38 minutes ago, M2 said:

Where are you getting your intel?

And I'm talking real intel, not the Internet...

do you dispute that ukraine is losing? i'd much rather be in Putin's strategic position than zelensky's

1 hour ago, BashiChuni said:

do you dispute that ukraine is losing? i'd much rather be in Putin's strategic position than zelensky's

Big difference between "losing" and "losing badly," and I am very well aware of how much territory has been lost and the costs on both sides from legitimate intel sources.

Putin isn't winning...

keep telling yourself that. i only see one side offering peace plans.

I am wondering when the US government is going to conclude that Putin doesn't want to quit until he crushes Ukraine.

i thought the talking point was putin wants to capture paris?

5 hours ago, BashiChuni said:

i thought the talking point was putin wants to capture paris?

Negative, that’s just the strawman thrown out by Putin simps to argue that the current Russian state poses no concern at all to Eastern Europe. Riga/Tallinn ≠ Paris.

Trump is right that this is a European problem and NATO has atrophied. Europe needs to contribute more and some are starting, but one major weakness of the West is the DIB. We can’t print F-35s or munitions overnight. Our DIB is slow and obsessed with high end. Boeing is a shitshow. While we try to dig out of that hole, we shouldn’t just about-face and leave our NATO partners in the dust.

Trump’s approach is anti-Teddy. Instead of speaking softly and carrying a big stick, Trump runs his mouth and serves up TACOs. Maybe it will work. Regardless of his style, appeasing totalitarian heads of state has proven to be as effective as pissing into hurricane-force winds.