Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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Quote:6ix, you deserve the shit beaten out of you, the same as Russia. If Ukraine won't do it, nobody else is stepping forward. It is too bad Ukraine is almost as incompetent and stupid as Russia at war. Certainly, taking note of how many Germans died in vain during WWII compared to how few Americans, Germans are not helping because they are not notable warriors. Germans are much better at the careful planning, finicky paperwork, and record-keeping necessary for running a Holocaust than winning a war:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Hey Ted.
Looks like Second doesn't support Ukraine either.
Why Olaf Scholz is reluctant to send battle tanks to Ukraine
by Guy Chazan, Ben Hall, Laura Pitel
Germany’s chancellor resists move for fear of provoking Vladimir Putin
Olaf Scholz is under growing international pressure to make a momentous decision: whether or not to give the green light for German battle tanks to be sent to Ukraine.
Berlin’s western allies have been turning the screws on the German leader as Kyiv pleads for more weapons to consolidate its gains against Russia and recapture occupied territory as the war approaches its first anniversary.
Public statements by leading German ministers in recent days suggest that the government’s position is shifting. But Scholz, who is the ultimate decision maker, has yet to indicate a change of heart.
The German chancellor wields huge influence not only because of the military and political ramifications of a decision by Europe’s most populous nation and largest economy to dispatch its own tanks to Ukraine. He also has authority to approve or veto the re-export of the German-made Leopard 2 tanks that are used by 13 armies across Europe.
Yet Scholz, known for his cautious style, has for months voiced hesitancy about supplying tanks even as the Green and liberal partners in his three-way coalition have grown bolder in their support for doing so.
“Germany should . . . not stand in the way if other countries decide to support Ukraine, regardless of whatever decision Germany itself makes,” Green economy minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday.
While Scholz last year promised a “sea change” in Germany’s defence and security policy in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of his neighbour, that shift has appeared slow to Kyiv and its most vocal allies in Europe including Poland and the Baltic nations.
“It’s always a similar pattern: First they say ‘no,’ then they fiercely defend their decision, only to say ‘yes’ in the end,” Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said this week. “We are still trying to understand why the German government is doing this to itself.”
Senior figures in Scholz’s Social Democratic party (SPD) deny that the chancellor is too hesitant. “I don’t see it as dithering,” Michael Roth, head of the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, told German radio on Friday. “He is proceeding cautiously, in a way that takes account of the fact that [German] society is split on this issue.” There were, he said, “no clear majorities” in favour of sending tanks to Ukraine.
The German leader has repeatedly voiced concern over his country being perceived as escalating the conflict and provoking Putin, who has hinted he could resort to nuclear weapons. Recent polls suggest a majority of Germans are opposed to supplying Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks.
Scholz is not helped by the political baggage of his SPD, which has a long history of pacifism and a record of promoting closer ties with Russia. However, Rolf Mützenich, head of the party’s parliamentary group, said on Thursday that when it came to sending battle tanks to Ukraine, “there are no red lines”.
The German leader’s position on sending weapons to Ukraine has shifted since the start of the war. Initially he refused to send any heavy arms at all, saying his country would not “go it alone”. But then Berlin began to deliver armoured vehicles, self-propelled howitzers and air defence systems.
Last week he and Joe Biden, the US president, a
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Originally posted by second:Quote:6ix, you deserve the shit beaten out of you
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Hey Ted.
Looks like Second doesn't support Ukraine either.
Come and get it, pussy.
Oh... That's right. You don't know where I live, do you?
That's just another of the countless disadvantages you have to me.
If you ever figure that out, stop on by. I've got a warm welcome waiting for you.
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Looks like you're really gotten under SECOND's skin, SIX. Poor bastard is reduced to near-threats. Again.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Quote:I have to deal with people who steal from me. I handle that by turning their lives into smoking ruins. Why so brutal? Funny thing about them also being Trump voters. What is the connection? I am absolutely sure they believe in Trump because Trump didn't pay his taxes. He cheated every subcontractor he could. Cheated on his wives. Paid bribes to silence women. Been sued thousands of times and lost. He is exactly like his voters, except more so. What is not to like about Trump for people who are as bad as him, but with fewer opportunities to prove it? Not at all unexpected that his voters would have grave difficulties staying in the middle class just like Trump has difficulties that lawyers constantly work, for decades, keeping Trump out of.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Looks like you're really gotten under SECOND's skin, SIX. Poor bastard is reduced to near-threats. Again.
In other news, Ukraine must pulverize Crimean real estate. Why? "Crimea is the most dangerous part of this war, without any question," Kimmage said. "For Zelensky, it's crystal clear that it needs to be back in Ukraine. For Putin, it's crystal clear that Crimea is Russian. So only one of them can win in this sense. And that just raises the stakes."
Giving up control of Crimea would not only be a black mark on Putin's military, but it would also unleash the wrath of Russian elites, according to Spoonts.
"The oligarch class owns lots of stuff in Crimea including hotels, resorts, boats, homes, and various other businesses," Spoonts said. "Russia has poured huge sums of money into the region in roads, bridges, ports and a grain terminal. They would lose all of that." That is why Ukraine should give the maximum effort to turning Crimea into smoking ruins. Nice guys that use gentlemanly methods don't win wars with either Russians or with Trumptards.
"Since the annexation of Crimea to Russia was so very popular with the Russian public in 2014, Putin's losing it either militarily or through negotiations could spell his doom," George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government professor Mark N. Katz told Newsweek.
https://www.newsweek.com/putin-biggest-weak-spot-exposed-ukraine-ambit
ion-grows-1773741
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Pro-Russian slogans grow louder in former East Germany
Germany’s relationship with Russia has long been complicated, shaped by deep economic ties. Nowhere is that relationship more complex than in the former East Germany, which endured four decades of Soviet control.
Millions of people in Saxony and other eastern regions speak Russian and identify with Russia culturally. Eastern Germany’s heavy industries are also highly dependent on Russian gas and oil, making sanctions particularly painful in this part of the country. Reunification with West Germany in the 1990s only increased suspicion of the West in the minds of many East German citizens.
The war in Ukraine has become a lightning rod for those grievances – and a chance for many East Germans to show their true colours and oppose the German government’s backing of Ukraine. Support for the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which has been sympathetic to Russia during the conflict, has increased in recent months and is currently running at around 27 per cent in some opinion polls here, compared with 12 per cent in the western part of the country.
“We have long relationship with Russia so we also can see the Russian view that they have been provoked for a very long time,” said Torsten Kraft, a 60-year old pensioner in Dresden who supports the Monday demonstrators.
Mr. Kraft echoed Mr. Putin’s arguments that Russia went into Ukraine to help the Russian minority, and that the Kremlin has no designs beyond what it calls a special military operation. “The Ukraine is an artificially constructed country which was originally part of Russia,” he said. “Putin said he’s only going to help people who ask for help, so he’s not going to invade countries which are not asking for help.”
A new movement launched last year called Free Saxony is seeking to tap into the widespread disgruntlement by calling for the region, which includes Dresden and Leipzig, to separate from Germany. (Maybe Putin can help? Ask him.)
More at https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-pro-russian-slogans-grow
-louder-in-former-east-germany-as-ukrainian/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Originally posted by second:Quote:I have to deal with people who steal from me. I handle that by turning their lives into smoking ruins.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Looks like you're really gotten under SECOND's skin, SIX. Poor bastard is reduced to near-threats. Again.
Oh dear. THAT doesn't sound entirely legal, does it?
BTW I personally don't do any of that shit and neither does SIX, and neither does anyone I know.
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Quote:I have to deal with people who steal from me. I handle that by turning their lives into smoking ruins.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Looks like you're really gotten under SECOND's skin, SIX. Poor bastard is reduced to near-threats. Again.
Oh dear. THAT doesn't sound entirely legal, does it?
BTW I personally don't do any of that shit and neither does SIX, and neither does anyone I know.
Yup. Absolute lunatic and garbage human being.
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Quote:You wrote a long comment on Friday that hinted at you once upon a time being out of your mind but now you are saner. You are not sane, just not so self-destructive: http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=20&tid=65473&mid=11679
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Yup. Absolute lunatic and garbage human being.
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Putin Thinks the Ukraine War is ‘Unfair’
Peter Suciu
The late Sir Winston Churchill once suggested, “There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies and that is fighting without them.” This is no doubt a point that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his lackeys now understand all too well as it is essentially facing the most powerful military alliance in the world.
In an article for Tass this week, it was noted that Western military assistance to Kyiv is already 94.9% of Russia’s defense spending last year – $51.1 billion. It is easy to see why Moscow has taken the stance that it isn’t in a war with just its neighbor but with NATO.
The article stated, “As Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized earlier… ‘the military potential and capabilities of virtually all major NATO countries are being actively used against Russia.’ Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu noted that Moscow is fighting not so much with the Ukrainian military as with the ‘collective West.'”
Tass further tried to emphasize that Russia was at a considerable financial disadvantage on the battlefield, as foreign aid to Ukraine has exceeded $150.8 billion, including military, humanitarian and financial support.
Sour Grapes For Putin on Ukraine
It is absolutely true that without that aid Kyiv would have been defeated long ago, a point noted by William Astore, a retired lieutenant colonel and ex-professor of history at the U.S. Air Force Academy, who told Newsweek this week, “there is no way Ukraine could have fought the Russian Army largely to a standstill.”
“Western military aid has created a stalemate in Ukraine,” added Astore. “Whether it will ultimately grant Ukraine a decisive edge depends on the willingness of the U.S. and NATO to continue supplying massive amounts of arms and ammo, together with the morale of Ukrainian forces and the willingness of Ukraine as a country to endure the brutal costs of war.”
For Russia, this fact is crystal clear – and likely especially frustrating.
It would be easy for Putin to cry foul that he wasn’t simply allowed to overrun his neighbor. That point has been noted by his supporters – and by those who are foes of America – that the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq would have been considerably different had Moscow, China, or another power provided aid to our adversaries.
Yet, that is exactly how the Cold War was fought.
It was a number of proxy wars, and in many ways, Ukraine is simply the latest example. However, Ukraine did ask for and received assistance from the West. This is what international alliances are about, and this is the West’s way of ensuring that Russia doesn’t take the path of the Soviet Union in demanding it has a “sphere of influence” over its neighbors.
Putin and his cronies can argue this is about Russian security, and those anti-Ukrainian factions in America can ponder “how would America feel if Mexico joined an alliance with China?” But the point remains that Kyiv didn’t want to be overrun and the Ukrainian people didn’t want to be ruled by Moscow.
Likewise, Mexico doesn’t need China’s protection as it has treaties that are honored by the United States.
Why NATO Expanded
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – as well as Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria – sought NATO membership, not for some future hope of a war with Russia, but because of past history that reminds them, they were all once either under the direct control of Moscow or in its sphere of influence.
This may have seemed a “threat” to Putin, but he has admitted that he sees the dissolution of the Soviet Union as “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century.”
Finally, as the Brookings Institution noted last summer, Putin so
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Quote:I have to deal with people who steal from me. I handle that by turning their lives into smoking ruins.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Looks like you're really gotten under SECOND's skin, SIX. Poor bastard is reduced to near-threats. Again.
Oh dear. THAT doesn't sound entirely legal, does it?
BTW I personally don't do any of that shit and neither does SIX, and neither does anyone I know.
Why do I not believe Sigym's self-reported avoidance of badness? Because you defended too much monstrous behavior by Russians and by Trump. You denied that the bad behavior happened or claimed it was the Ukrainians' fault or the Democrats' fault or, well, you and 6ix always find a way. I personally don't believe you or 6ix when you make statements about your own behavior because I have actual experience with people who have opinions THE SAME AS YOURS. There is a link between their opinions and how difficult their lives have become because it is the same brain creating both their opinions and their difficulties.
Signym, you and 6ix are what I call Trumptards. I can't look into your life, Signym, but other Trumptards I know very well have, what is the polite way to say they are fucked up? These people really need some mental help, but they don't see themselves as crazy. What they want is a change in government or in Hollywood or in business. Then most of their problems will go away, they believe. I believe (make that I am certain) most of their problems are all their own fault because I have seen up-close how Trumptards live and work and raise a family. I have spent tens of thousands of hours listening to and watching them. What I see and hear totally fails to support their high opinion of themselves.
I also believe most of Russia's problems are all their fault. Russia has neighboring countries that prosper while Russia does not. Compare GNP per person and it becomes obvious that Russians are doing something ridiculously wasteful with their lives. Does Russia copy what its neighbors do? No. Instead, Russia blames the neighboring countries, and the UK and USA, for Russia's problems. Russians are very much like Trumptards in their way of being unaware of what they are doing wrong with their short lives.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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You are an idiot and a psychopath.
Nobody gives a shit about your opinion, Second.
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