If the war continues to go badly for Russia, Putin may have to do the unthinkable and steal his next election.

Also, there is yet another indication of how badly this invasion was planned and executed: There are reports of Russian troops freezing to death inside their stalled tanks. There was a time when fighting in winter was Russia's go-to move.

Boru

(March 10, 2022 at 5:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: There was a time when fighting in winter was Russia's go-to move.

Not vs Mongols 

(March 10, 2022 at 8:44 am)Deesse23 Wrote:

(March 10, 2022 at 5:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: There was a time when fighting in winter was Russia's go-to move.

Not vs Mongols 

Perhaps not, but it was bloody effective against Napoleon and Hitler.

Boru

(March 9, 2022 at 6:21 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

Boru

I'm sure the DMR ASU (That's the Dublin Metropolitan Region Armed Support Unit to you plebs who don't know Garda speak) could have asked the RPU or the Comm Pol* for a lend of their gay pride vehicles.

*Roads Policing Unit and Community Policing.

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(March 10, 2022 at 12:00 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: That may be, but Putin doesn’t see Ukraine as a client state. For something to be a client state, it would have to technically be a separate state. Putin, unfortunately, rejects the whole “Ukraine being it’s own separate state” thing. If the recent war didn’t clue you in, he wrote an entire fucking essay explaining that he not only doesn’t see the Ukrainian state as legitimate, he sees its mere existence as comparable to a WMD attack against them. And this essay is apparently required reading in the Russian military. Also, If I’m reading this accurately, I suspect that if Ukraine falls, Putin’s next target is probably going to be Belarus.

He doesn't need to attack Belarus, he already owns it as this war has shown. However, some Belorussian generals may find themselves becoming modern Tuchachevskys.

(March 10, 2022 at 10:29 am)Nomad Wrote:

(March 9, 2022 at 6:21 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

Boru

I'm sure the DMR ASU (That's the Dublin Metropolitan Region Armed Support Unit to you plebs who don't know Garda speak) could have asked the RPU or the Comm Pol* for a lend of their gay pride vehicles.

*Roads Policing Unit and Community Policing.

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(March 10, 2022 at 12:00 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: That may be, but Putin doesn’t see Ukraine as a client state. For something to be a client state, it would have to technically be a separate state. Putin, unfortunately, rejects the whole “Ukraine being it’s own separate state” thing. If the recent war didn’t clue you in, he wrote an entire fucking essay explaining that he not only doesn’t see the Ukrainian state as legitimate, he sees its mere existence as comparable to a WMD attack against them. And this essay is apparently required reading in the Russian military. Also, If I’m reading this accurately, I suspect that if Ukraine falls, Putin’s next target is probably going to be Belarus.

He doesn't need to attack Belarus, he already owns it as this war has shown.  However, some Belorussian generals may find themselves becoming modern Tuchachevskys.

As well as Russian generals, if this war doesn’t turn around for Russia pretty soon. Putin’s formative years were in the KGB, so there’s no doubt he’s comfortable with torturing ‘confessions’ out of people.

Boru

Putin’s formative years were in the KGB, so there’s no doubt he’s comfortable with torturing ‘confessions’ out of people.
Boru

Yeah? Who isn' t?

(March 10, 2022 at 3:14 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Putin’s formative years were in the KGB, so there’s no doubt he’s comfortable with torturing ‘confessions’ out of people.
Boru

Yeah? Who isn' t?

I’m not. Are you?

Boru

(March 10, 2022 at 3:14 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Putin’s formative years were in the KGB, so there’s no doubt he’s comfortable with torturing ‘confessions’ out of people.
Boru

Yeah? Who isn' t?

Those of us who aren’t psychopaths, maybe?

Quote:Putin’s formative years were in the KGB, so there’s no doubt he’s comfortable with torturing ‘confessions’ out of people.
Boru

Yeah? Who isn' t?

Maybe normal people

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