Randarkman posted:

Yes, but the same argument holds true for Britain and France who hadn't truly began to ramp up rearmament at this time. German rearmament hadn't come as far as it would in 1939, but they still had a headstart on West, whose own rearmament efforts in the time between the Munich Agreement and the invasion of Poland in September 1939 were a very important factor in attempting to close that gap (and the Allies, Britain alone even, were outspending and outproducing Germany in that timeframe).

Dr. Quarex posted:

Accuse him of war crimes all you want but he IS Tuvan and that looks Tuvan enough for government work

naem posted:

chicken coop

Bluemillion posted:

Cope Coop.

zone posted:

zone posted:

wet_goods posted:

To be fair a ton of officers just farm master’s degrees as a means for promotions

wet_goods posted:

To be fair a ton of officers just farm master’s degrees as a means for promotions

wet_goods posted:

To be fair a ton of officers just farm master’s degrees as a means for promotions

OPAONI posted:

Could you go into this if you're not being sarcastic? Do they actually do the work to earn the masters or is it a degree mill situation, and what's the reasoning behind it?

zone posted:

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1673668704737845253
Along with 3 NATOs, 3 Zelenskys, The whole Fellowship of the Ring, 2 Death Stars, 10 Starship Enterprises, and the entire Jedi Council.

Alan Smithee posted:

to be fair people in moscow are probably nicer than philly

and people in moscow are dour mfs

Decrepus posted:

55 HIMARS
55 BRADLEYS
55 ABRAMS
55 LEOPARDS
100 MORTARS
100 JAVELINS
100 PATRIOTS
100 MRAPS

Sashimi posted:

I'll take your word for it as someone who knows nothing about Tuvan architecture or culture.

HonorableTB posted:

e: ive also taken a megashot in a bar where my head was lit on fire (i was wearing a red army helmet) and then hit with a baseball bat by the bartender

HonorableTB posted:

when i lived in moscow i had a gopnik in a club offer to sell me, in his words, bootleg research chemicals, and when i was hesitant another gopnik materialized behind me and i realized how knockoff research chemicals could really enhance my day to day life really quickly.


e: ive also taken a megashot in a bar where my head was lit on fire (i was wearing a red army helmet) and then hit with a baseball bat by the bartender

HonorableTB posted:

when i lived in moscow i had a gopnik in a club offer to sell me, in his words, bootleg research chemicals, and when i was hesitant another gopnik materialized behind me and i realized how knockoff research chemicals could really enhance my day to day life really quickly.


e: ive also taken a megashot in a bar where my head was lit on fire (i was wearing a red army helmet) and then hit with a baseball bat by the bartender

Pot Smoke Phoenix posted:

Serious question- is there a saying or a proverb or something in Russia that more or less equates to "If you think what I did was dumb, it is you who are stupid" or something like that?

I'm not really even sure why it popped into my head, but it would kind of explain some things

Decrepus posted:

55 HIMARS
55 BRADLEYS
55 ABRAMS
55 LEOPARDS
100 MORTARS
100 JAVELINS
100 PATRIOTS
100 MRAPS

HonorableTB posted:

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1673920014573789184?s=20

HonorableTB posted:

HolHorsejob posted:

Is there any point in reporting official casualties from either side any more? They tell us exactly nothing about what's going on.

HolHorsejob posted:

Is there any point in reporting official casualties from either side any more? They tell us exactly nothing about what's going on.

Countdown to the entire haul getting stolen by the driver

HolHorsejob posted:

Is there any point in reporting official casualties from either side any more? They tell us exactly nothing about what's going on.

Countdown to the entire haul getting stolen by the driver

quote:

Russian General Knew About Mercenary Chief’s Rebellion Plans, U.S. Officials Say

A senior Russian general had advance knowledge of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plans to rebel against Russia’s military leadership, according to U.S. officials briefed on American intelligence on the matter, which has prompted questions about what support the mercenary leader had inside the top ranks.

The officials said they are trying to learn if Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the former top Russian commander in Ukraine, helped plan Mr. Prigozhin’s actions last weekend, which posed the most dramatic threat to President Vladimir V. Putin in his 23 years in power.

General Surovikin is a respected military leader who helped shore up defenses across the battle lines after Ukraine’s counteroffensive last year, analysts say. He was replaced as the top commander in January but retained influence in running war operations and remains popular among the troops.

American officials also said there are signs that other Russian generals may also have supported Mr. Prigozhin’s attempt to change the leadership of the Defense Ministry by force. Current and former U.S. officials said Mr. Prigozhin would not have launched his uprising unless he believed that others in positions of power would come to his aid.

If General Surovikin was involved in last weekend’s events, it would be the latest sign of the infighting that has characterized Russia’s military leadership since the start of Mr. Putin’s war in Ukraine and could signal a wider fracture between supporters of Mr. Prigozhin and Mr. Putin’s two senior military advisers: Sergei K. Shoigu, the minister of defense, and Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov, the chief of general staff.

Mr. Putin must now decide, officials say, whether he believes that General Surovikin helped Mr. Prigozhin and how he should respond.

On Tuesday, the Russian domestic intelligence agency said that it was dropping “armed mutiny” criminal charges against Mr. Prigozhin and members of his force. But if Mr. Putin finds evidence General Surovikin more directly helped Mr. Prigozhin, he will have little choice but to remove him from his command, officials and analysts say.

Some former officials say Mr. Putin could decide to keep General Surovikin, if he concludes he had some knowledge of what Mr. Prigozhin had planned but did not aid him. For now, analysts said, Mr. Putin seems intent on pinning the mutiny solely on Mr. Prigozhin.

...

General Surovikin spoke out against the rebellion as it became public on Friday, in a video that urged Russian troops in Ukraine to maintain their positions and not join the uprising.

“I urge you to stop,” General Surovikin said in a message posted on Telegram. “The enemy is just waiting for the internal political situation to worsen in our country.”

But one former official called that message akin to “a hostage video.” General Surovikin’s body language suggested he was uncomfortable denouncing a former ally, one who shared his view of the Russian military leadership, the former official said.

There were other signs of divided loyalties in the top ranks. Another Russian general — Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev — made his own video appeal, calling any actions against the Russian state a “stab in the back of the country and president.” But hours later, he surfaced in another video, chatting with Mr. Prigozhin in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, where Wagner fighters seized military facilities.

“There were just too many weird things that happened that, in my mind, suggest there was collusion that we have not figured out yet,” Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, said in a phone interview.

“Think of how easy it was to take Rostov,” Mr. McFaul said. “There are armed guards everywhere in Russia, and suddenly, there’s no one around to do anything?”

...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/us/politics/russian-general-prigozhin-rebellion.html

Toxic Mental posted:

Turkey is weird, you’d think considering they were founded essentially to be a state to get away from religious government mixing and interference, would logically be all in favor of free speech protests against religion. I mean I get that they are picking and choosing here but it seems sort of antithetical to their own foundational tenets.

Toxic Mental posted:

Turkey is weird, you’d think considering they were founded essentially to be a state to get away from religious government mixing and interference, would logically be all in favor of free speech protests against religion. I mean I get that they are picking and choosing here but it seems sort of antithetical to their own foundational tenets.