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Gatorubet

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  1. 10 minutes ago, Parliament said:

    Re; that conscript who killed all those soldiers.  It can't be emphasized enough how bad the hazing is in the Russian military.  Everyone, even officers, beats the Hell out of their underlings.  Guys get their teeth knocked out and jaws broke.  Maybe this guy got tired of it.

    Instead of “Band of Brothers” you get “Bandits Who Beat You and Steal Your Stuff”.    

    It’s amazing that the second option results in a dysfunctional military lacking any cohesion or esprit de corps.

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  2. 1 minute ago, burntorangebongos said:

    The Rings nerd guy thinks it is one of the Blue Wizards from the east. The two Blue Wizards Alatar and Pallando.

    Even he ain't giving Radagast no love. But the fact that he is going east does make his case stronger than mine.

    I thought Saruman was the first wizard to come to middle earth.   That would be a real twist after a Gandalf fake. 

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  3. 2 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

    You may need to step away from PornHub for a little bit.  

    Hey man - talk to the Eldar.  You’re not the one who looked in a Palantir and saw Poppy and Durin on that stone table. 

     

     

    On a more serious note, the acting has been uniformly excellent. Given the subject matter and some of the lines they have to say, it would be easy for lesser actors to hit the wrong chord. These actors are nailing it. 

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  4. 47 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Fuck 'em.  They bought their tickets, they took their chances.  They have had plenty of time to get out.  I absolutely agree -- Ukraine shouldn't target Russian civilians when it moves to re-take Crimea.  But they chose to live there, knowing it was invaded land.  They've known Ukraine was coming to take it back.  They have fucked around.  Time to go into their basements and wait for the hell to pass.  And once Ukraine re-captures Crimea, Russian citizens in Crimea should have to answer for their theft.  If they participated in and benefited from the theft of Crimea and property there, they should pay for it, in prison.  No Russian invader should just waltz out of Crimea.

    I'd have felt the same way about German "settlers" on land the Nazis had taken.   The Russian PEOPLE have been significant parties to much of the "fucking around."  They were HAPPY to acquire Crimean beach houses and shit for cheap after they stole the land.

    Fuck around.

    Find out.

    It needs to happen to the Russian nation, not just its military.  Again, I agree that you don't target them as military targets, but they chose to put themselves in harm's way in order to reap the benefits of being an invader and thief.  They can handle the consequences of that choice.

    Bombing a ferry that may be taking civilians out is not ok.  Hell, it’s not like the folks in Hiroshima did not know they were at war with America, but we still dropped pre-Fat Boy warnings.   

    I agree they made a choice, but you lose nothing with a warning - and you deprive them of a PR/propaganda coup of dead kids/civilians killed by Ukraine.   After the warning, FAFO is the consequence, and I am on board with whatever happens.  Again, there is no down side with giving a warning I can think of, save depriving Karma of some well deserved pain. 

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  5. 10 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Why would you ever want to kill FEWER of them?

    You've got them in a box.  Close the walls in on them, relentlessly.  Kill everything inside the box.  Because if you kill it today, you don't have to defend against its attacks tomorrow.  If Russia survives, every living combat-capable Russian is a weapon remaining to be deployed against Ukraine.  Better to kill them now, while they're in your crosshairs.

    Mercy comes after your enemy's surrender, not a moment before.

    War is a brutal, ugly business.  Which is why one should really think fucking hard before starting one.  Fuck around.   Find out.

    We have to let civilians leave. We aren’t them.   Give them 24 hours of one-way access out. Then all bets are off.   

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  6. 1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

    That's 9+ months of it being more or less unusable, correct? I mean...fuck. This completely fucks them, right? If they want now they could just terrorize the repair crews to delay it even further. 

    We need to sink some of those ferries carrying military supplies just to show we can.  Give them a week to transport civilians to Russia side, but we will sink any traffic to Crimea.

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