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Russia and Ukraine
RE: Russia and Ukraine
(June 10, 2024 at 3:37 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote:
(June 10, 2024 at 12:21 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Right -- the first thing I thought of when I read an article about this was this sounds a lot like Hitler's misapprehensions about America.

Didn't it remind you more of The Zimmermann Telegram?

There's that, too.

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RE: Russia and Ukraine
Ukraine has been beefing up their mech infantry backend with an aim toward maintaining Leos in country in future through a deal with Rheinmetall. Moar Marder.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
I see where Putin's letting women out of prison to fight for the Fatherland. Now, the drunken men will have drunken women to consort with and console each other as they are immolated at the war front. That's disgusting and disturbing. I'm only happy that it's the aggressors.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
(June 13, 2024 at 1:06 pm)Fireball Wrote: I see where Putin's letting women out of prison to fight for the Fatherland. Now, the drunken men will have drunken women to consort with and console each other as they are immolated at the war front. That's disgusting and disturbing. I'm only happy that it's the aggressors.

More dead cannon-fodder...

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
(June 13, 2024 at 1:06 pm)Fireball Wrote: I see where Putin's letting women out of prison to fight for the Fatherland. Now, the drunken men will have drunken women to consort with and console each other as they are immolated at the war front. That's disgusting and disturbing. I'm only happy that it's the aggressors.

Fortunately, no other countries ever engaged in such a heinous practice. Except for, you know, the US, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland…

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
(June 13, 2024 at 3:55 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(June 13, 2024 at 1:06 pm)Fireball Wrote: I see where Putin's letting women out of prison to fight for the Fatherland. Now, the drunken men will have drunken women to consort with and console each other as they are immolated at the war front. That's disgusting and disturbing. I'm only happy that it's the aggressors.

Fortunately, no other countries ever engaged in such a heinous practice. Except for, you know, the US, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland…

Boru

I can't speak about the other countries, but I'm pretty sure a felony conviction in American is a solid bar to serving in uniform, nowadays. Used to be a judge here would vacate a felony charge if the accused enlisted in the armed forces, but our military got tired of that back in the 60s, for indiscipline in the ranks.

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RE: Russia and Ukraine
(June 13, 2024 at 6:56 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(June 13, 2024 at 3:55 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Fortunately, no other countries ever engaged in such a heinous practice. Except for, you know, the US, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland…

Boru

I can't speak about the other countries, but I'm pretty sure a felony conviction in American is a solid bar to serving in uniform, nowadays. Used to be a judge here would vacate a felony charge if the accused enlisted in the armed forces, but our military got tired of that back in the 60s, for indiscipline in the ranks.

I’m aware, which is why I used the past tense.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
Russia is still a thing, huh?
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
(June 13, 2024 at 6:59 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(June 13, 2024 at 6:56 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I can't speak about the other countries, but I'm pretty sure a felony conviction in American is a solid bar to serving in uniform, nowadays. Used to be a judge here would vacate a felony charge if the accused enlisted in the armed forces, but our military got tired of that back in the 60s, for indiscipline in the ranks.

I’m aware, which is why I used the past tense.

Boru

I had fellow enlistees in boot camp who had been given 6 years- "take your pick, prison or the service". I can tell you that some of the "regular" guys acted like criminals, too.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
(June 13, 2024 at 6:59 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(June 13, 2024 at 6:56 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I can't speak about the other countries, but I'm pretty sure a felony conviction in American is a solid bar to serving in uniform, nowadays. Used to be a judge here would vacate a felony charge if the accused enlisted in the armed forces, but our military got tired of that back in the 60s, for indiscipline in the ranks.

I’m aware, which is why I used the past tense.

Boru

Right, but comparing the UK from 100 years ago or America from 60 years ago to modern-day Russia is not apt. We're not talking about the past; we're talking about the here-and-now. That's why I used the term "nowadays".

It's apples and oranges. Dragging up a tu quoque from decades ago has a point, I'm sure, but I'm not sure what it is.

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