The Russia - Ukraine Conflict

[GunRanger]

IE their military is trash.

They were always going to take Ukraine. I’ve said it since day one. The fact that they’re still struggling with basic shyt like supply lines and haven’t taken Kiev tells you all you need to know. All this mixed with a tanked economy ensure they cannot hold Ukraine. This is a disaster and it’ll only get worse once the resistance begins.

Ukraine has 200k soldiers plus being armed by the west, and a tactical advantage of being in cities/knowing the land. It was never going to be easy. It took the US three weeks to defeat iraq. This is also on top of the fact that Russia cannot bomb indiscriminately like other countries could to Arabs

 

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[Piff Perkins]

Ukraine has 200k soldiers plus being armed by the west, and a tactical advantage of being in cities/knowing the land. It was never going to be easy. It took the US three weeks to defeat iraq. This is also on top of the fact that Russia cannot bomb indiscriminately like other countries could to Arabs

Iraq comparisons fall apparent when you consider the Russians have lost more soldiers than we did in nearly 20 years in Iraq lmao. It’s a cluster fukk and will only get worse when it becomes full blown guerrilla warfare after Kiev falls.

 

[Bonk]

Made a thread in the Coliseum but yeah

Sad day for true Chelsea fans!

He turned our fortunes around and made London blue. I’ll never forget the first season with Claudio Ranieri as the coach. And the subsequent hire of Jose Mourinho which propelled us into the new era of EPL dynasty.

Arjen Robben, Didier Drogba, Gudjohnsen, Makalele, Lampard, Terry, Carvalho, Gallas, Cech and Damien Duff - the beginning of an era.

Grateful for all the great times and his impact on EPL as a whole. He’s going to be missed!

Big Roman - The GOAT!

KTBFFH!

 

[loyola llothta]

1 March 2022
Seven Fake News Stories Coming Out of Ukraine
By Kit Knightly



We’re only three days into Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, and yet the propaganda cogs are whirring fast as lightning, churning out “news”, opinion and content grist for the media mill.



link:
7 FAKE NEWS stories coming out of Ukraine

Part 2

6. “RUSSIAN WARSHIP GO fukk YOURSELF”

This was the first major propaganda narrative following Russia’s advance onto Ukrainian territory. Allegedly leaked audioshowed Ukrainian border guards on tiny Snake Island in the black sea communicating with a Russian warship. Upon being told to surrender, the guards say “Russian warship go fukk yourself”.

The Western press reported that all 13 of the men were killed, and the Ukrainian government released a statement saying they would all be awarded posthumous honors.

However, while the supposedly fallen heroes were being canonised all over the western world, Russia was reporting that they had not been killed at all, but taken alive and unharmed back to the mainland.

A story both the press and the Ukrainian government have since reluctantly admitted is likely true.

7. SYRIAN DRONE STRIKES FOOTAGE

Another video doing the rounds, and again shared by official Ukrainian accounts, was drone footage supposedly showing the destruction of a column of Russian vehicles.


It’s actually footage of a Turkish drone strike in Syria from 2020.

Meanwhile, other accounts were sharing footage of combat from Libya or Israeli bombardments of Gaza under the hashtag #StandWithUkraine. Middle East Eye has compiled a list.

It’s somewhat beautiful irony that so many of the clips prompting outrage in Western liberals actually come from wars their governments started.

 

[Chrishaune]

2 March 2022
EU Plans to Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine Fall Apart

Poland, Slovakia, and Bulgaria have all denied they are giving Russian-made warplanes to Ukraine
By Dave DeCamp



An EU plan to send fighter jets to Ukraine appears to be falling apart as each country that was reportedly going to deliver the planes is now denying involvement.




link:
EU Plans to Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine Fall Apart - News From Antiwar.com

Europe is weak. Russia is about to take all they can now.

 

[Mac Milli]

So what exactly is the narrative here? Is Russia invading Ukraine now a good thing?

 

[CopiousX]

Rhakim is an alias of Nap , it's mind boggling how y'all can hate nap but turn around & name his alias poster of the year . Why does one man spend his entire life trolling the internet . I outed him as poitier & he reinvents himself as Rhakim . I do have to give the boy props for his dedication to troll .

nah, for real?



Proof? Their commenting styles are so different. I think they have even been at odds with each other a few times.

 

[cobra]

Compare an invasion across the globe against a well equipped enemy to one on a country’s doorstep brehs
If Ukraine was across the globe it would’ve taken Russia months to reach Kiev after it’s failures logistically. Your man crush ain’t making the playoffs again btw

Iraq wasn’t a global invasion. America invaded from the Kuwait air base which they stockpiled with troops, fuel and food for months

 

[MikelArteta]

Europe is weak. Russia is about to take all they can now.

I'm not saying declaring an all out war on russia but history never changes. Countries like ah well it's not me but we will condemn. I mean russia could if they want to raze and kill everyone and all it would be is more sanctions

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

So what exactly is the narrative here? Is Russia invading Ukraine now a good thing?

All depends on who you talk to. Pro Russians say they are liberating the east from Ukrainian neo nazis and pushing back against NATO expansionism.

The west says Russia is compromising eastern European sovereignty and trying to keep them from becoming more friendly to the west.

The truth is probably somewhere in between.

 

[voltronblack]

So what exactly is the narrative here? Is Russia invading Ukraine now a good thing?

That really on if Russia get what they want from this conflict from Ukraine and if they do get what they want from it and western hegemony countries are not able to inflict any real punishment on them and any serous way than depend on if you want to see the weakling or end of the western-hegemony as it led by The united-states or just in general.than yes I guess it would a good thing.
White Supremacy And Western Hegemony in United States | The Great Educator

FOUNDATION OF WESTERN HEGEMONY
The building of empires throughout history has seen nations impose their way of life on the peoples they conquer. Powerful empires emerged around the world with relatively limited contact with one another until European nations heavily invested in overseas exploration during a period commonly referred to as the Age of Discovery (1400s–1600s). As a historical term, the “Age of Discovery” embodies an attitude of Eurocentrism, or the belief that the experiences of Europeans are central to world history. Such attitudes ignored the fact that the places Europeans “discovered” were already inhabited and had their own cultures, traditions, and histories.

European explorers were emboldened by the teachings of their churches, which suggested they had a responsibility to convert people to Christianity. As a result, Christian missions were established shortly after arrival. As European countries expanded their global presence in the Americas, Asia, and Africa, European traders and settlers used their Christian faith to declare themselves superior to local populations and as a means of control.

Their mastery of seafaring vessels allowed European powers to expand their international trade. To achieve further economic advantage, Europeans engaged in the transatlantic trade in enslaved persons, in which 12.5 million Africans were forcibly taken to work in the Americas. Widespread belief in white supremacy enabled the system of slavery, and its legacy continues to inform the politics of all countries involved in the slave trade, especially the United States.

By the 1700s European countries had established themselves throughout the Americas. White settlers saw themselves as the rightful inheritors of the American frontier, and this attitude informed their contact with the Indigenous peoples. Colonial rule in the Americas ended in the late 1700s and early 1800s as the colonial populations gained independence from European states. Founded on European governing principles and within the context of white supremacy, these newly established countries codified structural racial hierarchies that assumed authority belonged to white men. With this development, European powers, and later the United States, turned their attention to Asia and Africa where they sought to expand their empires and global influence. The foreign powers set up schools, colonial governments, and other institutions that promoted white culture and values as superior to local ones.

Throughout the 1800s, in efforts to expand trade, European countries and the United States adopted foreign policies that forced nonwhite populations to accept unfair terms. For example, the British Empire intentionally flooded Chinese markets with opium after becoming frustrated with its terms of trade with the Qing dynasty in China, leading to the Opium Wars (1839–1860). In 1854 the United States threatened Japan to open trading relations under the threat of military action, a policy commonly referred to as gunboat diplomacy.

The major European powers of the late nineteenth century competed to gain control over as much of the African continent as possible. This period, commonly referred to as the Scramble for Africa, was characterized by an appetite for the continent’s natural resources and a belief that white people should “civilize” local populations. In 1884 representatives from twelve European powers, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire met in Berlin, Germany, to discuss how to divide the land up among themselves; no Africans attended.

Though many former colonies have achieved independence and the international community officially supports self-determination, Europe and the United States continue to exert a disproportionate influence on global politics, economics, and culture. This dominance over world affairs can be described as hegemony, an idea popularized by Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci. Western hegemony reinforced white supremacy as white people in predominantly white countries accumulated more wealth, power, and influence. Within this context, white becomes increasingly associated with value. The insidiousness of how cultural value is perceived allows white supremacy not only to affect government and economic policy but to be deeply ingrained in social customs, beauty standards, and other more nuanced areas of life.

 

[Red Shield]

Rhakim is an alias of Nap , it's mind boggling how y'all can hate nap but turn around & name his alias poster of the year . Why does one man spend his entire life trolling the internet . I outed him as poitier & he reinvents himself as Rhakim . I do have to give the boy props for his dedication to troll .

 

[Dr. Acula]

nah, for real?



Proof? Their commenting styles are so different. I think they have even been at odds with each other a few times.

I think dude is throwing everything against the wall. Rhakim and Nap and Poitier are no way the same person and he hasn't given any evidence of it except his word. There are some people who more obviously aliases than those three relative each other.

Plus, I'm really am Nap's alias. So I should know.

 

[SwizzLake]

China is talking extra tough