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Next planned phase of the crushing of Ukrainian nationhood by pathetic dictator

Scott Pelley on 60 minutes tonight. Wow.

Motivated criminals!

There is a lot of truth with this When this started analysts were fighting their instincts to be giddy to be soberly pessimistic because in part, they were fighting the fall of Kabul over again. I believe I made the caveat multiple times "well, it took us 20 days to get to Baghdad". I dunno though. Saddam had his tactical successes against us on the road up but didn't prepare Kyiv-like urban fortresses in Baghdad.

They have rail connections as part of the belt and road initiative via Kazhakstan. BRI also says they will have direct rail connections via Siberia. https://merics.org/en/tracker/mapping-belt-and-road-initiative-where-we-stand

I admire them trying this. They know that China is the bigger problem long term and having it behave according to International norms matters much more. Meanwhile, China is MUCH worse and will be trying to navigate how to be total bastards to the Taiwanese population when the World is watching. Its not the internal issue that the Uighers can seem like, when nobody has an idea of just how many people you are genociding.

Yeah, This is entry level derog on Russian assets

I dunno seems risky

These guys are delusional.

Chickens coming home to roost

My anti-fascist rant music. Even with no lyrics.

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Evidence of things going great for Putin The "loyalist replace technocrats" thing is the worst poison an organization can imbibe. And it happens when the leader has no appetite for reality.

Consider the source. BUT, if Russia wants to go there...mighty fine fleet you used to have Russia

NRA dream scenario except for the fact that they were all bought and paid for by Russian money.

Collective security!

This is pretty indicative of how this is going

Indicative of the number of Russians who winter in Tel Aviv

Depends. i think it’s much more like an Okinawa that isn’t an island and has two multi trillion dollar economies supporting its defenses.

those interviews are great

I won't thread this needle for you but...

Oh man Don't trust Israel

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