War in Ukraine

[OrangeTsar]

This will take years upon years to have fielded equipment. One thing that strikes me is this:

"Some 20 billion euros must be invested in new munitions. Because the threat level has been low for so long, the Bundeswehr hasn’t been regularly refilling its weapons depots for decades. The result is that there is a severe lack of rockets and artillery shells for tanks, ships and helicopters."

Having high dollar delivery systems is industrial military welfare....Having a lack of munitions that mate to these delivery systems only indicates that. That is what you call a paper tiger.

Germany is in a world of hurt with spending priorities...

I might pick up some LM and Raytheon stock.

Nope, go with Rheinmetall

 

[0nelilreb]

The Forgotten Potential of Ukraine’s Energy Reserves

 

[volinbham]

Is there an opportunity for another Yeltsin like figure to emerge in Russia?

 

[evillawyer]

Is there an opportunity for another Yeltsin like figure to emerge in Russia?

Don't know if they still vodka by the gallon. That guy was a major league souse.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Is there an opportunity for another Yeltsin like figure to emerge in Russia?

I miss good old Boris. Drank like a fish but was a really good man.

 

[volinbham]

Don't know if they still vodka by the gallon. That guy was a major league souse.

yet pivotal in the transition of the Soviet Union

 

[BowlBrother85]

An yet, no wars, just as promised.
Again, he didn't hire Bolton to start wars.
You should learn to accept facts that don't serve your narrative.

... but why did he hire Bolton in the first place? It doesn't make any sense.

 

[volinbham]

... but why did he hire Bolton in the first place? It doesn't make any sense.

because he saw him on TV - like most of his major hires.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

If you see no difference in those, you're beyond help.

Oh please, enlighten me in what Guatemala and Chile did to us?

 

[InVOLuntary]

Oh please, enlighten me in what Guatemala and Chile did to us?

Why don't we go back to the ottoman empire. Your whataboutism is disgusting almost as disgusting as your support for murdering dictator.

 

[BowlBrother85]

because he saw him on TV - like most of his major hires.

There you go. That is the answer I was searching for.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

We should take a lesson - lots of property bought by Russians in the US. And we could certainly do without the Russian Mafia. I haven't figured out why we allow foreigners to buy US property in the first place when so many countries don't allow outsiders to buy property there.

The same can be said about dual citizenship.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Is there an opportunity for another Yeltsin like figure to emerge in Russia?

Why? So the West and Wall Street can steal from Russia like they did in the 1990s?

 

[volfanhill]

You are finally coming to this realization? How do you sanction a country that has a trade agreement with China?

They are a servant state now. Yes great decision. They have one country working with them. And you act like it's good. Stop being dumb

 

[AM64]

That’s speculation and highly disputed. Neither you nor I know how much influence any oligarch has. Nor do we know if he the man in question actually supports the war

The better course would probably just to tell the guy that he and his boat aren't welcome here and he has til sundown to get out of town. In the whole scheme of things you'd have a hard time convincing people that anyone who has amassed that kind of wealth in Russia doesn't have some serious clout going on within the government or criminal organization if there's a difference. Remember when the Soviet Union broke up supposedly nobody had anything, but obviously some people had money or power way beyond mere mortals - and very likely influence similar to Putin from the old days. Screw 'em.

 

[volbound1700]

Guys, his name is Rasputin_Vol. He is pretty much Russian. Give it a rest. That is his country and anthem. He is probably in Moscow now laughing his butt of trolling us on this thread.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Why don't we go back to the ottoman empire. Your whataboutism is disgusting almost as disgusting as your support for murdering dictator.

Whataboutism... I see you use that term as much as @NorthDallas40 uses carrying water. I guess that is supposed to be dismissive of the facts I lay out.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Guys, his name is Rasputin_Vol. He is pretty much Russian. Give it a rest. That is his country and anthem. He is probably in Moscow now laughing his butt of trolling us on this thread.

Yeah. You got me. I plead guilty.

 

[volinbham]

There you go. That is the answer I was searching for.

but it doesn't mean Trump was seeking armed conflict with other countries - just that he had no team picking his people

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

There you go. That is the answer I was searching for.

Unfortunately, I really do think it was that silly. Again, there are plenty of things to criticize Trump about without having to fabricate s^^t or distort like the media does.

 

[85SugarVol]

We really need to support those countries, and form a new version of the old SEATO.

Agreed. We should be going out of our way to increase trade and strengthen bonds with those countries.

And yea I could see the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, those countries thinking hard about an alliance.

 

[volinbham]

Why? So the West and Wall Street can steal from Russia like they did in the 1990s?

Lord have mercy - can you not see any advantage in Russia moving from Putin to some other leadership?

 

[volfanhill]

Yeah. You got me. I plead guilty.

For being a POS? You should. You literally said you aren't sure if Putin is wrong invading Ukraine.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Whataboutism... I see you use that term as much as @NorthDallas40 uses carrying water. I guess that is supposed to be dismissive of the facts I lay out.

Dude, you're justifying genocide by past actions of others. You're pathetic.

 

[KB5252]

I'll let that comment stand by itself. Nothing more to say...

There's plenty more, but you can't reconcile the actions of this angry, aging dictator through any other lens. It's easier for you to ignore the groundswell of support for Ukraine from the vast majority of it's citizenry who would rather choose to fight and die than roll over and be dictated. So you choose to believe Ukraine had it coming, even if you don't "necessarily" support indiscriminate killing of Innocents for political purposes.....