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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by NewRoxFan, Nov 25, 2018.

  1. basso

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    Related - s**t going down in Georgia, where Russian political factions are trying to get Russian-style "foreign agent" laws enacted to outlaw "The West" and the people aren't having it.

    People protesting:



     
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    The funny thing is all the brainwashed Maga claimed putin would be so scared of trump he wouldn't even try. In reality he would've just sold out ukraine for a few dollars. No way trump would've taken the hit of high gas prices for ukraine.

    He would've sold them out in minutes.
     
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    Good idea. Execute leaders we disagree with. It almost sounds like you condone the 9/11 attacks. Unless you are implying that we (and by we, I mean you) believe the rules only apply to everyone else but you. Authoritarians detest other authoritarians.
     
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    We should have an international hit squad that takes out people that are bad for the planet and people on it.

    Yes...kill him.

    DD
     
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    Those are old looking bombers
     
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    about the same age as the B-52.
     
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    I met a Ukrainian last night living in Minnesota. Her family though is still in Ukraine but in Western Ukraine so they are relatively safe and her mom was even able to travel to visit her. She did say her brother was fighting.
     
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    "Wagner almost certainly now commands 50,000 mercenary fighters in Ukraine and has become a key component of the Ukraine campaign,"

    The mercenary group started recruiting in large numbers last year because Russia had trouble
    finding people for the regular army. ~80% of its troops in Ukraine have been drawn from prisons​





    In Feb 2023, The head of Russia’s notorious Wagner mercenary group Yevgeniy Prigozhin accused Russia's top brass of committing "treason" by intentionally depriving his fighters in eastern Ukraine of ammunition supplies.

    He subsequently called on ordinary Russians to help him put pressure on the country's regular army to share their supplies of ammunition with Wagner mercenaries.

    Though Prigozhin subsequently announced that ammunition shipments to Wagner had resumed, he revealed that the ammunition shortage “situation” hadn’t, in fact, seen much improvement.

    “Now I can only ask [for more supplies] through the media and … most likely will be doing just that,” Prigozhin said.





    Now Wagner Boss 'Cut Off' From Official Channels After Public Ammo Plea


    The head of Russia’s notorious Wagner mercenary group Yevgeniy Prigozhin said on Thursday that he’d been cut off from all government communication channels
    following his recent public plea to the Ministry of Defense to supply his fighters in Ukraine with urgently needed ammunition.
     
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    Guys , I think crazy eyes AOC was partially right, the world is gonna end in 12 years except we have 6 tops …Spend time with your family. Earth will move on without us in time (ps I’m hopefully joking)
     
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    How long can you hang in your bunker?

    DD
     
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    To indulge in a little conspiracy theory this almost sounds like an effort by Russia to reduce it’s prison population by having them killed in combat.
     
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    That's pretty much what I've read. But instead of young untrained naïve conscripts, these guys are old untrained cutthroat conscripts. Nominally better but surely still a joke in combat.
     
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    My bunker is at risk - the wife says she wants to move snd downsize since our home value went from $395k to now supposedly $700k - in just 3 years time, there's no way I can construct a new fortified bunker considering inflation and time constraints if we move - :(
     
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