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Vox Nihili posted:Do you have a source for this claim? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der Chancellor from 1998 to 2005, retired to Chair the board of Nord Stream and Rosneft. That's the most egregious example but there are a bunch of other similar bungs that have been thrown for good service.
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Peanut Butler posted:the US is still involved in Somalia, Yemen, Syria I was simplifying for the sake of an obvious joke, not every one sentence throway has to be critiqued. But still this is incorrect, while true those are not actual wars in the American public's consiousness.
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The weird thing is them calling attention to it themselves? What's 5 thousand helmets to Ukraine, one of successors to a country that maintained the largest standing army in peace time in history. I'm sure they have enough helmets lying around.
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Upgrade posted:Can someone explain the German helmet thing to me? Is that real? It feels like a joke. What is wrong with Germany? 1) Germany is extremely pacifist, to the point of not being willing to defend itself or other countries militarily under any circumstances (plus its military is in complete disrepair), 2) Germany is dependent on Russia for its energy supply and would be inconvenienced by getting cut off from it, so it doesn't dare do much that would make Russia angry, 3) Major parts of the German population see Russia as its natural ally.
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Mr. Smile Face Hat posted:3) Major parts of the German population see Russia as its natural ally. I don't think that is true at all.
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Xibanya posted:They speak Romanian in Moldova, but they’re ethnically Slavs and use Cyrillic. What definition of ethnicity are you going off of exactly?
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cinci zoo sniper posted:While I will continue to take pot shots at Germany for many reasons, they also sent Ukraine at least one fully equipped field hospital. I was not aware of that. Good for you, Germany, you weren't completely useless.
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Mr. Smile Face Hat posted:1) Germany is extremely pacifist, to the point of not being willing to defend itself or other countries militarily under any circumstances (plus its military is in complete disrepair), Germany's army has its issues, but its well equipped and trained, I wouldn't say its in complete disrepair.
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fatherboxx posted:Ukraine command says they shot down IL-76 Having a hard time swallowing this one. Is it not irresponsible of Russian military leadership at this point to send in a plane of that size into a highly contested area with known AA?
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Can someone explain to me what the purpose of this NATO taskforce is?
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I was not aware of that. Good for you, Germany, you weren't completely useless. https://news.err.ee/1608493113/estonia-germany-hand-ukraine-keys-to-new-military-field-hospital I didn't actually know that Estonians were co-funding it, but that's the one.
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Upgrade posted:Can someone explain the German helmet thing to me? Is that real? It feels like a joke. What is wrong with Germany? Germany is completely reliant on russian gas to power its economy. Germany has almost no actual military because of bad WW2 memories and just being lazy since the americans will take care of any actual problems. Its a combination of not wanting to piss of russia and the legitimately being a huge donation in the context of germany's military capabilities.
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Randarkman posted:The weird thing is them calling attention to it themselves? What's 5 thousand helmets to Ukraine, one of successors to a country that maintained the largest standing army in peace time in history. I'm sure they have enough helmets lying around. In all fairness they're probably newer and better helmets than any Soviet surplus ones Ukraine has lying around. The newest possible Soviet-made equipment of any sort is over 30 years old now.
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Grape posted:What definition of ethnicity are you going off of exactly? skull measurements. i have my calipers here somewhere....
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Boat Stuck posted:I still can't believe I'm seeing the new Cold War turn hot before my eyes. I mean... this is just how the Cold War was. Hot wars aplenty, just never with the two main players directly fighting.
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Grouchio posted:Can someone explain to me what the purpose of this NATO taskforce is? To calm down government officials of Baltics, Poland, and Romania, if you're asking about the current deployment.
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fatherboxx posted:Ukraine command says they shot down IL-76 Why are the Russians sending in unarmed transport planes so close to the front lines?
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Grape posted:What definition of ethnicity are you going off of exactly? Well if they’re not Slavs I stand corrected. They’re definitely not Romanians though, they look totally different (Moldovans have fair hair and eyes, Romanians look a lot like Italians.)
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dominoeffect posted:Having a hard time swallowing this one. Is it not irresponsible of Russian military leadership at this point to send in a plane of that size into a highly contested area with known AA? They are using only 60 of 110 available battalions and are sending in more planes to wrap this up as fast as possible
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Baronjutter posted:Just open the borders you EU ghouls. gently caress documentation and due immigration process. they have been. poland and other are full open border to ukranians. dominoeffect posted:Having a hard time swallowing this one. Is it not irresponsible of Russian military leadership at this point to send in a plane of that size into a highly contested area with known AA? since when has putin cared about the lives of his soldiers.
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Grape posted:I mean... this is just how the Cold War was. Hot wars aplenty, just never with the two main players directly fighting. Russia is a main player and is fighting in this one, however. In some ways it reminds me a small bit of Vietnam, which was a similar thing but on the opposite side.
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Vox Nihili posted:It's both real and a joke in that it's hilarious. The German constitution forbids Germany from supplying lethal military aid, so they’re sending helmets.
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Grouchio posted:Can someone explain to me what the purpose of this NATO taskforce is? Look like they're doing something besides just talking and sanctioning, and try to reinforce the point that things will escalate quickly if Russia goes into Romania or Poland or something.
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Mokotow posted:More busses rolling into the crossing, more people now coming in. There’s police and fire service to ferry folks to a nearby reception center, but from what I heard everything here is saturated. Also constantly someone like me offering to carry people to Warsaw. I think unless poo poo comes down, this place will be overwhelmed by tomorrow . Donated a little something a bit earlier, please feel free to redistribute/pass on to refugees as you see fit if it's not needed anymore to cover food/gas. also, putin is a oval office (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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CommieGIR posted:Germany's army has its issues, but its well equipped and trained, I wouldn't say its in complete disrepair. The German army is “more or less powerless” and can offer only limited support to allies as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ramps up support for its eastern members following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Germany’s top army commander said Thursday. “I wouldn’t have believed that after 41 year of service in peacetime I would have to experience another war,” Lt. Gen. Alfons Mais said in a statement posted on his LinkedIn profile. “And the armed forces that I lead are more or less powerless.” The U.S. and other allies have long criticized Germany for underspending on defense in the past decade as the country sought to balance the state’s budget while simultaneously ramping up welfare spending. “We all saw it coming, but we were not able to assert ourselves, to learn and prepare after the aggression on Crimea,” he added. https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news/card/GEeWInyxRr9X7WeQpYN8 I'm sure some German goons here can also chime in, but I thought the running joke in Germany has long been that the Polish army could defeat the German army.
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Budzilla posted:Why are the Russians sending in unarmed transport planes so close to the front lines? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFhjNaHcmag
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Budzilla posted:Why are the Russians sending in unarmed transport planes so close to the front lines? At this point its happened so many times I feel it's just an unwillingness to learn Like they still don't seem to have air superiority and are still doing this? You have a clear land route in what the gently caress are you doing?
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Worth noting that large transports like that are especially easy to shoot down, as they are often slow and low. You don't need any special SAMs. This is party of why, even when US had air superiority, taking off from places like Bagram and Iraqi airfields, US transports did 'combat takeoffs' where they rapidly ascended to get out of range of small arms.
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Also, you're making too big of a deal over Cyrillic. The Soviet Union basically made everyone use Cyrillic. (Well, not the Poles, but that would be an improvement, so I see why they won't do that).
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nurmie posted:Donated a little something a bit earlier, please feel free to redistribute/pass on to refugees as you see fit if it's not needed anymore to cover food/gas. Could we get a repost of his donation link? And are there any other individuals that could use some help too?
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Grape posted:Come again? Romanian is a Romance language not a Slavic one
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if one kid decided to pick a fight with another at lunchtime by punching them in the back of the head, NATO are the kids that make a ring around the "fight" and the UN are those kids that prevent anyone else from jumping in.
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fatherboxx posted:Ukraine command says they shot down IL-76 loving murderous monsters. Sending kids to a sensless death. My heart hurts for their mothers and fathers. They are straight up taking desperate as gently caress risks this early. What loving newbs... who ever ordered that plane in... Lord have mercy.
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with a rebel yell she QQd posted:Viktor is a fuckin oval office and said he will continue to trade with Russia of course, because we took shitloads of money from them, and they are building our new nuclear power plant as well. Elections here in April, I wonder how much this poo poo will hurt him. Currently they keep saying that the opposition here wants to send troops to Ukraine, but Orban and his government wont be dragged into the conflict because they value the safety of the Hungarian people above all else. Lmao why are the mods so sensitive around the word oval office but not about the nonces within their ranks (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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DeliciousPatriotism posted:Could we get a repost of his donation link? And are there any other individuals that could use some help too? Mokotow posted:For any one willing to chip in gas money, you can paypal me @kylofon . Don’t need much but it’d help. Thanks!
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CommieGIR posted:I've added you to the list, its done. I'd love to get one as well.
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Fame Douglas posted:Please don't spread weird fake news. And protecting NS2 against US sanctions made sense. NS2 not being active also didn't save Ukraine from invasion, I don't get the point of still making this failed argument against NS2. A lot of major German politicians have come out in full support of Russia and Putin over the years. Revered former chancellor Helmut Schmidt put this gem on the record: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ex-german-chancellor-warns-of-overreaction-to-ukraine-2014-03-28 "Schmidt said Putin’s action in Crimea was “fully understandable.” "The former chancellor noted that while Ukraine is certainly an independent state, historians still debate whether Ukraine is actually a distinct nation." Then there's Schroeder. But sure, it's all "weird fake news".
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CommieGIR posted:For those who want it or those who donated to the relief thread, we are working on a gangtag by goon Loden Taylor want it
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I mean historically Russia has been quite happy to fight wars by throwing enough men into the meat grinder to get the job done so it's not exactly unsurprising.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:In all fairness they're probably newer and better helmets than any Soviet surplus ones Ukraine has lying around. The newest possible Soviet-made equipment of any sort is over 30 years old now. Small equipment in Ukrainian army dates back at most to 2014, with the exception of ageless stuff like Kalashnikovs. They were rebuilding their army from 0 in 2014, and all they had is pile of armoured vehicles and AKs.
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