magnkarl Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Genie said: They are basically talking like they have lost the war (and looking for people to blame). Yep full on Paulus/Rommel mode. Ignore that your leader has been micromanaging the war to hell, then blame the generals for not being better.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: well yeah point taken , but in the context of the original post he is also referring to the Soviet union as Russia , hence my reply OT , but I'm not so sure about never Russian tbh ..... there is a big period of Armenian history where its is referred to as Russian Armenia , and it was part of the Russian empire (until its collapse) European borders have always been fluid. Go back far enough and the Polish Lithuanian commonwealth “Kingdom” was actually larger than Russia. Russians entering lands and ruling there for a period of time, doesn’t make them Russia. If it does, I’d like the thirteen colonies back please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, meregreen said: European borders have always been fluid. Go back far enough and the Polish Lithuanian commonwealth “Kingdom” was actually larger than Russia. Russians entering lands and ruling there for a period of time, doesn’t make them Russia. If it does, I’d like the thirteen colonies back please And Norway\Denmark would like Britain\Iceland\Newfoundland\Sicily and Normandy back. It's a 'non-argument' by a raving lunatic that thinks he's Peter the great. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 How did the Russian troops fall for it, asks Tory Brexit Britain? *Facepalm* Here's a man talking about how Americans were missold a war and how brutality became commonplace. Putin's army is laced with Russia's prison population and mercenaries too. This has been up before. Finnish intelligence briefing on Russia. This is brilliant. The best explanation of the Russian mentality I've seen. Great historic references, fascinating watch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted September 14, 2022 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: That this is actually now in the public domain says more than the story itself Firstly someone has the confidence to say it and secondly it shows that the inner circle is crumbling (3 sources confirm) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted September 14, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Xann said: How did the Russian troops fall for it, asks Tory Brexit Britain? *Facepalm* Putin's army is laced with Russia's prison population and mercenaries too. This has been up before. Finnish intelligence briefing on Russia. This is brilliant. The best explanation of the Russian mentality I've seen. Great historic references, fascinating watch. Two points: 1) This is really good. 2) How the **** did you come across it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, Anthony said: Two points: 1) This is really good. 2) How the **** did you come across it? 3) This Finnish pensioner looks like he'd kill 2000 Russians no scope in the Winter War! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 14, 2022 Moderator Share Posted September 14, 2022 19 minutes ago, Anthony said: 2) How the **** did you come across it? It's been posted on VT at least once before, possibly in this very topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted September 14, 2022 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2022 Lukashenko knows the games up, in his own stupid way Lukashenka chopped wood and promised not to let the EU freeze: “We won’t let Europe freeze, we will help our brothers, maybe they will help us someday” 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 13 minutes ago, bickster said: Lukashenko knows the games up, in his own stupid way Lukashenka chopped wood and promised not to let the EU freeze: “We won’t let Europe freeze, we will help our brothers, maybe they will help us someday” I bet nobody picks Russia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted September 14, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 14, 2022 33 minutes ago, bickster said: It's been posted on VT at least once before, possibly in this very topic There's me thinking that not only was @Xann an expert on esoteric music, he had also branched out into esoteric geopolitical university lectures too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 20 minutes ago, bickster said: Lukashenko knows the games up, in his own stupid way Lukashenka chopped wood and promised not to let the EU freeze: “We won’t let Europe freeze, we will help our brothers, maybe they will help us someday” One of the biggest indicators that he's now trying to disconnect Belarus from Putin. He's quite a pathetic individual. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 14, 2022 Moderator Share Posted September 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, Anthony said: There's me thinking that not only was @Xann an expert on esoteric music, he had also branched out into esoteric geopolitical university lectures too. He could have been the one who posted it the first time, though in my head it was @magnkarl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, Anthony said: There's me thinking that not only was @Xann an expert on esoteric music, he had also branched out into esoteric geopolitical university lectures too. The actual answer is... I posted it the first time, after being forwarded the link by an esoteric music producer in Helsinki. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted September 14, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 14, 2022 5 minutes ago, Xann said: The actual answer is... I posted it the first time, after being forwarded the link by an esoteric music producer in Helsinki. Bomfunk MC's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Anthony said: Bomfunk MC's? Pepe Deluxe, though I think they know each other? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Putin, "in 2023 the reduction in GDP will be approximately -2.0 %" Verified Russian internal government document "The Reduction in GDP will be -8.3% and will take 8 years to get back to where we were if they we start now" -8.3% will kill it hopefully. No inflows of money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Russian lines in the east falling back to Lysychansk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 14, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 14, 2022 Apparently some Russian bigwig called Dmitry Peskov as stated that the idea of Ukraine joining NATO was "the main threat" to Russia. Paving the way for Ukraine to state publicly they will not join NATO allowing Russia to say OK then, we can call off the invasion? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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