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starkers

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I've had some real life things to attend to but needed to clear this up.... "Sorry starkers, i did not know you served in Iraq, you have my utmost respect, i now understand your words more." No I did not serve in Iraq but my nephew did. He lost several of his mates in a roadside bomb explosion and he has never been the same since. Nothing prepares you for something like that, and that is why I said that I hoped Iraq would be the last wa

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My hopes for an earlier cease fire and withdrawal have become quite pessimistic and folorn. The so-called withdrawal from Kyiv is a ploy and will not fully occur. The US and UK are saying that they're observing small troop movements but it more appears to be a regrouping of troops and equipment to mount ground attacks after the RF airforce has bombed the shit out of Kyiv and broken the spirits of those who remain. So sad, all because of a lunatic dictator's lust for more w

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Reply to Is Anybody Else Scared? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I just read on one of our local news websites that Russia is slowly pulling back from the Ukraine capital, Kyiv, and other regions in the North. The Russians are saying that the 1st phase of the war is over and now they are concentration on Donbas.... which was the primary concern at the beginning of the war. If that was truly the case, why were so many Ukranian cities beseiged and bombed into oblivion. To be honest, I find Russian responses to questions from the West to b

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Reply to Is Anybody Else Scared? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

"Putin's Elite Troops were deployed first, Paratroopers were supposed to take the airport in Kyiv and overthrow the government in the first few days, the Ukrainian army stopped that from happening , so the first troops to die or be captured were not conscripts. That came later. Yes you are correct about the numbers being conscripts, a lot of the men used in the invasion are conscripts, Putin got a huge shock hearing his elite had failed and been killed or taken POW, now he is reluctant to com

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I'm a bit late to the party, well a lot late and all the beer and pizza is gone, but better late than never, I guess. Anyhow, congrats on a well deserved promotion, young man, I can't think of anyone more deserving than you, Doc, me ol' mate. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] [e digicons]:w00t:[/e] Level 7 heh! Is that louder

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"I am not saying this does not happen in war, it does, every Combat Tour i have served has deserters, but will and are those deserters trusted to allow any kind of behaviour you mentioned, i am sorry but that answer is No. They are locked up as Prisoners of War as the Ukrainian people and Armed Forces would not trust them as just before there capture or desertion, they were actively helping to try and destroy Ukraine." Yeah, a few of those Russians interviewed were under

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("As for reading about thousands of RF conscripts leaving there weaponry and walking away, that is some of the Pro propaganda the west would like us all to believe. There life would not be worth living if they were found to be Deserters, and would be treated very harshly back at home, more likely due to supply issues, Fuel , Water, Food etc, will be the reason for these reports, seeing the conscripts as None Active or not pushing forward."-) I don't know that it's entire

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Reply to Is Anybody Else Scared? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

As for reading about thousands of RF conscripts leaving there weaponry and walking away, that is some of the Pro propaganda the west would like us all to believe. There life would not be worth living if they were found to be Deserters, and would be treated very harshly back at home, more likely due to supply issues, Fuel , Water, Food etc, will be the reason for these reports, seeing the conscripts as None Active or not pushing forward. I don't know that it's entirely pr

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I was just reading that 1000's of Russian soldiers are abandoning their vehicles and weaponry and walking away, such is the frustration of the slow progress being made and an estimated 10,000 of their comrades being killed by much stiffer Ukranian resistance than was first thought. Apparently, the Ukrainians are taking over abandoned tanks, trucks and arms for their own use. I also read that Belarus may even join the conflict militarily because Russia/Putin is not making the inr

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Yeah, what's happening there in Ukraine a travesty and a blight on the history of humankind. I'm not just angry, I'm ashamed that the world has allowed this war to continue, killing thousands of innocent civilians, women and children, the elderly.... all in the name of a fanatical dictator.

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Putin's lust for power and land grabbing is what this so-called was is all about. I has nothing to do with Ukraine becoming a NATO member, though Putin would prefer it didn't. The grab for Mariupol and surrounding districts is about economic greed, given the coastal location and industry in the region. That is what Putin wants and why thousands still in Mariupol are living in stoneage conditions and hundreds are dead... including a lot of Russian soldiers who would rather

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