I couldn't give a monkeys f**k what happens over in America briany, let them eat each other for all I care. Same way they treat us in Europe. But you defend their actions as if they have your best interests at heart, news for you man, they don't.
I'm not so sure. Most of the Russian defence lines consist of networks of trenches, defended with machine guns and artillery emplacements a little further back. Infantry on their own, or in lightly armoured APCs and technicals would suffer heavy losses without tanks. It looks like the Russians are digging tanks in because of fuel shortages, so they aren't able to advance much in the last month or so, this is the perfect opportunity to assemble large tank and infantry attacks to steamroll over the trenches. Ukraine can't settle in to a stalemate and their Javelins and NLAWs aren't going to win back territory like tanks will.
Whatever it was, it reached colossal temperatures. What was in the tanks I wonder? I've seen concrete burning for hours after a bombing, something I thought impossible, and that reminds me of it. Aside from propaganda, they will not be able to restore that railway bridge to any useful level of service any time soon.
You think the Yank struck wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, the various Yank/Russian backed takeovers in Egypt, Syria, Libya et al have had no destabilizing effect towards the current climate within the continent of Europe? What the f**k have you been smoking? Mowldy mushroom Cabbage?
An absolutely massive point you're missing out on there is that extreme right wing factions have made serious headway in the USA over the last ten years, and don't just stand a chance of getting back into power, but would like to upend the whole US political system altogether. So, the point I'm making here is that right-wingers making inroads isn't a phenomenon restricted to Europe, and is happening for much the same nebulous reasons as it's happening in the US - the lasting effects of the Great Recession, immigration concerns, energy scarcity, inflation, culture wars, online disinformation and so on. It's not part of some master plan by the US to destabilise Europe, unless part of that genius plan is for the US to destabilise itself in the process.
It remains that Russia has far more to gain out of a destabilised Europe. They're the ones who would like to reshape the world order, whereas the US already has the world order more to its own liking.
Are you trying to say that rightwing factions in Europe are caused by US interference? So the rise of Nigel Farage, the Brothers of Italy, Victor Orban, the AFD, the True Finns are somehow the result of American meddling?
I'd like to know what it is you're smoking.
<y money would be more on meddling from further East.
What drivel, Russian people actually listen to this?
It is a game,do we let Putin get away with peace talks so he can take his occupied areas?Ukraine becomes slaves to Kremlin so Putin can continue his genocide and steal Ukraines gas reserves?
He can continue his nuclear blackmail against his next victims and invade more countries?
I wonder who is next?
Maybe better to stop him now
I know its difficult on online forums to decipher W but I was being facetious. Totally agree with you.
They’re not our good friends. There’s no such thing as ‘friends’. They’re a country whose geopolitical and economic objectives are normally aligned with ours. But wouldn’t hesitate to take advantage of a region on its knees. I think a collapsing euro would suit American business quite well
And it keeps getting better
The Americans backed Ukraine when Europe were slow to act at the start of this crisis. Russias relationship had been improving pre 2014 with Europe, even Macron suggested to Putin he was leader for life if he backed down in February!! This is all Russias making and only for the US, I believe Europe would have pressured Ukraine to cede even more territory. And rinse and repeat. Its a huge benefit to Europe we are allied to the US economically and military, people seem to forget this
Yeah what happened today is absolutely abhorrent and evil, completely evil. But the ownership of evil doesn't only reside within one house.
The rightwing factions in every important European country are gaining more traction with every election the last 20 years briany, a direct result of American foreign interference, so I'm not entirely sure what your point is at all? France is literally one election away from Le Pen governance, Italy already has one, so has Sweden. Not long before it engulfs the entire sphere. And where are we going to be then? Back to where we were 100 years ago, killing each other. That's some form of stability.
Catchy!-
I'm not a Russian apologist whatsoever. Not an American one either.
I agree, all I am saying is let the yanks be 'destabilized' for a while too to go with it, why not? We're all in this together right? So if the Kremlin has openly stated in flooding Europe with victims to 'destabilize' her, our good friends across the Atlantic ocean should chime in and do her upmost to make sure this doesn't happen.
But hey, that's obviously some sort of George Soroz Owl bohemian illuminati cult conspiracy too, ami Rite?
Basically, yeah. Most businesses want to be based in places that are safe, reliable and functional. That's a good reason, for example, why Northern Ireland had such a hard time attracting investment for the decades. Bombs were going off on a daily basis, hence it wasn't very stable.
If the U.S. were to knowingly destabilise European countries, they are inherently introducing unpredictability and they won't know what kinds of governments will rise out of that. You could very easily get one of the right wing populists nibbling around the edge of most, if not all, European democracies, demanding that US corporations based in those countries pay their fair share. Consequently, those companies end up having to pay more or just move altogether.
There is great strategic interest in the US having military assets in Europe and having many western European countries in NATO. It provides Europe with a security guarantee from a certain country to the east who we needn't name. Consequently, it keeps a lid on the idea of Europe consolidating its own military power and being more of a superpower of its own. That's what Trump was missing when he was complaining about the US paying for too much in NATO. The US gets an awful lot of return on its investment in terms of geopolitical benefit. But that all potentially goes if the US willfully destabilises Europe.
Nuclear or no nuclear we must not submit to the bully. If we do we are worthless. Better to go up in flames free than be imprisoned.
Up his hole
A new, powered up USSR is the last thing Europe or anyone else needs. Going back to the cold war with a nutbag psycho in the Kremlin must be avoided, even if it means being a little 'destabilized' for a while.
Well you are allowed to have your opinion,reality however says otherwise
No traffic at all by all accounts,you have railway tracks that were reduced to molten metal again, I'd hazard a guess that the concrete underneath is severely degrading too ,super heated and then cooled with cold sea water has to have cracked in places
all is well comrade... slow deliveries due to truck breaking down
The Ukrainans currently have one of the largest stockpile of anti tank weapons in the world, since the start of this they received just over 100,000 javelin,AT 4 and numerous other systems,
They could in theory wipe out all of Russias armor not just tanks multiple times over and still have some to spare ,
There's plenty of strategic interest in the yanks destabilising Europe when all of its top companies have based their entire global tax operations, who pay f**k all, within the zone of Europe. While at the same time the yanks have to pay for their based military assets here, which ain't cheap either. But hey, that's obviously some sort of George Soroz Owl bohemian illuminati cult conspiracy too, ami Rite?
Now better much more informed chaps like Manic Moran hereabouts who knows all about this stuff may say I'm dafter than usual, but IMHO tanks are fine, but anti tank weapons are better. Cheaper, so you get a shedload of anti tank weapons for the cost of one tank, so you have many more of them in many more hands. Much easier and far quicker to train on. Point over there, shoot. And require little or no maintenance, and easier to get from point A to point B and makes every able bodied soldier out there the potential bringer of fiery hell. Personally speaking if I were a Russian tank commander with 20 tanks under my charge, I'd be worried to know there were 20 tanks against me, but would poo my pants if I knew there were 500 or a 1000 anti tank weapons against me. Only a small percentage have to get through and hit me.
Assuming that was filmed today, even the road bridge doesn't appear to be operating as normal (no sign of any traffic on it).
And George Soros is probably behind it all, somehow...
There isn't much strategic interest in the USA destabilising Europe when the USA already has many military assets placed throughout the continent and most of its governments are friendly toward the US (some of its administrations more than others) and are willing to work with it.
It seems to me that these days there must always be some great conspiracy theory behind war, like it can never be principally that two nations have an intractable and bitter disagreement. But it's funny that this only ever seems to apply to modern warfare. You don't get people claiming that the Hundred Years war was, in fact, engineered by the Venetians in cooperation with the chain mail industry.
Some say that Russia has supplied Ukraine with more tanks than the West has in this war...
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