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SmokeyTheBear

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  1. Ruskies never lose, they just run out of tanks.
  2. Interesting power play between Japan and China on who and how they are supporting Ukraine/Russia. We are all about to party like it's 1940 with the same cast of characters, just new cliques.
  3. Just found this at Twin Liquors
  4. As long as it's not in July cause I'll be there. K thanx
  5. The plane finally said Phuket
  6. All booked up for late June. 2 nights in Edinburgh, 2 nights in Isle of Skye and 2 nights in Inverness. Then off the Netherlands for a month. So excited.
  7. I just watched Independence Day so this hits close to home
  8. SmokeyTheBear

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    All I got is that I was there and it was fantastic. One of those cathartic games.
  9. If there was true justice, Lukashenko would be the first to be put to death
  10. More on the Nord Stream stuff https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-says-nord-stream-attacks-may-be-false-flag-smear-ukraine-2023-03-08/?utm_source=reddit.com
  11. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/us/politics/nord-stream-pipeline-sabotage-ukraine.html
  12. Did you......put it in your butt?!
  13. Well that's all fucked
  14. COAs customer support manager today
  15. Lol holy fuck, now I'm getting auto calls but now in Spanish
  16. No shit. I'm all for improved communication and all, but this is dumb.
  17. Let alone the size/weight to value prop. You are in war and you have dedicated a lot of risk and resources to something trivial in the west.
  18. Someone woke up and forgot their orange slices
  19. 25 minute interview with CIA Director on current events
  20. Not a popular opinion but I think it's time for everyone to feel the pain of cutting China off. We've been too siloed in our own world that we need a correction. Hopefully with the benefit of finally unifying our populace similar to post 911.
  21. I continue to wonder if we have a strategy of a drip approach. If we just gave Ukraine all the toys, then Putin has cover with his populous that this war was always unfair and that might keep him in power. If we do a constant drip of toys to match his meat waves, then it increases the pain on the populace to force regime change. That has to be the end game in this conflict. Russia has to change and I think if Putin is obviously out matched, then he has to retreat, remessage and possibly retain power and that structure remains for the world to deal with. I think we also have to factor a resupply lag time with equipment. All the supporting countries have to find out how to backfill (with mainly American weapon systems) to remain war ready if this fully escalates. There has to be some hedging on goods delivered to the front lines vs potential value of goods staying home in case they are needed for their own defenses.
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