17 minutes ago, Toastrel said:

Yes, if Putin's stupidity doesn't destroy Russia, and alliance with the powerhouse of Syria and Turkey, will really alter the balance of power in the world.

Hasn't Turkey been pushing for peace talks for a while now?  If anything, this seems like Russia begging for support.

 

5 minutes ago, Abracadabra said:

Dismiss it if you will. A realignment is underway and it includes the middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America. A multipolar order is being built which bypasses the arrogant, deceitful, inept, decadent Anglo-imperialists. 

So a bunch of regions that have poor economies along with a region whose economies are highly reliant on the American consumer.. 

brilliant. 

1 minute ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

So a bunch of regions that have poor economies along with a region whose economies are highly reliant on the American consumer.. 

brilliant. 

Those regions remain poor mainly because they've been the victims of colonial powers stealing their resources for decades. That's changing as China's giant economy and Russia's massive commodities are put to use in building and developing these countries. 

The American consumer is about to have a rude awakening. If you think the world is going to continue taking worthless paper in exchange for their labor, you've got another thing coming. All over the world countries are developing alternative financial and payment systems outside the dollar. 

Just now, Abracadabra said:

Those regions remain poor mainly because they've been the victims of colonial powers stealing their resources for decades. That's changing as China's giant economy and Russia's massive commodities are put to use in building and developing these countries. 

The American consumer is about to have a rude awakening. If you think the world is going to continue taking worthless paper in exchange for their labor, you've got another thing coming. All over the world countries are developing alternative financial and payment systems outside the dollar. 

Are you including Russia in the theft of resources?

 

If you had any honesty, you would.

Just now, Toastrel said:

Are you including Russia in the theft of resources?

 

If you had any honesty, you would.

How many military bases does Russia have outside of Russia?

None.

How many bases does the U.S. have outside of America?

800+

Attempting any comparison is foolish. 

 

1 minute ago, Abracadabra said:

How many valid points have I made in any discussion, ever?

None.

How many homeless men have I fellated in a garbage dumpster?

800+

Attempting any comparison is foolish. 

 

touché

7 minutes ago, Abracadabra said:

Those regions remain poor mainly because they've been the victims of colonial powers stealing their resources for decades. That's changing as China's giant economy and Russia's massive commodities are put to use in building and developing these countries. 

The American consumer is about to have a rude awakening. If you think the world is going to continue taking worthless paper in exchange for their labor, you've got another thing coming. All over the world countries are developing alternative financial and payment systems outside the dollar. 

no, they remain poor because their governments are corrupt.

in Africa, Botswana is the exception that proves the rule. Seretse Khama created the playbook, but corrupt African governments choose a different path. blaming colonialism is anti-Western propaganda.

China's falling into the middle class trap at the same time its demographics have set it up for a tremendous collapse due to its one-child policies. 

Russia is a 3rd world country with oil and nukes. It literally produces nothing that the world values outside of oil. And this war has exposed its military industrial complex as a fraud and farce. 

your take is laughably ignorant. mixed market economies within free democratic societies have and will continue to trounce your dictatorships. 

6 minutes ago, Abracadabra said:

How many military bases does Russia have outside of Russia?

None.

How many bases does the U.S. have outside of America?

800+

Attempting any comparison is foolish. 

 

nations are literally begging for the US and NATO to put bases within their borders to provide security. 

nobody wants Russians in their country. 

2 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

nobody wants Russian men in their country. 

FYP

9 minutes ago, Abracadabra said:

How many military bases does Russia have outside of Russia?

None.

How many bases does the U.S. have outside of America?

800+

Attempting any comparison is foolish. 

 

We were talking about resource theft.

Why do you change the subject? Is it because, as I suspect, you only have one mode; lying POS?

Just now, Toastrel said:

We were talking about resource theft.

Why do you change the subject? Is it because, as I suspect, you only have one mode; lying POS?

The theft of resources always occurs in the shadow of military might. Sometimes, the military itself steals the resources. Right now, for example, in Syria, the U.S. military is blatantly stealing Syrian oil and grain. 

Colonialism is always associated with military occupation, idiot.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-occupation-smuggle-98-oil-tanker-trucks-from-syria-to-ira

1 minute ago, Abracadabra said:

Colonialism is always associated with military occupation, idiot.

what the fack do you call what Russia is doing to Ukraine you stupid SOB? 

9 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

what the fack do you call what Russia is doing to Ukraine you stupid SOB? 

Genocide?

8 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

what the fack do you call what Russia is doing to Ukraine you stupid SOB? 

Defending civilians against a western Not-Z regime of sadistic killers. 

11 minutes ago, Abracadabra said:

The theft of resources always occurs in the shadow of military might. Sometimes, the military itself steals the resources. Right now, for example, in Syria, the U.S. military is blatantly stealing Syrian oil and grain. 

Colonialism is always associated with military occupation, idiot.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-occupation-smuggle-98-oil-tanker-trucks-from-syria-to-ira

Sometimes, your oligarchs steal and sell off all your weapons and ammo, leaving your troops looking like Syrian refugees.

 

Glad you could come back to the topic YOU brought up, but it does not absolve you of your incredible lack of integrity.

6 minutes ago, Abracadabra said:

Defending civilians against a western Not-Z regime of sadistic killers. 

3 minutes ago, Toastrel said:

Sometimes, your oligarchs steal and sell off all your weapons and ammo, leaving your troops looking like Syrian refugees.

 

Glad you could come back to the topic YOU brought up, but it does not absolve you of your incredible lack of integrity.

Oligarchs selling off Russian industry was really bad in the 90's. The West absolutely loved  buying up Russia for pennies on the dollar. Then Putin stepped up and put an end to the exploitation. He booted out many of those oligarchs and defanged the rest. The west hates his guts because of it.

Over the ensuing 30 years, Putin has rebuilt the Russian military to the extent that it can defend it's interests against an overrated U.S. military. 

6 minutes ago, Abracadabra said:

Oligarchs selling off Russian industry was really bad in the 90's. The West absolutely loved  buying up Russia for pennies on the dollar. Then Putin stepped up and put an end to the exploitation. He booted out many of those oligarchs and defanged the rest. The west hates his guts because of it.

Over the ensuing 30 years, Putin has rebuilt the Russian military to the extent that it can defend it's interests against an overrated U.S. military. 

WTF ??  They can't even deal with tiny little Ukraine.

2 minutes ago, downundermike said:

WTF ??  They can't even deal with tiny little Ukraine.

The Ukrainian military was destroyed months ago. The units left are made of recent conscripts and foreign soldiers. Their equipment is from the U.S. and the EU. Ukraine's economy is nearly collapsed. Outside sources are pumping in billions per month just to keep things going.

Russia is now destroying the military stocks of all of Europe and the U.S.. Ask Estonia or Germany or France or or or. They're all tapped out. Even the U.S. is running low on all sorts of things. 155mm shells, for example, are no longer being sent to Ukraine. 

 

 

Russia had to go begging to Iran for drones.

Now it's worried over Patriot missile defense systems. 

21 minutes ago, Abracadabra said:

...Putin has rebuilt the Russian military to the extent that it can defend it's interests against an overrated U.S. military. 

 

Reading the posts, I have come to one conclusion. 

 

I was right to never do acid. That stuff apparently will keep messing with you for the rest of your life and you'll have no idea what's real.

Patriot missiles? 

The Houthis crude missiles have already shown it's a piece of junk.

Besides, how many systems are they going to send to Ukraine? One? Two? Five? Ukraine is a huge country, there's no way they can cover enough to be effective. Even if they did, the Russians are going to take them out pretty quickly. These systems are extensive and static. You're not going to be moving them around to avoid targeting. Even further, how many Patriot missiles would Ukraine need in order to shoot down the missiles Russia fires in a month? Russia is firing about 150 missiles every month. The system usually fires two missiles to ensure a hit on a single incoming target. That's 300 missiles per month.

How many Patriot missiles does the U.S. produce per month? 

The Russians have said they will destroy these systems on sight. That means the personnel operating them will die. Who's going to operate the complex? How many personnel are involved?

Hello, Mission Creep.

35 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Reading the posts, I have come to one conclusion. 

 

I was right to never do acid. That stuff apparently will keep messing with you for the rest of your life and you'll have no idea what's real.

You missed out dude

1 hour ago, vikas83 said:

Reading the posts, I have come to one conclusion. 

 

I was right to never do acid. That stuff apparently will keep messing with you for the rest of your life and you'll have no idea what's real.

Yes and no.  Yes you were right not to do it.  But because it's F'n over rated.   "Hey, I want to do something that makes me giggle (like weed), make s*** wavy, but I don't want to sleep for 12 hours and possibly f up my vision for life.  And I don't want to spend a lot".  That's acid.

 

Shrooms is where its at.

1 hour ago, Abracadabra said:

The Ukrainian military was destroyed months ago. The units left are made of recent conscripts and foreign soldiers. Their equipment is from the U.S. and the EU. Ukraine's economy is nearly collapsed. Outside sources are pumping in billions per month just to keep things going.

Russia is now destroying the military stocks of all of Europe and the U.S.. Ask Estonia or Germany or France or or or. They're all tapped out. Even the U.S. is running low on all sorts of things. 155mm shells, for example, are no longer being sent to Ukraine.