Russia attacks Ukraine! WW3 imminent?

[ma96782]

Attacking a NATO country is attacking all of the other NATO countries, including the USA. It would be more than counterproductive, it would be fatal.

In THEORY.

I just hope that Nato is actually able to keep it all together. Because.......nations have a funny (not HA, ha) way of looking out for only their best interests.

Example.....
Yeah.....France.

Aloha, Mark

PS......for those too young to remember......

France, which refused to allow U.S. warplanes to cross... - UPI Archives

France, which refused to allow U.S. warplanes to cross French territory en route to Libya, criticized the United States Tuesday for setting the stage for a...

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1986 United States bombing of Libya - Wikipedia

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[ma96782]

BTW.

Aloha, Mark

PS......Why is Erdogan mentioning Greece?

Yeah.....for those who may have forgotten. The Cyprus situation.

Turkish invasion of Cyprus - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[made in china]

If Russia tries to attack Finland, some people are going to need bigger flag poles

 

[monkeybutler]

My pole is plenty big when it comes to disliking aggressive autocrats.

 

[CountryGent]

From Business Insider: Finland's president initiated phone call with Putin to tell him the country is applying to join NATO

 

[Provincial]

Idea for a meme:

On a calm ocean,
Foreground: Titanic-like passenger liner sinking from the bow, stern with propellers up in the air, labelled "Russia."

Background above ocean surface: Small iceberg, labelled "Ukraine."

Background, below ocean surface: Gigantic iceberg extending from the visible part above, labelled "The Rest of The Free World."

 

[The Heretic]

China is very much a paper tiger, from about 600 miles off shore! They lack the ability to project power off land, and their Navy is limited by the range of it's bunkers! They also lack training and experience, especially at operations levels. As long as no one gets within striking range of their coast, China is little threat! Sure, they have purty looking ships and planes, but, they lack the high tech and ability to use what they do have very much like Moscow does. Will they get better, maybe, but that takes time money, training and experience, something they are in a great big hurry to achieve, but at what cost?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Firearms/comments/upguwe

 

[The Heretic]

Rubizhne almost under Russian control, entire battalion refuses to attack Bilohorivka, Luhansk governor says

Russian invaders had almost captured the town of Rubizhne, but at the same time the entire Russian battalion had already refused to attack Bilohorivka village due to heavy losses, Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said during the national telethon.

news.yahoo.com

 

[The Heretic]

‘Let Someone Whack You’: Russian Troops Are Now Deliberately Wounding Themselves to Get Out of Putin’s War

ReutersNearly 90 days into Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian troops have apparently become so demoralized and desperate to quit they’ve begun deliberately injuring themselves.The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate on Saturday released audio...

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[ma96782]

Speaking of getting "Whacked."

Putin coup is underway and 'impossible to stop,' says Ukraine's military intelligence chief

The process of overthrowing Russian President Vladimir Putin has started and can't be stopped, Ukraine's military intelligence chief told Sky News.

www.yahoo.com

Aloha, Mark

 

[CountryGent]

From Reuters: Britain says Russia has lost a third of its forces in Ukraine

 

[ilikegunspdx]

From Reuters: Britain says Russia has lost a third of its forces in Ukraine

That is incredible if true.

 

[Certaindeaf]

The maps around Mariupol are interesting.. I'm thinking the Ukrainians finally got some 155's in the area.

 

[The Heretic]

That is incredible if true.

More than incredible - it is a good thing that Russia loses military might. Hopefully it will bring Putin down, and maybe someone sensible will be put in his place (although I doubt it).

 

[ilikegunspdx]

From Reuters: Britain says Russia has lost a third of its forces in Ukraine

Contrast to desert storm. How many tanks did we lose? Was it four? Can't recall. <100 soldiers lost to the enemy.

 

[The Heretic]

Weak links in finance and supply chains are easily weaponized

Russian sanctions highlight how network analysis is urgently needed to find and protect vulnerable parts of the global economy.

www.nature.com

 

[monkeybutler]

Weak links in finance and supply chains are easily weaponized

Russian sanctions highlight how network analysis is urgently needed to find and protect vulnerable parts of the global economy.

www.nature.com

Strange that extensive network analyses have not been done... that kind of thing seems pretty obvious, even a couple decades ago.

 

[The Heretic]

Given the gross incompetence in both the private and public sectors, that I have personally witnessed while employed by them, it doesn't seem strange to me at all.

Strange that extensive network analyses have not been done... that kind of thing seems pretty obvious, even a couple decades ago.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Contrast to desert storm. How many tanks did we lose? Was it four? Can't recall. <100 soldiers lost to the enemy.

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For the Abrams it looks like zero destroyed by enemy fire. From Wikipedia:

 

[monkeybutler]

Given the gross incompetence in both the private and public sectors, that I have personally witnessed while employed by them, it doesn't seem strange to me at all.

Not everyone and every organization is incompetent. My expectation stems from having worked with competent and driven researchers who have mapped tons of network blah blah.