Russia/Ukraine conflict

[wdolson]

If I understood that correctly then he doesn't see the possibility of any kind of Democracy in 'the land of the Moscovites'. It's either something similar to what we have today or something even worse. Sounds like something the Kremlin would like to 'push' at this point...

Reading again it seems there is some kind of alternative. But he doesn't really specify what that alternative is...

He has opined elsewhere that Russia has three possible outcomes: becoming North Korea, re-establishing Imperial Russia with a new Czar, or break up into many countries like Yugoslavia. And he has said the last one is probably the best outcome for the rest of the world as well as the Russian territories that are not white and ethnic Russian.

Democracy is an alien concept in Russia. The one time they sort of tried it was in the 90s and the country was in chaos. They have really only known various flavors of authoritarian and their political instincts go in that direction. Many Russians in Russia consider democracy a weak political system. And truthfully, it does have weaknesses, though a well run democracy is the healthiest form of government for the largest number of people in a given country.

Galeev has been trying to educate people that the so called liberals in Russia are not anything like the liberals in western democracies. They're just to the left of the fascist regime running the country now.

 

[BMW740iL]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1541456459946409984

 

[bhzmark]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1541456459946409984

I enjoy reading @BMW740iL the same way I enjoyed reading and interacting with various TSLAQ crowd on twitter (and the occasional Tesla haters here) — watching and often goading them to confirm their bias, post red herrings, be confronted with facts evidence and logic that caused them to turn cognitive somersaults to keep up their narrative appearances has been oddly, perhaps perversely, fascinating.

In this case I see he (I assume) is in Amsterdam and wonder if he is Dutch, or Russian expat, or other background that might illuminate what sort of creature might have the cognitive wherewithal to find their way to a Tesla forum, but still have some odd inexplicable allegiance to a corrupt, immoral, barbaric war criminal.

 

[BMW740iL]

I enjoy reading @BMW740iL the same way I enjoyed reading and interacting with various TSLAQ crowd on twitter (and the occasional Tesla haters here) — watching and often goading them to confirm their bias, post red herrings, be confronted with facts evidence and logic that caused them to turn cognitive somersaults to keep up their narrative appearances has been oddly, perhaps perversely, fascinating.

In this case I see he (I assume) is in Amsterdam and wonder if he is Dutch, or Russian expat, or other background that might illuminate what sort of creature might have the cognitive wherewithal to find their way to a Tesla forum, but still have some odd inexplicable allegiance to a corrupt, immoral, barbaric war criminal.

Happy to oblige and to hear you enjoy my postings.
Sorry, I am not qualified to illuminate your allegiance to the corrupt, immoral, barbaric war criminal Barack Obama.
But have you tried Google?

obama corrupt immoral war criminal - Google Search

 

[JRP3]

Sorry, I am not qualified

Indeed you are not. Weak attempts at misdirection are the typical fallback of those who can't present any reasonable argument for their position.

 

[JRP3]

The message sent by these high-profile detentions: Nearly anyone is now punishable in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

The flurry of arrests across the country in recent days has signaled that the Kremlin is intent on tightening the noose around Russian society even further.

In Putin's Russia, the Arrests Are Spreading Quickly and Widely

They came for Dmitry Kolker, an ailing physicist, in the intensive care ward. They came for Ivan Fedotov, a hockey star, as he was leaving practice with a film crew in tow. They came for Vladimir Mau, a state university rector, the week he was reelected to the board of Gazprom. The message sent...

www.yahoo.com

 

[TheTalkingMule]

Happy to oblige and to hear you enjoy my postings.
Sorry, I am not qualified to illuminate your allegiance to the corrupt, immoral, barbaric war criminal Barack Obama.
But have you tried Google?

obama corrupt immoral war criminal - Google Search

Barry O is a genius and a hell of a guy, you take that back!

I think we can go ahead and ban this guy now. We've seen all his material and had all the laughs we're gonna get out of him.

 

[Skipdd]

Happy to oblige and to hear you enjoy my postings.
Sorry, I am not qualified to illuminate your allegiance to the corrupt, immoral, barbaric war criminal Barack Obama.
But have you tried Google?

obama corrupt immoral war criminal - Google Search

Normally I would abstain from replying to what is such an obvious attempt at goading those with the view point you have been trying to sway, but this is too perfect a rebuttal to ignore. And unlike your posting, it’s germane to the topic of this thread. As per the story linked below, please help us understand how you view the previous actions of our former president. Clearly the Russians are disappointed in the words he is currently espousing. And he is much more inline with most (first two have factual evidence, third and fourth are probably an over reach) of the adjectives you ascribed to his predecessor.

Note: I have no interest in advocating for/against any US President here. My comments are only directed at the topic and the poster’s comments.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1544333136166879232

 

[wdolson]

An analysis of Russia's failure in Donbas
Thread by @PhillipsPOBrien on Thread Reader App

As for the crimes of US presidents, pretty much all of them have committed crimes or at least something questionable in office. Maybe the only one 100% innocent is William Henry Harrison who got sick after his long inauguration speech in cold weather and died a month later. He wasn't there long enough to commit any crimes.

Even the "great" presidents like Lincoln and both Roosevelts had some questionable things they did in office.

It comes down to scale and the overall damage in the end.

 

[petit_bateau]

HIMARS seem to be reaching a long way

https://twitter.com/x/status/1544065451541528581

 

[TheTalkingMule]

I believe "victory" has been declared, no? How does one go about legitimizing such a land grab?

 

[Artful Dodger]

HIMARS seem to be reaching a long way

https://twitter.com/x/status/1544065451541528581

The Caisson Song (Original US Army Song) - with Lyrics

Back in the '80s, Gunners of the West sang this chorus (and we added a few lyrics of our own, like "Copperhead takes the Red out"). Good to see HIMARS "reach out and touch someone".

Cheers!

 

[Skipdd]

Others have discussed this subject (most notably @wdolson ) previously, but this long thread in Twitter by Thomas C. Theiner, describes how the use of Ukraine’s new weapons is now disrupting Russia’s supply chains in Donbas because of Russia’s limited logistics.

As an aside, credit due to the posters here who got me reading Twitter to see more source material about what is happening.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1544495883676532742

 

[Surfer of Life]

Am I the only one having trouble getting page 221 to load on their IPhone?

 

[wdolson]

Others have discussed this subject (most notably @wdolson ) previously, but this long thread in Twitter by Thomas C. Theiner, describes how the use of Ukraine’s new weapons is now disrupting Russia’s supply chains in Donbas because of Russia’s limited logistics.

As an aside, credit due to the posters here who got me reading Twitter to see more source material about what is happening.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1544495883676532742

Before the war started I rarely used Twitter. My partner has been on Twitter quite a bit for a few years and she put me onto the quality sources. She came across this very article earlier this evening and read it to me. It is a good analysis.

The same author has some good articles. I bookmarked the Threadreader link
Latest Twitter Threads by @noclador on Thread Reader App

 

[wdolson]

Another logistics thread. Russia's ability to supply its army in Donbas is going to get very bad thanks to HIMARS. Trent Telenko goes into the details why
Thread by @TrentTelenko on Thread Reader App

 

[petit_bateau]

Russia moves economy to war footing

Russian parliament passes first vote on war economy measures

The Russian government will be able to compel businesses to supply the military with goods and make their employees work overtime under two laws to support Moscow's war in Ukraine that were approved in an initial vote in parliament on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com

Russia's proxy seizes international shipping - a fast way to discourage any vessels coming to your ports

Russian separatists seize two foreign ships in Mariupol

Russian-backed separatists have seized two foreign-flagged ships in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, saying they are now "state property", in the first such moves against commercial shipping, letters seen by Reuters showed.

www.reuters.com

Though the last may be some form of wierd bargaining chip re the stolen grain ship that is now detained by Turkey

Turkey seizes Russian ship carrying ‘stolen’ Ukrainian grain

Kremlin denies owning the cargo despite boasting of the ‘first ship’ to leave occupied territory

www.theguardian.com

 

[bhzmark]

Happy to oblige and to hear you enjoy my postings.
Sorry, I am not qualified to illuminate your allegiance to the corrupt, immoral, barbaric war criminal Barack Obama.
But have you tried Google?

obama corrupt immoral war criminal - Google Search

Try to answer with precision and specificity rather than lame what-about-ism. Hopefully you have the cognitive resources to draft an intelligent coherent answer. we will see.

Why do you support Putin's 2022 invasion of Ukraine?

 

[CatB]

Am I the only one having trouble getting page 221 to load on their IPhone?

Nope, it failed on my iPad half a dozen times, so I switched to my laptop.

 

[wdolson]

Russia moves economy to war footing

Russian parliament passes first vote on war economy measures

The Russian government will be able to compel businesses to supply the military with goods and make their employees work overtime under two laws to support Moscow's war in Ukraine that were approved in an initial vote in parliament on Tuesday.

www.reuters.com

That does help Russia a bit on the production side, but it's limited. To keep up with their burn rate on ammunition (as well as the Ukrainian destruction of their ammunition warehouses), they would need to do a 1941 scale military build up and I don't think they are anywhere near capable of ramping production to the levels they need. They may be able to double it, but the Ukrainains are getting good at killing Russians with their own ammunition before it gets to a gun or rocket launcher.

Russia's proxy seizes international shipping - a fast way to discourage any vessels coming to your ports

Russian separatists seize two foreign ships in Mariupol

Russian-backed separatists have seized two foreign-flagged ships in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, saying they are now "state property", in the first such moves against commercial shipping, letters seen by Reuters showed.

www.reuters.com

Though the last may be some form of wierd bargaining chip re the stolen grain ship that is now detained by Turkey

Turkey seizes Russian ship carrying ‘stolen’ Ukrainian grain

Kremlin denies owning the cargo despite boasting of the ‘first ship’ to leave occupied territory

www.theguardian.com

So to protest an action by Turkey they seize a Panamanian and Liberian flagged vessels. Turkey lawfully detaining a Russian flagged vessel carrying stolen goods. Coast Guards all around the world do that all the time. That is about as rational as invading Mexico in response to Pearl Harbor.

Another Perun is up

This one answers the questions about why Germany has failed so badly at supplying Ukraine with the equipment it promised. Rather than anything nefarious, the German military spending system is badly broken and just about completely paralyzed with bureaucracy. Germany has outstanding quality troops, outstanding quality equipment, but they waste staggering mountains of Euros with a completely screwed up process of spending their money on the military. A great video that explains a lot.