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2023-02-07 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

West begins to fear retribution for what they had done

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Posted by badanov 2023-02-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The only thing worse than nuclear war is a Russian victory in Ukraine.

Posted by Fat Bob Thrart2867 2023-02-07 01:32|| 2023-02-07 01:32|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ where have you been. Russia has won already. Infrastructure gone, huge population losses, economy gone, Ukraine is just western news media show and dependent client state of Biden's. Boris and Scholz live in an alternate reality. The west grows smaller each passing day. 85% of the worlds population is with Russia China polar world order. Why?, money, power west miscalculations.

Posted by Dale 2023-02-07 04:11|| 2023-02-07 04:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Dale vs Fat - popcorn time

Posted by Griter Slash1619 2023-02-07 06:37|| 2023-02-07 06:37|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm going with Dale for the upset.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-07 06:43|| 2023-02-07 06:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Russia is the world's largest fertilizer exporter, much of it to Ukraine.

Posted by Thruter Gloluger6393 2023-02-07 07:03|| 2023-02-07 07:03|| Front Page Top

#6 A few days earlier in Vuhledar. The 155th Marine Brigade will need to reconstitute for a 4th time.

Posted by Thruter Gloluger6393 2023-02-07 07:18|| 2023-02-07 07:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Russia is the world's largest fertilizer exporter

Does that include dead Wagners?

Posted by Angstrom 2023-02-07 07:21|| 2023-02-07 07:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Especially Wagners, though Russian mobiks and regular forces contribution to Ukrainian soil fertility should not be minimized.

Wagner had recruited 40,000 cannon fodder from prisons. Recently they were down to 10,000 remaining and scrounging Russian prisons and occupied Ukrainian territories for more fertilizer. But the word on casualties is out. Africa, and even Afghanistan, look to be the next happy recruiting grounds.

Posted by Thruter Gloluger6393 2023-02-07 07:41|| 2023-02-07 07:41|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ 16 year olds, infirm, 60 year olds all sent to front as buffer for his better forces. Life expectancy four hours. Normal kill ratio 8-1 so Russia is doing quite well. Meat grinder is now a common expression. Putin has held back the Russian people. They want to go in now. Appears major push is about to happen. Ukraine has to shuffle troops from one area to another to prevent further Russian advances. Dramatic decline in unit strength. So what is the return on their investment for the West. I rather doubt any refunds will be available.

Posted by Dale 2023-02-07 14:00|| 2023-02-07 14:00|| Front Page Top

#10 Bad news for the Putin puppets - Germany has just sent 14 and 88 tanks to Ukraine. Everyone here knows what 14/88 means, right? Maybe not, judging from the level of English the average IQ seems pretty low. Oh I forgot...non-native speakers, right.

I think I know what they’re going for. This is psychological warfare to revive the trauma of Russia getting invaded. It’s fair game for the Germans to do that. Good job.

Posted by Fat Bob Thrart2867 2023-02-07 15:19|| 2023-02-07 15:19|| Front Page Top

#11 I think I know what they’re going for. This is psychological warfare to revive the trauma of Russia getting invaded. It’s fair game for the Germans to do that. Good job.

Every year Russians mourn the invasion by Germany in 1941, as they commemorate the other numerous instances of invasion of their land over the last half millennium. They have earned that right.

The 2014 coup intensified the fear of invasion again. The 2022 war was the Russian solution.

I hate it and you hate it, but they think that this is their only recourse to the kinetic actions of an alliance that refuses to negotiate

Posted by badanov 2023-02-07 15:37|| 2023-02-07 15:37|| Front Page Top

#12 Both nations have low birthrates. Both have now lost a ton of men of parenting age. Can't really be good for either in the long run.

Posted by ruprecht 2023-02-07 20:41|| 2023-02-07 20:41|| Front Page Top

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