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Re: The Ukraine Crisis

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houndawg wrote: Sat Apr 16, 2022 4:37 am
BDKJMU wrote: Sat Apr 16, 2022 12:37 am A little late..
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden- ... eral-lands
Wut? :?

The price of oil is back down from the stratosphere and Smokin' Joe will have the pump price of gasoline back down in time for the election.

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Re: The Ukraine Crisis

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BDKJMU wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 10:44 am
houndawg wrote: Sat Apr 16, 2022 4:37 am

Wut? :?

The price of oil is back down from the stratosphere and Smokin' Joe will have the pump price of gasoline back down in time for the election.

Patience, grasshopper... :coffee:
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Re: The Ukraine Crisis

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With any issue, there are second, third, and sometimes fourth order impacts…

Here’s an interesting read on some of them from the Russian invasion of Ukraine…

https://warontherocks.com/2022/05/beiji ... attle-lab/
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Re: The Ukraine Crisis

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houndawg wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 2:54 pm
BDKJMU wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 10:44 am
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don't worry we got this
Crude oil up 2.17% today…closing at $110.61 a barrel…the highest in months…

You got it… :rofl:
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Re: The Ukraine Crisis

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Unconfirmed report that another Russian warship has been struck by a Ukrainian missile…
Reports coming from Ukraine state that the Russian navy Frigate, Admiral Makarov has been hit by a missile and is on fire near Snake Island in the Black Sea. The video below shows what it reported to be the frigate on fire and adrift while being filmed by the helicopter orbiting the vessel.

There are unconfirmed reports as this is being written that short burst morse code transmissions are being received saying,

“We are sinking”


https://sofrep.com/news/nyet-again-anot ... e-missile/
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Re: The Ukraine Crisis

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Col Hogan wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 3:58 pm
houndawg wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 2:54 pm

don't worry we got this
Crude oil up 2.17% today…closing at $110.61 a barrel…the highest in months…

You got it… :rofl:
What?

No "drill baby, drill"?
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houndawg wrote: Sat May 07, 2022 5:45 am
Col Hogan wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 3:58 pm

Crude oil up 2.17% today…closing at $110.61 a barrel…the highest in months…

You got it… :rofl:
What?

No "drill baby, drill"?
Drilling dry holes on useless leases ain’t gonna move the needle.
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Re: The Ukraine Crisis

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AZGrizFan wrote: Sat May 07, 2022 6:23 am
houndawg wrote: Sat May 07, 2022 5:45 am

What?

No "drill baby, drill"?
Drilling dry holes on useless leases ain’t gonna move the needle.
Why keep a useless lease?
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Re: The Ukraine Crisis

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houndawg wrote: Thu May 05, 2022 3:13 pm
SDHornet wrote: Mon May 02, 2022 3:13 pm

Running on an anti-corruption platform is just rhetoric. I don't think we were dragged into anything, we chose to be there. The question now is how much more of "us" will be dragged into it.

When did this war start, and by whom?



I'd love to hear you state your case as to why this invasion isn't 100% on Putin. It hard to believe that you still think anybody would swallow your bullshit given all the real time information available to the public that proves you have no idea wtf you're talking about. Did you not check out the osi sources that CID sourced for you? The amount of ice needed to cool that burn would raise the sea level 10' :rofl:
Because this blood feud goes farther back than this past Feb. :lol:

And I still :lol: at the thought of Cid rage quitting because people didn't believe him and his "intel". :rofl:
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Re: The Ukraine Crisis

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houndawg wrote: Thu May 05, 2022 3:28 pm
SDHornet wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 9:39 pm

Giddy? Naw. Anyone with a brain knew Ukraine had no chance at a conventional war without US/NATO boots on the ground or enforcement of a no fly zone against Russia. The only people surprised are the people that bought into the "Ukraine is winning" narratives. The longer this draws on, the weaker hand Ukraine has in negotiations with Russia.

Better question you should be asking is who is encouraging Ukraine to fight on and why.
Just the opposite, amigo. No way Russia can sustain the costs of keeping an occupying Army in Ukraine, in blood or money. You are overestimating their abilities - they're tough against civilians but strictly third world vs Ukraine and NATO weaponry. Conscripts that are breaking their own equipment to avoid combat vs. people defending their homes? Seriously, dude....whats with all this commie sympathizer crap? A Democrat gets elected and overnight you become a COMSYMP? ..... SDHornet :ohno:
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Col Hogan wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 7:09 pm Unconfirmed report that another Russian warship has been struck by a Ukrainian missile…
Reports coming from Ukraine state that the Russian navy Frigate, Admiral Makarov has been hit by a missile and is on fire near Snake Island in the Black Sea. The video below shows what it reported to be the frigate on fire and adrift while being filmed by the helicopter orbiting the vessel.

There are unconfirmed reports as this is being written that short burst morse code transmissions are being received saying,

“We are sinking”


https://sofrep.com/news/nyet-again-anot ... e-missile/
There were photos of this ship in port at Sevastopol on the 7th.
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CID1990 wrote: Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:56 am

Why do you keep throwing out this straw man? At least you’ve acknowledged that war crimes against civilians are happening so I guess that’s a start

Nobody is sending our troops to Ukraine. It has been said over and over that we are releasing intelligence to try to pre-empt Putin from using chemical weapons. Before, it was to try to pre-empt him from using a false flag to invade in the first place.

Nobody is trying to get us into a shooting war with Russia except retired or unemployed talking heads on CNN with zero policy pull.


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SDHornet wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 8:20 pm
houndawg wrote: Thu May 05, 2022 3:28 pm
Just the opposite, amigo. No way Russia can sustain the costs of keeping an occupying Army in Ukraine, in blood or money. You are overestimating their abilities - they're tough against civilians but strictly third world vs Ukraine and NATO weaponry. Conscripts that are breaking their own equipment to avoid combat vs. people defending their homes? Seriously, dude....whats with all this commie sympathizer crap? A Democrat gets elected and overnight you become a COMSYMP? ..... SDHornet :ohno:
A 3rd world country wasn't going to beat a nuclear power in a conventional war without US/NATO boots on the ground. If that realization makes you mad to the point of calling me names, then knock yourself out. :coffee:
Is Ukraine a 3rd world country? I would call them 2nd world and Russia might have nukes but they're also a 2nd world country.
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UNI88 wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 8:52 pm
SDHornet wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 8:20 pm

A 3rd world country wasn't going to beat a nuclear power in a conventional war without US/NATO boots on the ground. If that realization makes you mad to the point of calling me names, then knock yourself out. :coffee:
Is Ukraine a 3rd world country? I would call them 2nd world and Russia might have nukes but they're also a 2nd world country.
Eh, Russia's military capabilities were always much greater than Ukraine's. Ukraine is an example of why you don't give up your nukes...ever.
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SDHornet wrote:
UNI88 wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 8:52 pm

Is Ukraine a 3rd world country? I would call them 2nd world and Russia might have nukes but they're also a 2nd world country.
Eh, Russia's military capabilities were always much greater than Ukraine's. Ukraine is an example of why you don't give up your nukes...ever.
While Ukraine may not be doing as well as some think they are definitely exposing the Russian military for the paper tiger that it is. Russia may have nukes but they're a 2nd world country at best.

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SDHornet wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 8:20 pmA 3rd world country wasn't going to beat a nuclear power in a conventional war without US/NATO boots on the ground. If that realization makes you mad to the point of calling me names, then knock yourself out. :coffee:
Someone should probably review some of their postwar history. Replete with examples of developing countries holding off nuclear powers. :coffee:

Ukraine doesn't need boots on the ground. Zelenskiy hasn't been begging for US or NATO troops, he has been pleading for equipment.
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Skjellyfetti wrote: Mon May 09, 2022 6:48 am
I saw a similar map. Russia has limited industrial power and this is not sustainable. Chinese tech companies are also threatening to cut off relations.
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I don't condone this kind of thing, I don't think you need to assault someone to get a message across. With that said, how did this guy or his staff not realize that this was possible, actually probable, if he came to such a public event like this, in Poland (who already doesn't like Russia), when that country is taking in millions of refugees from a war that your country started? So dumb.
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GannonFan wrote: Mon May 09, 2022 11:49 am
I don't condone this kind of thing, I don't think you need to assault someone to get a message across. With that said, how did this guy or his staff not realize that this was possible, actually probable, if he came to such a public event like this, in Poland (who already doesn't like Russia), when that country is taking in millions of refugees from a war that your country started? So dumb.
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SDHornet wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 8:20 pm
houndawg wrote: Thu May 05, 2022 3:28 pm

Just the opposite, amigo. No way Russia can sustain the costs of keeping an occupying Army in Ukraine, in blood or money. You are overestimating their abilities - they're tough against civilians but strictly third world vs Ukraine and NATO weaponry. Conscripts that are breaking their own equipment to avoid combat vs. people defending their homes? Seriously, dude....whats with all this commie sympathizer crap? A Democrat gets elected and overnight you become a COMSYMP? ..... SDHornet :ohno:
A 3rd world country wasn't going to beat a nuclear power in a conventional war without US/NATO boots on the ground. If that realization makes you mad to the point of calling me names, then knock yourself out. :coffee:
Dude. They're doing it right now. Russian morale is in the toilet according to intercepted transmissions; they're monkeywrenching their own tanks to avoid battle. That's a bad sign for your side, comrade.
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houndawg wrote: Mon May 09, 2022 12:10 pm
SDHornet wrote: Sun May 08, 2022 8:20 pm

A 3rd world country wasn't going to beat a nuclear power in a conventional war without US/NATO boots on the ground. If that realization makes you mad to the point of calling me names, then knock yourself out. :coffee:
Dude. They're doing it right now. Russian morale is in the toilet according to intercepted transmissions; they're monkeywrenching their own tanks to avoid battle. That's a bad sign for your side, comrade.
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Re: The Ukraine Crisis

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SeattleGriz wrote: Tue May 10, 2022 8:07 am
houndawg wrote: Mon May 09, 2022 12:10 pm

Dude. They're doing it right now. Russian morale is in the toilet according to intercepted transmissions; they're monkeywrenching their own tanks to avoid battle. That's a bad sign for your side, comrade.
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