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Reality
2023 Sep 18, 1:35pm
socal2 says
Factually incorrect. Ukranian army was the 2nd or 3rd largest army under NATO command, and Turkey (the 2nd largest NATO army if we don't count UAF) has not moved. If Russia acted too passively, Turkey may well have invaded through the Caucusus under the flag of pan-Islamism/pan-turkism; as it is, Turkey is already helping Azerbaijian take parts of Armenia, both before and after the conflict in Ukraine started. UAF is much much smaller and weaker now than it was before February 2022.
Factually incorrect. If Russia didn't move, the UAF would have invaded Don Bass and Crimea. Due to local geography, it's advantageous to Russia/Russians to have battles take place west / northwest of those locations than further east / southeast. It would be much harder to maintain the land bridge to Crimea if the UAF under NATO command had the jump/initiative in fighting.
Had Russia not blundered into Ukraine last year, they would still have their army/reputation intact and less NATO members on their borders.
Factually incorrect. Ukranian army was the 2nd or 3rd largest army under NATO command, and Turkey (the 2nd largest NATO army if we don't count UAF) has not moved. If Russia acted too passively, Turkey may well have invaded through the Caucusus under the flag of pan-Islamism/pan-turkism; as it is, Turkey is already helping Azerbaijian take parts of Armenia, both before and after the conflict in Ukraine started. UAF is much much smaller and weaker now than it was before February 2022.
There is no universe where a reasonable observer can claim Russia is better off today for having launched this disastrous war against their sovereign neighbor.
Factually incorrect. If Russia didn't move, the UAF would have invaded Don Bass and Crimea. Due to local geography, it's advantageous to Russia/Russians to have battles take place west / northwest of those locations than further east / southeast. It would be much harder to maintain the land bridge to Crimea if the UAF under NATO command had the jump/initiative in fighting.
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richwicks
2023 Sep 18, 1:41pm
richwicks
2023 Sep 18, 1:41pm
socal2 says
Yes, it generally is.
The point of informing people that there wasn't a weapons of mass destruction program in Iraq in 2002, and that the US government and the media completely lied about this was to prevent them from doing it again.
The point of informing people that Qaddafi wasn't about "to cause a humanitarian crisis in Libya" and that the government was AGAIN lying about this, was to prevent the government doing it again. Added spice is to point out that Libya is in civil war to this day, and has slavery markets as a result of US intervention, a real humanitarian crisis. The hope is people who were fooled for a SECOND time will realize they were fooled, and it won't happen again.
The reason to point out that Assad WASN'T gassing his own people, is actually elected, that ISIS was being funded by the United States, that the "white helmets" don't actually exist and are actually terrorists, there's no such thing as a "moderate rebel", and that the civil war in Syria is funded DIRECTLY by the United States right to giving them everything from US weaponry to US trucks, is to prevent them from doing it again.
The reason to point out that the US overthrew Ukraine in 2014, and this led to a civil war immediately, which the US encouraged, that the Minsk Accords were signed as a delay tactic (Angela Merkel admitted that), and the US has been doing everything and anything to provoke Russia into a war, the reason to point out that the US blew up the Nordstream, has been trying to prevent Russia from exporting energy, and has been sabotaging their economy for TWO DECADES is to prevent them from doing it again.
And here are you: "WHUT? Ya think this is American's fault?"
FOR FUCKS SAKE, OBVIOUSLY IT'S AMERICA'S FAULT. THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 20 YEARS, AND YOU STILL CAN'T SEE THE PATTERN?
The reason that WWIII is on the horizon isn't the fault of people like me, it's the fault of people like you and I'm fed up with it.
You COWER in calling out corruption. You're afraid to do it, so we have a bunch of bloodthirsty assholes running our nation, right into the ground. There's been absolutely no benefit to letting them do this, but don't "blame America". Who am I supposed to blame? Whose fault is it? The liars, or the people that tell you the truth?
And there it is! Always America's fault.
Yes, it generally is.
The point of informing people that there wasn't a weapons of mass destruction program in Iraq in 2002, and that the US government and the media completely lied about this was to prevent them from doing it again.
The point of informing people that Qaddafi wasn't about "to cause a humanitarian crisis in Libya" and that the government was AGAIN lying about this, was to prevent the government doing it again. Added spice is to point out that Libya is in civil war to this day, and has slavery markets as a result of US intervention, a real humanitarian crisis. The hope is people who were fooled for a SECOND time will realize they were fooled, and it won't happen again.
The reason to point out that Assad WASN'T gassing his own people, is actually elected, that ISIS was being funded by the United States, that the "white helmets" don't actually exist and are actually terrorists, there's no such thing as a "moderate rebel", and that the civil war in Syria is funded DIRECTLY by the United States right to giving them everything from US weaponry to US trucks, is to prevent them from doing it again.
The reason to point out that the US overthrew Ukraine in 2014, and this led to a civil war immediately, which the US encouraged, that the Minsk Accords were signed as a delay tactic (Angela Merkel admitted that), and the US has been doing everything and anything to provoke Russia into a war, the reason to point out that the US blew up the Nordstream, has been trying to prevent Russia from exporting energy, and has been sabotaging their economy for TWO DECADES is to prevent them from doing it again.
And here are you: "WHUT? Ya think this is American's fault?"
FOR FUCKS SAKE, OBVIOUSLY IT'S AMERICA'S FAULT. THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 20 YEARS, AND YOU STILL CAN'T SEE THE PATTERN?
The reason that WWIII is on the horizon isn't the fault of people like me, it's the fault of people like you and I'm fed up with it.
You COWER in calling out corruption. You're afraid to do it, so we have a bunch of bloodthirsty assholes running our nation, right into the ground. There's been absolutely no benefit to letting them do this, but don't "blame America". Who am I supposed to blame? Whose fault is it? The liars, or the people that tell you the truth?
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RayAmerica
2023 Sep 18, 1:42pm
RayAmerica
2023 Sep 18, 1:42pm
socal2 says
It't not 'always America's fault,' but if you know anything about history, we sure have been involved in fomenting revolutions, staging coups, and starting, or, participating in wars for no apparent reason. And for the most part, the American people have been duped into providing their support.
Just one example; World War I. Americans were told that we needed to fight in that European conflict in order to "make the world safe for Democracy." There was only one problem with that oft repeated phrase; there wasn't a single Democracy in all of Europe at that time!
And there it is! Always America's fault.
It't not 'always America's fault,' but if you know anything about history, we sure have been involved in fomenting revolutions, staging coups, and starting, or, participating in wars for no apparent reason. And for the most part, the American people have been duped into providing their support.
Just one example; World War I. Americans were told that we needed to fight in that European conflict in order to "make the world safe for Democracy." There was only one problem with that oft repeated phrase; there wasn't a single Democracy in all of Europe at that time!
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socal2
2023 Sep 18, 2:02pm
RayAmerica says
My reading of history shows that most of the "meddling" by the US since WWII was in REACTION to Marxist and Islamist revolutions fomented by the USSR, Russia and China in Europe, Asia, Africa and South/Central America.
Are we still going to pretend at this late date that Marxism and Islamism were not destructive cancers on human civilization?
People act like the USSR, China and Russia after WWII were merely bystanders and not involved in carving up Europe and spreading their ruinous ideology around the planet stunting generations into their retarded Communist/Authoritarian ideology. Ditto for Islamist countries.
Russia has no legal or moral claims to invade and occupy their former Commie-slave colony in Ukraine.
The sooner Putin and Russia stop their failed invasion, the sooner the killings and needless destruction stops.
It't not 'always America's fault,' but if you know anything about history, we sure have been involved in fomenting revolutions, staging coups, and starting, or, participating in wars for no apparent reason. And for the most part, the American people have been duped into providing their support.
My reading of history shows that most of the "meddling" by the US since WWII was in REACTION to Marxist and Islamist revolutions fomented by the USSR, Russia and China in Europe, Asia, Africa and South/Central America.
Are we still going to pretend at this late date that Marxism and Islamism were not destructive cancers on human civilization?
People act like the USSR, China and Russia after WWII were merely bystanders and not involved in carving up Europe and spreading their ruinous ideology around the planet stunting generations into their retarded Communist/Authoritarian ideology. Ditto for Islamist countries.
Russia has no legal or moral claims to invade and occupy their former Commie-slave colony in Ukraine.
The sooner Putin and Russia stop their failed invasion, the sooner the killings and needless destruction stops.
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AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 2:11pm
AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 2:11pm
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Reality
2023 Sep 18, 2:23pm
socal2 says
Have you considered the possibility that those ruinous ideologies and political movements were fomented by the banksters trying to kill their account holders? The most important Soviet military leader, who was instrumental in the REDS winning over WHITEs (royalists) in the Russian Civil War, Trotsky, was shipped from NYC to Russia in 1917; While living in NYC, he had no employment or visible income but lived a lavish life; upon his arrival in Russia in 1917, he was immediately made a member of the top Socialist/Communist leadership largely thanks to the banks funding he brought. China's Mao was recruited by the Skull-and-Bones, and Chinese anti-communist forces' defeat on the mainland was again largely due to a cut-off of ammo supplies by a US administration that was later found to be heavily infiltrated by communists. Iran's Khomeini (the principle leader of modern Ismanic revivalism, as before him the Arab/Muslim world was primarily enamored with Baathist Party, a secular party that carried out strict enforcement against religious zealots) was a political refugee in Paris before he was suddenly given tons of money to foment Islamic revolution in Iran. Have you ever wondered how the US lost the war in Vietnam when every fight saw 10:1 to 100:1 kill ratio? Have you ever considered the possibility that the anti-communist forces were never meant to win? They were only a device for laundering money, and then have them killed so the banks could keep their account balances . . . just like all those Afghanis falling from the sky/plane and/or "accidentally" having smart bombs dropping on their entire family!
Putin was probably a bankster agent to begin with, as he too was an alum of Klaus Schwab's school of young global leadership. He and his army are being used to harvest East European bank account holders.
Are we still going to pretend at this late date that Marxism and Islamism were not destructive cancers on human civilization?
People act like the USSR, China and Russia after WWII were merely bystanders and not involved in carving up Europe and spreading their ruinous ideology around the planet stunting generations into their retarded Communist/Authoritarian ideology. Ditto for Islamist countries.
Have you considered the possibility that those ruinous ideologies and political movements were fomented by the banksters trying to kill their account holders? The most important Soviet military leader, who was instrumental in the REDS winning over WHITEs (royalists) in the Russian Civil War, Trotsky, was shipped from NYC to Russia in 1917; While living in NYC, he had no employment or visible income but lived a lavish life; upon his arrival in Russia in 1917, he was immediately made a member of the top Socialist/Communist leadership largely thanks to the banks funding he brought. China's Mao was recruited by the Skull-and-Bones, and Chinese anti-communist forces' defeat on the mainland was again largely due to a cut-off of ammo supplies by a US administration that was later found to be heavily infiltrated by communists. Iran's Khomeini (the principle leader of modern Ismanic revivalism, as before him the Arab/Muslim world was primarily enamored with Baathist Party, a secular party that carried out strict enforcement against religious zealots) was a political refugee in Paris before he was suddenly given tons of money to foment Islamic revolution in Iran. Have you ever wondered how the US lost the war in Vietnam when every fight saw 10:1 to 100:1 kill ratio? Have you ever considered the possibility that the anti-communist forces were never meant to win? They were only a device for laundering money, and then have them killed so the banks could keep their account balances . . . just like all those Afghanis falling from the sky/plane and/or "accidentally" having smart bombs dropping on their entire family!
Putin was probably a bankster agent to begin with, as he too was an alum of Klaus Schwab's school of young global leadership. He and his army are being used to harvest East European bank account holders.
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AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 2:25pm
AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 2:25pm
Reality says
The kill ratio was a lie. They counted a severed finger or a blood trail as a KIA. The Artillery, Infantry, and Air Support each counted the same count for their own records, as the Pentagon was putting the screws to officers to have big bodycounts or be mustered out.
So after a fire fight with called in Arty and Air, and the found a severed finger, a trail of blood, and an actual dead VC, it counted as 9 enemy KIAs.
Have you ever wondered how the US lost the war in Vietnam when every fight saw 10:1 to 100:1 kill ratio?
The kill ratio was a lie. They counted a severed finger or a blood trail as a KIA. The Artillery, Infantry, and Air Support each counted the same count for their own records, as the Pentagon was putting the screws to officers to have big bodycounts or be mustered out.
So after a fire fight with called in Arty and Air, and the found a severed finger, a trail of blood, and an actual dead VC, it counted as 9 enemy KIAs.
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richwicks
2023 Sep 18, 2:31pm
richwicks
2023 Sep 18, 2:31pm
socal2 says
This isn't the same world as it was in 1960.
NOTHING the United States is doing today is in reaction to marxist or islamist revolutions today.
In fact, if you've not noticed, the US tries to destroy secular governments in the Middle East. Lebanon is one, Syria is another, Iraq WAS another.
There's really no rhyme or reason to what the US does today in terms of foreign policy. They just make up bullshit to start a war, because war makes a lot of money for Offense Contractors. They don't care if the war is won, there's NO ideology in the war, there's no goals for the war, it's just start a war, and prolong it as long as humanly possible.
What was the goal in Afghanistan?
It's pretty obvious that Ukraine isn't going to win this war against Russia, but nobody in our government will allow it to stop.
My reading of history shows that most of the "meddling" by the US since WWII was in REACTION to Marxist and Islamist revolutions fomented by the USSR, Russia and China in Europe, Asia, Africa and South/Central America.
This isn't the same world as it was in 1960.
NOTHING the United States is doing today is in reaction to marxist or islamist revolutions today.
In fact, if you've not noticed, the US tries to destroy secular governments in the Middle East. Lebanon is one, Syria is another, Iraq WAS another.
There's really no rhyme or reason to what the US does today in terms of foreign policy. They just make up bullshit to start a war, because war makes a lot of money for Offense Contractors. They don't care if the war is won, there's NO ideology in the war, there's no goals for the war, it's just start a war, and prolong it as long as humanly possible.
What was the goal in Afghanistan?
It's pretty obvious that Ukraine isn't going to win this war against Russia, but nobody in our government will allow it to stop.
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Reality
2023 Sep 18, 2:33pm
The kill ratio during the Vientnam War was likely legit or close to reality: the communist guerilla organization in South Vietnam had suffered such a high casualty count that it ceased to exist after their Tet Offensive in January 1968; North Vientnam had to use its regular army after that; Vietnamese male-to-female ratio became very lopsided after the war.
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FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden
2023 Sep 18, 2:33pm
i’m noticing a pattern in america. government creates a war, tells everyone to support it, people support it and cheer for it. NEW ENEMY!!! Few years after war ends everyone knows it was genocide and mistake, but everyone moves on because it’s far away and there’s new exciting thing on tv… oh well.
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AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 2:36pm
AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 2:36pm
Reality says
Opposite. MACV grossly undercounted Viet Cong support by ignoring "Part Timers". Just like many in Afghanistan drove taxis or repaired shoes and only became terrorists/guerillas occasionally on Friday nights. That's why Tet was such a shock.
And the KIA lists were baloney, so they had at least 1/3 the kills they thought they had.
To win wars, prohibit officers from getting MBAs and force them to get degrees in Classical Philosophy and Literature.
The Vietnamese were so lacking in manpower a few years after we left they fought off a CCP invasion and invaded Cambodia.
The kill ratio during the Vientnam War was likely legit or close to reality: the communist guerilla organization in South Vietnam had suffered such a high casualty count that it ceased to exist after their Thet Offensive; North Vientnam had to use its regular army after that; Vietnamese male-to-female ratio became very lopsided after the war.
Opposite. MACV grossly undercounted Viet Cong support by ignoring "Part Timers". Just like many in Afghanistan drove taxis or repaired shoes and only became terrorists/guerillas occasionally on Friday nights. That's why Tet was such a shock.
And the KIA lists were baloney, so they had at least 1/3 the kills they thought they had.
To win wars, prohibit officers from getting MBAs and force them to get degrees in Classical Philosophy and Literature.
The Vietnamese were so lacking in manpower a few years after we left they fought off a CCP invasion and invaded Cambodia.
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RayAmerica
2023 Sep 18, 3:28pm
RayAmerica
2023 Sep 18, 3:28pm
"Just remember, I don't get my $Billions, you don't get your 10%."
Reality check for the comedian Zelensky. Do you want to see an end to this war? Here's the answer: no money, no more war.
Senior House GOP Lawmaker: Not Enough Votes in House Republican Conference for Ukraine Aid
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/18/senior-house-gop-lawmaker-not-enough-votes-house-republican-conference-ukraine-aid/
Reality check for the comedian Zelensky. Do you want to see an end to this war? Here's the answer: no money, no more war.
Senior House GOP Lawmaker: Not Enough Votes in House Republican Conference for Ukraine Aid
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/18/senior-house-gop-lawmaker-not-enough-votes-house-republican-conference-ukraine-aid/
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richwicks
2023 Sep 18, 4:18pm
richwicks
2023 Sep 18, 4:18pm
RayAmerica says
It will just be used in someway to provide enough kickbacks to the abstainers before they vote in the positive. The Ukrainian war has at least 1 more year to go. It won't end until a new one is created to replace it. I think possibly Iran, maybe even somewhere in South America.
Senior House GOP Lawmaker: Not Enough Votes in House Republican Conference for Ukraine Aid
It will just be used in someway to provide enough kickbacks to the abstainers before they vote in the positive. The Ukrainian war has at least 1 more year to go. It won't end until a new one is created to replace it. I think possibly Iran, maybe even somewhere in South America.
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RWSGFY
2023 Sep 18, 4:35pm
RWSGFY
2023 Sep 18, 4:35pm
RayAmerica says
Except European aid is already 2x of what the US provides. It should be enough to finish the Red Fleet in the Black Sea for good, rendering Crimea useless for its intended purpose and not worth holding onto. Then Europeans pocket all the $350-600B of Soviet money and assets stuck abroad to compensate them for the trouble and the US will be left looking like a bunch of cucks who folded in front of a hollowed-out fake empire.
"Just remember, I don't get my $Billions, you don't get your 10%."
Reality check for the comedian Zelensky. Do you want to see an end to this war? Here's the answer: no money, no more war.
Senior House GOP Lawmaker: Not Enough Votes in House Republican Conference for Ukraine Aid
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/18/senior-house-gop-lawmaker-not-enough-votes-house-republican-conference-ukraine-aid/
Except European aid is already 2x of what the US provides. It should be enough to finish the Red Fleet in the Black Sea for good, rendering Crimea useless for its intended purpose and not worth holding onto. Then Europeans pocket all the $350-600B of Soviet money and assets stuck abroad to compensate them for the trouble and the US will be left looking like a bunch of cucks who folded in front of a hollowed-out fake empire.
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socal2
2023 Sep 18, 4:51pm
richwicks says
If America is primarily (solely?) responsible for all the bad outcomes (wars) around the world and our arch geopolitical rivals like the USSR, Russia, China and Islamists were mere victims or bystanders - does that mean America (or the Globohomo banksters?) gets all the credit for all the massive worldwide improvements in the past 80 years in terms of reduction of poverty, war, famine, genocide and overall improvement in literacy, health, lifespan, economic/social freedom?
Or are all these massive world improvements in spite of US being the world's superpower since WWII? The Commies, Islamists and 3rd world despots would have gotten there eventually - right?
socal2 says
And there it is! Always America's fault.
Yes, it generally is.
If America is primarily (solely?) responsible for all the bad outcomes (wars) around the world and our arch geopolitical rivals like the USSR, Russia, China and Islamists were mere victims or bystanders - does that mean America (or the Globohomo banksters?) gets all the credit for all the massive worldwide improvements in the past 80 years in terms of reduction of poverty, war, famine, genocide and overall improvement in literacy, health, lifespan, economic/social freedom?
Or are all these massive world improvements in spite of US being the world's superpower since WWII? The Commies, Islamists and 3rd world despots would have gotten there eventually - right?
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AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 4:55pm
AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 4:55pm
RWSGFY says
As of end of February, the apologetic was that while the EU sent half what the US did, it was a higher share of the typical EU country's GDP.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2023-02-24/these-countries-have-sent-the-most-aid-to-ukraine
Of course "Typical" includes Malta, Lativa, Andorra, Estonia, etc. and I'm sure doesn't apply to G7 heavyweights and the writers knew that when they wrote the dodging propaganda piece.
If the IMPORTANT European countries were donating this much, and knowing the EU is richer than the US in GDP, the Europeans would have to be contributing more in raw dollar equivalents.
Another misleading half-truth "Ukraine's neighbors", which doesn't include the other G7s like France, Germany, Italy, etc.
Here's what Ukraine Aid should look like if the EU and US were EQUALLY committed.
Frankly, the EU should be paying 80%.
Except European aid is already 2x of what the US provides.
As of end of February, the apologetic was that while the EU sent half what the US did, it was a higher share of the typical EU country's GDP.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2023-02-24/these-countries-have-sent-the-most-aid-to-ukraine
Of course "Typical" includes Malta, Lativa, Andorra, Estonia, etc. and I'm sure doesn't apply to G7 heavyweights and the writers knew that when they wrote the dodging propaganda piece.
If the IMPORTANT European countries were donating this much, and knowing the EU is richer than the US in GDP, the Europeans would have to be contributing more in raw dollar equivalents.
Another misleading half-truth "Ukraine's neighbors", which doesn't include the other G7s like France, Germany, Italy, etc.
Here's what Ukraine Aid should look like if the EU and US were EQUALLY committed.
Frankly, the EU should be paying 80%.
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AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 5:03pm
AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 5:03pm
Another dodge is counting 4 and 5 year commitments as "Aid" comparable to US Aid promised within the year.
So Norway promises 7B over 5 years counts as "7B" equal to a 3rd Quarter US Package of $20B that will be 100% delivered mostly in weeks or months.
See the Trickery here:
https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/
"Look at how many sacks of potatoes and hemp rope and amber chunks Lithuania gave!!!"
The only country on this list that is an internationally noted economic bigwig is Netherlands.
So Norway promises 7B over 5 years counts as "7B" equal to a 3rd Quarter US Package of $20B that will be 100% delivered mostly in weeks or months.
See the Trickery here:
https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/
"Look at how many sacks of potatoes and hemp rope and amber chunks Lithuania gave!!!"
The only country on this list that is an internationally noted economic bigwig is Netherlands.
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AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 5:12pm
Jakob Fugger rubbing hands with glee when the US pays the installment payments on EuroBank Fuggers Loans on behalf of Ukraine. Because you know that's going to happen at some point, win or loss.
All the "financial aid" money EU is lending to Ukraine is in bonds and loands, and the US will end up paying off, just you watch.
AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 5:12pm
Jakob Fugger rubbing hands with glee when the US pays the installment payments on EuroBank Fuggers Loans on behalf of Ukraine. Because you know that's going to happen at some point, win or loss.
All the "financial aid" money EU is lending to Ukraine is in bonds and loands, and the US will end up paying off, just you watch.
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richwicks
2023 Sep 18, 5:27pm
richwicks
2023 Sep 18, 5:27pm
socal2 says
No - did I say that? Did I even imply it? Then why are you asking?
The United States is responsible for the disasters in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, IRAN (the US overthrew it), Nicaragua, Haiti, and currently Ukraine. SOME countries have managed to recover, but not most.
If the US would just GET THE FUCK OUT and stop making the same "mistakes" over and over again, MAYBE, they could concentrate on improving US infrastructure rather than wasting 10's of trillions of dollars on fucking wars that do NOTHING for this nation.
The Federal Government is nothing but a parasite on US citizens, and a fucking group of criminal syndicates and goons abroad.
People are treating the Ukrainian war like a fucking football game cheering on "their side". Well, there's going to be 100's of thousands of dead by the end of it. None of this would have happened if the CIA twats didn't fucking overthrow the government. If they want to CHANGE the government, fine, they can nudge them, suggest to them, give them incentives - but no, they just overthrew it and it's only going to cost a trillion dollars in the end, ruin European energy stability, and destroy a country.
Of course the Ukraine is going to lose - when do they EVER fucking win? It's just one fuckup after another "but this time.." - no, 7 wars, it's predictable. The best the US has accomplished in my FUCKING LIFETIME is a stalemate unless you're talking about the Geneva War.
We have the same shitty infrastructure we did when I was born, nothing has been done. Flint Michigan is still poisoned, Palestine Ohio is forgotten about, Maui citizens were obviously murdered.
I don't give a shit about foreign nations. Win or lose the stupid war, it won't matter to 330 million Americans. What does it take for you to recognize that it's just a criminal syndicate that has been openly running the nation into the ground for decades? Do they have to say it to your face?
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Because they already have.
People are fucking sick of this, and I'm sick of people being oblivious to it.
The issue the US has with Russia is that Russia started dealing with organized crime in Russia starting in 2000, before that the Jewish mafia was raping it.
Remember those "oligarchs" they were arresting and putting in cages and on trial? They're raping Ukraine right now, and the people at the top of our government are taking a percentage to help them. That's our "special relationship with Israel". Nothing more.
socal2 says
YES, they would.
Stop PRETENDING our nation does anything for the betterment of the world. Right now, our largest trading partner is CHINA, you know the communist nation. Are you pretending to be naive, or are you this naive? WHY are we trading with CHINA, a communist nation?
I bet the chair you're in right now is from China, and so is the device you're reading this on.
The USSR collapsed under its own weight. China would have too, except we decided to turn communist slaves into producers in order to enslave our own nation. We FREELY sold products to Russia, but we bought nothing from them. What's China doing to us?
They are collapsing us. We are already in collapse. Without a common set of beliefs, which has been maintained through a mass media for the last 150 years, a nation can't exist. Well, our media was turned into total fucking propaganda 20 years ago. Colin Powell's son, Michael, was put into charge the FCC under William Clinton. In just a few years, all our media was consolidated and now, it's all bullshit.
If America is primarily (solely?) responsible for all the bad outcomes (wars) around the world and our arch geopolitical rivals like the USSR, Russia, China and Islamists were mere victims or bystanders
No - did I say that? Did I even imply it? Then why are you asking?
The United States is responsible for the disasters in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, IRAN (the US overthrew it), Nicaragua, Haiti, and currently Ukraine. SOME countries have managed to recover, but not most.
If the US would just GET THE FUCK OUT and stop making the same "mistakes" over and over again, MAYBE, they could concentrate on improving US infrastructure rather than wasting 10's of trillions of dollars on fucking wars that do NOTHING for this nation.
The Federal Government is nothing but a parasite on US citizens, and a fucking group of criminal syndicates and goons abroad.
People are treating the Ukrainian war like a fucking football game cheering on "their side". Well, there's going to be 100's of thousands of dead by the end of it. None of this would have happened if the CIA twats didn't fucking overthrow the government. If they want to CHANGE the government, fine, they can nudge them, suggest to them, give them incentives - but no, they just overthrew it and it's only going to cost a trillion dollars in the end, ruin European energy stability, and destroy a country.
Of course the Ukraine is going to lose - when do they EVER fucking win? It's just one fuckup after another "but this time.." - no, 7 wars, it's predictable. The best the US has accomplished in my FUCKING LIFETIME is a stalemate unless you're talking about the Geneva War.
We have the same shitty infrastructure we did when I was born, nothing has been done. Flint Michigan is still poisoned, Palestine Ohio is forgotten about, Maui citizens were obviously murdered.
I don't give a shit about foreign nations. Win or lose the stupid war, it won't matter to 330 million Americans. What does it take for you to recognize that it's just a criminal syndicate that has been openly running the nation into the ground for decades? Do they have to say it to your face?
original link
Because they already have.
People are fucking sick of this, and I'm sick of people being oblivious to it.
The issue the US has with Russia is that Russia started dealing with organized crime in Russia starting in 2000, before that the Jewish mafia was raping it.
Remember those "oligarchs" they were arresting and putting in cages and on trial? They're raping Ukraine right now, and the people at the top of our government are taking a percentage to help them. That's our "special relationship with Israel". Nothing more.
socal2 says
Or are all these massive world improvements in spite of US being the world's superpower since WWII? The Commies, Islamists and 3rd world despots would have gotten there eventually - right?
YES, they would.
Stop PRETENDING our nation does anything for the betterment of the world. Right now, our largest trading partner is CHINA, you know the communist nation. Are you pretending to be naive, or are you this naive? WHY are we trading with CHINA, a communist nation?
I bet the chair you're in right now is from China, and so is the device you're reading this on.
The USSR collapsed under its own weight. China would have too, except we decided to turn communist slaves into producers in order to enslave our own nation. We FREELY sold products to Russia, but we bought nothing from them. What's China doing to us?
They are collapsing us. We are already in collapse. Without a common set of beliefs, which has been maintained through a mass media for the last 150 years, a nation can't exist. Well, our media was turned into total fucking propaganda 20 years ago. Colin Powell's son, Michael, was put into charge the FCC under William Clinton. In just a few years, all our media was consolidated and now, it's all bullshit.
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Reality
2023 Sep 18, 7:30pm
socal2 says
The argument and logic you present here in this quoted comment is exactly what communist parties in countries like China, Cuba and North Korea make: taking credit for all the improvements in the last half century+ due to technological improvements and despite those criminal regimes. Notice, global living standards were already experiencing industrial take-off (exponential growth) before WWI (never mind WWII). The arrival of WWI and WWII only slowed down the improvement, in some cases like in Russia going backwards, thanks to banksters' scheme to harvest the bank balances of the Czar and Russian upper and middle classes, basically anyone who had bank balance or wealth that could be turned into gold bricks and exported by the communist regime. Then it was the Germans' and Jews' turn to be harvested by the banksters during WWII; when the Holocaust took place, the biggest beneficiaries were not the criminal thieves digging gold tooth fillings but the banks and life insurance (as a form of savings) companies where the victims had accounts but could no longer claim when entire families were slaughtered without a death certificate. After that, the Chinese (civil war and communist take-over to killing tens of millions, especially the relatively well off), the Indians (communal violence by splitting that sub-continent and deliberately causing mass relocation), even creating the Apartheid South Africa in 1948 a few years after the supposedly anti-racist WWII in order to attract racist whites to South Africa to soak privileged benefits for a few decades then to be harvested and slaughtered through genocidal reverse-racism as we have been witnessing the last couple decades. The Ukraine project is along the same line: both Ukrainians and Russians living in Ukraine had always given an undeserved credit of cultural superiority to Western Ukraine, e.g. one of the top landmarks in Kharkov/Karkhiv would have a chocolate shop called "Lviv Chocolatier" in the prime retail space, as shown by one of Gonzalo Lira's videos in the early days of the conflict; obviouly, Lviv is not nearly warm enough to grow cocoa tree to produce cacao oil for making chocolate, so whatever chocolate from Lviv would have to be imported (likely from Latin America), so the name was reflecting nothing less than cultural admiration for Lviv. Yet, to parlay that mild sense of cultural admiration/superiority into racist hatred of Russian-speaking Eastern Ukrainians had to be one of those mass delusion formation events along the same line as Covid hysteria, pogroms, giving lard and tallow soaked cartridges to Sepoy soldiers in order to foment a mass slaughter of British colonial families (including thousands of women and children) who had put their money in the banks.
You know what else, repressive regimes like those of Communist China (and imperial China before it) and the USSR could not and can not survive without external trade. The US military superiority protecting the global sea-borne trade was enabling those trade. If not for US military might (paid for by American tax payers) protecting investors investing into the territories of those regimes that enjoy "repressive regime low labor cost advantage," the factory owners in the US would not even have dared to move their factories there.
If America is primarily (solely?) responsible for all the bad outcomes (wars) around the world and our arch geopolitical rivals like the USSR, Russia, China and Islamists were mere victims or bystanders - does that mean America (or the Globohomo banksters?) gets all the credit for all the massive worldwide improvements in the past 80 years in terms of reduction of poverty, war, famine, genocide and overall improvement in literacy, health, lifespan, economic/social freedom?
Or are all these massive world improvements in spite of US being the world's superpower since WWII? The Commies, Islamists and 3rd world despots would have gotten there eventually - right?
The argument and logic you present here in this quoted comment is exactly what communist parties in countries like China, Cuba and North Korea make: taking credit for all the improvements in the last half century+ due to technological improvements and despite those criminal regimes. Notice, global living standards were already experiencing industrial take-off (exponential growth) before WWI (never mind WWII). The arrival of WWI and WWII only slowed down the improvement, in some cases like in Russia going backwards, thanks to banksters' scheme to harvest the bank balances of the Czar and Russian upper and middle classes, basically anyone who had bank balance or wealth that could be turned into gold bricks and exported by the communist regime. Then it was the Germans' and Jews' turn to be harvested by the banksters during WWII; when the Holocaust took place, the biggest beneficiaries were not the criminal thieves digging gold tooth fillings but the banks and life insurance (as a form of savings) companies where the victims had accounts but could no longer claim when entire families were slaughtered without a death certificate. After that, the Chinese (civil war and communist take-over to killing tens of millions, especially the relatively well off), the Indians (communal violence by splitting that sub-continent and deliberately causing mass relocation), even creating the Apartheid South Africa in 1948 a few years after the supposedly anti-racist WWII in order to attract racist whites to South Africa to soak privileged benefits for a few decades then to be harvested and slaughtered through genocidal reverse-racism as we have been witnessing the last couple decades. The Ukraine project is along the same line: both Ukrainians and Russians living in Ukraine had always given an undeserved credit of cultural superiority to Western Ukraine, e.g. one of the top landmarks in Kharkov/Karkhiv would have a chocolate shop called "Lviv Chocolatier" in the prime retail space, as shown by one of Gonzalo Lira's videos in the early days of the conflict; obviouly, Lviv is not nearly warm enough to grow cocoa tree to produce cacao oil for making chocolate, so whatever chocolate from Lviv would have to be imported (likely from Latin America), so the name was reflecting nothing less than cultural admiration for Lviv. Yet, to parlay that mild sense of cultural admiration/superiority into racist hatred of Russian-speaking Eastern Ukrainians had to be one of those mass delusion formation events along the same line as Covid hysteria, pogroms, giving lard and tallow soaked cartridges to Sepoy soldiers in order to foment a mass slaughter of British colonial families (including thousands of women and children) who had put their money in the banks.
You know what else, repressive regimes like those of Communist China (and imperial China before it) and the USSR could not and can not survive without external trade. The US military superiority protecting the global sea-borne trade was enabling those trade. If not for US military might (paid for by American tax payers) protecting investors investing into the territories of those regimes that enjoy "repressive regime low labor cost advantage," the factory owners in the US would not even have dared to move their factories there.
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Patrick
2023 Sep 18, 7:54pm
Patrick
2023 Sep 18, 7:54pm
AmericanKulak says
I visited Fugger's retirement complex in Augsburg during the year I studied in Munich:
https://www.fugger.de/en/fuggerei
Hadn't heard of him before then, but I think he was the richest man in the world, and needed some good PR. It was a good deed for sure.
Jakob Fugger rubbing hands with glee when the US pays the installment payments on EuroBank Fuggers Loans on behalf of Ukraine. Because you know that's going to happen at some point, win or loss.
I visited Fugger's retirement complex in Augsburg during the year I studied in Munich:
https://www.fugger.de/en/fuggerei
Hadn't heard of him before then, but I think he was the richest man in the world, and needed some good PR. It was a good deed for sure.
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AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 9:07pm
AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 18, 9:07pm
Patrick says
Around 1500 he personally owned at least 2% of Europe's GDP and was wealthy enough to pay for the Emperor's Army salaries, wages, and supplies.
Hadn't heard of him before then, but I think he was the richest man in the world, and needed some good PR. It was a good deed for sure.
Around 1500 he personally owned at least 2% of Europe's GDP and was wealthy enough to pay for the Emperor's Army salaries, wages, and supplies.
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RWSGFY
2023 Sep 19, 9:07am
RWSGFY
2023 Sep 19, 9:07am
Let's take a gander, shall we?
This is pre-war strength if the Red Fleet in the Black Sea:
40 surface warships and 4 submarines (7 officially, but 2 are out in the Med and one - Alrosa - in non-functioning state for a decade).
And here are the confirmed losses:
15 combatants and one tug.
(Screenshots from here: https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html?m=1)
So, out of 44 warships and subs 15 are lost.
Does that mean the Soviet Black Sea Fleet has been decimated? Nope: decimation in Latin means 1 out of ten. Here we have 1 out of every 3. What's the Latin word for this situation?
Mind you, all this achieved w/o American weaponry: it's indigenous AShMs and USVs, Turkish drones, British and French cruise missiles, some AShMs from Norway, etc. Sleepy Joe is still waffling on ATACMS (that $35M from Baturina is working as intended) which could've helped finishing the job and ending the war much faster.
This is pre-war strength if the Red Fleet in the Black Sea:
40 surface warships and 4 submarines (7 officially, but 2 are out in the Med and one - Alrosa - in non-functioning state for a decade).
And here are the confirmed losses:
15 combatants and one tug.
(Screenshots from here: https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html?m=1)
So, out of 44 warships and subs 15 are lost.
Does that mean the Soviet Black Sea Fleet has been decimated? Nope: decimation in Latin means 1 out of ten. Here we have 1 out of every 3. What's the Latin word for this situation?
Mind you, all this achieved w/o American weaponry: it's indigenous AShMs and USVs, Turkish drones, British and French cruise missiles, some AShMs from Norway, etc. Sleepy Joe is still waffling on ATACMS (that $35M from Baturina is working as intended) which could've helped finishing the job and ending the war much faster.
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socal2
2023 Sep 19, 9:41am
RWSGFY says
But but but McGreggor said the Ukrainians have been "Bled White" and are going to fall any day now.
Does that mean the Soviet Black Sea Fleet has been decimated? Nope: decimation in Latin means 1 out of ten. Here we have 1 out of every 3. What's the Latin word for this situation?
But but but McGreggor said the Ukrainians have been "Bled White" and are going to fall any day now.
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RWSGFY
2023 Sep 19, 10:02am
RWSGFY
2023 Sep 19, 10:02am
socal2 says
... back in March of 2022 no less.
RWSGFY says
Does that mean the Soviet Black Sea Fleet has been decimated? Nope: decimation in Latin means 1 out of ten. Here we have 1 out of every 3. What's the Latin word for this situation?
But but but McGreggor said the Ukrainians have been "Bled White" and are going to fall any day now.
... back in March of 2022 no less.
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Shaman
2023 Sep 19, 11:13am
Shaman
2023 Sep 19, 11:13am
You know it’s about over when the state-controlled media throws in the towel…
https://www.newsweek.com/we-can-no-longer-hide-truth-about-russia-ukraine-war-opinion-1826532
https://www.newsweek.com/we-can-no-longer-hide-truth-about-russia-ukraine-war-opinion-1826532
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Shaman
2023 Sep 19, 11:14am
Shaman
2023 Sep 19, 11:14am
Plus up to 500,000 North Korean troops coming to the war on Putin’s side. In exchange for feeding them and providing tech NK wants.
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AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 19, 11:43am
AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 19, 11:43am
RWSGFY says
Yep:
* Explains why Russia is snippy over Crimea and NATO in the Black Sea
* A warning that the day of surface vessels is about over. The carrier and guided missile destroyer/cruiser is going to be like the Battleship in WW2. Build more subs.
Mind you, all this achieved w/o American weaponry: it's indigenous AShMs and USVs, Turkish drones, British and French cruise missiles, some AShMs from Norway, etc. Sleepy Joe is still waffling on ATACMS (that $35M from Baturina is working as intended) which could've helped finishing the job and ending the war much faster.
Yep:
* Explains why Russia is snippy over Crimea and NATO in the Black Sea
* A warning that the day of surface vessels is about over. The carrier and guided missile destroyer/cruiser is going to be like the Battleship in WW2. Build more subs.
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Eric Holder
2023 Sep 19, 11:59am
Eric Holder
2023 Sep 19, 11:59am
AmericanKulak says
I think it's an over-simplification. For example Moskva was supposed to be the IAD umbrella for the whole Black Sea fleet, able to protect against aircraft, AShMs, cruise missiles, you-name-it. Yet, it was taken out by 2 AShMs. Then, there is another wunderwaffe - S-400 - which is supposedly able to shot down everything from aircraft and drones to cruise and ballistic missiles. Two of these have been destroyed by some combination of drone/missile attack in the last week. Two, Karl!
On the other hand we see fragile and overhyped Patriot practically closing the skies over Kyiv for everything Soviet threw at them, including the hypersonic Pukin wunderwaffe Kinzhal.
It's not just the concept, execution matters a lot. Soviets create lots of hype over their supposedly advanced military tech and its capabilites. When checked in battle (or brought in by defectors, as was in case of MiG-25) they sometimes fall way short of the hype. So if Soviets can't do missile destroyer thing properly, doesn't mean nobody can.
A warning that the day of surface vessels is about over. The carrier and guided missile destroyer/cruiser is going to be like the Battleship in WW2. Build more subs.
I think it's an over-simplification. For example Moskva was supposed to be the IAD umbrella for the whole Black Sea fleet, able to protect against aircraft, AShMs, cruise missiles, you-name-it. Yet, it was taken out by 2 AShMs. Then, there is another wunderwaffe - S-400 - which is supposedly able to shot down everything from aircraft and drones to cruise and ballistic missiles. Two of these have been destroyed by some combination of drone/missile attack in the last week. Two, Karl!
On the other hand we see fragile and overhyped Patriot practically closing the skies over Kyiv for everything Soviet threw at them, including the hypersonic Pukin wunderwaffe Kinzhal.
It's not just the concept, execution matters a lot. Soviets create lots of hype over their supposedly advanced military tech and its capabilites. When checked in battle (or brought in by defectors, as was in case of MiG-25) they sometimes fall way short of the hype. So if Soviets can't do missile destroyer thing properly, doesn't mean nobody can.
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Eric Holder
2023 Sep 19, 12:02pm
Eric Holder
2023 Sep 19, 12:02pm
Shaman says
What is state-controlled media here? Oryx? And all the photo/video there is CGI? Bless your heart...
You know it’s about over when the state-controlled media throws in the towel…
What is state-controlled media here? Oryx? And all the photo/video there is CGI? Bless your heart...
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AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 19, 12:02pm
AmericanKulak
2023 Sep 19, 12:02pm
Eric Holder says
You mean the one that was aimed at and hit the Patriot Battery?
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/16/politics/patriot-missile-damage-ukraine
On the other hand we see fragile and overhyped Patriot practically closing the skies over Kyiv for everything Soviet threw at them, including the hypersonic Pukin wunderwaffe Kinzhal.
You mean the one that was aimed at and hit the Patriot Battery?
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/16/politics/patriot-missile-damage-ukraine
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Eric Holder
2023 Sep 22, 11:22am
Eric Holder
2023 Sep 22, 11:22am
This morning Black Sea Fleet HQ in Sevastopol was hit during high level meeting, no info on dead or wounded, but ambulances were responding to HQ from all over Sevastopol region. Also were hit units in Yevpatoria, Feodosia, and a few AA units mostly Pantsir-S1 or S2 were destroyed. S-300 and S-400 seem to survive this night.
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Eric Holder
2023 Sep 22, 11:23am
Eric Holder
2023 Sep 22, 11:23am
AmericanKulak says
Yep. The Patriot is still up and running.
Eric Holder says
On the other hand we see fragile and overhyped Patriot practically closing the skies over Kyiv for everything Soviet threw at them, including the hypersonic Pukin wunderwaffe Kinzhal.
You mean the one that was aimed at and hit the Patriot Battery?
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/16/politics/patriot-missile-damage-ukraine
Yep. The Patriot is still up and running.
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RayAmerica
2023 Sep 22, 1:33pm
RayAmerica
2023 Sep 22, 1:33pm
Rand Paul calls out Lindsey Graham over Ukraine aid
"In order for us to give more money to Ukraine, we have to first borrow it from China."
Sen. Paul vows to stop any spending bill with Ukraine aid attached to it.
https://rumble.com/v3jkwoj-rand-paul-calls-out-lindsey-graham-over-ukraine-aid.html
"In order for us to give more money to Ukraine, we have to first borrow it from China."
Sen. Paul vows to stop any spending bill with Ukraine aid attached to it.
https://rumble.com/v3jkwoj-rand-paul-calls-out-lindsey-graham-over-ukraine-aid.html
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RayAmerica
2023 Sep 22, 8:38pm
RayAmerica
2023 Sep 22, 8:38pm
Seymour Hersh Claims Ukraine ‘War Effort’ Is ‘All Lies’: ‘The War Is Over – Russia Has Won’
“The war is over. Russia has won,” a senior U.S. intel official reportedly told Hersh.
“There is no Ukrainian offensive anymore, but the White House and the American media have to keep the lie going.
“The truth is if the Ukrainian army is ordered to continue the offensive, the army would mutiny.
“The soldiers aren’t willing to die anymore, but this doesn’t fit the B.S. that is being authored by the Biden White House.”
https://slaynews.com/news/seymour-hersh-claims-ukraine-war-effort-all-lies-war-over-russia-won/
“The war is over. Russia has won,” a senior U.S. intel official reportedly told Hersh.
“There is no Ukrainian offensive anymore, but the White House and the American media have to keep the lie going.
“The truth is if the Ukrainian army is ordered to continue the offensive, the army would mutiny.
“The soldiers aren’t willing to die anymore, but this doesn’t fit the B.S. that is being authored by the Biden White House.”
https://slaynews.com/news/seymour-hersh-claims-ukraine-war-effort-all-lies-war-over-russia-won/
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RWSGFY
2023 Sep 22, 8:40pm
RWSGFY
2023 Sep 22, 8:40pm
More CGI for your viewing pleasure:
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1705272408620277986/mediaViewer?mode=profile
That AI-generated stuff is getting gooood!
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1705272408620277986/mediaViewer?mode=profile
That AI-generated stuff is getting gooood!
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richwicks
2023 Sep 22, 9:03pm
richwicks
2023 Sep 22, 9:03pm
RayAmerica says
I'm doubtful because why would Seymour Hersh give the story to another reporter, instead of just report on it?
Bunch of unsourced quotes in there.
“The soldiers aren’t willing to die anymore, but this doesn’t fit the B.S. that is being authored by the Biden White House.”
https://slaynews.com/news/seymour-hersh-claims-ukraine-war-effort-all-lies-war-over-russia-won/
I'm doubtful because why would Seymour Hersh give the story to another reporter, instead of just report on it?
Bunch of unsourced quotes in there.
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