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Indifference. I have zero streaming services, and don't have time to watch either

The US Army, hopefully. We certainly spend enough on it. The problems with this are many: 1. Risk of runaway nuclear escalation makes this a non-starter; 2. There is a stark divide in the US national security apparatus about whether opposing Russia is the priority or the real conflict is with China...

The IDF statement on the WCK attack: https://www.idf.il/190614 It's obvious that that's just sacrificing a few scapegoats on the altar of public relations. According to that, the IDF had determined that there had been two gunmen in the aid trucks the convoy had been unloading and they had assumed t...

Do we take Sisko returning to years old, pretty laughable talking points as evidence that there's no positive news coming out of Russia? Ie this is what their 'you're interested in this, so you may like that' algorithm news feed is currently feeding them. I know for sure I'm getting tiny puff pieces...

What I don't get is, how does Israel benefit from that? I mean the news organisations have for months been pointing out how much of a powder keg the whole region is and how many powers have it out for Israel. Israel doesn't; Netanyahu does. The instant the war's over, he loses an election and goes ...

The UN stepped in as a result of the 2004 Haitian coup d'état. This is no different conceptually. Do I expect anything to happen? Probably not. I don't remember the UN being much use during that 2004 mess. I could be wrong. Either way, I do not see the UN going in with "peacekeepers" in a...

The ten year anniversary of the brief attempt to subvert the russian subversion of Donetsk, by encouraging secession pollsters to join that particularly expensive country of Wales.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wale ... sk-6867649

Ghetto edit. Opinion piece by Rand on the same line: https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/20 ... ifies.html

Dragonfire laser testing in the UK, now this: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-25/ ... /103631182

50% odds we see a deployment of a laser weapon in Ukraine within the next 24 months

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-ea ... 024-03-24/

Cartoon evil.

@J Well, costing Russia a billion in rebuilding but losing ten billion USA support isn't a great trade, but since the gop is currently blocking the support anyway... Outside of pure rebuilding costs, and short term disruption of Russian military supplies, I'm not sure that damaging oil supplies and ...

I should probably stop pushing Vymple's buttons, even if the talking point reactions are a good insight into the storyline on the Russian side of the minefield

So 50% of the two battalions. Would you like to estimate the number of fascists in the russian army, you know, for balance? :roll: You'd have a hard time doing that easily, since unlike Ukraine, the Russian military isn't lousy with troops who feel comfortable openly adorning their uniforms with fa...

Ukraine's Siberian Battalion is also distinguished by its anti-colonial discourse. For example, ethnic Tatars, Yakuts and Buryats and representatives of other peoples have joined the Ukrainian army, saying that they intend to fight for "self-determination of the peoples of Russia" and ach...

Ralin wrote: ↑2024-03-12 11:57am

wautd wrote: ↑2024-03-12 10:01am
I meant, that's just my how I perceived it with this 'loyalty app' but I could be wrong.

That's one hell of a thing to toss out based on vibes.

Do you want me to do the Bayesian calc for you? Or would you like a readong list on abusive power by state power holders?

Nothing. Other than a lot of butt hurt & hysterics. Haha, imagine being the sort of hysterical butthurt loser who gets all upset about your prime minister being murdered by another country's military! Goddamn you're a piece of shit, J. How do NATO articles cover targeted assassins against gover...

I don't think there's ever going to be actual peace , as opposed to the sort of peace you get where everyone's busy rearming, until and unless Putin is removed from office in favour of someone who might plausibly come to the negotiating table in good faith. Why would the Ukrainians sue for peace wh...

Solauren wrote: ↑2024-02-27 04:26pm At this point, if I was a country near Russia (next to, or with one country inbetween),It's be treating any attempt by Russians to settle as a the start of Russia building up an excuse to invade.

I think Sri Lanka is probably safe...

Reading through the above, seems more likely to be a 2:1 ratio. Which is also the NATO ratio for aggressor: defender with Russia being the aggressor. Possibly slightly complicated by injury patterns and new roles. Minefields tend to lead to missing feet, but that wouldn't impede a drone pilot. Doubt...

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Ending the war is not Ukraine's choice to make, it's Russia's. They can end it any time they want by leaving Ukraine. Is this a concession that Ukraine has no path to ending this war via victory at arms? I do think EnterpriseSov should/could make their wider position clear. I'll go first: My views ...

Could the disscussion about euromaiden be split to a different thread? There's a stupid disscussion to be had there* but it has zero bearing on the current situation in Ukraine. *We can debate the merits of populist uprisings Vs coups and russian money in opposition groups across Europe and wether i...

Ending the war is not Ukraine's choice to make, it's Russia's. They can end it any time they want by leaving Ukraine. Is this a concession that Ukraine has no path to ending this war via victory at arms? I do think EnterpriseSov should/could make their wider position clear. I'll go first: My views ...

https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@vik/111948654853117935 Folks in the #UK, my old colleague Dr. Adrian Bowyer is running a petition: "New rules for manufacturers of medical device implants We believe it should be made illegal for manufacturers of medical devices implanted into patients to regularly ch...

Has anyone seen/made a timeline of approx military losses? There's one for civilian deaths which is showing massive decreases with time, but that's just a function of the freezing front lines. Still trying to figure out if my suspicion that the stagnant lines are also resulting in steady intensity r...