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Post by james100 on May 24, 2024 18:31:10 GMT
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Post by Badly Drawn Stickman on May 24, 2024 19:02:54 GMT
In its current state the British Army would probably last a weekend against the Russians in an actual war. Thankfully our days of going about the world killing people who dont do what we tell them to are over* - and it looks like the US' days of doing the same are rapidly coming to an end. * - apart from our role as the US' no 1 barking lap dog. How is the gardening going? I kept having flashbacks when I read your posts. I have no opinion on how the discussion is going for clarity except it seems a bit black and white with the giant grey area in the middle being mostly untouched. Anyway as you were lads........
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Post by michaelc on May 24, 2024 20:06:05 GMT
And Ben Wallace? Is he also a conspiracy theory nut ? I really despair at how many people don't understand the seriousness of the situation we find ourselves in.
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Post by james100 on May 25, 2024 1:28:58 GMT
And Ben Wallace? Is he also a conspiracy theory nut ? I really despair at how many people don't understand the seriousness of the situation we find ourselves in. My comment was pretty clear in that it referred to Bridgen, referencing his own words. It didn't refer to any one else's opinion on the seriousness of the situation, including my own. Bridgen's track record speaks for itself. As does Hal Turner's.
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Post by rscal on May 25, 2024 4:57:58 GMT
And Ben Wallace? Is he also a conspiracy theory nut ? I really despair at how many people don't understand the seriousness of the situation we find ourselves in. My comment was pretty clear in that it referred to Bridgen, referencing his own words. It didn't refer to any one else's opinion on the seriousness of the situation, including my own. Bridgen's track record speaks for itself. As does Hal Turner's. I was with you until ... 'Hal Turner' (possible relevence?) Hmm. I seem to recall* the thing which got Mr. B ejected from the the Conservative Party was his citing of doctors (possibly Jewish ones, that are allowed to drop the H-word) when saying the effects of the vaccination injuries (and deaths etc.) were akin to an 'H-word'. And by that, not a literal 'H-word' but a figurative one being cited as such by Jewish critics of it - obviously a criticism that he shared. But either because the modern political class pretends to 'not get it' (or more likely because of their tacit agreement with it, followed by abject denial of its consequences) they all pretended he had invoked the actual unalloyed H-word when he had not. I asked the AI: Can you show me Andrew Bridgen's Tweet in full which he was condemned for? So, while a bit tacky hardly a hanging offence was it?
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Post by angrysaveruk on May 25, 2024 7:02:14 GMT
In its current state the British Army would probably last a weekend against the Russians in an actual war. Thankfully our days of going about the world killing people who dont do what we tell them to are over* - and it looks like the US' days of doing the same are rapidly coming to an end. * - apart from our role as the US' no 1 barking lap dog. How is the gardening going? I kept having flashbacks when I read your posts. I have no opinion on how the discussion is going for clarity except it seems a bit black and white with the giant grey area in the middle being mostly untouched. Anyway as you were lads........ Ha, that was at the start of the pandemic when I was convinced there was going to be a food shortage due to trade disruptions and the UKs massive over reliance on imported food. I grew a surprising amount of food although - of course my wife thought I was mad but I am the type of person who plans ahead. Growing a few vegetables will not be possible if this conflict escalates and those bombs start flying - I have already made the decision that I dont plan on seeing how it all ends....
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Post by p2pmark on May 25, 2024 8:49:48 GMT
This ongoing invasion has been going on for longer 2 years, yet, there’s no betting market for this war. like - outright winner - time to end the war - handicap market - number of casualties - amount of money spent by the US government I wonder why. or is it just me couldn’t find any on bookmakers. benaj, no idea how reliable it is, but Manifold - a prediction market place - offers this, amongst other markets: manifold.markets/marktweise/how-will-the-ukrainerussia-border-l.
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Post by michaelc on May 25, 2024 12:44:57 GMT
And Ben Wallace? Is he also a conspiracy theory nut ? I really despair at how many people don't understand the seriousness of the situation we find ourselves in. My comment was pretty clear in that it referred to Bridgen, referencing his own words. It didn't refer to any one else's opinion on the seriousness of the situation, including my own. Bridgen's track record speaks for itself. As does Hal Turner's. I meant the fact that he said yesterday: "Because I am frightened, having read so much intelligence for so many years, that by the end of this decade if our armed forces and our security services are not match fit for the threat that is coming our way we will only have ourselves to blame.". What threat is coming our way that isn't already here? To me his position doesn't seem a million miles away from Bridgen etc .
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Post by angrysaveruk on May 26, 2024 17:24:17 GMT
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Post by k6 on May 26, 2024 17:42:16 GMT
Would it happen you could dig out similar information regarding your russian army friends ?
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Post by ilmoro on May 26, 2024 18:18:30 GMT
It was a frontline soldier ... nationality was not specified ... it related solely to Bakhmut 'meatgrinder' not the frontline as a whole. There is insufficient info available to have any chance of calculating such a number outside of first hand experience in a localised area as in the original quote.
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Post by michaelc on May 26, 2024 18:35:41 GMT
It was a frontline soldier ... nationality was not specified ... it related solely to Bakhmut 'meatgrinder' not the frontline as a whole. There is insufficient info available to have any chance of calculating such a number outside of first hand experience in a localised area as in the original quote. Even if sensationalised down a little bit, even 6 or 8 hours is crazy. Presumably the numbers are in the same ballpark for both sides - maybe worse for the Ukr as the Russians have more shells.
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Post by k6 on May 26, 2024 18:47:48 GMT
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Post by michaelc on May 26, 2024 19:23:42 GMT
Are they giving any long range weapons? On second thoughts, don't tell me I might report it back to Kensington Palace Gardens....
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Post by angrysaveruk on May 26, 2024 20:00:06 GMT
It was a frontline soldier ... nationality was not specified ... it related solely to Bakhmut 'meatgrinder' not the frontline as a whole. There is insufficient info available to have any chance of calculating such a number outside of first hand experience in a localised area as in the original quote. Even if sensationalised down a little bit, even 6 or 8 hours is crazy. Presumably the numbers are in the same ballpark for both sides - maybe worse for the Ukr as the Russians have more shells. Yes that is what I thought. The Colonel said on his podcast something like "I have been told from my sources (in the pentagon) that the current estimate for the life expectancy on the line of contact with the Russians for a Ukrainian soldier in Kharkiv is 3 hours". I was like ?!? I googled it and it seems the amount of time you are going to live on the front lines is hours not days. Terrible.
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