Siri, please show me what the demilitarization of Germany looks like?
— Olga Bazova (@OlgaBazova) October 13, 2024
Siri:
The German army will no longer transfer "large military equipment" to Kiev, - Bild
▪️The German Defense Ministry says that Kiev will not be able to carry out a counteroffensive in the near future.… pic.twitter.com/OBZr3VbTJq
PUTIN REFUSES PEACE TALKS WITH GERMANY’S SCHOLZ ON UKRAINE
— world history (@worldhistoryera) October 12, 2024
Putin has declined to engage in peace talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz over the Ukraine conflict, according to Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
Speaking from Berlin, Baerbock criticized Putin for… pic.twitter.com/ziaVc3Z8gw
"Russian forces have become deadlier and more agile with the help of illicit Starlink terminals...
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) October 12, 2024
Six Ukrainian soldiers and officers from different units across the Donetsk region told The Washington Post that Russia has closed the technology gap, making its forces more… pic.twitter.com/g3MZlxV7Ep
🇷🇺🇺🇦The Ukrainian economy will collapse after the loss of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), towards which the Russian army is now actively advancing, writes Foreign Policy magazine.
— SIMPLICIUS Ѱ (@simpatico771) October 12, 2024
As noted in the article, this city in the DPR is a key source of coal for the metallurgical industry of… pic.twitter.com/JcBXkwiu9n
Trump supporter: “I think that people are ridiculous that they think Putin is such an enemy. He isn't doing anything. He just wants back what was his”
— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) October 11, 2024
Reporter: “He invaded Ukraine, killing thousands of people”
Trump supporter: “That's fine with me.”
pic.twitter.com/JG1Nap70dz
Ag with kids said:Russia wanted ALL of Ukraine.PlaneCrashGuy said:Tswizsle said:
People still think uke can win this war? Lol
If any are brave enough to answer you, they'll just change the definition of win, or go on some long tangent about how much Russia lost. I doubt you'll get a response from a Uke though, Ukraine has been getting steadily pushed back for what feels like several months now - and Kursk hasn't changed anything.
Russia will not get all of Ukraine.
The lines will end close to where they are.
That's a HUGE win for the Ukrainians.
No Spin Ag said:PlaneCrashGuy said:No Spin Ag said:Tswizsle said:
People still think uke can win this war? Lol
Putin failed to take over the entire country. That was the goal when Putin invaded. Putin hasn't achieved his initial objective. Ergo, Putin failed.
But it's good to know there are American Putin sycophants who are gleeful to see a country that did nothing to provoke Putin's invasion suffer because of him.
Putin's American sycophants must be so proud. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if they even had a Russian flag and a Putin picture in their home.
The name calling is lame, and reeks of desperation.
I've still never heard a convincing reason for why we need to defend the most corrupt country in Europe.
Why should we defend any country? Let us step away from Israel and see how long they really last without our support.
If we're going to be truly insolationists, then let's go all the way. I'll sleep just fine knowing that at the end of the day we're not being hypocrites.
Teslag said:Quote:
Just because Russia didn't take out Kiev before we started rendering aid does not mean that Russia would not have been able to do so.....
That's exactly what it means. That's when Russia was at their strongest and they've been weaker ever since.
F*king love seeing posts like this.PlaneCrashGuy said:No Spin Ag said:PlaneCrashGuy said:No Spin Ag said:Tswizsle said:
People still think uke can win this war? Lol
Putin failed to take over the entire country. That was the goal when Putin invaded. Putin hasn't achieved his initial objective. Ergo, Putin failed.
But it's good to know there are American Putin sycophants who are gleeful to see a country that did nothing to provoke Putin's invasion suffer because of him.
Putin's American sycophants must be so proud. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if they even had a Russian flag and a Putin picture in their home.
The name calling is lame, and reeks of desperation.
I've still never heard a convincing reason for why we need to defend the most corrupt country in Europe.
Why should we defend any country? Let us step away from Israel and see how long they really last without our support.
If we're going to be truly insolationists, then let's go all the way. I'll sleep just fine knowing that at the end of the day we're not being hypocrites.
Your terms are acceptable.
Ags4DaWin said:Teslag said:Quote:
Just because Russia didn't take out Kiev before we started rendering aid does not mean that Russia would not have been able to do so.....
That's exactly what it means. That's when Russia was at their strongest and they've been weaker ever since.
If Russia is weaker now than when the invasion initially began then why does Ukraine need our aid to defend itself against a weaker Russia?
You yourself said Russia is a paper tiger.
I remember a general saying it's taking so little of our money that nothing else that our money goes into is interrupted in the slightest. The pennies we're spending are causing Russia to lose tenfold and more, by comparison.Teslag said:Ags4DaWin said:Teslag said:Quote:
Just because Russia didn't take out Kiev before we started rendering aid does not mean that Russia would not have been able to do so.....
That's exactly what it means. That's when Russia was at their strongest and they've been weaker ever since.
If Russia is weaker now than when the invasion initially began then why does Ukraine need our aid to defend itself against a weaker Russia?
You yourself said Russia is a paper tiger.
Because it's cheap and easy to do. We can harm Russia further with basically pennies on the dollar.
Teslag said:Ags4DaWin said:Teslag said:Quote:
Just because Russia didn't take out Kiev before we started rendering aid does not mean that Russia would not have been able to do so.....
That's exactly what it means. That's when Russia was at their strongest and they've been weaker ever since.
If Russia is weaker now than when the invasion initially began then why does Ukraine need our aid to defend itself against a weaker Russia?
You yourself said Russia is a paper tiger.
Because it's cheap and easy to do. We can harm Russia further with basically pennies on the dollar.
nortex97 said:
The monetary cost is a pittance, compared to the human one.
Ags4DaWin said:
175 billion bucks is 20% of the ENTIRE defense budget.
Your quote by the general claims that 175 billion dollars is s little that it would not even be missed because they have that kind of money just lying around.
If the defense department is not using 20% of its own budget the budget should be slashed.
Thanks! You just provided a great argument for reducing the defense budget.
Any good liberal would want the defense budget slashed.Ags4DaWin said:
175 billion bucks is 20% of the ENTIRE defense budget.
Your quote by the general claims that 175 billion dollars is s little that it would not even be missed because they have that kind of money just lying around.
If the defense department is not using 20% of its own budget the budget should be slashed.
Thanks! You just provided a great argument for reducing the defense budget.
Ags4DaWin said:
175 billion bucks is 20% of the ENTIRE defense budget.
Your quote by the general claims that 175 billion dollars is s little that it would not even be missed because they have that kind of money just lying around.
If the defense department is not using 20% of its own budget the budget should be slashed.
Thanks! You just provided a great argument for reducing the defense budget.
Teslag said:nortex97 said:
The monetary cost is a pittance, compared to the human one.
The human one falls at the feet of one person alone. He can end this any time he chooses.
De-dollarization is a real thing and the impact of the alliance net is to grow China's power in trade, and other areas of development and military alignment over time (belt and road etc). BRICS+ is going to be a growing portion of world GDP, even if today 'only' 28 percent.AtticusMatlock said:
BRICS is a loose economic partnership of countries, some of whom hate each other, and none of them trust China. It's barely even a thing.
Playing out exactly as I anticipated 2 years backhttps://t.co/8saVQnvdML
— sghosh (@ghosh121) October 13, 2024
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH…!!!
— Jürg Rothen (@eminenz7) October 13, 2024
Whilst the "value-oriented" West (under the instruction and leadership of the reality-denying unipolar romantics USA and the UK) is still trying to gain control over countries such as Ukraine, Georgia, Palestine area, Taiwan, Iran etc., using antiquated…
J. Walter Weatherman said:Teslag said:nortex97 said:
The monetary cost is a pittance, compared to the human one.
The human one falls at the feet of one person alone. He can end this any time he chooses.
The amount of cognitive dissonance it takes to claim to care about the human cost of the war while refusing to ever place any blame on the one person who started it is pretty amazing.
Spot on truth.YouBet said:
I guess I'll be the hypocrite, but I have no desire for continued funding of Ukraine while I'm fine with us helping Israel...with caveats.
Caveats: any and all foreign aid should not be given until/unless we have funded domestic sovereign priorities first which means our own border and immigration policies. So neither country would get **** from me until this was done first. And the fact that this isn't done by default without having to negotiate it and politicize it means we have our own domestic enemies to worry about - Democrats.
Please spare me the inevitable "we can do both" argument. No, we can't because we aren't. And until we do then that argument is invalid.
Assuming above hurdle is cleared first...Ukraine was/is a corrupt, money laundering playground for competing global interests. It never remotely met the standards for NATO or EU acceptance because of this. It's too closely tied ethnically, culturally, and historically with Russia to ever rise above its own deficienices. Russia ideally wants to absorb them. If Ukraine splits or falls, it won't matter a few years from now. Ukrainians will trade one corrupt Rus for a different corrupt Rus. Russia can't/won't go any further west against a NATO country as everyone on here now agrees. They may then try to start taking some of the -Stan's. If they do, who cares. It would be an improvement if Russia took them, frankly. Life will go on as normal everywhere else.
Israel on the other hand is an established western country with an entire religion of 1.8B people who want them exterminated...not absorbed. Europe and the US have much more to lose with the fall of Israel than it ever will with Ukraine.
If Israel falls, then the Muslims become massively emboldened with their quest for world domination. With Israel out of the way, they can focus all attention on conquering the rest of Europe. They already are through mass migration, but they would have zero distractions if Israel was out of the way.
So, one enemy is a regional, rationally driven threat (Russia). The other enemy is driven to world domination through oppression, subjugation, and murder as required by their religion (Islam).
I also hold out a very small hope that we could eventually reconcile with Russia post-Putin considering our cultures are more closely aligned. We have a common enemy in the locust swarm that is Islam. We had an opportunity to do this post '91 and we squandered it in favor of the MIC. Probably not a more significant strategic blunder out there.
PlaneCrashGuy said:Ag with kids said:Russia wanted ALL of Ukraine.PlaneCrashGuy said:Tswizsle said:
People still think uke can win this war? Lol
If any are brave enough to answer you, they'll just change the definition of win, or go on some long tangent about how much Russia lost. I doubt you'll get a response from a Uke though, Ukraine has been getting steadily pushed back for what feels like several months now - and Kursk hasn't changed anything.
Russia will not get all of Ukraine.
The lines will end close to where they are.
That's a HUGE win for the Ukrainians.
Russia wanted all of Ukraine.
Ukraine wanted all of Ukraine (back).
Russia will end up with more Ukraine than it had when this started.
Ukraine will end up with less.
That is not a win, and you look foolish trying to pretend that it is.
Because Russia was stronger than UKRAINE by a significant amount.Ags4DaWin said:Teslag said:Quote:
Just because Russia didn't take out Kiev before we started rendering aid does not mean that Russia would not have been able to do so.....
That's exactly what it means. That's when Russia was at their strongest and they've been weaker ever since.
If Russia is weaker now than when the invasion initially began then why does Ukraine need our aid to defend itself against a weaker Russia?
You yourself said Russia is a paper tiger.
FWIW, he's a Russian fanboi. So, he also has that, too...No Spin Ag said:F*king love seeing posts like this.PlaneCrashGuy said:No Spin Ag said:PlaneCrashGuy said:No Spin Ag said:Tswizsle said:
People still think uke can win this war? Lol
Putin failed to take over the entire country. That was the goal when Putin invaded. Putin hasn't achieved his initial objective. Ergo, Putin failed.
But it's good to know there are American Putin sycophants who are gleeful to see a country that did nothing to provoke Putin's invasion suffer because of him.
Putin's American sycophants must be so proud. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if they even had a Russian flag and a Putin picture in their home.
The name calling is lame, and reeks of desperation.
I've still never heard a convincing reason for why we need to defend the most corrupt country in Europe.
Why should we defend any country? Let us step away from Israel and see how long they really last without our support.
If we're going to be truly insolationists, then let's go all the way. I'll sleep just fine knowing that at the end of the day we're not being hypocrites.
Your terms are acceptable.
There's no "well, but we need to save the Jews from the evil Muslims or to keep Big Oil going with as few interruptions as possible," and for that, mad respect.
I agree with this.YouBet said:
I guess I'll be the hypocrite, but I have no desire for continued funding of Ukraine while I'm fine with us helping Israel...with caveats.
Caveats: any and all foreign aid should not be given until/unless we have funded domestic sovereign priorities first which means our own border and immigration policies. So neither country would get **** from me until this was done first. And the fact that this isn't done by default without having to negotiate it and politicize it means we have our own domestic enemies to worry about - Democrats.
Please spare me the inevitable "we can do both" argument. No, we can't because we aren't. And until we do then that argument is invalid.
Assuming above hurdle is cleared first...Ukraine was/is a corrupt, money laundering playground for competing global interests. It never remotely met the standards for NATO or EU acceptance because of this. It's too closely tied ethnically, culturally, and historically with Russia to ever rise above its own deficienices. Russia ideally wants to absorb them. If Ukraine splits or falls, it won't matter a few years from now. Ukrainians will trade one corrupt Rus for a different corrupt Rus. Russia can't/won't go any further west against a NATO country as everyone on here now agrees. They may then try to start taking some of the -Stan's. If they do, who cares. It would be an improvement if Russia took them, frankly. Life will go on as normal everywhere else.
Israel on the other hand is an established western country with an entire religion of 1.8B people who want them exterminated...not absorbed. Europe and the US have much more to lose with the fall of Israel than it ever will with Ukraine.
If Israel falls, then the Muslims become massively emboldened with their quest for world domination. With Israel out of the way, they can focus all attention on conquering the rest of Europe. They already are through mass migration, but they would have zero distractions if Israel was out of the way.
So, one enemy is a regional, rationally driven threat (Russia). The other enemy is driven to world domination through oppression, subjugation, and murder as required by their religion (Islam).
I also hold out a very small hope that we could eventually reconcile with Russia post-Putin considering our cultures are more closely aligned. We have a common enemy in the locust swarm that is Islam. We had an opportunity to do this post '91 and we squandered it in favor of the MIC. Probably not a more significant strategic blunder out there.
I thought you'd be taller.nortex97 said:
LOL, this is actually from February but these folks are not wrong, and MSNBC of course is mad:Trump supporter: “I think that people are ridiculous that they think Putin is such an enemy. He isn't doing anything. He just wants back what was his”
— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) October 11, 2024
Reporter: “He invaded Ukraine, killing thousands of people”
Trump supporter: “That's fine with me.”
pic.twitter.com/JG1Nap70dz
I also said this **3 months before** the first assassination attempt… that they would try to assassinate Trump over Ukraine policy…
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) October 13, 2024
and then Ukraine network-mobbed up Ryan Routh mysteriously enters the picture… and the DOJ is delaying prosecution over ‘complicated evidence’… https://t.co/eqAEktI2ow
🇺🇸 Trump believes that due to the actions of the U.S. government, World War III could begin in the coming months:
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) October 13, 2024
"My concern is that in the next three or four months, we will be headed toward World War III because of the people we have in government (in the U.S.)." pic.twitter.com/RiqWEdtR6N
Well, it's now official. Unfortunately, it's already too late for that. Kiev will be ceding territory, but much more of it than it thinks https://t.co/uyg5MSq0bJ
— SIMPLICIUS Ѱ (@simpatico771) October 13, 2024
Does no one read the companies statements They own 14 mines in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky and already announced plans to have coal from the United States and Poland. https://t.co/WzAUYVW6y3
— Intelschizo (@Schizointel) October 13, 2024
What is known about the situation in Kursk region:
— East_Calling (@East_Calling) October 14, 2024
▪ Over the course of 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to more than 300 people. In total, during the military operations in the Kursk direction, Kiev lost more than 22,950 servicemen;
▪ Over the course of a day, Russian… pic.twitter.com/4tt2qNfwDQ
Mother Russia is on the way…
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) October 14, 2024
⚡️ Panic is slowly growing on the Ukrainian side, as it is only 30 kilometers along the highway from Kamenskoye to the city of Zaporozhye, the administrative center of the region and one of the main industrial areas.
The Ukrainian armed forces are… pic.twitter.com/CkMzOoY0Dp
Zelenskyy’s ‘victory plan’ is now a surrender plan. Ukraine and the West have lost the war. If Joe Biden and Boris Johnson didn’t prevent the peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia in 2022 over a million Ukrainians would still be alive. Remember that when you vote next month. pic.twitter.com/zwdNWQDjVs
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) October 14, 2024
Quote:
If Joe Biden and Boris Johnson didn't prevent the peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia in 2022 over a million Ukrainians would still be alive.