Gorn Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, Werthead said: I'm seeing some speculation that a lot of actual experienced Wagner troops have been rotated off the lines and, in some cases, sent home to Russia, whilst the prison-recruited conscripts were used on the front instead. It might be a ploy for Wagner to keep its strength up for use at home if things start blowing up on the home front. Whatever is the case, their reputation as the "competent" part of the Russian military won't survive this, and neither will most of their troops. Ukrainian veterans of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade who are fighting in Bakhmut, their most elite and experienced unit, have stated that they haven't seen that many enemy corpses on any front line they fought at since 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 8,000 troops from the American 101st Airborne are currently deployed 3 miles from the Ukraine-Romanian border. I think they've been there a few weeks, but an stiffer move from the US to show teeth in the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Meanwhile progressive dems decide to shoot themselves in the dick and pressure Biden and the admin to push for peace faster. Which is also what Republicans want, so that's nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade1865 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Werthead said: 8,000 troops from the American 101st Airborne are currently deployed 3 miles from the Ukraine-Romanian border. I think they've been there a few weeks, but an stiffer move from the US to show teeth in the region. Werthead -- yes; phenomenal unit, deployed with them twice; and, facilitated the deployment of two other units by way of MK Airbase, Romania. Worked with the USMC as well as the USAF while there, and I coudn't emphasize more just how lethal those units are when comined. It's time to wind this war down and settle the new borders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Kalnestk Oblast said: Meanwhile progressive dems decide to shoot themselves in the dick and pressure Biden and the admin to push for peace faster. Which is also what Republicans want, so that's nice. Russia can have peace, whenever it wants. All it has to do is to cease occupying Ukrainian territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Kalnestk Oblast said: Meanwhile progressive dems decide to shoot themselves in the dick and pressure Biden and the admin to push for peace faster. Which is also what Republicans want, so that's nice. I can imagine that conversation. Quote BIDEN: "You going to pull out of Ukraine, like I just did your mother?" PUTIN: "No. You going to stop sending Ukraine guns?" BIDEN: "No." PUTING. "Okay then." <awkward pause> "You see the game last night?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiko Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 7 hours ago, Wade1865 said: It's time to wind this war down and settle the new borders. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 3 hours ago, kiko said: What? "Might is Right" It's an absolutely terrible philosophy and absolutely will degrade society. Elsewhere, this is what happens when Russians smoke in a coal mine... Also these: In Bakhmut we "know" that Russia successfully advanced about 200m about a week ago, and then successfully advanced back to their previous position, apparently leaving a LOT of Wagner bodies behind. It being a trap may well be optimistic spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 This is...something. Quote The self-described Siberian “Shaman-Warrior” Sasha Gabyshev claims he’s spent a lifetime struggling against a demonic entity that haunts the Russian president, the fabled Russian villain Koschei Bessmertny—also known as The Immortal and The Walking Skeleton. In the autumn of 2019, the Shaman-Warrior of Yakutia his followers set off on a two-year, 5,000-mile march to Moscow, where Gabyshev vowed to use his magic sword to slay the beast beneath the Kremlin and exorcise its terror from Putin’s soul. Picking up supporters and news conferences along the way, Gabyshev’s soothsayers were at first attacked by a coven of pro-Putin shamans in the city of Ulan-Ude. Battling on, the sorcerer and his apprentices made it as far as Lake Baikal, where their arrest was televised. Gabyshev was carted off to a mental hospital. “Putin is scared,” was now jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s response to the mystical melee that put Gabyshev behind bars. “Putin is already stomping his feet and shouting, ‘God save me from this shaman. What if he really does banish me?’” Moroz says Navalny’s question remains valid. “I’m sure Putin was terrified,” Moroz says. “He staged a major police operation against Gabyshev. The shaman had nothing against Putin. His goal was to remove the demon from beneath the Kremlin and free Putin’s stolen soul. It’s a powerful and accurate metaphor that resonates with all Russians.” Those who jobwise Putin for Western intelligence agencies are hardly a bunch of humorless stiffs. “But when we stopped laughing,” says one, “we concluded that Putin’s fear of Gabyshev was palpable.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 42 minutes ago, Werthead said: This is...something. What? Seriously… what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: What? Seriously… what? It’s the 3rd decade of the 21st century; roll with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 8 minutes ago, Derfel Cadarn said: It’s the 3rd decade of the 21st century; roll with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 You can go over to the US Politics thread and find national politicians with weirder notions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luzifer's right hand Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Yeah all those weird prayer circles US politicians hold and the constant mentioning of God does not seem less weird to most of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, mormont said: You can go over to the US Politics thread and find national politicians with weirder notions. I live here. I’m well aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 25 minutes ago, Luzifer's right hand said: Yeah all those weird prayer circles US politicians hold and the constant mentioning of God does not seem less weird to most of us. It seems exceedingly weird to me and I’m in church more than once a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Werthead said: This is...something. Read The Men Who Stare At Goats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 43 minutes ago, SeanF said: Read The Men Who Stare At Goats. There is a movie version also. Jeff Bridges has a great part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigoTheCarpathian Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Werthead said: This is...something. This shaman is probably the best opposition party concept I’ve seen, and I would like to see more of it in the West. Your opponent isn’t “bad”, they’re just “controlled by the spirit of Koschei The Immortal”. You’ve got a magic sword and you’re trying to help them. I legitimately think this might be 90% of the plot of the big final arc of the Sword of Truth books. If Putin forces this dude to play on a national soccer team and their government dissolves as a result, we are living in a simulation. ETA: …the worst simulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 12 minutes ago, VigoTheCarpathian said: This shaman is probably the best opposition party concept I’ve seen, and I would like to see more of it in the West. Your opponent isn’t “bad”, they’re just “controlled by the spirit of Koschei The Immortal”. You’ve got a magic sword and you’re trying to help them. I legitimately think this might be 90% of the plot of the big final arc of the Sword of Truth books. If Putin forces this dude to play on a national soccer team and their government dissolves as a result, we are living in a simulation. ETA: …the worst simulation. Makes about as much sense as any other religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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