Without nukes NATO would basically ignore Russia. There is no desire to invade Russia, it's a dumb idea. Better to leave them alone.
Who would you see as having the desire and political capital to continue on with the invasion should Putin drop dead? The cracks have formed among some of the old guard around these actions even with Putin himself. Wondering who you think would rise to power and make the situation worse, keeping in mind where we're at and looking ahead to, over there just being internal instability that would detract from and flounder the invasion itself.
the situation got out of control for him. The plan was to blitz the capital and replace the government, thats the reason why russian forces looked so inept so far. Resistance was much heavier than expected and they followed a plan that couldnt work. Now they will probably switch gears to proper war with bombings and mass casualties. Putin is not known for deescalation, he is more likely to double down than give up when pushed into a corner.
if there is a choice, a prisoner is always better than a martyr. Its nice to have someone to prosecute and pin the blame on.
No one would buy that especially with the 40 mile long armor column thing.
The U.S. has been very adept at releasing classified intel during this to get in front of any false flag operations they might be planning. The Russian government's computers systems have probably been hacked for awhile.
They just make shit up, they don't need to actually blow something up. They already invented a fictional genocide without bothering to produce a single piece of fake evidence for to justify the invasion.
RT:
The Russian government is launching the "Explain.rf" website, where only verified and reliable information will be published, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said in a video message.
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The Russian government is launching the "Explain.rf" website, where only verified and reliable information will be published, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said in a video message.
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I don't know how reasonable a point of view this is. Do you hold citizens of other countries whose governments are involved in illegal wars to the same standards? You have to remember the government have a very tight control of the media and narrative in Russia.