Comments by "foil hat" (@foilhat1138) on "Binkov's Battlegrounds" channel.

  1. welcome to Binkov's Battlegrounds, where the real battleground is in the comments.
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  2.  @matsvayconstantin  It was only after Russia proved itself an unreliable ally that Armenia began moving away from them.
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  3.  @lenna6013  LOL, careful you dont OD on copium
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  4.  @DaFinkingOrk  Unless you are Tibet, Xinjiang, Taiwan, Vietnam or any other country in the South China Sea.
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  5. That tank repair facility? quite the civilian target.
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  6. Damn there's more Muscovites in the comments then there are defending Crimea.
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  7.  @horvathsogranfume658  yeah we knew they were corrupt and inept but even I couldn't have imagined how bad it was.
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  8.  @Raiderr67  Except Russia, they've lost half their army and cant even take Avdiivka.
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  9. so strong they dick around outside bakhmut for a year
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  10. The Ukrainian gains are stopping Russia in its place and destroying half of the worlds #2 army. Countries fighting for their survival tend to be willing to absorb more losses than one just making a resource/land grab.
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  11. *Takes massive hit of Copium. No you see all the T-62'2 BTR-50's and mad max MTLB are all a feint. Matter of fact the whole war's been a feint, now that Russia is pissed they will send the REAL army and the war will be over in about a day, then probably a week until they take Washington.
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  12. Let me guess you think Russia retreating from Kyiv was a gesture of goodwill, and the Moskva sank because of high seas.
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  13. how many Russians does it take to change a light bulb? One to change the bulb and 900k sent on fruitless human wave assaults on a strategically insignificant target.
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  14. Let me know when you guys take Bakhmut.
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  15. Ukraine doesn't really need to invade Crimea just destroy the bridge and put the squeeze on making the Muscovite position untenable like they did at Kherson.
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  16. yup amazing what you can do when you can do when you have no regard for human life. It's only a matter of time though until the Ukrainians retake what belongs to them, would be best if Russia just went home
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  17. NATO stocks of what? we aren't sending anything we would use to fight Russia or China just some old junk we dont want to maintain anymore, also if you think russian production is even close to the same league as the west i have news for you. furthermore since the Chip ban China lacks the capacity to manufacture high tech products of any sort, any that they can they will keep for themselves. And depsite how inept Russia is at least they are energy and food independent, which is more then can be said for China, if we put the same sanctions on them that we put on Russia then in 6 months half the country starves to death in the dark.
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  18. Maybe one day Russia will learn that trolling doesn't win battles. If it did they might have a chance at taking the Donbas.
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  19. Yes furthermore once they retake Zaporizhzhia up to the Sea if Azov the bridge will be in range of multiple weapons systems.
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  20.  @yap5995  LOL, if NATO was actually in this fight it would look like desert storm plus geography. Actually probably be alot worse because we've advanced a lot more in the west then Russia has since the 90's. Take it easy on the copium
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  21. Russia is scared shitless of the US and will do anything to avoid war with them, worrying about ww3 is silly
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  22.  @ImpalerVlad  Let me guess you think the Moskva sank in high seas and the retreat from Kyiv was a 'gesture of goodwill'
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  23. keep in mind that much of that budget will be stolen by the shockingly corrupt officers and politicians.
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  24. I'm sure they are as effective as the Fujian carrier which is sitting in drydock with catapults that will never work and a cracking deck.
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  25.  @andyhughes1776  I feel like America would at least be able to take Bakhmut if they wanted
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  26. China and Russia both seem to be trying their best to prove those people right.
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  27. Let's spread democracy to every country on earth
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  28. Russia is scared shitless of the US and will do anything to avoid war with them, worrying about nuclear war is just pure fantasy
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  29. China is completely dependent on the west to keep the lights on and food on the table, never mind aerospace and tech.
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  30. Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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  31. yeah and they only sent 4 HIMARS, then they sent more, you understand it's possible to send more right?
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  32. also keep in mind many of the couple million who fled russia fall in this age range so its more like 6-7million
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  33. they are shifting to T-62's which would be a really good tank in ww2
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  34.  @Arminiuswolfspeer  As someone else already stated women aren't mobilized, they have been volunteering since before 2022. What do you think about Russian penal battalions and giving full pardons to cannibals? Good luck to Putin with his new 8 child policy, lmao.
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  35.  @YorkerEli  No it's because most of the strategic targets have already been destroyed or moved since HIMARS started wrecking house. Furthermore once the Ukrainians are up to the Sea of Azov it opens up more options besides HIMARS like GLSDB and even anti ship missies. And the only 90% you'll see out of Muscovy is percentage of people with fetal alcohol syndrome.
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  36. no problem just send them on suicide missions. dont have to pay a dead man. thats why russians are strategic geniuses
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  37.  @АндрейКумберлэнд  the only countries that voted in favor of Russia at the UN were North Korea, Syria, Guatemala and Iran, truly a fearsome alliance. China and India don't actually give a rats ass about Russia and wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire.
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  38. in b4 russian and chinese trolls
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  39. You mean like Russia relying on Iran and North Korea? Or more like the USSR relying on the west during ww2?
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  40. american taxpayers are paying to maintain a bunch of old shite, better to send them to fulfill their purpose
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  41. casualties in Bakhmut is 7-1 in favour of Ukraine...
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  42. ​ @genem895  3.1 million ethnic Russians live in the US, not 20 million, not sure where you got that made up number from. Millions of Russian's have fled their homeland to try to find a better life in the US, what point do you think you are making?
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  43. Russia collapsed twice in the twentieth century, so it's not exactly outside the realm of possibility
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  44.  @addisonchow9798  Russia loses wars on a fairly regular basis (Afghanistan, Chechnya) Nobody nuked yet.
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  45. single digit civilians were killed in 8 years, meanwhile Russia flattens Grozny and kills 10-20% of the entire Chechen population
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  46. it's unlikely Russia can afford the tritium for thermonuclear weapons
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  47. *Takes massive hit of Copium. No you see all the T-62'2 BTR-50's and mad max MTLB are all a feint. Matter of fact the whole war's been a feint, now that Russia is pissed they will send the REAL army and the war will be over in about a day, then probably a week until they take Washington.
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  48.  @secretepic9925  Well unless you're the Chechens, Afghani's, Poles, Fins, Japanese. etc. etc.
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  49. dont make fun of glorious chinese knockoffs this is final warning from china
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  50. This video fails to mention how much the life of cannibals has improved in Russia. They used to be stigmatized, now they roam free feasting to their hearts content.
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  51. Russian oil and gas revenue fell by over 40% last month, India and China are buying at the price cap levels which is barely break even for Russia.
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  52. yeah it's like these fools forgot about desert storm or something, we already know what Abrams vs Soviet armor looks like and its a slaughterhouse
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  53. by premium weapons do you mean the T-14 which they produce around 1 a year? or su57 which they produce even less? Russia is a joke country built on lies. keep huffing copium
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  54. A-10 would be able to do what Ukrainian frogfoots are currently doing, lob rockets from over the horizon, which arguably could just be done from the back of a toyota
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  55. you blockade the straights of malacca and in 6 months 500 million starve to death in the dark, not a hard war
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  56. Russian GDP is less then New Jerseys. And the reason they don't take Bakhmut is they are a trash army that looks good and parades and can bully their weak neighbors, but an actual fight they are completely inept. lay off the copium and stop watching RN
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  57. Now instead of Reapers they will send Global Hawk with an F-22 escort.
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  58. All ballistic missiles by definition are hypersonic.
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  59. Yeah but nobody predicted Muscovy refurbishing T-62's, BTR-50's and Mad Max MTLB. Checkmate westoids.
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  60.  @IanF0311  Moreover most of the weapons sent are old stock due to be scrapped.
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  61. we're only giving them old junk nothing we actually want to use, still enough to defeat russia
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  62. just the things he researches, make your own youtube channel if you think you can do better.
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  63. Ukrainians folded the Muscovites up like laundry with their last two offensives so I'm not sure where you are getting this.
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  64.  @HeichE944  NATO is a defensive alliance, nobody will be forced to fight unless article 5 is invoked, which has only happened once in its history after 9/11. For example most NATO countries didn't participate in Iraq.
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  65. It's called fashion decadent westoids read a book for once and learn about it.
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  66. yeah and spending 2% is a triumph, only 2% and you can ensure your safety, historically countries would spend damn near everything on defense
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  67.  @dwidimaslego  Putin said he could take all of Ukraine in two weeks in 2014. Or do you really think trench warfare that never ends was the plan all along?
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  68. new armored division made up of T-62's, BTR-50 and mad max MTLB
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  69.  @ordavis  do you really think annexing territory makes a country non interventionist? Tibet and Xinjiang weren't part of China when they were annexed. China has had a conflict with Vietnam for thousands of years, not a 'brief conflict'. It continues into modern day where China tries to claim Vietnam's territorial waters as its own.
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  70.  @ordavis  China has spent a lot more time broken apart than united, pretending they have claims on territory until the end of time is idiotic. It would be like if Italy invaded France and you tried to pretend they weren't being expansionists. Or Russia's invasion of Ukraine if you prefer. What happened was China invaded Tibet, the 'agreement' as you call it occured after China's invasion. They then moved in millions of Han Chinese, effectively making the Tibetan's a minority in their own country. Calling it an 'agreement' is absurd. Previous Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen said China must 'face reality' of Taiwan's independence. Lai Ching Te is another nationalist. Taiwan has been de facto independent for almost a century. I'm not sure where you get your information from, this is the problem with revisionist history. China is the only country in the SCS setting up Islands in other countries EEZ's and preventing them access to their own territory. It's time to rejoin reality bud.
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  71.  @pilotmanpaul  the cream of the Russian army was lost early in the war, they ARE using the monkey models
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  72. That's because Muscovy has proven itself to be shockingly inept its difficult to take them seriously anymore.
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  73. Ukraine was neutral in 2014 when Russia began its invasion. Discussion of rapprochement with NATO didn't start until 2019, five years after Russia invaded. Even then chances of Ukraine getting in with its circumstances was almost zero. Russia invaded because Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia didn't want to lose its energy monopoly in Europe.
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  74.  @Caleb-143iyk  Afghanistan is also on the Russian border...
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  75. Cool story Ivan. Do you remember the last two Ukrainian offensives where they folded the Muscovites up like laundry, i bet you were huffing copium prior to them also.
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  76. is that the same universe that Kyiv fell in 3 days?
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  77.  @alexnderrrthewoke4479  Russia will launch the occasional Kinzhal at an apartment building or maternity ward but they aren't having a large effect on the Battlefield. Those also aren't hypersonic the way most people envision, they are Tochka missiles launched from a MIG-31. America has had things like it since the '60's they just don't build them because the aren't cost effective. Its debatable whether Russia has hypersonic maneuverable missiles.
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  78.  @louishoff2110  Russia is currently doing a pretty good job proving that NATO is still necessary.
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  79. one thing we learned from START is that Russia's ICBM's are sitting in 20ft of water, the US also famously follows around Russian strategic subs and would have them sunk before they got their launch doors open. we should still try to avoid a nuclear war but my main concern over Russian would be that the American response would be to strong.
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  80. Let me know when Russia captures the Donbas. I wont hold my breath.
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  81. Just wait until MTLB with ancient naval gun bolted on causes the Ukrainians to die from fits of laughter. checkmate westoids
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  82.  @GainingDespair  What on earth are you talking about? Russia has lost over 50% of the territory they once occupied. Most of what they occupy now they had prior to the 2022 invasion, most of the rest was taken in the initial shock of the invasion. Since lines have stabilized Ukraine has taken much more ground than Russia. Russia has lost tens of thousands of armored vehicles and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and still cant even take the Donbas.
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  83.  @rorymcclernon4674  the corpses become cover to subsequent human waves and can become a problem
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  84.  @chiefbanana1093  Russia cant even manufacture ball bearings anymore you live in a dream world. Maybe Russia should manufacture some toilets, 1 in 5 Russians still dont have access to one.
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  85.  @chiefbanana1093  BRICS the organization with no trade, economic or military agreements. It's easy to join an organization with no obligations, half the members hate each other and none of them give af about Russia.
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  86. we've been dicking around in the Donbas for a year but trust me bro once we start trying this war will be over in a day.
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  87.  @bruswain9158  No it isn't. China is the largest manufacturer but it is also the largest importer of commodities. Without the raw resources they cant make anything.
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  88.  @aar0n709  Russia's global market share was shrinking even before the war. Nobody is ordering Russian weapons these days.
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  89. China doesn't even have 5th gen fighters yet.
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  90.  @looinrims  Not to mention there wouldn't even have been a Minsk agreement if Russia hadn't broken the Budapest memorandum.
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  91.  @currahee9-3  There wouldn't be any war crimes if Russia hadn't invaded.
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  92.  @danburke6568  You can believe any conspiracy theory you want. But as I said no gas was traveling through nord stream 2, it wasn't operational, do you understand?
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  93. "I'm a never Trump guy, I never liked him" "I might have to hold my nose and vote for Hillary Clinton" "My god what an idiot" "I loved Mitt Romney's anti-Trump speech" “Terrible candidate” “Idiot if you voted for him” “Might be America's H*tler” “Might be a cynical a-hole” “Cultural H*roin” “Noxious” “Reprehensible” - JD Vance speaking about Trump.
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  94.  @johnyricco1220  Let all the Oblasts in Russia hold referendums and watch the country fall apart.
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  95. Putin has more red lines then a candy cane and we routinely cross them with no ill effect
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  96.  @BertoxolusThePuzzled  NATO would use overwhelming air power to fight Russia, artillery would be secondary. Also Russia can't even capture the Donbas and are dusting off t-54's and scooby doo vans. Pretty scary.
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  97.  @highjumpstudios2384  I've also heard the infantry is vulnerable to bullets
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  98. within the framework of the US armed forces they certianly would dominate them.
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  99.  @HeichE944  Invoked once in 80 years, a regular event for sure. If you think 9/11 was a small reason you live in quite the bubble.
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  100.  @mop330  LOL keep dreaming, corruption happens in the US but its a minor nuisance and not an all encompassing way of life like in russia
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  101. even if this was true (it's not) it would be a small price to pay to be rid of Russia forever
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  102.  @juanspicywiener  for the same reaon the Moskva had its fire extinguishers locked up, corruption. you cant store H bombs long term you need to constantly resupply the tritium which is very difficult, even the US struggles with this, also once thing we learned with START is that their missiles are all sitting in 20ft of water
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  103.  @jkl9984  History didn't start last year, Russia has had much higher military spending (by an order of magnitude at least) then Ukraine for decades. You can make any excuses you want but the fact of the matter is Russia cant even take the Donbas, and its a days drive from Moscow.
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  104. You realize Russia has multiple failed offensives this war right? Including their current disastrous winter offensive.
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  105.  @russiasvechenaya58  do you mean the mercenary army that's been farting around outside Bakhmut for the past year?
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  106.  @legendarydn3804  Gas prices are lower now than they were at the start of the war.
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  107. Ivan want potato. Ivan post comment.
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  108. The west made Russia invade Ukraine? Is the west in the room with you right now?
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  109. China is probably on of the few countries more incompetent then Russia, Chinese officers spend 50% of their training time studying party ideology. Another parade army that cant do much. Also say what you want about Russia but they are at least food and energy independent, the same sanctions on China would cause mass starvation and blackouts. China does not want to mess around with the west despite their rhetoric
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  110. That figure is only Russian army not DPR, LPR, Chechens or Wagner
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  111. everything outside Moscow and St. Petersburg looks like it already has been nuked
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  112. Retake something they haven't lost?
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  113. Nord 2 wasn't transporting any gas and the US only did it in your fantasy world.
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  114. Russia has been using human wave tactics 200k is fairly reasonable
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  115.  @Uneldo7  See WW1 and Afghanistan for what happens when their reach exceeds their grasp.
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  116.  @covid6942  Russia began its invasion in 2014, there would be no casualties civilian or otherwise in the Donbas if Russia hadn't invaded. Ukraine didn't ban Russian language, they made Ukraine the official language. Almost every country on earth has an official language, including Russia. In Mexico the official language is Spanish, this isn't anti English its just the way the world works. Zelensky is a Russian speaker, do you think he's discriminating against himself. Maidan the only coup in history that had the same government when it was finished. It started when Ukrainian parliament voted unanimously, including his own party to remove Yanukovych from power, and he tried to hang onto it.
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  117. *takes massive copium hit. If only Russia would get serious they would end this war in a day
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  118.  @missk1697  that was prior to the chip ban, now China only makes the lowest tier chips for smart blenders and other junk. why do you think apple is leaving china?
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  119.  @hazzardalsohazzard2624  It doesn't parrot Russian propaganda numbers so therefore the photographic evidence it presents must be false.
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  120.  @josephstalin839  Are you a mind reader? Even if that was the case China has been taking territory in the SCS right up until now.
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  121.  @ordavis  Your metaphor is absurd. The Mexican-American war was started by the Mexican empire. It was also before WW2. You see little fellah prior to WW2 the rules of the world were different, everyone was trying to conquer everyone else. The rules of the world have changed though, the borders are set if you try to annex another country you are a bad boy. Understand? Tibet was a client state of China for a time, though historians debate to what degree. They also spent far more time independent than they have as part of China. Yes, that's how wars work when one side has an overwhelming advantage little buddy, if in 1949 Tibet had a large modern army it wouldn't have been a 'minor skirmish', and would have instead been a major war. You are basically saying that if the power imbalance is great enough than it's ok to annex other countries, which is idiotic. Look up the Sinicization of Tibet, which is described by academics as a form of Han settler colonialism. Do you really think this is top secret or something? Do you need a source saying water is wet? The words of Taiwan's previous and present president disprove your thoughts regarding them. they certainly regard themselves as independent, they've had their own government and military for almost a century. The CCP has never controlled Taiwan.
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  122.  @akshay9109  Zhukov said: "People say that the allies didn't help us. But it cannot be denied that the Americans sent us materiel without which we could not have formed our reserves or continued the war. The Americans provided vital explosives and gunpowder. And how much steel! Could we really have set up the production of our tanks without American steel? And now they are saying that we had plenty of everything on our own."
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  123.  @akshay9109  You should learn some history before posting foolish comments. Though I suppose you think you know better than them. "I want to tell you what, from the Russian point of view, the president and the United States have done for victory in this war," Stalin said. "The most important things in this war are the machines.... The United States is a country of machines. Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war." Nikita Khrushchev offered the same opinion. "If the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war," he wrote in his memoirs. "One-on-one against Germany, we would not have withstood its onslaught and would have lost the war."
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  124. Russia has a smaller GDP then New Jersey...
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  125. You should go to Russia and volunteer to fight the globohomo.
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  126.  @TroIIingThemSoftly  His source is trust me bro.
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  127.  @TheThreatenedSwan  Crimea was Greek for a millennia no way they'll every lose it.
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  128.  @TheThreatenedSwan  Russians were trucked in after genociding the local population.
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  129.  @TheThreatenedSwan  well for starters the Russians signed a treaty recognizing Crimea as Ukrainian. Also they took it in a war they can lose it in a war, and they are losing this war.
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  130. Muscovy vs US would be the most one sided asswhooping since desert storm.
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  131.  @jimmyjams9036  huh? even one of the middle NATO powers like France or the UK could take Russia out with little trouble, also there's this new technology called stealth which renders planes more or less impervious to the mythical Russian AA (which is so great it can't even manage to stop HIMARS) furthermore the airpower would be augmented by an overwhelming cruise missile strike paving the was for the huge amounts of 4th gen fighters still in service, which are far better and exist in FAR greater numbers then anything Russia can bring to bare. literally the only countries that need to fear Russia is its's weak neighbors
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  132.  @SuddenPaintball  That's what was said about the powers before WW1.
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  133.  @GodsDad98  You know China invaded Vietnam after the US left right? They just went in shot up the place took more casualtes then the US took in 10 years, then declared themselves victorious and went home. Also Tibet invasion (and later Tibet uprising), the Xinjiang conflict, the Sino Indian war, the second Sino Indian war, it's constant bullying of Taiwan and its other neighbors. Absolutely braindead.
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  134. Leo 1 is old but it's fast so it's a good infantry support/defensive tank
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  135.  @johnsmith1953x  All the ships in the world are worthless if you cant get fuel for them.
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  136. China is on the brink of collapse itself, and they are easier to defeat then Russia, just blockade straights of malacca and half the population starves in the dark in half a year
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  137.  @pilotmanpaul  Russia's best has been mostly destroyed already, why do you think they are using human wave tactics already? are you simple or something?
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  138.  @martinilopez1  let me know when you guys capture bakhmut
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  139.  @montana6822  Russia cant even take the Donbas bud, its time to face reality.
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  140. Yep and stealing our tech and actually being able to manufacture it are very different things.
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  141. it's a shame the brits went with that silly rifled barrel due to their strange obsession with hesh or it would make things easier
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  142. This isn't WW1 or WW2 its not huge formations of men you drop a tactical nuke and all you do is kill 20ish people if you are lucky, not exactly a battle winner.
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  143.  @earth9531  All the US needs to do in a war wth China is blockade the straights of Malacca and 500mil starve to death in the dark in 6 months.
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  144.  @nicolasbascunan4013  this isn't ww1 or ww2 with huge formations its small groups, with a tac nuke you kill a couple people and accomplish nothing
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  145.  @jakemocci3953  giving a bunch of old junk we aren't going to use anyways to defeat the russian army isn't the same as a foreign war, you understand that right?
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  146. We haven't sent anything we would use to fight China, mostly just old junk that costs more to maintain then its worth.
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  147.  @Buzzard23100  China is weak, at least Russia is food and energy independent. Blockade the straights of Malacca and half the country starves in the dark in 6 months.
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  148.  @Lena-vw6ye  Malacca is the least vulerable of them. Also China has the worst demographics in the history of our species, and they managed to do what no other country has done before, get old before they get rich. We don't even have a model to predict how screwed they are.
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  149.  @duitk  no you build the wall out of tanks obviously
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  150. From the state of the Russian army i wouldn't be surprised if they had to resort to molotovs soon
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  151. I support Ukraine because Russia getting ANYTHING from this war will send the message to other autocrats that they can do the same and many more wars will be waged, and let me preempt your "b-b-b-but american imperialism" with a yeah other stuff exists
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  152. America isn't fighting in Ukraine. Russia cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality.
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  153.  @doger6531  they don't have to attack Crimea, just retake territory up to the Sea of Azov then take the bridge out again and put the squeeze on Muscovite forces making their position untenable like they did at Kherson.
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  154.  @captaindak5119  They wouldn't have started the invasion if they didn't believe it would be over quickly. or do you still think that everything is going according to plan?
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  155. The only message they've sent is that their inept military cant even capture the Donbas, despite it being a few hours by car from Moscow.
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  156.  @dameinoferrall2400  Russia has lost more in a year and a half in this war then the US lost in both those wars combined, along with every war since. Vietnam is a good example that you can win almost every battle and still lose the war. Russian victories in this war are few and far between. Russia is not the Soviet Union, them acting like they can play in the same league with the US is embarrassing. The message received is that the Russian military is even more corrupt and incompetent than anyone thought. Prior to Russia's 2022 invasion Putin was winning. He'd taken Crimea, he could have continued supplying and supporting the rebels in the east as he pressed on with the undermining of NATO and the EU. All for minimal consequences. The 2022 invasion undid all of that along with getting half of Russia's army destroyed and exposing it as ineffectual. Russia's been sanctioned to oblivion as a result of its invasion, it has returned their economy to 90's level nose dive. The primary reason Russia invaded is that Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia didn't want to lose its energy monopoly in Europe. Now Russian hydrocarbon revenue is down 70% since the start of the war, most revenue they get is in the form of Yuan or Rupees which severely limit Russia's options. They've had to ban the export of refined product because of price hikes and shortages in Russia. The Ruble is in the toilet and the only reason it hasn't fallen off the map completely is strict monetary controls forcing Russian businesses to sell off their foreign reserves and buy Rubles. The state is doing the same, this is a non sustainable measure. The interest rate has been set at a punishing 15% to try to combat inflation, it isn't working and interest rates will likely continue to rise. Any 'growth' you hear about is because Russia raised the VAT tax on Russian citizens and imports, all of that revenue goes straight back into the war effort, not something that generates wealth. This invasion has been a complete disaster for Russia no matter how you try to spin it. You are correct about Poland though, they at the very least remember what Russian occupation is like and don't want to repeat it.
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  157.  @m.a3914  This is true. it was discovered a single component of the F35 ejection seat was made in China and it brought a halt to production until it was sorted out. There is a law preventing foreign countries from manufacturing US weapons. With the exception of a few allies. Also the US is currently going through the fastest industrialization in its history, including WW2.
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  158.  @m.a3914  Record private sector investment into industry, adjusted for inflation and over a trillion from the state. The primary issue holding things back is the labor crunch, though automation has helped with that somewhat.
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  159. r/combatfootage
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  160. i've always had a soft spot for leo 1, yeah its low armor and old but it's fast and makes a decent infantry support/defensive tank
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  161.  @benhooper1956  it's also better then a toyota hilux with a recoiless rifle in the back
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  162. we even gave him off ramps, he could have said denazification complete mission success and went home instead he had his farcical reforendums and annexed the east, now all he can do is cry while his garbage army gets destroyed. and if he decides he does want to mess around with NATO then we will nuke them to eternity.
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  163.  @MilNORtop10  Reading comprehension isn't his strong suit.
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  164. if we sent troops it would be the most one sided ass whooping since desert storm
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  165.  @Head_Coach  All the Russian elites children live in the west.
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  166. yeah thats true but the German army is bad on purpose, though they seem to be coming to their senses. we'll see though
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  167. @Apsoy Pike It was Kharkov where they lost loads of Equipment and ammo, there was some captured in Kherson though.
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  168.  @HyzersGR  Russia is a great place to live if you are a cannibal.
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  169.  @dancahill9585  no you see *takes an enormous hit of copium, this was the plan from the start send in the T-62's and mad max MTLB's in while we dick about outside Bakhmut for a year, and then the TRUE Russian army strikes and its checkmate decadent globohomo NATO.
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  170.  @yap5995  you can't park a tank in some field in Tunguska for 40 years and expect it to work, and thats assuming they haven't been stripped bare by conscripts, which they have.
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  171. @Gigachadicus Maximus Sure they do, the last time China sailed off the US coast was in 2021. They don't do it as often because they don't have a blue water navy so its difficult to get over here. They also have no allies in the area requesting their help from a belligerent neighbor. Now imagine the type of tantrum China would throw if the US sent a spy balloon to loiter over mainland China.
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  172.  @ssaini5028  Ukraine has recaptured over half the the territory once occupied by Russia.
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  173. no need just strap ancient naval guns on MTLB
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  174. He also forgot that Russian GDP numbers are largely fabricated
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  175.  @supreetsinghvirk6792  Armenia enacted CSTO's version of article 5 in 2020 and the rest of the alliance including Russia just shrugged their shoulders. That's when Russia proved itself a poor ally and Armenia began lookin to the west, understand? Russia cemented their reputation in 2023 as a bad ally when they refused to do anything again.
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  176.  @ericp1139  You are ignoring that that was in 2023. Armenia asked for help in 2020 and Russia told them to kick rocks, why would Armenia ask again?
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  177.  @ericp1139  Yeah the war was over quickly because Russia is a useless ally. the Gaza war has nothing to do with what we are talking about nice whataboutism though. Its a false equivalency, Israel is currently stomping out a terrorist organization, the US has no obligations aside from what it is already doing. If Russia attacked a NATO country and the US did nothing your comment might make sense. Israel has been designated as a U.S. Major Non-NATO Ally under U.S. law. This status provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation and is a powerful symbol of their close relationship with the United States. Consistent with statutory requirements, it is the policy of the United States to help Israel preserve its Qualitative Military Edge, or its ability to counter and defeat any credible conventional military threat from any individual state or possible coalition of states or from non-state actors, while sustaining minimal damages and casualties.
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  178.  @jimmiller5600  I thought he meant that Russia would collapse before then
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  179. This will be used as justification to send fighters
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  180.  @absoluteanonomity6994  Ivan want potato, Ivan post comment.
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  181.  @eget4144  All the US has to do is blockade the straights of Malacca and in 6 months China deindustrializes and half the population starves in the dark.
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  182.  @currahee9-3  When did I justify war crimes? Stop putting words in my mouth. If the Ukrainian army managed to not commit any war crimes in this war they'd be the fist army in history to manage that. Obviously Ukraine has the moral high ground here though because they are the ones being invaded.
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  183.  @dad378  Muscovites seem to be under the mistaken impression that China gives a rats ass about them. There's only one country China looks out for and its China, and they know their bread is buttered in the west.
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  184. once they reach the sea of Azov it will be in range of more long range weapons
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  185.  @hellgates_javed6451  Russia is using human wave tactics and casualties around Bahkmut are around 7-1 in favour of Ukraine...
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  186.  @theimmortal4718  that's true but it would have been nice if europe didnt' let its militaries atrophy into borderline uselessness in the first place
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  187. orcium
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  188. If you want peace prepare for war
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  189. I think it's unlikely but Russia did collapse twice in the twentieth century so it's not exactly outside the realm of possibility
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  190.  @jesseterrell2109  Why had the USSR collapsed? Oh right they got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole empire collapsed. There was also the Russo-Japanese war (Russia almost collapsed after that one), WW1 (Russia did collapse after that one), the Russo-Polish war. etc. etc. Russia loses wars it should win on a regular basis, typically with a complete collapse of its society to follow.
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  191.  @uknwarrior7980  All ballistic missiles are by definition hypersonic. It also costs way more to build so you can have 1 hypersonic or 10 conventional. Furthermore the US had hypersonic aircraft in the 50's, do you really think they are behind?
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  192.  @koja69  I'm guessing one that knows how to spell who's.
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  193.  @harm28384  The Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves waiting for the US to leave. Russia got smoked so hard in Afghanistan their whole country collapsed.
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  194.  @yap5995  let me know when you guys take it
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  195. @Belgua_ZOV Russia controlled about as much of the Donbas in 2014 as they do now.
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  196.  @MuffHam  LOL! Muscovy DID use their best stuff, the cream of their army was lost long ago and what remained was sent to die in the same minefield in Vulhedar over and over.
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  197. one thing we learned from START is that their ICBM's are sitting in 20 feet of water
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  198.  @dgart7434  The US famously follows the Russian strategic subs around because they are loud af and would have them sunk before they could get their launch doors open
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  199.  @ordavis  And to answer your last question, yes I would be opposed to the ROC forcibly annexing foreign countries. I also notice you left out China's current actions in the SCS. China is the only country that builds islands in the EEZ of other countries and harasses other countries shipping in their own waters.
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  200.  @akshay9109  Zhukov, Stalin and Khrushchev don't agree with you. Believe any fantasy you want though.
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  201.  @TonyBustaroni  Maybe he meant T62 or T54
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  202. yeah interesting how Russia is being defeated without NATO even having to fight, not how i pictured ww3
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  203.  @YorkerEli  Then why didn't they hold on to Kherson then?
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  204.  @underfire987  I'm sure the T-62's, BTR-50s and mad max MTLB's will steamroll the Ukrainians any minute now.
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  205.  @skankshunts2156  Even if they do take it Bahkmut is a small town of 70k and dicking around outside for a year taking casualties equivalent to the pre war pop isn't exactly some stunning victory.
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  206.  @alexnderrrthewoke4479  You understand that BRICS is some wall street bro's investment strategy and not a real organization right? Brazil is an American ally, though not a very good one, India is another American ally and while trying to get as much from Russia as they can buying oil at below the EU price cap is pivoting further towards the US to counter their enemy China, China is currently going through the most extreme demographic collapse in human history and does way more trade with the west then they do Russia and wouldn't piss on Russia if they were on fire, and South Africa is a borderline failed state with 40% unemployment . None of these countries give a rats ass about Russia. Also Russia has been trying to take Bakhmut for a year now, a small assed town of 70k.
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  207. True but even if by some miracle China were to capture all the chip fabs intact they still wouldn't know how to use them, if they could they would just build their own.
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  208. Take a look at the map from 1914, that's what russia wants and they wont stop until they either get it or are soundly defeated. we have a golden opportunity to support a non nuclear ukraine and hopefully avoid a nuclear war.
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  209.  @MrWolfstar8  Rolling out 80 year old tanks from the boneyard from a self proclaimed superpower is humiliating no matter how you spin it.
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  210.  @jack727dave5  NATO doesn't make offers to countries to join, they request to join. Putin wanted to be asked to join not the other way around. To paraphrase Putin's words he said he 'didn't want to be on a list with irrelevant countries.' There were preliminary actions taking place to get Russia into NATO though, including western officials in Russia to help deal with corruption, and it was working. That all ended right around the time Putin began his rise as one of the richest men in human history after he cut a deal with the oligarchs.
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  211. nothing to see here that's just defense force and coast guard
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  212.  @hyhhy  They will all leave at the first sign of trouble.
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  213.  @montana6822  Putin said in 2014 he could take all of Ukraine in 2 weeks. Or do you really think that trench warfare that never ends was the plan all along? And the peace treaty conspiracy theory is pure fantasy.
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  214.  @jimmyjams9036  NATO doesn't rely on arty they use overwhelming air power and cruise missiles, then they send in the tanks to clean up the few survivors (see desert storm) meanwhile Russia can't even take Bakhmut after a year of banging their head against it, i'm not really sure what sort of dream world you live in that you think Russia i a serious threat to any country in NATO, and this was before Russia lost the cream of its army due to incomprehensible ineptitude and corruption.
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  215.  @tetraxis3011  Russia would have pulled this sht in the baltics already if they weren't in NATO
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  216.  @jimmyjams9036  how long do you think it would take NATO to take Bakhmut if they needed to? if it was NATO vs Ukraine for some reason it would take NATO about a month for NATO air forces to destroy Ukranian air defences and then another month of ground operation to clean up. and Western tech has come a long way since then while Russia's is even further behind then sadams was in desert storm comparatively. Sadam had a million man army also and guess what they also used Russian anti air weapons. As far as integrated air defense goes Baghdad was the most heavily defended city in the world (with the mythical russian aa) and a large airforce and the US walked all over them. no thinking person can possibly think that Russia would have any hope of even making a dent in nato forces. Russia has no answer to stealth, Russian AA cant even manage to stop non stealth HIMARS from ruining their war. it absolutely WOULD be a walk in the park, and that's before the war with Ukraine where they lost anything, the teeth of the russian army has already been taken out by Ukraine for crying out loud, and Ukraine doesn't have a scary army. I'm not sure how anyone with half a brain can look at the last year of disaster and think russia is a credible threat to ANYONE except their weak neighbors
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  217.  @theprogressivecynic2407  EXACTLY tell it to @jimmyjams
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  218.  @jimmyjams9036  do you think if the US had F-35's in Vietnam that those numbers would have been different? you realize that Isreal flies F-35's over s-400's in syria and they cant do shit. as far as Casualties go the war would look alot like desert storm + geography. the West is DECADES ahead of Russia when it comes to technology. All the old Soviet expertise is long gone and Russia is totally dependent on western tech to do anything.
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  219.  @jimmyjams9036  First of all i'm not sure if you've been keeping up but Isreal HAS agreed to send weapon systems to Ukraine the Russians DO turn on their s-400's in Syria and cant engage shit, there is nothing that would make Russia happier then being able to shoot down an F-35 for the propaganda points. Being able to detect that there are stealth aircraft operating in the general area and actually being able to engage them are two very different things. The reason that F-117 got shot down is because the Americans flew the same flight path at the same time day after day and some clever serb noticed this and shot it down. Which reminded the Americans to never underestimate their enemy, and it's a mistake that they will NEVER make again with stealth aircraft. Furthermore the stealth aircraft around today are orders of magnitude more advanced then that old relic designed in the 80's. and even if the Americans had ZERO stealth aircraft and had to rely on 4th gen aircraft they would still have air supremacy in a month. those satellites that can spot whales can also see SAM sites so what you do is you launch a massive barrage of cruise missiles destroying a bulk of Russian AA, then you send in the F-16's to wild weasel the few survivors then you mop up the rest, ezpz. and thats assuming the Russians weren't completely incompetent WHICH THEY ARE
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  220.  @genem895  Let me know if they replace the M4 with an AK, the AK is outdated the only reason they manufacture it is because the Americans like guns, even obsolete ones. You can literally go online and find blueprints for AK's, its not a secret. Do you understand the difference?
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  221.  @jamesmandahl444  Welcome to the world of of ever shifting goalposts.
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  222. If NATO was at war with Russia it would be the most one sided face roll since desert storm
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  223.  @gethomas02  Good job proving his point.
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  224.  @missk1697  Russians got folded up like laundry at Kharkov and Kherson though so it's not exactly a stretch.
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  225. Real life is nothing like twitter, you understand that right?
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  226. I'm not ready to give up on the Turks yet. If they continue down the path of authoritarianism you might be right at some point though.
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  227.  @peterpanini96  are you on glue?
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  228.  @comradesoviet  *Takes massive hit of copium. No you see Mighty Russian army is just advancing in the opposite direction, just like Kyiv it's not retreating it's just a feint. All the T-62's, BTR-50s and mad max MTLB is just another feint, once the REAL army shows up then the war will be over in 3 days, and that includes defeating the decadent west. Checkmate westoids.
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  229.  @SavageJunky  Putin laying 4d chess truly a master strategist, Xi taking notes.
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  230.  @comradesoviet  If Muscovy is so capable of defeating Ukraine they why have they been dicking around outside Bakhmut for the past year? Why not just get on with it and win the war?
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  231.  @comradesoviet  If Muskovy cares about soldiers lives then why have they returned to the era of human wave assaults? Also why do they keep sending in wave after wave of stunned mobik to die in the same minefield in Vulhedar? (maybe wait until you are sober before responding)
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  232.  @claytonzak948  tell that to the russians
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  233.  @claytonzak948  yeah and Russian MOD has stated they are going to start emulating Wagner tactics, mostly because they are out of equipment though.
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  234. there is a chip ban on China, their high tech manufacturing is finished. all they can make is the worst chips for smart blenders and other garbage. Also sanctions would effect them much more then Russia because at least Russia is food and energy independent. China would starve to death in the dark without the west.
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  235.  @alexnderrrthewoke4479  Yes it is a joke, there's been a grand total of one test of the Zircon seen and they haven't been used it in Ukraine.
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  236.  @alexnderrrthewoke4479  Oh that fantasy. Don't believe every moronic thing you hear. That came from a Greek tabloid and Russian state media just ran with it. Even Russian MOD hasn't said anything on the topic, and they are looking for any win they can get.
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  237.  @lobster8009  the US didn't have stealth in Veitnam and only limited numbers in Iraq, that is no longer the case and China has nothing that can counter stealth.
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  238.  @cin806  Chinese officers spend 40% of their time learning party ideology and most of the rest learning how to parade. They are also one of the few countries that can give Russia a run for most corrupt country around.
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  239.  @lobster8009  huh? the J-20 is close to the F-35 in Xi's fantasy, even the Indians have said they have had no trouble tracking them on radar. And the close ups of the SU-57 show large gaps between the panels and it's held together with literal wood screws. Russian and Chinese fighters are 4th gen dressed up as 5th gen, although at least the J-20 exist unlike the perpetual prototype SU-57, though the Chinese still cant build engines and depend on the Russians for them and good luck getting those now. Also knowing stealth jets are active in a general area and being able to engage them are very different things.
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  240. multiple sources seem to indicate that this timetable will be accelerated, but who knows for sure.
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  241.  @LuisMendez-hx7tl  Armenia made that decision only after Russia proved themselves an unreliable ally.
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  242. WW1 on bathsalts.
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  243.  @David.C01552  we haven't sent anything we would use to fight Muscovy or China besides some 155, and we are sending old stock at the end of its life.
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  244.  @justjoking5841  he gets all his info from RT
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  245.  @m.cl.ballista4642  The warmongers are the Russian invaders.
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  246.  @bololollek9245  Russia ranks worse on the corruption index and is trending downwards while Ukraine trends up.
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  247. They aren't attacking now because it's a sea of mud, once the weather clears up I imagine we'll see more action.
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  248.  @mcal27  The primary obstacle to obtaining nukes is access to fissile material, which the Ukrainians have. They also already have platforms capable of delivering a warhead i'd be shocked and amazed of they didn't already have a small stockpile of their own and if Muscovy fires a warning shot or whatever the Ukrainians will respond in kind. There was also a recent poll in Ukraine when asked if they should continue to fight of they get nuked and a large majority said yes continue to fight.
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  249.  @mcal27  Time favors the Ukrainians in this fight not the Muscovites. are you simple or something?
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  250.  @mcal27  Putin could end this war today and stop the suffering, just tell his troops to turn around and the war is over. He's a wanted criminal though so i doubt he'll do that. Time is on the Ukrainians side because they have the support of the entire free world behind them, why negotiate when they are winning? Or do you think all the T-62's and Mad Max MTLB's are a serious threat. Also you're the person that think Putin is going to nuke Kyiv or something absolutely braindead.
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  251.  @nicolasbascunan4013  Russia is sared shitless of the US and will do everythng to avoid war with them, putin has more red lines then a candy cane and we routinely walk all over them with no effect
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  252.  @h9hkk6155  Even the cannibals roam free in Russia. Unfortunately every Russian with half a brain has been leaving since the '90's.
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  253.  @Lena-vw6ye  China is the largest importer of food and energy on the planet by a huge margin and unless they figure out teleportation they are in serious trouble if they want to get belligerent. It doens't even need to be them, if Iran and Saudi Arabia have a war everyone in china will just sit quietly in the dark i guess. China didn't even release it's GDP numbers from last year because they couldn't even make up numbers that weren't laughable (and make up numbers is what they generally do). China was able to gain the upper hand in manufacturing because it was able to leverage it's huge low cost population, but they already did that, and wages are rising faster there then anywhere and they are no longer competitive. They've also proven themselves to be an unreliable partner with zero covid and wolf warrior diplomacy, which is why orders have been drying up, the rest of the world moved on and have been building up their own industrial base (the US is currently undergoing the fastest industrialization in its history including WW2 and Mexico is doing the same) Furthermore since the chip ban tech is finished in China, the only way they can get chips is smuggled in from third parties, its over. The one child policy was probably the most braindead policy decision in the last 100 years from any country, the only ones that rival it are some of Mao's idiotic policies that led to mass famine. You may be amazed to learn that in order to have a functioning economy you need young people to consume.
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  254. once the MTLB's with old naval guns arrive the war is as good as over, checkmate decadent west.
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  255.  @nobodyherepal3292  no you see, *takes massive hit of copium*, we dick around outside Bakhmut for a year taking massive casualties sending in human waves then we send in the T-62's and MTLB with ancient naval cannon bolted on, then we send in the REAL russian army. Checmate decadent fools
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  256.  @missk1697  China and India are enemies, so are Iran and Saudi Arabia. BRICS will never agree to change into anything of substance.
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  257.  @captaindak5119  Why didn't they keep Kherson then if they have domination of the airspace? Muscovy is incapable of large scale air operations never mind SEAD, all they do is send out planes in onesie twosie to get shot down. and Their Navy now hides as far from Ukraine as they can get. Unless Muscovy figures out teleportation before the Ukrainians capture up to Azov then they will wither on the vine.
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  258. Russia invaded because Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia didn't want to lose its European energy monopoly. Now Russian hydrocarbon revenue is down around 70%. Putin remains a master strategest.
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  259.  @ericp1139  No they haven't. taking part or even most of something isn't the same taking all of it.
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  260.  @lape2002  And Chinese experience involves going on parades an larping.
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  261.  @lape2002  Industry completely dependent on foreign inputs.
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  262.  @lape2002  The growing Chinese chip dominance that exists in your imagination? Anything china does make is reliant on foreign imports. China is completely dependent on trade, if that goes away so does Chinese manufacturing. There are dozens of chip fabs in the US, including 27 that are being built. This number accounts for both expansions and new semiconductor fabs. You should do some basic research instead of posting silly comments.
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  263.  @Knight_Kin  mostly it's just junk Chinese knockoffs of Russian junk, also witht he chip ban coming into effect China's ability to build new stuff is dubious at best
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  264. dudes got videos about sending modern carriers back in time to fight the Japanese, dont think to much about it.
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  265.  @garretttobin7451  um even Gorbachev said there was no promose, it exists only in putins wet dreams, also if the Baltics etc hadn't joined NATO they'd have gotten the Russian treatment already "oh no Russian nationals are being oppressed we better go save them"
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  266.  @BertoxolusThePuzzled  you live in a fantasy world, according to the UN report in 2020 8 civilians in the donbass were killed on both sides of the line by hostilites by shelling 17 by mines and a 1 by other causes in 2021 by shelling it was 7 and 12 by mines, so all the shelling resulted in approx 1 civilian every 2 months, which OBVIOULY is cause for invasion, meanwhile Russia flattens Grozny and kills 10-20% of the entire population, you are parroting Putins propoganda numbers as fact
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  267.  @Gstyle1  The M777 began in 1987 as the Ultralight Field Howitzer, Storm shadow is 1994, so not cold war but not exactly cutting edge. And switchblades are light drones, hardly high impact weapons. An overwhelming majority of equipment sent to Ukraine has been Cold War leftovers at the end of their lifespan.
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  268.  @realsaxual2357  no its common knowledge, if you want your kid to get a decent education you send them to the west because there are no good schools in Russia, and the quality of life in the west is much higher so they tend to stay. Even Putin's kid lives in the west this isn't top secret.
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  269.  @borgorjonsson4120  Germany did the heavy lifting, Russia just stabbed them in the back. The Poles completely humiliated Russia in the Russo-Polish war.
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  270.  @garretttobin7451  The reason they couldn't take Kyiv is because you need a minimum 700k to take a city that size (closer to a million in Kyiv due to geography), which any general with a brain larger then a walnut could tell you. They didn't send enough because they had the braindead assumption that they would be greeted with a parade, thats why they had dress uniforms and instruments with them. The reason they never established air superiority is because Russia is incapable of SEAD never mind large scale air ops. All they have done is send in planes in onesie twosie to get shot down.
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  271.  @DSpace1  except China is going through the largest economic, demographic and societal collapse in human history. and is completely reliant on the west to keep the lights on and food on the table.
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  272. Russia is NOT THE SOVIET UNION, russia cant even make ball bearings anymore they are a complete joke
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  273.  @shaftoe195  I bet you look forward to all sorts of things that will never happen, like Russia capturing Bakhmut or going a week without launching an S-300 at an apartment building.
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  274. Trump's been acting like a crybaby for the last year or so and his base really dislikes that, his chance of beating Biden is less then the first time around. And Europe pretty much universally hates Russia now for at least another generation.
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  275. no you see this is russian strategy. *takes a huge hit of copium. we send in the T-62's and MTLB's with naval cannons in first and fart around outside Bakhmut for a year then we send in the REAL russian army and the decadent westoids can only despair.
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  276. @Wiegraf Well the Poles at least aren't dicking around.
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  277.  @paddy3002  you been spending too much time on twitter
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  278.  @paddy3002  careful globohomo agents dont get you!!
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  279.  @shrugg6593  /waits for Muscovy to stop dicking around outside Bakhmut.
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  280. we've sent loads of bridging equipment so far...
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  281. let them eat tanks, genius
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  282.  @YorkerEli  Yes most strategic targets have been destroyed or moved back out of range. Strategic targets are typically easy to spot; ammo dumps, large troop concentrations, rail yards etc. so everything that could be targeted has been and everything else was moved back out of range. To not do so would be moronic, even for the Russians.
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  283.  @Seth9809  China prints WAY more money then the US
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  284. Meanwhile Russia dusting off the T-54's and cant' even capture the Donbas.
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  285.  @morganingemarsson9494  Yeah, Russia is already resorting to human wave tactics and despite what some may think Russia isn't the soviet union and cant afford loses like this indefinitely
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  286. because there's thousands of Abrams and 31 is just the start
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  287.  @jesseterrell2109  What was the population of Chechnya when they beat the Russians?
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  288.  @jesseterrell2109  Is there a point to your whataboutism? The US didn't lose in Afghanistan, there hadn't been an attack on coalition forces in years the Taliban spent 20 years hiding in caves. Vietnam is a good example of how you can win almost every battle and still lose the war to an enemy on the defense being supplied by external benefactors. (sound familiar? except victories for Russia in this war are few and far between) Russia has lost more in a year and a half than the US did over decades in all those wars combined.
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  289.  @jesseterrell2109  Yeah Russia has been about to capture Avdiivka for about nine years now, I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you. Russia has multiple failed offensives. Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Vulhedar and Avdiivka may be the worst failure of them all. Hundreds of armored vehicles and tens of thousands of casualties to capture a couple empty fields. All to try to capture a small town with a pre war population of 30k right on the border, be in awe of the mighty Russian army. Russia claimed to capture Mariyinka but they haven't, Ukraine still holds parts of the town and fighting continues. They claimed to capture Bakhmut months before they had too, its just more Russia lies. Remember when they destroyed a bunch of farm equipment and tried to pass it off as Leopards? Russia has lost at leat 13.5k armored vehicles and cant even take the Donbas. This is the minimum number that there is photographic evidence for, the actual number is much higher. This invasion has been a humiliating disaster for Russia regardless of how you try to spin it. Ukraine has recaptured over 50% of the territory once occupied by Russia. The Russian army just had its worst month of the war, the Russian navy just lost the battle of the Black Sea to a country with no navy. And the Russian airforce has been a no show since taking terrible losses in the early war. And that Hawaii comment is pure nonsense, the 700 was an up front payment to make sure people had enough for food and essentials. They've gotten much more than that, are you brain damaged or or just a Russian propaganda bot? Hawaii governor Josh Green said he was amazed how quickly help arrived and he got everything he asked for. Lots of people want to get into the US to live a better life because of its high quality of living, including thousands of Russians every year. I'm sorry your life sucks though, remember it could always be worse, like in Russia where 1 in 5 people don't even have access to a toilet. Its a pretty good country if you are a cannibal though.
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  290. Finland was a small country of just a few million with almost no support besides some sympathetic Swedes. Whereas Ukraine is a country of 40 million with the backing of the entire free world. Also that was the USSR and Muskovy is most definately NOT them.
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  291.  @Big_Red_Dork  Yes also BRICS is just some walstreet bro's investment strategy, none of those countries give a rats ass about eachother.
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  292. Russia did collapse twice during the 20th century so it's not exactly outside the realm of possibility.
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  293. all they have been doing up to this point is launching unguided rockets from over the horizon at treetop level. you could get the same effect launching from the back of a toyota
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  294.  @stischer47  No for shooting fish in the Taiwan straight every time some foreign diplomat visits.
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  295.  @AJ-sw8uf  yeah no shit what's your point? and waters wet. casualties have probably been about 3-1 in favour of the defenders, just like every conflict. although with the human wave tactics Russia has taken to in the last few months its likely worse then that for them.
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  296.  @AJ-sw8uf  you're right it must be different then every war ever, defenders don't have an advantage anymore for the first time ever, amazing. If anything its worse, have you not been watching the footage from Vulhedar where the Russians send braindead wave after wave to die in the same minefield over and over? and in Bakhmut where human wave tactics have seen a resurgence its at least 5-1 in favor of Ukraine, and as high as 7-1.
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  297. since the chip ban China cant really manufacture high tech things anymore. They can buy chips from a 3rd party at an inflated cost but it negates their ppd advantage and then some.
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  298.  @sunnyboner676  Look up Russia's GDP per capita if you are looking for a laugh. 1 in 5 Russians don't even have access to a toilet.
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  299.  @SSPspaz  yeah plus all the Muscovite elites children live in the west. Stay tuned for more important threats though.
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  300. Russia loses wars on a regular basis, typically followed by a complete collapse of society.
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  301.  @03056932  This is the most braindead post i've read in my life. For starters NATO is a defensive alliance, nobody will be invading Russia via Finland or anywhere else unless Russia attacks first. They certianly wont be invading from Sweden because they dont share a land border with Russia. NATO isn't the reason Russia invaded Ukraine, its because Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia didn't want to lose its energy monopoly in Europe. Now however because of its actions Russia's hydrocarbon revenue is down around 70% since the start of the war. Most of the revenue it does generate is in the form of Yuan and Rupee's which severely limit Russian options. I won't even address your 'Anglo American' conspiracy theories or your hilarious attempt to challenge someone to a video debate (lol).
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  302.  @sleezerbarb9670  Russia failed offensives at Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Vulhedar and Avdiivka. Russia's lost half its army and cant even take the Donbas, its time to face reality bud.
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  303.  @sleezerbarb9670  Zaluzhny said there is a deadlock, do you think that's the same as losing? Meanwhile Russian generals Selivyorstov and Popov were both fired for telling the truth. (Russia is getting smoked) And of course there's General Surovikin who was fired for his role in an attempted coup. Russia's been parked outside Avdiivka for nine years bud, its time to come back down to earth.
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  304.  @sleezerbarb9670  Sure bud, let me know when the worlds #2 army manages to take the Donbas. I wont hold my breath. Good luck to Russia and its new 8 child policy lmao.
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  305.  @03056932  I'm going by photographic evidence not Putin's personal webpage. Russia has lost at a minimum 13.5k armored vehicles, the real number is likely much higher than that as many losses aren't photographed. Where did you get the harebrained idea that Ukraine was running out of fighting age men? That has no basis in reality.
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  306.  @soloqueuepixy  Careful you'll get challenged to a rap battle by the master of objective thinking.
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  307. He understands he lost he want's to punish the Ukrainians though. A garbage human being.
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  308. China's 5th gen is more like 4.5 gen at best.
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  309.  @DSpace1  he could do like China did this year and report nothing.
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  310.  @jjsheets330  well it suggests that the Chinese economy is in shambles at least.
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  311.  @jamieimbusch  what's your point? it's like saying we fought Russia in Vietnam. If NATO was fighting for real it would look like desert storm + geography and be one of the most one sided ass whoopings in all of human history
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  312. i'll trust you instead kurt. Idiot
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  313. I think Kinzhals are being saved for more attacks on Belgorod.
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  314.  @babanagrahim5439  one thing we learned from START treaty is that all the soviets ICBM's were sitting in 20 feet of water. Also the US famously follows around the loud ass Muscovite strategic subs and would have them sunk before they got their launch doors open. Furthermore even the US struggles to provide it's H-bombs with tritium its unlikely Muscovy has any thermonuclear weapons and would just have fission bombs that would number in the hundreds. And the children of the Muscovite elite all live in the west do you think they are going to nuke their kids? everything there is a bluff its all for show. Also if you think Russia has 7000 nukes ready to go then i have a bridge i'd like to sell you. If Muscovy wants to go toe to toe i guess we can but it won't go the way they like.
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  315.  @hydroponichomesteader6852  In Russia you can get arrested for holding up a blank sheet of paper.
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  316.  @hydroponichomesteader6852  lol, ok. Its not like there is a mountain of evidence or something. In Russia all Putins political rivals end up in the gulag or eating a polonium sandwich.
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  317.  @guspaz  no you see, *takes massive hit of copium. The plan from day one was to fart about outside of Bakhmut for a year and take massive casualties making human wave assaults, then we send the t-62's and mad max MTLB's in and then we send the REAL Russian army and decadent west can only cry.
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  318. The primary reason they are doing this is that there are plenty of people who have bribed their way into safe positions and need make work projects so they can look busy.
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  319. Also Russia's stated GDP is much lower then its actual GDP.
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  320.  @BertoxolusThePuzzled  Russia can't even make ball bearings anymore they are far from competent
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  321.  @BertoxolusThePuzzled  Russia doesn't produce ANY tanks a month, T-90's are just refurbished T-72's and all the electronics are bought from a 3rd party for a huge mark up. Also BRICS isn't an actual organization its some tech bro's investment fantasy, are you simple or something?
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  322.  @BertoxolusThePuzzled  holy shit you're retarded. BRICS AS A TERM OR CONCEPT DIDN'T EXIST UNTIL SOME WALSTREET BRO INVENTED IT TO DESCRIBE HIS INVESTMENT STRATEGY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND??? PLEASE LOOK IT UP BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING ELSE MORONIC. if you think any of those countries care about each other you really are delusional, do you think India and China give a rats ass about eachother??
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  323. Yeah the only ones who do fruitless suicide runs are the Muscovites, fortunately the Ukrainians don't actually have to attack just retake territory up to the sea of Azov putting the bridge in range of multiple weapon systems then put the squeeze on like they did at Kherson making the Muscovite position untenable.
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  324.  @Nick-wh4jt  Is that the same rank as the guy who was supposed to hold onto Kherson? Unless the Muscovites figure out teleportation they are still beholden to logistical realities. Or maybe they've dug a tunnel to Crimea alongside the bridge.
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  325.  @Nick-wh4jt  I guess the T-62's and Mad Max MTLB's were the knockout blow. idiot.
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  326.  @BillyBadAssSmith  let me know when you guys stop farting around outside Bahkmut. If Muscovy is so powerful why dont they get on with it and win the war already? let me guess you think they aren't trying yet.
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  327.  @EliHaNavi  since the chip ban china can only make the lowest quality of chips for blenders and electric razors.
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  328.  @EliHaNavi  Are you getting this info from the CCP? most of the 'current' stuff that they build is sub par chinese knockoffs of Russian tech, there wont be any future development except for what they steal. All the progress they have made is with Western help, and all them went home last year when the chip ban was implemented. China is shockingly corrupt, maybe worse than Russia they didn't even release GDP numbers this year because their economy is in a complete nose dive, they couldn't even just make up numbers like they do in a normal year. And forget high tech manufacturing even low tech manufacturing has fallen off the map. This is the last decade of Chinese competitiveness. Even if terminal demographics was there only problem (it's not) they wont be around as a functioning state, if the CCP manages to hold together it will be in a state similar to North Korea.
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  329.  @EliHaNavi  semiconductors are a very interconnected industry, the wafers come from japan, and the machinery from korea, the designs from the US the lithography from the Netherlands and everyone except the Koreans have pulled out( and they will eventually too), the Chinese semiconductor was killed off completely and it was easy. they are done there's no coming back
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  330.  @MrWolfstar8  The war in Afghanistan lasted a few weeks then there was a long insurgency against a more or less helpless enemy. The US could put up a hot air balloon rigged with hellfires and it would be effective within the framework of the USAF. The Russians are fighting an actual army that's more or less on the same level as them, the Russians couldn't take the Donbass with T-90's do you think T-55's will be more successful? Tanks will always be a sub par artillery platform because the barrels aren't designed for the volume of fire required. Plus the fact that they've been rotting in some Siberian field being stripped for parts.
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  331.  @MrWolfstar8  Yeah bad tank is still better then no tank. And to be fair these might not be for battle and are going to be in this years grim victory day parade.
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  332. Egypt can manage, i'm sure Ukraine will figure it out
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  333.  @tetraxis3011  do you have reading comprehension trouble? 1. if US and china are the ony ones that can take out Russia then why are they losing to Ukraine? 2. I never said the s400 can take out HIMARS i said Russian air defence cant take out HIMARS, this is known BECAUSE HIMARS ARE WRECKING RUSSIAN SHIT ALL OVER 3. you understand that being able to detect stealth aircraft operating in a general area and actually being able to engage them are two very different things, and no russia has nothing that can engage stealth aircraft reliably please get a clue. If stealth is useles then why are Russia and China trying frantically to develop (inferior) stealth tech of their own?
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  334.  @jimmyjams9036  no Israel said turn off your AA or we'll destroy it, thats the agreement, Russia woud love to say no but its AA cant touch F35, and Isreal agreed to send missile defence to ukraine
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  335. yeah Russia cant even take bahkmut in a year and have done nothing but lose ground since the original shock of the attack wore off, against a non scary ukranian army that poland would absolutely trash 1v1. but yeah they are totally a threat to NATO. Idiot
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  336.  @jimmyjams9036  its russia vs Ukraine with some old junk we weren't going to use anyways.
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  337.  @jimmyjams9036  your right though Russia super scary, they are just farting around outside Bakhmut sending human waves and t 62's for the last year to trick the Globohomo westoids into thinking they are weak. hey remember when they dug in by Chernobyl and got acute radiation poisoning, then suicided the cream of their army on a brain dead attack on Kyiv that any general would tell you had a zero percent chance of working
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  338. go watch some videos of their training, where they do karate and jump over fire. and not as a joke they are actually serious. literally everything about their army is a joke, training, leadership, morale. Their MBTs keep ammo spread around the hull so any sort of damage results in a catastrophic explosion. The only new tank they have tried to build in the last 3 decades is the t14, and they've managed to build a dozen or so in the last 15 years, and most of them are broke down. nobody except their weak neighbors take these fools serious
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  339.  @jimmyjams9036  with START we learned that all their ICBM's are sitting in 20 feet of water, our subs famously follow their loud ass strat subs around and would have them sunk before they get their launch doors open, their only real allies on the world stage are Syria and North Korea, all others like China and Iran would stab them in the back if it benefited them in any way.
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  340.  @Gstyle1  NATO is a defensive alliance.
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  341.  @genem895  Russia got the trademark for AK's in 1999 and then started demanding royalty fees from private companies, which is pretty much the hallmark of a declining state, you cant take out a trademark on something that's been in the public domain for 50 years and expect anyone to take it seriously. It would be like the UK suddently patenting tanks and demanding money for all the T-55's built its inane, do you understand? actual trademarks expire long before that, thats why you see gen 3 glock clones everywhere these days, the trademark expired. Russia/China use espionage to steal blueprints and directly copy US equipment. Again it's private companies making AK's in the US if Russia has a problem i guess they can take it up with them, in contrast its the Russian and Chinese state itself stealing and manufacuring goods.
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  342.  @andreypetrov4868  that 15000 is what China said if you believe that then I have a bridge to sell you. Vietnamese sources put loses at 62500. Try rereading my comment I said they lost more then the US did in 10 years (though by Vietnamese counting they also lost more then they did in 20) them losing more in 2 months then 10 years was the point I was trying to make... Tell the Tibetans and Uighurs that are currently being genocided that their wars were of smaller scale, Jesus.
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  343.  @andreypetrov4868  Lol the US is the second oldest continuous government on Earth after the UK they are quite stable. If you are looking for an unstable country look at China who's internal security army is as large as the PLA. Or Russia which collapsed twice in the 20th century and has a similar situation with Rosgvardia v its army.
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  344.  @andreypetrov4868  i'd say 30-40k more likely but sure.
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  345.  @andreypetrov4868  yeah and xinjiang and tibet wars should include modern day genocide numbers.
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  346.  @andreypetrov4868  I'm not defending the Vietnam war btw, either US's or Chinas they were both dumb.
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  347.  @keke-user2023  Anything in particluar you take exception to or do you just roam around making idiotic comments with your fellow travelers?
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  348.  @judelanoue9334  Russia cant even make ball bearings anymore are you on glue? also since the chip ban china can't make much more then smart blenders these days never mind defend the straights of malacca
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  349. that would be nice but i think everyone who had half a brain or spine already left the country and those left are terminally braindead
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  350.  @patrickjanecke5894  Yeah if china manages to make landfall in force by some miracle i'll eat my shoe
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  351.  @gordanbabic8028  Life in Russia is great if you are a cannibal.
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  352.  @-Kaje  we send old junk we dont want to maintain anymore, not anything we would actually use to fight Russia or China
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  353.  @LoneWolf-rc4go  *takes huge hit of copium, no you see this is Russian strategy to streamline it's armed forces. We send in the mad max MTLB's and T-62's and then we hit them with the TRUE russian army. Checkmate Globohomo west.
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  354.  @Gingerbreadley  don't mind him he's just copy pasting the same braindead comment in every thread.
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  355. Muscovites were dug in around Kharkov also and the Ukrainians folded them up like laundry.
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  356.  @Nick-wh4jt  *takes massive hit of copium. No you guys I saw on RT that the Ukrainians are recruiting infants as young as 2 and sending them to die, also once the dreaded T62's hit the front lines this war is as good as over and the only reason it isn't already is because we aren't trying.
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  357.  @allenwalker4922  Except there is plenty of partizan activity behind the Russian lines, and even in Russia itself. Zelensky is an 'ethnic Russian' do you think he supports Russia?
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  358. Why surrender when they're winning?
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  359.  @jarink1  yeah without complete air supremacy helo's are a death trap in most cases, unparallel in militia stomping though
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  360. presumably western aircraft are next on the list of stuff we're sending
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  361.  @Achmedsander  also this is Russia's last war as they are in terminal demographic decline, so once they are spent here we are done with Russia, forever.
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  362.  @MrClean-kr3uq  is the 'liberal world order' in the room with you right now?
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  363.  @mcal27  History didn't start last year. Russia has been spending orders of magnitude more on defense then Ukraine for Decades. And they still cant even take the Donbas.
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  364.  @carmelapelaez2700  Is that the one where Muscovy keeps sending wave after wave of stunned mobik to die in the same minefield outside of Vulhedar?
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  365.  @carmelapelaez2700  Let me know when you guys take Bahkmut, let me guess you still think everything is going according to plan and the only reason Muscovy isn't winning is because they aren't trying but once the REAL army shows up it will be over in 3 days.
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  366.  @carmelapelaez2700  Well i'm sure Russia would like to win sometime this century which won't happen at their current pace. Time is on the Ukrainians side, while the Russians send in the T-62's and Frankenstein MTLB's the Ukrainians will be getting better and better equipment from the west.
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  367.  @akshay9109  So why is Russia attacking across much of the front taking massive casualties if they aren't interested in gaining territory? Why did Russia hold sham referendums and annex Ukrainian territory? Why did Putin say he wouldn't give back any of the stolen territory? What you say has no basis in reality. Moreover prior to 2014 less than 10% of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO, and there were multiple NATO countries opposed to the idea. Ukraine's chances of joining NATO was effectively zero. This is a blatant land grab, what a foolish comment.
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  368.  @mellotim  Russia's GDP is smaller then New Jersey and the BRICS countries dont give a rats ass about Russia
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  369.  @mellotim  cool story Ivan. They are buying Russian hydrocarbons at the price cap levels set by the EU which is break even at best for Russia. Russian energy exports have fallen by 48% in the last 2 months. are you taking into account purchasing power parity terms? i dont think Russias economy is as large as you think. None of the BRICS countries give a rats ass about Russia. Brazil is an american ally, not a very good one but they know where their bread is buttered, India is another american ally, they want to play both sides but to counter their enemy China they are moving closer to the US. China is currently going through the largest demographic, economic and societal collapse in human history we dont even know what their GDP is because they didnt publish it this year. and they still do way more trade with the west then with Russia. and are completely dependent on the west to keep the lights on and food on the table, without our continued support they all starve to death in the dark in 6 months. and SA is a borderline failed state with 40% unemployment and the only reason we dont bring them into the fold is they are too irrelevent to bother. BRICS is literally some tech bro's investment strategy not some grand alliance. The only counties to vote for Russia at the UN are North Korea, Guatemala and Syria. A truly fearsome group. Lay off the copium an stop watching RN
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  370.  @mellotim  Taking anything Russia says at face value is moronic, let me guess you think everything is going according to plan? subtract 50% at least to any number the Russans put out. They only know how to lie and the only reason they tell the truth is to facilitate some other lie.
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  371.  @mellotim  i'm not American, what does the Iraq war have to do with anything? other stuff exists. and if you think corruption in the west is anywhere close to what it is in Russia you live in a fantasy world
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  372.  @mellotim  later ivan, pretty rich coming from the guy that parrots Russian talking points, let me guess you think everything is going according to plan. gonna be rough finding a job once russia runs out of money hey.
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  373. They pretty much have to wait for a the balkanization of Russia or get nuked, and i'd imagine the new countries that emerge won't make the same mistake that Ukraine did and give up their nukes
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  374.  @akshay9109  Go ask a grown up why Russia is invading.
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  375.  @HeichE944  That's what I said? try reading my comment again.
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  376.  @HeichE944  There is also nothing preventing Finland from withdrawing from NATO if they no longer feel its necessary.
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  377.  @jonnywatts2970  There are over a dozen corruption indices. They all agree that Russia is one of the most corrupt countries on earth. You can check out their methodology and let me know what you have a problem with. Though likely anything that doesn't fit your narrative I'm sure you'll judge lacking in some way. Ukraine definitely has problems with corruption but they seem to at least be dealing with it.
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  378.  @longtsun8286  Yanukovych was voted out by 100% of parliament, including his own party. His attempt to defy parliament and hang onto power led to a popular uprising. Ukraine is a sovereign state that Russia gets no say over, even if their government refuses to be their puppet. The reason for the war is just a regular old land grab. learn some history.
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  379. Iran, Belarus, Syria, India, China, most of Africa. That must mean Ukraine is fighting 3/4 of the worlds population by your logic.
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  380.  @Golden-lc6oi  Yes, moreover China is dependent on fertilizer imports to continue to produce food at its current volume. And oil/fuel imports to farm/transport the food.
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  381.  @MasterBlasterSr  There was never any agreement regarding NATO expansion, even Gorbachev said as much.
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  382. Its likely Trump will be in jail by then
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  383. China is in debt to the US over a trillion dollars in large volume of long-term sovereign gold-denominated bonds. This is before interest.
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  384.  @dameinoferrall2400  Fair enough but as I said the 'something' Putin did could have been the annexation of Crimea and endless proxy war in the Donbas, plus continuing to undermine NATO and the west and it would have been a clear win for him. Now because of Russia's over reaction they could be facing a situation similar to 1917. I'm also not sure about the US having a long term goal of destabilizing Putin's regime. If anything they've been wearing kid gloves when dealing with him up until 2022. Even after the full scale invasion they seem fearful to give too much aid to Ukraine as they are worried that Russia will collapse once again. And personally I think Trump has a better chance of winning the election for president of the prison book club then he does president of the US. But I didn't think he stood a chance the first time he won so who knows what the Americans will do, they always seem to surprise.
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  385.  @ffff7164  yep also Russian GDP claims are largely fabricated.
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  386.  @lape2002  Where did you get that harebrained idea? Here are the top ten, there are many others. The US invented micro chips, do you really think they dont manufacture any? Why not spend five seconds on google instead of posting idiotic comments? Company City State Number of Employees Intel Corp. Hillsboro OR 19,300 L3Harris Technologies, Inc., ISR Systems Greenville TX 5,500 Intel Corp. Folsom CA 5,300 QUALCOMM, Inc. San Diego CA 5,279 Amkor Technology, Inc. Tempe AZ 5,000 NXP Semiconductors USA, Inc. Austin TX 5,000 GlobalFoundries, Inc. Hopewell Junction NY 4,000 Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC Austin TX 3,500 Enphase Energy Petaluma CA 2,500 GlobalFoundries US2, LLC Essex Junction VT 2,100
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  387.  @Тёмный_Механик  Yeah foreign ones that have since left Russia. In the spring of 2022, SKF, the world's largest bearing manufacturer, ceased all operations in Russia. Other manufacturers in the Americas and Europe followed suit. Historically, Russia imported most of its bearings from Western manufacturers. These days they get a majority of their ball bearings from India and China.
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  388.  @peteratgoogle2241  The China town in my city is mostly Chinese, hopefully China doesn't invade!
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  389.  @APDM_Analysis  What do you think will happen if the entire economy collapses?
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  390.  @APDM_Analysis  Russia is food and energy independent and have commodities to spare. As does the US. The same sanctions on China and they would run out of fuel and starve. China is completely dependent on trade.
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  391.  @APDM_Analysis  China is dependent on fertilizer imports for its food production and despite producing a mountain of food they produce nowhere near enough food for domestic consumption. They will starve because without fuel they cant have agriculture. You cant just turn off 90% of the inputs and hand wave it away by saying 'war economy'.
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  392.  @borgorjonsson4120  Germany was allied with Russia at the time, they were both bad guys. It also doesn't change the fact that Germany did all the fighting and Russia came in at the end to grab some territory. Poland has a much stronger military than Ukraine. If Russia tried to fight them they'd get humiliated, NATO notwithstanding. The last time they fought was the Soviet Polish war, Russia was fighting the Germans and took occupied Poland from them, the Poles were already disarmed and in no state to fight the Soviets. You really need to learn history. The Soviet-Polish war started when Russian invaded Poland, not sure where you learned your history. Read up on the miracle of Warsaw if you want to see what military humiliation looks like. I'm sorry but you have no idea what you are talking about.
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  393.  @borgorjonsson4120  lmao, wow you live in an absolute fantasy world bud. You should work on your spelling if you want people to take your schizo posting serious.
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  394.  @РемиБоняшки  The Irish hate Russia way more then they hate the UK
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  395.  @Planet.Xplor3r  Then there was 1 child, wolf warrior diplomacy, zero covid. Its one braindead policy decision after another.
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  396.  @Airdrifting  China isn't exactly well known for their quality craftmanship. China's newest airliner the C919 is made almost entirely with western components. Its the same with almost everything they build.
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  397.  @P4hs  lmao, is the US deep state in the room with you right now?
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  398.  @LXHFIRENKING  Just a genocide taking place on their own territory.
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  399.  @AJ-sw8uf  op made the statement that Russia was outgunned by nato equipment in Ukraine and were still holding on. and i said yeah amazing what can be accomplished with no regard for human life, implying the russians are taking massive casualties with cannon fodder. ok?
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  400.  @sunnyboner676  Russia invaded because Ukraine discovered gas deposits and Russia didn't want to lose their European monopoly on energy.
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  401.  @sunnyboner676  For starters there was no promise regarding NATO expansion, even Gorbachev said as much. Moreover Ukraine was neutral when Russia invaded in 2014, rapprochement with NATO didn't start until 2019, 5 years after Russia's invasion. even then the chances of Ukraine joining NATO due to their circumstances was around zero. This is just a regular old land grab for resources. Trump also talked about nuking hurricanes, why are you quoting that stable genius as if it means anything. The US didn't import any oil from Syria prior to the war and they don't import any now, same with Iraq for that matter. Keep you conspiracy theories to yourself.
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  402.  @varvik4992  Why don't you go ahead and list 'the bunch' of settlements Russia has captured today.
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  403.  @sleezerbarb9670  Russia has multiple failed offensives.
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  404.  @BertoxolusThePuzzled  um no its literally some wall street guys investment portfolio there are no signed treaties and it's not a real organization and not any one of those countries would piss on another if they were on fire please learn some basic information before you embarrass yourself further
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  405.  @Mortablunt  all companies in china are run by the state, and yeah China has dumped a colossal amount of money into micro chips and its been a total failure.
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  406.  @jamiebrooks3864  BRICS nations don't trust each other, do you think China and India trust each other? Or Iran and Saudi Arabia?
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  407. Russia already using t-62's, what they going to use against NATO t-55's? super scary. you know part of the reason the Moskva sank, aside from incompentence is because they had to keep they fire extinguishers locked up because people kept stealing them, thats the sort of country Russia is, a complete joke. nobody takes them seriously in the west, except you apparently
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  408.  @ericp1139  The only one of those that was a full NATO operation was Afghanistan, and it was because of 9/11. So a defensive war.
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  409.  @Ren-tq1hs  Old variants of Leopard do, newer ones dont.
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  410.  @mellotim  nobody defends the Iraq war is the difference, Russia still acts like they're the victims of history like the reason everyone hates russia is due to russophobia and not their own actions. and i'm not sure what you mean by nothing makes international news, yeah it does all the time. all america's mistakes and unjust actions, the bad stuff they've done are there for all the world and it's own population to see, and discussed openly by everyone inside America and out. What great crimes do you think haven't been discussed? yeah the media does have some serious problems, mostly due to the 24 hr news cycle, but at least there is freedom of the press. you don't tow the party line in Russia and you end up in a Siberian basement. No country has been convinced to join NATO they did on their own volition because they've been occupied by Russia before and they know what hell is gee i wonder why they would want to join. If the Baltics weren't in NATO then all the nonsense we see in Ukraine 'oh poor Russians are in danger we better go liberate them' would have already happened there. If you had a belligerent neighbor that has invaded your country before and shipped most of your family to the gulag do you think you might want to join an alliance to ensure your safety? Also 'feeling secure' isn't a right of any country, tell it to Poland or Estonia. Should Poland be permitted to invade Belarus because it would make them feel safe from Russia? (Lukashenko being an illigitamate dictator aside) I bet Lithuania would feel a whole lot better if Kaliningrad didn't exist. There were talks about bringing Russia into the fold and we tried, it was Putin that expelled everyone trying to make that happen because he was benefitting from the corruption. Putin wanted us to beg him to join but that's not how NATO works, countries apply for membership. the idea that BAE or lockheed martin or something the US did caused Russia to invade its neighbour is inane. You say that the US has killed more civilians then Russia since 1991, are you sure about that? I know people from Mariupol and the estimates i've heard are at least 100k dead civilians and that's just one city, one city and it's the same everywhere they go. When that theatre there with the 'Children inside' sign was bombed the Syrians immidiately spoke up and said 'yeah you cant let Russia know where your women and children are hiding because they will target them'. they also killed 10-20% of the Chechen population and flattened Grozny. invaded Georgia a couple times. The war in Iraq was a disaster for sure but toppling Saddam, one of the most hated men in all of history and trying to annex Ukraine and the democratically elected Zelensky isn't even in the same ballpark. i'm not saying the US is some saintly nation that can do no wrong but they at least try to avoid civilian casualties. Did the CIA have anything to do with the coup, maybe but you dont get 90% of your population to participate in a rebellion because of outside influence. If you were givin a choice between joining the free and prosperous west and being a Russian slave it's not a difficult choice to make.
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  411.  @Worselol  A war between the US and China wouldn't be an artillery fight.
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