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by Ralin
2024-04-18 10:44pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 325
Views: 14768

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Personally I'd like to hear aerius elaborate on what he thinks Lenin's mistakes that need correcting were. Because it sounds an awful lot like he means not committing more genocide against the Ukrainians sooner. I'm willing to give Aerius the benefit of the doubt and assume he was speaking of Putin...
by Ralin
2024-04-18 06:34pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 542
Views: 37533

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

And the US has vetoed Palestinian membership in the UN. What's that about a two state solution again?
by Ralin
2024-04-18 01:20pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 325
Views: 14768

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Personally I'd like to hear aerius elaborate on what he thinks Lenin's mistakes that need correcting were. Because it sounds an awful lot like he means not committing more genocide against the Ukrainians sooner.
by Ralin
2024-04-18 02:51am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 542
Views: 37533

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Ghetto edit: Checking and yes I see that 'nuclear power plant' isn't accurate but that wasn't really the important bit
by Ralin
2024-04-17 11:45pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 542
Views: 37533

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

How? By having weapons and stating facts? They weren't stating facts, they were selling the idea to their people that somehow their failed attack beat Israel. As well as showing Israel that they could do it again. Multiple times. Does Israel have enough munitions to defend against repeat attempts ?...
by Ralin
2024-04-17 08:06pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 542
Views: 37533

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2024-04-17 02:02pm Is Iran trying to provoke a response from Israel? :banghead:
How? By having weapons and stating facts?
by Ralin
2024-04-17 08:01pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 325
Views: 14768

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

So to be clear, you are saying that Putin DOES have some sort of special authority over ethnic Russians in other countries, at least as long as they're near a border with Russia? I'm saying the Ukrainians shouldn't have been stupid enough to give Putin a reason to correct Lenin's mistakes. Hmm, wei...
by Ralin
2024-04-17 11:38am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 325
Views: 14768

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

And that has what to do with literally anything you ghoulish little shit? Does Putin have some sort of special authority over ethnic Russians abroad? Does that apply everywhere or just in countries neighboring Russia? It's like you don't know and don't want to know anything about the past 100 years...
by Ralin
2024-04-17 09:31am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 325
Views: 14768

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

You make it sound like Ukraine actually had a say in the matter of being invaded. How about not shelling ethnic Russians the Donetsk region for something like 8 years before the invasion? And that has what to do with literally anything you ghoulish little shit? Does Putin have some sort of special ...
by Ralin
2024-04-16 02:37pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 542
Views: 37533

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

But Downing Street later rejected Iran's assertion it gave advance warning of its drone and missile attack on Israel, as the prime minister's official spokesman revealed they were not briefed directly by Iran on their attacks. I'm honestly not sure where they mean the Prime Minister of Israel or th...
by Ralin
2024-04-15 09:43am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 325
Views: 14768

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

I have to figure that the Russian government and military is doing what they collectively believe is the most effective way to either conquer or subjugate Ukraine. If they weren't retaliating 'more aggressively' than they were after these strikes they presumably either couldn't or had decided that d...
by Ralin
2024-04-14 09:07pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 542
Views: 37533

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Also I remind you that attacking Iranian allies and proxies would mean launching a strike on a third country and likely killing their citizens.
by Ralin
2024-04-14 08:46pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 542
Views: 37533

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Can't imagine this will be good for the Jordanian government, which was already dealing with serious protests over all this. Of course, Israel has a third option of launching attacks on Iran's allies/proxies in the area, there's certainly enough of them to choose from. Happily it turns out the curre...
by Ralin
2024-04-14 12:51pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 542
Views: 37533

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

It was also a highly telegraphed attack (I don't know enough to say how they could have made it less so, admittedly) that gave ample time for non combatants to take cover. And this was after Iran went to the UN and petitioned the Security Council to censure Israel for their crimes and were blocked b...
by Ralin
2024-04-14 10:54am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 542
Views: 37533

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

Not sure how true this is, but I read elsewhere that the attack used up like a billion dollars worth of interceptor rockets that can't be easily replaced even with Uncle Joe bankrolling them. I'm not quite sure what Iran hoped to get out of this either. To retaliate when attacked is one thing, but t...
by Ralin
2024-04-13 01:39pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 325
Views: 14768

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

With what army? The US Army, hopefully. We certainly spend enough on it. Nothings changed about the potential for nuclear escape so that's not likely to happen. It's weird how everyone is very concerned about provoking Russia into nuking someone by resisting them too hard but no one in the Russian ...
by Ralin
2024-04-13 10:35am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 325
Views: 14768

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Sounds like NATO and/or the US should step up and get directly involved in the fighting to prevent that.
by Ralin
2024-04-12 07:58am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 542
Views: 37533

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

I can't prove it but I feel like the Armageddon death cult Rapture-ready Christians are probably an exaggerated influence compared to the less extreme but still heavily right-wing Christians who support Israel because they see Jews as being their co-religionists at least as much as Catholics or Morm...
by Ralin
2024-04-11 11:39am
Forum: Fantasy
Topic: THE OotS Thread, Part V
Replies: 733
Views: 442292

Re: THE OotS Thread, Part V

It also leaves Bloodfeast starting the round in a red dragon's jaws.
by Ralin
2024-04-09 06:30pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
Replies: 511
Views: 116140

Re: TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)

Today I learned... .... what a total eclipse of the sun looks like. I'm glad you managed to see it. Closest I've ever managed in the UK was the partial eclipse in 2015 and the total one in 1999 (though I was a long out of the path of totality for that). One day I'll see a full one. I have also lear...
by Ralin
2024-04-09 05:22pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 325
Views: 14768

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Not all dictatorships are created equal. Lincoln* was basically a dictator in the US and seems to have considered himself one in the classical sense of being a leader with absolute power who would step down when the crisis was over and all indications are he probably would have. Given the circumstan...
by Ralin
2024-04-09 05:21am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 325
Views: 14768

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

Man. Is someone suggesting that the Ukrainian population collectively wants to surrender to Russia as opposed to keep fighting? Because I feel like that is being implied but not said.
by Ralin
2024-04-05 11:09pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue
Replies: 542
Views: 37533

Re: Israel orders mass 'evacuation' from Northern Gaza, humanitarian crisis certain to ensue

bilateralrope wrote: 2024-04-05 10:31pm
They don't want the scapegoats to tell everyone who gave them the order.
They don't want to discourage anyone from doing it again next week, you mean.
by Ralin
2024-04-04 02:12pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 325
Views: 14768

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

ISIS is still claiming responsibility for the attack. It's the "why" that confuses me. Because they (read: someone somehow associated with ISIS) found someone pissed off or bitter or whatever enough to do it and that happened to be right now. ISIS has no reason not to take credit for a go...
by Ralin
2024-04-04 06:38am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread
Replies: 325
Views: 14768

Re: UKRAINE WAR - 2024 thread

“If there are enough arguments to mobilize 25-year-olds and this is really something we need to do – I will agree with it,” Zelensky told reporters in a December press conference, where he also ruled out mobilization of women.
Why wouldn't they mobilize women?