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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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Mar 1, 2023 20:16
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mlmp08 posted:No, it was always unjust and against the charter, but it’s nice to see how the UNGA votes. Just turns out big powerful countries have a habit of saying the UNGA doesn’t count and invade smaller countries anyway. I mean, there's no good reason it should count? You're dismissing "it's stupid to weight countries with huge populations the same as countries with tiny ones" like it's some inherently absurd point, when it's actually very obviously a correct/true one. And an even truer one would be to acknowledge that countries governments usually aren't reflective of the interests of their people and that the support of some countries should be viewed as an actively bad thing (if the majority of rich countries support something and poorer countries oppose it, it's probably not good!).
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Mar 1, 2023 20:16
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BadOptics posted:People think GW1 or beating the barely existing Iraqi army in GW2 is the "norm" now. Anything more than 100 deaths (caused by your own forces) is a major defeat. hmmm i wonder if its possible that theres a sort of trade off at play here where by blowing the poo poo out of civilian infrastructure and areas minimizes damage to your own forces at the expense of committing crimes against humanity and making rapprochement with locals impossible over the long term nah pretty sure russians are just big dumb poopyheads who are only restrained in their bloodlust because theyre completely incompetent at killing people
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Mar 1, 2023 20:17
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Some Guy TT posted:hmmm i wonder if its possible that theres a sort of trade off at play here where by blowing the poo poo out of civilian infrastructure and areas minimizes damage to your own forces at the expense of committing crimes against humanity and making rapprochement with locals impossible over the long term Or perhaps they hosed up
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Mar 1, 2023 20:18
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Blitz of 404 Error posted:Perhaps if Russia didn't want to lose 500 people a day they should have had a better plan than losing a large portion of their elite units in a failed air drop day 1 and spray painting Z on the side of VW Bugs before driving them into an active warzone Btw, that VDV unit clearly survived and was relieved by naval infantry, it was largely a myth and that is backed up by West Point.
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Mar 1, 2023 20:19
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Blitz of 404 Error posted:Perhaps if Russia didn't want to lose 500 people a day they should have had a better plan than losing a large portion of their elite units in a failed air drop day 1 and spray painting Z on the side of VW Bugs before driving them into an active warzone * citation needed
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Mar 1, 2023 20:19
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Blitz of 404 Error posted:Perhaps if Russia didn't want to lose 500 people a day they should have had a better plan than losing a large portion of their elite units in a failed air drop day 1 and spray painting Z on the side of VW Bugs before driving them into an active warzone Hmmm....yes I was obviously saying that every action by the Russians was correct and good and not commenting on the fact that two modern armies based on volume of fire is gonna look different than riding through the desert taking potshots at "insurgents" with nothing more than AKs.. Though I don't recall any air drops occuring in the past month so maybe you're talking about a different conflict.
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Mar 1, 2023 20:20
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Ardennes posted:Btw, that VDV unit clearly survived and was relieved by naval infantry, it was largely a myth and that is backed up by West Point. Good call I just educated myself
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Mar 1, 2023 20:24
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Ytlaya posted:I mean, there's no good reason it should count? You're dismissing "it's stupid to weight countries with huge populations the same as countries with tiny ones" like it's some inherently absurd point, when it's actually very obviously a correct/true one. And an even truer one would be to acknowledge that countries governments usually aren't reflective of the interests of their people and that the support of some countries should be viewed as an actively bad thing (if the majority of rich countries support something and poorer countries oppose it, it's probably not good!). And yup. Why do you think poorer countries yawn and kick up their feet when you start lecturing them about how we need to defend common values and ethics and morals? They just saw what the International Community did re: COVID vaccines
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Mar 1, 2023 20:24
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BadOptics posted:Hmmm....yes I was obviously saying that every action by the Russians was correct and good and not commenting on the fact that two modern armies based on volume of fire is gonna look different than riding through the desert taking potshots at "insurgents" with nothing more than AKs.. Though I don't recall any air drops occuring in the past month so maybe you're talking about a different conflict. He was talking about the Hostolmel airport.
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Mar 1, 2023 20:25
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Ardennes posted:Yeah, the Russians have lost vehicles, but there really hasn’t been a sign it has been that bad. If anything recently it seems like they have outflanked some Ukrainian forces that extended themselves. I think it is more of a sign that things aren’t going well for the Ukrainians, that is usually when the more bombastic stories start occurring ala the Ghost of Kiev reference. Ames said the Russians don't seem to have any offensive juice left so I'll have to expect a Russian breakthrough in the near future.
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Mar 1, 2023 20:26
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Blitz of 404 Error posted:Good call I just educated myself I can link to the podcast but the VDV took losses on approach but reformed and seemed to take a defensive position in several nearby buildings and were relived. It was clear there was bad Intel and they had been sent into a defended area. It wasn’t the cleanest operation but the VDV actually did well considering what they were given. Basically, the General staff didn’t have the time to put together a proper plan and the initial Russian attack pushed forward despite itself essentially. Some Russian units failed and other succeeded but it doesn’t seem like it was dependent on the Intel they were given. As for why the Kremlin did everything so quarter assed, it is a good question.
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Mar 1, 2023 20:30
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Ardennes posted:He was talking about the Hostolmel airport. I know; but the discussion is about recent footage/battles. He's just trying to do some dumb "own" because if you mention footage maybe not be telling the whole story then obv you think the Russians are 100% good and led by Ender Wiggin. BadOptics has issued a correction as of 20:38 on Mar 1, 2023 |
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Mar 1, 2023 20:31
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BadOptics posted:I know; but the discussion is about recent footage/battles. He's just trying to do some dumb "own" because if you mention footage maybe not be telling the whole story then obv you think the Russians are 100% good and lead by Ender Wiggin. I have only really seen heavily edited footage which believes me that there is plenty of puffing (if you got the footage, you show it). Again, I think there is a intelligence failure as it is clear that the Ukrainians are heavily fortifying Vuhledar and the initial Russia attack was beaten back. The Russians have rightfully withdrawn and moved to attack a flank but I doubt they can take the city without reinforcements. The failure isn’t just with local commanders but higher ups that aren’t devoting necessary assets, especially artillery. The Ukrainians need to be blasted from that position if the Russians are going to move forward. It isn’t a lightly held position. I do think there is a failure in the Russian military to adequately act on intel (it isn’t even satellites, there are plenty of drones around). Ardennes has issued a correction as of 20:39 on Mar 1, 2023 |
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Mar 1, 2023 20:36
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Isentropy posted:And yup. Why do you think poorer countries yawn and kick up their feet when you start lecturing them about how we need to defend common values and ethics and morals? They just saw what the International Community did re: COVID vaccines I mean, I understand the point mlmp was trying to make (which is actually similar to the one I'm making, though from a perspective I think is wrong) - that you shouldn't give larger (which usually translates to "more powerful") countries more weight than less powerful ones. But this is a very superficial way of defining what makes countries powerful, given that real power lies in a US-centered network of countries (with a very large number of countries of all sizes essentially just being extensions of the US itself and reflecting it's ideology/goals in the UN).
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Mar 1, 2023 20:56
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https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1630629661385342979 https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/1630530380859154433
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Mar 1, 2023 21:01
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Ytlaya posted:I mean, I understand the point mlmp was trying to make (which is actually similar to the one I'm making, though from a perspective I think is wrong) - that you shouldn't give larger (which usually translates to "more powerful") countries more weight than less powerful ones. But this is a very superficial way of defining what makes countries powerful, given that real power lies in a US-centered network of countries (with a very large number of countries of all sizes essentially just being extensions of the US itself and reflecting it's ideology/goals in the UN). I think that for any given resolution, the specific nature of the question would factor into how one views the suite of responses. Like for something regarding sea level rise, you'd probably want to weight highly the opinions of island nations as well as other countries that have low lying population centers, because the resolution will have a higher impact on them. Or in a condemnation of warlike behavior, the nations adjacent to a belligerent would be given more attention, since they are ostensibly more at risk. I think that in general going by population is probably going to be a safe first pass but certainly I can see why you'd want different weightings for specific resolutions.
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Mar 1, 2023 21:06
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celadon posted:I think that for any given resolution, the specific nature of the question would factor into how one views the suite of responses. Like for something regarding sea level rise, you'd probably want to weight highly the opinions of island nations as well as other countries that have low lying population centers, because the resolution will have a higher impact on them. Or in a condemnation of warlike behavior, the nations adjacent to a belligerent would be given more attention, since they are ostensibly more at risk. I think that in general going by population is probably going to be a safe first pass but certainly I can see why you'd want different weightings for specific resolutions. The global south is where the worst effects of material shortages really do damage, when various European nations that are more adjacent increase their predatory consumption of resources to cover for what the war has disrupted. Physical location is a poor lone metric for the blowback of war in a parasitism based global economy. Just like the thoughts and opinions of a bunch of wealthy Americans living on the coasts (re: sea levels) is hardly worth respecting considering they'll wield their wealth to put someone else under their boot when the crisis gets too real. The337th has issued a correction as of 21:16 on Mar 1, 2023 |
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Mar 1, 2023 21:13
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Well, here's an easy one: The Ukrainians lost more Canadian M777's (probably most of the 32 at this point) since we donated them than Canada lost in the entirety of Task Force Kandahar from 2006-2011 (zero). Comparing this to any of the wars we've been involved in since Korea is absurd.
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Mar 1, 2023 21:13
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Ytlaya posted:I mean, I understand the point mlmp was trying to make (which is actually similar to the one I'm making, though from a perspective I think is wrong) - that you shouldn't give larger (which usually translates to "more powerful") countries more weight than less powerful ones. But this is a very superficial way of defining what makes countries powerful, given that real power lies in a US-centered network of countries (with a very large number of countries of all sizes essentially just being extensions of the US itself and reflecting it's ideology/goals in the UN). Thank you, that's a very good way to describe what I've been thinking. Canada is an independent country, jokes aside, but for a variety of reasons the country I live follows US policy to a T. Economic integration and US media saturation and [insert long FF post here] explain it
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Mar 1, 2023 21:14
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https://euobserver.com/nordics/156770 orban stays winning quote:Hungary links Nato vote and EU money in quid pro quo Truga has issued a correction as of 21:22 on Mar 1, 2023 |
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Mar 1, 2023 21:20
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Not So Fast posted:Vuhledar was a mess but this is definitely someone counting vehicles three times over or something I do wonder if the Ukrainians casualty claims is raw data, or if they're actually even higher and some editor tries to make them reasonable before publishing them.
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Mar 1, 2023 21:21
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Isentropy posted:Thank you, that's a very good way to describe what I've been thinking. Freedom From Defense means that we’re blackmailed with the Americans doing “whatever they feel is necessary” to “defend themselves” if we don’t satisfy them. Some general called into CBC to explain why an American F-22 shooting something down over Canada is fine based on that principle: In the absence of a Canadian aircraft to do it, the Yanks would do it anyway, so better we have the fig leaf of NORAD so we can pretend we allowed it. It’s worth bringing up in the context of Ukraine because the understanding in all of this policy is if Canada withdrew from NORAD, NATO or God forbid entertained a foreign alliance or basing, it’s a certainty the Americans would invade us. Canada can not reverse any of our agreements with the US because that hangs over us. Somehow, Ukraine and Russia is somehow viewed differently?
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Mar 1, 2023 21:22
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Oglethorpe posted:https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1630629661385342979 they have begun their offensive
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Mar 1, 2023 21:23
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the resolution by the UNGA showed ukrainian support superiority but not ukrainian support supremacy
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Mar 1, 2023 21:23
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I'm starting a Canadian nationalist movement based around the Newfie language, our shared Catholic faith, and the enshrinement of Canadian national heroes (the guys who killed the Fenians in 1866)
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Mar 1, 2023 21:31
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Slim Jim Pickens posted:I'm starting a Canadian nationalist movement based around the Newfie language, our shared Catholic faith, and the enshrinement of Canadian national heroes (the guys who killed the Fenians in 1866) Dreams do come true 🥹
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Mar 1, 2023 21:34
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America declared itself to be the hemispheric hegemon and has acted that way forever.
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Mar 1, 2023 21:40
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Ardennes posted:Btw, that VDV unit clearly survived and was relieved by naval infantry,
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Mar 1, 2023 21:41
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IAMNOTADOCTOR posted:Hey can you share something about the author and why we should read his work? Do you have a link you could share about de Ploeg's Jews did 9/11 position?
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Mar 1, 2023 21:42
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Weka posted:Do you have a link you could share about de Ploeg's Jews did 9/11 position? All People of The Book are sons of Abraham, so in a way Bush, the Saudi Royals, and Bin Laden are all Jews, the inheritors of the Covenant and Law of Moses. Of course this also means Jewish people did the Holocaust and Holodomor, but some people already believed that, at least the latter, anyways.
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Mar 1, 2023 21:46
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Weka posted:Do you have a link you could share about de Ploeg's Jews did 9/11 position? It's Kees van der Pijl, author of "Flight MH17, Ukraine and the new Cold War". See e.g. https://www.academia.edu/38701130
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Mar 1, 2023 21:47
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Leandros posted:Wait what? At Hostomel? Why did they use marines? Yup
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Mar 1, 2023 21:47
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Leandros posted:Wait what? At Hostomel? Why did they use marines? naval infantry can go on land too, it just costs more movement points
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Mar 1, 2023 21:49
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Frosted Flake posted:Freedom From Defense means that we’re blackmailed with the Americans doing “whatever they feel is necessary” to “defend themselves” if we don’t satisfy them. Some general called into CBC to explain why an American F-22 shooting something down over Canada is fine based on that principle: In the absence of a Canadian aircraft to do it, the Yanks would do it anyway, so better we have the fig leaf of NORAD so we can pretend we allowed it. According to a few sovereigntist I talk to, Quebec would be able to have it's own foreign policy so the solution is obviously to split Canada into 13 countries.
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Mar 1, 2023 21:51
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supersnowman posted:According to a few sovereigntist I talk to, Quebec would be able to have it's own foreign policy so the solution is obviously to split Canada into 13 countries. Ah the ol' Quexit.
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Mar 1, 2023 21:55
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America would have to bleed pretty bad for a long time before it could be contested by adjacent neighbors.
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Mar 1, 2023 21:55
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Al-Saqr posted:The Ukranians are calling it quits and giving up on Bakhmut. hope it was worth it for them to hold on this long... Oh? looks like C-SPAM was right 
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Mar 1, 2023 21:57
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Comrade Koba posted:aaaand the msnbc guy who did a segment from crimea was put on myrotvorets, because of course he was i looked up the site on wikipedia.. interesting 
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Mar 1, 2023 22:05
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Truga posted:https://euobserver.com/nordics/156770 quote:Orbán's irregular behaviour made Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan look classy by comparison, she indicated. they may have asked for kurdish heads on pikes but at least they had  lmfao
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