Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth; And thus do we of wisdom and of reach, With windlasses and with assays of bias, By indirections find directions out.
sorry I haven’t been active on these threads so far. my last couple weeks at work have blown up and all kinds of stuff in my life has had to take a back seat. please continue pinging me as I plan to contribute in the future once I’ve caught up
The US has vassals, not allies. Alienation is acceptable
battle lines change fast]
Does this war even have battle lines? Groups of a few thousand militants aren’t fighting along battle lines. Maybe I’m way off but I’d be very wary of map brain on this one
A lot of the places subject to these kind of NGO industrial complex color revolution techniques are legitimately socially conservative (legitimately as in, socially conservative in reality, not just western propaganda). If one is a 18-30 year old woman in Iran, Georgia, Ukraine, or Bangladesh, and you are educated enough to speak English, you probably are in a class position where you already materially benefit from the NGO-industrial complex in some way and would potentially materially benefit more from deeper entrenchment of the NGO-industrial complex in your country. In short, I certainly believe that there’s selection bias in terms of which protestors are most photographed and used in media stories. In addition, I speculate that there is selection bias that makes it more likely for young english speaking women to play an active role in agitating against governments in socially conservative countries.
I take a very broad view of news. To me, if a past event connects to current events that the channel is discussing then it is fair game to post here. Nuland landing with NED certainly counts, she looms large over the current woes of Eastern Europe.
Nothing that happens in these threads is so urgent that taking a couple days is a problem.
If we’ve learned anything from modern civilization on earth, it’s that humans from the west are very good at living in harmony with a fragile ecosystem, so this mars thing will definitely work
In this meta don’t underestimate the evolution chain of the Young Volunteer into the Young Bisexual into the Fully Sublimated Bisexual. You get a great move set right out of the gate, and if you use your slurp juice wisely and make it through that upgrade chain, then it’s possible to summon the Gigantimax Fully Sublimated Bisexual, which is very powerful in the end game.
Well, that all sounds like typical western fantasy land.
sure, and deploying them to an active combat zone is a hell of a lot more involved than just summing a bunch of numbers on a spreadsheet. consider the complexity associated with operation desert storm. the extent of logistics required for a comparatively simple operation against a non-peer force that was unable to strike rear echelon/staging areas was still immense, taking the better part of a year to prepare for.
further, consider that deploying 100k NATO troops in ukraine that are prepared for front line combat would require 300-400k rear echelon/support troops (ratio of tooth to tail). Is NATO collectively really ready to deploy almost half their personnel indefinitely in ukraine, degrading their ability to defend other interests (i.e. mid east, south china sea, etc.)? I doubt it.
beyond that, there are the administrative/political challenges associated with planning an operation of this complexity. even “easy” wars like iraq/afghanistan/libya/yemen have been complicated to plan. How different do you think that would be once large numbers of american, german, british, french, polish troops in uniform are going home in bodybags?
The west collectively would struggle to post 100k soldiers in ukraine. That is a lot of military, with a lot of logistics needs and need for additional soldiers for rotation. I can certainly imagine some nitwit politician or politicians asking about this or floating it as an idea, but the moment real military bureaucrats get involved, this idea as stated will evaporate.
Consciously or unconsciously, the artist who drew this picture was inspired by pandas
First ukrainian presidential polling since the start of 2022
https://www.intellinews.com/zaluzhnyi-leads-ukrainian-presidential-poll-355220/
Zaluzhnyi garnered 27% of support when respondents were asked whom they would vote for if an election were held next Sunday (November 24). Current President Volodymyr Zelenskiy followed with 16%, while former President Petro Poroshenko secured 7%. Other notable figures included Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, with 6%, and ex-Speaker of Parliament Dmytro Razumkov with 4%.
I want to see that movie but instead of it being a fun adventure movie it’s a weepy family generations movie about times changing. Like the climax of the movie is the smhggler’s son who wants to join the family business making his first trip in the fast car and then getting pulled over because the police have fast cars too now (read: woke cars).
Get some frank sobotka style father-son stuff going on about a way of life dying, except its all French drug dealer euro trash. that would be great
“But how do they live with president xi watching their every move? 72 trillion but unironically!”
-99% of Canadian libs
I am convinced that the Zionists want another civil war in Lebanon
They definitely do, Israeli statements have highlighted the tension between Lebanon the state and Hezbollah before.
Is this ceasefire actually a ceasefire or is it capitulation on Israeli terms? The key thing to look for in these stories is if a term of the agreement is Hezbollah pulling back past the litani River. If that is part of the purported deal, it is negotiation of a Hezbollah surrender and not a ceasefire.
this article on nakedcapitalism speaks about the mechanisms and implications of the oreshnik missile in the context of broader trends viz a viz NATO vs russia. I don’t have time to summarize at the moment but Yves’ round-up articles are as always, wide ranging and worth reading.
These kinds of events really show how far missile/drone technology has advanced. Even Russia, which has arguably the best air defence systems in the world, in a region where loads of AD are deployed and active, and where threat vectors are well understood (i.e. ATACMS aren’t a surprise anymore), regularly have their defences penetrated by missiles. ATACMS aren’t even top of the line missiles. At this point in history, defence is so much harder and expensive than offence.
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