Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[Wyald]

>its WW2
>You kill a jap in the pacific
>Make an ashtray out of his skull
>Carve a letter opener out of his arms
>Gift it to the president
>Probably fed the meat and guts to the local wildlife
This is the kind of shit black metal songs are made off
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I kinda want a genuine skull too. One of these days I'll go to Vietnam to adquire one from the Black Market.

 

[DumbDude42]

If there's one thing I've learned from studying history, it's "don't start race wars": they tend to result in you getting dogpiled, and losing one really, really sucks.

do americans unironically think the japs fought some kind of race war against them in ww2
the absolute state of burger education lmao

 

[Narcotics]

My shithole's local newspaper has already caught on with the "pootin is so fucking mad he hasn't made any process that usa intelligence say that rooskis might plan a chemical/small nuclear attack", the comments on the video are a mixed bag of people saying that usa/nato should intervene, people saying that they are trying to farm clicks, people calling them out for not publishing anything about the ukraine biolabs and of course, thoughts and prayers.

Here are some comments from the video (translated with deepL because i'm a lazy fuck) that i found interesting,

Spoiler: I believe that Russia is doing so well that nobody expected it...

I believe that Russia is doing so well that nobody expected it...

1.- Wars are not quick, there are many factors that are taken into account as the same "Rasputitsa" where the heavy machinery gets stuck in a sea of mud due to thawing.

2.- You have to respect the Geneva Convention, which takes care of the victims of wars, which provides medical rights, human corridors to take out of the cities or towns the civilian people who do not have to be involved in the war and give them humanitarian aid.

3.- To siege a city takes a long time because first you have to let the civilians out of their cities through the humanitarian corridors, once the time to get the civilians out is over, hostilities resume and everyone who remains inside the city is considered as a combatant.

4.- once the site is taken block by block, building by building, which takes a long time depending on the size of the city.

5.- to carry out these operations requires that the Russian army has a 10 to 1 offensive to be able to do it, that involves a lot of resources and time.

The economic sanctions applied are affecting not only Russia but the whole world, now Russia being the number 1 country in oil and gas production is the least affected in this regard, since 40% of the gas consumed in Europe comes from Russia and as an example Germany depends between 60 and 80% of that gas and oil, so it is not at all unwise to bet that the German economy would be the first to fall and then successively the other nations.

On the other hand, Russia cancelled the North Stream 2 and now does business with China to export 50% of the gas that China needs, it is as if it was useless to take that business away from Russia.
The same goes for fertilizers, since Russia is also the number one country in fertilizer exports, which leads us to expect a rise in food prices.
With this said, it is important for a country to be self-sufficient in every aspect and not to depend on other countries for essential things (energy, oil, gas, food).
And here I could spend more time explaining why a war is not easy and fast, unless you get into a country that has no way to defend itself and even then they would find resistance for several years.

With this said, not because of what I am saying does it mean that I am in favor or against one or the other, war is ugly on any side we see it and the end of them is when the people rise up against their governments and stop all internal economic activity so that the governments and those who finance such things know that they are not the ones in charge of the world.

Spoiler: The media is telling a biased story of a war.

And the intelligence department already explained the answer that Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland gave to Florida Congressman Marco Rubio when he asked her if there were biological and chemical weapons in Ukraine and the Deputy Secretary agreed that there were US "biological testing" laboratories in Ukraine. The media telling a biased story of a war.

Spoiler: Don't fuck with me...

Don't fuck with me ... Unlike other conflicts this one is moving very fast, but it would go faster if they bombed intensively like the US or NATO does and it still takes them 1 or 3 months of pure bombing before they get any results to consider putting a boot on the ground.

Spoiler: The russians learned from the old school

It reminds me of the Germans who were overconfident in Kursk, they had not realized that the Allies had delivered thousands of war supplies to the USSR and although the casualties were 3 to 1, the Soviets still ended up defeating the German side.

Moral of the story: casualties in war do not determine victory, but military strategy. The Russians learned from the old school.

Spoiler: Lol

The same intelligence that justified the war in Iraq because they had weapons of mass destruction? The same intelligence that a few days ago denied that they had laboratories with dangerous pathogens in ukraine and now admit it but call them "research centers"? The same intelligence that tried to bring Poland into direct conflict by taking off their planes from their airports to use them as a scapegoat? The same intelligence that is trying to convince everyone and their mothers that Russia 10000% is going to use chemical weapons and that's why they have to enter directly into the conflict?
Lol

Spoiler: Is what they pushed russia to do.

How can you not be angry if for years the US has been isolating Russia and also putting military bases all over Europe so close to your country, what would you do if everyone isolates you or sends you to the corner as if you were nobody or you were the enemy of all? this is not new, we have seen it even in Hollywood movies when they always paint russia as the bad guy. When everyone makes influential decisions and yours simply are not taken into account as if you were nobody, ... is what they pushed Russia to do.

Spoiler: The hand that moves the cradle

I think the title should rather be USA is not doing as well as it wanted. In war, invasions and meddling are expected and even encouraged, innocents always suffer, God watch over and protect each one. I am not in favor of Russia or Ukraine, but I am against the hand that moves the cradle in many countries.

 

[Jump]

G. Gordon Liddy used to talk about pictures of Sherman tanks in the pacific with the skulls and severed heads of Japanese soldiers mounted on them that weren't general public knowledge. The Pacific campaign was, to borrow a term, pretty fucking metal.

There is a is a wiki with some leads about it.

American mutilation of Japanese war dead - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

>In 1984, Japanese soldiers' remains were repatriated from the Mariana Islands. Roughly 60 percent were missing their skulls.[26] Likewise it has been reported that many of the Japanese remains on Iwo Jima are missing their skulls.[26]

 

[A_Callow_Youth]

do americans unironically think the japs fought some kind of race war against them in ww2
the absolute state of burger education lmao

Actually, most don't. American education is too focused on the Nazis to give the Pacific much more than "Pearl Harbor, Midway, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Hiroshima, Nagasaki".

 

[Scotsman]

do americans unironically think the japs fought some kind of race war against them in ww2
the absolute state of burger education lmao

“You see Timmy, the Allies beat the Japs because their officers were crazy fucking retards who would rush the battlefield wielding katanas while shouting gobbledygook!”

 

[Drain Todger]

Russia are saying some very interesting things, lately:

Since everyone is talking about pretty planes i shall ugly shame the X-32:
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Boeing even moans about how the X-35 was chosen because it wasn't an ugly monster in the pbs documentary.

The memes make themselves:


I remember the JSF competition and how badly the X-32 shit itself. The X-32 had considerable problems in vertical flight mode. It simply couldn't handle it without last-minute modifications.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44157/test-pilot-explains-why-the-x-32-lost-to-what-became-the-f-35

The biggest weakness of the JSF is the whole idea of having a carrier fighter and a Harrier-lite on the same airframe, with slight engineering/equipment variations. Ideally, those would have been two separate planes; one land/carrier based multirole fighter, and one VTOL aircraft for amphibious assault ships, just like they had before. A Hornet replacement and a Harrier replacement. Not both in one aircraft.

 

[Coccxys]

DAMNIT. I use DuckDuckGo. What can I replace it with?

The crushing realisation that the Internet of old is dead with only a few olden days hang overs just about lingering on while mega-corps decide what the truth is and what you aren't allowed to know all while skimming every bit of data about you and selling it.

If you gaze long into the internet, the internet gazes back.

 

[No Batty Boys in Jamaica]

We don't want people to think it's ok fuck around with dead bodies, for a whole bunch of reasons. It's great propaganda for the enemy, invites reprisals, and not only dehumanizes the people you're gonna have to eventually come to peace with, but also dehumanizes the people who do it.

I'm sure their commanders are pissed but they have so many other problems going on that they can only do a slap on the wrist at best.

watching the Russian’s has got to be giving the Chinese Military planners pause regarding any of the Party Leaderships plans for Taiwan. Not simply for the unexpected harshness and blowback of the International Sanctions. But for just how chewed up and stalemated the Russian Armor is. Mainly from man portable weaponry. In an environment where every citizen wants them dead or gone. The question becomes what is the end game? Other than a never ending quagmire that chews up soldiers to no real purpose?

I don't think Xi is too concerned about this. He knows that if he invaded Taiwan right now, he'd be fucked. But he can play the long game and conduct a soft power campaign first. Wait for the US to decline some more, cultivate sympathetic politicians, steal more western tech, make the lower class believe that a CCP takeover would either improve or not affect their shitty bugman lives.

 

[Matt Damon]

Russia are saying some very interesting things, lately:

I can't speak a word of Russian and even I can tell these captions are fucking garbage.

 

[Cybertonia]

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DDG is gonna have to change all their radio commercials now

Your searches are none of our business....except when they are

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

The biggest weakness of the JSF is the whole idea of having a carrier fighter and a Harrier-lite on the same airframe, with slight engineering/equipment variations. Ideally, those would have been two separate planes; one land/carrier based multirole fighter, and one VTOL aircraft for amphibious assault ships, just like they had before. A Hornet replacement and a Harrier replacement. Not both in one aircraft.

The F-35's biggest problem is they got Naval Procurement involved. The F-35A is a fine 5th generation replacement for the F-16, because Air Force Procurement works after you filter out the graft for gold plated coffee makers. But the Navy couldn't successfully procure Thai ladyboys and blow in Bangkok.

 

[The Wicked Mitch]

Russia are saying some very interesting things, lately:

The memes make themselves:
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I remember the JSF competition and how badly the X-32 shit itself. The X-32 had considerable problems in vertical flight mode. It simply couldn't handle it without last-minute modifications.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44157/test-pilot-explains-why-the-x-32-lost-to-what-became-the-f-35

The biggest weakness of the JSF is the whole idea of having a carrier fighter and a Harrier-lite on the same airframe, with slight engineering/equipment variations. Ideally, those would have been two separate planes; one land/carrier based multirole fighter, and one VTOL aircraft for amphibious assault ships, just like they had before. A Hornet replacement and a Harrier replacement. Not both in one aircraft.

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[George Lucas]

I agree (they're dead anyway) but this kind of thing should still be punished. We don't want people to think it's ok fuck around with dead bodies, for a whole bunch of reasons. It's great propaganda for the enemy, invites reprisals, and not only dehumanizes the people you're gonna have to eventually come to peace with, but also dehumanizes the people who do it. War is already hell enough without becoming a demon.

In WW2 it wasn't uncommon to send Jap skulls back home as gifts. FDR himself was gifted a letter opener made from a Japanese guy's arm.
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Hopefully the Ukies aren't at the collecting Russian skulls for ashtrays phase yet.

It’s a war you fucking nigger.

 

[Aidan]

Lindybeige interviewed a friend who went full retard to go to Ukraine. Enjoy.

This guy (the friend) is an attention-seeking fag.
Hipster friend of strange British nationalist decides to get asspats by going to Ukraine after running out of money.

• Talks about being an adventurer
• Wants to be a medic (isn't a doctor or anything)
• "War should be fought by the middle age"
  • Sure, if you mean decision makers who light the flames of war. Not normal family men...
  • This guy has no wife or children and sounds rootless
• Says he enjoys fighting but only does it for moral reasons (looks like a typical western shit-stirring hippy type)
  • Talks about having been a bouncer then laments about it being a thankless job but he totally doesn't care
  • He saved lives doing it but it's not important
• Makes it very known he's going to Ukraine on his way there
  • Adores the resulting attention and gushes about it briefly in the call
• Has no actual plan to get into Ukraine other than "I'm sure a Pole will drop me off after I land in Poland"
• Considers this his "duty"
  • When asked what he means, he says if we don't stop Russia they'll keep doing this
  • His duty to protect the innocent
• Was going to move to Panama but lacked money and his landlord evicted him so he's doing this instead
  • I think this hurts much of the feigned honor he tries to push

That said, I appreciate Lindy being clear he isn't making the video to condone such things.

 

[RodgerDodger]

You're dumb. Naturally there will be ambushes around Kiev, it's the heart of Ukraine and they will use every last bit of equipment, (cherry picked) propaganda and intelligence delivered from NATO to try and thwart or slow down the encroachment but the city's fate is sealed by now (short of a nuclear annihilation of all parties involved.)

But it really isn't. This is fairly basic math. Yes Russian forces are moving into areas all around Kyiv. But they don't seem to be in numbers or depth anywhere needed to truly lay siege to a major metropolus and its suburbs. The city will be devestated from all the fighting. Thousands will be killed. But they don't have anywhere near the numbers really needed. Yeah we don't need to know the Russian Order of Battle. They don't have half a million or more troops around Kyiv. People keep bringing up Stalingrad. At Stalingrad the Germans had one of the largest Armys ever fielded. They approached the city from a side they completely controlled. And when all was said and done their Army was essentially destroyed. Taking a contested city with an entrenched resistance is a herculean task. Attempting to take a city by siege when you don't control at least 3 of the surrounding sides out to a depth of 100+ miles is idiocy. Will the city fall? Probably. But at an insane cost in Russian manpower and equipment that far outweighs whatever they were hoping to accomplish. They went from special operation to quagmire remarkably fast.

 

[Strix454]

Again, it’s very strange that there’s barely been any coverage of Ukraine’s northern command being wiped out, or one of its top air force colonels being shot down.

Yet every time a Russian commander dies it’s another “crushing blow” to the invaders, except when it turns out he’s still alive like that Chechen officer…

Its not quite wiped out yet. The Russians broke through in a whole bunch of places and put a large part of the northern command into what was yesterday about eight or nine seperate pockets. Its not a good thing, but its an ongoing fight.

But many important western news sources and the US Military have been explicitly pretending that NOTHING HAPPENED AT ALL. This includes for example the New York Times. It was also skated around at the daily pentagon briefing by the person simply refusing to answer a question about the northern front. At the same event, there were also idiotic statements made to the effect that the skies over Ukraine were being "contested" by the Ukrainian Air Force and that the fixed winged aircraft of the air force were still intact.

But the point is that its difficult to trust anything now coming from governments or mainstream media on any side. Everyone is badly lying now.

 

[Jump]

Xi is running with the biolabs story

The accusation against China came after Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian urged the US "to give a full account of its biological military activities at home and abroad and subject itself to multilateral verification."

The seemingly contradictory statements from different US officials only made the US' denial of its bio labs in Ukraine dubious. Li Haidong, a professor from the Institute of International Relations of China Foreign Affairs University, told the Global Times that during the US' foreign policymaking process, it is common that different departments hold different narratives, and such difference enables people to know the truth of the lie the US is trying to hide. The more the US contradicts itself, the more reasons the world has to question it.

US officials and media accused China of pushing conspiracy, but it is the US that is the No.1 player of conspiracy. In 2020, the Trump administration and conservative US media made the conspiracy theory of COVID-19 escaping from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology. The hype of the lab leak theory has been an integral part of the US' overall China containment strategy. With the revelation that US-funded biological labs in Ukraine were conducting experiments with bat coronavirus samples, the US owes the world an explanation.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202203/1254577.shtml

 

[pen burger]

#PunchARussian is happening!
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At this point it's not "allowed" so much as it's "approved", "sanctioned".

The slippery slope when people started glorifying "punch a nazi". Now its a Russian. What's next?

 

[DumbDude42]

This guy (the friend) is an attention-seeking fag.
Hipster friend of strange British nationalist decides to get asspats by going to Ukraine after running out of money.

• Talks about being an adventurer
• Wants to be a medic (isn't a doctor or anything)
• "War should be fought by the middle age"
  • Sure, if you mean decision makers who light the flames of war. Not normal family men...
  • This guy has no wife or children and sounds rootless
• Says he enjoys fighting but only does it for moral reasons (looks like a typical western shit-stirring hippy type)
  • Talks about having been a bouncer then laments about it being a thankless job but he totally doesn't care
  • He saved lives doing it but it's not important
• Makes it very known he's going to Ukraine on his way there
  • Adores the resulting attention and gushes about it briefly in the call
• Has no actual plan to get into Ukraine other than "I'm sure a Pole will drop me off after I land in Poland"
• Considers this his "duty"
  • When asked what he means, he says if we don't stop Russia they'll keep doing this
  • His duty to protect the innocent
• Was going to move to Panama but lacked money and his landlord evicted him so he's doing this instead
  • I think this hurts much of the feigned honor he tries to push

That said, I appreciate Lindy being clear he isn't doing this to condone such things.

so basically this dude is a broke loser who just got evicted and is now homeless, so he figured that instead of being a bum on the streets he might as well go fight and die in ukraine?