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YabbaDabbaDoo
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2ncicu
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And Russia will fight back. Never back a wolverine into a corner with no way out..
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John Kirby, Spokesman for the National Security Council and a former US admiral, was recently asked to comment on the Russian pilots being awarded medals for masterfully downing a US MQ-9 “Reaper” drone, to which he stated they were “idiots, at best”. However, when we compare the US handling of the so-called “balloon controversy”, things become a lot clearer. It took the Pentagon approximately a week to use the F-22 “Raptor”, its most expensive fighter jet, and shoot down weather balloons with missiles costing nearly $450,000 each. In addition, the F-22 is infamous for its flight hour of around $85,000, as well as costing approximately $350 million apiece. According to The Guardian, the price of one of its targets was a meager $12. Worse yet, it took at least two missiles for the “Raptor” to down one of the balloons it engaged.
If we were to compare this to Moscow’s interception of the US drone which took part in the Kiev regime’s attacks on Russian soldiers and civilians, the discrepancy becomes even more staggering. As previously mentioned, Russian pilots downed a US MQ-9 (the latest Block 5, costing over $32 million) without firing a single shot in an action that lasted no longer than 30 minutes. It should also be noted that the Su-27s they were flying cost approximately $15 million, with the flight hour being around $15,000. When considering those facts, Mr. Kirby should double-check the definition of the term “idiot” or maybe take a good look in the mirror, “at best”.
This also brings us to a rather amusing episode that happened in Serbia over two decades ago. Namely, two years after the (hopefully) final direct US/NATO attack (on this day 24 years ago) on Serbia at the end of nearly a decade-long aggression, a delegation from the Pentagon visited Belgrade, including the main Serbian aviation museum. During the tour that included showcasing downed American aircraft, a member of the US group arrogantly asked one of the Serbian officers how it felt fighting the most powerful military force in history, to which he replied: “I wouldn’t know. We never fought the Russians.” At the time it seemed like a jest that the Americans didn’t take too kindly. However, over 20 years later, the statement seems like anything but a joke.
If we were to compare this to Moscow’s interception of the US drone which took part in the Kiev regime’s attacks on Russian soldiers and civilians, the discrepancy becomes even more staggering. As previously mentioned, Russian pilots downed a US MQ-9 (the latest Block 5, costing over $32 million) without firing a single shot in an action that lasted no longer than 30 minutes. It should also be noted that the Su-27s they were flying cost approximately $15 million, with the flight hour being around $15,000. When considering those facts, Mr. Kirby should double-check the definition of the term “idiot” or maybe take a good look in the mirror, “at best”.
This also brings us to a rather amusing episode that happened in Serbia over two decades ago. Namely, two years after the (hopefully) final direct US/NATO attack (on this day 24 years ago) on Serbia at the end of nearly a decade-long aggression, a delegation from the Pentagon visited Belgrade, including the main Serbian aviation museum. During the tour that included showcasing downed American aircraft, a member of the US group arrogantly asked one of the Serbian officers how it felt fighting the most powerful military force in history, to which he replied: “I wouldn’t know. We never fought the Russians.” At the time it seemed like a jest that the Americans didn’t take too kindly. However, over 20 years later, the statement seems like anything but a joke.
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Diary of a Axeman
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This guy has a warrant from the ICC , just like Vlad the MAGA Failure ....
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Diary of a Axeman
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Hey, I heard that you are called " Pac Man " at your local gay bar .... because you really like to pank them in ....
Do use a stick to tuck your intestines with a stick after all your Queefe Anon buddies tickle your turds ?
Picasso
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Diary of the Asswipe likes talking to himself.
pazuzu-bootsy-baphomet-jr
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I recognize that there’s no way anyone’s mind is getting changed in this discussion,
but as an unreformed international relations junkie, I’m compelled to put these out foe the record:
1. Russia is a GEOPOLITICAL ADVERSARY of the USA. Most US foreign policy between 1945 and 1992 was focused on limiting Russian global influence. Russia likes the USA even *less* since 1992, because the USA is the global hegemon. Most of Russia’s activities since WWII have been dedicated to eroding US influence and power. Anyone who is coming from a pro-USA standpoint, and at the same time finds themselves defending Russia, needs to spend 2 minutes thinking it through.
2. Russia is an old-fashioned autocratic authoritarian state that routinely kills or imprisons dissenters. Anyone who is coming from a REMOTELY “pro-liberty” standpoint, and finds themselves defending Russia, needs to spend 2 minutes thinking it through.
3. Russia’s territorial actions are *adventurist* in nature. There is no way to characterize them as “defensive.” Anyone who thinks that Russia’s aggression in Crimea and Ukraine is “defensive” instead of a bald effort to control strategic resources and territory, is kidding themselves (or just doesn’t want to come clean about supporting Russian imperial ambitions). If you support the reassembly of the Soviet Union / Warsaw Pact, which is really what this is all about, i think it’s best to just come out and say it.
4. Russia’s government is transparently matrixed with the interests of a group of depraved amoral oligarchs. Anyone who REMOTELY opposes evil transnational global elites, and finds themselves defending Russia, needs to think it through.
5. Ever wonder why it suddenly became fashionable in the USA, in certain media outlets and related subcultures, to be pro-Russia, after 50 years of anti-Russian messaging in the same venues? I’ll give you a hint: it involves oligarchic interests and the transnational media networks they control.
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Geopolitics is serious shit that affects every one of us. It’s a damn shame Americans at large can’t be bothered to read a little history and recognize obvious patterns. I guaran-fucking-tee that everyone’s parents and grandparents who dedicated their lives to opposing Soviet expansionism, would be disgusted to see geopolitical discourse in the USA right now
but as an unreformed international relations junkie, I’m compelled to put these out foe the record:
1. Russia is a GEOPOLITICAL ADVERSARY of the USA. Most US foreign policy between 1945 and 1992 was focused on limiting Russian global influence. Russia likes the USA even *less* since 1992, because the USA is the global hegemon. Most of Russia’s activities since WWII have been dedicated to eroding US influence and power. Anyone who is coming from a pro-USA standpoint, and at the same time finds themselves defending Russia, needs to spend 2 minutes thinking it through.
2. Russia is an old-fashioned autocratic authoritarian state that routinely kills or imprisons dissenters. Anyone who is coming from a REMOTELY “pro-liberty” standpoint, and finds themselves defending Russia, needs to spend 2 minutes thinking it through.
3. Russia’s territorial actions are *adventurist* in nature. There is no way to characterize them as “defensive.” Anyone who thinks that Russia’s aggression in Crimea and Ukraine is “defensive” instead of a bald effort to control strategic resources and territory, is kidding themselves (or just doesn’t want to come clean about supporting Russian imperial ambitions). If you support the reassembly of the Soviet Union / Warsaw Pact, which is really what this is all about, i think it’s best to just come out and say it.
4. Russia’s government is transparently matrixed with the interests of a group of depraved amoral oligarchs. Anyone who REMOTELY opposes evil transnational global elites, and finds themselves defending Russia, needs to think it through.
5. Ever wonder why it suddenly became fashionable in the USA, in certain media outlets and related subcultures, to be pro-Russia, after 50 years of anti-Russian messaging in the same venues? I’ll give you a hint: it involves oligarchic interests and the transnational media networks they control.
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Geopolitics is serious shit that affects every one of us. It’s a damn shame Americans at large can’t be bothered to read a little history and recognize obvious patterns. I guaran-fucking-tee that everyone’s parents and grandparents who dedicated their lives to opposing Soviet expansionism, would be disgusted to see geopolitical discourse in the USA right now
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Ben Waylin
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My brother and I pooled our money and bought Van Halen I on cassette tape, and we asked our dad to play it in the car on a road trip.
He fuckin' hated it.
He said, "That's not those guys singing!"
pazuzu-bootsy-baphomet-jr
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Another note:
I’ve heard some talk like “well Russia could have simply annihilated Ukraine with a strategic weapons strike, but they didn’t, obviously that means Russian intentions are honorable”
Ukraine has three principal strategic resources that Russia wants:
1. Port access to the Black Sea and water routes to interior regions;
2. Energy production and transit systems;
3. **Agricultural production that is a very significant proportion of global output for several staple crops**
In short, if someone wants a major agricultural region, they’re sure as hell not gonna irradiate it
I’ve heard some talk like “well Russia could have simply annihilated Ukraine with a strategic weapons strike, but they didn’t, obviously that means Russian intentions are honorable”
Ukraine has three principal strategic resources that Russia wants:
1. Port access to the Black Sea and water routes to interior regions;
2. Energy production and transit systems;
3. **Agricultural production that is a very significant proportion of global output for several staple crops**
In short, if someone wants a major agricultural region, they’re sure as hell not gonna irradiate it
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pazuzu-bootsy-baphomet-jr
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If this conflict doesn’t get out of control and result in a strategic-weapons confrontation between major powers,
hopefully the people at large will learn to take international politics seriously, and learn about + consider history plus the real events at hand and their implications, and not just regurgitate whatever opinions they’re being fed by the mass media
(I realize that this is EXTREMELY UNLIKELY but that don’t mean I can’t hope for it)
hopefully the people at large will learn to take international politics seriously, and learn about + consider history plus the real events at hand and their implications, and not just regurgitate whatever opinions they’re being fed by the mass media
(I realize that this is EXTREMELY UNLIKELY but that don’t mean I can’t hope for it)
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