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Russian Defense lines collapsing in Donetsk Oblast.

Discussion in 'Latest US & World News' started by zoom_copter66, Sep 25, 2022.

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  1. Bob Newhart

    Bob Newhart Well-Known Member

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    Another load of crap based on no reality.

    A self-proclaimed know-it-all hasn't read anything about the American Revolution it seems. The battle for Boston. Knox. Greene. These wouldn't have even been let into the U.S. NAZI-like forces much less be Generals. But they were our best. . . and they've done something U.S. Generals can't seems to do - Win a War.

    Training helps to a point but even the U.S. only spends a month training an infantryman after basic.

    What is Russia actually missing.

    1. Logistics.

    2. Equipment.
     
    Bob Newhart, Sep 27, 2022
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  2. zalekbloom

    zalekbloom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I never suggested that you are from Botswana, but the truth is that judging by grammar errors I see in your postings I thought you are not from the US or you had very poor education.
    So if the only thing I was wrong about is you it you being 'Botswanan' it makes me very happy - I understood the genius who knows history better than Western universities and who know war as good, or maybe better than Sun Tzu!
    And yes, I lived in Poland too.

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    You cannot convince idiots, so instead of arguing - agree with them, making their ideas even more stupid.
     
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    zalekbloom, Sep 27, 2022
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  3. pitbull

    pitbull Banned Donor

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    I heard they get a week of training before being sent to Ukraine to die, but the WW1 rifles appear to be correct.

    Anyway, those so called ruZZian people's republics will come to an end.
    :)
     
    pitbull, Sep 27, 2022
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  4. Dayton3

    Dayton3 Well-Known Member

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    You might as well say "everything".
     
    Dayton3, Sep 27, 2022
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    Giftedone Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    you been falling for them Zoomer Bloomers --- got the Z on the brain - .. Wasn't WW1 Rifles silly .. was WW2 ..?? :bonk:
     
    Giftedone, Sep 27, 2022
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  6. Dayton3

    Dayton3 Well-Known Member

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    I actually agree on that. WW1 rifles does sound silly. WW2 sounds far more likely.
     
    Dayton3, Sep 27, 2022
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  7. Jack Hays

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    Jack Hays, Sep 27, 2022
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    Giftedone Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Those History skills once again on full display .. the students must have been amazed :)

    Was the AK-47 invented yet :deadhorse::cynic::cynic: :cheerleader::cheerleader:

    Har har har WW1 followed by 2 .. like those lemmings jumping off the cliff after each other ...
     
    Giftedone, Sep 27, 2022
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  9. Dayton3

    Dayton3 Well-Known Member

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    I'm agreeing with you? Why are you sneering at me?
     
    Dayton3, Sep 27, 2022
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  10. Durandal

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    Update from Ukraine | Ukraine Counterattack Success | Ruzzians will be encircled or run away
     
    Durandal, Sep 27, 2022
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    I'm betting on the "run away" option.
     
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    Giftedone Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yah buddy I know :) and that wasn't a sneer -- bewilderment would be a better term. The WW2 comment was to show how nonsensical ww1 comment was .. as ww2 is nonsensical ... so .. what was it that excuses this historical failure ?
     
    Giftedone, Sep 27, 2022
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  13. Jack Hays

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    Older than AK-47, actually.
    The obsolete WWII rifles with which Russia is arming recruits ...
    https://www.outono.net › elentir › 2022/05/16 › the-obsol...

    May 16, 2022 — Equipping Donbas recruits with bolt-action rifles is branding them as cannon fodder. With these things, Russia seems determined to depopulate ..
     
    Jack Hays, Sep 27, 2022
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  14. Bill Carson

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    Hebrew
     
    Bill Carson, Sep 27, 2022
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    Giftedone Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Sure Jack --- how much they pay you to pop that stack :)
     
    Giftedone, Sep 27, 2022
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  16. Dayton3

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    Didn't legendary WW1 hero Sargent York use a bolt action rifle?
     
    Dayton3, Sep 27, 2022
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  17. Jack Hays

    Jack Hays Well-Known Member Donor

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    The facts are the facts. And fact checkers are your natural enemies.
     
    Jack Hays, Sep 28, 2022
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  18. Reality

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    Your sample of fat lazy tourists you've encountered in your life is not a representative sample.
    What I'm saying is that 1) no one disregards the fact of its occurrence, they just don't suffer guilt for actions they never took against people they never knew; and many still obsess over it to a literally insane degree; 2) you're a bit biased so I'm not surprised you hold this position;
     
    Reality, Sep 28, 2022
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  19. Reality

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    When everyone else was armed with the same, yes.
     
    Reality, Sep 28, 2022
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  20. Jack Hays

    Jack Hays Well-Known Member Donor

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    Most American tourists abroad are neither fat nor lazy.
     
    Jack Hays, Sep 28, 2022
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  21. Durandal

    Durandal Well-Known Member Donor

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    That has been my experience also.
     
    Durandal, Sep 28, 2022
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  22. Reality

    Reality Well-Known Member

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    Opinions vary
     
    Reality, Sep 28, 2022
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  23. Jack Hays

    Jack Hays Well-Known Member Donor

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    Hmmm. I have spent nearly twenty years of my life outside the US. Seen quite a few tourists.
     
    Jack Hays, Sep 28, 2022
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  24. Phyxius

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    Sgt. York didn't have to contend with 21st century mechanized warfare, air strikes, HIMARS, and drones... abEAh.gif
     
    Phyxius, Sep 28, 2022
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  25. Dayton3

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    True. But bolt action rifles still tend to be highly accurate.
     
    Dayton3, Sep 28, 2022
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