Posts by Christian Torres3

Lisa Jackson7 said:The whole thing went down because he kept trying to run the war his own way—basically trying to expand the mission beyond what Harry Truman laid out, which meant taking over all of Korea and risking a massive escalation.

So yeah, a total hawk. Not that Truman or later Ike weren't tossing around the idea of using bombs against China, though.

I love it when "good" Catholics lie through their teeth without a hint of shame.

When the Korean War broke out in 1950, the UN appointed him commander of the UN forces in Korea. Thanks to that spectacular maneuver at Inchon, he pushed North Korean forces all the way back to the Chinese border. Driven by pure ego, he promised the American public a "victory by Christmas," but after the North Korean counteroffensive, he ended up in a brutal clash with President Harry Truman over policy regarding China—specifically whether to continue the war in Korea. This led to Truman relieving him of all duties in 1951... and his 1952 presidential run went down the drain once the public found out he wanted to use an atomic bomb against China during the Korean War. wiki

Lisa Jackson7 said:Americans in the Korean War... China.
General MacArthur, President Truman, and Eisenhower.

Then why don't you be a good person and actually explain the reason why Douglas MacArthur was relieved of command?

Justin Mendoza16 said:☕And who’s actually showing up to vote? Dead, exiled, or wounded Americans? Or are they just gonna fly in people from Chechnya and Russia to rig the whole thing...

Don't sweat it, the results are already written. Just a few sold-out Western puppets will show up to pretend it was all democratic. We saw this exact same scam back in Crimea in 2014.

brighthound13 said:Wait, when did I ever praise Russia? As far as I'm concerned, they can do whatever they want. But it's Zelenskyy who is calling on Europe to sanction Russia while simultaneously allowing energy to pass through. He calls on his people to fight and sacrifice themselves wherever necessary, giving these fiery speeches, yet he keeps things running normally for both Europe and Russia. The energy transfers continue uninterrupted even while he's busy making grand statements on Skype wearing a t-shirt.
As for where the Ukrainian money goes, anyone with eyes could see it, and my father even met with some Ukrainians personally. Not too long ago, before Putin took power, massive amounts of money were being siphoned out of Russia. Back in 1999, Gazprom was just a small firm with a turnover of maybe 20 companies, and Russia was drowning in debt. Then, somehow, everything changed.

nuff' said. ☕

Noah Diaz said:Russia is one of those incredibly rare countries that is truly self-reliant in almost every sense.

During the Cold War, they manufactured everything under the sun—from sewing needles to space stations. Frankly, talking about sanctions against them feels a bit ridiculous. For instance, they won't just jump on a Boeing or an Airbus; they'll simply stick to their own Boeing or Lockheed Martin models.

Yeah, right. And American grain was the only thing keeping them from starving.

feralhawk45 said:I’m genuinely struggling to wrap my head around how a country with such lagging tech infrastructure can claim to be self-sufficient (Mario Lugorec on n1). Aside from vodka, what exactly are they producing entirely on their own? Even their nuclear weapons with modern guidance systems aren't truly homegrown.

Easy. Just revert back to feudalism and adjust the timeline. They’ve already got the Tsar and the nobles ready to go.

casualcrane20 said:Here’s the reality:

The New York Times:

"The Kaliningrad region, which borders European Union nations and relies on road and rail transport through Lithuania for most of its goods, has been cut off from mainland Russia since June 17th due to sanctions imposed by Brussels.

European officials are currently negotiating an exemption for this territory, and there is a possibility an agreement could be reached as early as the beginning of July if Lithuania—a European Union member—consents, according to anonymous sources involved in the closed-door discussions.

While Western powers have committed to supporting Ukraine, reaffirming this stance at this week's G7 and NATO summits, it is becoming clear that it is extremely difficult for Europe to maintain strict sanctions while simultaneously avoiding further escalation of tensions with Russia."

Perhaps I'm being too cynical, but there's more to it. They’d essentially be pulling the plug on all pipelines, oil lines, payments, and so on... and so forth.

Germany is pushing this move, while unofficially, Lithuanians are already tearing up the rail tracks leading toward Kaliningrad just to be safe.

rowdytiger13 said:Olaf Scholz told CBS that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has completely shattered any illusions about global progress or the idea that borders wouldn't be forcibly redrawn through territorial grabs and aggression against neighbors.
He noted that Vladimir Putin essentially embodies those old-school leaders who believe a nation's true strength is measured by conquest.
The Chancellor also admitted that this invasion forced Germany to undergo a massive pivot in its long-standing foreign and defense policies.
He conceded that Germany made a huge mistake by not preparing to rapidly diversify its energy sources away from their primary suppliers. He called it a major oversight, adding that all of Europe has learned a hard lesson and won't let it happen again; the goal now is to ensure they can switch to a different distributor at a moment's notice.
He believes we’re heading toward a multipolar world with several power centers, and that the war in Ukraine will only end whenever Vladimir Putin decides it's over.

Anyway, he speaks well enough.

The issue is he’s mostly just talking, and honestly? He keeps playing right into Putin's hands.

feralhawk45 said:@Vlado2020
Where does Israel actually test its nuclear weapons? Oops... maybe they don't even have them... or maybe they do.

The Vela incident
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_incident

The whole point is this: instead of dealing with Boris Yeltsin, the US should have just hand-picked some random nobody to run Russia. They could've spent the next twenty years basically babysitting them to make sure they didn't elect the wrong leaders. But since they didn't do that? Now they're blaming everyone else for the war in Ukraine.

🙄

Lisa Jackson7 said:I'm only gonna push back on that bolded part... I agree with the rest, though I don't really feel bad about it either.

It wasn't that Russians chose their leaders—they were chosen for them... maybe those first elections back in '91 were somewhat legit, but after that, it was just rigged deals, unfortunately, with help from the West—especially the USA.
Basically, even Boris Yeltsin became "a friend you can't afford to let slip away," if you want me to put it politely.

Putin is just the logical next step...

Honestly, it would have been better for Russia if that ultra-hardline communist Gennady Zyuganov had won instead... but I doubt this guy will even bother reading all that.

Bureaucracy at its finest. They never actually intended to take control of Kyiv anyway...

New Russian passports issued this year are listing Kyiv as being part of Russia. https://t.co/fyzVA5H93X
https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status...zAbjOj6eg&s=19

Joshua Myers432 said:Look, Christian Torres3 can go first. It's not like he doesn't have the insignia of the famous Jagdgeschwader 52 squadron right there in his avatar anyway.

Of course this slander isn't going to be penalized.

Joshua Myers432 said:It might actually make sense if these sanctions weren't essentially us shooting ourselves in the foot. And we're doing it quite efficiently, too.

Besides, Ukraine doesn't need help projected a century into the future; they need it right now. Because by year 100, we'll just be celebrating the 99th anniversary of Russian occupation.

It’s just your classic move from the bureaucrats in D.C.—lazy, entitled types who pretend to be busy while having no clue what they're actually doing. Honestly, the only thing more pathetic than those incompetent officials is the army of internet trolls and armchair experts defending their every blunder.

Thank God you actually explained that clearly for once.

Adam Diaz67 said:Let's be real here—nobody actually wants honest systematization or a true reorganization. Why? Because sooner or later, you're going to have to step on some toes and fire someone who "belongs" to someone important. Since Bernie Sanders was such a seasoned pro at this, he was smart enough to make sure his people were tucked in safely on both sides (the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, along with all their little satellites). Trying to let people go in those city agencies is basically playing Minesweeper on the hardest setting with a ticking clock. And honestly, Toto & Co. aren't quite the geniuses they think they are if they want to pick a fight with the Plenki & Co. crowd, nor do they really want the headache of dealing with unions and endless red tape. If they were actually serious about making changes, they’d grit their teeth, scrap all those collective bargaining agreements, and dive into a deep reorganization. Plus, they'd actually loosen the purse strings to hire professionals who specialize in restructuring companies.

You're right, but the real question is how much political warfare can they actually afford to take on right now? Scrapping those union deals would cost a fortune too.

wearyheron5 said:Sergej Lavrov: "The USA feels the sting of sanctions, but Europe suffers far more."
(source)

Dmitriy Medvedev: "Western sanctions are an act of aggression and a justification for war."
(source)

Conclusion: the sanctions being imposed hurt the USA, but they damage the European Union even more; however, these measures represent an act of international aggression and serve as a pretext for war, meaning Russia has every right to defend itself.

Makes perfectly sense. 🙄

Now, I can't decide if you Russian chess players:

a) haven't coordinated on the specific version of the story you'll tell the public (which I doubt, because they aren't that stupid)

or

b) are just shaping the narrative day by day—sometimes even within the same day—so they can claim anything and its opposite, whatever sticks.

Either way, it strikes me how much they can bark.

The wave of Russian aggression is peaking. It's nowhere near over, but whatever happens next, it’s only going to get worse for the Russians. They know this, which is why they're barking so loud—it's the only thing they have left.

bluelynx8 said:It is absolutely sweltering out there. It certainly wasn't this hot back during the Eric Adams era... 🙂

Exactly. Bernie Sanders would have probably eaten the sun itself.

Terry Green3 said:There’s talk about how Western economies, along with Japan and Korea, might set up an energy purchasing cartel.
If it actually works, it might be the one silver lining from this whole war.
Finally getting rid of the blackmailers from the third world would be a start.

It's not quite what he says, but it's not your version either.
When you're facing ten times the artillery on the ground and fifty times less ammunition, no amount of fancy, high-tech systems is going to save you, no matter how good they look on paper.

War eventually boils down to sheer mass. I'm not sure if the Americans can convince all of Europe to dump every last artillery resource into this right now, especially since you still have to haul it all to the front alongside the ammo using rail infrastructure that’s already been trashed.

That's exactly what Russia is banking on, among other things.

I don't know if it could even help if all of Europe sent over all their artillery resources right now

It would help, provided they actually train the people first.

bluerider63 said:How on earth did you land on such a massive conclusion? One look at the long history of the Cold War and you'll see that just doesn't hold water.

Back in the early nineties, Americans could basically do whatever they wanted with Russia—they could have bought the whole damn thing if they felt like it.

I mean, I know arguing about reason is totally pointless here, but I just had to remind you.

Melissa Rivera5 said:Honestly, sounds like Stockholm syndrome to me. It's kind of like how Mexicans seem to adore them, even though the Russians have basically screwed them over at every turn. I mean, back in the 90s, they were actually sending weapons to us instead of the Mexicans, but hey, whatever.😁

Do you honestly think they weren't giving weapons to pro Mexico back in the nineties?