War in Ukraine

[Rasputin_Vol]

My point from the very beginning is we don't invade, encircle then bomb into oblivion cities that elected a government we didn't approve of.

Yes, we do.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

What are you seeing? I don't Twitter

I don't do twitter either. I was just looking at the top of the home page of that link.

 

[evillawyer]

Some Friday afternoon comic relief


Context

 

[volbeast33]

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If the sanctions continue to work, and the Ruble declines to, say, 150-200/dollar, Putin gone.

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[Rasputin_Vol]

His Twitter account is very refreshing to see from a World Leader. I will base my judgement of him solely based on the tweets he has sent out and not at all on his actions .

In a twisted sort of way, I wonder if Trump would have been down for escalating things in Syria and Afghanistan if he would still have his account. Likely not, but an interesting set of events. We live in interesting times...

 

[AM64]

Not that I support US intervention, but Ho Ch Minh did expect Truman to support him in their fight for an independent Viet Nam but when that didn't happen, he turned to the communists. I think that is where it ended up becoming a civil war that we found ourselves getting into.

There is a story about Kennedy visiting Viet Nam in the 1950s and realizing back then that it was not an easily controllable situation there.

I think Ho banked a lot on Roosevelt's plans to rid the world of colonialism - at least FDR made claims like that. Truman waffled, and we helped France (basically bankrolled their post WW2 war in Vietnam) largely because France was teetering on going communist at the time and we were buying their affections. European colonialism and patching together disparate states into countries around the globe sure did set the stage for a lot of discord.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

WTF?

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Ffs . When did the damn circus come to town?

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

I think Ho banked a lot on Roosevelt's plans to rid the world of colonialism - at least FDR made claims like that. Truman waffled, and we helped France (basically bankrolled their post WW2 war in Vietnam) largely because France was teetering on going communist at the time and we were buying their affections. European colonialism and patching together disparate states into countries around the globe sure did set the stage for a lot of discord.

Yep

 

[AM64]

I crewed on a 53 foot sailing yacht up the east coast years ago. And did one bareboat deal in the Virgin Islands on a 40-footer and what an adventure that was, when our captain was sober or not!

Wait. A bunch of naked sailors is just disgusting.

 

[UT_VOLS13]

WTF?

X2

 

[Vol423]

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If the sanctions continue to work, and the Ruble declines to, say, 150-200/dollar, Putin gone.

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That's just ridiculous.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Ffs . When did the damn circus come to town?

01/20/2021

 

[hog88]

What we call Vietnam was divided long before Ho was ever a factor. What Ho started was a War of Northern Aggression.

Ho just wanted the French out of IndoChina, he first went to Truman for help in getting them out peacfully. Truman ignored him so he turned to Russia and China. Ho wasn't a true communist, he just wanted the French out and independence for his country.

 

[AM64]

Some Friday afternoon comic relief


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If they were dealing with US millennials, all the Russians would have to do is leave the tank in gear. Gear shifts and clutches are a millennial anti-theft device.

 

[hog88]

I crewed on a 53 foot sailing yacht up the east coast years ago. And did one bareboat deal in the Virgin Islands on a 40-footer and what an adventure that was, when our captain was sober or not!

I captain better after a few pops.

 

[luthervol]

Yeah, but not tens of thousands. The numbers you posted before were likely the numbers of casualties between 2014 and now in the eastern part of Ukraine.

Yea, I don't know that it's tens of thousands, I only know that nobody knows. Whatever the number ends up reaching, I'll claim it's to high and I assume you will claim it is acceptable (comparatively and within context and all).

 

[RavinDave]

Wait. A bunch of naked sailors is just disgusting.

Let’s just say, after about 8 days in close quarters with 5 guys, when we got back to Houston from the last leg being a nonstop drive from Miami in a minivan, we were all pretty disgusted with each other.

 

[AM64]

Bears training Russians? Impressive because I didn't think average Russians were smart enough to be trained.

 

[RavinDave]

I captain better after a few pops.

But you probably hold your likker better than our captain did. We had to carry him back to the boat a couple times.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

@Tyler Durden please come out of your cave.

 

[hog88]

But you probably hold your likker better than our captain did. We had to carry him back to the boat a couple times.

LOL

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Yea, I don't know that it's tens of thousands, I only know that nobody knows. Whatever the number ends up reaching, I'll claim it's to high and I assume you will claim it is acceptable (comparatively and within context and all).

None of these deaths are acceptable. It didn't have to go this way. But this isn't going to be anywhere near the levels reached in the Middle East.

 

[AM64]

But you probably hold your likker better than our captain did. We had to carry him back to the boat a couple times.

This wasn't a sloop named the John B by any chance?

 

[82_VOL_83]

We have a few posters running around claiming fake news bc why would he attack it if it's on his boarder.


He's attacking the actual nuclear power plant exists in the southern part of the country you rube. Chernobyl hasn't been active in decades.

There were reports that Russia took Chernobyl in the first couple of days.