re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Thanks to bald and bankrupt, I know the car at bottom left is a Lada Niva

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That chick looks like a dude.

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Nah, but she's not in the ballpark of OT10 discussion. Not even if the gun gives her bonus points.

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Putin believed the false propaganda that his yes men were feeding him. He believed that Zalinsky and the rest of the Ukrainian government would flee and the pro-Russian MPs would form a government that is friendly to Moscow. He did not expect the war to last longer than a week and he did not expect Ukraine to fight like they have.

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There may be elements of truth in this statement but, imo, the issue is that the West called his bluff.

He throws 150-200k troops on the Ukrainian border and gave Ukraine and NATO a ridiculous list of demands that needed to be met for him to back off. He never expected this list to be met, but he certainly expected serious concessions under the threat of war. He also had plans to set up false flag attacks to justify invasion.

Well, the West told him to go frick himself. The Ukrainians told him to go frick himself. The US spilled every bit of intelligence they had to stay two steps ahead of any false flag operations. The West, in whole, told Putin to prove his mettle.

Putin found himself between a rock and a hard place. Does he retreat and look weak on the international stage and admit miscalculation? Does he move forward with war, knowing that his forces aren't ready, just to prove that he's still a serious threat and world player? He chose the latter. Now he and his country will pay dearly for the decision for decades to come.

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mud is already proving to be a thorn in the side of the Russians.

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Someone should tell them you can cut down a 4-6 in diameter tree about 5 feet long and chain one to each tire and it’ll walk slowly right through that mud

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I keep getting the feeling Putin is getting rid of old military hardware in Ukraine. I know that's not correct, just a vibe. Just thought in 2022 they'd have newer space age weapons. Lasers and robots...

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You can’t fake economics, innovation, technology, and demographics.

Russia is quite a poor country relative to the West with a small, marginal technology sector and an extraordinarily corrupt system that makes real innovation difficult.

Again, Mexico with nuclear weapons.

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If a hundred million people each kicked in $20 toward the effort, we might get it done.

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Yeah, but then what? Putin’s underlings may be even worse than him, and who knows which of them would truly take power. Watch “The Death of Stalin” for reference and hilarity.

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Closeted South Carolina Senator Miss Lindsey

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"Lady G" is supposedly what he requires his gentlemen of the night to call him.

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Nah, but she's not in the ballpark of OT10 discussion. Not even if the gun gives her bonus points.

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People in this thread were drooling all over her when she first popped onto the radar.

Has anyone been able to determine what the "Z" stands for? I always assumed it was meant to be threatening to Zelensky.