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wombatwoody Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3136 Wombat NSW	Russian steamroller totally crushing Ukraine Jun 17^th, 2023 at 3:33pm 'Washington knows Ukraine is close to collapse.' Douglas Abbott Macgregor is a retired U.S. Army colonel and government official, and an author, consultant, and television commentator. He played a significant role on the battlefield in the Gulf War and the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Wikipedia
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Online Symphony XtraOrdinary Posts: 24013 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Russian steamroller totally crushing Ukraine Reply #1 - Jun 17^th, 2023 at 4:25pm I wonder what sort of new accommodation Russia will build the Ukrainians, if Russia wins the war.
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aquascoot Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33960 Gender:	Re: Russian steamroller totally crushing Ukraine Reply #2 - Jun 19^th, 2023 at 9:27pm russia just wants to wreck the joint. america and western europe can go broke rebuilding it
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Reply #3 - Jun 20^th, 2023 at 3:13am

wombatwoody wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 3:33pm:

'Washington knows Ukraine is close to collapse.'

Douglas Abbott Macgregor is a retired U.S. Army colonel and government official, and an author, consultant, and television commentator. He played a significant role on the battlefield in the Gulf War and the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Wikipedia

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Reply #4 - Jun 20^th, 2023 at 10:06pm

If the Russian Army is driven out of Zaporizhia, they will blow the nuclear power station in the process and blame it on Ukraine. Central Russia is down wind, but they are stupid and vindictive enough to do it, and casualties don't seem to bother them.

As for Ukraine about to collapse, people have been saying that since day one. Before the invasion, Ukraine had a small but effective military. With which they sank the Russian admirals flagship and his main landing ship. The Russian navy then ran away out of range, and have done nothing since.

Every day Ukraine is getting stronger, that is why Medvedev passed kidney stone when the F16s were announced from NATO donors and trainers. They will be in service before Russia can make anymore strategic gains, along with 41 updated Australian F/A 18s. So Ukraine is about to have a credible airforce.

Sure, Ukraine may be destroyed and the territory become part of Putin's grand vision, but Russia is going to bleed through its arse, and cough up a zillion rubles to do it.

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Reply #5 - Jun 20^th, 2023 at 11:07pm

wombatwoody wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 3:33pm:

'Washington knows Ukraine is close to collapse.'

Douglas Abbott Macgregor is a retired U.S. Army colonel and government official, and an author, consultant, and television commentator. He played a significant role on the battlefield in the Gulf War and the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Wikipedia

Sounds like he bullshits too much:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Macgregor

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Why do you continually put Douglas MacGregor on @FoxNews to
spread Putin's propaganda and lies? This is absolutely not in America's interest

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Mattyfisk Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 94452 Gender:	Re: Russian steamroller totally crushing Ukraine Reply #6 - Jun 21^st, 2023 at 12:39pm aquascoot wrote on Jun 19^th, 2023 at 9:27pm: russia just wants to wreck the joint. america and western europe can go broke rebuilding it Ah, the "noble Vlad", eh? Chess master, concert pianist, aviator, judo champion and now this. Joint-wrecker. It's a narrow road indeed, no?
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Laugh till you cry Gold Member Offline Posts: 15908 In your happy place Gender:	Re: Russian steamroller totally crushing Ukraine Reply #7 - Jun 21^st, 2023 at 12:44pm UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 4:25pm: I wonder what sort of new accommodation Russia will build the Ukrainians, if Russia wins the war. The same accommodation Israel is giving the Palestinians. None at all.
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Reply #8 - Jun 22^nd, 2023 at 1:00pm

Laugh till you cry wrote on Jun 21^st, 2023 at 12:44pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 4:25pm:

I wonder what sort of new accommodation Russia will build the Ukrainians, if Russia wins the war.

The same accommodation Israel is giving the Palestinians. None at all.

Yes, well, I was being sardonic with that post. It seems that the Russians have no moral compass with the Ukrainians' lives.

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Reply #9 - Jul 13^th, 2023 at 7:48am

So what has Putin and his long faced Junta achieved by invading Ukraine, apart form destroying their economy and sending thousands to their death or wheel chairs?

They have increased the membership of NATO, given the alliance a chance to clear old stocks of ammunition, and test new weapons from a position of observation.

One thing is certain, Crimea as a naval base is no longer tenable. After this war, Ukraine will bristle with anti-ship missiles, if it is not already. Even without Turkish permission, exit from the Black Sea in war with NATO would be impossible.

All of this due to the paranoia and megalomania of a dictatorship who uses a threat of NATO invasion as its only justification, an argument that is easily demolished looking at European pre-war economics.

And even a casual observer can see NATO would require a united and complete change of posture to even contemplate invading Russia. Its not going to happen, and I believe Putin has always known that.

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Reply #10 - Jul 13^th, 2023 at 12:06pm

Bobby. wrote on Jun 20^th, 2023 at 11:07pm:

wombatwoody wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 3:33pm:

'Washington knows Ukraine is close to collapse.'

Douglas Abbott Macgregor is a retired U.S. Army colonel and government official, and an author, consultant, and television commentator. He played a significant role on the battlefield in the Gulf War and the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Wikipedia

Sounds like he bullshits too much:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Macgregor

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Why do you continually put Douglas MacGregor on @FoxNews to
spread Putin's propaganda and lies? This is absolutely not in America's interest

But of course.

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His thinking contributed to the US strategy in its 2003 invasion of Iraq.

His video has also been removed. You get that, no?

Chest-thumping, sabre-rattling warmongers like to reel you in, then - whoops.

This video has been removed by the uploader.

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Reply #11 - Jul 13^th, 2023 at 12:56pm

issuevoter wrote on Jul 13^th, 2023 at 7:48am:

[size=12]So what has Putin and his long faced Junta achieved by invading Ukraine, apart form destroying their economy and sending thousands to their death or wheel chairs?

You make that sound like a bad thing, dear.

Russia is run by a syndicate. Its spoils are divided and dispersed by the capos, led by Vlad, the Boss. There is no thought to Russian deaths or disabilities beyond the political calculation of what the Ruskis are prepared to cop.

Much easier to send the kids off to war than fight off a revolution. Vlad thought he could trust the generals to do their job. He also thought Ukrainians would suck it up, right?

Wrong. For the last few years, Vlad's had covid to keep things tight. He likes to have a nice little emergency up his sleeve. He came to power with the Chechen war, now he's created a whole new war to keep that power.

Genius. He's a peacemaker, no?

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Laugh till you cry Gold Member Offline Posts: 15908 In your happy place Gender:	Re: Russian steamroller totally crushing Ukraine Reply #12 - Jul 13^th, 2023 at 1:07pm UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 4:25pm: I wonder what sort of new accommodation Russia will build the Ukrainians, if Russia wins the war. The same as Uncle Sam built for the Iraqis, Libyans, and Syrians, and what the Israelis built for the Palestinians, fu*k all.
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Reply #13 - Jul 18^th, 2023 at 9:30pm

UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 4:25pm:

I wonder what sort of new accommodation Russia will build the Ukrainians, if Russia wins the war.

He will probably extend more of this to the recovered territory. Ukraine has closed churches and arrested clergy so he can be expected to reverse that. In todays world it is possible for Zelenskyy to be both a Jew and a Nazi!

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Reply #14 - Jul 18^th, 2023 at 11:32pm

Mortdooley wrote on Jul 18^th, 2023 at 9:30pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 4:25pm:

I wonder what sort of new accommodation Russia will build the Ukrainians, if Russia wins the war.

He will probably extend more of this to the recovered territory. Ukraine has closed churches and arrested clergy so he can be expected to reverse that. In todays world it is possible for Zelenskyy to be both a Jew and a Nazi!
https://i.postimg.cc/5yJWHn2Y/putin.png

Here's what I don't get about you ultra-right Americans. You preached to the world about Russia as the ultimate enemy from 1945. Nothing has changed in Russia other than in name. Now you do a complete about-face and you love them for it. You expect the rest of the world to miss the irony?

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