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15 | 3.71% |
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115 | 28.47% |
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67 | 16.58% |
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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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Tankbuster posted:any good reading on the volksturm? Yes, I’ll have to find them but I’ve posted about 3-4 in this thread and the Eurasia thread.
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Comrade Koba posted:there’s a defense conference in sweden going on at the moment. today the chief researcher of the national defense research institute got up on stage and straight up decreed that peaceful coexistence with russia is and will always be impossible no matter the circumstances. Most of Swedish-Russian conflict is Swedes invading Russia lmao what the hell are they even mad about
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Jan 9, 2023 20:26
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:Most of Swedish-Russian conflict is Swedes invading Russia lmao what the hell are they even mad about Outcome of the Great Northern War
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Jan 9, 2023 20:27
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the perfidious swede doesn't want peaceful coexistence with russia and they're finally emboldened enough to say the quiet part loud, hth
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Jan 9, 2023 20:28
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i love that the game changing swedish innovation in war fighting in the victorian era was to not just line up into little boxes and shoot wildly inaccurate muskets, but to also actually run at the other guys and scare them off
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Jan 9, 2023 20:37
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Is that why they're so mad about it? That they didn't get tagged for the famous quote “The bullet is a mad thing, only the bayonet knows what it is about.” — Alexander Suvorov
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Jan 9, 2023 20:40
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lollontee posted:*pöhinä-äänellä* erillissota all i see here is oinking because finns are swine
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Jan 9, 2023 20:40
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Starsfan posted:I think the reason people are getting "excited" about Russian advances in Soledar is because 1) it happened very quickly compared to what else is going on in the area and 2) if they can drive the Ukrainians out of that town and have similar success on the south side of Bakhmut (the Russians are also said to be moving up towards Klishchiivka in the direction of Ivanivske) it would put the Ukrainian positions in Bakhmut under threat of encirclement and those positions may become untenable for Ukraine to maintain at that point. According to some simply capturing Soledar may have this impact without even needing to make much progress on the other side of the city. It is also that the Ukrainians have put in a lot over months to defend it, and if the Donbass is still clearly a political objective, the AFU clearly is running into difficulties. Also Soledar and the areas around it are on a relative bluff around Bakhmut, which is going to make it far more difficult to defend. Bakhmut falling would not only be a political loss, but it is going to make operations in the Donbass more difficult, eventually Ukrainian forces will have to fall back to less defensible terrain and if the Donbass falls, the rest of Ukraine is relatively flat with rivers being the major barriers. In addition, you have the lingering threat of Russian forces to the north.
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Jan 9, 2023 21:28
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Cpt_Obvious posted:Right now the AOC-adjacent seem to be strongly in support of Lula and against the riots but I'm sure it's a matter of time till they get new marching orders from corporate. looked at bolso and got buyer's remorse because he turned out to be a huge trump fan
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Jan 9, 2023 21:30
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https://twitter.com/uamemesforces/status/1611899907102711808
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Jan 9, 2023 21:31
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“we have a determined partner in Ukraine that is willing to bear the consequences of war so that we do not have to do so ourselves in the future” doesn’t get much clearer than that
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Jan 9, 2023 21:36
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https://twitter.com/CassVinograd/status/1612445283865993218?s=20
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Jan 9, 2023 21:52
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Lostconfused posted:
I'm not saying it was bad to do so but 1941 was completely provoked.
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Jan 9, 2023 21:52
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Weka posted:I'm not saying it was bad to do so but 1941 was completely provoked. I wonder what she's referring to by 1914? The US wasn't in the war and wouldn't be until 1917. Arguably, we should've stayed out of it.
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Jan 9, 2023 21:54
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yo content warning this poo poo please for dead bodies.
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Jan 9, 2023 21:56
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Weka posted:I'm not saying it was bad to do so but 1941 was completely provoked. Yeah the two dates together make no sense - I guess she meant that if the US had declared war on Japan in 1937 then pearl harbor would never have happened, which, OK, but then what's 1914 referring to?
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Jan 9, 2023 22:06
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Throatwarbler posted:Yeah the two dates together make no sense - I guess she meant that if the US had declared war on Japan in 1937 then pearl harbor would never have happened, which, OK, but then what's 1914 referring to? Pancho Villa
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Jan 9, 2023 22:09
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Zeroisanumber posted:I wonder what she's referring to by 1914? The US wasn't in the war and wouldn't be until 1917. Arguably, we should've stayed out of it. america had been financing the entente since at least 1914 and they'll be damned if they were gonna let the opportunity to snap up european assets post-war pass
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Jan 9, 2023 22:14
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Imagining a version of Verdun where one side is taking monster casualties and telling themselves the other side is too
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Jan 9, 2023 22:32
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Slavvy posted:Imagining a version of Verdun where one side is taking monster casualties and telling themselves the other side is too That's what's blowing my loving mind here. It's a complete misunderstanding of Verdun (The French even then emphasized "spending steel and sparing flesh") and more to the point... the loving Ukrainians are outshot 20:1 by their own reporting. This is not how you fight a battle of attrition, and I'm sincerely struggling here because clearly either ideology or politics is overriding decision making. Which is to say, you would only embark on the dumbest possible course of action if you thought you were racially superior and heroism overcomes asiatic cowardice, or if your western allies told you to and you had no alternative. Verdun, but without the firepower, good God.
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Jan 9, 2023 22:46
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My friends are also attriting, just out of frame
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Jan 9, 2023 22:46
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"(The imperative to “Hold Bakhmut,” as Ukrainians say, nevertheless carries some risks, analysts warn, saying that it could cloud military judgment and potentially delay a retreat if one becomes necessary)." lol this is why ideologically hardening the Ukrainian Army and the state since 2014 was both a blessing and a curse for NATO.
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Jan 9, 2023 22:49
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Slavvy posted:Imagining a version of Verdun where one side is taking monster casualties and telling themselves the other side is too If you don't report the casualties, they didn't happen bing bong, so simple
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Jan 9, 2023 22:52
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https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1612516086011813903?s=20quote:The Russian parliament is working on legislation that would allow cinemas to show Hollywood movies without the consent of copyright owners in a move to beat a boycott of the country by Western film production giants.
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Jan 9, 2023 22:53
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Well Russian telegram channels are now suggesting that Ukrainians are starting to put out the message that those places aren't all that important as the first sign of them falling back. It could also just be wishful thinking.
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Jan 9, 2023 22:55
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Frosted Flake posted:That's what's blowing my loving mind here. It's a complete misunderstanding of Verdun (The French even then emphasized "spending steel and sparing flesh") and more to the point... the loving Ukrainians are outshot 20:1 by their own reporting. This is not how you fight a battle of attrition, and I'm sincerely struggling here because clearly either ideology or politics is overriding decision making. Which is to say, you would only embark on the dumbest possible course of action if you thought you were racially superior and heroism overcomes asiatic cowardice, or if your western allies told you to and you had no alternative. Well where to go for the Ukrainian government to go at this point? In June/July 2022, there were in a similar position but Russians forces were weak/vulnerable in certain areas to be pushed back, or at least because their supply lines were, to the point the Ukrainians could use some victories to keep morale up. They have also told the Ukrainian public that not only Ukraine will be completely victorious, be will be whole again, it is hard to keep those expectations up and the only solution is to feed the army in Soledar/Bakhmut just not to lose it. Then you have the West, particularly the US, which has counted on Ukraine as a "victory" they needed to keep pressure going on in Eurasia. The easiest option politically was simply do feed troop, sparing some more elite units. The issue of course is really the Ukrainians only have so many men and equipment, and while the fall offensives were a relative reprieve as Russia organized, it is just going to be more and more difficult for them as the material advantages the Russians have comes to bear. The West though hasn't been filling its side of the bargain as it is clear Western militaries are only go so far, and what the Ukrainians are getting is just cast off systems that won't make a strategic difference. I don't know if it is only idiocy but I think a fundamental misunderstanding of Russian intentions/capabilities particularly by the West and Ukraine being captured by its far-right to the point that it has no options. It isn't the war that the Russian government wanted to fight, but, it is a war the West doesn't seem to have wanted either. Admittedly, I think there is ton to learn about this war, but I do think the issue comes to a head eventually when you have to say there has been catastrophic failures on the part of the West as well and introspection is something Western countries (especially Anglo ones) are incapable of and so the response will be censorship. (Even the NYT has pivoted from the pervious narrative "of endless defeat and slaughter for Russian forces" to "well...its like Verdun.") Ardennes has issued a correction as of 23:08 on Jan 9, 2023 |
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Jan 9, 2023 23:03
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lol what the gently caress https://twitter.com/bctallis/status/1612105942707109890 https://twitter.com/bctallis/status/1612105972524224512
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Jan 9, 2023 23:15
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neoidealism sounds like thoughts and prayers to me bitch "you go get immiserated and maimed and die for democracy and I will be over here feeling feelings about it" gently caress off with that weak soft boy bullshit
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Jan 9, 2023 23:41
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Lostconfused posted:Well Russian telegram channels are now suggesting that Ukrainians are starting to put out the message that those places aren't all that important as the first sign of them falling back. There's been alot of wishful thinking around Bakhmut going back a couple months now.. several instances of calls that Ukraine was abandoning the town upon news surfacing of units being pulled out of the area when in reality Ukraine was just cycling in fresh units to replace decimated ones. I'm kind of 50/50 between whether Ukraine will pull out eventually if the situation becomes bad enough or if they are just going to abandon whatever forces happen to be inside the town when the net closes.
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Jan 9, 2023 23:42
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someone at work told me vladimir putin wants to recreate the USSR and is taking Ukraine because it's what Stalin did c/d
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Jan 9, 2023 23:44
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:someone at work told me vladimir putin wants to recreate the USSR and is taking Ukraine because it's what Stalin did I heard Vladmir Putin is going to announce USSR 2.0 in the next year
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Jan 9, 2023 23:46
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Ardennes posted:(Even the NYT has pivoted from the pervious narrative "of endless defeat and slaughter for Russian forces" to "well...its like Verdun.") The New York Times? This one? March 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/05/world/russia-ukraine May 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/briefing/russia-ukraine-war-end-negotiations.html August 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/24/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-toll.html September 2022. I went out of my way to find some of the NYT's more positive coverage for Ukraine. In is they dare to ask if it's even conceivable that Ukraine might win, and their answer is "maybe" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/briefing/ukraine-counteroffensive-kharkiv-war.html Some ending excerpts of the "Ukraine on the March" article above: quote:Still, recapturing territory in the south and the east is unlikely to be easy for Ukraine. Russia has concentrated more forces in those regions than it had in Kharkiv. Now that Ukraine holds Kharkiv, it also has longer supply lines to defend, John Blaxland, a military expert at the Australian National University, told The Times. The seizure of Izium and its railways may help Ukraine maintain its lengthened supply lines, other experts said.
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Jan 9, 2023 23:49
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do you have a nyt subscription?
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Jan 9, 2023 23:50
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euphronius posted:do you have a nyt subscription? Nope
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Jan 9, 2023 23:51
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mlmp08 posted:Some ending excerpts of the "Ukraine on the March" article above: Lmfao Ross Douthat
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Jan 10, 2023 00:18
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euphronius posted:do you have a nyt subscription? Free access comes with his job, he doesn't need one
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Jan 10, 2023 00:19
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Majorian posted:Lmfao Ross Douthat Yeah, they scrape deep in the barrel for their hot takes.
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Jan 10, 2023 00:20
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Slavvy posted:Free access comes with his job, he doesn't need one even easier is just click the link and hit “stop” and it breaks their paywall.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/AzarovNikolay_/status/1056084384628047873quote:I recommend that you look at this photo, in which the so-called Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko, at the beginning of his career, speaks with representatives of the Communist Party of Ukraine and the Socialist Party in Donetsk under flags with the inscription "Shame on the Ukrainian occupiers."
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enhance  hmm
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