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vivideagle7 said:I mean, once you see that meltdown from Smith later on—and seeing how Denzel and the rest of the crew are trying to calm him down—I just don't see how anyone could claim the whole thing was staged. He’s not quite that good an actor 😬
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What would they actually gain from pulling something like that?

Honestly, I don't buy the acting theory at all. Smith has been dealing with some pretty heavy depression for years now, and he really struggles with emotional regulation. You could see it clearly in the way he left Rock—one second he’s laughing, the next he’s tearing up, and then suddenly he’s back in his seat, absolutely livid and shouting again. The guy just isn't stable.
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Joseph Clark37 said:


Gentlemen, you really ought to watch this video from start to finish 🤣...

🤣🤣🙏
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quietcobra15 said:


What an incredible mind 🙏

Truly disturbed. 🤣🤣
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Matthew Young35 said:To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't be thrilled if Mexico decided to join forces with Russia and started stockpiling weapons right on the borders of the US and Canada.
They are a sovereign nation and technically should have that right, but if I had any say in the matter, I would fight that move with everything I've got.

There isn't much you can do besides making sure your own country is properly armed. That’s really the only real answer here.
Investing heavily in special forces—well, modern warfare has pretty much proven that they are an absolutely vital component.
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Justin James10 said:Intimidation and urban warfare are incredibly bloody and expensive endeavors—both in terms of hardware and the sheer loss of human life. Why go through all that trouble if you can simply scare off and scatter a good portion of your enemy? I still find the relatively low number of Ukrainian soldiers puzzling. 🤔 Well, not everyone can just run away; someone has to stay and fight if they believe victory is possible. The Russians have hit some roadblocks, but they still hold the upper hand and are ruthless enough to level entire cities. You can't simply respond to that by suggesting everyone should just evacuate.

The real issue here is that volunteers and mobilized troops simply can't get to the front lines where the fighting is most intense in high enough numbers.
Plus, most people just aren't trained for those kinds of raids against Russian supply lines or isolated, smaller units.

Basically, people with standard training can hold down a city—and the more skilled ones among them might join specialized teams led by professionals to pull off some minor counterattacks—but they just aren't equipped for anything more advanced than that.
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shadowcobra89 said:Don't worry, the Russians aren't foolish enough to strike at the biggest players within the European Union...

It is quite telling, actually, how much more Andrej Plenković has pivoted toward France rather than Germany lately, especially seeing how all the cooperation regarding this drone situation is being handled with them...

Honestly, it’s partly because he gets along so well with Emmanuel Macron, and partly because we just don't see eye-to-eye with Germany on certain issues.

France is clearly trying to pull a specific circle of European Union countries closer to their orbit—they want to cement themselves as the dominant power in the Mediterranean (which is something we could certainly get involved in)—so they've been flexing their muscles against Turkey and backing Greece all along.
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Joseph Clark37 said:If I were in the driver's seat of the US government, I'd deploy two or three divisions to Poland. I'd take about a dozen of our most advanced drones, paint them in Ukrainian colors, and run 24/7 missions over Ukraine. I'd station two squadrons of F-22s along the border between Romania and Ukraine, equipped with AIM-260s, using AWACS to spot Russian aircraft and taking them down whenever the opportunity arises. I would simply dismiss every Russian accusation as pure fiction and wait for their next move...

But honestly, that’s not their priority. This whole situation feels almost too convenient for them—they can commit the bare minimum of resources while letting the Russians wear themselves out.
The US isn't looking for a massive escalation; they just want to keep Ukrainians afloat long enough to ensure the Russians don't walk away with an easy victory.

To the planners on both sides, individual lives don't really carry much weight—not even the total collapse of nations or economies.
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Jose Lopez2 said:Meanwhile, looking at what's happening next door

If Russia is Mordor, then these guys are straight out of Angmar. 😬
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Matthew Young35 said:That supposed bomb is just one more absurdity in an already bizarre story.

Just picture this.
Someone possessing short-range missiles capable of hitting targets at massive distances (the Russians) decides to strike a target 1,000 kilometers away.
And how exactly do they plan to pull that off?
They take a fifty-year-old reconnaissance drone, strap an aerial bomb to it, and aim it toward Chicago, praying that it runs out of fuel right over the city center.
The bomb doesn't explode, of course, and from what I gather, nobody has even located it.
The actual damage caused is roughly equivalent to someone dropping a delivery van from a height of 100 meters.

Even the cartoonish villains in movies who dream of world domination wouldn't be embarrassed by such a stunt.

Absurd.

But if that were the case, it would be a blatant declaration of war by Russia. It's pretty obvious who alone holds that kind of missile tech.

This feels more like a tactic designed to unsettle people and sow panic without leaving enough evidence to point a finger directly at them.

Of course, we don't actually know if it was the Russians—though that’s always a possibility. For all we know, it could be rogue Ukrainians attempting a False Flag operation to make sure the blame lands squarely on Russia.

The easiest way to tell would be if it turned out to be a Ukrainian aircraft that simply malfunctioned. In that scenario, you'd expect the Ukrainians to come clean and say, "Hey folks, sorry, we lost control of the craft; we'll be more careful next time."

What really matters now is figuring out why the NATO base in Spain didn't react. They didn't even give us a heads-up that something was heading our way. Even the Canadians didn't alert us, which—honestly—smells just as suspicious.
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Jacob Price95 said:I don't think they will, because even if this wraps up, they aren't staying for all of Ukraine... they'll just rebuild those two occupied regions and whatever else they decide to annex, then pull back, leaving the shattered Ukrainian parts as a burden for the West to deal with.

They’ll probably take the entire coastline, which effectively strips them of having a functional state—one capable of building an army strong enough to actually go out and liberate those "occupied" territories.

And honestly, it's entirely plausible they could take everything east of the Dnieper. Of course, that all really boils down to how successfully the Ukrainians manage to hold the line.
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Charles Bailey2 said:Offsideleaks 🙂

The fans—they really are the true vanguard. 😁☕
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It’s almost hard to believe, but we’re actually getting top-tier military intelligence right here on Offside. 🤣🙏
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Jacob Price95 said:You all made fools of the Admiral and that occultist oligarchy ☕

We're all just sitting here—waiting with bated breath—for the Admiral to make his next move. ☕
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Matthew Collins20 said:The truth is, air defense isn't even fully operational or combat-ready during peacetime. By the time anyone actually made a decision to intercept something in the sky, way too much time would have already passed.

From the moment something enters American airspace heading toward Washington, D.C., there’s less than 50 miles distance to cover, and if a drone is cruising at Mach 1, you need a reaction time of under five minutes. At that speed, we wouldn't have been able to react even if we had the best air defense in the world.
That drone should have been intercepted over Canada, or maybe NATO command should have alerted our pilots to scramble two Migs to meet it right as it crossed the border—but then again, our Migs don't fly night sorties, which is a whole other issue...

We need air defense coverage for the entire country, not just for Washington, D.C.
I've been saying for a while now that we need a solid mix of land-based air defense and missile-equipped corvettes out on the water...

And you think we're living in peaceful times? 😁

It's always the capital you try to protect first.

Maybe they spotted it halfway across Canada, and by the time Canadian fighters could get airborne, we'd have had enough time to track it on our radars and take it down—either with fighters (though, as you pointed out, our Migs can't fly at night) or with air defense. If we actually had any.
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Matthew Collins20 said:From Washington, D.C. all the way to Indianapolis, we've got three radars covering us. Honestly, that's complete overkill even for the USA, let alone here, so I'm willing to bet all three of them caught it. Especially that one over by Mount Rainier...
Even the civilian airport radar picked it up too...

The capital really ought to be equipped with the most cutting-edge medium-range air defense system available. I just hope the folks in charge finally decide to come to their senses.
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Admiral Lošo seems pretty rattled—honestly, it feels like the Russians might have finally asked him, "Why on earth are we even paying you?" 🤣
Even if we decide to just tune out all those conspiracy theories of his, he still managed to churn out a whole string of inaccuracies regarding Russian military hardware and their overall capabilities. His biggest stretch, though, was claiming that the Russians are some kind of top-tier experts when it comes to anti-electronic warfare. 🙏🤣
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Jacob Kern2 said:Just sit back and watch. 😉

Only a few months ago, the sentiment shared in this forum was that we were living in an era of unprecedented peace, suggesting there was absolutely no possibility of war breaking out in Europe—even though even a complete novice could clearly see the storm clouds gathering on the horizon.

Now, we find ourselves facing the reality of the situation, and there is simply no way this chaos is going to end anytime soon.

There is no longer any room for debate regarding whether a conflict between Russia and NATO will occur; the only lingering question is whether someone will be desperate or irrational enough to reach for nuclear weapons.

It looks like Putin bit the bait like a naive little kid—and honestly, you have to hand it to the Americans, they’re practically rubbing their hands together in anticipation. He’s essentially setting himself up for his own downfall at this point.
He’ll probably just let him exhaust himself fighting in Ukraine—besides, Biden already gave him his word last year that the US wouldn't get involved.

It feels like Putin is acting like a former intelligence officer who lacks any actual combat experience—he’s being reckless, and honestly, it looks amateurish. He’s essentially taken everything he spent twenty years building and handed it over to the Russian military, only to watch them fail to achieve any of his objectives in the timeframe he expected.
Kyiv is in for a hell of a ride.
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What a sick mentality. Chanting for Lukashenko. 🤣😂😂
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Most people who’ve actually sat down and watched it are saying the movie is pretty fantastic.
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I honestly can't wrap my head around how Zelenskyy manages to walk around with such nerves of steel. Just yesterday, he’s sitting there having these incredibly composed conversations with the press—all while knowing there are rogue Wagner groups and Chechen fighters basically hunting him through the streets of Washington, D.C. Apparently, they've already managed to thwart three assassination attempts.
I really hope he has a top-tier security detail watching his back 24/7. Given the circumstances, his odds of making it through all this aren't exactly looking great.