Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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Can you say Jack is a loser. I can...
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By the way, Ukraine is kicking Russias' ass.
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Weapons are what counts. Although sanctions are important, it is the vast military aid provided predominately by the United States that has changed the reality on the ground in Ukraine. Superior weapons allowed the Ukrainians to repel the initial Russian advance and take back large swaths of territory. If Ukraine had had these capabilities before the war, Putin may have thought twice before launching a full-scale invasion. The same lesson applies to Taiwan. With the help of its partners, the island must become a porcupine bristling with armaments to deter any possible attempt to take it by force. China must calculate that the cost of an invasion is simply too high to bear.
Finally, the most important way to deter a Chinese move on Taiwan now is to ensure a Ukrainian victory. If Russia can gain territory and establish a new status quo by force, China and other autocratic powers will learn that the democratic world’s resolve is weak. That in the face of nuclear blackmail and military aggression, it chose appeasement over confrontation.
This outcome would make the entire world a more dangerous place. That is why all those who believe in a democratic Taiwan and a rules-based international order must work to ensure Ukraine prevails.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/05/russia-ukraine-next-war-lessons-c
hina-taiwan-strategy-technology-deterrence/
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Originally posted by second:Quote:From what I can see, you are not a grownup. Yes, you did remove tons of garage sale junk that cluttered your house, overcoming your hoarding tendencies. Yes, you also stopped drinking alcohol, overcoming another tendency. There are more trivial accomplishments I won't list. But in the bigger world, normal children with parents who aren't themselves immature have grown past the stage you are now in by the time they are 21. The Russians also need to become grownups, but that is a long story of how Russia never matured because of the trauma of 100,000,000 Russians being murdered by other Russians.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
My life is fine. In many ways, thanks to the fact that I have taken personal accountability for any of my failures, acknowledged them, owned them, fixed whatever I could, and then recognized those things that can't be fixed or weren't worth investing time and energy into and moved on with my life.
I have zero debts to anyone. Financially or otherwise. Everything I own is mine free and clear, everybody I know is indebted to me one way or the other.
Enjoy your holiday break. You've got to get back to work soon, wageslave.
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Agreed...
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How's work treating you today, dummies? Making that money to pay all that interest on things you're never going to pay off before you die?
Fucking Jack can't even hold down a j
ob and he's suggesting those who can are the ones lacking.
He can't sell that shit even on his best day. Better keep it a secret Jack. Nobody thinks someone
who can't hold down a job is a winner.
Too funny...
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I don't need a job. I have everything I want.
Eventually my paid for house will be finished and I'll get bored and need something to do. Maybe I'll flip the house, pay zero capital gains taxes on it and start over.
Have fun working for the man paying off all that debt you never should have taken on and can't ever possibly pay off, buddy.
Say hi to your boss for me.
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: "I don't need a job. I have everything I want."
And Trump will be the next President. Sure, 6ix. You have got it all figured out. If only humanity could see things your way, reality would be so much better. NOT.
Ukraine's Ready to Use Game-Changing Weapons
By Aila Slisco | Dec 26, 2023 at 2:04 PM EST
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-ready-use-f-16-fighter-jets-1855547
The prospect of Ukraine obtaining F-16s had been in doubt until May when President Joe Biden agreed to allow NATO allies to provide the jets after initially resisting repeated requests from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
So far, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Belgium have agreed to provide Ukraine with a supply of F-16s. The Netherlands is set to send Kyiv an initial shipment of 18 jets out of 42.
Although the exact timeline for the arrival of the F-16s to Ukraine is unclear, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte informed Zelensky during a phone call last week that the first batch would be sent soon.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted that the F-16s will not improve Ukraine's footing in the war, saying during the Eastern Economic Forum in September that procurement of the jets "simply prolongs the conflict."
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How many "game changing" weapons has Ukraine gotten? M777 howitzers? Leopard tanks? Patriot missiles? Bradleys? Abrams tanks? That hasn't prevented 400,000 Ukrainian soldiers being taken out of action, one way or another.
The only weapons that seem to work for Ukraine are mines, the HIMARS launchers, cruise missiles, and FPV drones. And Russia has a lot more of those, or equivalent, than Ukraine. I can't imagine what you think F-16s are gonna do, since Ukraine's previous fleet of warplanes was destroyed.
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack: "I don't need a job. I have everything I want."
Yup. I don't pray at the altar of God Money like you do. I have more than my share, and I see no reason to stack excess 1's and 0's that are just going to sit in a virtual bank somewhere until I die.
Have you ever once heard me bitch personally about MY money?
If I need to work, I'll go back to work. It'll be part time. It will be low paying but low responsibility. And I'll be stacking up enough to take another 5 year vacation. Because my cost of living is obscenely low compared to all you wage slaves, you see.
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And Trump will be the next President. Sure, 6ix.
Everything points to this being the case right now.
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You have got it all figured out.
Most of the stuff that means anything...yup.
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If only humanity could see things your way, reality would be so much better. NOT.
Most of humanity does. You're the lefty lunatic on the fringes there, Reaverfan.
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Russia's likely capture of Marinka in Donetsk Oblast represents a limited Russian tactical gain and does not portend any operationally significant advance unless Russian forces have dramatically improved their ability to conduct rapid mechanized forward movement, which they show no signs of having done.
A small and completely destroyed settlement does not offer Russian forces a secure operational foothold from which to launch further offensive operations. Marinka is located less than a kilometer from the pre-invasion frontline and Ukrainian forces have long fortified many of the surrounding settlements, which Russian forces have been similarly struggling to capture.[8] Russian forces have advanced roughly over three kilometers in depth into Marinka since February 24, 2022, and there are no indications that the rate of Russian advance to the next settlements identified as tactical Russian objectives will be any quicker, especially considering the rate of attrition that Russian forces suffered to capture a small settlement directly on the border of territory Russia has controlled since 2014. Russia's capture of Marinka follows several months of highly attritional marginal gains and is not the result of a sudden rapid mechanized Russian advance. Russian forces have not conducted any offensive operation that resulted in a rapid and mechanized forward advance since Spring 2022, and Russian capabilities to conduct the mechanized maneuver that would be required for such an advance have been severely degraded.[9] Russian forces have recently illustrated the lack of these capabilities in failed waves of mass mechanized assaults to capture Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, and those offensive operations resulted in further armored vehicle losses that have prompted the Russian command to transition to infantry-heavy ground attacks.[10]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campai
gn-assessment-december-26-2023
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Quote:6ix, most of humanity lives in relative poverty compared to you. They better be content with their poverty or else be miserable about how God mistreats them or angry that "The West" stole their wealth. (That last option describes average Russians, which makes it easy for Putin to blame the Ukraine War on "The West", not on Putin.) Come to think of it, 6ix has much in common with average Russians but rather than "The West" he blames "The Democrats". 6ix, you have been angry/envious which is why you have all those Disney failure threads predicting the end of wealthy Disney. Personally, I became disinterested in Disney products back when Walt Disney hosted a weekly TV show called "The Wonderful World of Color" because I had real-world adventures rather than make-believe TV.
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If only humanity could see things your way, reality would be so much better. NOT.
Most of humanity does. You're the lefty lunatic on the fringes there, Reaverfan.
The average global personal income is $9,733 per year. The average global household income is $12,235 per year. The median per-capita household income is only $2,920 per year.
https://www.zippia.com/advice/average-income-worldwide/
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