4 minutes ago, paco said:

the amount of focus this man has on that .. member ... is unsettling.

 

I hope Ukraine is capturing Russian guns, grenades, etc. to use against them. 

 

13 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

the amount of focus this man has on that .. member ... is unsettling.

We all know Abra likes to suck on Putin's johnson. 

This is becoming a pattern. Scroll through the comments to see the purported translation.

Call me soft but I feel a bit sorry for these young men.

22 minutes ago, Procus said:

We do not know the true extent of the Russian invasion one way or the other.

sort of like how you don't know the difference between crude oil and refined petroleum products?

8 minutes ago, Thrive said:

This is becoming a pattern. Scroll through the comments to see the purported translation.

Call me soft but I feel a bit sorry for these young men.

While they maybe treated well, this may be a violation of the Geneva Convention. 

Some translations.

"Calm down, mom. I am in Ukraine. We are doing horrible things here. We are bombing preschools and birthing homes. Look what our president has done. I am alright. Please, let everyone know." Mother says: "I will. I love you so much, son."

Get yourself together, mom. All is good, I am in captivity in Ukraine. You have to go around to inform other soldier mothers. Tell what we are doing. Here is happening crazy things. Our *soldiers* are bombing hospitals, kindergardens.

Here life was peacefull until our president made it worse. - I undrstand, son, i love you very much - You need to get together and do what I tell you, I will send you video and send it, so more people see it - ok, i love you - i love you too

 

9 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

and yet another "opportunity" to Nato to join if they wanted to

There are debates in Parliament going on.  I'd say it is unlikely.

15 minutes ago, jsdarkstar said:

While they maybe treated well, this may be a violation of the Geneva Convention. 

Some translations.

"Calm down, mom. I am in Ukraine. We are doing horrible things here. We are bombing preschools and birthing homes. Look what our president has done. I am alright. Please, let everyone know." Mother says: "I will. I love you so much, son."

Get yourself together, mom. All is good, I am in captivity in Ukraine. You have to go around to inform other soldier mothers. Tell what we are doing. Here is happening crazy things. Our *soldiers* are bombing hospitals, kindergardens.

Here life was peacefull until our president made it worse. - I undrstand, son, i love you very much - You need to get together and do what I tell you, I will send you video and send it, so more people see it - ok, i love you - i love you too

Fair enough - sounds like he’s reading off a script but is that a war crime (genuine question).

1 hour ago, Kz! said:

For the record, I don't think anyone in here is rooting for Russia, but I am interested in learning more about the conflict than mindlessly repeating anti-Russian talking points.

You don’t understand the simplest of things such as tying your own shoes, but you wanna learn world politics?  🤣 

6 hours ago, TEW said:

The war is a week old dude. The idea that he’d have control of the whole country in 2 days is absurd and not something that any Russian general would have ever suggested.

No, Russia is NOT using shock and awe tactics and they’re CERTAINLY not going with a total war approach. No idea where you got that idea from. They want to take Ukraine intact.

If they wanted to go the total war approach, Kiev would look like Grozny.

Uh, that’s exactly what I said. They don’t have the munition quality to do shock and awe  

They tried an invasion with light infantry backed by small amounts of armor and it didn’t turn out the way they wanted it to. If you read my original post, which I’m guessing you just skimmed over since you missed my point, you’ll see I said it’s like they’re trying to do shock and awe without the shock and awe. Which by the way isn’t total war. Shock and awe relies on precision strikes at key locations with coordinated ground attacks based on the strikes. Not total war. Russia can’t do shock and awe.

They kept pushing in airborne and helicopter assaults when they a: didn’t have air superiority, and b: didn’t have the force projection to link up with those units.  It’s like they picked the dumbest tactic to use for them. Russia can’t force project without their favorite tactic…
 

In the eastern and southern axis they pivoted to a tactic they know very well: arty. And it’s working, but at a cost. 
 

I guarantee they start doing it up north in a few days. And they can’t take Kyiv without making it look like Grozny. 

25 minutes ago, Thrive said:

This is becoming a pattern. Scroll through the comments to see the purported translation.

Call me soft but I feel a bit sorry for these young men.

It's a pattern because they want it to be. He's a POW and they are using him to try to break through Russian propaganda. 

10 minutes ago, DBW said:

You don’t understand the simplest of things such as tying your own shoes, but you wanna learn world politics?  🤣 

You can't understand how to string together multiple consecutive pullups or how to get your body into a healthy BMI range. Goodbye.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/russia-ukraine-war-china-winner-former-fbi-agent

China is 'big winner' of Russia-Ukraine war, former FBI agent who worked in China warns

Beijing will be 'primary beneficiary' of Russia sanctions, and Ukraine is testing US, former agent warns

16 minutes ago, Bill said:

And they can’t take Kyiv without making it look like Grozny. 

This is what worries me

 

 

13 minutes ago, Procus said:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/russia-ukraine-war-china-winner-former-fbi-agent

China is 'big winner' of Russia-Ukraine war, former FBI agent who worked in China warns

Beijing will be 'primary beneficiary' of Russia sanctions, and Ukraine is testing US, former agent warns

Really working hard to make this bad news for the current administration.

 

 

 

 

jeez Abra, it's odd that people are reacting this way. don't they know that Ukrainians are being liberated from not-zees? 

almost seems like they don't believe it.

 

1 hour ago, Lloyd said:

Mine is pretty and she's an architect, and she's a complete pain in the arse and her goddamn hair products are taking over my bathroom. That's her way of moving in. Slowly encroaching on my space like Putin until a convoy of her boxes of crap suddenly end up at my doorstep. 

Carpet bomb the convoy with a BBQ lighter and AquaNet while you make direct eye contact. That should cause a retreat.

1 hour ago, DrPhilly said:

Sounds like mine

btw - Get your own bathroom, works wonders

Amen. Had my own full bathroom built in my basement (my office is down here as well) and it was one of the greatest decisions I ever made.

4 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

Carpet bomb the convoy with a BBQ lighter and AquaNet while you make direct eye contact. That should cause a retreat.

 

He said she's Ukrainian. That's not going to work.

1 minute ago, Paul852 said:

He said she's Ukrainian. That's not going to work.

I said "should." Was really just looking forward to Lloyd disappearing for a while then reappearing in 2023 to let us know he made it through the long recovery process after his now Ukranian wife beat the ish out of him and annexed his house.

I guess global thermo nuclear war isn’t in the game 😂