Prediction Thread: When Will Ukraine Conquer Russia

[Dauphin]

Nato is weaker than we think? And Russia is a helluva lot stronger. I've heard the Russian economy is doing well because the sanctions forced re-investment in Russia instead of oligarchs sending it abroad. China will back Russia in a war against Nato.

Missed this earlier. Russia's economy is doing well - it's GDP is one of the fasted growing, and growing faster than the West. That growth is caused (to an unspecified but significant degree) by increased spending by the Russian government on its military. Economic growth is great, but if the increase is then blown up or killed, it doesn't really help the long term economy even though you record a nice bump in GDP.

[BeBMan]

This is quite funny too

There's a huge gap between what Putin wants, and what those more on the nutty side in the US want, even when they seem to like Putin.

For those all that nonsense about the US, deep state, progressives, cancel culture, Obama or whatever maybe hugely important to hear as it strengthens their beliefs when Putin seemingly agrees/confirms them.

But it is all irrelevant to Putin unless he can exploit the divisions behind this to influence US public opinion in his favor.

Otoh Putin himself gains when using someone like Tucker as useful idiot to strengthen his own position in Russia. The long (pseudo-)historic part sells Putin's warped view on history to justify his aggression in Ukraine. Hardly anyone in the MAGA corner cares about that, but having Tucker around gives him another chance to sell his narrative, and in Russia Putin can present Tucker as some kind of the "real" America, because everyone in the US who is against Putin must be CNNCIAdeepstateObamasomething.

But it's funny indeed as Putin seems to suffer from that same historic illness which led various dictators previously to bore their audience with endless monologues

[Berzerker]

Ukraine aid money is going to Alabama to produce the following systems: High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Javelins, M1A1 Abrams tanks, M2A4 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Hydra-70 rockets, M777 howitzer parts (Paladin M109A7), M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery…

Marc Thiessen on X asking Ala Sen Tuberville why he is voting against jobs.

Remember back before Bush and Biden lied us into invading Iraq protesters said no blood for oil and supporters denied it was about oil?

[BlackCat]

This is quite funny too

[BlackCat]

Interesting discussion about what you would ask putin if you were a real journalist

[-Jrabbit]

I don't see any need for an exchange. Just need the US to nullify Tuck-Tuck's passport and we're good.

[BeBMan]

Funny, Berz dropped a post in the IJC thread about that very matter.

[BeBMan]

Idea: let's let Putin have Tucker in exchange for Evan Gershkovich. That way we keep a convicted murderer in jail:

On 23 August 2019, Khangoshvili was assassinated in Kleiner Tiergarten, a park in Berlin by FSB operative Vadim Krasikov.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelimkhan_Khangoshvili#Assassination

[Ming]

He doesn't need to read it... He will just watch some video on the internet and it will tell him what to think.

[Dauphin]

You know you could read the ruling.....https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...d-01-00-en.pdf

[Berzerker]

Did they cite any war crimes while advising Israel to 'avoid' genocide? If there is no genocide why does Israel need a lecture about avoiding it?

[N35t0r]

Isn't that the same court that just heard the South African case against Israel? What did they decide? Gaza is a tough act to follow.

It decided that it will hear the case, and asked Israel to avoid genocide. It was all over the news.

[Ming]

And you support Russian Nazi's killing and raping Ukrainians...
I guess Ukrainian Nazi's are bad, but Russian Nazi's are the good guys in your world view

[Berzerker]

Isn't that the same court that just heard the South African case against Israel? What did they decide? Gaza is a tough act to follow.

[Berzerker]

so thats what you found, a central Russian school in that hotbed of Nazism, Kazan, where the kids raised a fist in opposition to Nato? lol