re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Like missives from bizarro world. I'm frankly fascinated...

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“The Canadian public doesn’t really see the need, If forced to choose between defense spending, social programs or reducing taxes, defense would always come last. So there’s no political gain to meeting the pledge.”

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Is this a shock? Between Trump and Noam Chomsky the American public has been convinced we should do the same...

It's certainly the thing in the UK, and in Italy... and any place that's not on the border of Russia or has two or more states as a buffer Russia would have to go through... Austria and Switzerland are the ultimate free riders, not NATO members but surrounded by them.

On X a Swedish woman was blasting Putin and expressing support for Ukraine, but then said she opposed Swedish ascension into NATO. When asked why, she said "We don't need it. Finland and Norway share the borders with Russia, not us." A Finnish guy said "Typical Swede!!!"

“We are raising pink ponies that defecate soap bubbles on the heads of darling intelligentsia.”

Never let it be said that the Russians have lost their way with poetic language!!!

These Nationalistic Late Night talk shows are... fricking weird... like something from a Heinlein novel adaptation

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Russian media claiming they are not raising warriors

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In one of the vids on China and their military that I posted here they reported on the reality of the Chinese military and Chinese Society.

First off, military service is compulsory... so it's full of people who do not want to be there, who do not love their country... who do not believe in the cause they are expected to fight and die for... and are disillusioned with the insane corruption in the military and Chinese Society in general.

and to make that much, much, worse... China adopted the one-child policy, In Chinese Society, the eldest son is responsible for housing and caring for the parents in their old age. So, people made sure by any awful means necessary that their one child was a male. And they also did not risk anything happening to that child as he grew up... they watched over him like a hawk and did not let him come close in any way to danger or anything threatening. Their lives in old age depended on that child being alive and intact. So, how do you think these generations of male children have turned out in adulthood? In the few weird little military skirmishes China involves itself in, like raids into India to see if they can just get away with insisting India has the wrong border coordinates and the land actually belongs to China, and armed only with baseball bats and sticks because an agreement between the two countries bans firearms in their altercations, the Indians fight off much larger numbers extremely easily because once they punch the Chinese soldiers they run away crying.

CNN: "Indian and Chinese troops fight with sticks and bricks in video"

And I have to wonder if the citizens of Moscow and St, Petersberg aren't much different at this point? The birthrate in urban Russia is very, very low... so it could be a real case of smothered only-child syndrome writ large...

The males of the two cities might be spared from military service for other reasons besides the obvious political one.

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Uh... this would not be good... either he is a Putin asset or... a fool?

Beyond Ukraine, this would pretty much screw the entire continent.

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Not sharing information among groups with the same goals leads to mass inefficiency.

That said, if it will really cause so many issues in Europe maybe they should increase the effectiveness and scale of their own intelligence agencies.

You would think when Europe started unifying more with the advent of things like the EU that they would have sat down and amongst themselves say "you know what? Our over-reliance on the US is probably a bad thing. What if the US becomes compromised, or just rug pulls us?"

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That said, if it will really cause so many issues in Europe maybe they should increase the effectiveness and scale of their own intelligence agencies.

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Satellite surveillance is what the US has in spades, China is gaining, Russia is less and less, and all of Europe not close.

Then again this is from Politico.

Not sure how Russia is less and less. I know they've out up at least 4-6 since the beginning of this. At least in my mind, adding is not subtracting. Maybe I'm missing something

Uh oh, the cat is out of the bag now!

Modules for Russian LNG plant go back to China. Short version, project to expand the LNG terminal isn't happening due actual and threatened sanctions on China.

LINK

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quote:Not sharing information among groups with the same goals leads to mass inefficiency.

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I was agreeing with you. I was supporting your position. Capiche?