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yeah to re-iterate I def see how shit's fucked for Ukraine but if Putin was trying to flex on the world stage this is some weightlifter who Sids or otherwise shits himself while attempting to be the baddest dude
Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022): Thread 1 - Ukrainian Liars vs Russian Liars with Air and Artillery Superiority
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Jarolleon
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Political cartoons have been anthropomorphising nations since the 19th century so no wonder this kind of thinking is rampant.
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MANPADS stands for Man-portable air-defense system. They are portable surface-to-air missiles. Think of stuff like the Stinger launcher.
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It is dangerous to be china's enemy and fatal to be her friend. However if china buys your oil and you spend that money to modernize arms and get central Asia to back you that's a bonus. Russia I think has played the long term game this time where the west hasn't.
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A quick stop in to Russian /pol/ before I head off..
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The Russians would be in real trouble if the Ukrainians manage to get drones from the West to deal with this.
The clearance/height looks too small for that. I'll try to look this up.
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I mean the EU is the first step to a united Europe project. The EU wants to create a "united state of Europe" trust me the only reason it hasn't been made is the fact that NATO has gone from cold war to Keep Russia in check for Europe. America leaving NATO would scare Europe severely and they are willing to push the free and fair US election narrative to keep the US in NATO.
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This war is a money trap no matter how you slice it. The land they are gonna take over will take decades to get optimized and re-worked and anything can happen during that time. I wonder if Putin had a time machine would he have even bothered with this invasion.
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so I assume all dialog is "FUCKING FUCKING FUCKS ARE A BUNCH OF FUCKING FUCKS" like District 9?
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but that's the thing, ukraine could never join nato either, and zelensky knows that (I hope). it was already retarded for the west to dangle that in front of him, because it lead to stupid shit like him threaten to drop the budapest memorandum, and now they have this shitshow on their hand, and unlike before the whole world is looking. if they let him into the EU you also risk erdogan seething so hard he just opens the refugee-floodgates again or even aligns with russia, not to mention what message it would send to the rest of europe and it's member states. can't wait for poland just giving them the finger (again) if the EU thinks it has any leg to stand on.
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For all the partisans in Ukraine dealing with Russians:
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A bizarre political statement by Saddam Hussein has earned Iraq a windfall of hundreds of million of euros. In October 2000 Iraq insisted on dumping the US dollar - 'the currency of the enemy' - for the more multilateral euro.
Iraq nets handsome profit by dumping dollar for euro
A bizarre political statement by Saddam Hussein has earned Iraq a windfall of hundreds of million of euros. In October 2000 Iraq insisted on dumping the US dollar - 'the currency of the enemy' - for the more multilateral euro.
In 2011, Nato militarily attacked Libya, enforcing a no-fly zone over the country to thwart Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s attempt to create a gold-backed African currency in dinars.
Gaddafi had an estimated 150 tons of gold, and had pushed African and Middle Eastern governments to also dump the dollar.
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That is the one sticking point. China and India hate each other. The Russians will find it difficult to keep both of them happy. But being able to triangulate a relationship with both is Russia's best chance not to come fully under the thumb of the Chinese.
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yeah pushing the borscht into abandoning even pretending to care about the petroDollar strikes me as some "fuck around and find out" and I'm not sure who's KyleA bizarre political statement by Saddam Hussein has earned Iraq a windfall of hundreds of million of euros. In October 2000 Iraq insisted on dumping the US dollar - 'the currency of the enemy' - for the more multilateral euro.
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A bizarre political statement by Saddam Hussein has earned Iraq a windfall of hundreds of million of euros. In October 2000 Iraq insisted on dumping the US dollar - 'the currency of the enemy' - for the more multilateral euro.www.theguardian.com
In 2011, Nato militarily attacked Libya, enforcing a no-fly zone over the country to thwart Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s attempt to create a gold-backed African currency in dinars.
Gaddafi had an estimated 150 tons of gold, and had pushed African and Middle Eastern governments to also dump the dollar.
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With respect, I think the point Melty is trying to make is that Russia is facing crippling sanctions that could affect combat operations. To the best of my knowledge, they didn't during the Chechnya thing. Not exactly the same situation.
Probably because nobody gives a fuck about militant durka durkas getting blown up. Hell, the US and NATO loves doing that too.
Now, as to whether the sanctions can eventually grind Putin's war machine to a halt. I can not say. Better question is whether Putin wants to go Grozny on Kiev. That was pretty brutal, and you aren't fighting the durka durkas anymore.
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yeah instead of worth Jack Shit Outside Of Russia (etc) it's worth Hella Jack Shit Outside Of Russia (etc)
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