It's been interesting seeing the trajectory the thread over at arrse has taken and I've tried to keep up with it best I can. I see that a few others here are as well and when stuff gets posted there, people post it here, usually unattributed with no sources. I've been following that thread a lot more recently than this one because of all the pointless autistic slap-fights, and also because there are actually quite a few military and people who have served giving their thoughts. Anyway. Just a couple of things.
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As for Western intervention happening, they are trying to find ways around the whole NATO thing. They really are gung-ho and want to get stuck in. They see Vlad as the anti-christ and Russia a country that needs to be crushed until the lamenting of their women can be heard.
More and more the tone is picking up over there that some kind of intervention has to happen, it's just how to figure out how to do it without vlad getting too mad. Well, madder than he already he is. Arrse has kind of got pozzed the last few years, more and more so. I guess the informational warfare division of the British Army holds a lot of sway there now that that is now a thing. It's getting more like reddit every day, even though most of them are right wing, and some of the stuff that is allowed to posted is quite shocking and quite incriminating to anyone who subscribes to cancel culture. It's a brave person that makes an OG effort post on that one though. I'll leave it to someone else. Back to the war...
It's a game of chicken by this point, not even chess or checkers or poker any more. Putin knows the west is seriously pissed off with him and it won't take much for them to get stuck in if he starts indiscriminately going all grozny on their arses. He's playing the long game and he knows optics are important. He will try to kill as many civilians as he possibly can without getting caught. So far he's doing a pretty good job. But the spirits of the Ukies are quite high considering the pounding they have taken, and are about to take. The west know that they had better not get involved, no matter what, because vlad might actually be really mad after all. At this point I think he is just cultivating that persona. See the photos of him with all the Aeroflot Stewardesses today. WTF was that about?
Also, and I've not seen this mentioned here (and I have also been following this thread [inbetween gettting blind drunk]), the Russians have now started to get all 'rapey'. This is accepted as a given over at arrse even though I have not seen a credible source for this, more than a blurry screenshot. Who knows, it might be true. Anyway, a few of them over there think it is, and are wishing death on Russian civilisation.
There have been some quite nasty videos of the Ruskies being humiliated. All uploaded and archived on twitter for prosperity. But never mind that, Ivan the Terrible has been raping his way across the flatlands and badlands of Ukraine.
I like the arrse boys. They're my people. But I think a few of them are getting a bit carried away. Unlike this fine forum, it's not possible to put up a counter argument. It puts itself across as a very serious source based website, but in reality, if you don't 'go with the flow' you will get major flak. It's still a good source though and for the last couple of days I've been following it more than this site because of all you fucking spastics throwing creampies in each other's faces. Still love you all too.
It's good to take a walk on the wild side sometimes, eh babe!