19 Mar 2022, 3:09 am
kraftiekortie wrote:
Putin wants to return to the "glory" of the USSR.....maybe even back to the "glory" of the Tsars.
He believes in a Pan-Russian ethnicity......that Ukrainians are actually breakaway Russians.
It seems as if, at least in urban areas, people want to move on from what, to them, is anachronistic stuff.
He believes in a Pan-Russian ethnicity......that Ukrainians are actually breakaway Russians.
It seems as if, at least in urban areas, people want to move on from what, to them, is anachronistic stuff.
To pootin...
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19 Mar 2022, 3:12 am
kraftiekortie wrote:
My suspicion is that Russia might continue to bomb targets just to the east of the Polish border as sort of a "bluff move"----but that a full invasion beyond Ukraine is exceedingly unlikely.
I don't believe NATO would stand for it. I certainly hope they don't allow this to happen.
The Russians are barely able to make inroads in Ukraine, no less elsewhere. They are like the Keystone Kops.
I'd like to see a photo of Magz in her fatigues
I don't believe NATO would stand for it. I certainly hope they don't allow this to happen.
The Russians are barely able to make inroads in Ukraine, no less elsewhere. They are like the Keystone Kops.
I'd like to see a photo of Magz in her fatigues
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19 Mar 2022, 3:17 am
magz wrote:
:lol: Brownish green is "my" color 
But, more seriously, I hope this has some practical meaning, at least for the next few months:
And, in broader perspective, we need to prepare for the next decades to go.
But, more seriously, I hope this has some practical meaning, at least for the next few months:
And, in broader perspective, we need to prepare for the next decades to go.
Judging by the figures, may I suggest Poland invades Slovakia?
You guys should be a walk-in.
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19 Mar 2022, 3:26 am
de pijpleider (in lowgerman,lowsaxon??) the pipeleader 
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_pijpleider)
the indignation and the corporate gasses
19 Mar 2022, 3:38 am
Mikah wrote:
If you knew Russian history as well as you claim, you'd know why this is such a hot button for them. If Chinese history is sometimes said to be the history of famine, then Russian history might well be described as the history of being invaded. Plonking weapons and troops (or threatening to) along their borders is a provocation for any country, but doubly so for Russia.
I see your point.
200 years ago, Russia had very few nuclear weapons to protect itself.
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19 Mar 2022, 3:44 am
Mikah wrote:
magz wrote:
Polish history is a history of being invaded to non-existence and yet we don't behave the way Russia does.
Because you can't. If you ever had such power over your own destiny, you've lost it, much like the UK has. Russia doesn't want to lose what little of that they have left.
magz wrote:
Especially that the very mechanics of NATO is "if you're invaded, we're all with you but if you invade, you're on your own".
The only real "threat" NATO poses to Russia is threat of losing control over other states and being unable to do more of what they're doing right now.
The only real "threat" NATO poses to Russia is threat of losing control over other states and being unable to do more of what they're doing right now.
There is precedent for NATO getting involved beyond strict article 5 situations, e.g Kosovo and there was a lot of talk about NATO sticking its tentacles into Syria, where the Russians were involved. The defensive nature of NATO is not an absolute rule, whatever they might say. Having NATO forces parked in Ukraine, right next to Russia means Russia is essentially defeated before a war with NATO even begins, however that might come about.
How many times do I have to say it?
Russia possesses the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world.
Game, set and match to the skunk.
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19 Mar 2022, 3:44 am
Pepe wrote:
magz wrote:
:lol: Brownish green is "my" color
But, more seriously, I hope this has some practical meaning, at least for the next few months:
And, in broader perspective, we need to prepare for the next decades to go.
But, more seriously, I hope this has some practical meaning, at least for the next few months:
And, in broader perspective, we need to prepare for the next decades to go.
Judging by the figures, may I suggest Poland invades Slovakia?
You guys should be a walk-in.
19 Mar 2022, 3:47 am
19 Mar 2022, 3:48 am
Mikah wrote:
magz wrote:
You describe exactly "not being an empire".
Being concerned with borders, security, potential invasion scenarios and what is going on in your neighbouring countries is not being an Empire. Or Poland is guilty of this too for all its pants-wetting about potential Russian invasion.
Oh, this is permanently banned material.
Sic 'im, rex magz.
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19 Mar 2022, 3:50 am
19 Mar 2022, 3:53 am
magz wrote:
Pepe wrote:
magz wrote:
:lol: Brownish green is "my" color
But, more seriously, I hope this has some practical meaning, at least for the next few months:
And, in broader perspective, we need to prepare for the next decades to go.
But, more seriously, I hope this has some practical meaning, at least for the next few months:
And, in broader perspective, we need to prepare for the next decades to go.
Judging by the figures, may I suggest Poland invades Slovakia?
You guys should be a walk-in.
I just noticed.
Lithuania is taking things very seriously compared to Latvia and Estonia, judging by the "Host Troops".
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19 Mar 2022, 3:57 am
magz wrote:
Pepe, please, don't dig up annoying posts that I managed to calmly respond to.
I can't help myself...
Bad habits...
Got no control...
Don't you know...
Remember, "Laughter is the best medicine".
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19 Mar 2022, 3:57 am
19 Mar 2022, 4:03 am
magz wrote:
Pepe wrote:
I just noticed.
Lithuania is taking things very seriously compared to Latvia and Estonia, judging by the "Host Troops".
Lithuania is taking things very seriously compared to Latvia and Estonia, judging by the "Host Troops".
Lithuania was historically a military power. I think some of this still lingers in their culture.
And it is interesting that the Allied Troops are roughly proportional to the amount that is invested in the Baltic states.
4,000 troops for Lithuania compared to about half for the other two.
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19 Mar 2022, 8:54 am
19 Mar 2022, 8:21 pm
Mikah wrote:
Pepe wrote:
Russia possesses the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world.
They aren't really that useful when it comes to it, much like chemical weapons. Nukes might "save" you from total depredation at the hands of your enemy. And by "save" I mean killing yourself and taking your enemy with you. But you are still dead - and the point is to not just survive, but thrive.
So, you are saying people shouldn't take the nuclear threat seriously, even when pootin puts them on high alert?
I don't think it works that way.
BTW, if the Chinese invade Australia, "I'd rather be dead than red", seriously.
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