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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Yanno, for someone who gets all outraged at the thought to Russia "interfering" in our internal affairs (by placing a few thousand dollars-worth of ads on FB) you see to have NO PROBLEM with the USA overturning other nations' governments.

I mean, handing out cookies at the Maidan and picking the next government of Ukraine... what would you call THAT?

Say, you wouldn't be a hyocrite, would you??

Nah ....

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The hardened-steel baton made the most disturbing sound as it bounced off the woman's skull.

It varied between a hollow click and a deeper snap, depending on where on her head the metal weapon made contact.

“Please don’t beat her!” a man in the crowd yelled.

... “Stand up” intoned a police officer in riot gear.

After repeatedly striking her in the head, the officer in white holstered his baton. Then he made a fist with his bare left hand and punched her in the face.

“Oh, no-no-no! Please! Please don’t beat her!” someone shouted, to no effect.

After three full-force knuckle shots to her head, the officer in white paused. Then he went in for two more blows. He grabbed the hair at the back of her head and pulled it hard.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
how demonstrators were treated in Kazakhstan

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The hardened-steel baton made the most disturbing sound as it bounced off the woman's skull.

It varied between a hollow click and a deeper snap, depending on where on her head the metal weapon made contact.

“Please don’t beat her!” a man in the crowd yelled.

... “Stand up” intoned a police officer in riot gear.

After repeatedly striking her in the head, the officer in white holstered his baton. Then he made a fist with his bare left hand and punched her in the face.

“Oh, no-no-no! Please! Please don’t beat her!” someone shouted, to no effect.

After three full-force knuckle shots to her head, the officer in white paused. Then he went in for two more blows. He grabbed the hair at the back of her head and pulled it hard.

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Kinda makes your blood boil, doesn't it? More about this later.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
F-35, taken out of service bc of failure to lower landing gear requires emergency belly-flop landing.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/01/05/south-korea-air-for
ce-pilot-emergency-landing-F-35-gear-up-Lockheed-Martin/4511641398691/

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Originally posted by 1KIKI:

THUGGER is softening us up to support a 2-front war.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
A LOT of shit happens with the F-35. The anti-radar coating can't get wet. Which is why an F-35 recently crashed in England- someone forgot to remove the tarp before takeoff, and it got sucked into an engine.

Every hour of flying time requires 10 hours of maintenance.

It takes HOURS to download the latest avionics and terrain data from satellite.

The jet is limited to 40-50 seconds of Mach 1.3 flight (version depending) bc high speeds damage the stealth skin and rear antenna.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a32701605/f-35-supe
rsonic-flight-speed-limit/

On top of which, bc the stealth profile depends on armaments being carried in the belly of the plane, with the bomb bay doors closed, the plane suffers from overheated fuel and avionics, requiring refrigerated fuel trucks on the ground.

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/37314/has-the-f-35-lightn
ing-ii-overheating-problem-been-resolved

The idea originally was the create a multi-role stealth jet with 85% overlap of parts between versions but the requirements between versions are so different (loiter time, speed, armor, etc) that it has evolved into a finicky overly complicated boondoggle that requires far too much ground support to be practical in combat situations.

But SOMEBODY made a lot of money on it!

Any competent designer knows that you can't make a do-everythimg jet. Ground support requires a slow speed, heavily armored plane that can loiter for long periods of time. A fighter requires speed and agility. Bombers carry high payloads. Carrier aircraft and invasion force need short, or VERY short runways. I don't see how there could be a single design that can accomplish all of these.

Over-promised, under-delivered. Our military needs to get it's head out of its ass and start ordering weapons systems that are more thought out: What is the mission, offensive or defensive? What countermeasures will be encountered? What do we need?

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Pity would be no more,
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Originally posted by THG:
Why Ukraine’s Turkish-made drone became a flash point in tensions with Russia

The strike on Oct. 26 — from a Bayraktar TB2 drone made by NATO-member Turkey — represented more than another clash in nearly eight years of fighting in eastern Ukraine.

For Russia, it was another signal that Ukraine is boosting its arsenal to potentially change the military balance in the region — and why Moscow is demanding NATO end all defense cooperation with Ukraine and other former Soviet republics such as Georgia. The United States and its NATO allies say that Russia can never dictate its policies.

http://fireflyfans.net/mreply.aspx?mid=1148664

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80% of Ukrainians did not want to join NATO until Putin invaded their country. He created a NATO want to be and now he is realizing his blunder. Russia’s problem will not end until they leave Crimea. It’s a problem that won’t go away.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Why are you so obsessed with what's happening in RUSSIA, comrade?
Aren't you more concerned about us?

And why do you keep posting bullshit, anyway? Haven't you figured out by now it's 90pct disinfo?

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

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Originally posted by THG:
Why Ukraine’s Turkish-made drone became a flash point in tensions with Russia

The strike on Oct. 26 — from a Bayraktar TB2 drone made by NATO-member Turkey — represented more than another clash in nearly eight years of fighting in eastern Ukraine.

For Russia, it was another signal that Ukraine is boosting its arsenal to potentially change the military balance in the region — and why Moscow is demanding NATO end all defense cooperation with Ukraine and other former Soviet republics such as Georgia. The United States and its NATO allies say that Russia can never dictate its policies.

http://fireflyfans.net/mreply.aspx?mid=1148664

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80% of Ukrainians did not want to join NATO until Putin invaded their country. He created a NATO want to be and now he is realizing his blunder. Russia’s problem will not end until they leave Crimea. It’s a problem that won’t go away.

T

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Ted's source?

The reply button for this thread.

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US Scrambles For 'Contingency Plans' From Energy Firms On Gas Supply Crunch Amid Russia-Ukraine Crisis

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Originally posted by THG:
You keep talking bullshit comrade signym. It's what you do best.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
A LOT of shit happens with the F-35. The anti-radar coating can't get wet. Which is why an F-35 recently crashed in England- someone forgot to remove the tarp before takeoff, and it got sucked into an engine.

Every hour of flying time requires 10 hours of maintenance.

It takes HOURS to download the latest avionics and terrain data from satellite.

The jet is limited to 40-50 seconds of Mach 1.3 flight (version depending) bc high speeds damage the stealth skin and rear antenna.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a32701605/f-35-supe
rsonic-flight-speed-limit/

On top of which, bc the stealth profile depends on armaments being carried in the belly of the plane, with the bomb bay doors closed, the plane suffers from overheated fuel and avionics, requiring refrigerated fuel trucks on the ground.

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/37314/has-the-f-35-lightn
ing-ii-overheating-problem-been-resolved

The idea originally was the create a multi-role stealth jet with 85% overlap of parts between versions but the requirements between versions are so different (loiter time, speed, armor, etc) that it has evolved into a finicky overly complicated boondoggle that requires far too much ground support to be practical in combat situations.

But SOMEBODY made a lot of money on it!

Any competent designer knows that you can't make a do-everythimg jet. Ground support requires a slow speed, heavily armored plane that can loiter for long periods of time. A fighter requires speed and agility. Bombers carry high payloads. Carrier aircraft and invasion force need short, or VERY short runways. I don't see how there could be a single design that can accomplish all of these.

Over-promised, under-delivered. Our military needs to get it's head out of its ass and start ordering weapons systems that are more thought out: What is the mission, offensive or defensive? What countermeasures will be encountered? What do we need?

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

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US Scrambles For 'Contingency Plans' From Energy Firms On Gas Supply Crunch Amid Russia-Ukraine Crisis

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https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/us-scrambles-input-energy-firms-europ
e-gas-supply-amid-russia-ukraine-standoff

WHAT "crisis"?
There is no crisis.
It's all made up by the the USA.

Russia is not going to "invade" unnless the USA places large offensive weapons in Ukraine. All the USA has to do to avoid a "crisis" is ... NOTHING.

Yep, that's it- do nothing!

Such bullshit.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

I see THUGR really is jonesing for war.

Be careful what you wish for, THUGR.
You won't like what you get.

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Originally posted by second:
The United Kingdom has supplied Ukraine with anti-tank weapons and Canada sent special forces to help Kyiv avert a possible attack from Russia, which denied claims that it is looking for a pretext to invade the neighboring state and rejected that it started the evacuation of embassy staff ahead of a full military invasion.

Canada, which has the world's third-largest Ukrainian population after Ukraine and Russia, has maintained a 200-strong training mission in western Ukraine since 2015. On Sunday, it urged Canadians to avoid nonessential travel to Ukraine, in a new advisory citing "Russian aggression."

More at https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/uk-gives-ukraine-anti-tank-wea
pons-as-canada-sends-special-forces

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Don't forget, it's NATO that expanded eastward, (breaking promises by the west), not Russia expanding westward, that caused this line of contact.

"whether it's Ukraine in NATO, or NATO in Ukraine, it's a red line".

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Don't forget, it's NATO that expanded eastward, (breaking promises by the west), not Russia expanding westward, that caused this line of contact.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
There is, as always, a lie buried in your post, SECOND. Did I post THAT NATO promised? NO I DID NOT.

I said "the west". The west promised, when negotiating the re-unification of Germany, "not one inch eastward". That was part of the agreement, whether signed or not. Notes were taken, it was written.

And since NATO has expanded eastward to the point of touching Russia's border, they claim Russia is threatening them when it's the other way around.

For Russia, having missiles in Poland is like us having missiles in Cuba. It's a huge security threat. Ignoring or lying about or spinning it it doesn't make it go away for them. Or for us.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
So JFK should have let Soviet missiles stay in Cuba.

Got it. (I always knew you hated America.)

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Britain is jonesing for war, too, even worse than the Biden* administration. At some point, all of this jonesing and "preparation" by the west will become a self fulfilling prophecy.

Don't forget, it's NATO that expanded eastward, (breaking promises by the west), not Russia expanding westward, that caused this line of contact.

"whether it's Ukraine in NATO, or NATO in Ukraine, it's a red line".

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SIGNYM:
Britain is jonesing for war, too, even worse than the Biden* administration. At some point, all of this jonesing and "preparation" by the west will become a self fulfilling prophecy.

Don't forget, it's NATO that expanded eastward, (breaking promises by the west), not Russia expanding westward, that caused this line of contact.

"whether it's Ukraine in NATO, or NATO in Ukraine, it's a red line".

THUGR: NATO isn’t on the move. Putins’ neighbors are.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

All of the coups and manufactured "color revolutions" were just spontaneous outpourings? Had nothing to do with the $5 BILLION that the USA spent in Ukraine pre-2014, and the constant flow of disinformation from our collective NGOs, and the security forces that we bribed, and the mercs that we hired? (Speaking of meddling in other nations' internal affairs.)

Nah...

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