My first reaction was -- this headline has to be the Babylon Bee.
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This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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"Really excited to work in this shithole genocidal dictatorship country. What's the salary range again?"
"We'll start you out at 200-250k"
"Dollars?"
"......."
So I took my wife to the ballet on Saturday night at the Kennedy Center -- it was Don Quixote, which ironically enough, I first saw in Moscow in 1985. Principal ballerina dancing the lead role was Ukrainian. Before the show, one of the principal dancers who had the night off came out and asked us all to stand as the orchestra played the Ukrainian national anthem. Quite moving indeed.
Funny how high culture can sometimes provide some extraordinary moments -- first opera I ever saw was Beethoven's Fidelio, an opera about liberation, performed by the Polish National Opera at the Bolshoi, again, in 1985.
Funny how high culture can sometimes provide some extraordinary moments -- first opera I ever saw was Beethoven's Fidelio, an opera about liberation, performed by the Polish National Opera at the Bolshoi, again, in 1985.
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We executed a lot of people with drones who were at most guilty of being adult males in the wrong part of the world.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/04/05/obamas-most-dangerous-drone-tactic-is-here-to-stay/
In May 2013, President Barack Obama’s aides indicated that they were prepared to phase out the most controversial element of the administration’s drone war: so-called “signature strikes” against military-age men on battlefields around the world that took place even if American officials didn’t know who the targets were -- or if they were actively plotting against the United States.
The tactic had sparked fierce criticism from human rights groups and some lawmakers, who said it effectively gave the CIA carte blanche to bomb groups of men in countries ranging from Yemen to Pakistan simply because of where they lived and whether they showed any behavior commonly associated with militants. Opponents argued that the strikes were certain to kill innocents given that U.S. officials knew so little about who they were targeting and had no concrete way of identifying the dead afterward.
Nearly three years later, the administration has abandoned any pretense of reining in its use of signature strikes.
Good chatter on MSNBC this morning about this withdrawal, and movement to the East by Russia. There is a consensus that Russia will not fight any better even on a smaller front. They are having massive morale problems.
One person commented about the lack of generals. The Ukrainians have killed a lot of generals, but that doesn't explain the lack of control on the Russian side. There is no face to the battle on Russian TV. Seemingly random commands are coming from Moscow that cannot be implemented.
I'm never going to let the Fox News crowd let this one go
I'm picturing the meeting where whoever completes this research tells Putin that the solution is to become a liberal democracy with a mixed market economy.
The only Russian exports are booze, potash and escorts (aka hookers).
Only thing is Ukraine cannot let off the pedal. Bring back Crimea as well.
If you are young and talented, and have lots of prospects why would you return to an autocracy? These folks have seen the world, and have tasted prosperity and freedom.
What was it that Cal Naughton Jr. said in Talladega Nights -- "those are three pretty good things."
I wouldn't be surprised to see the Russians make some gains in the east and the south simply by committing numbers. The best strategy for the Ukrainians might be strategical retreat and insuring that the costs remain extremely high for the Russians.
Now is the time for the West to push the pedal down a little farther. If the Russians are really pulling back to regroup we need to use this time to cram in every piece of equipment that we can get to the Ukrainians.
tbh, not really. They find their way to places like Bulgaria where they're drawing a shorter stick than Indian contractors draw
All that may be true but a smaller front also means greater troop density and more importantly....Artillery density. Since the Russians have found out they suck...I'd expect them to rely on Artillery to obliterate area's and make incremental advances WW1 style....a destructive slog.
...with the findings delivered from the far end of a reeeeeeaaalllly long conference table.
No one made any claim that this was the "national policy".
Only that there's a subset of adults (and their kids) who have been programmed to think like this. Burying your head in the sand and pretending they don't exist and don't pose a threat to America and others is a disturbing take IMO.
Not just that, but my assumption is that the Russians will essentially be playing defense rather than offense. As I've said from the beginning, once they're in someplace, getting them out is going to be very messy. Undoubtedly worth the fight, but it's going to take a lot of patience and, sadly, blood, as you note.
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We really need to listen to Russia's neighbors and not the soft-as-Charmin Western Europeans:
Tucker hasn't said that. Walsh is predicting that he will.
He's parodying what he THINKS Carlson will say
I don't think this has happened yet. But the simple fact it is entirely plausible should give anyone who watches Fox or OAN pundits "pause"....
I have to say, deep down inside me, there are few things I would enjoy more than the Poles getting their long overdue pound of flesh from the Russians.
Just shocking (thankfully) how inept they are....at everything other than mass destruction (unfortunately).
I see a distinction, that is all. I know there is plenty of hate, evil that exists amongst us. I dont see it as pervasive as you do I guess.
I don't pretend to know a whole lot about the details of tactics or hardware, but there indeed comes a point where the proof is in the pudding, even to a layman.
The Russians haven't shown themselves to be too bright but even they have to know that Poland won't stop at defense
After this war is over, the prices for mail-order Russian wives is gonna plummet...
to answer your question Tucker, if you said this, it's because, even if it's true, you are either on the side of the Ukraine or on the side of Russia and the Russian people don't need to hear from you. They get enough propaganda from their own tv outlets.
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It's parody for sure-but the fact people think he really could say it tells you everything.
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