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der Berliner last won the day on January 2 2023

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  1. The main problem simply lies that those pushing for this war and building up an army in Ukraine since 2014, assumed that the Russian army was as their pals in the higher ranks of US military and intelligence told them. Only that the latter were either simply ignorant, over-confident, or plain stupid. Various sources can be found where people clearly point at the fact that since 2008, Russia looked on how NATO / the US fought their wars, what sort of equipment and tactics they used, what their general status quo was. You can just scan the web of reports from Afghanistan, various NATO unites, how they are equipped, how much item of which weapon system is out there, you name it. Obviously, the public will not get minute details of each and everything, but even by scanning Wikipedia and e.g. F-22 or F-35, see their combat history, problems et al (with sources for each incident), you get - without much greater insight - some idea what was and is around. Same goes for the Russians, BTW. Now, you have to block quite a bit of war-information propaganda out while watching what happened and happens, listen to former and current military people with a greater insight into strategy, tactics, weapons, and how it all transpired. You have to read between the lines of what is actually being said as well. Any weapon sent thus far was meant for hybrid or combined warfare. You need an air-force (attack-helicopters, planes and strike drones), satellite reconnaissance, tanks working in tandem with APCs and infantry, counter measures, a constant flow of ammunition, you name it. The US had near all of that in Iraq, much of it in Afghanistan. These were low intensity conflicts though, against opponents of much lesser quality and with ancient equipment. The Taliban essentially won because a lack of personnel by the US, and a fully decentralized organization on the Afghans' part. You just couldn't destroy the command structures. In Ukraine, the Russians gained air-domination within days. Thus, a major factor of combined arms warfare was essentially gone, and this remains the case. 5 or 10 F-16 will do nothing to regain it, 200 might be. The Ukrainians, while still having enough tanks, ground-troops et al, fought admirably on the ground, with precise satellite information etc.. Yet, not against goat-herders, but troops with up-to-scratch planes, attack-helicopters, and since mid 2023 an ever-increasing number of drones. Troops that get support by artillery 24/7. So send them Paladins and Panzerhaubitzen 2000, state of the art self-propelled guns! They can suss out and defeat Russian junk! If only there weren't meant to shoot 10 shots a day, not in one hour. If only Russian Lancet drones weren't flying around and having "fun". Same with the HIMARS or ATACAMS. (Sidenote: just read all these articles about how cool these things are and what you can do with them. And tell men, whether these articles say even a whisper about their equivalents in the Russian army, Tornado and Iskander respectively, of which the latter have aplenty. It is, after all, a peer to peer war. Thing is, these weapons, be it Storm Shadow, Abrams, HIMARS or whatever, are all required to work together at the same time and in satisfying numbers to have any impact on the field of battle and essentially the outcome of the war. That, and sufficient battle-ready troops on the ground to do the actual fighting. Ukraine can provide none of that, NATOstan cannot provide it. Common sense will tell you how this will end.
  2. Sometimes it is wise to take a step back from what goes on around you and listen to or read some wisdom of old. More often than not, these philosophers became legend because what they say is correct ...
  3. As I told you on Saturday, some are just unwilling to accept another reality than their own, even if it stares them in the face. And those just revert to dismissive remarks or insults, no longer walking the paths of normal debate with facts and figures.
  4. True as this may be, why does he and his allow playing on the plastic trash of Killie and Co.? We will have time to get some injured players back, going by our luck, we may lose some of our called-up chaps as well ...
  5. I am lucky enough not to see most posts of certain readers. Yet, when ranger_syntax quoted the Chelsea Boy, I noted that he said "the attack on Russia isn't reported to folks in Russia." Is that really what is reported back in Britain? If so, it’s just another sample of propaganda or assisted thinking, your choice. It is all over Russian media space and some are essentially laughing their heads off. Long-range strikes, drone warfare and border escalation: Key events of the week in Russia-Ukraine conflict (VIDEOS) Russian units inflicted losses on enemy manpower and hardware clusters in the border areas of Ukraine and Belgorod and Kursk region. Attacks were repelled and attempts by sabotage and reconnaissance groups of Ukrainian militants to infiltrate the territory of the Russian Federation were foiled on the side of Popovka (Sumy region) and in the direction of Spodoryushino and Kozinka (Belgorod region). As a result of aviation and artillery strikes, the AFU losses amounted to up to 30 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, one Czech-made Vampire MLRS, and one Grad MLRS. Russian MoD Key facts about Ukrainian army’s bid to penetrate border village of Kozinka in Belgorod - TASS ... if something appears on RT, the Ministry of Defence reports, and even TASS, the rest of Russia knows it all in minute detail. Telegram channels are all over it too. “Russia 1” reports that Russian intelligence, 2 weeks before the enemy’s attack on the Belgorod region, knew about the enemy’s plans to attack the border regions and had an idea of where the enemy was going to attack. As part of the preparations, the group was strengthened, and conscripts, on Putin’s orders, began to be replaced with contract soldiers and special forces. Excellent intelligence work and good preparation for the "warm welcome" Lots of video clips of smashed Ukrainian tanks, IPVs, and, hapless soldiers. Rosgvardia (i.e. the National Guard) is there, trained in recent months by Wagner mercenaries, as well as Chechens. Something which you can hear or see on these videos. The big problem for the West, including its governments, is the amount of false information being handed out to them 24/7. Hence, as I said ages ago, it is worthwhile to look what the other side says, evaluate both and make up your own mind.
  6. And speaking of tomorrow, I'd throw Wright in there again. Sometimes people need quality around them to reach their own next level. We hardly played Ridvan for any longer spell and soon people started to bemoan his lack of quality, height, you name it. Now, having get a hatful of games under his belt, no-one wants Borna back. I am not saying that Wright is another Ridvan, but play him with the quality people we field now, and he may very well deliver more than Lammers, or Matondo. He was working his socks off and had some really good moments while he was on, so send him out there at Dens and see what happens. IMHO, we could easily spare us one CM/DM over there and put one more attacker on and lay the game to rest early on. We have to manage our squad for the next few weeks, given all the injuries, so utilize it according to the opposition.
  7. Seeing that the Scumhut came second, I would assume that this was a poll, and you know who would reply most ... Four Four Two
  8. No no ... they weren't shit, and "better" teams don't walk the dog on worse teams. Nor did luck desert them thrice over the two games, so you can mention these VARs if you want to stay on the objective side. The only "fact" that we saw is that they scored on goal more than we did. The rest is opinion.
  9. Benfica ... "never in real danger" 🤪 They got a penalty, after VAR. They got an own goal to level the first game, now they got a offside goal ruled good by VAR. This lot didn't deserve to go through any more than we did, but given our lack in strength today, we can hold our heads high. This looked every minute a one-error-game and so it proved. This season is not about Europe, so no real harm done IMHO. NB ... we need to cut this holding of the ball in our own half and playing essentially "keep ball" amongst our centre-halfs, even when time is ticking away at an alarming rate. Do a Souttar or a Balogun and run on your own!
  10. ... no, he was still in his own half, else he would have been off.
  11. Given the rain, this wasn't too bad a watch thus far. We need to put one or two chances into the back of the net though. Right now, we overplay it in the final third. Diomande looks a bit like out of sorts with his passing, then again, Lundstram gave two balls away in a dangerous area too. Let's see what CLement does at HT.
  12. Ah yes, "the great author-philosopher" of the Soviet-Russian people. Cited because what he writes - here - about Russia in line with the narrative? Thing is, it is even his quote. Be that as it may, the above is a common occurrence in recent and modern day politics, the US started wars on the basis of lies, lie to their people, as does the British and the German government.
  13. Hard to watch at times, some of the passing and decision-making in critical moments were closer to Hibs' level than ours. Difficult game nontheless now out of the way, let's see who is next. NB: It's sort of strange that you have some guys who come in and click instantly, McCausland, Silva, Sima, or Ridvan. And then there is Matondo, who was quite good when he received his injury but somehow looks much more like his first days with us now. These looks where your gut feeling somehow tells you that something ain't right for him to click with us. (I know that - by default - from now on, he'll have a super career with Rangers FC, but still ... )
  14. That the Ukrainian AD tries to protect its frontline troops from these glide-bombs dropped by Su-34 fighter-bombers, drawing AD equipment closer to the danger area. Last week alone, they thus lost in the last 2 weeks ... 3 x P-18 radars 2 x S-300 launchers and command centres NASAMS launcher 1 x S-300 launcher 2 x Buk-M1 batteries ST-68U radar 2 x Patriot launchers By their standards, very costly, not just money-wise. Having two Patriot system so close together and long enough for the Russians to send over a ballistic missile is almost suicidal.
  15. That was some spectacular explosion indeed.
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