April 14, 20223 yr Russia is deceitful. Their threat is hollow since they already have nuclear weapons in the Baltics.
April 14, 20223 yr 11 hours ago, Abracadabra said: It was exactly the American citizens not being able to stomach the civilian casualties in those places that played a major factor in the eventual dishonarable retreats from those battlefields. There is no dishonesty here, we were extremely embarrassed by those events, could never get fully behind them and that's why our governement was never able to scale it up enough to achieve victory. This is what is happening in Russia x10. They are losing soldiers at a much faster rate , the atrocities are against a beloved neighbor and the scale of the brutality is much tougher to stomach. Your argument only further demonstrates why Putin is already toast.
April 14, 20223 yr German authorities seize world’s biggest yacht https://www.axios.com/germany-seizes-yacht-russian-oligarch-alisher-usmanov-cf2c534d-a95b-4211-adf7-dd251ec42aa0.html Quote Germany's federal police said Wednesday they've seized a yacht linked to Alisher Usmanov, one of Russia’s wealthiest people, who faces Western sanctions over the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. Why it matters: The impounding of the world's biggest superyacht by volume highlights the "wider impact" of penalties imposed by the West on super-rich Russians accused of having having close links to Russia's President Vladimir Putin, per Bloomberg. Putin and his pals are learning the price of wanting to be part of the world, but not have to deal with the consequences of their actions.
April 14, 20223 yr 21 hours ago, Bill said: I know that both sides right now are trying to recover and reposition, but I can’t help but notice the lack of initiative on the Ukrainian side. Granted they need more heavy weaponry than what they have, and they are making it known that they feel NATO isn’t doing enough, and they could be doing more. That said, no commander in history has ever gone to war with what they feel was enough of everything. At some point in time they’re going to have to step on the gas. Russia hasn’t fully committed to the new offensive yet, so their best bet IMO is to push them back as far as they can until the new equipment from the rest rolls in. There’s too much hanging back. You can’t win a war that way. You have to fire and maneuver. It reminds me of a situation in Africa where Patton was surveying an American area and he at one point was shown the CO’s fox hole he used to take cover when they got hit by the Luftwaffe. Payton promptly took a piss in it and said, "There, now use it.” Patton got it. Pinch them in the nose (fire), and kick them in the a** (maneuver). I am not an expert by any means but is it possible that Ukraine feels more comfortable having to defend less territory and they're now just going to commit to grinding down Russian numbers with the assistance of a steadily increasing stream of NATO weaponry to the point where Russia has exhausted all of their military effectiveness and at that point Ukraine would begin moving toward more of an offensive stance?
April 14, 20223 yr 20 hours ago, Bill said: I’m half tempted to troll and get some type of morale patch that says Abracadabra for my kit when I go over, but I need to prioritize money for other gear. Over where? Did I miss something here?
April 14, 20223 yr Simon Wiesenthal Center Comments on UkroNazi's Quote "There is no question that there are neo-NSDAPs in different forms in Ukraine, whether they are in the Azov regiment or other organizations,” This is what integrity looks like.
April 14, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, Abracadabra said: Simon Wiesenthal Center Comments on UkroNazi's This is what integrity looks like. Integrity would be acknowledging that neo-Not-zees are on Putin's payroll in Ukraine, and that Putin doesn't give a crap about anything other than his own power and ability to project it.
April 14, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, mayanh8 said: I am not an expert by any means but is it possible that Ukraine feels more comfortable having to defend less territory and they're now just going to commit to grinding down Russian numbers with the assistance of a steadily increasing stream of NATO weaponry to the point where Russia has exhausted all of their military effectiveness and at that point Ukraine would begin moving toward more of an offensive stance? The longer you wait that gives the Russians more time to reinforce and to take territory. The best the Ukrainians have been able to do is stop them, and only in the north. In the south all they’ve been able to do is slow them. So by waiting you’re allowing Russia to shel your civilian populace and take ground, and once they take territory there’s no guarantee to get it back. If you hit them now, you blunt their ability to launch an offensive and could potentially retake ground. 2 hours ago, mayanh8 said: Over where? Did I miss something here? Let’s just say I’m currently getting ready for an extended vacation in Eastern Europe.
April 14, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, we_gotta_believe said: Putin planned for this, he knew this would happen. The U.S. had Trump & then the retreat in Afghanistan. China unleashed COVID. Europe had Brexit. Now Russia has this 12 egg omelette on their faces. Good grief what a brutal past few years for the world's superpowers.
April 15, 20223 yr So the ship the Russians claim was not hit by a missile, has sunk. I guess somebody forgot to jiggle the toilet handle, and it flooded. Abra will have the pravda really soon, I am sure.
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