houseoftolstoy
@houseoftolstoy oh, Ukraine never had a chance. But Russia is still incompetent.
Remember that roughly 30 mile long convoy that got stuck for something like 2 weeks?
Getting stuck that long for even a few hours is bad, let alone days or weeks.
If they had fucked up that badly against someone with A10 Warthogs, their army would have been crippled in minutes.
2w ago The Hub
@Typo-MAGAshiv Is your basis that they are incompetent based on the reporting of western sources on the war? Because I will say that I am not going to be trusting of those sources after all the lies they told about the 2020 election being "free and fair" when it was clearly drenched with fraud, and their lies about the "pandemic" that ended up being overblown and falsified on many fronts (dying "with Covid" means it was a "Covid death" even if Covid had nothing to do with the cause of death).
Regarding Ukraine Exhibit A: Bakhmut is a strategically important city (September 2022) archive.is/XSj50
Exhibit B: Bakhmut is not strategically important (December 2023) archive.is/ieOuL
I know, two different sources. But it seems quite the contradiction in just a year's time. What changed? Would it be that Russia took the city? Because that is exactly what happened. So the narrative changed because the western media and governments want to try and save face and claim that it suddenly does not matter.
Do you remember the hyped up counteroffensive by Ukraine? What became of that? It was a failure, that's what happened.
So I am not going to be trusting of the idea that Russia is incompetent when it comes to military operations when most information we would be getting is from sources that have every motivation to downplay them. Keep in mind that when Russia was conducting their attacks in eastern Ukraine, they had the idea of annexing the Donbas region. That is, not utterly destroy it. Because I am sure they could.
Is this the best way to win a war? Maybe not. And they certainly have made mistakes and perhaps operated on too many assumptions that Ukraine would surrender right away. But when it comes to the end results, I would see Russia fairing far better than Ukraine.
Read More@houseoftolstoy much of your post rings true, except this one part:
Countries like Russia have militaries that are far more of a threat than any country the US has recently been involved in
Nah, they're incompetent as hell. Their invasion of Ukraine revealed this.
Then again, they're more likely to fix that incompetence than our military is to reverse course on DEI bullshit.
2w ago The Hub
I get a strong feeling the military industrial complex got far too complacent with all the years of the US being unchallenged by other countries militarily. The people in the military and the defense contractors must have been thinking that they could just coast on being number 1 and milk the government for more money while not caring about delivering results.
Not anymore. We have challengers now. Countries like Russia have militaries that are far more of a threat than any country the US has recently been involved in. The US is not used to fighting someone who can actually fight back, so if they do not fix things quick, then the US will not be a "superpower" anymore. But given the current trajectory, I don't expect the military to give up their DEI initiatives or the defense contractors to clean house and get serious. This sort of institutional rot cannot be easily reversed, as the rot has been going on for far too long.
Much of the world will heal, and much of Europe will suffer without having the US to be their military, as well as Israel. I don't see how Israel will make it very far if a bunch of other countries team up and the US is not there to back up Israel in the way that they have been in the past. Who knows which countries in Europe will struggle. That depends on if they want to go full on conscription mode and fight on hard or if they go the surrender route. Hard to say since those countries have far too many people used to a peacetime mindset.
Read More4w ago The Hub
@adam-l Men who would do so are either blissfully unaware of the issues that come with this sexual liberation and see no issues with how women are today or are hoping that they can find a woman who is the exception to the trend of women who have a hoe phase in their 20s. Perhaps a man who is a doctor can find this sort of exception, but the question remains has he prepared himself to be able to find this type of woman? This type of woman is rare to find, and there are many women who will attempt to deceive such men claiming to be one of these exceptions when her body count is by no means low.
Though there are some men who may still find motivation outside of being able to get someone of the opposite sex attracted to him. Though it would be foolish to think that this applies to most men and that men would not have as strong of a motivation to achieve if he was certain his efforts would not result in him being able to be paired with a low body count, high quality woman.
Sexual liberation for women has indeed created many downstream problems, including but not limited to men having less stake in society when being a good, high earning man is not rewarded by the opposite sex (where rewarding him is not merely seeking such a man when she is "finally ready to settle down in her 30s).
Read More@Lone_Ranger if it weren't for our "no direct links to women's YouTube channels" rule, this would make an excellent WAATGM post.
Maybe if someone knows how to download the video and sanitize it via musicaldown.com and upload to streamable.com?
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@polishknight WAATGM flair guide for reference
Since she isn't explicitly seeking commitment, she doesn't fit rule 5.
I could see allowing under a weekend version of "strong, independent woman" (see @Kevin32's stickied comment here explaining that flair).
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2mo ago The Dark Winter
@Typo-MAGAshiv hopefully the numbers of adverse effects remain low overall. Because many were deceived or coerced into taking those shots. I have no confirmed cases of those I know who have major issues that can be linked to the vaxx, but I see no reason to take the chance. I saw all the reports of athletes having cardiac issues on the field. And me being in that age range (though not a professional athlete), I sure as hell do not want to find out that I will have heart problems that an 80 year old has.
My Dad probably took the shots (not a liberal but rather a Trump supporter who trusted the shots due to Trump touting operation warp speed). I cannot for sure say some of his current health issues are the vaxx, because frankly he has never take great care of his health. But I would not be surprised if it is exacerbating some issues, as I have found out through the grapevine each time he has some issue (he is hesitant to tell others about these things).
Either way, no plans to take the shots.
Read More3mo ago The Hub
@Typo-MAGAshiv I will clarify that I am not deeply invested in either theory about the Obamas being true. But if it is confirmed to be true, I will not be startled or shocked. I am not itching to try and prove such theories as true, but I am simply open to the possibility of them being true.
Not to mention, there have been childless and even bachelor Presidents in the past. It would have been easier to leave him a bachelor than to go to all that ridiculous trouble
But with modern politics as they are, I don't think it will be as easy for someone to become President when they are childless or a bachelor. It is too easy to attack someone as being "not invested in the future" if they do not have children of their own. This is regardless of whether or not there is any merit to such attacks, they are likely to be used. And even without the attacks, the image of the first family with children makes for great PR.
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