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[atomheartbevo 89,416]

1 minute ago, Longhornlove said:

No, don't get me wrong, it is possible just unlikely.

Yeah, and people are forgetting that, like I said, take out a small number at the front, that convoy is out of the game for however long it takes to clear the route, and refuel everybody sitting there waiting for it to be cleared.  It's not technically taking out a convoy, but it could be taking them out of the game for a day or two or three, which is important, so people shouldn't be disappointed.

[BrickTop 474]

Fuck that piece of shit. 
 
 

Uhh they seem kinda well armed saw about 20 of whAt looks like their variant of the m240 point the drones at these guys because however unprepared the Russian conscript isn’t these guys have killing in their genetics.

[Born to Run 6,567]

Video is interesting. First row in berets, no masks and with beards. Carrying standard weapons. Behind them what looks like regular Russian troops, with some heavy shit. So what? The Chechens sent in the first row to lead the Russians? 

To walk around in the snow?

[MonkeyDoughnut 10,145]

The 800 number is rounding up pretty heavily I think... but since they used "up to" ... could be 1 or 2 as well.

[Bookman 4,610]

So how long is this thing going to last?

[Grade of D as in David 13,253]

1 hour ago, Nicole44 said:

Well my family’s place has been offered (no joke if that goes down.) doesn’t matter if you don’t like me. It’s there if that goes down. It’s about 12 miles from Claude, Texas. 

 

Oh if it goes down, I'm cumming

[atomheartbevo 89,416]

Just now, Blotto said:

This tweet in particular is interesting from Rubio. It seems understood that the messaging he's been putting out is agreed upon by more people than just Rubio. So whats the point of this tweet if not to start the debate? Our intelligence has been dead nuts on, so presumably they expect a "medieval siege" to be the plan. 

We've sanctioned just about everything, so what other options are there? Assassinate Putin? Try and stage a Russian coupe? I just doubt the rest of the world will sit back and watch him murder tens or hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians. We will have to deal with this Russian fuckstick sooner or later, as he has crossed a line where his only options moving forward are to escalate. 

I could be very wrong, but I doubt Rubio is talking about military action. I see it is more as a North Korean-like isolation of Russia.  And we are getting close if ports are being closed to Russian shipping, if the major shipping lines are no longer delivering vitals (or anything), things get really dicey.  

If the world puts a North Korea-like isolation on Russia, we are going to be putting those people in a world of shit, and not just because they can't buy vodka or smokes or whatever.  That's another way of backing Putin into a corner.

And we will be putting Putin in a position where his own people may start getting out in the streets and presenting a serious threat to his power.  Hard to keep troops/police loyal if their paychecks are worthless and their grandmas are starving or not getting medicine or whatever.

[Brisketexan 104,590]

1 minute ago, Bookman said:

So how long is this thing going to last?

Under 30 days.

Or more than 200.

Not much in between.  It's either over pretty quickly because shit got too real and someone takes an off-ramp, or it becomes a long slog with an insurgency.

Edited March 1, 2022 by Brisketexan

[InkaUtexas 25,506]

Just now, Bookman said:

So how long is this thing going to last?

As long as they can hold out. I think they lose some more urban areas, retreat to the river and we see a long ass ceasefire. 

[staboner 4,957]

2 hours ago, Pods said:

Shit, that's a really good observation. Whatever is going on with him, Putin doesn't want to die. 

I, myself, also not wanting to die. Man just hits close to home

 

[Neonmoon 38,127]

I mean we need to start having those talks. I doubt many people will have the stomach to see Kyiv get massacred 

[FartingMonk 3,606]

3 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

As long as they can hold out. I think they lose some more urban areas, retreat to the river and we see a long ass ceasefire. 

I wonder how the street fighting is going to look in the day time with the city they just took.

[Brisketexan 104,590]

2 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

I mean we need to start having those talks. I doubt many people will have the stomach to see Kyiv get massacred 

Putin will.  Thus, the problem.

[SmokeyTheBear 5,562]

This lasts until Putin is dead or removed from leadership. I really dont see any other option. 

[immamac 42,516]

2 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

I mean we need to start having those talks. I doubt many people will have the stomach to see Kyiv get massacred 

At this point we don’t need to do shit. We can continue support in the form of sanctions and aid (humanitarian and lethal), but that’s it. This is between Ukraine and Russia. If Russia drags someone else in then we need to fuck them up so fast and so hard that it prevents nuclear holocaust.  

[Celery Man 20,883]

11 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Maybe we can get Georgia into the mix.  That'd freak Putin out.

 

I fucking love Georgia 🇬🇪 

 

[FartingMonk 3,606]

[Doc Reeves 6,434]

52 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

1234.  My wife is not that much younger than me, but she does not remember that stuff.  Those of us who remember the duck and cover bullshit, The Day After, World War III (the mini-series with Cathy Lee Crosby and Starsky or Hutch). 

She remembers Red Dawn, but watched it years later because of who was in it.

 

Fuck yes. World War III was central to my childhood.

 

[Nivek 16,856]

2 hours ago, Pods said:

True, but also bitterly learned personal experience.

1 day of hard rain can cost 3 days of field work waiting for that shit to dry. It also makes it a bitch even walking around camp.

It's fucking miserable. Yet another major Russian failure. That would have been frozen a month ago and they could have rolled over it. 

Just messing with you, my dude.  I do recall getting into mud in W. Virginia that sucked the boots off my feet.  I had to step back in it, dig it out with my hands to get going.  it did not come off much with scraping.   Like south austin's mom, I had to wait for it to dry first.  

Geo fist bump

[Sbbruin 21,721]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Dude.....you are familiar with this timeline.  Remember the rules:

1 -- there is no bottom.

2 -- it only gets worse.

When all is said and done here, the civilian body count is going to be horrific.  You know it as well as I do.

There's the Mr. Sunshine we know and love.

[Born to Run 6,567]

Good thinking...Russia will look at the satellite images of Lubbock and think they already nuked it.

Unless they hate balloons and want to fuck up our strategic Helium reserve in Amarillo or just feel that making speed up old 87 is close to heaven.

Or miss Norad by a few clicks.

Big Bend is probably safest excepting available water and supplies.

[TXSG8R 3,360]

1 minute ago, Nivek said:

Just messing with you, my dude.  I do recall getting into mud in W. Virginia that sucked the boots off my feet.  I had to step back in it, dig it out with my hands to get going.  it did not come off much with scraping.   Like south austin's mom, I had to wait for it to dry first.  

Geo fist bump

I did land nav through the marshes in Savannah Georgia and it sucked the heel off an army boot. 

[atomheartbevo 89,416]

Oh and @Blotto if Rubio were talking about military action, you would have already the US moving stuff around, because we couldn't hide it - too many bases near cities, and everybody in the US military is apparently issued social media accounts after they get out of basic or OCS, assuming they didn't already have some.

[Born to Run 6,567]

Dude.....you are familiar with this timeline.  Remember the rules:
1 -- there is no bottom.
2 -- it only gets worse.
When all is said and done here, the civilian body count is going to be horrific.  You know it as well as I do.

I agree. I was astounded that Iraq was not far worse. This is an entirely reversed scenario with a maniacal aggressor invader and a resolved, mostly unified resistance of Millions. Not pockets of radical factions.

[DDD Dad 14,251]

21 minutes ago, BigDHornfan said:

 

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47 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

 

Zelensky is utterly destroying Putin in the PR game.

[FartingMonk 3,606]

Zelensky staying alive each night becomes more and more important.  If they get to him I think the opposition starts to crumble

[DDD Dad 14,251]

7 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

There's the Mr. Sunshine we know and love.

[Grade of D as in David 13,253]

1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

1234.  My wife is not that much younger than me, but she does not remember that stuff.  Those of us who remember the duck and cover bullshit, The Day After, World War III (the mini-series with Cathy Lee Crosby and Starsky or Hutch). 

She remembers Red Dawn, but watched it years later because of who was in it.

Yeah I remember jacking off to Lea Thompson and Jennifer Gray too

[FartingMonk 3,606]

5 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Oh and @Blotto if Rubio were talking about military action, you would have already the US moving stuff around, because we couldn't hide it - too many bases near cities, and everybody in the US military is apparently issued social media accounts after they get out of basic or OCS, assuming they didn't already have some.

Stuff already is moving and stuff is already there .  COs have already put out the message.  Hey the shit we say.  Don't be going on tik tok which is owned by the Chinese on what we told you.

Edited March 2, 2022 by FartingMonk

[Born to Run 6,567]

Well my family’s place has been offered (no joke if that goes down.) doesn’t matter if you don’t like me. It’s there if that goes down. It’s about 12 miles from Claude, Texas. 

Send address, I'll bring guns and booze and gear. My bug out supplies are ample.

I would say interjecting your every fleeting thought into a war thread is a bit annoying. And it's a bit gauche to discuss your sex life here as well. I wouldn't take it personally.

[MillerEP 30,339]

2 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Zelensky is utterly destroying Putin in the PR game.

100%, Which is why they went after TV towers and started confiscating cell phones. They know they need to cut off communication to the people, so they can start pumping in their own misinformation to divide the population.

[DDD Dad 14,251]

46 minutes ago, Deej said:

Up to. That could be just one.

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1 minute ago, Grade of D as in David said:

Yeah I remember jacking off to Lea Thompson and Jennifer Gray too

[MillerEP 30,339]

 

Edited March 2, 2022 by MillerEP

[Doc Reeves 6,434]

2 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Zelensky is utterly destroying Putin in the PR game.

One the one hand good for them, on the other that definitely going to deeply piss that narcissistic sociopath off.

He’s going to be brutal so he appears strong then deflect blame and say the Ukrainians brought this on themselves.

Fucking prick. 

[BrickTop 474]

He wasn't aiding rebels. We just took the stuff!

Damn I’ve seen Red Dawn so many times I immediately picked that up

[Doc Reeves 6,434]

5 minutes ago, FartingMonk said:

Zelensky staying alive each night becomes more and more important.  If they get to him I think the opposition starts to crumble

I don’t know, he might become a type of national martyr that drives the opposition forward- if there’s adequate leadership that fills his void. That’s a big “if”

Edited March 2, 2022 by Doc Reeves

[InkaUtexas 25,506]

16 minutes ago, FartingMonk said:

I wonder how the street fighting is going to look in the day time with the city they just took.

I never was in Grozny, few Americans ever worked there. But I was in Sarajevo and a few other Bosnian cities. Gonna look nasty is my guess. And ya know what sucks is even though it is not a "stable" battlefield, the civilians still need to go out and get shit like water and food. UXO was always my biggest fear. 

This is a good book about life in a siege. 

[Aqua Buddha 14,504]

29 minutes ago, Blotto said:

This tweet in particular is interesting from Rubio. It seems understood that the messaging he's been putting out is agreed upon by more people than just Rubio. So whats the point of this tweet if not to start the debate? Our intelligence has been dead nuts on, so presumably they expect a "medieval siege" to be the plan. 

We've sanctioned just about everything, so what other options are there? Assassinate Putin? Try and stage a Russian coupe? I just doubt the rest of the world will sit back and watch him murder tens or hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians. We will have to deal with this Russian fuckstick sooner or later, as he has crossed a line where his only options moving forward are to escalate. 

How realistic is this?  They've having trouble now.  

I'm assuming the Ukrainians are out in the field with anti-tank missiles.  Start picking through the siege. 

Also, I think if there are millions of people dying, we'll get involved with air power.

[MillerEP 30,339]

If true, it makes you wonder what took so long.

[Aqua Buddha 14,504]

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[utee94 15,745]

Just now, MillerEP said:

If true, it makes you wonder what took so long.

Maybe trying to allow our folks the chance to get out, and send theirs home?  Like the ones that are part of Russia's UN team that we just kicked out of the US for being spies?  Just some guesses.

Anyway I'm glad to see it. 

[InkaUtexas 25,506]

3 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

If true, it makes you wonder what took so long.

I think it was a tit for tat. we had people there and gotdamn we wanted the Russian tourists out of Miami. 

[InkaUtexas 25,506]

2 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Breaking News:  Onlyfans has changed their colors to yellow and blue in support

I might have to join. Ya know, out of solidarity. 

[immamac 42,516]

2 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Maybe trying to allow our folks the chance to get out, and send theirs home?  Like the ones that are part of Russia's UN team that we just kicked out of the US for being spies?  Just some guesses.

Anyway I'm glad to see it. 

Has to be this. The rest of Europe they can drive to or take a train out of. Americans can only fly. 

[Bevo 13,526]

39 minutes ago, FartingMonk said:

One of my weapons officers did his doctoral program on UUVs and he was out there.  Basically a bunch of research grant stuff out there.  As far as chance of getting nuked.  Pretty low on the list.

Good to know that I "should" be okay if we go there for awhile. I know Santa Fe is extremely high because of Los Alamos.

[FartingMonk 3,606]

1 minute ago, InkaUtexas said:

I never was in Grozny, few Americans ever worked there. But I was in Sarajevo and a few other Bosnian cities. Gonna look nasty is my guess. And ya know what sucks is even though it is not a "stable" battlefield, the civilians still need to go out and get shit like water and food. UXO was always my biggest fear. 

This is a good book about life in a siege. 

Yeah.  I have a lot of buddies that were in combat and they said the fun part was fighting the enemy you could see.  Once it became occupation it was horrific.  Urban warfare still gives them nightmares.  You could walk down the street and it would seem normal and then you were under attack with civilians all with AKs.  99 percent of them were going to get food.  Might be a trash can on the way there.  Bomb on the way back.  

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[Pig Bellmont 8,691]

26 minutes ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

This lasts until Putin is dead or removed from leadership. I really dont see any other option. 

He’s betting he gets to Zelensky within a couple weeks, claim victory and head home. That’s the only out I can see