In to-day's Irish Times Naomi O'Leary has a piece on the left's blindness to Russian imerialism. She gives an account of an interview she did with Micheal D Higgins. It seems to be behind a paywall, but well work seeking out. Higgins emerges as totally untrustworthy.
Damned I.T. paywall, I can't even copy the link
It was always going to backfire backing Iran Israel's biggest enemy and then helping out HAMAS. Israel really didn't help Ukraine much before this but if they decide they want Ukraine to win support for them will increase and from America aswell.
More likely pressured by Putin etc for some advances for positive propaganda.
Stand behind the red line, or you might escalate or prolong.
Don't know when this happened
This doesn't sound great Ukraine is saying that they still don't have enough air defence systems in country
Awful quiet here these days, was a peace deal brokered?
Bonkers.
Ukraine need them much more, they are fighting an army and massive country with no AirPower.
Israel doesn’t need these but I suppose it looks well for Biden and will get votes back home.
Have you seen the Russian losses in Avdriika this week?
I have, not much discussion here though which is my point...
Probably worse than hamas in Gaza this week,
Like most things the losses will be denied due to the MSM being taken over by Ukrainians or the CIA
1 troll = 500 comments, it's their midterm break
Surprised the Russians
1. Had the ability to launch an offensive with such large amounts of armour
2. Seem to be able to continue various waves of it, despite catastrophic losses
3. I'd have presumed they would have been trying to fortify and hold on what they currently have until winter sets in.
Thats what I call fighting talk....but coming from Israel, if I were part of Putin's mafia, I'd be worried. Israel has a long and proven history of hunting down and capturing their enemies, even many years after the event. And just like the Russian's they will not worry too much about the niceties of the law.
From coffee cups to personal mobile phones they've a certain artistry to assination
People probably had similar thoughts in Dec 1944 for the Battle of the Bulge.
Total clusterfcuk and they keep repeating it
Up to 21 helicopters now
They have something like 80 attack helicopters sitting in Crimea if they haven't already been moved, would certainly be the icing on the cake
Did we get any info where the second launch of the rockets went to?
Prigo is dead -> troll farms closed.
Coincidentally, timmy and francis disappeared. Hmmm...
Putin sends extra fighter pilot patrol to scare off 2 US carrier groups in the next pond over
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-18/putin-sends-jets-with-hypersonic-missiles-to-patrol-black-sea
Not that I seen , unless it was the original lunch we watched vs a second one
Unable to post the link to axios story for some reason
The Axios news website has reported that the Biden administration plans to send Israel “tens of thousands of 155mm artillery shells” that had been earmarked for Ukraine.
Citing three unnamed Israeli officials with knowledge of the matter, the Axios report said Israel’s army and defence ministry told Washington that “they urgently need artillery shells to prepare for a ground invasion in Gaza”.
The Israelis also say they need the artillery amid a potential escalation at the Israel-Lebanon border, the news outlet said.
Well.. Russia are the invaders. Fortifying and holding on isn't what they planned or want to do, so they need to try attacking. And then they can spend the winter shooting missiles and drones at powerplants. Watch out for the Grand Offensive again next spring (this time it will really really really work).
While Putin might get lads thrown out windows or put radioactive material on there door handles, the Israeli are more subtle they will just get your phone to blow your brains out or put a bullet in the back of your head
Luhansk airfield where it is estimated 5 helicopters were damaged:
5 planes in 10 days too
Yeh I read it, our president (repeating Putin’s nonsense) completely avoided her answer and went on waffling about collapse of USSR 30 years ago being terrible
article: https://archive.ph/LTDaf
Look at bigger picture
Ukraine is about to get 60 billion as part of Bidens 100 billion Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, Border Wall “freedom funding” bill which the Republicans can’t refuse without destroying themselves
Ukraine also received hundred thousands of shells earlier in year from US stock piles of 155 stored in Israel by US
edit source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-quietly-shipping-ammo-to-ukraine-from-massive-stockpile-in-israel-report/
Ukraine continues to receive cluster munitions of which there is 5+ million in us stocks alone, where each shell is more useful than 10x conventional shells, and of course now HIMARS launched cluster missiles (see previous pages)
About two pages back there is a drone video of an armoured Russian assault getting shredded by a handful of precision artillery strikes firmly illustrating the quality over quantity is what matters
And that’s before we get to Iran and Islamists who are allied to Russia in their axis of evil and stupidity now being firmly on Israeli shitlist, where before Israel tried to remain neutral in this conflict now their own war has becomes tied to this one.
F#ck me, avdiivka offensive going great.
55 tanks, 1380 ruskies.
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