That is because the point of my post was that you have repeatedly misrepresented the bases of the US and its allies vis a vis Russia. You have used the term "surrounded" and the term "encircled". Neither is factually correct. Most of us adults know that a deliberately incorrect statement is a lie, and that makes you a liar.
And maybe the reason that so many countries to the west and southwest of Russia would rather have US bases and security promises than play nice with Russia is that Russia has proved itself to be an avaricious, murderous, thieving, aggressive neighbor. And that means Russia has sown the seeds of this conflict.
Russia is nothing of a murderous, thieving, aggressive entity compared to the US. With it's tentacles around the world. In conjunction with some Euro powers has the rest of Europe in bondage. With many other 3rd world countries in its servitude. This creature has got to go down. Thank goodness for the brics. They're doing very well so far. Thank Russia, China, India, Iran, and Brazil. Turkey is playing this well too.
The people who run America are nothing short of a murderous, thieving, aggressive entity with it's tentacles around the world.
Russia is nothing of a murderous, thieving, aggressive entity compared to the US. With it's tentacles around the world. In conjunction with some Euro powers has the rest of Europe in bondage. With many other 3rd world countries in its servitude. This creature has got to go down. Thank goodness for the brics. They're doing very well so far. Thank Russia, China, India, Iran, and Brazil. Turkey is playing this well too.
The people who run America are nothing short of a murderous, thieving, aggressive entity with it's tentacles around the world.
Russia is nothing of a murderous, thieving, aggressive entity compared to the US. With it's tentacles around the world. In conjunction with some Euro powers has the rest of Europe in bondage. With many other 3rd world countries in its servitude. This creature has got to go down. Thank goodness for the brics. They're doing very well so far. Thank Russia, China, India, Iran, and Brazil. Turkey is playing this well too.
The people who run America are nothing short of a murderous, thieving, aggressive entity with it's tentacles around the world.
Does that make it right for Russia to invade Ukraine?
This guy Cold War Warrior4 ghosted on me. That's weird. He was all fired up, then he bailed like a Russian soldier fleeing Kyiv.
And then this guy "Idiot Brainz" who has posted under at least 4 different names now, he won't even admit what country he lives in. How hard is that to do?
Weird behavior.
Should he have instead executed you like Russian court is about to execute Azov soldiers?
It is pointless arguing here. Most people see no fault in the doings of their own government, but demonize Russia for doing EXACTLY the same thing.
As for you, my friend, nobody owes you anything here. Some people live in places better than the US, the others in places that are worse, so what? IQ is not tied to a country or nationality, get over it.
You post above seems confused. Like mixing a lot of things up, vague assertions, answer questions no one asked.
I wasn't aware that Russia was executing POWs. I hadn't read that anywhere.
Do you know what sh!thole country that Idiot Brainz lives in?
Why did that guy Cold War Warrior4 bail out? He said some stupid things, got challenged and fled the scene.
Russia is nothing of a murderous, thieving, aggressive entity compared to the US. With it's tentacles around the world. In conjunction with some Euro powers has the rest of Europe in bondage. With many other 3rd world countries in its servitude. This creature has got to go down. Thank goodness for the brics. They're doing very well so far. Thank Russia, China, India, Iran, and Brazil. Turkey is playing this well too.
The people who run America are nothing short of a murderous, thieving, aggressive entity with it's tentacles around the world.
People who confuse/conflate regular Americans with the racist nutcases that run America (and hate all of us) are a big part of the problem.
No comments on the fact that Russia is running out of tanks and will be resorting to bows and arrows by the end of the year? Best $40B the US ever spent. On the bright side for Russian troops, it's hard to blow up a bow and arrow with an ATGM.
Oh, and do you think Russia was right to invade Ukraine?
Yesterday you were very concerned about the "continued spilling of Russian and Ukrainan blood". Do you agree that the spilling of blood could end by Russia withdrawing their troops and returning Crimea to Ukraine?
A retired Russian Major General in his '60s thought he could help Russia in this Special Murder Operation (or they were desperate enough to need him). But a Stinger brought down the General and his $9mm jet.
With apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan, it seems that he was "the very model of a modern [Russian] Major-General".
Avg US houslehold-$67000 Average price of a 1 bedroom apt in Portland Oregon-$450,000 (+high mtnc costs) Average price of a 1 bedroom apt in Samara Russia-$45,000 (minimal mtnc costs)
Do you truly think one is so much better off than the other?
Avg US houslehold-$67000 Average price of a 1 bedroom apt in Portland Oregon-$450,000 (+high mtnc costs) Average price of a 1 bedroom apt in Samara Russia-$45,000 (minimal mtnc costs)
Do you truly think one is so much better off than the other?
Yes I truly do. This is not very complicated.
The average monthly salary in Samara is $433 per month. If you want to drive to that apartment you will need a car. With the average price of a car being equivalent to over 4 years of that salary, I am guessing most people walk, because they probably can't afford a bike.
Yes, things are cheaper, but when you make $5,200 US dollars per year you can't afford anything beyond food and a roof over your head.
Luxury items are not shipped to Russia. You know why? Because there are very few that can afford them so there is no market.
Avg US houslehold-$67000 Average price of a 1 bedroom apt in Portland Oregon-$450,000 (+high mtnc costs) Average price of a 1 bedroom apt in Samara Russia-$45,000 (minimal mtnc costs)
Do you truly think one is so much better off than the other?
Also... you might want to recheck your facts about Portland Oregon
A 🧵 on Russian tank losses in Ukraine: 1/19) Yesterday, the UA Gen. Staff. noted intel in their daily update that RU has begun pulling T-62s from long-term storage to equip newly formed BTGs slated for deployment to Ukraine. This has serious implications for RU’s armored forces. pic.twitter.com/ZMJjIPUFxG
Russia has lost 40% of their tanks trying to conquer a small neighbor that they already partially occupied before the invasion.
The end of an empire. The end of a functional member of the developed world.
To me, the more striking take away from this analysis is that only 10% of the tanks that Russia had in storage are operable. But, 30+ years of endemic corruption instead of necessary maintenance will do that. It suggests that Russia only has 3000-3500 operable tanks (if one includes models going back to the T-55). Since Russia has lost one-fifth to one-third that many in 90 days, they’ll be fighting with bows and arrows by the end of the year. As my man Donald J. Trump says, Russians are “Stone Cold Losers” (tm).
carmine9 Did you figure out the answer to any of these questions yet:
Was Russia right to invade Ukraine?
Where did Victoria Nuland say the US was going to install a new PM (please be specific and highlight one or two key sentences)?
Would Putin accepting defeat and withdrawing from Ukraine (including Crimea) stop the "continued spilling of Russian and Ukrainian blood" that you are so concerned about?
I get that Jimmy Dore hasn't given you the answer to these questions, so you may not know what you're supposed to say, but please try your best.
Russia has lost 40% of their tanks trying to conquer a small neighbor that they already partially occupied before the invasion.
The end of an empire. The end of a functional member of the developed world.
To me, the more striking take away from this analysis is that only 10% of the tanks that Russia had in storage are operable. But, 30+ years of endemic corruption instead of necessary maintenance will do that. It suggests that Russia only has 3000-3500 operable tanks (if one includes models going back to the T-55). Since Russia has lost one-fifth to one-third that many in 90 days, they’ll be fighting with bows and arrows by the end of the year. As my man Donald J. Trump says, Russians are “Stone Cold Losers” (tm).
US howitzers being delivered to Ukraine look like they are coming with precision guidance systems installed on them. As Russia's military hardware gets destroyed, it is being replaced with inferior Cold War era equipment. We may be reaching a turning point where Ukraine has battlefield superiority as it gets new state of the art weapons from the West and Russia has to rely on mothballed inferior weapons systems. UA is well aware of this and this is probably why Zelensky is not willing to concede any territory. Why let Russia up when the tide may be turning in a big way? In fact, UA may have counteroffensive plans that may allow them to sweep across eastern Ukraine all the way through Crimea.
All Russia is doing right now is bombing every building (house, school, hospital, shopping center, etc.) in the territory they are trying to capture. Once everything has been destroyed, the Russian Army claims victory and moves on to another town to bomb everything. This is the same plan as Grozny and Aleppo. But the scale is too much for Russian forces to be able to sustain a bomb and conquer campaign across a huge country like Ukraine that has competent resistance forces.
Also, Russia faces an economic cliff with default looming as access to foreign reserves being cut with sanctions. Russia will begin making bond payments with Rubles, which is a default on bond obligations that require payments in dollars, euros and Swiss francs. Bond holders will then have the ability to take legal action against Russia, which can include seizing Russian assets to sell. Russian oil and gas would be the preferred target. Russia's economic lifeline is in jeopardy and may get worse if oil prices crash with a recession looming.
this is one of the roughest times for the Ukrainians....the focus on the East has allowed RU to focus power, rather than have it divided across the north, east, south.
The result is significant gains for RU in the East and significant losses for UKR, with RU making successful advances through the UKR lines.
The hope is that UKR has learned how to tactically withdraw, cause RU to get overextended again and then cut their supply lines, again.
The worry is that while RU officers are truly terrible at war, eventually even a dolt will learn something. Maybe RU has learned better how to protect its supply lines. That would be bad.