Comments by "dixon pinfold" (@dixonpinfold2582) on "BFBS Forces News" channel.

I'm impressed and greatly heartened by Britain's stalwart response to the present challenge to basic decency. These are the times that reveal each nation's true colours. From elsewhere in the Commonwealth I humbly send my approval, gratitude and respect.
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It is axiomatic that in a war expected to be long, a good many of the best soldiers must be kept well back from the front, or at home. That's normal. I wouldn't worry that it necessarily portends anything. I think it's more logical to assume that Russia is headed for blunders than that it might launch massive, brilliantly effective initiatives. Its political and military systems are not robust decision machines. Even those of the West are much better.
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Voters told opinion pollsters that military spending was 'icky' and that sending social workers to iron out global security problems was preferable. They got the weaker military they yearned for, and felt good about it. Sound about right?
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A Ukrainian corrected me a few years back, telling me it's 'keev.' He is from Odesa. 'Kee-ev' is (or was) traditional in English, but it's hard to argue with going with the native pronunciation, especially since it's not that big a difference. (I'm in favour of keeping English names that are majorly different, like 'Florence' for Firenze, 'Cologne' for Köln. Also, concerning Paris, it's too late to start saying 'Pair-ee' instead of 'Pair-iss')
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@philipliethen519 I don't recall giving a compliment to anyone or anything. It was all sober and sincere. I regret if I made it seem otherwise. Cheers
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Hey man, nobody likes a braggart. 😄
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I expect they do see it his way. Indeed his perspective may well be heavily based on viewpoints making their way to him from the Pentagon, the White House and the Capitol.
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To me that spit and peninsula look like quite an unsafe and vulnerable place for any forces to be. It's quite flat and exposed, as was pointed out. If it's not so, because Ukraine somehow probably wouldn't have a really hard time defending it, or because it's all part of a coherent plan, then good. Possibly it's a feint, I don't know.
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@nicolasgarcia248 You might be right about the impact of losing 30,000 soldiers from a military point of view. (Or wrong, depending on which soldiers they are, and what equipment is lost along with them.) Also to be considered, however: the political impact. Putin's supporters would howl with discontent, especially since all are now aware of his direct involvement in strategic command. And his detractors might finally do the same.
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@tigermanmccool4037 A great deal of what Ukraine has been given was never going to be used anyway and was only collecting dust in American armories, taking up space and costing money to occasionally do maintenance on. In other words it was bought and paid for long ago and you won't be taxed again for it. The rest (Javelins, M777s, HIMARS, etc.) is extremely cheap compared with the direct costs to you of a war or wars which inaction would lead to. Let Russia be unopposed and the global security collapse that would lead to—serial Russian adventurism, toppling of countries by an emboldened China in the Indo-Pacific—would inevitably draw the US into direct conflicts: wars costing innumerable American lives and many trillions of dollars of treasure, resulting in a guaranteed large and probably permanent drop in living standards; all of this on top of a soon nastier and brutalized world probably too dangerous to travel or do business in. You're getting a backstop to the security and prosperity of your future and your children's future for pennies a day. Don't whine, my ironically-named friend.
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Nay, this is comforting.
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He used it in a sense which has recently made it into some dictionaries, but I think they are far too permissive and regard this sense ('unfair') to be a serious corruption of the word's meaning. Invidious properly means 'apt to cause envy or resentment' (e.g. bragging at work about the size of your pay raise, or giving a present to only one of your children) and it has meant this for centuries. The root is the Latin word for 'envy.' Nothing really to do with unjust distinction-making.
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@Jim Carner The word is gaining a corrupted meaning which I believe is related to a phrase in longstanding and somewhat common use: 'invidious distinction.' It properly refers to making comparisons which are likely to make people upset by arousing envy, normally through express or implied praise (of one party over another). Parents, teachers and employers, e.g., are usually careful not to make invidious distinctions in order to keep everybody getting along with one another. It can also refer to distinction in the sense of distinguishing oneself. For example, becoming a billionaire may be regarded as invidious distinction, as may the achievement of fame or anything else people might envy. It's a handy phrase, but people picked it up and, as they so often do, misused it because they guessed loosely at its meaning from context instead of looking it up. They started using it to mean simply 'unfair' or 'invalid' rather than 'bound to get people riled up with envious resentment.'
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@Jim Carner That quip at the end is hilarious. 😄 You must tell me what it means so I can use it correctly.
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Most pathetic Pooty-bot attempt ever. He says newk-lee-uh just like a properly educated Brit. You're not earning your 50 kopeks, Dmitri, so I suggest you join the battle at the front. I hear they have openings for tank commanders.
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@francisdec1615 Ok, so you named an instance of AH's many blunders. What does that add? Stay on topic, will you?
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@francisdec1615 Get a pointy hand tool into yours. It will improve your thinking, by stopping it. Putzin has trapped himself. He had no idea what trouble it is to have 1.2bn rich people with far more weaponry than him up against him. The core of it, NATO, is the strongest gang in history, by far. And he can't even fire a shot at us. Hahaha. You lose, Frankie baby. Pack it in and go home. Oh, and get used to a diet solely of bread and beets for the next 20 years.
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@francisdec1615 Not my fault you didn't write it well. I remember puzzling over w.t.h. you were trying to say, and judged it as best I could. The big shoes are on your feet, 🤡. Have nice night though.
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@nicolasgarcia248 Omg. Putin needs to have his country behind him. Period. Politics doesn't only mean party politics.
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@patricepicaud5490 Et pour vous, monsieur, <<La Grenouille Avec Sa Main Gauche Toujours Dans La Poche De Son Pantalon>>. Un très long sobriquet, oui, mais on fait ce qu'on peut. La précision fait surtout l'affaire.
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@skywillfindyou Pass that thing, Professor Hopium. You've had enough.
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@franzfred7511 why tee em.
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Forces News needs to hose the Pooty-bot sewage out of this section.
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Absolutely. 👏 Are you of Ukrainian descent? If so, let's see your name in Cyrillic.
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Putin's military difficulties will only multiply. As his own resources steadily dwindle, Ukraine's allies can turn up the tap on weapons to match any attempt at escalation. But the most crucial of all factors involved, I'm convinced, is the combo of US intelligence data and advice. It's this which ensures that every Russian tactic turns to dust. Next for Putin, inevitably: a black and crushing hopelessness.
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"Dirty bomb" Sure, Pooty-poot-poot. A story just about as believable as Baba Yaga.
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To your closing point I would add that wind could carry radioactive material some distance (which would depend on the weather, obviously) but would also be likely to disperse it quite effectively by lowering the concentration. Were the initial amount tremendously large, it would, in this case, be somewhat likely to carry it in significant amounts into Russia itself, or at least onto Russian troops in occupied areas of Ukraine. If care were taken to explode it only when a weather system is moving southwards, then one result might be to infuriate Turkey. The whole thing sounds far-fetched as a safe and effective tactic.
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@TheCoolhead27 It's the correct pronunciation, so what's creepy about it? The sudden and creepy change was to pronouncing the name of the country YOU-krane for no reason at all. It is not more similar to the Ukrainian version: you-KRANE is closer.
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Elon Musk's latest venture: SharkX?
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