Posts by boldotter2

rowdytiger13 said:It could be the FBI, but for different reasons. Everyone saw this coming—the oligarchs and the power players are finally starting to wobble. Sanctions tend to hit them the hardest.
Beyond that, Putin is reportedly breathing down the FBI's neck because of their bad intel and a failed plan that supposedly cost a fortune in wasted funds. I heard some FBI agents were put under house arrest because the CIA caught wind of the plan and shut it down.
He’s already cycled through a massive amount of people in the military...
This is just getting started... they're the ones who are going to feel the squeeze.

Edit: There was a recent report about how Zelenskyy looked completely stunned when Americans told him, "Start digging trenches and get ready. You're going to be attacked." That was all before the troop buildup.

Christian Torres3 said:One guy could vanish in the middle of the night, but you don't just blame the FBI—it's gotta be a coordinated group.

Dennis Price said:Some faction within the FBI is playing the anti-war card just because it doesn't suit their own interests—honestly, it’s probably just some radical students running amok, if you ask me.

crimsoncyclist71 said:The FBI? They're just inventing extra enemies so brave Putin can protect the people.

Nancy Gomez26 said:Maybe we’ll get some clarity once the next target goes up in smoke. I have a feeling this wasn't the Ukrainians. Why waste the element of surprise on a relatively obscure target (I'm referring to Alexander Dugin's father)?

hollowdriver13 said:They actually blew up an ammo dump in Bulgaria recently, and we all know Bulgaria is busy cranking out USSR-caliber rounds for Ukraine right now.

https://twitter.com/Blake_Allen13/st...27772396625922

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nina kent Asks: I mean, I never really thought of these major powers as "the big three evils"—at least not during that relatively peaceful stretch in this part of the world after communism collapsed. Now? I’d say that description fits Russia perfectly. But honestly, it feels like saying sharks are evil just because they're massive and powerful. Being big and strong is just how they exist. Russia is honestly lagging way behind, and China is playing an entirely different game that doesn't really align with our interests anyway. Then you've got other major players like India and the Islamic world, who are even further off from our idea of a "good life." I feel the same way. In my book, the USA is definitely more "good" than "evil." Honestly, without them, the values we hold dear here in America and across the West probably wouldn't even exist today. I'm doing my internship. If America hadn't existed—as a superpower, a society, or even just a concept—we’d be in a completely different world. Think about it: would we have even beaten the Nazis without American support? Or how did Europe manage to shake off those old-school hierarchical systems without the push from the US toward democratic values? We basically imported their entire blueprint for modern life: equality, the rule of law, freedom of speech... even the tech that changed everything for the average person, from refrigerators and cars to rock and roll, TVs, and now computers. Everything. What kind of nonsense is this? So what, did it just fly in from Russia, China, some random spot in Saudi Arabia or India, or maybe Iran? Who knows. Maybe there’d be a tiny slice of it, but it would probably only be for the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie. It’d likely end up just like Russia... Is this what people call "American idolatry"? I wouldn't go that far. It’s perfectly obvious to me that there are plenty of idiots and plenty of bad things happening over there. But what I said above? To me, that's just an undeniable fact of modern history. It’s all just one big Greek tragicomedy happening at once. 😁 So today we're acting like America is this big protective brother looking out for us, when in reality, she's basically our European daughter, right? 🤔 If you didn't have Europe (and yeah, that includes Russia), there wouldn't even be an America.

Look, I get it—the USA isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination. But honestly? It’s still the best thing that could have happened to the world.
Let’s be real for a second—most of us are living pretty damn good lives. We've got plenty of stuff, we can travel wherever we feel like, and we have the freedom to say whatever's on our minds.

Just an example of a typical day: you wake up, head to a job with decent conditions, and if you’ve got the skills or the right training, you don't end up wrecking your health in the process. Once you clock out, you actually have choices—you can go for a walk, ride your bike, grab a beer, or grab some food.
You could spend your night bingeing Netflix, catching a game, hitting the pub, or scrolling through Facebook and Instagram to comment on everything without a second thought. You could be on Tinder looking for a hookup, or just traveling the world. Instead, you're here.

Imagine if the US didn't exist and we were stuck dealing with some Russian or Chinese regime running the show instead.
Everything we use today wasn't actually invented by them. If they ever did come up with anything, it wouldn't be for the general public—it would just be some niche thing for the party elites.
So you’d rather go work a manual labor job since apparently everything else is pure evil... But hey, once you're off the clock, you won't have much of a choice. Most technology wouldn't even exist. Not to mention movies, shows, or games—if we look at our own society, how many modern series are actually Russian or Chinese? Zero? Yeah, exactly.
Games? They’re basically at zero.

If it weren't for the major players like Russia, China, Iran, and their crowd—who haven't contributed a single damn thing to the world besides tyranny, war, and crushing human rights—we wouldn't have made it past the 1900s.

The fact that the USA exists as it does is proof enough that tyrants won't be running the show.

Adam Lee13 said:Look, you just don't get how things actually work in the United States. For them, the bottom line is keeping the oil flowing in massive quantities and making sure producers aren't getting too cozy with Russ or China—they couldn't care less about who's pocketing the oil money over there. Their real play is keeping gas and diesel cheap enough for domestic industry and everyday folks, selling a mountain of weapons to those same countries, and then eventually cycling all that oil profit right back into the American stock market.

If you want proof, just look at those Gulf nations with state-run oil giants doing all the heavy lifting.

Ronalddo said:🤣 I guess I'm wondering how they actually pull off those counterstrikes? Can you explain the method and how they pick their targets? It feels like there have been way more strikes hitting Moscow than Crimea this year, and since they're hitting such important spots, it seems like a lot of them are definitely Western-backed.

hollowdriver13 said:Probably just hitting civilian targets that don't even matter militarily. Honestly, that seems to be the only thing they're good at if they aren't using those old-school WWI style human wave tactics in a frontal assault or just leveling everything with artillery.

https://twitter.com/ChuckPfarrer/sta...16991800033280

electricsurfer47 said:I actually think that's a mistake.

It’s just going to fuel more hatred toward the European Union and everything else. It’ll backfire.

Take the way Germany was split into East and West back in the day, for example.

West Germany wasn't out there actively denying anything to the East because the people in power were the ones being supported; instead, the folks in the East realized for themselves that life was just better in the West, so they started heading over there.
They couldn't really influence their own government—that only started happening once the leadership realized they’d lost their grip on the people. But in Russia, any kind of protest is strictly forbidden.

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Joshua Myers432 said:True, but you can't compare this to the US in '91. That’s an entirely different beast, even if there are some superficial similarities. Simply put, Russian influence in Ukraine is far more pervasive than the Mexican influence ever was in the States. It’s true both in terms of linguistics and sheer numbers. That’s why there’s no end in sight and no "happy ending" on the horizon. That is the reality. I can sit here and fantasize with you all about loading Russians onto tractors and shipping them back to Moscow, but let's be real... that’s just not happening.

The poet meant that the American dialects are practically identical, whereas Ukrainian and Russian are distinct. Which part of that aren't you grasping? Do I need to draw you a diagram?

wiredtiger8 said:Every single one of them suffered a military defeat.

So I'm asking you again—how exactly are we supposed to militarily defeat the Russians and force a surrender without making the whole thing a total bloodbath?

wiredtiger8 said:Great explanation there, except you still haven't cleared up how we actually get there... you know, like, where exactly along this "pathway" the Russian Federation just magically vanishes without everything blowing up in our faces...

... honestly, your logic reminds me of that old scene with bat Stojković and his legendary take on that joke from the '82 movie *Let's Go Further*...

... basically, there was this plane carrying an Englishman, a Bulgarian, a Frenchman, and some guy named Pero... he can't quite remember the specifics, but long story short, Pero ends up being the smartest one in the bunch and outsmarts everyone. Ha! Hah!
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wiredtiger8 said:Alright, so why don't you explain it to us like we're little kids in elementary school? Just keep it super simple for us—how exactly would China invade and conquer Siberia without the Russians pulling the nuclear trigger if things start going south for them?

gentleviper62 said:Why on earth would China attack Russia? They’d be throwing away the only real ally they have left. Besides, those massive oil and gas reserves aren't even sitting right on the border with China; they're tucked way up north.

Matthew Young35 said:Whatever you say... This has absolutely nothing to do with communism.

Matthew Young35 said:So, if they had a white star on there, would they suddenly be Americans?

What we’re seeing in Russia isn't communism; it's tycoon capitalism.
As far as I'm aware, there isn't some ban on private property or any other communist nonsense.
They simply inherited symbols from the USSR, which actually was a communist state.

I get the impression you don't quite grasp what the word "communism" actually means.

analogbear5 said:Show that to our local armchair experts when they get back. According to them, there’s zero projection out to even a Walmart, and nuclear missiles would somehow fly over the Atlantic instead of the Arctic.

Nathan Evans78 said:The commission is basically telling everyone not to hold their breath waiting for Russia to flip the gas switch back on.

To me, this just reinforces the idea that economic sanctions like these don't really touch countries that have completely lost their sense of reason. I mean, their GDP has already cratered by 4.3% year-over-year, and honestly, they seem perfectly willing to let it slide even further because they’ve essentially reached a point of total mental burnout. If you ask me, at this stage, nothing short of military intervention or some sort of orchestrated regime change is going to move the needle in the medium term—and hey, the US certainly has plenty of experience with those kinds of maneuvers.☕

Timothy Williams5 said:Well... Ukraine.
Ukraine would find a way to shower Moscow in isotopes if they had to, one way or another.
The Ukrainians are resourceful traders—just look at the stuff being sold there that you can't even find in the rest of the EU. They’d surely manage to scavenge whatever radioactive material was left lying around in those old USSR stockpiles.