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15 | 3.71% |
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115 | 28.47% |
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94 | 23.27% |
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14 | 3.47% |
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87 | 21.53% |
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NeatHeteroDude posted:Is there a triple-swastika? 
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NeatHeteroDude posted:Is there a triple-swastika? you can have as many as you want, youre grown up now
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Nov 12, 2022 15:02
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https://twitter.com/WarMonitor3/status/1591409862378139649 just can't help themselves and every reply is like https://twitter.com/MGwazdacz/status/1591413475494039552 speng31b has issued a correction as of 15:09 on Nov 12, 2022 |
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Nov 12, 2022 15:06
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Ukraine doing the smart thing and preparing for the Russian build up Belarus now that putins given them years advance notice https://twitter.com/azgeopolitics/status/1591366934012260353?s=46&t=Wk54XL_UDke-scmlLSC7Pw
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Nov 12, 2022 15:08
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Lenin would have been incredible at twitter He'd also have been perma'd from SA at some point
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Nov 12, 2022 15:12
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Al-Saqr posted:Ukraine doing the smart thing and preparing for the Russian build up Belarus now that putins given them years advance notice Does it matter? Russia is done once and for all, there is no possible way for them to launch an offensive. Or maybe they do... no, sike no way...or can they Ardennes has issued a correction as of 15:22 on Nov 12, 2022 |
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Nov 12, 2022 15:13
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mawarannahr posted:you can’t spell taliban without lib
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Nov 12, 2022 15:22
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gradenko_2000 posted:Lenin would have been incredible at twitter Marx telling Engels something to the effect of “sucks your girlfriend died young and out of the blue. BTW, paying rent is hard for me, and no wants to give me money anymore” was a real poster moment.
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Nov 12, 2022 15:23
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Al-Saqr posted:I think overall the biggest and most important lesson we all learned from this is not to expect Americas enemies to be any smarter, any more competent or less insane than america is. Art of War already explained it in plain language two thousand years ago, people just pretend they learn it in school but don't practice it in actual geopolitics. stephenthinkpad has issued a correction as of 15:35 on Nov 12, 2022 |
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Nov 12, 2022 15:33
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Ardennes posted:Does it matter? Russia is done once and for all, there is no possible way for them to launch an offensive. Or maybe they do... no, sike no way...or can they This is what I mean about their own fecklessness raising the cost daily. Those roads weren’t mined a month ago. But based on the average age of General officers, and since my own bosses still think in terms of defending south German villages with Big Battalions, you would think the Russian officer corps would still be full of men trained to think in driving hell for leather all the way to the rear. Why Russian politicians don’t have that kind of drive, I couldn’t say. I thought the 90’s were all about bold action to get out ahead, you know with a pilfered state up for grabs and a world to win. Frosted Flake has issued a correction as of 15:46 on Nov 12, 2022 |
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Nov 12, 2022 15:34
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it’s pretty hard to be worse than Nicky 2 but putin sure found a way to do it
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Nov 12, 2022 15:41
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gradenko_2000 posted:Lenin would have been incredible at twitter PERMABAN 09/01/12 10:44pm Vladimir I. Lenin Your gimmick has gotten old and tired. You are no longer welcome on these forums. Fluffdaddy Fluffdaddy
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Nov 12, 2022 15:46
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Frosted Flake posted:Why Russian politicians don’t have that kind of drive, I couldn’t say. I thought the 90’s was all about bold action to get out again, you know with a pilfered state up for grabs and a world to win. my rough understanding is that putin maintains his popularity by promising a similar level of detachment and risk aversion to what Americans have come to expect
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Nov 12, 2022 15:47
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Al-Saqr posted:it’s pretty hard to be worse than Nicky 2 but putin sure found a way to do it The Russo-Japanese War is a great example because the Russians more or less let Port Arthur get encircled, had the Japanese Navy on the ropes but freaked out and returned to port after their only bold leader was killed when the flagship hit a mine, brought the cruisers in after Japanese trade and even the troopships heading to Korea were in dire straits. speng31b posted:my rough understanding is that putin maintains his popularity by promising a similar level of detachment and risk aversion to what Americans have come to expect Levis and Bananas. It’s a tragedy after what their fathers and grandfathers built. Frosted Flake has issued a correction as of 15:51 on Nov 12, 2022 |
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Lostconfused posted:https://readovka.news/news/120043 Russia really is a neoliberal failed state
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Nov 12, 2022 15:48
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Frosted Flake posted:This is what I mean about their own fecklessness raising the cost daily. Those roads weren’t mined a month ago. Admittedly, there really isn't a way to cover up mobilization and it is going to take time to get that force together (at least 2 months) so fortification has plenty of time to happen. It is a expected cost. I don't think it is the issue. It goes back more to the point of Russia just dicking around as a whole for 8 months and that they have had no core strategy beyond "bright ideas" that come and go. You could argue that going "defensive" in the south at very least gives a Russian a more stable position to launch an offensive from the north, but then the Russians would need follow through, active reserves, and to plan well in advance to make it work. This isn't a capacity they have shown in this conflict. One thing is also, even if there was an offensive and they did damage, the Ukrainian army isn't going to simply give up or allow itself to be defeated in the field. The thing I disagree about is that the Russians don't have the physical capabilities to change the direction of the war. They very much still go, but it is up to the Kremlin to decide is it worth it for them. As for WW1, the entire issue was that the German Army was defeated and had nowhere to go. They were still in Belguim and Eastern Europe, but there was no way for them to stabilize their frontline without cannibalizing other sectors, and the more Americans that showed up, their only choice was retreat. The armistice was signed because they were simply running out of territory to retreat in Belguim and didn't want the allies to make their way into German territory. I would say for the Russians, the Russian Federation isn't out of men and equipment (although they are importing missile) but it very well be forced to go more and more into a wartime economy. Private enterprises very well would have to be involved because the military can't fully supply itself. It doesn't mean they are relying on donations or their supply lines are cut but state manufacturing can't handle it on its own. I wouldn't say this is a permanent handicap on its own since Russian industry very much exists but a sign that the Russians can't move forward unless it is treated as a full scale war. Basically, I would say the war is unwinnable if they refuse to treat it as such. If they did so, I would say the outcome is much more unclear. Frosted Flake posted:The Russo-Japanese War is a great example because the Russians more or less let Port Arthur get encircled, had the Japanese Navy on the ropes but freaked out and returned to port after their only bold leader was killed when the flagship hit a mine, brought the cruisers in after Japanese trade and even the troopships heading to Korea were in dire straits. Most the engagements were inconclusive and the Russians were at an intrinsic disadvantage (which was rooted in being asleep at the switch for years prior). That said, you could made the argument that the Rozhestvensky by rushing the straits made defeat certain, and while his crew was fatigued from their journey. Their best course of action was not to seek battle and take a slower and longer route to Vladivostok to resupply and bring the fleet into fighting form. At that point, the main of the Russian navy would be to attack Japanese supply lines and "turn the tables" on Japan by increasing the cost of the war until Japan would be forced to engage the Russian fleet on their terms. Done of that was going to happen obviously because there simply wasn't the competency present. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 16:02 on Nov 12, 2022 |
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Zodium posted:PERMABAN 09/01/12 10:44pm Leon Trotsky Could not would not shut the gently caress up about his posting enemies. You are no longer welcome on these forums. Azathoth Azathoth
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Nov 12, 2022 15:54
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new Comintern just dropped. everyone in it is a loving moron.
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Nov 12, 2022 15:56
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Yet you let him have the world's most obvious rereg and he's a mod now
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Nov 12, 2022 15:57
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yeah right trotsky would have a star
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Nov 12, 2022 15:57
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also if you’re a Stalinist or Maoist, just do the needful and go the gently caress away (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Nov 12, 2022 15:58
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Nov 12, 2022 15:59
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i'm 70% maoist
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Nov 12, 2022 16:00
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The is an actual triple swastika used by South African nazis 
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Nov 12, 2022 16:01
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That's a misunderstanding with the south africans, they just rate threads from 1 to 7
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Nov 12, 2022 16:13
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I think the 1918 angle misses that the Hundred Days knocked Germany out of the war when they still had hopes for a more favourable peace of some sort. They had previously been able to force Serbia and Romania to quit the war in genuinely brilliant campaigns. In Italy, I have no idea how the Italian government didn’t collapse after Caporetto, that may be an other example of the resilience of modern armies even led by inept states. Operation Michael might have won the war in 1914, but by 1918 there were just far too many Entente soldiers in France for it to have a hope. It was too far to go and the Entente could make good their losses with Americans. The Germans had a lot of fight in them, which led in part to the Dolchstosslegende All of that to say, I don’t doubt they could have slowly withdrawn to Germany, as they had done in the withdrawal to the Hindenburg line and later withdrawal behind it. It’s just that the Entente was willing to suffer a million casualties in the Hundred Days to win the war. Ukraine is certainly willing to suffer a million casualties here, no matter how well they fight at the tactical level, Russia is not. e: I think I’m mostly agreeing with you, it’s just people have this idea the Great War ended with a wimper and not with a bang.
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Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:yeah right trotsky would have a star he already does
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Nov 12, 2022 16:41
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mad respect for trotsky tbh imagine going from one of the forces that helped get the reds their W to the most annoying man on the planet with the worst followers
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Nov 12, 2022 16:42
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the Hamilton of russia
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Nov 12, 2022 16:44
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How did Trots become Neocons? That part never made sense to me.
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https://twitter.com/RWApodcast/status/1591408830835228672 Russians with artwork
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Frosted Flake posted:How did Trots become Neocons? That part never made sense to me. Their brains were broken by the revolution not happening in their lifetime. Many such cases!
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Not So Fast posted:Their brains were broken by the revolution not happening in their lifetime. Many such cases! So they supported the forces of counterrevolution?
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Cerebral Bore posted:much like with making bandera the father of the nation when they really didn't have to, specifically choosing to use the symbol that looks like an off-brand swastika doesn't seem like it's just meant as some harmless cultural heritage thingy the swastika is Ukrainian intellectual property they can do whatever they want quote:Mezine is a place within the modern country of Ukraine which has the most artifact finds of Paleolithic culture origin.[1][2][3][4] The Epigravettian[5] site is located on a bank of the Desna River in Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion or Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine, near the village of Mezine.[6] The settlement is best known for an archaeological find of a set of bracelets engraved with marks possibly representing calendar lunar-cycles.[7] Also found near Mezine was the earliest known example of a swastika-like form, as part of a decorative object dated to 18,000 BCE. It was described (see references for illustrations) as an object carved from ivory mammoth tusks to resemble[8] an:
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Frosted Flake posted:How did Trots become Neocons? That part never made sense to me. trotskyists spent all their time post-exile crafting theories as to why the ussr was actually the most evil state in the history of the planet, and after a while its easy to drop the "we would have done communism better" fig leaf
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Nov 12, 2022 17:00
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Frosted Flake posted:How did Trots become Neocons? That part never made sense to me. The principle of fomenting worldwide revolution transformed from forcible implementation of socialism, into forcible implementation of liberal capitalism
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Nov 12, 2022 17:00
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Frosted Flake posted:How did Trots become Neocons? That part never made sense to me. Still believe in permanent revolution but they got so mad at the USSR they became liberals
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gradenko_2000 posted:The principle of fomenting worldwide revolution transformed from forcible implementation of socialism, into forcible implementation of liberal capitalism They will greet us as liberators. - Dick Cheney, Christopher Hitchens
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