Beno
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Post by Beno on Mar 26, 2022 20:47:37 GMT 10
Unexpected error loading page. hmmmm yep he slipped! old and senile man starts ww3.
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Post by spatial on Mar 27, 2022 7:04:05 GMT 10
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Post by Beno on Mar 27, 2022 8:13:58 GMT 10
I believe old man biden misspoke again. apparently congress is back tracking on that statement. What an old fool, can the world risk a fossil like biden making more critical mistakes?
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Post by bug on Mar 27, 2022 8:55:10 GMT 10
Yikes. That's WWIII talk.
Russia is still winning the war despite what the media narrative would like us to believe. Ukraine is a huge country, with international support and plenty of seasoned veterans from the war in the east. A home turf advantage, enemy soldiers that thought they were going on normal military maneuvers then told to invade their neighbour, similar equipment making it easy to repair and put into service all make things a lot better for Ukraine.
Taking Ukraine in less than 3 months would be extraordinary, even for Russia.
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Post by Stealth on Mar 27, 2022 9:31:42 GMT 10
Given his background it does sound a bit like he was on a bit of an old man wander back into his own experiences and that's not uncommon when people are talking to troops and trying to connect with them. Some of them certainly will see things like that in their careers, and some of them almost certainly already would have. So saying that he's telling them that they're going to Ukraine on the basis of those comments is a bit of a stretch.
But... We don't have the rest of his speech so who can really tell? I think making an assumption one direction or the other without the context of the rest of what he said is just not possible. Could they be? Given the last week or two I'd say that's a very real possibility. But it's also just as possible as he was reminiscing on a few warries to 'show the boys that he gets them'. At this stage it seems anything is possible!
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Post by SA Hunter on Mar 30, 2022 10:20:06 GMT 10
Interesting video from two opposite political/social views.
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Post by Stealth on Mar 30, 2022 18:40:36 GMT 10
Just watched that. My GOSH is it interesting to watch two adult men have a rational conversation about a topic without going crazy at each other like they're hopped up gibbons in mating season. It makes it so much easier to listen and be receptive to both sides of the conversation. And the fact that they clearly have a good rapport in general means that the discussion flows naturally and is easy to listen to. Really enjoyed that.
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Post by norseman on Mar 31, 2022 10:57:57 GMT 10
Kremlin Vet: They’ll Overthrow Putin Before Giving Him ‘Bad News’ About Russia's War Failures
"In an interview with MSNBC’s Ari Melber, former Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev says Kremlin insiders would sooner overthrow Putin than give him bad news about the war in Ukraine. Melber and Kozyrev analyze how fear and corruption compromise the Kremlin's competence in this interview. They also discuss why U.S. officials and intelligence are publicly citing Putin's information problem now -- 35 days into the war -- and a recent report citing “persistent tension” between Putin and his military leaders."
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Post by bug on Mar 31, 2022 11:43:31 GMT 10
- “persistent tension” between Putin and his military leaders.
Sounds like another autocrat with a war that wasn't going the way he wanted.
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Post by iceage on Apr 6, 2022 19:17:08 GMT 10
I found this blog today with this interesting write up on the war so far.
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Post by tactile on Apr 9, 2022 10:03:55 GMT 10
Interesting video from two opposite political/social views. The sad part is that the traditional Liberals in the US (like Maher) are now accused of being centrists or even further Right, while traditional Conservatives like Shapiro are called Far-Right or even Fascists and Nazis which is so screwed up because a lot of them are Jewish.
The "Left" in the US now is dangerous, and its' influence is starting to infiltrate here. I think it's more of a threat than aggressive countries because it divides us and makes us weak and they feed off it.
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Post by spatial on Apr 13, 2022 21:07:54 GMT 10
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Post by dirtdiva on Apr 17, 2022 0:08:43 GMT 10
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Post by Stealth on Apr 17, 2022 12:28:23 GMT 10
Fascinating, thanks for posting that dd! I've been looking for information about the region and it's conflicts that's not russian or western propaganda. I think this piece provides a perspective that most in our area don't get to see. And even better, he provides REFERENCES. Be still my beating heart! lol
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Post by spatial on Apr 23, 2022 7:52:21 GMT 10
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Post by bug on Apr 23, 2022 18:03:48 GMT 10
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Post by grumble on Apr 26, 2022 11:51:50 GMT 10
Just a heads up its been brought to my attention that a certain humanitarian NGO organisation headed by a former mercenary that was allegedly part of the British intelligence has sent "consultants'to assist Ukrainian people while that sounds nice in principle history tells us that wherever they go serious incidents follow that are very well um documented with some great heart wrenching video footage.
so it will be interesting how long before we see some news of a new well documented atrocity done by the bad guys that they just happened to be on the scene to document probably something involving chlorine and women and children
History also shows they have a strong preference to work with the side that's backed by the west and never ever seem to find the good guys doing anything wrong to report about even though they claim to be a NGO that only there to help the people
spicy times ahead
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Post by bug on Apr 26, 2022 12:02:50 GMT 10
As much as what Russia has done is unjustifiable, there's definitely a 'narrative' in the media about it where everything to do with Russia is now evil and Ukraine and the west can do no wrong.
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Post by grumble on Apr 26, 2022 12:34:58 GMT 10
As much as what Russia has done is unjustifiable, there's definitely a 'narrative' in the media about it where everything to do with Russia is now evil and Ukraine and the west can do no wrong. My main concern is whenever these guys show up on the scene incidents that the west have been harping on about for weeks being redlines that could happen and how if this happens we will have to intervene suddenly start happening just like that its so lucky they were there to record themselves assisting the poor victims of this terrible senseless act of aggression "think of the children look some graphic picture's and videos to tug at your heart strings to get you outraged " I can see major escalations coming up very soon especially as Ukraine loses ground as that seem to be the common theme "the good guys "have some loses so suddenly the bad guy do something stupid that risks international intervention while they are wining yep totally makes sense. It wont matter who fired the shot the finger will only point the direction they wants it to its important to note that i am i no ways enjoying , belittling or mocking the suffering of peoples caught in a terrible situation but i am a bit tired of seeing the same photo's and videos being used multiple times from a different conflict or a much earlier time in the conflict as in from years ago there one poor lady that seems to turn up at just about every conflict i so wouldn't travel with her she must be very unlucky oh the picture has been debunked and linked to an random explosion back in 2009 i wonder if they don't realize you can reverse look up images
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Post by norseman on Apr 26, 2022 12:58:26 GMT 10
The average bloke on the street is seriously gullible! Right or wrong the Russians will come out on top with all this! Putin and his Generals haven't even started yet! The MSM are doing us no favours with the over the top Ukraine is winning narrative!
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