October 25, 20232 yr 19 hours ago, DrPhilly said: We are getting closer now to Sweden being part of NATO. It has always been about F-16 sales to Turkey and it now appears that there is at least a back room commitment on that happening. Erdogan has signed off on the topic moving to the Turkish parliament for an actual vote. Still time for that to be blocked and still possible they say "no" but all signs now point to a resolution happening within weeks. That would leave only Hungary and they can be strong armed pretty easily once Turkey is out of the way. I dunno, Trump says Orban is a very strong leader in Turkey.
October 25, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, Toastrel said: I dunno, Trump says Orban is a very strong leader in Turkey. Good thing Hungarians have such friendly relations with the Turks.
October 25, 20232 yr On 11/30/2021 at 1:16 PM, SNOORDA said: Why do we care about Taiwan again? Taiwan produces ALL of the microchips used to run everything. Currently there is a major push to create a U.S. based microchip production line here in the U.S. It will be a decade before that is up and running. Taiwanese microchip producers are helping to build this here in the U.S. For the time being keeping China out of Taiwan is rather important. If China were to gain control of Taiwans microchip processing facilities they could potentially gain military superiority by blocking access to the rest of the globe. The real question is, why is China so interested in Taiwan? It has nothing to do with their claims of historical rule over the island. Also Taiwan is a flourishing Western values democracy very close to essentially our biggest global competitor. It is important to be in their corner. To put it in perspective, China is equally interested in building ties with Cuba right off our coast because it is beneficial to have a presence in the region. They are spending billions there to build up a huge spy infrastructure on the island. Geopolitics is your answer.
October 25, 20232 yr On 10/24/2023 at 5:14 PM, DrPhilly said: We are getting closer now to Sweden being part of NATO. It has always been about F-16 sales to Turkey and it now appears that there is at least a back room commitment on that happening. Erdogan has signed off on the topic moving to the Turkish parliament for an actual vote. Still time for that to be blocked and still possible they say "no" but all signs now point to a resolution happening within weeks. That would leave only Hungary and they can be strong armed pretty easily once Turkey is out of the way. Putin is such a great leader. I mean he got Finland to join NATO. No one else has even come close to accomplishing that. If Sweden gets in Putin will have done a simply wonderful job of growing Russian influence in the region for sure. Surely the mighty Russian Navy can dominate and control the Baltic Sea and it's many pipelines from the ports of Kalingrad. In the last decade there has been no bigger promoter of NATO membership than Mr Putin himself.
October 25, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, Toastrel said: I dunno, Trump says Orban is a very strong leader in Turkey. he's got nothin' on Butterball
October 26, 20232 yr How do we know Ukraine is winning the war? Russian military executing soldiers who don’t follow orders, White House says
October 26, 20232 yr If russia implodes how does China react? Cant decide if they would prop it up or be content to move on to doing business with whatever is next…
October 27, 20232 yr 15 hours ago, jsdarkstar said: How do we know Ukraine is winning the war? Russian military executing soldiers who don’t follow orders, White House says Russia remains the world champion of killing Russians. No one does a better job.
October 31, 20232 yr Between McConnell correctly supporting Ukraine and Hawley talking about introducing a bill to reverse Citizens United, it’s very much a worst person you know being right kind of day.
November 6, 20232 yr Huh, so the US nixed the peace deal that would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives and they're going to have to negotiate with Russia anyway?
November 7, 20232 yr Live grenade in birthday gift kills aide to Ukraine’s military chief Quote Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — An aide to the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s military was killed after receiving a live grenade as a birthday present that was immediately detonated by his 13-year-old son. Major Gennadiy Chastyakov, who served as the assistant to Valery Zaluzhny, had received a gift box from a colleague for his birthday on Monday that contained several "Western model” grenades, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote on Telegram. Chastyakov’s 13-year-old son then picked up one of the grenades and started turning the ring, Klymenko wrote. As Chastyakov took the grenade from him, the ring was pulled out and the weapon detonated. Zaluzhny, the chief of Ukraine’s military, wrote on Telegram that his "assistant and close friend” died "under tragic circumstances.” Police found five more unexploded grenades in the apartment, Klymenko said. ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 5: Soldiers of the 47th Brigade, tank department, of the Ukrainian army are seen at the Tank front as the Russia-Ukraine war continues, in Zaporizhia's Oblast, Ukraine on November 05, 2023. (Photo by Ozge Elif Kizil/Anadolu via Getty Images) Tensions grow in Kyiv over status of war, as Zelensky insists conflict with Russia is not at a ‘stalemate’ Kyiv regional police reported that the assistant’s son was seriously injured by the explosion, and is being medically treated. According to Klymenko, police identified the "fellow serviceman” who gave the gift to Chastyakov, and found two similar grenades during a search of his office. Police said criminal proceedings had been initiated and an investigation is ongoing, though the Ukrainian interior ministry later said it considers the death an "accident” based on preliminary information. "According to the information we have now, we can say that it was an accident, negligent ammunition handling,” Mariana Reva, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior said on national TV. "It is possible that the case will be reclassified based on the evidence collected.” The gift "was in the form of a box, with a bottle of alcohol and six grenades inside,” Reva said. Not going to lie. I was expecting this to be a Putin hit job.
November 9, 20232 yr Brand-new Russian warship hit by Ukraine is so badly damaged that it is likely out of the action for the foreseeable future, war analysts say Quote Brand-new Russian warship hit by Ukraine is so badly damaged that it is likely out of the action for the foreseeable future, war analysts say Ukraine struck a brand new Russian warship far behind enemy lines, analysts say, likely rendering it inoperable for the foreseeable future. The hit is Ukraine's latest in a string of successful strikes against Russian vessels. Kyiv's forces have demonstrated a determination to terrorize Russia's presence in the Black Sea and render the occupied Crimean peninsula untenable. They have damaged or destroyed several Black Sea Fleet ships, and in this case, they took a Russian ship out of action before it could even be commissioned. On November 4, Ukraine launched a strike that damaged the Russian Askold Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette, a Kalibr missile carrier docked in a Kerch shipyard in occupied Crimea. Satellite images from before and after the attack showed damage to the vessel and nearby infrastructure. War analysts at The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said the attack on the ship "will likely render it inoperable for the foreseeable future," citing photos posted by Russian and Ukrainian sources. Photos shared by open source accounts on social media showed significant destruction to the top and side of the warship. One video purportedly captures the moment a Ukrainian missile hit the ship, resulting in a large explosion of fire and smoke. Like many of its previous attacks in and around occupied Crimea, Ukraine's strikes on the Askold were likely conducted by Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG missiles, observers said. Since employing the missiles in mid-May, Ukraine has used Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG — air-launched cruise missile provided by the UK and France that boast a 155-mile range — to great effect. The missiles were likely also used in a recent bombardment of Sevastopol that damaged two warships and surrounding shipyard facilities in September. One expert previously told Insider the attack was a "major success for Ukraine" and "another blow to Russian seaborne logistics operations." The two ships hit were a landing vessel and a submarine, both of which were reportedly under repair. And Ukraine has hit targets in and around Crimea with more than just Storm Shadows, which it also appeared to use in strikes against the Black Sea Fleet headquarters. In October 2022, Ukraine began employing its force of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) — naval drone boats packed with explosives — to harass and attack Russian ships and key transport vessels around Sevastopol. The port city, long the home of the Black Sea Fleet, quickly became a major target for Ukraine's USV force. So, too, did the 12-mile Kerch Bridge, which connects mainland Russia with Crimea and serves as a economic, symbolic, and military tie to the occupied peninsula. Ukraine has repeatedly attacked the Kerch Bridge, forcing Russia to up its defenses, even going so far as to sink ships to make it more difficult for operators to drive the boats to the bridge. In August 2023, Ukraine's USVs scored a win against the Ropucha-class landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak. Even as Russia attempted to downplay the severity of the attack, photos showed the ship listing in the water afterwards, indicating it had taken major damage. Ukraine has also claimed wins against patrol vessels. Ukraine has also used Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles to take out Russian targets — in one case, a land-based S-400 missile defense system in Crimea, and in another, a fleet flagship. In April 2022, Ukraine shocked the world by sinking the Salava-class guided-missile cruiser Moskva with its Neptunes. The missiles had to be aimed well, flying just above the surface of the water to avoid the Moskva's missile defenses before impact. The resulting explosions sunk the ship and served as the first example of Ukraine defying Russia's naval supremacy in the war. For the more recent attacks around Crimea, ISW said that it assesses that "Ukrainian forces have conducted an interdiction campaign against Russian military infrastructure in occupied Crimea, primarily BSF assets, since June 2023 to degrade the Russian military's ability to use Crimea as a staging and rear area for Russian operations in southern Ukraine."
November 9, 20232 yr Russia launches deadly missile strike on civilian ship at Ukrainian Black Sea port, Kyiv says Russia -> Iran -> Hamas.... Russia is pretty much a terrorism ring leader at this point both through action and political influence.
November 9, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, paco said: Russia launches deadly missile strike on civilian ship at Ukrainian Black Sea port, Kyiv says Russia -> Iran -> Hamas.... Russia is pretty much a terrorism ring leader at this point both through action and political influence. waiting for the yeah but mafia to show up.
November 13, 20232 yr On 11/9/2023 at 10:28 AM, Alpha_TATEr said: waiting for the yeah but mafia to show up. Clearly russia was being oppressed
November 13, 20232 yr On 10/25/2023 at 3:59 PM, JohnSnowsHair said: Good thing Hungarians have such friendly relations with the Turks. cause their hungry and want turkey ?
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