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15 | 3.71% |
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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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lobotomy molo posted:oh for sure, there are zero problems with cspam moderation. free thatfatkid
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Dec 25, 2022 11:08
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what bigoted poo poo did thatfatkid post itt to get permabanned? i was banned at the time, maybe there’s some context im missing?
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Dec 25, 2022 12:14
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https://twitter.com/PutinDirect/status/1606761422196977664?t=oFLNJx4FO2TmQYsAZV2V9g&s=19
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/PutinDirect/status/1606761422196977664?t=oFLNJx4FO2TmQYsAZV2V9g&s=19 Ignore the NDT poo poo below the image https://mobile.twitter.com/BesDMarx/status/1606873202793267201/photo/1
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crepeface posted:free thatfatkid
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Dec 25, 2022 14:07
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careful or he might gas your thread about a cartoon childs politics
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Dec 25, 2022 14:48
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Corky Romanovsky posted:Ignore the NDT poo poo Way ahead of you Also if Orange Devil didn't already post the link: https://twitter.com/AP_Europe/status/1607014001333919746?t=-7Yo1caJw7CyoAiXeAABOg&s=19
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Isentropy posted:Way ahead of you The (subs in the) video said nothing about the 25th
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Dec 25, 2022 15:33
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Majorian posted:I dunno man, just don’t post bigoted poo poo itt, it’s not that hard. Merry Christmas Eve to everyone who celebrates! Go be with your loved ones. you're a moron
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Dec 25, 2022 15:39
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and you ruined christmas
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Cuttlefush posted:and you ruined christmas
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Dec 25, 2022 16:02
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9nnap31PDo I guess the new year is nearly here so gotta change it up a bit. Russians are now zombies instead of orcs.
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Dec 25, 2022 16:08
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/25/a-second-front-fight-to-save-cave-complexes-from-developers-in-ukraine Good luck to this guy to stop private developers from bulldozing archaeological sites but I won't hold my breath. This stood out though: quote:Perov’s fight is part of an bigger effort by civil society actors against the rampant corruption among the country’s elites, a longstanding problem in Ukraine that has endured despite the war. "despite", how could Ukrainian elites not do the right thing and rein in their corruption when we know they are the good guys? There are a lot of little examples of your average western citizen or journalist having a totally different understanding of war to, I guess, like people in the cspam thread and nobody else - namely going all in on the belief that war is now a foundation for a renewal and improvement of Ukrainian society, which somehow manages to make it a more tolerant, less corrupt and happier and better place - as opposed to something that inevitably leads to social decay and moral and political corruption. You could have a more coherent and defensible position where Russia are still the bad guys, and Ukraine should be supported against them, but the support has to be restrained to limit the damaging forces the war will unleash within Ukraine, but of course this does not align with western geopolitical interests. Instead we get a line on the power of total war to uplift society 
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thatfatkid posted:RIP to the school and kindergarten teachers of kherson. lol what the gently caress was this perma
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https://www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/preparing-final-collapse-soviet-union-dissolution-russian-federation Preparing for the Final Collapse of the Soviet Union The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev as president of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the start of the USSR’s collapse—but not the collapse itself. While the USSR ceased to exist as a legal entity after 1991, the collapse of the USSR is still happening today. The two Chechen Wars, Russia’s invasion of Georgia in 2008, Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, the on-and-off border skirmishes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and the 2020 Second Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan are just a few examples showing that the Soviet Union is still collapsing today. However, future historians will likely describe Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine as the most consequential moment, if not the final moment, of the Soviet Union’s collapse. When the war in Ukraine will end is unknown, but it will likely mark the dissolution of the Russian Federation (the legal successor of the Soviet Union) as it is known today. Russia has undeniably suffered a major blow to its economy, devastation to its military capability, and degradation of its influence in regions where it once had clout. The borders of the Russian Federation will likely not look the same on a map in 10 or 20 years as they do now. As the final collapse of the Soviet Union plays out and as the Russian Federation faces the possibility of dissolving, policymakers need to start planning for the new geopolitical reality on the Eurasian landmass. [..] Planning Assumptions Although no one can predict what kind of Russia will emerge after the end of Putin’s rule, some reasonable assumptions can help policymakers plan better. These planning assumptions include: Russia will further fragment. The dissolution of the Russian Federation, whether de facto or de jure, could shatter Russia geopolitically. This further fragmentation will likely not be as straightforward or “clean cut” as the emergence of the 15 new states after the legal dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Policymakers should assume that further fragmentation of Russia will be more like Chechnya in 1994 (brutal conflict) than Estonia in 1991(peaceful and straightforward), for example. What should the US do to coordinate an international response to the calls for independence and self-determination that will likely emerge across Russia? The Russian Federation consists of 83 federal entities. Many comprise people with a shared culture, history, and language different from Russia’s Slavic population. Some of these entities already have low-level independence movements.5 In the aftermath of the dissolution of the Russian Federation, policymakers should expect some of these federal entities to declare independence. The United States needs to work with its partners to coordinate a response to these calls for self-determination in a way that is aligned with US interests and is in accordance with international law. . How can the US and its partners keep internal armed conflict from spreading after the dissolution of the Russian Federation? The breakup of the Russian Federation will likely lead to internal fighting between different centers of power. It is in America's interests that fighting and conflict remain inside the current borders of the Russian Federation and do not affect neighboring countries. So the US and willing partners will need to enhance bilateral cooperation across the Eurasian landmass to improve military, border security, law enforcement, and security sector capabilities. How can the US and its partners coordinate economic and reconstruction assistance for regions under Russian occupation that will be liberated? Not only will the dissolution of the Russian Federation likely lead to calls for independence from certain regions inside Russia, but places where Russia currently occupies territory outside its borders will also likely be liberated. This includes Transnistria in Moldova, Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali (also known as South Ossetia) regions in Georgia, and Crimea and other places in Ukraine currently under Russian occupation. Washington will have a unique opportunity to help these US partners restore their territorial integrity inside their internationally recognized borders. The faster and more effectively this is done, the more stable the situation will become
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Dec 25, 2022 17:00
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is there a single fact to back that up?
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Tankbuster posted:is there a single fact to back that up? do you doubt the credibility of a senior fella? 
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why are his eyes askew? Is he making the smug emoji face?
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https://twitter.com/TsurkanKate/status/1605829367078088704 Yes thank you Good Soldier Yuriy. The problem isn't with Putin, but rather the innate character of the Russian species 
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Tankbuster posted:is there a single fact to back that up? Yeah, number one: that's terror
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crepeface posted:free thatfatkid  Bad poster, do not free!
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Tankbuster posted:is there a single fact to back that up? i feel like that particular article should be read less as a prediction and more as a statement of intent
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Dec 25, 2022 17:39
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mila kunis posted:https://www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/preparing-final-collapse-soviet-union-dissolution-russian-federation So, just throw billions of dollars in weapons and dollars at anyone within Russian borders who doesn't like the Kremlin?
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Cerebral Bore posted:i feel like that particular article should be read less as a prediction and more as a statement of intent it's cool that they want to take on china as well while doing this. one major front at a time with a nuclear power? that poo poo's for pussies
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I want to bounce an idea off with you guys. I was thinking worst case scenario how much resource and how long can US stay in this war. I looked up the Afghan number and actually the highest support US spent in Afghan was still higher than the support to Ukraine in 2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47391821 Both in 2011 2012 the support were around 110B anually.  So far Biden has pledged more than 100B but part of it will go toward 2023. The reason is obvious to me, paying Ukrainians to fight the war is much more cost effective than fighting a war partially with American men. Plus 2011 dollar worth more than 2022 dollar. So I think US can easily sustain the war for 5+ years. The bottleneck is the not the monetary support to the Ukraine civilian infrastructure but rather how fast the west (plus Korea) can build and send military hardware to Ukraine.
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Gripweed posted:So, just throw billions of dollars in weapons and dollars at anyone within Russian borders who doesn't like the Kremlin? This worked out great in Afghanistan, I hear.
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stephenthinkpad posted:-snip-. Correct. US financial might is practically limitless, so it can pour money in without concern.
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ughhhh posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9nnap31PDo You can tell this is Russian propaganda since the reporter can't speak Ukrainian for some reason.
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StashAugustine posted:Yeah, number one: that's terror
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crepeface posted:free thatfatkid
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free all political cspam prisoners for christmas
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stephenthinkpad posted:So I think US can easily sustain the war for 5+ years. The bottleneck is the not the monetary support to the Ukraine civilian infrastructure but rather how fast the west (plus Korea) can build and send military hardware to Ukraine. Someone needs to really investigate it in more detail imo. Because US is sending some weapons, but not all of them, and not even most of them as I understand it. Europe is still the one doing most of the work here.
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