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War in Ukraine

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by PITBOSS, Jan 21, 2022.

  1. duggers_dad

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    The Russians are sucking so bad they’re suffering from non-existent viruses.*

    *thanks for bringing up the topic of viruses again as I’m not finished with the topic.
     
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  2. duggers_dad

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    Russian civilian deaths are less noteworthy because ‘unprovoked aggression.’
     
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  4. ajoseph

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    Geez, Dugger. Aren’t you on vacation in Alaska? Enjoy the nature, man!
     
  5. duggers_dad

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    Just got back yesterday. Probably gave my infant granddaughter seven different viruses via facial kissing.
     
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    Then welcome back!
     
  7. 92gator

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    Google
     
  8. duggers_dad

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    Thanks! Notwithstanding the undeniable natural beauty, a week is good enough for me. Gray, chilly and wet with only one day of sunshine.
     
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  9. duggers_dad

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    Same thing.
     
  10. duggers_dad

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    I never knew there was a word for this specific stupidity!

     
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  12. duggers_dad

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    Ukrainian pinpricks vs. Russian hammer blows.
     
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    If slaughtering civilians is a hammer blow you are 100% correct.
     
  14. vegasfox

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    Soros "raped" Russia in the 1990's and he wants another crack at its natural resources. Thus, the Ukraine war:

     
  15. chemgator

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    Another ignorant quote, obviously from someone who does not understand history. And you don't have to look any further than WWII. Germany looked fairly unimpressive in its takeover of Poland, against a nation where the cavalry was not tanks, but soldiers on horseback. There were no other major war threats on the horizon that America or Europe was aware of. There were other potentially aggressive countries with powerful militaries, to be sure, but they weren't doing anything of concern (Japan was, of course, brutalizing the people of eastern China, but that was of no concern to the West). After a failure of England and France to respond to the Poland invasion, Germany invaded France. Italy decided to join forces with Germany, not that it did Germany a lot of good (except to give Germany an ally in the Mediterranean to try to disrupt oil flow from the Middle East to England). Then Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and then invaded the Philippines and pushed the Brits out of Singapore, and then Malaysia. Almost all of the world's rubber was produced in Malaysia. It wasn't a world war, until it was.
     
  16. duggers_dad

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    Because Germany and Japan just woke up angry one morning and decided to invade the world. There are no other factors to consider. Nuance must not be entertained. Germany and Japan wholly evil in their intentions. US and allies pure as the driven snow.
     
  17. chemgator

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    If you can justify their intentions, go ahead. Nuance away. They were countries caught in the past, looking to expand their empires and gain land and natural resources without paying for them, much like Russia is doing in Ukraine. The time for conquest and empire-building had passed. WWII did cost England most of its empire.
     
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    Ukraine drone attack starts a massive fire at the Sochi oil depot, near the Black Sea.

    Ukraine drone attack causes fire at Sochi oil depot, Russia says

     
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  20. duggers_dad

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    England commenced bombing of German civilians six months before Germany returned the favor.

    *waits for howling to subside*
     
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