This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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“Convoys of foreign weapons, which are thoughtlessly supplied to Ukraine, will be legitimate targets for the Russian Armed Forces.”
I guess it is a good thing we are providing them thoughtfully then.
F*ck Putin.
Going to be a crisis in Russia when this is all done. Got to feel for the innocent affected in all of this.
If there is one thing that I don't trust, its zee Germans. Call my bluff at the end of the year.
Actually Pence was excellent. His demeanor was always spot on, and he spoke in a way you'd want someone in a position of power to. Like a younger Joe Biden.
Kamala is probably better compared to Trump than Pence in the sense that whenever they start talking, you just hope they stop soon.
Let me get this straight, Putin is begging Syrians to come to fight.....yet his forces bomb a Mosque this morning.....
Yep, Sounds sane.
Yep, Sounds sane.
Lol. They are such big talkers. I mean duh. Of course they are. Stop weapons coming in from the west if you can, **** faces. But you can’t because you are getting your ass kicked N S and E.
when we get to page #300, I expect a moral painting of Putin getting f'd by a bear, donkey, animal of @Moral 's choice
Not exactly a unique thought but this is a watershed/tipping point moment in history. I paid more to fill up my car than ever before today and I liked it.* So I believe it.
*being a billionaire of HROT, I do understand high gas prices hurt non-billionaires.
What’s wrong with more than one animal with more than one orifice?
Just down the road in ankeny. Once it warms up, there will always be a cold Busch Latte for you by the pool (actually serious).I'm a HROT poor. Can you give me some rubles
I'll take you up on that.
Torbee still has a bet to own up to. He'll say he doesn't but he does. I don't even remember terms, but it was me and someone else from central IA. He was going to be our "Mule".
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National symbols of Ukraine
Given their national symbols I am curious what @Moral can do with:
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Sviatoslav the brave
Keep this thread lively. Obviously I couldn't sleep in anticipation of game at noon. I'm heading to Caseys to get slice of breakfast pizza and a large mountain dew. Got to keep strict diabetes diet.
Surprise me when I get back.
Surprise me when I get back.
It was me. I think it was iowa was going to win its last 5 games last year or something. If he brings the Illinois goods, I will supply the grilled food by the pool.
I thought it was you. Wasn't sure. Most times I make bets with people they hedge. So I tend to forget.
I had a bet this year with a friend in Ankeny that he has to buy me a nice dinner....we'll see if he ponies up.
Illinois goods plus food plus pool = dude abides
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Drake vs Iowa - Who Wins
Ok. Hypothetical if the game was played today on a neutral court. Drake (Currently 15-0) Iowa (Currently 12-4)
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Casey’s breakfast pizza = good stuff.
Go Hawks.
Russia is evil. Ukraine is good.
Good triumphs over evil.
With all of these high ranking officers being killed I wonder if the US/Others are providing some superior high level intelligence to the Ukrainians? Or, is the practice for Russian officers to be up front? I guess past performance in Afghanistan would give some confirmation if that data exists.
Totally US guerilla fighting tactics. Ever watch “The Patriot” with Mel Gibson?
Maybe this has been posted, but this Russian pilot, Maxim Kristoph, who was shot down and admits he targeted civilian areas… I’m no Russian lover, but using individuals for videos seems like it would be against the Geneva Convention. The answers seem scripted.
His responses seem unbelievable. He wasn’t told he was targeting civilian areas initially? Don’t they do all kinds of flight planning? How could he not know the difference between something like a hospital and a communications hub, or factory?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...as-ordered-to-hit-civilian-targets/ar-AAUW8cp
His responses seem unbelievable. He wasn’t told he was targeting civilian areas initially? Don’t they do all kinds of flight planning? How could he not know the difference between something like a hospital and a communications hub, or factory?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...as-ordered-to-hit-civilian-targets/ar-AAUW8cp
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Preparing for Defeat
I’m writing this from Skopje, North Macedonia, where I’ve been for the last week teaching one of our Leadership Academy for Development courses.
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Thread hijack over after this but here…
Drake vs Iowa - Who Wins
Ok. Hypothetical if the game was played today on a neutral court. Drake (Currently 15-0) Iowa (Currently 12-4)
Nice research. Yeah, @torbee totally owes some central Iowans. Reading that thread again makes me know that I have early on-set dementia. I can remember things to a dime 20 years ago what happened, but 1 year ago, smh.
Own up torbee. If I had lost, it would have been one hell of a bill at Rubes Steakhouse. But I would have done it. Although, things could been worse with others wanting to get involved with BJ's.
I wish I could give some Caseys breakfast pizza to about 2 million Ukrainian and foreign fighters right now. That and some hot coffee or hot chocolate,.
@Nat AIgren @Clownhater @Warrior Poet31 suck on this:Stanford University researcher
Preparing for Defeat
I’m writing this from Skopje, North Macedonia, where I’ve been for the last week teaching one of our Leadership Academy for Development courses.
I’m writing this from Skopje, North Macedonia, where I’ve been for the last week teaching one of our Leadership Academy for Development courses. Following the Ukraine war is no different here in terms of available information, except that I’m in an adjacent time zone, and the fact that there is more support for Putin in the Balkans than in other parts of Europe. A lot of the latter is due to Serbia, and Serbia's hosting of Sputnik.
I’ll stick my neck out and make several prognostications:
- Russia is heading for an outright defeat in Ukraine. Russian planning was incompetent, based on a flawed assumption that Ukrainians were favorable to Russia and that their military would collapse immediately following an invasion. Russian soldiers were evidently carrying dress uniforms for their victory parade in Kyiv rather than extra ammo and rations. Putin at this point has committed the bulk of his entire military to this operation—there are no vast reserves of forces he can call up to add to the battle. Russian troops are stuck outside various Ukrainian cities where they face huge supply problems and constant Ukrainian attacks.
- The collapse of their position could be sudden and catastrophic, rather than happening slowly through a war of attrition. The army in the field will reach a point where it can neither be supplied nor withdrawn, and morale will vaporize. This is at least true in the north; the Russians are doing better in the south, but those positions would be hard to maintain if the north collapses.
- There is no diplomatic solution to the war possible prior to this happening. There is no conceivable compromise that would be acceptable to both Russia and Ukraine given the losses they have taken at this point.
- The United Nations Security Council has proven once again to be useless. The only helpful thing was the General Assembly vote, which helps to identify the world’s bad or prevaricating actors.
- The Biden administration’s decisions not to declare a no-fly zone or help transfer Polish MiGs were both good ones; they've kept their heads during a very emotional time. It is much better to have the Ukrainians defeat the Russians on their own, depriving Moscow of the excuse that NATO attacked them, as well as avoiding all the obvious escalatory possibilities. The Polish MiGs in particular would not add much to Ukrainian capabilities. Much more important is a continuing supply of Javelins, Stingers, TB2s, medical supplies, comms equipment, and intel sharing. I assume that Ukrainian forces are already being vectored by NATO intelligence operating from outside Ukraine.
- The cost that Ukraine is paying is enormous, of course. But the greatest damage is being done by rockets and artillery, which neither MiGs nor a no-fly zone can do much about. The only thing that will stop the slaughter is defeat of the Russian army on the ground.
- Putin will not survive the defeat of his army. He gets support because he is perceived to be a strongman; what does he have to offer once he demonstrates incompetence and is stripped of his coercive power?
- The invasion has already done huge damage to populists all over the world, who prior to the attack uniformly expressed sympathy for Putin. That includes Matteo Salvini, Jair Bolsonaro, Éric Zemmour, Marine Le Pen, Viktor Orbán, and of course Donald Trump. The politics of the war has exposed their openly authoritarian leanings.
- The war to this point has been a good lesson for China. Like Russia, China has built up seemingly high-tech military forces in the past decade, but they have no combat experience. The miserable performance of the Russian air force would likely be replicated by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, which similarly has no experience managing complex air operations. We may hope that the Chinese leadership will not delude itself as to its own capabilities the way the Russians did when contemplating a future move against Taiwan.
- Hopefully Taiwan itself will wake up as to the need to prepare to fight as the Ukrainians have done, and restore conscription. Let’s not be prematurely defeatist.
- Turkish drones will become bestsellers.
- A Russian defeat will make possible a “new birth of freedom,” and get us out of our funk about the declining state of global democracy. The spirit of 1989 will live on, thanks to a bunch of brave Ukrainians.
Don't bring those jackwagons into this thread. There are already plenty where they can fellate Putin.
