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30 minutes ago, TurkeyChew said:

This is why a segment of the population were disgusted with NATO and other alliances and accords and wanted out or a more limited role; America ends up funding (in money, supplies, people, etc.) and paying the lion share because the rest of the body politic are, as you said, varying degrees of flacid.

Its like America always has to do 90% of the group project but everyone else who barely shows up or helps gets the A and thinks they are smart.

In this instance America is saying, someone else lead and y’all do the work, I’m going to sit back and either a) Europe doesn’t really care about Ukrainians and see them as others/Russians/outside of la familia or b) they are as spineless and financially compromised as we’ve always thought they were.

To me this is a black eye on globalism and shows you why you should have sovereignty built around your national strengths, so you have the autonomy and integrity to do what you want.

I'm quite certain we don't want Germany building its sovereignty around national strength again. We've seen that song and dance a few too many times. 

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16 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

How will we know when to unplug our computers?

I know - now we won't have to wait 54 minutes on a phone line, then get "Lexi" with a heavy Indian accent, to give us her 3 minute preplanned speech before we even get a word in, then tell us that "perhaps our computer needs to be unplugged, can you hold while I check on this?" then come back 3 minutes later and says that "the problem is that your computer needs to be unplugged, I will send you a document on it, are there any other questions?" and then say thank you and goodbye, and then a request for a 56-question survey.

How will we ever live without that?

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1 minute ago, Dahobbs said:

I'm quite certain we don't want Germany building its sovereignty around national strength again. We've seen that song and dance a few too many times. 

Too late.  Their War Council has already assembled

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I'm quite certain we don't want Germany building its sovereignty around national strength again. We've seen that song and dance a few too many times. 


Fully do so? No. Have them fucking aligned with our adversary for cheap stupid energy? We should have them avoid that.

It's not a perception.


Nope. We have been purposefully weakened by relentless propaganda assaults by adversaries who do not have our best interests in mind. We should stop that shit.
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4 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

I'm quite certain we don't want Germany building its sovereignty around national strength again. We've seen that song and dance a few too many times. 

Yeah I was going to say I'm just fine with Germany sitting on the sidelines.

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22 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

IF these numbers are accurate.  A big IF, this is what seems to be happening to the Russian war machine in Ukraine and WHY no further escalation is needed from the West

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12-year-old tokamak definitely paused it on that molten robot titty. Not my proudest fap. Not my least proud, either.

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4 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

9-11 wasn't long ago. We rally when we need to. It might be time.

I still believe this is the case.  

To paraphrase an old redneck patriotic song.  "We may have done a little bit of fightin' 'mungst ourselves but you outside people best leave us alone..."

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work-friend shared that there were lots of choppers pushing close to center of kiev.  russians are really trying to break through.  a lot of the concentration now is from the northern end, from belarus, whereas the first wave were concentrated from east and south. 

he tried to donate at blood bank but they were completely full.

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I know Zelenskyy won’t leave or back down and I’ve said I respect him (in awe of him) but this is just heart wrenching as groups are working their way there. Even if they are behind on their objectives so to speak Kyiv will fall soon…

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4 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

I don't want another 9-11, but I damn sure want another 9-12 when we came together

Good luck with that.  We are still dealing with a threat that killed 300X more Americans than died on 9/11.....and the process of dealing with that threat only divided us further.  We have the expected mouthpieces stating admiration and empathy for our madman adversary as we speak.

We are irreparably broken on this.  I wish we weren't, but we are.

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2,800 lost on one day is WWII level shit. If the Russians have lost 25% of that figure, they’re severely underperforming.

 

The entire Second Chechen War claimed about 4000 Russian troops.

 

They lost 15000 during their 10 years in Afghanistan.

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1 minute ago, Nicole44 said:

I know Zelenskyy won’t leave or back down and I’ve said I respect him (in awe of him) but this is just heart wrenching as groups are working their way there. Even if they are behind on their objectives so to speak Kyiv will fall soon…

Zelensky's job is to stand, fight, and probably, die.  That's how Ukraine ultimately wins -- force Murderous Autocrat Putin to kill women, children, and the duly elected government of Ukraine (including jews, for fuck's sake) to impose his will.  Make Russia a pariah state, AND galvanize the Ukrainian resistance around the cause and its martyrs.

This may be why he was born -- to die in this fight.

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3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Zelensky's job is to stand, fight, and probably, die.  That's how Ukraine ultimately wins -- force Murderous Autocrat Putin to kill women, children, and the duly elected government of Ukraine (including jews, for fuck's sake) to impose his will.  Make Russia a pariah state, AND galvanize the Ukrainian resistance around the cause and its martyrs.

This may be why he was born -- to die in this fight.

Understood. It’s just heartbreaking…

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4 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

Poll to formally change Briskets name to Eeyore?

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Fair.  If you want to change it "Eeyore, but sadly correct more often than he's been wrong," I'd entertain that request.

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6 minutes ago, Immaculate Vibes said:

Not just high readiness. Very high readiness. 

Oh great, the French will lead the military assault. What time is the unconditional European surrender scheduled?

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5 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

what, specifically, do y'all want?

principled actions: e.g. if you threaten sanction, then go whole ho;  no exemptions and asterisks.

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4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Zelensky's job is to stand, fight, and probably, die. 

Agree w' the first 2, maybe not the last.  He's proving to have a lot of guts, and winning the population over big time (soooo much unlike many of his goofy predecessors, er the ones not poisoned).   I think it would be a real morale shatterer if he's killed.  I hope he accepts exile and continues to be seen.. a huge motivation for the people.  He's already proven himself to me.

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1 minute ago, phdhorn said:

Agree w' the first 2, maybe not the last.  He's proving to have a lot of guts, and winning the population over big time (soooo much unlike many of his goofy predecessors, er the ones not poisoned).   I think it would be a real morale shatterer if he's killed.  I hope he accepts exile and continues to be seen.. a huge motivation for the people.  He's already proven himself to me.

Oh, he shouldn't stand out there with a target on his chest.  He should fall back strategically the best he can.  But she should fucking lead like a motherfucker.  He has impressed in this moment.  Whatever the ultimate outcome, his legacy is a proud and honorable one.

Fuck Putin in the goatass.

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1 minute ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

i don't think severe sanctions get anything done unfortunately. but i agree, you at least make them as severe as possible.

but @BabaYaga, what specifically do you think we should do? @Cheeseweasel?

I'll tell you one thing we need to do: equip Ukrainians abroad with weapons.  I'm sure we have some anti-shipping mines (including satchel-type mines that can be affixed to a ship by divers), and there are some PADI-certified Ukrainians in Spain and the Netherlands who would like nothing more than to sink some oligarch yachts.  Equip Ukrainians abroad to take the fight to the oligarchs.  That's what I think we should do.

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2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Oh, he shouldn't stand out there with a target on his chest.  He should fall back strategically the best he can.  But she should fucking lead like a motherfucker.  He has impressed in this moment.  Whatever the ultimate outcome, his legacy is a proud and honorable one.

Fuck Putin in the goatass.

ive heard the guy does PERFECT phone calls as well.  What a badass!

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Just now, Brisketexan said:

I'll tell you one thing we need to do: equip Ukrainians abroad with weapons.  I'm sure we have some anti-shipping mines (including satchel-type mines that can be affixed to a ship by divers), and there are some PADI-certified Ukrainians in Spain and the Netherlands who would like nothing more than to sink some oligarch yachts.  Equip Ukrainians abroad to take the fight to the oligarchs.  That's what I think we should do.

you crazy bastard. i like the way you think.

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1 minute ago, troph said:

yeah, and I get not letting Central European armies develop, that could be a recipe for disaster in that nationalistic way, my problem is the lack of strong rhetoric, lack of strong resolve on sanctions and mostly because of the business ties to Russia.  I don't think we need Germany to spend 50% more on their military budget, as much as we need them to sit down and shut up and say what we tell them to say when European sovereignty is at stake.

You make good points for sure, and I don't really know on one level why that wouldn't be tried.  I'm trying to walk a tightrope here, I'm not excusing Euro countries of being too self-centered, but I do know that no other area in the world has such tight-quartered, very different cultural mentalities all squeezed within a very small area relatively speaking, and from millenia of "kill or be killed" I try to understand their point of view, which is something like "preserve us first, or there's nothing to preserve" - and this isn't just IMO but from doing my cultural studies in my academics.  However, I don't know how much the "modern age" has changed this but I do think it's very hard for us to understand why many of these Euro countries say... "well HELL YEAH!  Er, but first, well except for this..." but I do think it has some roots in the geopolitik I mentioned earlier.  I guess the carrot I'm giving them is they've been decimated so much in the last 110 years that it's natural for them to seek their own self-preservation.

I'm not saying it's right, but it's something not intrinsically understood by Americans - in my opinion.  Shrug?

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