special ed
1st Sergeant
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If Ukraine captures any WW2 Studebaker trucks, there is a market for them in the U.S. car collectors clubs.
"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."
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buffnut453
Captain
There's one little boy who's had to grow up far more quickly than his tender years should have required. Bless him and all the other innocents who've been harmed, physically, mentally and emotionally, by this awful and unnecessary war.
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Both plus they're slow. - 30 mph downhill with a tailwind on good roads. The crews are likely to hop out and flee in anything faster.
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
Ruscists. I like it. 
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
The person who did the original post of that puts "Darwin Award TM" on it which is a massive crock of sh1t.
The Darwin Awards were the brainchild of Randy Cassingham and I can guarantee that Randy had nothing to do with that particular fake award because the real awards were only given to those who raised the collective intelligence of the world by removing themselves from the genepool. The monkey in that photo is clearly still a part of the gene pool so does not meet the number one requirement.
Randy shut down the Darwin awards some 20 years ago because of all the fake Darwins. He also shut down the Stella awards for the same reason but one of his other newsletters is still available at thisistrue,com
image is said to be of the Kharkov repair plant which is believed to be in Ukraine.
Glider
Captain
I notice that even Putin's 'Allies' who he could depend on are now embarrassing him in public.
Vladimir Putin was given a stern dressing down by the president of Tajikistan in another indicator that the Russian dictator has lost respect and influence in his own backyard. Fellow longstanding dictator Emomali Rahmon, ruler of the Central Asian state of 9 million since 1994, seized upon Putin's woes back home and in Ukraine to give him a piece of his mind and tell him how he really feels during a summit in the Kazakh capital of Astana
Vladimir Putin was given a stern dressing down by the president of Tajikistan in another indicator that the Russian dictator has lost respect and influence in his own backyard. Fellow longstanding dictator Emomali Rahmon, ruler of the Central Asian state of 9 million since 1994, seized upon Putin's woes back home and in Ukraine to give him a piece of his mind and tell him how he really feels during a summit in the Kazakh capital of Astana
buffnut453
Captain
This is interesting...direct action from within Russia against those who want to fight in Ukraine:
At least 11 dead after attack on Russian army recruits training to fight in Ukraine
Two attackers opened fire on recruits who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine, local media report.
www.bbc.com
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
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- Feb 27, 2020
Currently reading The Gulag Archipelago (long overdue and triggered by this war) and amaze me how little somethings seem to change.
Also, very powerful the paragraf about victories and defeats:
"It was a simple truth, but it also had to be suffered: in wars, not victories are blessed, but defeats! Governments need victories, peoples need defeats! After the triumphs, more triumphs are wanted, after a defeat, freedom is wanted, and it is almost always achieved."
Hope Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was right and freedom could be achieved in Rusia.
Also, very powerful the paragraf about victories and defeats:
"It was a simple truth, but it also had to be suffered: in wars, not victories are blessed, but defeats! Governments need victories, peoples need defeats! After the triumphs, more triumphs are wanted, after a defeat, freedom is wanted, and it is almost always achieved."
Hope Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was right and freedom could be achieved in Rusia.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
The entire set of books (seven parts split into three books, in the hardback version I own) is an amazing read. He makes many great points in there, including the one you've quoted. It's a tough and doleful read, but well worth it.
Yes I know - still dated in terms of this war.
Norway police arrest a second Russian man for flying drones
Police detain a 51-year-old Russian man amid heightened alertness after a number of drone sightings close to oil and gas infrastructure in recent weeks.
www.abc.net.au
Ukraine's covert missions may be reaching deep into Putin's heartland
For all the recent death and destruction in Ukraine and its occupied territories, as well as sabotage in Russia, there has been little military gain. But observers say a shadow war of deception is playing right into Vladimir Putin's hands.
www.abc.net.au
Australia must step up its effort to help end war in Ukraine
The Albanese government’s response to Ukraine’s pleas for help has been too tepid and too slow. A more generous and urgent response is needed.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Ukraine's covert missions may be reaching deep into Putin's heartland
For all the recent death and destruction in Ukraine and its occupied territories, as well as sabotage in Russia, there has been little military gain. But observers say a shadow war of deception is playing right into Vladimir Putin's hands.
His concerns about the Russians using the bridge event or the assassination to leverage charges of terror are fair. Putin is certainly using that angle to shore up his support in the wake of the disaster in the north, and the ongoing Ukrainian advances in the south. He's got the Russian hard-right sniping at him, and this gave him a fig-leaf for what are essentially no different than the German reprisal weapons of 1944.
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at6
1st Sergeant
Russians are abducting Ukrainian children and sending them to who knows where in Russia in order indoctrinate them.The Russians are terrorists as well as war criminals and should be tried as such. The problem is that there are too many turd eaters afraid call a turd a turd. Putin and all Russian officials are guilty of crimes against humanity.
buffnut453
Captain
Who is saying it's Kharkiv? Why would Ukraine refurbish T-62s?
Snautzer01
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Not for for this tank i think. . It has no equel tankwise on this battlefield and can only loose. In that, nothing changed.
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You don't suppose there's a bit of calculated "fitness cleansing" going on here; sending the fat, dumb, fifty, and fragile into the meat grinder with minimal investment in kit and training in order to lavish ever dwindling resources on the more promising specimens, do you? Given the barbarity of this regime, I wouldn't Putin it past them.
