Russia - threadbanned users in OP

There is an American who sees the US limited assistance in the same way I do - nothing like enough or what their moral obligation calls for, given the Budapest memorandum swindle that made this war possible in the first place.

Replacing a barrel is maintenance. Due to the sheer volume of shells being fired the barrel has to be replaced.

It's not being replaced because they are 'table scraps' as you put it.

Ukraine have been given pretty modern western artillery, a lot more modern than the Soviet era equipment they were using.

He'd have no problem getting on Margarita and Solovyov's Muppeteer show......he would fit right in.

Well considering the xm177 hasn't been produced for years,it's not uncommon,and the Ukrainans have been making solid progress with what they have . and are still receiving more weapons regularly

The M777s and HIMARS are not table scraps, but compared to A-10s, F-16s, Typhoons, AH-64s, Patriot missiles, Predator and Reaper drones - they are. And every hours hesitancy in supplying more standoff and capable systems, is costing significant numbers of Ukrainin lives.

Some people think, 'oh isn't it nice what the US is doing for Ukraine', wheras I see it as barely enough and not nearly enough in terms of their moral obligation after hoodwinking ukraine in Budapest.

I want these kids to have daddy come home unscathed, and not just be left with fading memories of what he was like when he still had two legs.

More capable systems would greatly increase the chances of that.

This protecting technology argument is as believable as thinking a collander is as good at holding water as a bucket.

The Chinese hacked the US and got the complete blueprints and specs of not just the F-22, but the F-35 as well, so any time you hear how someone doesn't want secret tech falling into enemy hands, they are spoofing. The Iranians managed to hijack and land intact, an RQ-170 Sentinel drone.

Russia hasn't come to the table, if that is what it is demanding.

Russia says the West's refusal to recognise "new territories" seized from Ukraine makes peace talks harder, after President Joe Biden indicated he would be ready to meet Vladimir Putin.

Russia illegally annexed four Ukrainian regions at the end of September, without controlling any of them.

Nine months into its invasion, it has lost more than half the land it seized.

Even in "normal" society like we have in the west, US, Australia etc. addiction of one sort or another can be found, no matter how fine the safety net of society is. Now consider the ruthless destruction of Russian Society by Putin, which forces people into a hopeless existence, and that addiction (no matter what form it takes} will be many times worse. If that was not bad enough, add in a war situation, and the situation becomes intolerable. And that's why people seek solace in drink, drugs and suicide in Russia.

Russia doesn't have to come to the table, they just have to go back to their fking country. And just in case you need clarifications, their own fking country does not include the Ukrainian territories they invaded. Only after that they can come to the table to discuss how are they going to pay for reparations.

To let them know that it doesn't work and we haven't changer our minds.

If you watched the BBC series" TraumaZone" (well worth watching, if you want to understand present day Russia) Communism collapsed, and so did capitalism, helped by the whole sale criminal thievery of the oligarchs. With the country bankrupt, Yeltsin called a meeting with the oligarchs, and explained the situation, asking them to at least reduce their thieving to allow the state to survive. They laughingly refused, leaving Yeltsin powerless. So, with elections coming up, Yeltsin introduced his protege Putin, and shoehorned him into the presidency. Once elected, Putin called a meeting, and again with the Oligarchs, and explained the new way business would be done. The oligarchs could continue their business as usual with one difference. A percentage of all their profits would have to handed over to Putin....or else. To show he meant business, he gave them an example of what would happen to them, he took down maybe one of the most powerful oligarchs of them all, Michael Khodorkovsky. and put him in prison for many years. So, no more argument with the new boss, let alone laughing at him as they had done with Yeltsin. After that, at least in the beginning, he channeled some money back into society, and things changed for the better for ordinary Russians. To this day, his followers say that he rescued Russia from the oligarchs. At this point, when had the oligarchs under his control, he could have taken a different path, and steered Russia into a world as rich and powerful as the best. But his greed got the better of him. And so we are as we are.

Welcome to the internet and wifi connections,

The Chinese hacked designs they did get everything and so far their and Russian efforts they aren't in the same league as American stealth aircraft, especially with the new b21 bomber going public in a few days followed by the replacement for the f22 at a later date

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It's a 9 minute video but very well done