Official Ukraine Thread: Putin On The Fritz

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  1. Where Eagles Dare

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    Did read that FDR devalued USD vs gold to 70% at one time in an effort to help ppl. But still think it was different bc ppl didn't have money at all vs had money that wasn't worth much
     
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  2. timo

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    more like an F-16. It's a capable air craft. You would think that column is pretty well covered with SAMs / AAA so idk about throwing your best fighters at it.

    Most important thing for Ukraine's air force right now is covering their supply lines through western Ukraine. At least according to my opinion.
     
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  3. Tarpon Nole

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    theres been plenty of videos of drones blowing them up. Not so sure how well covered they are
     
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  6. IV

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    Are they just part of Russia now? That would make them nuclear
     
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  7. Wicket

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    nah they are basically puerto rico, but in a worse way
     
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  8. Joe Withabee

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    памідор, tomate
     
  9. Can I Spliff it

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    Its very cool their national referendum took less than a couple hours to totally count. No funny business at all
     
  10. joe-

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    it also reset their president’s term limits and gives him immunity if he steps down
     
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  12. IanBoyd

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    TMB island country?
     
  13. One Knight

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    Mig 29 was historically a fighter, they may have created a version over the years for all purpose use, like the -E variant of the F15.
     
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  14. beerleagueman

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    yeah it’s nerve racking

    the other possibility is not much happens till after the Monday meeting if it happens
     
  15. Doc Louis

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    No beaches or rum?
     
  16. pperc

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    Why aren’t you?
     
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    Belarus becoming nuclear during a wartime is pretty concerning.
     
  18. bwi2

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    Because Russia has approximately 6,400 nuclear warheads available for use
     
  19. buy_dont_lease

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    Guess the plan is to fire a tactical nuke at Kyiv.
     
  20. ramszoolander

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    One of their drones took out a Buk and it seemed like it hovered right over it for like 30 seconds before shooting. I'm not sure about AA.
     
  21. pperc

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    Right and he proposed a way to do it so they wouldn’t know it was the US. I’m sure he shares that concern
     
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  22. Jake Barnes

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    Meaningless since for all intents and purposes, they're just the newest annexed territory of Russia.
     
  23. ramszoolander

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    That will bring NATO into this.
     
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  24. timo

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    I could see it if Russia uses a nuclear weapon or bombs a nuclear power plant leading to a meltdown. Other than that, I pray to my atheist god that NATO doesn't do something daft and start shooting down Russian planes. That's WW3 and we do not want WW3.
     
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  25. Fran Tarkenton

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    Russia probably will cancel it once they realize its not going to calm the markets like they were hoping
     
  26. Jake Barnes

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    And almost certainly turn China.
     
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  27. pperc

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    No we don’t. Neither do they.
     
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  28. Lyrtch

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    yeah i said almost because if nukes come into play RIP world
     
  29. buy_dont_lease

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    Of course. It also puts us in the brink of global annihilation. Wonder if China will continue to hope for both sides to seek a peaceful solution.
     
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  30. ramszoolander

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    Whoever was talking about Calcasieu Pass got their wish, apparently!

     
  31. timo

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    that shocked me. Those Turkish drones have been shot down by Armenians, Kurds and Libyan militias. It's a good drone, but it's not stealthy or anything.
     
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  32. RSK

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    Lol holy shit

     
  33. bwi2

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    I don’t think that Russian intelligence is so bad that this could possibly happen without detection.
     
  34. joe-

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    this was taken way out of context. the reporter was highlighting the double standard as to why these refugees are accepted but Syrians weren’t
     
  35. Fudd

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    I blame the MSM for leading me to believe that Putin was the Petyr Baelish of geopolitics just because he created a bunch of bots that manipulated a bunch of suburban soccer moms and was able to compromise DJT, a fucking baboon with a double digit IQ.
     
  36. Josey Wales

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    Trump was Putin’s favorite reality star, not zelensky. Damn it had we only known better this could’ve been avoided!
     
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  37. Tarpon Nole

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    i said this the other day. Putin using a nuke doesnt mean dropping a bomb on a European capital or slinging icbms over to the US. He could be crazy enough to use a tactical nuke on like a radar station or something just to show he will do it and call our bluff that we won’t retaliate in order to get his positioning back after this disaster and get what he wants in territory

    Slim chance, but if it happens that is how I think it goes
     
  38. RSK

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    Thanks for the context but I don't think it makes it that much better? Unless she was admonishing it which it didn't sound like she was. But you're right hard to make a judgement on 10 second clip

    Edit here is a longer clip

     
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  39. NilesIrish

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    If Vlad nukes Kyiv Moscow gets erased, right? That seems like a stretch.


    Or if a nuke hits the air do we/Nato intercept it and get dragged in?
     
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  40. IanBoyd

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    Not really, just got off a phone with a relative in China talking about what's been reported over there, so far the news in China is basically just "reporting the developments" with no sign of any outright condemnation. They've gotten their talking points from Beijing to just stay off the radar basically.
     
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  41. joe-

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    she was. that’s why she was highlighting the double standard
     
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  42. Can I Spliff it

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    To be fair those bots completely fucked the US up.

    I guess breaking chud brains isn't actually all that impressive in retrospect
     
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  44. IV

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    Man I hope not
     
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  45. One Knight

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    My buddy and I were just talking about this.
    If he decides to go nuclear, he would definitely start with a tactical nuke, the question in my mind is does he do it on a military target or a city.
     
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  46. racer

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    This was so absurd I was looking for tweets 2-6 where they compared it to 9/11 or something then it hit me what he was doing :facepalm:
     
  47. Aaron Hernandez

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    Maybe watch the full clip before you formulate your judgement.
     
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    Karl Hungus satire game on point
     
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    This guy is just simply the fuckin best. There isn’t a better human out there.