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Richie
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Ukranian drones will take care of those.
Richie
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Trump thinks he is a god and completely above the law. The US Supreme Court has told the US administration to reimburse some $180b in revenue after it deemed Trumps tariffs were illegal. Oh boo hoo, says Trump and immediately threatened further ones. He and those following him like he is the messiah wont suffer over this, but rather the American people.
Richie
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Ukrainian forces struck a major industrial site deep inside Russia's Udmurt region using domestically produced Flamingo missiles and drones to hit the plant. The Votkinsk factory, that produces ballistic missiles, is more than 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) from Ukraine.
This kind of attack is now happening more often and some former military people are saying Ukraine is now stopping Russia in its tracks. One former general said Russia's invasion has been "a total disaster".
This kind of attack is now happening more often and some former military people are saying Ukraine is now stopping Russia in its tracks. One former general said Russia's invasion has been "a total disaster".
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
...including a 15% tariff on EU imports but neither the NYSE nor other capital markets took notice, probably regarding it as one more Taco move.
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looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
I doubt it and I even wouldn't want it to happen since it would lead to total chaos which nobody would be interested in given that Russia is a nuke power and there're a goodly number of lunatics only waiting for a chance to take over. The Russians have a stiff upper lip, too and the regime is repressive.
After initially painting a gloomy picture, the authors of the video made it clear that, at bottom, they expect Russia to muddle through and, thankfully, listed all the countermeasures Putin can resort to and he did because, meanwhile, those expectations have proved right as the vid is about one year old.
BTW, it runs a cold shiver down my back each time I see Russian tanks and armoured vehicles that I was trained on and in which I was meant to burn. Dreadful.
Richie
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You mean fighting for the Soviets if the Bay of Pigs Cuban incident had gone the other way? Dreadful indeed. Thank goodness for Gorby the man that ended that insidious regime, one of the greatest men that ever lived.
Exactly Russia has sunk even deeper since then. But of course the Kremlin spin doctors will tell the people the opposite. They are completely cut off now from their Baltic province Kaliningrad which I understand is well armed. Meaning they have zero access to the Baltic Sea as it is well guarded by Nato on land and water. It is only a matter of time before the little province will ask to be integrated back into Europe. I believe it used to be German and was called Konigsberg.
No one is gonna push the button for even tactical low grade nukes, they will threaten to. Chances are most of the Russian nukes are so old they are now obsolete or wont operate as they cant afford to keep up maintenance. The Kremlin also seems to almost ignore the fact that three Western and NATO nations have their own nuke stockpiles, with France the strongest in Europe, that could arm other more vulnerable nations such as the Baltic states. Been talk of even giving Ukraine one.
If push came to shove, America that has its own massive nuke stockpile and betting it is better maintained than Russias, would support Europe. I think Trump or rather his advisors have already waken up that Putin has been playing him like a puppet.
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Richie
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Am wondering why it was the Jewish Zionists and not its big brother the US, that has probably just started WW3 with its cowardly pre emptive strike on Iran. Having said that, if it brings down the repressive religious regime then freedom desiring Iranians will be rejoicing.
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Richie
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Betting it was the Zionists with its hazardous bombing that extinguished the lives of 40 Iranian school girls in a heart beat, because they have no compassion for human life. For them the end justifies the means, same as the thousands of women and children they murdered in Gaza.
Trump told the Iranians to rise up against their zealous clerical regime, so how do the mothers of the 40 girls feel now towards those invading her nation and that killed their little girl who was just starting her life. There will be no freedom for her, only a quick burial and her family left in inconsolable grief..
Trump told the Iranians to rise up against their zealous clerical regime, so how do the mothers of the 40 girls feel now towards those invading her nation and that killed their little girl who was just starting her life. There will be no freedom for her, only a quick burial and her family left in inconsolable grief..
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Grier
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Aldous Huxley wrote in 1937 that:
The end cannot justify the means, for the simple and obvious reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced."
That makes sense.
Something that dumb overzealous fascists don't really understand, and then their callous karma catches up with them.
There was a consistent prediction from many that an attack on Iranian cities would most likely cause innocent fatalities, which it did, like those poor innocent girls.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Let's hope not. As long as China and Russia aren't directly involved, it'll be no WW.
Richie
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Is on its knees cant even produce more weapons than it loses to battle an emboldened Ukraine, so how does it expect to arm Iran. Besides the China/Russia alliance is shakier than we all think as China covets large swathes of Russian land.
Richie
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Well I aint pardoning the Zionists as if they hit a girls school while the real target was an IRG base then their intelligence was crap as was their aim. Of course they are denying it saying the IDF was not in that area. It happened on day one and they attacked first and without warning so all civilians, inc all school children, could be moved to safety. They have also hit a hospital. No compassion. They are the Middle Easts worst terrorists after ISIS. I hate this Zionist regime with a passion.
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Richie
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Trump rambling over the time frame of his mini war on Iran. 
"It's always been a four week process," he told The Daily Mail.
"We figured it will be four weeks or so.
"It's always been about a four week process so — as strong as it is, it's a big country, it'll take four weeks"
"It's always been a four week process," he told The Daily Mail.
"We figured it will be four weeks or so.
"It's always been about a four week process so — as strong as it is, it's a big country, it'll take four weeks"
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looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
By sending military advisors, with reconnaissance, as a member of the security council, and through its sheer presence as a nuke power adopting a threatening position. There may also be capabilities unknown to distant observers. It makes a difference to know if someone is an enemy or a sympathetic supporter.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
And yet it may not suffice. He has no idea of how that religious regime ticks. You can't talk a regime change into happening. As in the past, the US are good at delivering a decapitation strike but have no master plan for what's going to happen afterwards.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Possible but it could also have been correct yet the cruise missile or rocket was not precise enough. Taking such "collateral damage " into account is sadly part and parcel of distance warfare and a far cry from "surgical incisions" actually intended.
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Richie
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Spot on and do you know who agrees with you, former US President Bill Clinton. There is a very interesting video from him stating how this is the first time in modern American history that a US President, Donald Trump, has started a conflict without the permission of Congress. He didnt even inform them evidently.
You will find the video on YT.