ARTESH
Chief Master Sergeant
Yes, 101 optimistic ratings...
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Yes, 101 optimistic ratings...He does the same to pretty much everyone. A glance at his profile just shows a bunch of "optimistic" awards. He does seem to contribute on other threads...so not sure why he's acting like he is on this thread.
A side effect that China hadn't considered, is that Japan, for the first time since WWII, is building a military that's no longer defensive.
Japan's position is such, that they have to consider national survival beyond that of U.S. protection in the region.
If I were in a position of authority in China's upper echelon, I'd be seeing the red flags put up not only by Japan's emerging military, but that of South Korea and especially India.
The CCP is playing a dangerous game who's only outcome will be a serious ass-kicking.
Good point is that he has at least a few posts! So, we are sure it's not a bot!
Entirely agree but the only reason Prigozhin even has a voice is because Wagner was pushed into the spotlight due to the abysmal performance of the regular Russian military. Prigozhin, obviously, doesn't want to be the scapegoat and so his comments provide a form of insulation for the ongoing blame-game.
Prigozhin and the mil bloggers feel emboldened to speak at least a little more truth than the Kremlin because the latter's message has been such palpable nonsense. The multiple Peewee Herman memes in this thread ("I meant to do that") are testament to that simple fact. Had ANYTHING worked as planned for the Russian invasion, we wouldn't be seeing these fracture points.
I agree it's bubbling close to the surface. I just worry what will happen if/when it boils over.
Nor has the US.Russia (as well as the Soviet Union) has not fought a war against a super power since 1945.
On a smaller scale than a Yellowstone supervolcano, see Mount Tambora and the Year Without a Summer | Center for Science EducationOnce again, it pays to read history books, even if it's only a child's picture book.
A "mega volcano" does not just affect a continent, it creates a global disaster.
And if Yellowstone (or California's Long Valley Caldera) erupts, Siberia will be one of the last places a person would want to seek refuge as the "nuclear winter" sets in.
My thoughts exactly.Nor has the US.
I think we can be thankful for this, as it's unlikely (at least in my opinion) that such a war would not become very nuclear very quickly.
And that is due purely to weak leadership in every country right now. There are no Churchills nowadays. That's the scariest part of all, no leadership in anyplace that matters.My thoughts exactly.
We're in the west can brag all we want, but fact is that few of the wars we fought gave the desired results. You can fill in the examples yourself. Of course the same is true for the Russians. I think any escalation of the current war will be a loss for both sides. There will be no clear winner.
"Winner" side, never existed! Just millions of young men and women that didn't know each other, lost their lives for two (or more) living fossils that knew each other!!!There will be no clear winner.
Maybe he just likes rainbows.Funny how @blueskies invariably gives me an "optimistic" flag, but won't do any discussion here. Weak troll is muy weak. Show up with some thinking, brotha.
I don't believe that it's fully true. Once you resolve into violence, it's always going to end in tears. WW1 taught us that, unfortunately we never headed the lesson.And that is due purely to weak leadership in every country right now. There are no Churchills nowadays. That's the scariest part of all, no leadership in anyplace that matters.
Population curves are negative in both Japan and South Korea. In another generation, those cultures will be dead.A side effect that China hadn't considered, is that Japan, for the first time since WWII, is building a military that's no longer defensive.
Japan's position is such, that they have to consider national survival beyond that of U.S. protection in the region.
If I were in a position of authority in China's upper echelon, I'd be seeing the red flags put up not only by Japan's emerging military, but that of South Korea and especially India.
The CCP is playing a dangerous game who's only outcome will be a serious ass-kicking.
Surely it's a weak leadership! And "lust". Lust for power and money. They even can't "manage" their own country! How they want to "act" as "world leaders"?I don't believe that it's fully true. Once you resolve into violence, it's always going to end in tears. WW1 taught us that, unfortunately we never headed the lesson.
Or maybe it's weak leadership that brings us to that point? That's certainly true for Russia.
No blame on the Ukrainians though, this war was forced upon them.
... I usually agree with you, Greg, but on "death" of those two cultures I believe you are wrong.Population curves are negative in both Japan and South Korea. In another generation, those cultures will be dead.