Sequoia
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1 hour ago, Vet 0369 said:
Actually, I’m not so sure about that. His threats to withdraw from NATO when he was President, were. Based on an actual desire of a population of Americans that “some” members of NATO weren’t fulfilling their commitments. That was actually true, and those members began fulfilling their commitments. Why did Putin wait until Trump was out of office to attack Ukraine? I think it was because he was unsure of how Trump would respond, and thought Trump’s successor wouldn’t do anything, exactly how he handled the invasion of Crimea and the succession of the Ukraine provinces.
Hasn't this theory been discussed to death already in this thread like two years ago?
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Elvis provided an answer in the Black Sea forums, as this thread apparently was started in three different forums.
I haven't had a chance to post this for a while, but Hi Mom! *
* FYI forum old timers will recognize this as meme on these forums meaning this thread will soon be locked, and has no intention of insulting anyone's mother, which someone took it to mean once.
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On 4/22/2024 at 10:52 AM, Carolus said:
Some US company heard people in this thread wondering about Western automatic mortars and minefield breaching.
How much better will this be (if any) over current equipment?
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In a way I can't say I blame the "Internationalist" such as Merkel and Clinton, and even George (I have seen his soul through his eyes ) W. for the idea that bringing China and Russia fully into the world markets would convince them that there's more money to be made that way than in conquest. First of all it's true. The status quo coalition the Captain talked about a few pages back, was making most countries rich. Yes, some countries slower than others, as some were at the trickle-down end of it all. And again, corruption in many countries ensured only a small percentage of the population were benefiting in others. But overall the system worked about as well as could be found in history. Integrating China and Russia into the status que coalition seemed logical.
The flaw I think is dictators are never content with cooperation. The world is always a zero sum game for them. Putin in particular had fantasies about righting wrongs and Russian natural rights to certain lands as part of its Empire that Western leaders missed picking up on.
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Russia is the world's biggest country in size and 9th in population. It had and has all the potential to be a great country- one of the world's greatest.
A one paragraph (and therefore over-simplified) version of why it I think it made the wrong choices was there was too much corruption in its leadership, and its population had never known anything else. And its leadership was butt-hurt by not being giving the respect they thought they deserved being a superpower that "voluntarily" disbanded, but "merely" that of other major European powers such as Germany or France.
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If I may ask, Russia has been going around the world recruiting people as troops and often using them as canon fodder. Ukraine, to its credit (afaik) has not. Is this decision for international public relations, military (such troops are unreliable), economic (we have better uses for the money), or something else?
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47 minutes ago, cesmonkey said:
Retired General Wesley Clark weighs in again:
He holds nothing back in criticizing the failures in the American response from before the war to the present.
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3 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:
Since we've gone a few days without bashing Carlson, here's something totally inline with our discussions here... but funnier:
Steve
Damn you Jon Stewart! It will be years before I'll be able to eat a bagel again!
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Might Putin think capturing towns such as Avdiivka, despite fierce Ukrainian resistance, will break Ukrainian will (which even the Captain posited as a hypothetical).
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I think we both agree that far too many politicians have and continue to put their own ambition and status above the good of the country. I strongly suspect a strong streak of vanity and desire for power are necessary qualities one needs to enter into politics.
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1 hour ago, Vet 0369 said:
I believe you are misremembering. Ron Weasley had a hand-me-down familiar that was a rat named Scabbers. It turned out that was a wizard named Pettigrew who gave the location of Harry Potter’s parents to Voldemort who killed them.
No, Kraft had it right. He said that rat of Ron's , not that rat Ron. I made the same mistake myself at first.
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6 minutes ago, danfrodo said:
Yeah, I know how it works. And instead of working to electing a sane speaker they took some crazy christo-taliban in a suit.
I agree M. Johnson is a poor representative of and for the US public. I also think he owes his current speakership to the Freedom (for only people like us) Caucus. But deep down, I have a hunch he and many like him feel about the Orange one like that line in the Night Moves- that is "I used her, she used me and neither one cared," and will dump him and do the right thing on Ukraine once he becomes irrelevant, which I'm thinking may be well before the November election. Johnson has to appear just reluctant enough to for now keep his job (though like McCarthy he'll probably lose it anyway) .
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25 minutes ago, danfrodo said:Completely not true. Just a few GOPers could simply vote to pass the aid. Last I checked 6 out of ~218 GOPers is all it takes. Might make folks feel better to blame it on the crazies, but then why don't the allegedly sane major of GOPers simply vote to do the right thing? The reality is that they vote as a block and simply refuse to do the right thing.
This is an oversimplified answer but, it's because the Speaker won't let the vote come to the floor. Yes, there are ways it can be forced, but those GOPers who did force it would be severely punished by the party for not toeing the line.. I agree that's more than a bit cowardly, BUT, I think it the GOPers supporting the aid are counting on the speaker letting it come to a floor vote relatively soon (and I think they're right). There's more than a little theatre going on here.
p.s. Ninja's by Sburke
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I think it's a mistake to label it as the GOP blocking it. I would say it's the more like MAGA's outside influence blocking it, but even that's an oversimplification. Perhaps I'm repeating what's already been said, but with the tiny GOP majority every GOP speaker is afraid of being ousted by one outspoken House member, as McCarthy was. In effect the GOP house is just as weak, if not weaker than the Biden Administration.
Anyway, it looks as if Matt Gaetz, who called for Mcarthy's removal might be joining George Santos on being booted from Congress.
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4 hours ago, Kraft said:
What a squealing little worm.
I know LotR is more popular here (for good reasons) but he reminds me of that rat of Ronald Weasely who turned out to be a cowardly traitor
LotR deservedly should be more popular, but I think you might be thinking of Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter books.
ps. I mis-read your post. I did not see the of before Ronald so we're thinking of the same person.
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I'm hopeful significant US aide will still be passed soon. Most of the US public still supports it, despite the bs campaign by the usual suspects, and IMHO many more Republicans actually want to support it, and will if they can find the "cover" to do so.
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You do understand that longing for a government where the leader has unrestricted power is the type of government one finds in Russia currently. As Winston Churchill purportedly once said, Democracy is a terrible way to run a country, but it's far better than anything else that's been tried.
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57 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:
Olaf "Treebeard" Sholz?
Steve
Good analogy, but he actually looks more like Barliman Butterbur.
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Even the Poland collusion with the Nazis part?
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Yep, not the right forum for this but I'm with Bill above on that.
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2 hours ago, Duckman said:
I agree that Kursk is underrated for variety. The bulge was almost 200 kms across and had everything from the pancake steppe above to rolling hills and a mini Stalingrad at Ponyri.
Personally I prefer smaller scenarios but those can be set anywhere. Not every action at Kursk was a battalion sized fight of course.
Right, and especially since "Kursk" actually means everything between July (possibly June) '43 and May '44.
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Poutine? Maine's at least half Canada already.
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20 hours ago, Phantom Captain said:
This!! They said they had no interest in CW either....
I would literally chew off my own left leg, slather it in tactical space butter, and eat it for CM Pacific.
And if they did do it, it would open the door for every tropical/jungle/island conflict moving forward.
The BFC owners still don't have interest in Cold War gone hot. If it weren't for a dedicated team of superfans/testers signing on and doing much of the development work before the Cold War game was announced, it wouldn't have happened.
That said, Cold War has none of the major drawbacks a Pacific or Vietnam game would have which has been well discussed previously.
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IIRC Battlefront has done work for the British and New Zealand Armies. I have a vague recollection of perhaps the Canadian Army too. Is that correct? This does not include off the self use of at least CMSF that I know has been used for training.
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
in Combat Mission Black Sea
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Agreed Canada and most other NATO members could and should do more. But these guys below should show that Canada indeed was and is part of NATO.
Fallen Canadian Armed Forces Members - Canada in Afghanistan - Canadian Armed Forces - History - Remembrance - Veterans Affairs Canada