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  1. 13 minutes ago, Parliament said:

    Probably discussed a few days, and a few hundred pages ago.  We're selling a buncha tanks to Poland.  And not those stripped-down shitboxes we sell everyone else.  Nope, Poland is getting the King Ranch version; the M1A2 SEPv3.  The best armor, the best optics and best fire control.

    Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak on Tuesday signed a deal worth about $4.75 billion to buy 250 M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 from the United States.

    “We are strengthening the Polish military, and we are deterring a potential aggressor,” Błaszczak was quoted in a statement released by the ministry.

    Deliveries are to begin this year, with 28 tanks to be procured to the country’s armed forces. In addition to the tanks, the contract also comprises a technical support and logistics package, as well as training and ammunition for the tanks, according to the ministry.

    https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2022/04/05/poland-signs-475-billion-abrams-tank-deal-as-russias-war-speeds-procurements/

    Because they showed some massive balls and emptied their entire stockpile of T-shit for Ukraine. They deserve to get the best as a replacement AND they are right on Russia's border so they can buttfuck them if the stupid Russkies start anything.

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    44 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

    Sweden has received concrete promises from the United Kingdom and the United States about protection during an application process to NATO, several sources state with insight into the Government Offices' work.

     

    Sounds like they get Article 5 protection from the moment they apply. 

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  3. This guy claims to cover Turkish defense news. 

    Of course this could still be a "false flag" by Russia, but it would be a stupid one. Blowing up your own critical infrastructure as an excuse to attack a country you're already invading makes no sense.

    But Russia gonna Russia.

    Adding this for context others mentioned about this possibly being a false flag:

     

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  4. 9 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

    Also of note, one of the reasons that Finland was forced to capitulate is because the western powers couldn't get them the weapons they needed swiftly and in quantity.  Instead, we hesitatingly gave Finland a wide variety (thus complicating supply chains) of second line equipment.  So we gave them stuff in dribs and drabs that wasn't that great anyhow.  Complete opposite from how we're reacting now.  Lots of quality weapons as fast as we can get them shipped.  

     

    Covers the winter war as well as WW2. Finland was in a weird situation so they ended up siding with Nazi Germany against the Soviets - "enemy of my enemy is my friend" situation. 

    I think it's easy for Finland to believe that Putin wants to take Finland as well some day so moving to NATO now makes a lot of sense for their own security. 

    Russia/USSR hasn't been a good neighbor to anyone over the years.

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  5. 9 hours ago, F250 said:

    Didn't he run on an anti-NATO platform? Basically argued against intervention in Ukraine up until the election then backed off.

    He also has a weird habit of making antisemitic statements.

    Said that the Jews killed Jesus and often refers to a certain community pushing an international bankers globalization agenda.

    Nah, that isn't concerning at all.

     

     

    Yup. Wants France to pull out of both the EU and NATO. He's an old school socialist (I'd personally label him a Marxist) who thinks that "American Imperialism" is the greatest threat to the world. 

    He's also a big fan of Maduro in Venezuela and has had to walk back some of his support for that regime: https://www.politico.eu/article/european-fans-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-corbyn-tsipras-podemos-melenchon-pope-francis-5star/

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    The leader of far-left party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed), who has called a big demonstration against President Emmanuel Macron on September 23, makes no secret of his admiration for the Bolivarian revolution and its leaders. In 2013, after the death of Chávez, he wrote in the communist newspaper L’Humanité that “the Bolivarian revolution is for us a source of inspiration.” He then hailed Maduro’s appointment as president in a tweet saying “we welcome Maduro’s victory.” However, Mélenchon said in a French radio interview in April, when questioned about his support for the government in Caracas: “I don’t support any dictatorship, I’ve never supported any dictatorship anywhere in the world.”

     

  6. 7 hours ago, bolverk said:

    Exit poll of Mélenchon supporters about the question for their motivations to vote for Macron.

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    Interesting that while everyone wrings their hands over Le Pen they are glossing over the fact that Mélenchon is also pretty bad news. 

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