I wonder if people in other countries take a war breaking out on the other side of the planet and filter the causes, affects through their own local political bickering. It is really foolish to read and I wonder if it is uniquely American to think that every thing arounds the left vs right dog whistle issues going on in this country.
I can't help but think that if a Russian or Ukrainian read what Americans on this thread think they must feel that it is a country of clueless idiots.
+1,111,111
Also, time for everyone to stop acknowledging “The Adult’s” existence.
Before Joe Biden took office the US was energy independent. Biden cracked down on oil production and now we are literally funding Putin's invasion by buying Russian oil. Europe is funding the invasion by buying Russian oil and gas.
The abject stupidity of "environmentalists" is completely to blame for the Ukraine situation.
Only a moron would cripple their own energy grid in the name "environmentalism" before developing a means to replace the fossil fuels.
It's leftist stupidity 101. It FEELS good to pretend you did something. Meanwhile, using just as much energy as before and leaving it to unregulated hell hole countries to produce the fossil fuels for you is WORSE for the environment.
Wrong.....The U.S. is not energy independent. We import millions of barrel of oil a day from other OPEC nations. We are by far the largest consumer of crude oil on the planet and do not produce enough oil to sustain our demand.
We became a net exporter of oil in 2018 for the first time in 75 years.
We were well on track to make this permanent before diaper Joe came in with this idiotic environmental policies that hurt the US and do NOTHING to help the environment.
Has anybody noticed that over the first 24 hours things are not going that well for the Russians? The Ukrainian military is holding up and there’s certainly no Russian blitzkrieg through the country. This is NOT the US v Iraq 1 or 2 in the early hours. Russia is going to lose a lot of blood and treasure if they are going to occupy Ukraine. The Ukraine is not going to fold in a day or two and there are going to be a lot of dead Russians.
Predictions (on lopsided and significant Russian combat fatalities) offered without substantiation are baseless opinion or wishful thinking, betraying bias.
Would anyone expect the largest country in Europe would fold militarily in 1 or 2 days? Did Syria, Libya, Iraq, or Afghanistan crumble in 1 or 2 days?
Pipsqueak Libya required more than NATO 28,000 supporting bombing sorties conducted over the better part of a year to help hobble its forces.
Our Russian bots and radicalized Americans are doing a fine job here.
I think you'd find Ukrainians aren't as excited about Joe Biden as you are...
People tend not to like the man who's directly responsible for their country getting destroyed.
Bashing Russia online may be the most heroic thing you leftist twats have ever done in your worthless lives but it doesn't do the Ukrainians a damn bit of good.
Has anybody noticed that over the first 24 hours things are not going that well for the Russians? The Ukrainian military is holding up and there’s certainly no Russian blitzkrieg through the country. This is NOT the US v Iraq 1 or 2 in the early hours. Russia is going to lose a lot of blood and treasure if they are going to occupy Ukraine. The Ukraine is not going to fold in a day or two and there are going to be a lot of dead Russians.
Predictions (on lopsided and significant Russian combat fatalities) offered without substantiation are baseless opinion or wishful thinking, betraying bias.
Would anyone expect the largest country in Europe would fold militarily in 1 or 2 days? Did Syria, Libya, Iraq, or Afghanistan crumble in 1 or 2 days?
Pipsqueak Libya required more than NATO 28,000 supporting bombing sorties conducted over the better part of a year to help hobble its forces.
These people know absolutely nothing about warfare. Nothing.
I wonder if people in other countries take a war breaking out on the other side of the planet and filter the causes, affects through their own local political bickering. It is really foolish to read and I wonder if it is uniquely American to think that every thing arounds the left vs right dog whistle issues going on in this country.
I can't help but think that if a Russian or Ukrainian read what Americans on this thread think they must feel that it is a country of clueless idiots.
+1,111,111
Also, time for everyone to stop acknowledging “The Adult’s” existence.
Who? Oh, that's right. He is on my blocked list so I have not been reading his assumed Putin fanboi screeds and right wing toughboi rants. We should all block and downvote The LittleManInTheRoom.
Also, time for everyone to stop acknowledging “The Adult’s” existence.
Who? Oh, that's right. He is on my blocked list so I have not been reading his assumed Putin fanboi screeds and right wing toughboi rants. We should all block and downvote The LittleManInTheRoom.
Leftist 101. Silence any opinions you don't like. Fascists to the end.
Has anybody noticed that over the first 24 hours things are not going that well for the Russians? The Ukrainian military is holding up and there’s certainly no Russian blitzkrieg through the country. This is NOT the US v Iraq 1 or 2 in the early hours. Russia is going to lose a lot of blood and treasure if they are going to occupy Ukraine. The Ukraine is not going to fold in a day or two and there are going to be a lot of dead Russians.
Predictions (on lopsided and significant Russian combat fatalities) offered without substantiation are baseless opinion or wishful thinking, betraying bias.
Would anyone expect the largest country in Europe would fold militarily in 1 or 2 days? Did Syria, Libya, Iraq, or Afghanistan crumble in 1 or 2 days?
Pipsqueak Libya required more than NATO 28,000 supporting bombing sorties conducted over the better part of a year to help hobble its forces.
The theory was that the Ukraine military and people would not be loyal to Zelensky's government and would not put up much of a fight. Zelensky was actually elected as an anti-war candidate and promised to bring a close to the conflict with separatists in the east. The hard core nationalists are a fairly small group and have some extremist factions that are not neo-Nazis. They are straight up regular Nazis from the 1930s who never quit. (that is a joke of sorts) But most people in Ukraine are conflict adverse. So, many thought that they would quickly surrender in the face of superior Russian military forces.
But Ukraine's armed forces have become battle hardened after years of on and off conflicts with separatists in the East. Russian forces really have not seen combat since invading Georgia. Russian forces faced no resistance in Crimea. The air force ran a lot of missions in Syria, but those were largely uncontested sorties to drop bombs. While NATO has stayed on the sidelines formally, Ukraine is getting a lot of help from the west in terms of intelligence and equipment. Ukraine has been popping Russian tanks with advanced anti-tank missiles and has taken down a bunch of helicopters and jets.
Who? Oh, that's right. He is on my blocked list so I have not been reading his assumed Putin fanboi screeds and right wing toughboi rants. We should all block and downvote The LittleManInTheRoom.
Leftist 101. Silence any opinions you don't like. Fascists to the end.
We have right to not associate with low-effort trolls who have zero interest in discuss and would rather trot out new “clever” insults and move the goalposts constantly.
Unfortunately, the United States is comparatively very weak and vulnerable at this point in our history. It gives me no pleasure to note that our leadership is corrupt, compromised, fractured and in disarray, failing on all fronts and carrying no conviction or gravitas on the world stage. This fracture and confusion, embodied by the White House, seems to have permeated our society, from the halls of Congress to the university classroom and down to the man on the street. Defending individual liberty, "democracy" and the rule of law have become mere cliches, utilized for convenience and political expediency but meaning nothing in actuality when our own government seems to spit on these values at every opportunity within our own borders. All that being said, it was predictable that competing world powers would take advantage of our current weakness, and here we are. We can probably expect more of this sort of thing. Hopefully, we can right the ship before too much damage is done!
Significant misinformation is circulating regarding developments in the Ukraine, with many media outlets being duped or complicit, and many of the public lapping it up without critical thought.
Having followed the 2014 Donbas conflict closely, BS flies fast and furious on both sides, but the most ludicrous claims seem to come from the Ukraine side.
Today, I saw these passed off as footage of current events in the Ukraine:
* 2015 Chinese Chemical Explosion * 2021 Video Game sizzle reel for "War Thunder" * 2021 Gaza Air Strike * 2020 Parade Rehearsal of Formation-Flying Russian Jets * 2016 Wargames Paratrooper Deployment claimed as Special Forces attack on Kyiv
Seems inconvenient truth is... inconvenient.
Despite my prior post being 100% factually correct, it exclusively received (appreciable) down votes. Democracy in action!
More bogus news from this morning:
2021 Lightning Strike as Mariupol air attack 2021 Student CGI Project as Kyiv Air Raid 2017 Drama Movie Clips as Soldier Sendoffs in Kyiv
All eight listed above have been debunked online and promoted by Google as Fake News Fact Checks.
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