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Scheiss Meister

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  1. Not quite Yuri Gagarin quality launch, but a good effort.
  2. So, is Putler's Sochi mansion within ATACMS range of any of the freed territory? Russia went after Zelensky repeatedly; turnabout's fair play. Yes, I know that it would trigger a state of war for Russia, with all of the attendant uncertainty. Still, I'd love to see that bastard blown to hell.
  3. Reading the comments, apparently the Russians want to withdraw with their weapons intact. Fuck that. Unconditional surrender or keep getting your shit pushed. Your choice.
  4. What color is the sky in their world? That's just first class delusion.
  5. We've both read A Bridge Too Far, and had just watched a YouTube video about the failure of Market-Garden. It covered the tactical, logistical, and strategic failures well, but we discussed the strategic failures in a little more detail, as she didn't understand the reason that a usually very cautious Montgomery would propose such a risky operation. I am a lucky, lucky man.
  6. Victory has many fathers; defeat is an orphan.
  7. No, I have them right. Part of the reason that Market-Garden failed is that the planning for it assumed that the German Army was collapsing and would not be able to defend the Son-Grave-Nijmegan-Arnhem corridor effectively. This assumption was based on the collapse in France continuing into Holland. It did not, and Germany was reinforcing their forces in Holland. British planners refused to believe that reinforcement was happening, again based on the collapse in France.
  8. I understand the sentiment in both of these, but they also sound like the same lack of respect for the Ukranian forces that got Russia where they are in Ukraine. Easy victories come from knowing your enemy's strengths and weaknesses and assuming that they will use them competently. I first heard this applied to baseball, but it applies in all of life: You are never as good as you think you are when you are winning, and you are never as bad as you think you are when you are losing. That also applies to your enemies.
  9. My wife and I were discussing Operation Market-Garden in WW II last night, and it reminded me that the German Army in France collapsed rapidly, just like the Russian Army has in the Kharkiv region. Many thought that the rout would go all the way to Berlin in short order, but the Germans had other ideas and turned and stiffened at the Rhine. I'm not saying that it's not possible that the Russian collapse will spread across all of Ukraine, but don't be surprised if and when the Russians form up and stabilize a front somewhere. The Ukrainians still have the recipe and ingredients to cook up another breakthrough elsewhere, but it may take more patience.
  10. It's a good thing that Pyle Field is so intimidating. Otherwise Appalachian State might have put a real beat down on aggy.
  11. You are not a very good advertisement for the quality of a Georgia Tech education. I suppose that you would have encouraged England to just surrender to Hitler's Germany in 1940.
  12. I agree. Hiding behind boxes of ammo under fire is not a good idea. At least the coffins are handy for the Ukrainians to bury the Russian bodies.
  13. From the comfort of my recliner TEXAS!!!
  14. Sadly, I won't be there. I would love the opportunity to ask him.
  15. Oh fucking goddamn! Spread out you dipshits! Re: the hike video. Thread moving almost as fast as the Ukrainians.
  16. Has anyone asked Ted Cruz if he still thinks so highly of the Russian Army?
  17. She doesn't read it with me, but I keep her updated from it. I told her about Lieutenant General Lieutenant and the questions about his identification and showed her the pictures. She was the one who caught the mole and dimple.
  18. My wife and I were looking at the pictures last night, and all three photos show a dimple and a mole on his left cheek that are identical. I think it's him. Maybe when he was sacked he was busted to lieutenant and sent to the front.
  19. That train yard looks like a nice, fat, juicy target. Artillery, partisans, SOF, or all three.
  20. Your last sentence is the key. If Russia moved the majority of their best men and equipment across the rivers where they can be trapped and eliminated, as seems likely, the river crossings and subsequent maneuvers will be against less capable and less well armed forces. That's when large collapses could happen. Ukraine just has to beware of overextending their forces.
  21. Well, it is well known that Julius was camera shy, so they had to go with the next best thing.
  22. I didn't get to watch Saturday but watched a replay last night. My main question is when, and why, did Sark get Tony Romo to coach the holder for field goals?
  23. I'd like to roll those bones.
  24. Some of both, but tactical in my use. Germany had the RAF within days of becoming ineffective by hitting radar installations and airfields. A German bomber got off course and bombed a non-military target in London. The Brits responded with a raid on a German city with few military targets. The Germans then shifted the focus of their bombing from military targets to civilian targets, allowing the RAF some breathing room and a chance to recover. Germany lost their opportunity to defeat the RAF and invade England because of that change in targeting priorities.
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