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

  1. basso

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    #18819
     
  2. Space Ghost

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    You write some of the most bizarre posts. I used 3 LLM to help me understand it and burned up all my tokens in seconds. A big pile of garble.
     
  3. basso

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    from the linked article, a telling stat:

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    Russian Army hasn't marched better since 1945
     
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    Your dumbass alongside @Tomstro @Salvy spent the past 4 years spamming this thread that it was zelensky that was the obstacle to peace and liberals were "war mongering" for continuing the war.

    Yalls orange messiah is now stating its Putin that doesn't want the war to end and hes escalating the war. You trolls have once again been exposed to look like idiots
     
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    This is factually incorrect. Trump is Putins puppet. He is only saying what Putin tells him. You told this to me repeatedly and now I believe it.
    I agree with @DaDakota we should cut the military budget and put boots on the ground in Ukraine. This is the only way it ends.
     
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    Cutting military spending and putting boots on the ground don't belong in the same sentence.
     
  8. Space Ghost

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    It makes sense to DaDa. Granted I've long suspected he has frequent bouts of schizophrenia.
     
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    Sure it does, we don’t need 19 aircraft carriers when the 2nd most is 4, we have plenty of places to cut.

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    It just seemed odd that it said to cut spending but putting soldiers on the ground. That is quite expensive. wont we need support from in the air and sea to not leave out troops exposed.

    Just my thoughts. I could be incorrect

    And yes we need to cut military spending, but still somehow have a military that strikes fear into any hostile force.
    Sabre rattling works best when you got the military to back it up.
     
  11. basso

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    this is very good in stating the underlying problem, the various ads for prostate remedies notwithstanding.

    what it lacks is any suggestion of a solution, other than stop believing Putin is interested in a cease-fire. ok, but then what? One can send all the non-nuke weapons in the world to Ukraine, and that still won't bring about a UKR victory (whatever form that might take.)

    so, wass denn Pluskat?

    still, read the whole thing:

    https://www.19fortyfive.com/2025/05...-win-his-civilizational-war-against-the-west/
     
  12. SamFisher

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    In a crushing blow for half the BBS RTS dads,

    Ukraine just destroyed most of Russians bomber force in the middle of the night



    "You don't have any cards"
     
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    I'd like to see some confirmation of the number/type of planes destroyed, but it appears to have been a very sophisticated operation.


     
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    don't know where these numbers come from, but Big If True.





     
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    I think the question we need to ask first is who do in the world do we want to have the most influence?

    Our influence and how we’ve benefited from that comes from the fact that world war 2 decimated the manufacturing industry in Europe and America chose to step up and take that position which we all benefited from. Like every single one of us that grew up here would have a substantially different life if Eisenhower and co. decided at that time Europe could rebuild their manufacturing and military capabilities there instead of us taking that role.

    That’s just a fact we need to think about first.

    Now that being said, I think now we see the downside of that if America slides into corruption and authoritarianism. That’s too much power to be abused. I think the downfall of being THE military superpower actually started during Bush Jr. The warning signs were there then and now we really are in a precarious spot.

    IMO I would prefer the EU/NATO to step up and have the US take a backseat for the next few decades. It’ll likely cost us influence where we will likely feel the effects but I just don’t think the United States has what it takes to handle that level of responsibility and we are a threat without checks and balances along with the insane level of corruption we now have here along with backsliding Democracy which is the ultimate check on this system that can be a danger to our world with this powerful of a military behind it.
     
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    Great job Ukraine.

    I would be worried though. My assumption is that Russia is about to up the ante after this public humiliation Putin is dealing with.

    Scary times. Ukraine is a tough country.
     
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