Regardless of any of that, innocent people's lives are being destroyed.
Picture is people fleeing Kyiv this morning:
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Spoke with a former resident of Prague and she said that Putin was copying Stalin and Hitler's playbook with the land grab. And just like then, the West was doing nothing.
Regardless of any of that, innocent people's lives are being destroyed.
Picture is people fleeing Kyiv this morning:
Regardless of any of that, innocent people's lives are being destroyed.
Picture is people fleeing Kyiv this morning:
"An adventurer comes back and tells you what they did, while an explorer comes back and tells you what they learned."
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I guess the possibility of invasion and history have been the hot topics here - but what happens next?
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It sounds like the airport is back in Ukrainian hands and 200 Russian paratroopers are dead. Video of air defenses shooting down a bunch of Russian aircraft tonight. Ukrainians not rolling over.
Despite the criticisms, it seems like the US intelligence community did a pretty super job and the Ukrainians are determined to deny Putin a quick victory. Elected Republicans aren't being as shitty as the Bannon crowd overall.
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The fightback has been heartening to see.
I read that a UKR pilot may have become an ace already (it's probably propaganda though).
I read that a UKR pilot may have become an ace already (it's probably propaganda though).
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We talked at work today.
It turns out one is from Ukraine, and fled from Odessa to Russia.
He fully supports the invasion. He says what happened in Odessa should be punished.
And the second works remotely from Ukraine, but we were afraid to ask him, because he might swear to us :)
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This I am sure if I do the recommended amount of mind-killing is a sign of competence by US gov.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/us/p ... tw-nytimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/us/p ... tw-nytimes
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There should soon be a good supply of Ukrainian au pairs at discount rates.
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For Pol history fans will appreciate the fact that The World Island has been lost.
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Like I said, neolibs will have to settle for attacking bad whites since they let their Empire collapse.
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I was speaking with someone last night about this and made the same point. The US had limited options, but straight out said, "Putin's gonna do X, Y, and Z and all his appeals are bullshit and lies, he's already made the call." And sure enough, Putin did X, Y, and Z and all his appeals were bullshit and lies, he had already made the call.Grandpa's Spells wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:23 am Despite the criticisms, it seems like the US intelligence community did a pretty super job and the Ukrainians are determined to deny Putin a quick victory.
I give them props for that because it erodes the dramatic impact of Putin's performance acting, makes plain the extremely long planning cycle for an operation this size, and allows us to share intelligence credibly with our allies. However, it should be made plain that Ukraine is not going to hold out against Russia in any meaningful way. The thing for the US to do now is set aside petty squabbles, draw close to its allies, and begin to plan for the future. There are many ways to turn this unfortunate series of events into an opportunity for the US.
"I have longed for shipwrecks, for havoc and violent death.” - Havoc, T. Kristensen
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What happened in Odessa?
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Don’t believe everything you think.
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I agree with the general sentiment, but it is impossible without recognition that the past decades have been a disaster. A total abd complete failure on every level except technological.Fat Cat wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 6:02 pmI was speaking with someone last night about this and made the same point. The US had limited options, but straight out said, "Putin's gonna do X, Y, and Z and all his appeals are bullshit and lies, he's already made the call." And sure enough, Putin did X, Y, and Z and all his appeals were bullshit and lies, he had already made the call.Grandpa's Spells wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:23 am Despite the criticisms, it seems like the US intelligence community did a pretty super job and the Ukrainians are determined to deny Putin a quick victory.
I give them props for that because it erodes the dramatic impact of Putin's performance acting, makes plain the extremely long planning cycle for an operation this size, and allows us to share intelligence credibly with our allies. However, it should be made plain that Ukraine is not going to hold out against Russia in any meaningful way. The thing for the US to do now is set aside petty squabbles, draw close to its allies, and begin to plan for the future. There are many ways to turn this unfortunate series of events into an opportunity for the US.
Currently, those allies have btfo'd us. India and Italy and GER all sabotaged sanctions. And it looks to get worse as the remaining sanctions take their toll on the sanctioners.
Putin wants out of SWIFT to force more hard choices on the US globohomo empire.
More of the same only harder is not going to work. And the ppl in charge are incompetent and many medically insane.
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Thanks guys, I'll read the link.
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"Never underestimate Joe's capacity to fuck shit up", B.H. Obama, about Joe Biden.
Don't like yourself too much.
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Obama was right when he said while President that there was no way to deter Putin re UKR. The leadership ability and desire was gone.
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Zelensky asks for negotiations.
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Good. I was thinking about this last night. In the aftermath of WWII, Austria was partitioned four ways just like Germany. Part of the agreement for the reformulation of an independent and democratic Austria was that they would remain neutral,and per a 1955 declaration, not join NATO. I don't see why Ukraine, which is obviously not going to ever be part of NATO, can't make a similar declaration and enter into a broker peace as a neutral nation, in exchange for the immediate withdrawal of all Russian forces. Russia's future trajectory isn't bright, to say the least, and simply buying time until Putin isn't around anymore makes way more sense. Like I said in the other thread, time is on our side.
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I don't know what the Ukrainian president's reputation was prior to this, but he appears to be really rising to the occasion as well as their populace as a whole.Fat Cat wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 6:02 pmI was speaking with someone last night about this and made the same point. The US had limited options, but straight out said, "Putin's gonna do X, Y, and Z and all his appeals are bullshit and lies, he's already made the call." And sure enough, Putin did X, Y, and Z and all his appeals were bullshit and lies, he had already made the call.Grandpa's Spells wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:23 am Despite the criticisms, it seems like the US intelligence community did a pretty super job and the Ukrainians are determined to deny Putin a quick victory.
I give them props for that because it erodes the dramatic impact of Putin's performance acting, makes plain the extremely long planning cycle for an operation this size, and allows us to share intelligence credibly with our allies. However, it should be made plain that Ukraine is not going to hold out against Russia in any meaningful way. The thing for the US to do now is set aside petty squabbles, draw close to its allies, and begin to plan for the future. There are many ways to turn this unfortunate series of events into an opportunity for the US.
Russia's eventual capture of Kyiv seems inevitable given the opposition but holy shit the retired intel and military people on Twitter seem extremely unimpressed with Russian performance. US officials allegedly confirmed two ii-76 aircraft shot down today.
Protests throughout Russia. Putin looked a lot smarter when he was pulling sneaky tricks than he does right now.
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They already beat down about hundred Russian planes.
Thousands Russian troops are surrendered...
Thousands Russian troops are surrendered...
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Live-streaming a war is fucking weird.
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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles ... insurgencyA Yahoo News report in January described a covert CIA training program for elite Ukrainian special operations forces and other intelligence personnel that was launched in 2015 by the Obama administration following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. According to the report, the effort included the deployment of CIA paramilitary officers to Ukraine. Such programs mature over time as trust grows between the trainers and their foreign counterparts and as the recipients teach what they have learned to others.
U.S. and Ukrainian officials have long planned for this day. In all likelihood, a covert program to help organize the resistance to Russia already has communications infrastructure, intelligence collection capabilities, and operational plans in place. And the tactics developed to support defensive operations against an invader can transition to those aimed at hobbling an occupying force.
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I bring you the chief of Mi6