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Chad Fuck

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  1. Kinda like China and US soybeans!
  2. Taking the Black Sea Fleet out of the game is...something. That also means if you had some spare anti ship missiles laying around all those ships bottled up there would be sitting ducks.
  3. Chávez nationalized a bunch of companies and their holdings?
  4. Not in a "stand your ground" state.
  5. Are you saying it's existential for Russia, or its existential for Putin? I think those are two different things. There will always be a Russia, but they've shot themselves in the dick with this war. It will be a greatly diminished and downsized Russia if/when they lose this war. Ethnic groups and former republics will start pulling out/away because Russia can't stop them. For Putin, it's existential. He will be dead if he doesn't keep going. He may be if he does, but he certainly will be if he stops.
  6. This is what I'm saying. This right here is where Europe is.
  7. If Macron or Metz said, "we're taking the army to Ukraine tomorrow" they'd get massive pushback today. Maybe less so as the war goes on, but I still don't think the European populous has decided, "alright, we've had enough." I think they're still at, "Let's give the Ukrainians what we can." Those two things (1. boots on the ground vs. 2. supplying weapons for Ukraine to fight with) are still very far apart politically. I hope you're correct though, that there's a rising tide of anti-Russian sentiment and a pragmatic understanding that if it's going to be finished, it's up to Europe.
  8. The first part, that the admin is pro-Russia is absolutely true. It isn't that they "aren't for a minute." They always are for Russia. It's just that tossing a bone to Ukraine every so often gives them cover to say, "Well, we tried." Nah, they aren't really trying. Trying is sending HIMARS like Biden did. Tfg is not doing that. But I think there are enough career people in our government that are trying to look to a place post-orange asshole where we attempt to regain some trust and cooperation with our long time allies. Right now, our allies are turning away, as they must. But that won't always be the case (he said hopefully).
  9. Strategically this is true. It's probably better for everyone but Ukraine and Russia that the war drags on and Russia suffers as long as possible as greatly as possible. But I think this is just a side effect. I don't think there's a government in Europe that could stand the backlash of the populous if they said, "We are going to end this war today. We're going to do it by throwing the entirety of our military might against Russia via Ukraine." That is what would end the war quickly. But the European people do not have the stomach for that at this point. Plus you'd inevitably get the pushback of "Russia could go nuclear!" No they wouldn't, for the simple reason that Putin wants to live. Ultimately, if he gets pushed out of Ukraine, as long as he can still beat up on his own people, he'll be cowed, but still around. For sure Europe wouldn't push for regime change. No one wants to see a European army trying to follow Napoleon or Hitler's boot tracks across Russia.
  10. Peace now just means fighting Russia again later, with a greater claim to the lands they took by conquest, while simultaneously encouraging bad actors around the world to do the same. I mean, if US/Europe doesn't stop them in their own back yard, then it's open season everywhere else. Of course, no peace now just means more death and destruction until some time over the horizon.
  11. Further, one has to think that more pragmatic views have emerged since the great hope that existed in 1991. That is, that Russia would turn westward and Europe/USA would get those resources if we could just get a semi-functioning democracy going there. That lasted a hot minute until Russia Russia'd and we got Putin. Perhaps we have some people at the top who lived through that era and realize we should hope for the best, but expect the worst where Russia is concerned.
  12. I agree to a large extent to this premise. Certainly this was true under the Biden administration. The bold part is my sincere hope - that there are people who are doing the right thing in between the lines who know that "this too shall pass."
  13. Goddamit.
  14. Cry some more, traitor.
  15. All of this is what I was talking about.
  16. Where did I suggest we should be the worlds police force? That’s a whole other discussion.
  17. The reason is that there hasn't been enough collective pain outside of Ukraine. The pain is theoretical. Specifically, with the US, there hasn't been a large scale compelling reason sold to the people of the US as to why we should intervene substantially in this war. That will not happen in the next three years, given the current admin. That's just a fact. And it may be that our people as a whole are too ignorant or plain stupid to get it. But this isn't a problem unique to our times. Recall that "America First" was a pre-WWII thing. People were adamant that Hitler was Europe's problem. We didn't enter the war in Europe until we were attacked - by the Japanese. Entering the war in Europe was just a tag on to that because Japan was aligned with Germany and Italy. This was a recognition by FDR's admin that getting involved in a European war was a politically dicey proposition for him. The current admin and much of the American electorate stand in the same posture today. The lessons of 1933-45 have been mostly forgotten, except for followers of history. Very few who were alive then are left to tell the tale. While that is sad, it is understandable. What is crazy to me, is the position the US has gained as a world power since 1945 - that is the world order that was formed as a result of WWII that has allowed us to become the richest, most powerful nation on earth - is being tossed away because a bunch of know-nothings have decided that this whole post 1945 order that we built to benefit ourselves, but also benefits others - benefits those others too much for contemporary tastes. It's self inflicted empire destruction. tl;dr - It isn't happening because history repeats itself, and that includes Americans being insular and unconcerned about what takes place abroad.
  18. Firefly seems to me to be the epitome of "you get what you pay for." Disclaimer: I have not owned one. But I have seen this game played before...Teisco, Greco, Kay, Harmony, Hondo, etc. "Hey it looks just like the real thing!! Uh oh, plays like shit and hurts my fingers while it also fails to stay in tune." Even for $100, that ain't worth it.
  19. Good. Maybe this will be when that fucking guy gets it through his thick FIFA peace prize winning skull that Russia doesn't want to make a deal. I doubt it, but still.
  20. A little more on the crashed An-22. Last flying of its type. https://www.twz.com/air/theres-likely-no-way-back-for-russias-an-22-turboprop-heavy-transports-after-fatal-crash
  21. And just in case we needed some extra jangle. https://reverb.com/item/93146140-mint-gibson-custom-shop-1965-non-reverse-firebird-12-string-biscay-aqua-xii
  22. Not mini bucker, but nice reverse Firebird: https://reverb.com/item/93384594-gibson-firebird-iii-non-reverse-1965-gold-refin
  23. I'm coming back to this because she said exactly what the proper, grown up response to tfg's batshittery should be. The fact that the perfect response came from this source is utterly baffling to me. But I'll take it if it means the people who follow her see a crack in the facade of their great and wonderful orange Oz.
  24. *except themselves.
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