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Wars, Invasions, & Imperialism Thread v. Ukraine & Russia

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48 hours...? How is my government so sure of this? And regardless, don't they realize that "predictions" like this make it look like the US is hoping to stir things up?
It's a deliberate strategy, it's been weeks of this.
I think it has somewhat of an adverse effect though, allies not trusting their "intel" anymore, including Ukraine themselves.

This war is all about posturing and public perception, I'm sure a full scale invasion won't be happening.
 
48 hours...? How is my government so sure of this? And regardless, don't they realize that "predictions" like this make it look like the US is hoping to stir things up?
Remember around 2013-2016 when our govt and media would announce that we were going to go into certain areas to attack terrorists, and then a few days later the terrorists weren't there because they aren't dumb and have televisions. I always wondered what that was about.
 
Remember around 2013-2016 when our govt and media would announce that we were going to go into certain areas to attack terrorists, and then a few days later the terrorists weren't there because they aren't dumb and have televisions. I always wondered what that was about.
Putin has never forgotten how the US/NATO repaid Qaddafi for all of his cooperation – invading his country, overthrowing his regime, and ultimately delivering him into the hands of a mob, to be sodomized and lynched in the street like a common criminal.

Remember back in 2003? Libya was the #1 success-story neocons could point to. Qaddafi threw his hands up after we invaded Iraq, doing whatever was asked – abandoned all nuclear/chemical-weapon programs, apologized for Lockerbie & paid the victims, rounded up migrants headed for Europe, etc.

This article does a good job summarizing the lesson Putin learned from the Libyan affair:
After Medvedev decided not to veto a US-backed UN Security Council resolution in favor of military intervention in Libya, Putin voiced his disagreement publicly, comparing the resolution to a "medieval call to the crusades." Putin saw the move as "a case study in Western intervention: stir up protests, give them rhetorical support and diplomatic cover, and, if that doesn’t work, send in the fighter jets," according to The New Yorker.

Several months later, Gaddafi was captured by Libyan rebels, dragged into the street, and killed. A video of the event circulated around the world, while Libya collapsed into chaos. In a now notorious reaction to news of Gaddafi's death, Clinton joked to a reporter, "We came, we saw, he died!"

Such a tasteful and dignified statesperson, Madame Clinton...
 
gaddafi was a evil diactor and one of the most profilic serial rapists to ever walk on this earth. Im glad they shoved that metal pipe up the way up his ass.
 
Russian has decided to move foward with the invasion. Ukraine on maximum alert preparing to fight to the death. Godspeed.

Putin is expecting over 45k + russian deaths.

We need to start pumping in anti missile defenses into ukraine asap.
 
You should write it down. Would make a great short story!
I forgot one other Aisan accompanier that day.

Amit, I think.

In time, I accrued far better tales though.

Like the first Time ever I took Psilocybe in mushrooms I was at my posh expensive private school except I lucked a rare bursary free education, bus pass, wick school donners, no term fees... one afternoon, Art class. Just 17.

Some friends has given me 50 liberty cap mushrooms the day before I've never heard much and could not believe they would be anything above a mild Stone having taken LSD and Extacy.

I decided while drawing an abstract pastille picture of a blue cat, In the style of Franz Marc, That it was time to nip into the toilet and eat these mushrooms I had.

I noticed the powerful medicinal taste. 15 minutes later I was drawing this pastille drawing. And it became 3-D all of a sudden I felt something going on so I left the classroom and had an astonishing experience coming up on Psilocybe in fully when I never expected anything like that in my prime young age in a very posh strict school.

I was in tears of laughter basically walking around the stripey corridors such a tricky place to be a school as well.

I removed my school shirt and tie we had blazers very strict they were with teachers at the bus stop on duty ensuring school uniform was worn without exception until leaving the school grounds every day.

So when we walked down to the bus stop across a big concrete bridge first I saw this lady looking at me with a very fixed and serious stare who I felt sure I knew but I just couldn't place her for my life.

As we walked past I smiled and said "alright?"


We carried on walking and stood waiting for the bus about 50 foot away but my mind was preoccupied because I knew I needed to remember something here quickly.

I glanced over to this lady and she was looking at me with increasing concern until she eventually started walking quickly towards me.

It was not until she spoke that it came back to me who she actually was.

She was my own personal Bailey form tutor who was on duty at the bus stop that afternoon to enforce the strict policy of school uniform wearing.

Me in my Calvin Klein t shirt, tripped out my face. Couldn't even remember who she actually was.

She blurted out,.. Alex why haven't you got your school uniform on? Demandingly.

In that second it flashed back to me who she was and somehow without delay and very convincingly I replied.. I washed my face in the toilets and my shirt got wet so I took it off and I'll wash it and bring it back tomorrow clean..."


She semi frowned at me but the answer was so perfect and plausible she simply said...

Well okay but make sure it doesn't happen again and walked away.

As we boarded the bus next Christopher Ackerman who was with me and was officially the most intelligent boy in the school academically on paper perfect score for everything every time always...said....Now HOW, did you get away with that!

In full disbelief and he had no idea I was tripping.

It was a brilliant trip after that and was the day I learned the beauty and power of magic mushrooms.
 
Looks like Russia has started attacking. Reports of attacks at Crimea border checkpoints. Here's Marco Rubio, Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee:

 
The Ukrainian president has publicly appealed Russia not to invade (unless the recording I heard is a deep fake or something). He says there are 200 thousand troops and thousands of combat vehicles massed across the border. Russia advised commercial vehicles not to enter that airspace and three Ukrainian airports are shut down. Kinda doesn't seem like bullshit. I mean I am willing to believe the US and others were posturing, but I'm most likely to believe the people who are being menaced, if they say it's happening.
 
The Ukrainian president has publicly appealed Russia not to invade (unless the recording I heard is a deep fake or something). He says there are 200 thousand troops and thousands of combat vehicles massed across the border. Russia advised commercial vehicles not to enter that airspace and three Ukrainian airports are shut down. Kinda doesn't seem like bullshit. I mean I am willing to believe the US and others were posturing, but I'm most likely to believe the people who are being menaced, if they say it's happening.
They're definitely being attacked right now. Lots of videos and reports on Twitter. Intel Twitter accounts are super active with updates. Here's one video I just found
 
was sleeping for a few hours had a dream i was in world war 3 wake up and the russians are already attacking holy fuck!
They're going hard too. 100% of Ukraine Navy is destroyed or now unusable. They're obviously not the old Russian military of 10-15 years ago.
 
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