Prediction Thread: When Will Ukraine Conquer Russia

[Geronimo]

It seems odd that Russia would spend enormous sums building a pipeline to transport gas to Europe and then blows up that pipeline because it might get sued for not delivering gas to Europe does not sound terribly sensible. This is based on conjecture not evidence.

I do not believe the Russians blew up the pipeline.

The pipeline is not actually destroyed. So long as the repair costs are less than the liabilities, you have motive.

[Egbert]

What don't you like or understand about the reason you quoted from Plato?

It seems odd that Russia would spend enormous sums building a pipeline to transport gas to Europe and then blows up that pipeline because it might get sued for not delivering gas to Europe does not sound terribly sensible. This is based on conjecture not evidence.

I do not believe the Russians blew up the pipeline.

[My Wife Hates CIV]

Is it just Serb, or are Russians just nihilistic in general?

it's just serb. MWHC has worked next to many russian sailors. it's just serb.

[Geronimo]

Serb, from 2014 to February 2022 some 14,000 people are estimated to have died in the war in the Donbass. What fraction of those people do you think died as a result of genocidal attacks targeting civilians and what fraction died as a result of combat between the separatist armed forces and Ukrainian armed forces?

How is the special operation going to be an effective response to that? What would long term success look like? What if large numbers of civilians in the conquered territories don't like living under Russian rule?

I never have understood what you think the special operation is any good for.

[Serb]

Not that your so-called president desides anything!

[Serb]

The modern USA reminds me the late Soviet era - the rule of brainless old farts.

[Serb]

The difficulty is that it was a stupid move no matter who did it.

You have a total age degraded imbecile in charge.

[Serb]

"It is the biggest terrorist state in human history!" - if you care about formal correctness v. casual speech. In the latter case it's okay your way.

How can I properly adress to a state like USA or Russia (it or she?).

In Russian "Russia" and "America" is a "she", what about USA in English?

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

"It is the biggest terrorist state in human history!" - if you care about formal correctness v. casual speech. In the latter case it's okay your way, only a little foreign-sounding.

[Serb]

The one who is proven to be guily in overthrowthing dozens and dozens of regimes around the World!

[Serb]

The one who used Chemical and Bilogical weapons against Vietnam.

[Serb]

The one who used nuclear weapons against Japan.

[Serb]

The biggest terrorist state in human history!

[Serb]

Because Russia couldn't "just shut-ff the valve if needed", not if it wanted to avoid billions in legal liabilities.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/19/gazprom-tells-european-buyers-gas-supply-halt-beyond-its

Of course destroying the pipeline would still be stupid. The difficulty is that it was a stupid move no matter who did it.

We know who did it! It's pretty obvious who! The one who benefited from that.
It's name has just three letters: U, S and A.

[Serb]

if the Ukrainian planes can take off they can be made suitable for picky NATO aircraft

do you deny that Ukrainian fighters keep being documented operating in Ukrainian skies?

They do some magic tricks to take-off their few remaining planes, but in general their airfields are destroyed.
Anyhow NATO planes requires a different infrastructure to operate then Czech Mig-29 that president Zelensky had ck sucked.