He knows they’re not going to use that militaryFrance has the largest military in Europe and is a nuclear power. They’d best listen.
He knows they’re not going to use that militaryFrance has the largest military in Europe and is a nuclear power. They’d best listen.
This reminds me of one of the smartest things I have ever read on Hrot.@Whiskeydeltadeltatango
Good example of training level of Russian forces, even elite.
Captured AK-12 with 1P87 RDS. But the sight mounted backwards.
Hey, I think it was me that said that wasn’t it!?This reminds me of one of the smartest things I have ever read on Hrot.
"If you are ever considering murder suicide, start with the suicide".
I don't know. It was in a thread I posted about the guy who walked in on his wife in bed with another woman. I belive the wife was like the president of F1 or some shit.Hey, I think it was me that said that wasn’t it!?
Wow, Putin has ESP!? No wonder everyone’s so scared of him.He knows they’re not going to use that military
As Ukraine has innocent kids and women getting killed.Looks to me like the West is doing just fine and Putin is the one with the problem.
Tell us your plan.As Ukraine has innocent kids and women getting killed.
Guess it’s all ok if the west is fine.
I get what you have said several times. However, Russian society has radically changed the last 30’years. Older people and rural people can be more easily swayed. The young with mobility are leaving. People got used to having stuff. As supplies draw down the sanctions will bite harder and deeper.While I think it will be a little slower than you think from here on out, the bigger question remains, "to what end?" Sanctions are not an end in themselves - that's a bit of a western/american mindset. Usually, the point of sanctions is to (i) create popular suffering so as to undermine domestic political support, resulting in regime change, (ii) create popular suffering so as to undermine domestic political support resulting in policy change, or (iii) to erode the capacity to make war (eg, by limiting raw materials, etc.).
My point is that the Russian system is not going to have a problem handling either (i) or (ii), since popular support (or even oligarchical support) is not the underpinning of the regime or policy. That leaves us with (iii), which will occur, but in a command/authoritarian economy, unfortunately slower than we might hope.
I support it. Russia’s central banker is easily the least attractive Elvira I’ve ever seen.
They aren’t making decisions for us now. They are performance artists. They perform every day and night on far right media and Twitter. They grift endlessly.The democrats probably have a couple that aren't very bright but nobody can touch the bottom feeders of the Republican party in Congress - Greene, Boebert, Cawthorn in particular. Just beyond idiotic. No business whatsoever making decisions for the rest of the American populace.
That necklace thoughI support it. Russia’s central banker is easily the least attractive Elvira I’ve ever seen.
Belarus is not a serious threat and they would be stupid to try. Plus the rail lines to Ukraine are cut. Lukaschenko has his hands full staying in power as it is.
AK12s are the new kids on the block too. They don’t just hand those out to conscripts like they do the old 74s.@Whiskeydeltadeltatango
Good example of training level of Russian forces, even elite.
Captured AK-12 with 1P87 RDS. But the sight mounted backwards.
This makes perfect sense when we see video of some of the tank attacks and how close it seems the Ukrainians appear to be. Doesn't look like there's anything preventing closer contact.The problem isn't the tanks, the problem is how they are being employed and the (lack of) ground support they receive. Sending tanks into battle by themselves is insane. This is why the US always employs them as part of a Combined Arms element. This doesn't mean there is infantry a few feet or meters away. It means that there is infantry as a lead element or on the flanks...hundreds of meters or a Km away. They support each other.
The Russians has basically sent their tanks in with no support of any kind, either logistical or combat support.
Would you hit Vladimir Putin in the back of the head with a bat if you were guaranteed to get away with it?
Sorry your post bothered me so I tidied it up a bit.
Macron is in the middle of a campaign to be re/elected, so I’m not surprised at all.
Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill say to go ahead, even if you weren't guaranteed to get away with it. I'm with them.Would you hit Vladimir Putin in the back of the head with a wooden Louisville slugger bat like Babe Ruth hitting a grand slam in 1928 if you were guaranteed to get away with it?
I can't keep up with all the con flip flopping. Which side is the war mongers?As Ukraine has innocent kids and women getting killed.
Guess it’s all ok if the west is fine.
Can I do the front instead?Would you hit Vladimir Putin in the back of the head with a wooden Louisville slugger bat like Babe Ruth hitting a grand slam in 1928 if you were guaranteed to get away with it?
Would you hit Vladimir Putin in the back of the head with a wooden Louisville slugger bat like Babe Ruth hitting a grand slam in 1928 if you were guaranteed to get away with it?
And let's not forget just how Reagan defeated the former USSR: by using the power of our economy in a way that they simply couldn't keep up with well Reagan and six or seven other presidents before him anyway
Well of course.Would you hit Vladimir Putin in the back of the head with a wooden Louisville slugger bat like Babe Ruth hitting a grand slam in 1928 if you were guaranteed to get away with it?
Pretty amazing.