And you’ll be my number one patreon.Winterborn wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:09 am
With that type of deductive reasoning and insight you should start up your own podcast.
Call it "Front Porch Musings from an Old Hippy".
Don’t temp me…
And you’ll be my number one patreon.Winterborn wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:09 am
With that type of deductive reasoning and insight you should start up your own podcast.
Call it "Front Porch Musings from an Old Hippy".
Only if I get invited as a guest speaker now and then.kalm wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:43 amAnd you’ll be my number one patreon.Winterborn wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:09 am
With that type of deductive reasoning and insight you should start up your own podcast.
Call it "Front Porch Musings from an Old Hippy".
Don’t temp me…
Done.
I will bring you some good EU spec oil for the vehicle as payment.
Wait until I upgrade to a 2056 and need to run E10 for the track.Winterborn wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 8:37 amI will bring you some good EU spec oil for the vehicle as payment.
If they want all of Ukraine they'll just take it in the coming months unless NATO sends in troops...
https://www.theamericanconservative.com ... come-home/Ground-combat forces that immobilize soldiers in prepared defenses will be identified, targeted, and destroyed from a distance. When persistent overhead intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets, whether manned or unmanned, are linked to precision guided-strike weapons or modern artillery systems informed by accurate targeting data, “holding ground” is fatal to any ground force. This is all the more true in Ukraine, because it was apparent from the first action that Moscow focused on the destruction of Ukrainian forces, not on the occupation of cities or the capture of Ukrainian territory west of the Dnieper River.
The result has been the piecemeal annihilation of Ukrainian forces. Only the episodic infusion of U.S. and allied weapons kept Kiev’s battered legions in the field; legions that are now dying in great numbers thanks to Washington’s proxy war.
Kiev’s war with Moscow is lost. Ukrainian forces are being bled white. Trained replacements do not exist in sufficient numbers to influence the battle, and the situation grows more desperate by the hour. No amount of U.S. and allied military aid or assistance short of direct military intervention by U.S. and NATO ground forces can change this harsh reality.
Months? Ukrainians have nothing to lose, they'll drag this out for years if the Russian fascists keep pushing.SDHornet wrote:If they want all of Ukraine they'll just take it in the coming months unless NATO sends in troops...
Huh. My "interesting" guy seemed to call what was actually happening a couple months ago.kalm wrote: ↑Mon Apr 18, 2022 6:22 amInteresting people you follow…
From wiki2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
After Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Macgregor appeared on three Fox News programs to speak in support of Russia's actions. Russian state television broadcast excerpts of Macgregor's appearances, which included a characterization of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a "puppet," that Russian forces had been "too gentle" in the early days of the invasion and that Russian president Vladimir Putin was being "demonized" by the United States and NATO. Macgregor said he believed Russia should be allowed to seize whatever parts of Ukraine it wanted. After one of his appearances, Macgregor's comments were characterized by veteran Fox News Pentagon correspondent Jennifer Griffin as "appeasement" and that he was being an "apologist" for Putin. After Griffin's remarks, Tucker Carlson — who hosted Macgregor on two successive nights — remarked, "Unlike many of the so-called reporters you see on television, he is not acting secretly as a flack for Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon. No, Doug Macgregor is an honest man." Trey Gowdy, another Fox News host who interviewed Macgregor, said his viewpoint was "stunning and disappointing."[35][36][37][38] U.S. representative Liz Cheney said of Macgregor "This is the Putin wing of the GOP."[39]
Yes…I’m sure he did.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:50 amHuh. My "interesting" guy seemed to call what was actually happening a couple months ago.
Just like this guy when I posted it. Correct.kalm wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 8:08 amYes…I’m sure he did.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:50 am
Huh. My "interesting" guy seemed to call what was actually happening a couple months ago.
that display is going to cost them vast sums in lost sales going forward for a long timeGannonFan wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:45 pmUnfortunately the Chinese could be learning a whole different lesson. Basically, if you're going to take over a territory that isn't yours and doesn't want to be joined with you, then plan better and make sure you can swiftly take it before any countries can get together to take any action. Heck, despite all the sanctions Russia is facing, they don't appear to be economically destroyed by this. Sure, the poor state of their military is on full display, but they're doing their Russian thing and just plodding forward in spite of their losses. I thought a little differently at the start of the war that this could give China pause, but the longer this thing goes on I think it is less of a deterrent for China and their plans for Taiwan. Heck, considering our own economic misery right now, China could see that as good time to do it - how much more pain to our economy would we be willing to take to stand up for Taiwan, especially if they don't stand up for themselves? I don't see a lot of rosy skies in the future right now.houndawg wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:27 pm
Oh please.
He can make it stop any time he wants to. He's wanted to reinstall the Iron Curtain from the day he came to power and he should of stayed out of Crimea and eastern Ukraine if he wanted to blame NATO, but he had to fuck around, and now he is finding out. He needs to be made an example of and the Chinese need to be watching when it happens
I don't see what either of you are talking about. Russia is battling someone who the US has been training and supplied weapons to for the last eight years AND they are methodically dismantling the Ukrainian military.houndawg wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:48 amthat display is going to cost them vast sums in lost sales going forward for a long timeGannonFan wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:45 pm
Unfortunately the Chinese could be learning a whole different lesson. Basically, if you're going to take over a territory that isn't yours and doesn't want to be joined with you, then plan better and make sure you can swiftly take it before any countries can get together to take any action. Heck, despite all the sanctions Russia is facing, they don't appear to be economically destroyed by this. Sure, the poor state of their military is on full display, but they're doing their Russian thing and just plodding forward in spite of their losses. I thought a little differently at the start of the war that this could give China pause, but the longer this thing goes on I think it is less of a deterrent for China and their plans for Taiwan. Heck, considering our own economic misery right now, China could see that as good time to do it - how much more pain to our economy would we be willing to take to stand up for Taiwan, especially if they don't stand up for themselves? I don't see a lot of rosy skies in the future right now.
Methodically is not how I’d describe the process based on RUS’s ever changing stated rhetoric and goals.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:52 amI don't see what either of you are talking about. Russia is battling someone who the US has been training and supplied weapons to for the last eight years AND they are methodically dismantling the Ukrainian military.
The Ukrainians aren't goat herders in the middle east.
If I'm looking to buid an Army guess where I'm not buying tanks.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:52 amI don't see what either of you are talking about. Russia is battling someone who the US has been training and supplied weapons to for the last eight years AND they are methodically dismantling the Ukrainian military.
The Ukrainians aren't goat herders in the middle east.
I'm surprised that you have to explain that to the crowd of "fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here".....kalm wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:11 pmMethodically is not how I’d describe the process based on RUS’s ever changing stated rhetoric and goals.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:52 am
I don't see what either of you are talking about. Russia is battling someone who the US has been training and supplied weapons to for the last eight years AND they are methodically dismantling the Ukrainian military.
The Ukrainians aren't goat herders in the middle east.
Who here has stated UKR is not outgunned and needs help from the west?
I think Putin is a dangerous and murderous authoritarian and I think the west should be helping.
Ganny said the war was showing the poor state of the Russian military and the Houndie agreed. I replied they were fighting someone who has had billions in weaponry and training from the US for at least the last eight years. Ukraine isn't a pushover, but by no means has Russia displayed ineptitude in their special operation.kalm wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:11 pmMethodically is not how I’d describe the process based on RUS’s ever changing stated rhetoric and goals.SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:52 am
I don't see what either of you are talking about. Russia is battling someone who the US has been training and supplied weapons to for the last eight years AND they are methodically dismantling the Ukrainian military.
The Ukrainians aren't goat herders in the middle east.
Who here has stated UKR is not outgunned and needs help from the west?
I think Putin is a dangerous and murderous authoritarian and I think the west should be helping.
It’s like you’re following a different war or something…SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:04 pmGanny said the war was showing the poor state of the Russian military and the Houndie agreed. I replied they were fighting someone who has had billions in weaponry and training from the US for at least the last eight years. Ukraine isn't a pushover, but by no means has Russia displayed ineptitude in their special operation.kalm wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:11 pm
Methodically is not how I’d describe the process based on RUS’s ever changing stated rhetoric and goals.
Who here has stated UKR is not outgunned and needs help from the west?
I think Putin is a dangerous and murderous authoritarian and I think the west should be helping.
kalm wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 3:15 pmIt’s like you’re following a different war or something…SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:04 pm
Ganny said the war was showing the poor state of the Russian military and the Houndie agreed. I replied they were fighting someone who has had billions in weaponry and training from the US for at least the last eight years. Ukraine isn't a pushover, but by no means has Russia displayed ineptitude in their special operation.
War?kalm wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 3:15 pmIt’s like you’re following a different war or something…SeattleGriz wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:04 pm
Ganny said the war was showing the poor state of the Russian military and the Houndie agreed. I replied they were fighting someone who has had billions in weaponry and training from the US for at least the last eight years. Ukraine isn't a pushover, but by no means has Russia displayed ineptitude in their special operation.