Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Aren't you very patronising!

Ukraine haven't always had the HIMARS. They stopped the Russians from taking Kyiv, and have proven themselvesto be better soldiers than the Russians in every respect.

Why don't you go and sign up for the war, show your obvious patriotism to the motherland, instead of talking out your hole on here.

May we ask, if you're talking Ukranian bravery, why the Russian flag in your avatar?

I don't know about that. For the first week or so into the invasion the Russian terrorists got their ass handed to them in Bucha and Irpin and at that point the US aid hadn't even started. The CIA thought the invasion would topple the Ukranian government in less than two weeks and were slow to react. They felt it might lead to another disaster like what happened in Afghanistan.

The footage at the time shows columns of tanks and APCs turning and retreating when two or three are taken out using ether Javelins, NLAWs and Stugna-Ps.

The Russians obviously thought the most that would be asked of them would be to act as riot police, keeping the cities secure while a new government was installed. Instead they never got near Kiev, they failed to take Chernihiv or Kharkiv just across the border. Thousands of Russia's best terrorists were killed outside the cities.

One of the main reasons seems to be Russia's policy of promoting terrorists based on their obedience and corruption rather than intelligence, hence so many high ranking officers getting picked off by snipers and drones in the early stages of the war. One of the main reasons the Russians were overrun in Kharkiv is that the replacements in the higher ranks kept well away from artillery range so there was a complete failure of leadership and discipline when the counter attacks started.

Apart from the US, Russia's greatest enemy is its own incompetence and the cowardice in the ranks.

If true, the Orcs probably blew their own bridge.

Woah there horse !

So you're suggesting that there are justifiable reasons for visiting such torment & suffering upon innocent people.

I know you can construct a sentence, that doesn't mean your sense of fairness enjoys an equal level of intelligence quotient.

Would Ukraine still be in with a shout today with US arms + $$$ ?

God bless America Jean, and God bless Joe Biden.

NATO on Russia's border? What about nuclear Russia on Ukraine's border? At any rate, this NATO business is only an excuse. He would have invaded anyway. As for you being on Russia's side - this war is now beyond politics, it is a moral issue and I cannot agree with anyone who sides with a barbaric, cruel nation filled with lies, bullying and torture chambers. The Russian leaders treat their people like children or cattle. How can anyone of conscience support such a nation?

In the US, I know that Marines at any rank, including generals, do PT every day and I'd be very surprised if retired ones don't keep it up.

Not sure the requirement exists for the other branches of the service though, probably a matter of pride with them. Very little to be proud of in the RuSSian military.

If he's French I'm a Noongah.

Somebody mentioned Shay Boyes on this thread this morning. I hadn't realised that he was another Russia apologist. Just had a look on his twitter timeline....my god what a mess. It's actually even worse than Wallace & Daly's stuff:

• An absolute obsession with making the Ukrainians out to be Nazis. Just repeatedly posting about it - even this morning after those Russian strikes
• Two instances today alone of him retweeting posts from a suspended account (so no doubt completely unsubstantiated garbage)
• A tweet yesterday praising Viktor Orban (bit weird from someone of "the left")
• Retweeting Kim Dot Com commenting on a Russia Today segment
• Retweeting right wing grifters like Paul Joseph Watson & Ian Miles Cheong and far left Putin supporters like Aaron Mate & Max Blumenthal

I've never seen a timeline like it - it's so all over the place. He is the embodiment of the horse-shoe theory. He is clearly lost and has no ability to screen disinformation whatsoever. If he was posting in this thread he'd be banned within a few days.

What worries me about this is that he isn't isn't just some random wealthy businessman. He is behind the ontheditch website, which, honestly, has broken some very important stories (especially about An Bord Planala). It's very telling though that they only report dirt on government TDs (make of that what you will). I for one would prefer the owners of media in this country not to be absolute lunatics.

Great kamikaze shot-