Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (Official Thread)

[Orbital-Fetus]

As a country, I wonder how much better we would be if it wasn't for the massive spending on defense which will always require an "enemy" to fuel the military industrial complex.

immeasurably better.
the U.S. could permanently eliminate poverty within it's borders if it wanted to.

 

[Spidey Man]

As a country, I wonder how much better we would be if it wasn't for the massive spending on defense which will always require an "enemy" to fuel the military industrial complex.

Just to play devil's advocate, that defense funding has helped bring us GPS and the internet in addition to a bunch of other technologies.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Yikes. That's a hard read. But all that stuff he's saying about NATO shouldn't be coming out of his mouth as he knows what it is. Or at least he's supposed to know. If he's truly special ops, surely he can comprehend the danger of NATO getting involved.

read something saying 1/5th of the foreign legion in the spanish civil war died

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Breh, Russia has NEVER been anywhere close to becoming a superpower. At best, their economy is the size of Texas, probably smaller.

They have never been close to being a superpower.

And tbh, one could argue that if they ever did get close, it was when they hijacked American democracy. If they had played their cards right, they could have used their control over Trump to make us a defacto vassal state of Russia.

That was the most power Russia has ever had.

And for clarity, please understand that Russia and USSR are not synonymous.

The USSR was a superpower. Russia has never been one.

Russia? or USSR?

Russia? Eh, they're TRYING.

 

[hashmander]

she been gone a week


She want more info when she gets back... she needs to show dem vodka filled titties

there is no way for her to come back. she's clearly a spy that was called back home.

 

[Reality Check]

Assuming there is some sort of ceasefire, how long do the sanctions stay in place?

Beat decision I made on this forum was blocking him

Since he won't be banned, there needs to be a PSA Stickied to the top of this forum to have Nap on ignore.

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

from the look of it, ukraine might be able to hold off russia after all?

this invasion is making russia's military look really bad and the fact a lot of their citizens oppose the war is telling me that country isn't as united as we thought. this makes me think that china might not be as strong as they project as well.

 

[Arianne Martell]

Pregnant mother whose photo showed tragedy of maternity hospital bombing in Ukraine dies with her baby — The Washington Post


I’m pregnant and I can’t even imagine

 

[YaThreadTrashB!]

India considers buying Russian oil 'at a heavy discount', sources say | National Post

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

from the look of it, ukraine might be able to hold off russia after all?

this invasion is making russia's military look really bad and the fact a lot of their citizens oppose the war is telling me that country isn't as united as we thought. this makes me think that china might not be as strong as they project as well.

China's military is green as fukk.
the last time they flexed it was on their own people in The Tiananmen Square Massacre.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

China's military is green as fukk.
the last time they flexed it was on their own people in The Tiananmen Square Massacre.

they've had skirmishes with India tho...idk how intense

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

they've had skirmishes with India tho...idk how intense

i dunno, you tell me...
does the Indian government have a reserve unit of call center soldiers?

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

China and Russia beefing looks like this

 

[Black Magisterialness]

they've had skirmishes with India tho...idk how intense

I actually think this is a great point. For as equipped and well-manned the Chinese military is, when was the last time they fought WAR? True blue WAR?

 

[Arianne Martell]

Just to play devil's advocate, that defense funding has helped bring us GPS and the internet in addition to a bunch of other technologies.

And apps

Steve Jobs just used govt. Research and created the IPhone.

same will happen with space travel. I think musk and bezos are suing NASA so they can get more research so that they can make a profit for it.

when companies used taxpayer funding research or whatever to make a product and profit, shouldn’t taxpayers have an ownership stake at that company?