Prediction Thread: When Will Ukraine Conquer Russia

[Bereta_Eder]

I understand that her reasoning may have been that interdependent states don't enter into war
but against that policy was the US the european commission as a whole not to talk about the baltic states and poland

the rest of europe was like... err.... you're saying we have as aim to reduce dependence on russian gas but you germany is doing absolutely the opposite and with a vengance.

Now ,merkel was wrong. or she was proven wrong.

I won't say

but I do say that freedom must be defended at all costs.

[Bereta_Eder]

we are far more resilient than germany in what regards natural gas
many more routes/alternatives etc

so if germany will survive greece will also have absolutely no problem. and that is good. and hopefully others will be good too. greece can also suppoy the whole of the blakan EU states if need be (and there will be)

However that don't change the fact that europe needs russian gas because it is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more cheaper than ANY other alternative.

and that the US benefits or at least isn't hurting itself at all from the on going conflict.

Don't get me wrong. I believe ukraine deserves to be free and be like I don't know, romania let's say. they are not nasis.

But europe functions out of ideological fervore far more than the US, or ok, if the US also functions on that basis, it doesnt' hurt her nearly half as much as europe.

and for that Merkel is too blame. Her dependency on russian gas has been disastrous. And she was pushing it like there was no tommorow against nearly everyone

[Proteus_MST]

I do not understand why Europe is sanctioning Russia to the point of having an energy crisis. It is not in the interests of Europeans citizens to freeze in winter.

I do note that Russia has enormous reserves of oil, gas, minerals and other resources and I feel rather cynical about western motives.

Germany didn't ...
instead, Russia (or rather, GazProm) lowered the delivered amount of gas more and more on its own, claiming defective machinery and lack of spare parts
(which actually was a rather trnsparent ploy with hopes of starving Germany (and other states) of gas).

Fortunately Germany got its gas elsewhere and now has better filled gas tanks than at the same time of year in the years before.
We also have now one or more mobile LNG terminals running and ordered the building of more permanent LNG facilities.

So, at least with regards to gas, Germany may get through this winter (hopefully, other european states as well)

[Egbert]

I do not understand why Europe is sanctioning Russia to the point of having an energy crisis. It is not in the interests of Europeans citizens to freeze in winter.

I do note that Russia has enormous reserves of oil, gas, minerals and other resources and I feel rather cynical about western motives.

[Ming]

amazing. regular people dying for no reason at all

No, the reason is the power hungry mad man. If somebody is going to do die, it should be him.

[Bereta_Eder]

I find it amazing in abad way that there are thousands of inoccent people killed right next door and we keep on living like nothing is happening.

It is the same feeling one had during the yugoslav wars. Those were even closer.


amazing. regular people dying for no reason at all

[BlackCat]

Interesting chat (but long) between Anders and some Jake Broe - he could be interesting. Think Serb will inhale some 3-4 liters of vodka and start ranting - especially in the nuke sections.

[Geronimo]

Another "Emergency" meeting from Russia's military council coming up. This should be interesting. Does Putin dare full mobilization?

What would change? Putin already has defacto full mobilization but with some trappings of "partial" mobilization for cheap political cover. Likely the current system will be used to mobilize 2+ million. The constraints will be equipment, logistics, and whatever passes their low training bar.

[BeBMan]

Dunno about that new one. But they seem to have a lot of emergencies these days...

Meanwhile, he (edit. Putin) declared martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...herson-ukraine

People there must feel totally liberated now.

[PLATO]

Another "Emergency" meeting from Russia's military council coming up. This should be interesting. Does Putin dare full mobilization?

[Proteus_MST]

It's coming, Serb. They're just letting Crimea marinate for a bit longer...

What do you call a surrendering russian soldier?

"A smart Russian"

and/or alternatively:

"A Russian who will stay alive"

[Uncle Sparky]

Did you know that 2 out of 5 Putin supporters are just as dumb as the other 3?

[Berzerker]

was Ukraine joining Nato and an 8 year long war in the Donbas part of the deal?

[The Mad Monk]

It's coming, Serb. They're just letting Crimea marinate for a bit longer...

[N35t0r]

The Ukrainian army also showed an amazing improvement from 2014 to now, and not all of it was that evident (for many reasons I guess) in the ongoing conflict with the Donbass separatists.