avatar! | 1,809 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 I hate to use the "Nazi-analogy" which is used far far far too often in instances where it is unwarranted, BUT, in this case I think it is. I really don't see how anyone can defend the Russians, which are absolutely behaving as Nazis did A Visit to the Crime Scene Russian Troops Left Behind at a Summer Camp in Bucha https://time.com/6166681/bucha-massacre-ukraine-dispatch/ “The signs of torture were also on the bodies,” says Taras Shapravskyi, the deputy mayor of Bucha. Five dead men in civilian clothes were found in that chamber, he told me. “They had burns, bruises, lacerations.” It was dark when the groundskeeper took me there the following week and shined a flashlight in the room where they had lain. Two trails of dried blood ran down a wall into the dirt, next to a fleece hat that appeared to have a bullet hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,932 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 No you're right it is both overused by people who want to demonize opinions these days with their wunderful behavior, but in this case it's entirely warranted. Genocide, killing civilians, mass graves, bs propaganda, framing the other as the aggressor/threat, claiming to reclaim lost lands, the list goes on that parallels just too closely what happened 80 years ago. Sadly another parallel so far, more lip service than action, sending supplies but little else, other than those who say screw it and go on their own choosing to help out directly. It's going to take Putin losing his mind and attacking NATO forces before people step in I think. He doesn't want people on his border and more NATO members, yet now he has driven them to wall up the border with NATO troops and hardware on their side while scaring/encouraging more countries to join up now too. He's practically begging for it at this rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Sucks to suck 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kguillemette | 1,544 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 7 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: Sucks to suck Russia looks stupider than America did in Vietnam right now. I'm very curious what the true state of their military is right now compared to the start of the year. They lost their flagship?! That's just embarrasing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,317 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Fittingly, this is the stamp they released the day before 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,809 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said: Fittingly, this is the stamp they released the day before I want one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arch_8ngel | 1,597 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 20 hours ago, Tanooki said: Sadly another parallel so far, more lip service than action, sending supplies but little else, other than those who say screw it and go on their own choosing to help out directly. Not for nothing, but the USA has sent a third of ALL javelin missiles in existence to Ukraine. The supplies the west provides are absolutely critical to Ukraine's continued successful defense. (Coupled with sanctions that have already made Russia incapable of repair or replacement of lost equipment) It would be great if we could help more directly with air support, but it is hard to see how that could happen without it providing Russia with an excuse to deploy tactical nukes out of desperation, or at the very least opens the door for them to fire cruise missiles indiscriminately into NATO territory in retaliation, raising the stakes for civilians outside of Ukraine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,317 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Where are the Abraham Lincoln and George Washington Brigades when you need them? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Battalion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,809 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 "It's pure propaganda," Quintana told The Washington Post of the video, which spread on pro-Russian disinformation channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 /Not the Onion https://nypost.com/2022/04/25/russia-appears-to-confuse-the-sims-for-sim-cards-in-possible-staged-assassination-attempt/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,809 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Hilarious! Russian security services on Monday have been accused of staging a Ukrainian assassination attempt by releasing photos of confiscated copies of “The Sims” video games that some speculate were mistaken by Kremlin officers for SIM cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,809 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 https://news.yahoo.com/russian-tv-european-countries-threatened-143016651.html "Bloody lady" Zhuravlev's Quote: "One Sarmat and that's it - the British Isles existed once, the British Isles don't exist anymore. I'm serious." Gotta hand it da Russians, they have really mastered the art of bullshitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,809 Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Ex-spies and diplomats say the Biden administration needs to 'shut-up' after NYT report about US intelligence helping Ukraine kill Russian generals https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-spies-diplomats-biden-administration-185404578.html Former US officials and diplomats in recent days have sharply criticized the Biden administration over a New York Times report based on conversations with senior officials that said US intelligence was helping Ukraine kill Russian generals. "Shut up about it," John Sipher, a former CIA officer who served in Russia, said in a tweet on the Times report. Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Russia, in a tweet responding to Sipher said, "Exactly. No one should be talking to press about such things." Seriously... why is this happening? Don't get me wrong, I support the USA supporting Ukraine, just do it quietly!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,709 Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,317 Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) On June 7th, 1942 The Chicago Tribune published an article about the Battle of Midway that revealed the US had broken the Japanese naval codes. Fortunately the Japanese never learned of this - if the Japanese had changed their codes it would have made things more difficult until we managed to break the new codes. Amazingly irresponsible. Edited May 6, 2022 by Tabonga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,492 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/05/06/technology/russian-propaganda-television.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab The War in Ukraine, as Seen on Russian TV By Stuart A. ThompsonMay 6, 2022 To Western audiences, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has unfolded as a series of brutal attacks punctuated by strategic blunders. But on Russian television, those same events were spun as positive developments, an interpretation aided by a rapid jumble of opinion and falsehoods. Much of Russian news media is tightly controlled by the Kremlin, with state-run television working as a mouthpiece for the government. Critical reporting about the war has been criminalized. Russian television’s convoluted and sometimes contradictory narratives about the war are not solely intended to convince viewers that their version of events is true, disinformation experts say. Just as often, the goal is to confuse viewers and sow distrust so audiences are not sure what to believe. The New York Times reviewed more than 50 hours of television footage to show how the war was being presented to Russians through the country’s news media. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,809 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Finland WILL join NATO - all thanks to one man evil dictator in Russia https://apnews.com/article/sweden-finland-sauli-niinisto-4ede1942b679dd15bd3021f9b194cbec 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Funny because last time Russia tried to invade Finland they got that ass whooped. Especially after now they exposed to the world how inept their military truly is. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,317 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 18 minutes ago, MrWunderful said: Funny because last time Russia tried to invade Finland they got that ass whooped. Especially after now they exposed to the world how inept their military truly is. Actually not - towards the end of WWII the Russians* launched a counteroffensive against Finnish (and some Nazi) forces around Leningrad - they greatly outnumbered the Finns and pushed them well back into Finland. The Winter War of 1939-1940 was another story (for awhile anyway) - the Russian forces greatly outnumbered the Finnish forces and they thoroughly thrashed the Russians in the harsh winter. The Russians re-organized, resupplied and changed their strategy so they could take advantage of their numerical superiority. The Finns were then forced to surrender. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *In August of 1941 Stalin asked Roosevelt to arrange restoration of peaceful relations with Finland and offered to return territories to Finland. In what was a serious mistake (in hindsight) the Finns refused - driven by hatred of the Soviets and at the time it seemed that the Germans would win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Through the eyes of a Russian officer, pre-war through capture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 *2nd to last time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,520 Editorials Team · Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 The analysts talking heads: "Would you shut it already!" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Welp, time for some Ricin for her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,932 Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 (edited) And some polonium for the colonel. Putin is going to go call Litvenenko on both their asses Edited May 17, 2022 by Tanooki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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