Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[BONE_Buddy]

I don't like the argument though that you should accept Russian aggression because you're telling me they're crazy and willing to launch the nukes because they can't have Ukraine.

Now I don't want NATO there as well, but I see this often where especially Russians think they're being coy by threatening to stab you every time you do something to upset them. Imagine how crazy international politics would be if every nuclear nation played the "I'll nuke you if you escalate this" card

It happen more than one would think.

A "Nuclear Backstop" policy is tried and true. Pakistan and India have it down to an art. The US had the policy of using tactical nukes in the first day of war during the early cold war (Massive Retaliation) because our conventional army was projected to be far inferior. Later we switched to "Flexible Response" after we decided that we needed to have an actual military worth a damn in Europe.

So Russia using a small tactical nuclear weapon against Ukrainian military targets if NATO intervenes is not out of the realm of possibility, as they have that capability in their doctrine. But that would largely be seen as a tactic to end the war as quickly as possible as nobody wants to even think about the possibility of escalating further. The repercussions for doing something like that would be unimaginable, but so would a general military engagement between Russian and NATO forces.

Look into Kahn's Escalation Ladder if you want more theory on the subject, and nightmares.

 

[Hackallier]

In the suburbs, a soy omezhka tried to remove the Z sticker from one of the buses, but the grandfather immediately landed the faggot.

Hilarious if true. Any Russian translator here?

 

[Strix454]

Kinda strange that according to McDonald's:

https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/franchising-overview.html

There might be some weird different definitions used here. I dont think such a high percentage of those 7% are are in Russia. Unless they count big local corporations as "independent local business owners", which might very well be the case.

I don't know. I got the number of 15% in Russia from the Washington Post. The article is behind a paywall. There is another article from 2017 that also claims the 15% number. here

 

[Kendall Motor Oil]

It's pretty telling that poor people are like "wtf we shouldn't get involved in this" and the rich (or just upper middle-class kids on Reddit or Twitter) are all for increased sanctions and boots on the ground.

Alexa, play Fortunate Son

Ah but those upper middle class kids say they would've been against the Vietnam war. This, though. This war is different so sending you into the meat grinder is justified.

 

[naaaaiiiiillllll!!!]

Oil was still up about 5% today. The improvements seem to mostly be due to a belief that the federal reserve will no longer be raising interest rates and that there are signs that the congress is starting to think about new "stimulus" legislation in reaction to the war. Stocks are going up somewhat on the belief that nobody is going to do anything about inflation or that there will be new policies that will increase inflation.
As in many situations these days, stocks going up is more of a sign of a bad economy than a good one.

Jesus H. Christ. If 2 years of a plandemic being made worse by bad policies in the West wasn't enough to destroy our economy (it probably was), we're continuing to mutilate it. Say goodbye to our current standard of living.

Thinking of a quote Lewis Black said in regards to the 2008-2009 crash and the resulting "hard" times: "I hope you like eating beets you dopey fuck!"

 

[Mr Processor]

Because in the early 1900s, everybody figured that if women had more power, there would be less war.

They should have read Greek Mythology and Roman History.

 

[MelloYello]

Would Global Faggotry work better?

Just stop with the euphemisms and call it international jewry....

 

[Kendall Motor Oil]

Trump sent his son-in-law over to the Middle East, and he got 2 peace deals in 3 years. Maybe Biden is afraid his kid will somehow fail to measure up.

"Hunter, you pass the peace pipe, not your crack pipe."

 

[Meat Target]

Oil was still up about 5% today. The improvements seem to mostly be due to a belief that the federal reserve will no longer be raising interest rates and that there are signs that the congress is starting to think about new "stimulus" legislation in reaction to the war. Stocks are going up somewhat on the belief that nobody is going to do anything about inflation or that there will be new policies that will increase inflation.
As in many situations these days, stocks going up is more of a sign of a bad economy than a good one.

"Inflation? What inflation? Everyone's a millionaire now!"

 

[Sexual Chocolate]

signs that the congress is starting to think about new "stimulus" legislation in reaction to the war

Holy fuck, they really are gonna crash this economy with no survivors, aren't they?

 

[Fanatical Pragmatist]

Putin is Emmanuel Goldstein now. Anyone noticing that the Ukraine has actual Nazhees fighting for them will go over as well as "Democrats arr da real raycists."

The Azov battalion has already been Snopesplained away.

"Calling the Ukrainians nazis is bad because only a small percentage of them are actual neo-nazis"
"Anyways here's how these ten guys at Charlotte prove that 200% of all right-wingers are therefore nazis"

 

[MelloYello]

It's pretty telling that poor people are like "wtf we shouldn't get involved in this" and the rich (or just upper middle-class kids on Reddit or Twitter) are all for increased sanctions and boots on the ground.

Alexa, play Fortunate Son

How about this?

 

[Lone MacReady]

Holy fuck, they really are gonna crash this economy with no survivors, aren't they?

They can't bring in FEDcoin slavery without crashing their old shitstem first. The sheer amount of appreciating assets bought by unbacked Kike debt over the last decade alone... Largest ponzi scheme in world history. They'll be teaching about it in schools 200 years from now, if we even make it that far.

 

[The Foldless Brain]

"Calling the Ukrainians nazis is bad because only a small percentage of them are actual neo-nazis"
"Anyways here's how these ten guys at Charlotte prove that 200% of all right-wingers are therefore nazis"

I am unsurprised but still find funny the hoops that (((journalists))) tie themselves in to make your bog standard ziocon be a literal nazi, while being chronically unable to find even one fluff picture of a Ukrainian soldier that doesn't sport the Black Sun or Wolfsangel. Surely by attrition alone they should be able to find at least one.

 

[BONE_Buddy]

Holy fuck, they really are gonna crash this economy with no survivors, aren't they?

You're just now figuring this out? Well... welcome to the club anyway, you johnny come lately.

 

[BradCarter]

So covid is cured or something then?

 

[Meat Target]

Holy fuck, they really are gonna crash this economy with no survivors, aren't they?

They really, REALLY want their "muh domestic terrorism" prophecies to come true.

 

[Übertroon]

This isn't some new, minor conflict that just erupted for no reason at all just last month because...... reasons. This has been brewing since 2001 after the first NATO expansion and escalating greatly since the western-backed coup in 2014.

I think it began even before that, you know, back when the Russian Empire collapsed, allowing all the non russians to flee, but then unlike say the Ottoman Empire the Soviets come in to gobble them all back up again under the guise of gobbunism

 

[MelloYello]

Holy fuck, they really are gonna crash this economy with no survivors, aren't they?

You will own nothing, and you'll be happy!

 

[The Foldless Brain]

So covid is cured or something then?

Covid is so last season. The new wholesome chungus you must participate in or be ostracized is warmongering for WW3. The unvaxxed boogeyman is out and the Russian sleeper agent boogeyman is in.