The Ukrainian situation

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  1. Br4d

    Br4d 2018 Weeb Ewbank Award

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    This blizzard has no relevance at all to the late fall/early winter weather that did in both advances on Moscow.

    The reality is that the best we in the West can hope for is that Putin gets bogged down in Ukraine after taking most of the population centers and then stumbles around for a few years. It's a lot easier to conquer a place than to hold it against determined resistance.

    This assuming Putin doesn't get frustrated and just drop thermobaric munitions all over the place until there are no civilians left for the resistance to form around. This is the Syrian strategy and it is why that country is a bombed out hellhole that self-immolates every 20 years like clockwork.
     
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  2. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    What's the point of parsing about a harmless observation? All I said is that it was uncanny. Geez, Louise.

    EDIT: Autocorrect from parsing to parsley. Goddamn it.
     
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  3. BrowningNagle

    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    The weather could definitely have an impact.

    Surface to air missiles are unaffected by weather as they rely on radar. At the same time low visibility requires pilots to get closer to find their targets. The combination is great for defenders. It’s why we had so much trouble in the mountains of Afghanistan

    They said on the news that Russia has been lucky so far as Ukraine has seen unseasonably better weather. Until now
     
  4. Petrozza

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    It's beyond sad at this point...



    "Putin may circle Kyiv with tanks, but he'll never gain the hearts and souls of the Iranian people"
     
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  5. Acad23

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    Did Pelosi short Acme Toxic Burn Pits or something?

     
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    Acad23 Well-Known Member

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    Yes. Just like LDT
     
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    I switched propane companies in August because the one I had just sucked (ran me out of gas in the middle of last winter when I was on automatic delivery.) I got a bigger tank from the new company and had it buried. I also locked in at $1.89 a gallon
     
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  10. NYJetsO12

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    Iranians? Please explain .. If Biden bumbled and meant Ukrainians that's a dumb jibe and if that's all you got it's pathetic. Lotsa complaining among the Repubs but no answers no plans no solutions . What a choice we got lol

    The speech was no joke and you highlight Bipartisan..do you know what that means?
     
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  11. papapump

    papapump Well-Known Member

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    Yet no mention of the idiocy on the other side of the aisle. Typical.
     
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    Yeah bc the comment was about the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES -- not the other idiots. At least you tried
     
  13. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    Not defending Creepy Joe, but I think everyone is fairly equal on the idiot faux pas meter. I think we can all clink glasses on that.

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    I see you worked very hard on your one sided observation. Again, it’s all so typical for your side of the aisle.
     
  15. typeOnegative13NY

    typeOnegative13NY Well-Known Member

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    21 Ukrainians killed in Kharkiv , over 100 wounded. Possibly some Russian planes shot down
     
  16. Dierking

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    The Ukrainians are reporting 5,300 Russian troops killed. I am totally calling hornet on that figure.
     
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  17. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    Could totally be Hornet, but I'm fine with Ukraine out-propagandizing Putin.
     
  18. Petrozza

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    The Russians officially admitted 498 dead on their side. So, the real number is probably somewhere in between. Around 3,000?
     
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    Russian economy is crashing really hard. Is all it really even worth it for Ukraine? come on now
     
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    I'd be shocked if it's anything near that high. I'd be curious what some of you who have served in the military think about that alleged burn rate? I have to think Russia's tactics would have changed dramatically if that were accurate.
     
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