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Popular Post King Heffy Posted March 14 Popular Post Share Posted March 14 Just now, SilentSam said: Pretty amazing reversal from when he was advocating for Ukraine to give up territory. Time to get a coalition of the willing in there and do what should have been done over two years ago. 1 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satchmo Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Interesting news from France. AP has a bit more tempered view of things: Macron again declines to rule out Western troops in Ukraine, but says they’re not needed now PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron warned Western powers against showing any signs of weakness to Russia as he reiterated his position Thursday that sending Western troops into Ukraine shouldn’t be ruled out, though he said today’s situation doesn’t require it. In an interview on French national television TF1 and France 2, Macron was asked about the prospect of sending Western troops to Ukraine, which he publicly raised last month in comments that prompted pushback from other European leaders who stressed they had no plans to do so. “We’re not in that situation today,” he said, but added that “all these options are possible.” https://apnews.com/article/france-macron-ukraine-troops-caa788d2455dafb06dd87f79c4afe06f 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satchmo Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 A new Russian school textbook has been produced that distorts the history of the war against Ukraine and encourages students to join the army. It has been designed for a new subject entitled "Fundamentals of Security and Defence of the Motherland". The lesson is compulsory for high school students aged 15 to 18 in Russia and occupied territories in Ukraine. It will be taught once a week from September, replacing a lesson known as "Fundamentals of Safe Living". "Russia fights with integrity," the authors insist. In several excerpts, they suggest Russia prioritises the safety of Ukrainian civilians and minimises destruction, while "Ukraine frequently targets civilian infrastructure". https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68550459 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSam Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I would pay to see this happen! Klitschko should offer to fight him for a Fund Raiser ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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King Heffy Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 8 minutes ago, SilentSam said: Fortunately, the optical guidance system does not come with a sober operator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSam Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 34 minutes ago, King Heffy said: Fortunately, the optical guidance system does not come with a sober operator. I wouldn’t be surprised that if anyone who knows anything about RuZ Nuclear systems are still alive Hef, Either by way of age/ mortality, or shot / pushed out of a window for fear of flight or escaping abroad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSam Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 The Power of Positive thinking .. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SilentSam Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 RuZ “authorities “. . Weak , cowards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 8 minutes ago, SilentSam said: Probably a lot of Eastern Europeans in that Foreign Legion regiment too. I would not want to be fighting against those guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimist Prime Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 6 hours ago, SilentSam said: WOW !!! I think, just on a skimming of the daily news, that 'we the west' being every European nation, North America and our mutual allies around the globe might be best served by serving Moldova. The poorest of the Euro nations. Lets send NATO to Moldova, if they will agree, and funding to both lift them out of poverty, stamp out human trafficking and reinforce a border of Ukraine, outside the theater of operations. It is incredibly risky, too risky, to initiate Moldova into NATO, but like an island in the pacific can be a protectorate of the USA, maybe Moldova will agree to accept infrastructure, green backs and technology in exchange for NATO bases on its territory and a path to future membership? Euros in Ukraine at this time would open ww3 to an open conflict rather than just a shadow war. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimist Prime Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 23 minutes ago, SilentSam said: decades ago in one of my training camps, there was a wash out from the foreign legion. I remember he didn't make it through the death march portion of the French Foreign Legion training curriculum, but when we were climbing ropes up three stories and ringing a bell before repelling down the rope, this guy put his legs strait out in front of him in a V like a gymnast would on the rings, and with just his hands climbed hand over hand up the rope, three stories high, rang the bell and swiftly descended it. We talked later at the canteen and he fell out of the death march very late in it: to graduate the FFL candidates go on a grueling march through the desert somewhere, and if they fall out, they fail boot camp and are left to their own devices there where they fall. That may have changed in the last 30 years but if the FFL is going to hunker down on the border with Ukraine that is something. If they go to Odessa though, all bets are off on this remaining a regional conflict. edit: from memory they are also given just the time it takes to finish boot camp to learn french: there is no translator and you either learn to hear the orders or you fail. They accept any nationality and any language candidates and they accept convicts taking the badge rather than life in prison or death penalty's in other countries. Only they don't care if you learn french or not: just if you don't in roughly six months, you fail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 15 minutes ago, Optimist Prime said: decades ago in one of my training camps, there was a wash out from the foreign legion. I remember he didn't make it through the death march portion of the French Foreign Legion training curriculum, but when we were climbing ropes up three stories and ringing a bell before repelling down the rope, this guy put his legs strait out in front of him in a V like a gymnast would on the rings, and with just his hands climbed hand over hand up the rope, three stories high, rang the bell and swiftly descended it. We talked later at the canteen and he fell out of the death march very late in it: to graduate the FFL candidates go on a grueling march through the desert somewhere, and if they fall out, they fail boot camp and are left to their own devices there where they fall. That may have changed in the last 30 years but if the FFL is going to hunker down on the border with Ukraine that is something. If they go to Odessa though, all bets are off on this remaining a regional conflict. edit: from memory they are also given just the time it takes to finish boot camp to learn french: there is no translator and you either learn to hear the orders or you fail. They accept any nationality and any language candidates and they accept convicts taking the badge rather than life in prison or death penalty's in other countries. Only they don't care if you learn french or not: just if you don't in roughly six months, you fail. They also have about an 80% rejection rate for people trying to enlist. I think they've gotten a little pickier about some crimes as well, although minor ones aren't a problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the destroyer of worlds Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Looks like the Repugs finally realized that they actually have to pass stuff. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gop-ukraine-mike-johnson-congress-b2512976.html House Republicans will pass Ukraine aid after backing down on border demand GOP had previously demanded Congress address US-Mexico border crossings before passing further foreign aid 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSVII Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) 20 minutes ago, the destroyer of worlds said: Looks like the Repugs finally realized that they actually have to pass stuff. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gop-ukraine-mike-johnson-congress-b2512976.html House Republicans will pass Ukraine aid after backing down on border demand GOP had previously demanded Congress address US-Mexico border crossings before passing further foreign aid Color me skeptical until we see a vote brought to the house. I find it hard to believe they'll vote for these separately without the border deal. Also, this could further delay things? Quote One member of his caucus, Marjorie Taylor Greene, as recently as January said that she would trigger a vote on a motion to remove Mr Johnson from his position as speaker if he were to put a bill to fund Ukraine’s military on the House floor. “We can’t fund Ukraine,” she told NBC News, adding that it was “an absolute no-go .... a reason to vacate.” Edited March 15 by DSVII Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 19 minutes ago, the destroyer of worlds said: Looks like the Repugs finally realized that they actually have to pass stuff. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gop-ukraine-mike-johnson-congress-b2512976.html House Republicans will pass Ukraine aid after backing down on border demand GOP had previously demanded Congress address US-Mexico border crossings before passing further foreign aid I wonder what they were told that changed their minds? Is the situation inside Russia changing that fast? Politically if a successful resolution to the Ukrainian situation is achieved before November it would be a massive win for Biden. If this is what is happening the GOP might want to gather in some shirt tails. Is Macron’s tough talk a lead into a NATO involvement, no matter how small, that Biden can use his executive powers to aid Ukraine? Action independent of Congressional action? It has been done before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanPer Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 3 hours ago, Optimist Prime said: decades ago in one of my training camps, there was a wash out from the foreign legion. I remember he didn't make it through the death march portion of the French Foreign Legion training curriculum, but when we were climbing ropes up three stories and ringing a bell before repelling down the rope, this guy put his legs strait out in front of him in a V like a gymnast would on the rings, and with just his hands climbed hand over hand up the rope, three stories high, rang the bell and swiftly descended it. We talked later at the canteen and he fell out of the death march very late in it: to graduate the FFL candidates go on a grueling march through the desert somewhere, and if they fall out, they fail boot camp and are left to their own devices there where they fall. That may have changed in the last 30 years but if the FFL is going to hunker down on the border with Ukraine that is something. If they go to Odessa though, all bets are off on this remaining a regional conflict. edit: from memory they are also given just the time it takes to finish boot camp to learn french: there is no translator and you either learn to hear the orders or you fail. They accept any nationality and any language candidates and they accept convicts taking the badge rather than life in prison or death penalty's in other countries. Only they don't care if you learn french or not: just if you don't in roughly six months, you fail. There are apparently quite a few Ukrainians serving the the Foreign Legion. In February 2022 they were all given leave off absence from the Legion and allowed to take all their gear with them to go back to Ukraine. I’m sure their brothers in arms from the Legion can’t wait to help them for real. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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