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Jeremy Turner9 said:It is simply a matter of fact; the USA and the UK are the ones deciding who joins NATO, largely because they view France as having been defeated by Hitler, seeing as they were pushed out of the Pacific and even faced a breakdown in cooperation with Australia...
Regarding America, the influence was negotiated at Yalta to be a fifty-fifty split, and if we examine what happened following its collapse—specifically looking at how Canada, the US, and the Federation of Canada were handled after recognition and border demarcation—it becomes clear how the West operates...
rowdyraven112 said:The tank is gone. Operator had enough time to brew and drink a coffee. ☕
When a tank is in a city, you don't use a Stug; you use the stuff I just mentioned. You fire, you pop out, and you hope for the best. In urban combat, hitting a moving target is damn hard, especially if they have support. Ask the Memphis defenders how many rounds they had to dump into a single tank. Don't talk to me like I'm playing Call of Duty.
Justin Kern67 said:It’s quite amusing to watch Biden lecture China on behalf of the entire European Union: "Biden said he had made clear to Chinese President xi Jinping that He would be putting his economic relations with The US and EU in “significant jeopardy” if he were to help Russia" : https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60856533
There is absolutely no reason to doubt that once a serious conflict breaks out, they will find themselves defending Europe—and doing so right there on European soil.
rowdyraven112 said:There’s footage from Mariupol showing Ukrainians hitting a tank. It took four missiles just to stop it. And that's not an isolated case. Fine, go play Call of Duty. In that game, you can just blast a tank with a rocket launcher on the first shot and be done with it.☕
Thomas Nelson25 said:They even put in a request for tanks today.
When are we looking at getting them, and what kind of models?
Carl Lee27 said:Well, looks like General Motors is officially out too. It’s honestly pretty wild how they sat on their hands for this long, especially when it’s been blindingly obvious for weeks that the supply chains are totally trashed and there aren't enough parts anywhere to actually get a single line moving. I guess someone in a corner office was probably clinging to the hope that negotiations would wrap up the war in a heartbeat, right?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...a-over-ukraine
Arthur Booth96 said:Does anyone happen to have any data on how many people have actually fled Russia so far?
Morgan Morales4 said:We'll just have to wait and see, because right now this is all just speculation and "what if" scenarios. It feels a bit like theater for the public; it's almost like those who were doing business with them suddenly woke up one morning and shouted, "dolje lopov, long live peace and prosperity!"
fadedtinker36 said:Russia currently ranks as the sixth-largest economy in the world based on GDP, driven by three core sectors:
-oil
-gas
-minerals
Data sourced from a 2017 PwC report.
If Europe shifts toward green energy, the Russian economy will crater.
Once Europe cuts its dependence on Russia, their economic momentum will stall significantly. They lack any emerging industries—no ICT, no big data, no AI, no 3D printing.
They will simply grind to a halt.
By 2050, Russia will likely drop out of the top 25 global economies entirely...
Obviously, Putin will be long dead by then, but he remains responsible for Russia's downfall. An autocrat is always ultimately accountable for how a nation and its people are governed.
This is the root cause of economic warfare and all subsequent conflicts, with Ukraine being one of the tragic first victims.
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is his permanent legacy. He's an egomaniac and a sociopath.
However, the economic sanctions imposed on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine will be what truly costs most Russians their livelihoods.
Adam Lee13 said:The Americans haven't sent any weapons to Ukraine in almost 3 weeks and have delivered only one fifth of what they promised.
https://twitter.com/Doranimated/status/1505158157596823556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1505158157596823556%7Ctwgr% 5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=
They're honestly pretty gross; you can practically see them praying to God that Ukraine falls as fast as possible.
Gerald Chavez7 said:You’re actually doing both—you announce some things, but not others. There are two main reasons for that:
1) Boosting morale for Ukrainians—both the military and civilians. When people hear every single day that help is arriving from places like Japan to Canada, it builds resilience.
2) You aren't catching Russia off guard with an unannounced escalation.
The stuff you *don't* announce is the intelligence support—satellites, real-time data feeds, all that good stuff.
Hannah Williams8 said:I honestly think we have plenty of basic food supplies, and if they actually manage to conquer Ukraine, we'll probably have even more.
This war didn't just pop up overnight; it’s been in the works for years.
I've been saying it from the start: this is really a war against Western civilization.
Jason Fox2 said:I honestly have no clue how the dollar has weakened this much lately. I was totally bracing for things to level out around 1.50 or 1.60 against the greenback, but now we're looking at 0.90 to 0.95.