I wasn't sure where this Israel, Iran and China debacle should go, so I thought I would start a new thread and post it here:

Interesting article disusing Israel's actions in trying to destabilize Iran and how it monumentally backfired and brought China into the Middle East... it's kind of crazy

 

"To the extent that Netanyahu played a role here, his plot has backfired monumentally. If the China deal goes through, Iran is much strengthened and its hard liners are entirely unleashed. The positioning of Chinese security forces in Iran will make it increasingly risky for other countries such as Israel or the US to strike Iran, lest they come into conflict with nuclear-armed China."

Edited September 10, 20196 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

5 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Gotta admit, this guy seems pretty badass.

                                           

11 minutes ago, Stretch said:

Gotta admit, this guy seems pretty badass.

Legend being born. I also read he is a comedian which warms my heart even more.

A segment of Americans are becoming the biggest A holes in the world 

 

 

The Netherlands is sending 200 stinger anti-aircraft missiles, sniper rifles with ammunition, helmets, fragmentation vests, radars and detectors to detect ground mines and naval mines to Ukraine +150 soldiers to Romanian/Ukraine border. I hope it arrives on time.stay strong!

 

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You can shove your thoughts and prayers and condemnation of Putin now, you had a chance to help Ukraine but sided with your Orange God, the only Republican to vote for was Mitt Romney.

Slovakia donates military material worth 2.6 million euros and also material owned by the State Material Reserves worth 8.4 million euros.

As a Canadian Ukrainian Mennonite I stand with the people of Ukraine.  I hope that although I understand why Canada can't get involved formally that we can at least supply their people with technology to battle the Russian scum invaders.  As someone who was told from day one how bad the Russians are (why my ancestors fled Russian communists 100 years ago) I am cheering on the Ukrainians and hope that they can hold back the evil Russian hordes.  Otherwise this is going to get really ugly. 

6 minutes ago, Tracker said:

............and one of these

 

Slovak army sends Ukraine ammunition and other war material worth of 11 million €. Fu*k Russia

 

 

                                         

 

Not going so well for Putin so he has to resort to this weapon, he is a war criminal murdering innocent people

 

An opinion piece on Putin

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/27/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-power

1 hour ago, the watcher said:

An opinion piece on Putin

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/27/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-power

Outstanding article.

I have read two novels by Vladimir Sorokin..... Brilliant author.  Read them start to finish without stopping.

Day of the Oprichnik: 

 

"Day of the Oprichnik, translated into English by Jamey Gambrell, is no earnest retread of Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, even though Sorokin, a talented mimic of his fellow Russian authors, clearly intends the ironic echo. On the contrary, this short and savage offering puts the “dys” in dystopian in a way few novels bearing that label can claim. It’s an outrageous, salacious, over-the-top tragicomic depiction of an utterly depraved social order whose absolute monarch (referred to only as “His Majesty”) is a blatant conflation of the country’s current president with its ferocious 16th-century absolute monarch known as Ivan Grozny."

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/his-majesty-on-vladimir-sorokins-day-of-the-oprichnik/

 

Edited February 27, 20223 yr by Mark F

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-business-europe-moscow-2e4e1cf784f22b6afbe5a2f936725550

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday in response to what he called “aggressive statements” by leading NATO powers.

The directive to put Russia’s nuclear weapons in an increased state of readiness for launch raised fears that the crisis could boil over into nuclear warfare, whether by design or mistake.

Putin’s step is “potentially putting in play forces that, if there’s a miscalculation, could make things much, much more dangerous,” said a senior U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Amid the mounting tensions, Ukraine announced that a delegation would meet with Russian officials for talks. But the Kremlin’s ultimate aims in Ukraine — and what steps might be enough to satisfy Moscow — remained unclear.

He's lost his ******* mind.

Slava Ukraini!

 

A plague... maybe nuclear war...but we got 2 grey cups in a row soooo draw?

This is real life not like the meal team six members and their cosplay pretend tired old act

 

28 minutes ago, bustamente said:

This is real life

Looks like most ukrainians have had military training.

dont know though.

The National Guard of Ukraine serve as the main reserve component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"Following hostilities with Russia, Ukraine increased the size of its armed forces to 204,000 soldiers (+46,000 civil servants) in 2014, not counting additional military forces such as the border guards (53,000), the newly formed National Guard of Ukraine (60,000) or the security service.^[10] The current size of Ukraine's armed forces, which consists of 250,000 (215,000 military personnel), is the second largest in the region after the Russian Armed Forces.^[11] In 2022, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered to increase the size of the forces by 100,000 by 2025, while ending conscription in 2024. Conscription will be replaced with short-term intensive military training.^[12]"

 

^{not a small military.}

Edited February 27, 20223 yr by Mark F