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I found this analysis of July 8, 2022 from the Österreichs Bundesheer depressing.


Ukranian Brig. Gen. V. Karpenko stated:
Ukraine has lost about "50% of equipment and even soldiers".
approximately 1,300 infantry fighting vehicles lost, 400 tanks, 700 artillery systems.

M777 artillery systems are really prone to being damaged by enemy artillery.

Estimate of force ratio: Ukrainians have 60 Battalion Tactical Groups versus 108 for the Russians
The possibility of the Ukrainians to fight is degrading while the Russian side is still increasing.

It's not all bad news with better weapons coming on board, but still, damned depressing.
 
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at6 said:
This is why our wise Founding Fathers created the Second Amendment. There be Trophy Orcs stuffed like Brown Bears on display everywhere.
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Eh, the history of that is just a wee bit messier than that. Northern fear of standing armies and southern fear of slave rebellion make for a much more complex real history. I won't go into it any further because politics.
 
wlewisiii said:
Eh, the history of that is just a wee bit messier than that. Northern fear of standing armies and southern fear of slave rebellion make for a much more complex real history. I won't go into it any further because politics.
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The constitution was written well before any of that - it was drafted in 1787, when the lessons of the Revolutionary War was still fresh in the founding father's minds - and the 1st and 2nd amendments were first and foremost to their concept on preservation of the fledgling nation.
 
We don't want to go there.

Suffice it to say that you might find it useful to look into _when_, especially the southern states, required what is now the second amendment before they'd be willing to ratify the constitution. They had no interest in their property having any fantasy of freedom.

The fantasy of protecting the nation via the militia was, at best. the fifth string set of pretenses of what people have to say.
 
Not sure how much attention this is getting elsewhere but Canada has had to navigate a tricky issue between two allies. A turbine that was being repaired here for the Nord Stream gas line has been stuck here since sanctions were imposed. Germany wanted it released and Ukraine said don't do it. On the weekend, a decision was made to release the turbine and now the Ukrainians are miffed.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

www.bloomberg.com

Yesterday, the US State Dept. supported the move.

U.S. backs Canada's decision to return Russia-Germany pipeline turbines

The United States is supporting Canada's decision to allow a Canadian company to return turbines from a Russian pipeline that supplies natural gas to Germany, saying in the short term it was the right move, as European countries continue working towards reducing their 'collective dependence' on...
www.ctvnews.ca
 
Some unhappy conscripts are about to find out their three day romp just got extended.
 
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