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Leopold
| Favorite team: | South Carolina  |
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| Occupation: | Army officer |
| Number of Posts: | 2309 |
| Registered on: | 9/16/2013 |
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trying to pressure the psychopath in the Kremlin might end up getting Kyiv nuked.
Putin isn't going to nuke Kyiv for a multitude of reasons, starting with the fact that it won't help him achieve his goals, so Z is actually negotiating from a position of strength there.
But we need to understand that the only language Putin understands is power. Z and Kyiv know that they have to hit back, that inflicting pain on Russia and Putin is the only way to stop them, and that they have to at least give the illusion, publically, that they are attempting to negotiate with a group that has no interest in negotiating.
So, yeah, while I don't believe that this statement will actually lead to a damned thing Z and his cabinet know they have to make public statements like this and that the Russians can't and won't do anything in addition to what they are already doing to the Ukrainians.
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How's the warhawk thread going baws? How many more billions should we use to fund Z
Enough to cut the Russian military's throat enough to make them understand what will happen to them if they ever try this shite again
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 6/4/26 at 11:02 am to SiriusBraveFan
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I hate to be the one to say this since it involves hitting civilians but if you're fighting for your survival.....Why doesn't Ukraine send a drone now and then to some oligarch property to put more pressure on Putin?
This is an excellent question, and there are multiple reasons for it.
1. They have done it on a couple of occasions. There are a couple of high-ranking officials and decision makers the Ukrainians have assassinated. Most importantly, the ones killed have been the competent ones - notice that Shoigu is still alive and working for Putin.
2. As BigJoe pointed out, the Ukrainians are limited in their resources and just killing a high-profile civilian doesn't save a single Ukrainian life.
3. What it would do, however, is motivate the Russians to fight harder to take over the Ukraine. This is where the Ukrainians have excelled - they have consistently learned from the Russian mistakes and know that even the chance at killing 'innocent' Russian civilians would be a massive mistake that not only would galvanize Russians to keep fighting but also be used against them in the court of opinion on the international stage.
So don't expect the Ukrainians to go after even rich civilians anytime soon, especially when the Oligarchs are going to be concerned about fallling out of their own windows or slipping on their tea served to them by their own countrymen.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 6/3/26 at 12:32 pm to Coeur du Tigre
The Russians are too corrupt to fix this or any other problem not immediately concerning the Muscovites or people of St. Petersburg. I'm sure that those two groups of people didn't even know that the Ukrainians were attacking deep into Russia until they came under threat. It's still unclear if they care, or at least it was until the Kremlin starting pusing Max into their lives as a result of this war and their failures.
But until the Russians fix the inherent problems that led them down the road to this disaster in the first place - and that is not going to happen - the situation is going to get worse.
But until the Russians fix the inherent problems that led them down the road to this disaster in the first place - and that is not going to happen - the situation is going to get worse.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 5/27/26 at 11:47 am to Stat M Repairman
Guys, Russia isn't going to open up a second front. We've been discussing this for three years now and things have only gotten worse for them since. Doing so would not only double their problems, it might even be worse depending on who they chose to invade.
Secondly, any involvement the US governments had in the Ukraine was never a pretense for an invasion - Russia's clearly was. So, while I tend to take the position that we need to stay the hell out of other's business we tried to warn the Ukrainians about the Russian invasion right up until they actually invaded.
Secondly, any involvement the US governments had in the Ukraine was never a pretense for an invasion - Russia's clearly was. So, while I tend to take the position that we need to stay the hell out of other's business we tried to warn the Ukrainians about the Russian invasion right up until they actually invaded.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 5/20/26 at 11:49 am to VolSquatch
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There should be a stolen valor rule on the site
Oh, you and I agree 100%.
If only, Vol. If only I could get you to accuse me of stolen valor in real life.
Anywho
Russian Banking System is collapsing!
The stalemate on the front lines benefits the Ukrainians, who only have to hold on. And since they've taken the lead in the political, financial, and technological fronts all they have to do is hold the Russians off, though it will take a while.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 5/19/26 at 9:08 pm to VolSquatch
So that's a 'yes.'
Okay, no problem. You don't have to be, I'm just curious.
Anyway, Russia continues to fall behind on the battlefied:
Okay, no problem. You don't have to be, I'm just curious.
Anyway, Russia continues to fall behind on the battlefied:
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 5/19/26 at 8:12 pm to VolSquatch
Vol, be honest with me. You're not a college graduate, right?
You clearly have no military experience, you don't spend a lot of time reading, and I'm guessing the whole 'VolSquatch' moniker is based on who you root for, or perhaps where you want to go to school one day, yes?
You can tell me,
You clearly have no military experience, you don't spend a lot of time reading, and I'm guessing the whole 'VolSquatch' moniker is based on who you root for, or perhaps where you want to go to school one day, yes?
You can tell me,
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 5/19/26 at 12:22 pm to VolSquatch
Anybody with an IQ over 75 knows that Trump has done everything he can to help his buddy in the Kremlin, and there are always going to be things that overlap with favors to Putin and Trump's own personal agenda.
And yeah, the proof is right in front of your eyes, you choose not to learn.
And yeah, the proof is right in front of your eyes, you choose not to learn.
Still better than Soigu.
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Putin/Russia has zero influence on either China or the USA.
No, Putin has immense influence over Trump and thus America.
Don't believe me? Here's the WSJ article showing how Putin got Trump to appoint Steve Frickin' Witkoff as the envoy to help negotiate a 'peace settlement' for Ukraine:
WSJ: How Putin Got His Prefferred US Envoy for Ukraine
I could not imagine a more pro-Russian gesture and act of subservience than to appoint this man to this position, and there is plenty more where that came from.
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Show us the treaty we have with Ukraine.
We don't have one, which is exactly why I (along with VP Vance) say that we don't support the Ukraine. To directly quote Vance, we've 'ended the support for Ukraine.' I mean, who am I to disagree with our VP?
What we do have is are treaties with NATO countries, both individually and collectively, and the arms, money, and political support that we provide is then given to the Ukraine. Many, including on this board, think this is dumb but I disagree for reasons stated many times on this topic.
That, and US companies like Boeing who still builds the F-15, no doubt see the Ukraine as a potential client and lobby various countries to provide them the planes so as to build a new relationship. Again, our limited 'support' doesn't exactly make us the Sisters of the Poor.
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Next, there is a lot more to this than Ukraine. The EU has been screwing the US in trade for decades to keep US products out of its marketplace and of course welching on their agreed to contributions to defense spending. Europe needs to be the supporter of Ukraine way more than it has.
Well, I agree with you on that, at least the 'decades' part, but since we no longer support the Ukrainians the support now comes almost entirely from the Europeans. Again, it's admirable that Trump has gotten the Europeans to shoulder more of the load, but with his relationship with Putin being what it is it's less about financial responsibility and more about the belief that if America just left the Ukrainians to die they would be swallowed up by the Russians, which is clearly not going to happen.
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If Trump stopped the training when he returned to office then why did Task Force Alpine assume command of training Ukrainian troops in Germany on 02/19/2026?
I'll never know the full reason, but I'm willing to bet it's because it's a mulitnational training effort with a framework most likely agreed upon years ago, possibly even before the invasion happening. The remaining 1% of the aid that we didn't cut probably benefits the right people (ie. arms dealers), and/or happened to be part of a larger contractual obligation we fulfilled, like NATO. Both of these reasons would explain why we are training pilots, as well. But that doesn't exactly make us the Sisters of Mercy.
It's true that Trump was able to get the Europeans to pay their share, and that's admirable, but it takes a darker turn when you look at all the favors he's doing Putin and the way they've pressured the Ukrainians to give in.
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You a dumbass who believes the lies the international MSM media tells you
I don't need the media, I've got my own professional contacts developed after decades in this warped business. But hey, keep thinking the 'Ukrainians don't have cards." Was it the media who said that?
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I actually have friends in Ukraine and went and volunteered in a children's hospital in Kharkiv in the summer of 2022.
Yeah, that's not a reflection on you big dog. Just your friend, god bless him. You may not be as supportive of an invaded people as you think when you tell someone to go 'suck a Ukrianian dick."
Gee, how generous.
You mean that the US government allowed the Ukrainians the opportunity to buy products from the US Tech industry, the main backers of JD Vance? That the one group of people, the moneymen, who could whisper into the Trump administration's ear and say "Uh, we want to sell potentially billions of dollars of our product to the Ukrainians so we need you to stay out of it" got to do so?
Wow. Where do we build the Trump statue....
Guys, there isn't going to spin the fact that the US government did everythign the could, at least in a passive sense, to help the Russians. When Trump grinned and told the reporters that (and I quote) the Russians are "Really pounding them" people figured out pretty quickly who he was rooting for. It's only gotten worse as Trump has repeatedly lifted sanctions on the Russians while this war has gone on, much of that happening before the Iran war.
We haven't done our part, and again, debating it doesn't make us look any less guilty.
The 'midget' as some of you like to refer to Z as, is winning, and is going to win.
Good for him.
You mean that the US government allowed the Ukrainians the opportunity to buy products from the US Tech industry, the main backers of JD Vance? That the one group of people, the moneymen, who could whisper into the Trump administration's ear and say "Uh, we want to sell potentially billions of dollars of our product to the Ukrainians so we need you to stay out of it" got to do so?
Wow. Where do we build the Trump statue....
Guys, there isn't going to spin the fact that the US government did everythign the could, at least in a passive sense, to help the Russians. When Trump grinned and told the reporters that (and I quote) the Russians are "Really pounding them" people figured out pretty quickly who he was rooting for. It's only gotten worse as Trump has repeatedly lifted sanctions on the Russians while this war has gone on, much of that happening before the Iran war.
We haven't done our part, and again, debating it doesn't make us look any less guilty.
The 'midget' as some of you like to refer to Z as, is winning, and is going to win.
Good for him.
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1. Training of Ukrainian troops was accelerated during the 1st Trump presidency.
2. Trump was the first to provide Ukrainians with lethal aid back in 2018.
This is true. It's also true that it ended the second Trump took office for the second time.
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3. The USA has continued to supply Ukraine with intelligence and other levels of indirect support since the start of the 2nd Trump presidency. By the time that Trump returned to office, Ukraine no longer needed direct support from the USA.
4. The Trump administration has allowed weapons to be delievered to Ukraine despite our own conflicts. In early March, a batch of Patriot missiles which were purchased by Germany were delievered to Ukraine. Trump could have easily invoked national security concerns to have those interceptors sent to the Middle East instead. However, he did not. He allowed them to go to Ukraine.
Great. But we've cut actual aid to next to nothing and repeatedly blamed and humilited them in a failed attempt to get them to hand over the country.
Look, you and I can argue about this all we want but, again, the Ukrainians aren't stupid. They know damn well who was for them and who was against them, and this is going to cost us. Maybe not a lot, but we stood to gain IMMENSELY by backing the Ukrainians, and our policies since 2024 have done nothing to help that.
No, this is legit. Putin is going to try to survive this war, because he sure as hell ain't going to win it.
The narrative starting to come out of the Kremlin seems to be that Russia 'survived' this war. I'm sure it's going to change, and the Kremlin is going to lie at every point, but right now it seems as though Putin and his cronies are going to go with the "the West tried to attack us/bring us down/we were actually forced into this war" BS. I don't know it it's going to work, but the one thing I will absolutely give Vladimir Putin credit for is his ability to survive.
The narrative starting to come out of the Kremlin seems to be that Russia 'survived' this war. I'm sure it's going to change, and the Kremlin is going to lie at every point, but right now it seems as though Putin and his cronies are going to go with the "the West tried to attack us/bring us down/we were actually forced into this war" BS. I don't know it it's going to work, but the one thing I will absolutely give Vladimir Putin credit for is his ability to survive.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 5/11/26 at 11:25 am to VolSquatch
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New Russian cope narrative
Didn't you, like five minutes ago, insinuate that Ukrainians have IQ's in the low-80's?
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 5/8/26 at 10:44 am to Coeur du Tigre
The Supreme Ruler of Malaysia better watch out
he's already got people after him.....
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 5/5/26 at 9:20 pm to Sweep Da Leg
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Ukrainians better pray the midget Zelenskyy isn’t successful in assassinating Putin because he’d be replaced by Russia’s neicons who will have zero issue wiping Ukraine out with tactical nukes.
1. Z is too smart to assassinate Putin - it would only make the Russian people mad and, frankly, the Russians might end up being led by somebody qualified and competent in leading this war, and
2. The Russians can't nuke Ukraine because they have to be able to hold it. Even using tactical nukes would defeat the whole purpose of this war.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Leopold on 5/5/26 at 1:10 pm to Coeur du Tigre
Ehhh, I've got to believe that Soigu is loyal. He's largely seen, at least outside of the Kremlin circles, as one of the least competent men in an organization filled to the brim with incompetent 'yes-men.' He's not particularly liked by the military (and that may be a huuuuge understatement), and he saw what happened when there was an uprising last time.
Here's a interesting take on it, and a different one at that:
No, Russia is not on the verge of a coup
Here's a interesting take on it, and a different one at that:
No, Russia is not on the verge of a coup
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