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If it was other posters I would agree. But that asshole has been a Putin apologist for years. His posting style suggests Russian troll - albeit a more refined troll than Nat.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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From anyone else here, yes. With Natty Light, it was a passive aggressive jibe he can hide behind as just a joke while making what appears to be his 1,869th pro russia / anti American sentiment
Wow great minds think alike!
Was thinking about same thing. I think Putin has a real bad problem due to two things:
1) Russia has been westernized over last 30 years and like their western stuff
B) It’s not 1983 - the ability for population to get information by the internet and spread through phones is going to be a challenge. I am sure we have plans to get the story out.
So as he tells everyone that everything is fine, we are on the right side, they are watching the whole world shut their doors to them and slowly getting info spreading he is full of shit. They have to know by now he is not being truthful as the economy tumbles and all non Russian products and stores get turned off.
I guess I never really noticed him over the years, or even in this thread, although I tend to gloss over non-substantive posts in this thread. I guess I am not sure as to whether that makes him a good troll or a bad one…
There is an effort to encourage people to go to Google maps, find restaurants in Russia and other businesses and post war news to business reviews.
While I agree with these points one concern I have is that a lot of the people that don't buy into the propaganda are fleeing Russia.
Foreign fighters are now in Ukraine.
www.militarytimes.com
Foreign fighters now on battlefield helping battle Russia: Ukraine
The International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine is now operational, Ukraine officials tell Military Times.
www.militarytimes.com
That ended a week ago
Google and TripAdvisor disable restaurant reviews in Russia after they were flooded with protests against the Ukraine invasion
"Your government is lying to you about conflict in Ukraine," one Google review for a Moscow café read, as reported by CNET.
"Pentagon spokesman John Kirby urged Americans to stay home.Foreign fighters are now in Ukraine.
Foreign fighters now on battlefield helping battle Russia: Ukraine
The International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine is now operational, Ukraine officials tell Military Times.
“I don’t have an estimate of Americans who might want to be volunteering to go there,” he said. “I would say what I said last week, if you’re an American and you want to do right by Ukraine, the best thing you can do is find a way to donate to so many agencies that are trying to deal with what is now clearly a humanitarian crisis in the region, and certainly there in Ukraine. We still do not believe that Ukraine is a safe place for Americans to go. We urge them not to go and if any are still there, we urge them to leave.”
Hope this is just plausible deniability of the volunteers' actions and not the US being faint hearted.
I think more just wanting to avoid a bunch of cosplay gravy seals types to go over there just to die quickly. They need real ex soldiers, not hero wannabes.
Hopefully not in the backseat/trunk of that car.Where are anti-tank missiles when you need them???
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(I would think the multiple assassination attempts of Ukraine’s President and the hysterical racist rant by Vlad the day before the start of the war about wanting to crush the Ukrainian identity were clear it was about overthrowing the government)
(I would think the multiple assassination attempts of Ukraine’s President and the hysterical racist rant by Vlad the day before the start of the war about wanting to crush the Ukrainian identity were clear it was about overthrowing the government)
Trip Advisor blows. If some fatty can one star a Cheddars because they didn’t get enough ranch dressing, I should be able to tank the reviews of places in Moscow.That ended a week ago
Google and TripAdvisor disable restaurant reviews in Russia after they were flooded with protests against the Ukraine invasion
"Your government is lying to you about conflict in Ukraine," one Google review for a Moscow café read, as reported by CNET.finance.yahoo.com
Looks like the Russian warship that Snake Island personnel told to f&ck itself has been destroyed.
www.yahoo.com
A Russian warship that attacked Snake Island where Ukrainian soldiers cursed out invaders has reportedly been destroyed
Military sources told The Times UK that Vasily Bykov was one of one of two ships that attacked Ukraine's Snake Island last month.
Heard a story this am on NPR...I'll look for the link...about how the Civil War was fought economically as well as militarily. The connection between Russia and the Confederacy was interesting and boiled down to how they viewed the importance of their resources. Senator James Hammond from SC spoke on the floor of the US Senate on March 4, 1858:
“Without firing a gun, without drawing a sword, should they make war on us we could bring the whole world to our feet […] What would happen if no cotton was furnished for three years? I will not stop to depict what everyone can imagine, but this is certain: England would topple headlong and carry the whole civilized world with her, save the South. No, you dare not make war on cotton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is king.”
The South produced 3/4 of the world's cotton and textiles WERE the driver of the Industrial Revolution at the time. Putin thought his oil and gas gave him the same leverage. He thought he could annex Ukraine with little opposition (wrong on that count as well) and that the rest of the world - particularly Europe - would stand by and do nothng. Even if the US imposed sanctions, they would have little effect with no European buy-in.
Both Putin and Hammond f'ed up.
Found it: In Roger Lowenstein's new book Ways and Means, he investigates the financial forces that kept the Union and Confederate fighting forces funded during the Civil War.
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Normally I agree, but here someone who xann pull a trigger is better than nothing
I promised @SSG T that I wouldn’t post any more grizzly imagery in this thread, but there’s video out there of Ukrainians coming upon this car after it was attacked. The driver and passenger (obviously dead) appear to be a married couple in their 80’s, and a handicapped parking tag hangs from the rear view mirror. This was totally unprovoked, the people inside posed zero threat, and it’s 100% a war crime.
“We didn’t know why we were here” my ass.
Man, that’s sad. I wondered why they didn’t turn around quickly. Makes sense that a couple in their 80s would just stop thinking nobody could possibly consider them a threat. And not having the quickest reflexes.
Posted earlier that this was an elderly couple who were completely caught off guard and killed immediately, then incinerated.Where are anti-tank missiles when you need them???
They were shot well before you could see the tanks; literally just after the vehicle came to a stop
Not really any time for an 80 yr old to make the assessment...
They’re sporting the Soviet flag now.
No more withdrawals in foreign currency.
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Look at those bad asses on patrol for kindergartens and elderly couples in cars to light up.
Commander of the 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Guards. He dead.
Putin must be too dumb to understand the resolve of the American people to band together against a common enemy when we have one. Sure it isn't 100%, but getting 2/3 or 3/4 of this country to agree on something, like the sanctions against Russia, is pretty amazing.
History will look back at this as yet another case of the world not doing anything despite all the evidence.
Feels like in addition to supply lines they are snipping / droning the commanders whipping the conscripts to kill people many of them don’t want to fight. It’s a strategy that could lead to mass surrenders in the days to come.
Too thick to catch sarcasm even with Good Morning Vietnam clip included.Kremlin propaganda
You’re hopeless.
Reds under your bed, no doubt.
This is a pretty awesome system. Basically lightweight and mobile SAM system. Three “warheads” per missile. Much higher range than stingers.
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