Unfortunately, the Russian advance in Donbass seems to be making progress. Are we seeing the collapse of Ukranian defenses there? The news does not look good https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/relentless-russia-squeezes-ukrainian-strongholds-in-east/ar-AAXN6iI?li=BBnb7Kz I see nothing at the link...
Jump to postCollapse is a strong word. Losing ground, yes. They may even lose the pocket. As long as they can get supplies to the pocket via secondary roads, it would not be a collapse. All depends if the Ukrainian can get enough of the new artilery into the area in time to make life more difficult for the Rus...
Jump to postThis is my take. Biden's statement on Ukraine that he would not intervene militarily was the biggest US gaffe in the 20 years since the Iraq invasion. Immediately after Biden's horrible mistake, Germany, more shocked than they have been since 1945, instantly began developing a full military. Biden'...
Jump to postUnfortunately, the Russian advance in Donbass seems to be making progress. Are we seeing the collapse of Ukranian defenses there? The news does not look good
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/re ... li=BBnb7Kz
I saw lots of articles a month or so about how Russia was days away from running out of resources to continue its offensive. However, they are still attacking. Are there any new estimates on how long they can continue?
Jump to postMeanwhile, Governor Abbot, Senator Cruz, and other fine Texan politicians will be on hand for the big NRA celebration coming up in Texas in the next week. They have a lot to celebrate.
Jump to postStunningly bad take. If you can’t tell the difference between WH advisers planning to stop a Congressional confirmation process (and VP refusing to play along out of principle) and misinformation during campaign season, I don’t think anything positive can really be said. What are you talking about?...
Jump to postWhat do you expect from a state like Texas where Governor Abbot was indignant when he found out that California had more guns than Texas? He then went on to urge Texans to buy more guns to become number one. I don't understand this pathological obsession with guns in Texas. It's sickening.
Jump to postWell, them kids died because of our God given 2nd amendment rights. But hey, freedom isn't free. God Bless 'Murica, the greatest freest country in the world. I would gladly take dozens of these sacrifices every year rather than live under the tyrannical gun laws of Canada, Australia, New Zealand an...
Jump to postWell, them kids died because of our God given 2nd amendment rights. But hey, freedom isn't free. God Bless 'Murica, the greatest freest country in the world. I would gladly take dozens of these sacrifices every year rather than live under the tyrannical gun laws of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and...
Jump to postWould there be any possibility of salvaging the abandoned airport project when another government is elected or have time and the elements taken their toll on that site?
Jump to postI'm sick of the situation in this country where a small minority of narrow minded religious fanatics are able to impose their views on the rest of the country. I bet if you passed a national law allowing abortions in the first trimester and later in cases of rape, incest or, where the pregnant woma...
Jump to postI'm sick of the situation in this country where a small minority of narrow minded religious fanatics are able to impose their views on the rest of the country. I bet if you passed a national law allowing abortions in the first trimester and later in cases of rape, incest or, where the pregnant woman...
Jump to postKremina has fallen and Mariupol looks go to soon. I hope I am wrong, but it looks like the Russians are now winning.
Jump to postI know that we have been celebrating the sinking of the Moskva. However, things don't look so clear on the eastern front. Can Ukraine hold out in the Donbass? Russian logistics lines are shorter, and this area doesn't have the forests like around Kiev. Russians have the advantage in air power and ar...
Jump to postSo, we are hearing about the big upcoming battle in the East. What resources does Russia have to throw at this? Can the Ukrainians hold out there?
Jump to postRussia has embarked on a deliberate policy of extermination of the Ukranian people. Although we have given the Ukrainians plenty of defensive weapons, we seem to have given them nothing to counteract their missile attacks and systematic destruction of Ukranian cities. If current trends continue, Rus...
Jump to postthe US remained a democracy with a free press and free and fair elections. Not for a lack of trying by team Trump though. Well, for an authoritarian who was destroying free speech, the fact that media coverage was nearly uniformly anti-Trump to the point of media blackouts on Trump Administration a...
Jump to postWhy is Hungary still in NATO and the European Union? The Hungarian people, after reelecting Victor Orban don't seem to share western values. Why do they even want to be in NATO and the European Union? You can say the same about Turkey and NATO, and Poland and the EU. They are doing what they think ...
Jump to postHungary should adhere to the rules of the European Union or get out. Nobody is forcing them to be EU members? Victor Orban's trashing of Zelinsky disgusts me. I guess he just wants to be in the good graces of his good buddy Vladimir Putin.
Jump to postpetertenthije wrote:victrola wrote:the US remained a democracy with a free press and free and fair elections.
Not for a lack of trying by team Trump though.
The defense of Hungary is not worth the blood of one single NATO soldier. Interesting statement. I don’t think the Trump administration was less right-wing populistic. Should the US also have been kicked out? Oh….. wait… You have no understanding of the situation in Hungary. Although Trump was a ri...
Jump to postI say kick them out of NATO and the European Union. If that is their attitude, then their future belongs with Serbia, Belarus, and Russia. The defense of Hungary is not worth the blood of one single NATO soldier.
Jump to postWhy is Hungary still in NATO and the European Union? The Hungarian people, after reelecting Victor Orban don't seem to share western values. Why do they even want to be in NATO and the European Union?
Jump to postRussia might become a truly democratic state in 20 or 30 years. I might live to see that. Nobody alive will ever see that. Russia has a 1,200 year history of being a totalitarian state; the people have never had anything but a strongman at the top: that's all they know. So? Europe was feudal for hu...
Jump to postThey do not want to get arrested by the new sedition law in Russia.
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Also known as the Vladimir :"Basil Fawlty" Putin "Don't mention the war" law.
I think that a crucial element of understanding that is missing in current western thought is that virtually all of Asia believes the world ought to be multi-polar, and it was a presumption before this conflict that the EU was also supportive of a multi-polar world. This underscores why the idea of...
Jump to postIt's time to give Ukraine what it needs to take out the Russian launch sites. If not, Russia will continue to bombard Ukranian cities until there is nothing left standing. Russia is counting on us backing down.
Jump to posthttps://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/zelensky-condemns-terror-in-besieged-mariupol-as-he-presses-israel-for-missile-defence-help-20220321-p5a6cm.html Israel still refuses to provide any real concrete support to Ukraine. The iron dome would be useful. If Israel continues with this manner then they sh...
Jump to postUkraine had an independence referendum in 1991. It's interesting to see the results by region:
http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1991-2/the ... claration/
China has it's eyes fixed on Taiwan. Any thing else is a diversion to that effort. Don't want a shooting war with Russia and set back the time table for a decade. It would only give the US more times to deploy the E-7A, the drone swarm etc. And it would five the RAN time to deploy the nuclear sub. ...
Jump to postBiden advisor rejects GOO call to 'close skies' above Ukraine. https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/13/biden-adviser-rejects-republican-call-close-skies-over-ukraine Can we at least send them the Polish fighters? Those aircraft are direly needed and Poland dares not upset Russia by doing it...
Jump to postIn a huge escalation of the conflict, Russia has truly taken the gloves off. Scary times. https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-russia-targets-peppa-pig-in-retaliation-for-sanctions-amid-battle-over-cartoon-characters-trademark-12564846 Oh no not Peppa Pig ! Thats it where is the nuclear button ;)...
Jump to postJust disgusting. After all we have done for Israel, they stab us in the back. Hold off on the vitriol my friend. Ukrainian officials have already stated that the Israelis did not say what was supposedly said. Perhaps it's a misinterpretation when the original leak occurred. bt I will hold off for n...
Jump to postIf we are afraid of escalation, and that's what Putin is counting on, we may as well surrender now. If we allow him to prevail, it will just be worse the next time. BS. You really want to destroy the world with nukes. If you want to commit suicide, go on. But I don’t want to be dragged with it…. Th...
Jump to postWe need to provide Ukraine with progressively more deadly weapons. Putin must be stopped here and now. With its army bogged down in Ukraine, Russia is in no position to get in a shooting war with NATO. If we are afraid of escalation, and that's what Putin is counting on, we may as well surrender now...
Jump to postWe need to send the Ukrainians weapons to take out the Russian artillery sights. These need to be taken out now! Russia is in no condition to go to war against NATO and they know it. All Putin's nuclear talk is a bluff. He knows that Russia would cease to exist shortly after a nuclear attack. Either...
Jump to postWhat is going to happen to the Russian army? It looks bogged down and mud season hasn't even started yet in Ukraine. Their communications are pathetic and easily intercepted. Their equipment is breaking down, they are having serious problems getting food, fuel, and ammunition to their troops. Morale...
Jump to postI was just watching video of Ukranian citizens in Novobskov waving flags and shouting Ukraine! as Russian troops fire warning shots. They were completely unintimidated. A certain Tom Petty song keeps running through my head.
Jump to postWE are not letting Ukrainians die, Russians are killing them. One man can stop this instantly. He resides in the Kremlin. Give him a call. I am sure he will listen and withdraw immediately. Sadly Ukraine will be part of Russia within 60 days IMO. The Lip service that has been coming from the west i...
Jump to postBack in the old days, it was relatively easy for the USSR to block information coming in from outside. Today, it is much more difficult, if not impossible to block out all sources of information. Hopefully a concerted effort is being launched to get as much video of the atrocities and carnage into R...
Jump to postWe need to send them some mobile missile launchers and some A-10 Warthogs. I don't think the Russians are suffering enough. Russia does not have the resources to go to war with NATO given the fact that the bulk of its army is bogged down in Ukraine. As far as his nukes are concerned, he and the peo...
Jump to postWe need to send them some mobile missile launchers and some A-10 Warthogs. I don't think the Russians are suffering enough. Russia does not have the resources to go to war with NATO given the fact that the bulk of its army is bogged down in Ukraine. As far as his nukes are concerned, he and the peop...
Jump to postSo, the city of Khersan fell today. The Russians gave an ultimatum to the mayor that they would level the city. The mayor surrendered. Given that this happened is there no reason to believe that this won't happen in other Ukranian cities?
Jump to postSo 3 US congressmen voted NO on a resolution expressing support for Ukraine: Paul Gosar, Republican, Arizona Thomas Massie Republican, Kentucky Ratt Rosendale Republican Montana My words to these pathetic apologists for Russia are the same words that the Ukranian soldiers on Snake Island had for the...
Jump to postReally? Pushing me to post? Because I post something contrary to popular opinion, or something that doesn't come off the guardian or CNN? 'Of course. But that isn't going to happen. He's going to slowly ratchet up the violence until the Ukrainians quit or are all killed. We can't change that. I'm tr...
Jump to postHello General Turgidson!!
"Don't worry President Putin, we'll be back in control of all of Ukraine sooner than you can say blastoff"
The Ukrainian military is putting its Turkish TB2 drones to good use against the Russian columns: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-credits-turkish-drones-with-eviscerating-russian-tanks-and-armor-in-their-first-use-in-a-major-conflict/ar-AAUqhwg?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnbfcL https://e...
Jump to postBolsonaro's comments are a disgrace. He said "Ukranians have trusted a comedian with the fate of a nation"
https://www.republicworld.com/world-new ... eshow.html
The Russian state media RIA apparently prematurely published an editors piece on feb 26 celebrating the Russian victory in Ukraine. It's a really interesting read, as it outlines Putins reasoning for the war (presumably in his own words handed over to the editor). https://web.archive.org/web/202202...
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