Icarus27k Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 From today. Always listen to what Bill Burns says. He's the guy that Biden dispatches somewhere (to Putin, Zelensky, Xi) whenever the U.S. wants to get serious. Burns is arguably why Zelensky is still alive today and wasn't killed by the Russians in the early days of the war, as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus27k Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 I regret to inform you the guy running Dmitry Medvedev's social media is making pop culture references. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilgar Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 53 minutes ago, Icarus27k said: I regret to inform you the guy running Dmitry Medvedev's social media is making pop culture references. The fuck does this even mean? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seight Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Icarus27k said: I regret to inform you the guy running Dmitry Medvedev's social media is making pop culture references. Yes, he truly is a "St. Jimmy." (I know which song he's referencing, shut up.) Edited July 22, 2023 by Seight 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted July 23, 2023 Author Share Posted July 23, 2023 Russian missile strikes Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, World Heritage Site 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus27k Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Here's a theory from an expert saying Putin will not do anything to escalate the Ukraine war for the next few months because March 2024 is an election in Russia ( an "election" ) and Putin wants to be seen an the nice guy to Russians leading up to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted July 27, 2023 Author Share Posted July 27, 2023 NY Times article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katt_goddess Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 12 hours ago, Icarus27k said: Here's a theory from an expert saying Putin will not do anything to escalate the Ukraine war for the next few months because March 2024 is an election in Russia ( an "election" ) and Putin wants to be seen an the nice guy to Russians leading up to it. Translation - he doesn't want to have to throw a bunch of people in jail for failing to vote for him on their own, he wants to wait to throw them into the military after they've very wisely voted for him 'on their own' . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 4 minutes ago, tsar4 said: NY Times article …Sorry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus27k Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 I suspect by "main thrust" they mean "Ukraine has started using its reserves now". I think the operation Ukraine tried in early June when the counteroffensive first started was also supposed to be a main thrust but it failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/30/7413429/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus27k Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Well, that was disturbing. I just opened a NY Times article about the war and I first noticed the picture they put above the headline. I thought it was a picture of a soldier's uniform on the ground, but apparently it was the body of a Russian soldier squashed flat, Judge Doom-style, by a tank, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 The Israelis Break On Through to the Other Side... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 1, 2023 Author Share Posted August 1, 2023 "THIS IS FOR CRYING 'TERRORISM' WHEN WE RETAILIATE!" 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 5, 2023 Author Share Posted August 5, 2023 Russia increases the conscription age window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus27k Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 3 hours ago, tsar4 said: Russia increases the conscription age window If I was a Russian, I would have left long ago. I would consider it common sense to avoid any participation in a genocidal war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 Russian commander has troops dress in Ukrainian Uniforms to sabotage stuff, but forgets to tell anybody else. Other Russians attack & kill them with artillery. The real Ukrainian Army then put cluster bombs all over the Russian artillery. The Russian commander ran away & they're still looking for him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 longform article in the NYTimes about the perspective of the war from within Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/world/europe/putins-forever-war.html I wanted to quote some highlights but there are too many Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) Belarusian military helicopters in Polish airspace Edited August 11, 2023 by tsar4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 56 minutes ago, tsar4 said: Belarusian military helicopters in Polish airspace you keep linking back to the thread. you had another post that did that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master-Debater131 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 I know what hes talking about though. There were helicopters that entered into Polish airspace. Out of every possible NATO country to mess around with, you go with Poland? They have been itching for a chance to steamroll the Soviet Russians and their puppets ever since their occupation ended. They have a massive tank force and a top tier military. They wouldn't even need to involve NATO to completely crush Belarus and Wagner. This would be the fastest and most extreme example of FAFO ever if Belarus doesnt stop their shit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, discolé monade said: you keep linking back to the thread. you had another post that did that. Something to do with linking from my phone - I've only done that twice. Weird. Apparently my phone is adding a code to the front of the actual link - fixed it. Edited August 11, 2023 by tsar4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sieg67 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 28 minutes ago, tsar4 said: Something to do with linking from my phone - I've only done that twice. Weird. Apparently my phone is adding a code to the front of the actual link - fixed it. Here's a fix for that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 39 minutes ago, tsar4 said: Something to do with linking from my phone - I've only done that twice. Weird. Apparently my phone is adding a code to the front of the actual link - fixed it. You pretty boys are all alike. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share Posted August 13, 2023 Readying the next generation of Russian fertilizer 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 Appear where you are not expected... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 13 hours ago, tsar4 said: Appear where you are not expected... It's crazy seeing this super-modern drone warfare so thoroughly mixed with century-old trench warfare tactics. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 Not so smart, 20 Cmept 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 Somewhere in Vancouver... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katt_goddess Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Putin's Brain Hemorrhage doesn't contain Malort. Disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, katt_goddess said: Putin's Brain Hemorrhage doesn't contain Malort. Disappointed. It's supposed to be for toasting to Putin's Brain Hemorrhage, not to give the drinker one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 19, 2023 Author Share Posted August 19, 2023 I've never seen a copter just plummet like this... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptorpat Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 they shouldn't have been smoking on board 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katt_goddess Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 I've seen that somewhere... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 It’s like Duck Hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus27k Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 (edited) There'a a few things wrong with this framing. The Ukrainian counteroffensive against entrenched Russian defenses in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk oblast was always misguided. It was obvious since last year that these parts of occupied Ukraine were going to be the most difficult battles. U.S. intelligence officials said so publicly. Unfortunately, this advice was ignored by U.S. policymakers, from Biden on down to members of Congress, who continued to hype Ukraine's miraculous ability to overcome odds. It was also ignored by the Ukrainians themselves, who believed they could recreate their successes in winning battles of Kharkiv and Kherson last year. (There was also crazy optimistic predictions from some Ukrainian officials, who implied things like they would liberate Crimea this year.) So, the news article above errs by portraying this a novel surprise. The U.S. officials who are "increasingly" critical and gloomy are certainly those who ignored the obvious from at least last year. Edited August 20, 2023 by Icarus27k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 20, 2023 Author Share Posted August 20, 2023 “No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country.” Gen George S Patton And that is what exactly will win this war. There are already people in the rural areas considering how they'll avoid being conscripted. I think one of the articles said they'll consider taking up to 70 yr olds, but I'm not certain. Drain those currently on the battlefield, replenishing them is going to be harder and possibly might lead to rioting/attempts on Putin and his henchmen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted August 20, 2023 Author Share Posted August 20, 2023 "We are ready to exchange Belgorod for NATO membership" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master-Debater131 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Key paragraph: ":“Do not travel to Belarus due to Belarusian authorities’ continued facilitation of Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, the buildup of Russian military forces in Belarus, the arbitrary enforcement of local laws, the potential of civil unrest, the risk of detention, and the Embassy’s limited ability to assist U.S. citizens residing in or traveling to Belarus,” the State Department wrote in its warning." Two things, first, how hasnt this already happened? second, sure seems like the US is thinking Belarus is about to fuck around. Question is going to be who delivers the "find out". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus27k Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus27k Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Prigozhin dead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master-Debater131 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Sure looks like Putin just took out the leadership of Wagner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master-Debater131 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 (edited) Tinfoil hat time. The US knew that Russia was going to do this, which is why we issued the "GTFO Belarus" notice a few days ago. Knowing that Belarus is currently crawling with Wagner forces we wanted people to get out for when this happens because there is no way to know how Wagner forces are going to react. They may turn around and start heading for Russia, cause chaos in Belarus, or just sit around unsure of what to do. Theres also all those Wagner troops in Russia and Africa. Wonder what they are going to do now. Edited August 23, 2023 by Master-Debater131 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cyberbully Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Where's Distorted when we need him. Surely there is a perfectly sane explanation for this. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master-Debater131 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Oh yea, Putin is going for a decapitation move of Wagner today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Icarus27k Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Prigozhin was wanted by the U.S. government from crimes related to Russian interference is U.S. elections. So they won't ever be getting him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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