UKRAINE THREAD 3.0The last one got to 600 posts.
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Is there a proxy conflict coming?
US will act ‘decisively’ if Russia deploys military to Cuba or Venezuela – White House
https://www.rt.com/russia/546021-moscow-presence-cuba-venezuela/Are NATO and Russia on the brink of war over the Ukraine crisis? (Ex-UK ambassador to Russia)
https://www.rt.com/podcast/546013-russia-nato-ukraine-crisis/US claims Russia preparing ‘false flag’ in Ukraine
https://www.rt.com/russia/546091-us-false-flag-ukraine/Russia ‘fabricating a pretext for invasion’ of Ukraine – White House
https://www.rt.com/russia/546049-kremlin-fabricating-reason-ukraine-invasion/Is Russia really preparing an offensive against Ukraine?
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/546082-russian-military-exercise-ukrainian-border/CIA-trained special ops could fight Russians in case of Ukrainian invasion – report
https://www.rt.com/russia/546041-cia-special-troops-ukraine-invasion/Ukraine hit by huge cyber attack
https://www.rt.com/russia/546026-ukrainian-government-agencies-massive-cyberattack/Russia-NATO relations at critical level, Moscow warns
https://www.rt.com/russia/545911-moscow-nato-relations-hazards/US to train ‘Ukrainian insurgents’ in EU – media
https://www.rt.com/russia/546143-us-train-ukraine-insurgents-reports/US seeking ways to profit should Russia-Ukraine conflict break out – reports
https://www.rt.com/business/546138-us-lng-russia-europe-sanctions/Also: requesting that tweet where Lukashenko says that this year they reunite Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, etc.
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https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ 602 posts and 129 image replies omitted.>>493714Hardly, there's tons of pro EU fascists, fascists like Oswald Mosley supported pan European organisations and it has its roots in the nazi New Order project.
EU is a bourgeois parasitic regime that talks about defending Europe the exact same way nazis did and do.
>>493709Yeah, the very slow and flashy "we're totally gonna invade guys" does look more like an attempt to look threatening and force negotiations than actually wanting war
I mean, I know this kind of stuff takes time even when it's real, but it's suspicious
>>493704So Russia is the aggressor because of Putin?
>>493707All the news sites I read seem to imply it. What do you read? I don't want to read biased stuff.
So if NATO is the aggressor here, one should advocate for anti NATO aggression, without wanting Ukraine to be annexed by Russia. But where does that leave Ukraine? Why do they want to be with NATO anyways?
>>493697>They can have their simulation however they want. They are poor fighters on the ground. They only ever win due to total air superiority and they haven't been in a conflict where they didn't have it.Yes, and this won't be any different. This is like saying that an individual is only good at fighting because he has a gun and has never been in a conflict where he didn't have it. The US picks how it wants to fight. Also, I disagree on your characterization of the US as being poor fighters on the ground. The initial operations in Afghanistan lacked air support for the most part and yet they accomplished their mission. Any urban war, the like which is expected in Ukraine will not involve air assets knocking down buildings left and right so as to not damage infrastructure or local civilians. The US has fought wars like that too and won every time.
>Korea maybe and Vietnam shot down quite a few of their planes.Yes, they did, but those were more even matches than what you would see today.
>>493729I don't think it's going to. The US has no physical means of stopping Russia, is refusing to acquiesce to any of Russia's demands, and since the EU doesn't have the military to stop then either, so Russia forcing the issue is the only possible outcome. The Biden admin's strat atm is just stalling for time, but the talks aren't going anywhere in part because they're trapped by five years of anti-Russian fear mongering and their ineptitude exacerbating the pandemic and sending Biden's approval rating down the tubes, making them in desperate need of a "win."
At this point the only way for this to "fizzle out" would be for the US to cave the or for Russia to decide that Ukraine becoming part of NATO is fine, and neither of those is likely to happen.
>>493736>Explain Crimea and Donbass.Crime and Donbass are separate incidents where I will agree that Russia was the aggressor. What I don't agree is that at the time the US saw intervention as warranted.
>>493737Yes, so does the US. It may be a contested air war at first, but the US can afford to lose many more aircraft than the Russians, and has enough armor to punch through and take out AA batteries if it has to. AA isn't an impenetrable shield.
>>493733>IraqRemoved a puppet dictator and the country immediately descended into civil war, spawning ISIS and getting the US kicked out of the country
>KuwaitHad to put together a coalition to defeat the dictator that didn't fight back because they were fucking bankrolling him to begin with
>North KoreaDidn't defeat NK and technically still unresolved to this very fucking day
>Vietnamlmao you have to be fucking kidding. It was a shit show every step of the way that failed to stop NV operations and ultimately resulted in NV victory after SV fucking collapsed almost immediately
They couldn't even win in Afghanistan after 20 fucking years and 8 trillion dollars spent
lol they were able to beat Greneda though. USM ftw!!
>>493745>Removed a puppet dictator and the country immediately descended into civil war, spawning ISIS and getting the US kicked out of the countryThe goal was to remove Saddam and establish a government. That was done, and the martial prowess of the US stands. They didn't lose the conflict militarily.
>Had to put together a coalition to defeat the dictator that didn't fight back because they were fucking bankrolling him to begin withCome on, anon. You don't believe that. There was fighting, even after the ceasefire. The fact is that the US is far more competent at destroying things than you think. It's just that it also thinks that it's the answer to every question.
>Didn't defeat NK and technically still unresolved to this very fucking dayThe original plan was to push them back to the 38th parallel. McArthur violated his orders and wanted to push into China, but the original goal of the operation was met.
>lmao you have to be fucking kidding. It was a shit show every step of the way that failed to stop NV operations and ultimately resulted in NV victory after SV fucking collapsed almost immediatelyTwo years is not almost-immediately, and it also collapsed because we stopped funding them, not because the NVA or the VC had much military success in direct conflict with US forces.
>They couldn't even win in Afghanistan after 20 fucking years and 8 trillion dollars spentAt the time of the US withdrawal, major military operations had already ceased. The people taking charge in day-to-day operations were the ANA, who were successful at their jobs just as long as the US kept supplying logistics. That was what fucked them. Of course, Biden knew this was the case. Just look at the helicopters we gave them, replacing their Hind models. The only ones that could work on them were US contractors, and we withdrew those. Afghanistan almost looks like sabotage. However, do you think Taliban forces had any military success in direct conflict with US troops? The answer is no.
>>493749Okay, time for Rumor mill again:
The current model of how a Russian invasion of Ukraine would go is for a pro-Russian group to stage a coup of the Ukrainian government, giving Russia justification to partake in "peacekeeping operations IOT prevent conflict spilling over the border into Russia." This would then put the US on the spot as it could be seen as the aggresssor if it then decided to cross the border into Ukraine at the same time. Timing is key, and so is defense of the Ukrainian government. For this reason, one can reasonably expect that "civilian" "advisors" are operating in Ukraine at this time. If on the other hand, a coup fails, the Ukrainian government would have all the justification it needs to host US troops inside its borders and then Russia would have to take the initiative in starting this war. It's all about timing and control.
>>493750I do not think the US plans to invade Russia, at least I would hope not, but we have done much dumber things.
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