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ironranger67 ironranger67 Active Member
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#181 ·
Steven Fox37 said:It's pretty obvious they aren't trying to fight a battle like Americans would, especially if you look at those ten thousand dead Ukrainians in the first few hours you mentioned.

Honestly, that just goes to show that even the foreign generals don't actually know much more than the average person out there. They massively overstated their strength and power, assuming they could just wield it without any real limits—which is probably why they ended up pulling numbers like ten thousand casualties out of thin air.
Kyle Lopez2 Kyle Lopez2 Active Member
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#182 ·
Justin James10 said:Oh sure, because an "energy transition" that involves shutting down nuclear plants and becoming even more dependent on Russian gas—since apparently wind turbines are useless—is such a brilliant idea. 🙏 What a truly cunning plan from the black widow. 🙏

Having unity regarding security would certainly be a great thing, wouldn't it? But right now, it mostly feels like people just playing around and engaging in virtue signaling on social media. As far as I can tell, these economic sanctions are really nothing more than half-measures.

Personally, I’d much rather vote to become the 51st State of America than join up with the bureaucrats in the Union.

Aligning with them feels a lot like when we were under the Habsburgs. They were too weak to protect us when we needed defense against the Turks, yet they kept losing territory in Swabia and fighting wars up North, only to turn around and try to force Germanization on us later... There's nothing to it—being part of an empire that offers zero benefits from expansion and exists solely to push Europeanization, assimilation, and centralization onto smaller nations that joined voluntarily.

I'll wait for Hans and Jean to show us the actual "benefits" of the Eurofederation and their struggle for dominance; personally, I'd rather just stick to trade agreements.☕
Kyle Lopez2 Kyle Lopez2 Active Member
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#183 ·
ironranger67 said:Honestly, that just goes to show that even the foreign generals don't actually know much more than the average person out there. They massively overstated their strength and power, assuming they could just wield it without any real limits—which is probably why they ended up pulling numbers like ten thousand casualties out of thin air.

Well, they basically based all those projections on intel being leaked by Russia, and now it turns out Russia hasn't even made a dent in modernizing anything. They're pretty much stuck in the same spot they were ten years ago during the war in Georgia.

Nobody was necessarily expecting the Ratnik project or the Armata to be a massive success, but people did expect them to at least roll out decent optics and night-vision gear. Instead, Russia is fighting like it's still 1980.😁
boldbadger1 boldbadger1 Regular
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#184 ·
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This Lukashenko guy—honestly, he feels like he walked straight out of an Alan Ford comic strip—has basically mapped out a full-blown invasion plan, including hitting Moldova...
Justin James10 Justin James10 Regular
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#185 ·
Why is the insignia for the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army located in the upper right corner of that map? 🤔
electriccyclist20 electriccyclist20 Member
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#186 ·
Rotation:
Does anyone happen to have a link to that video where an American in uniform is giving that guy a hard time (with the Hajduk scarf visible in the background)? It’s a fresh clip; the American is probably from that carrier that just pulled into St
boldbadger1 boldbadger1 Regular
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#187 ·
Justin James10 said:Why is the insignia for the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army located in the upper right corner of that map? 🤔

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Paul Sanders5 Paul Sanders5 Regular
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#188 ·
electriccyclist20 said:Rotation:
Does anyone happen to have a link to that video where an American in uniform is giving that guy a hard time (with the Hajduk scarf visible in the background)? It’s a fresh clip; the American is probably from that carrier that just pulled into St

Man, based purely on that description, I gotta see it. 🤣
placidmaker62 placidmaker62 Member
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#189 ·
Every single day, this Russian trash keeps bringing up nuclear weapons. Honestly, what is wrong with them? Are they actually aware that a nuclear war means the end of civilization itself? What would be left to conquer if everything is just burned to the ground, destroyed, and poisoned by radiation?
boldfox88 boldfox88 Active Member
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#190 ·
Index is reporting that the famous convoy was actually ambushed and decimated...
driftingranger9 driftingranger9 Member
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#191 ·
Things could go terribly wrong in Mariupol. Between the Azov fighters and our people holding them outside the city limits, they're facing a grim reality: Russia is likely to encircle them and unleash a brutal missile barrage.
ironranger67 ironranger67 Active Member
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#192 ·
Justin James10 said:Why is the insignia for the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army located in the upper right corner of that map? 🤔

That's because it's the closest US unit—it’s stationed over in Poland, though it's just a single brigade.
That’s all part of Atlantic Resolve—basically the operation where NATO allies stepped up to support Poland following the conflict in the Donbas back in 2014.

Brko is probably just theorizing to his subordinates about where the potential threats might actually emerge from.
Kyle Campbell4 Kyle Campbell4 Regular
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#193 ·
placidmaker62 said:Every single day, this Russian trash keeps bringing up nuclear weapons. Honestly, what is wrong with them? Are they actually aware that a nuclear war means the end of civilization itself? What would be left to conquer if everything is just burned to the ground, destroyed, and poisoned by radiation?

If there is any truth to the rumors about how that little guy planned to whisk his family away to a nuclear bunker in Siberia, maybe the man genuinely believes he could pull the trigger somewhere just to prove to the rest of us that he isn't joking.

I am in complete agreement regarding the posts about Russian doctrine. They haven't shifted an inch. In fact, they are fighting exactly the same way they did fifty years ago. Their strategy relies solely on brute force—simply throwing humanity and hardware into the meat grinder as much as necessary. They expect some Western military to humiliate them, so they stick to the old playbook: heavy artillery preparation to level cities, followed immediately by armored infantry assaults. Their logistics and adaptability are incredibly weak. They follow a rigid pattern of warfare and refuse to deviate; they simply throw fresh troops into the fire. It is a pure numbers game where they calculate defeating the enemy through sheer volume. I don't see any scenario where they would ever dare to attack a NATO member. They will continue to target smaller nations outside the alliance. Right now, Ukraine remains their biggest bite.
Carl Hernandez3 Carl Hernandez3 Active Member
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#194 ·
Milance—either he knows way more than the rest of us, or he's just talking nonsense—
Carl Hernandez3 Carl Hernandez3 Active Member
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#195 ·
If the Belarusians decided to launch a full-scale frontal assault
Would they head straight for Kyiv—or would they swing through the Volyn and Rivne routes toward Lviv to pin down those Western forces in combat?
Kyle Campbell4 Kyle Campbell4 Regular
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#196 ·
driftingranger9 said:Things could go terribly wrong in Mariupol. Between the Azov fighters and our people holding them outside the city limits, they're facing a grim reality: Russia is likely to encircle them and unleash a brutal missile barrage.

I was reading a testimony from one of our veterans who served back in the first war in 2014. He’s pretty disillusioned with the Ukrainians. He claims they were always pushing volunteers, foreigners, and Azov into the front lines and the thick of the fighting, while the regular army just sat in the rear. Among the officer corps, there were plenty of guys who hadn't actually seen combat because they're still mentally stuck in some fantasy about the glory and importance of the USSR, maintaining friendships with Russian officers—some even fought alongside them in previous conflicts. He says the intel he's getting from the field suggests a very similar pattern is playing out this time around. Now, I don't know how much truth there is to that. Over these last seven or eight years, the Ukrainians have definitely carried out purges within the military. They cleared out that pro-Russian element from the service and started modernizing the force with training from foreign instructors following Western standards. That’s why I believe that’s the reason they’re holding their own so solidly. If everything boiled down to just Azov and volunteers again this time, the war would have been over in two days.
placidmaker62 placidmaker62 Member
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#197 ·
Carl Hernandez3 said:If the Belarusians decided to launch a full-scale frontal assault
Would they head straight for Kyiv—or would they swing through the Volyn and Rivne routes toward Lviv to pin down those Western forces in combat?

I suspect a portion might move toward Kyiv to act as reinforcements for the Russians, but I think the bulk would likely target Lutsk, moving from Brest via the Ratne-Kovel-Lutsk route. It doesn't seem to me that they'd bother with Rivne if their goal is Lviv, given how much further east that city sits. Kovel, however, seems quite strategic; seizing it would cut off the M07 highway that connects Kyiv to the Polish border.
Jacob Kern2 Jacob Kern2 Active Member
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#198 ·
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/...BK7GJiqvKuMjXw

https://twitter.com/aletweetsnews/st...IHkx6QyFBEBRUw

😲
Kyle Campbell4 Kyle Campbell4 Regular
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#199 ·
Carl Hernandez3 said:Milance—either he knows way more than the rest of us, or he's just talking nonsense—

Carl, look at how weak the resistance from the Ukrainians actually is. It's so pathetic that entire brigades are being tossed out of the line like trash. Russian mothers are left mourning their dead in some godforsaken corner of Russia.

Milance is just virtue signaling again, as usual. Koks has completely taken over his head. He has an opinion and a rigid stance on everything, acting all high and mighty. Thank God he isn't the one leading us into war. Lola would try to take on Russia head-on, even though they are the much stronger enemy. And honestly, that’s exactly what the initial Russian plan was: strike hard from the east to pin the Ukrainian army down in a frontal fight, while forces from the north and south move to encircle them, leaving the entire army trapped and facing total destruction. In a situation like that, Kyiv would be forced to offer a surrender. Instead, the Ukrainians focused on defending cities. I swear, if the president of the country isn't a Russian pawn, I don't know what is. We have plenty of them in public life. And he increasingly reminds me of one of them. He's been in politics forever; who knows who he's worked with or who has had access to him. Publicly saying exactly what the Russians were hoping for means he's either their secret player or just a complete idiot. There is no third option.
boldbadger1 boldbadger1 Regular
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#200 ·
Jacob Kern2 said:https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/...BK7GJiqvKuMjXw

https://twitter.com/aletweetsnews/st...IHkx6QyFBEBRUw

😲

Oh, so Twitter and TikTok are being celebrated now, huh? Just drop a tank shell right under him—he’ll just dodge over to another window to keep filming, never even stepping out of the room... Glory to TikTok!

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