Decked

26 minutes ago, commando said:

i will put you down as a nikki voter

Why do you hate me, Commando?

10 hours ago, Crusader Husker said:

The real question is why can't we get a hot leader instead of two grumpy old men fighting to be our prsident.

Best we can do is Hillary Clinton sorry 

8 minutes ago, Crusader Husker said:

Isn't this the Russian thread??

 

Gulag for you comrade 

4 minutes ago, teachercd said:

Just think if we jabbed each immigrant with roids instead of a covid shot!

We could be a yoked nation!!!

I am proposing a new immigration policy: everyone in minus if you do CrossFit. 

4 minutes ago, Crusader Husker said:

I hear Iran is cool too.  

Before radical Islam…it probably was!

29 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

I agree.  And, I'm assuming the US won't have much of a leg to stand on to get her released when she's also a Russian citizen. 

Certainly we have another guy by the name of “Merchant of Death” we can trade for her right??

52 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

Good 

4 minutes ago, teachercd said:

This is so true and of course means you are Pro-Russian (You are not, but that is the new thing)

 

Other countries either don't really give a f#&% about the rest of the world OR they just know that the USA will take care of the bad guys.  

By playing world keeper all we have done is plunge ourselves into unpayable debt & neglected key issues at home. It is cool in the USA to play war as long as it’s your party. Shareholders, CEOs, donors, & others who play puppeteer don’t care if you have an R or D in front of your name on the screen. 

2 minutes ago, commando said:

chechnya defeated russia in the first war between them.   russia then signed a peace agreement and rearmed then attacked chechnya again and won.  now russia has chechan troops in it's march on ukraine.   if russia defeats ukraine russia will have ukrainian and chechan troops when they march on the baltics, poland,. alaska or wherever they decide to go next

Chechnya was/is also an autonomous Russian republic not a separate nation. You are obviously going to have to boost wartime production after war for deterrence. I have my doubts here. 

Just now, BigRedBuster said:

And, what do you think Russia would be willing to agree to?

Ukraine surrenders all of or large swaths of the Donetsk, Luhansk, & Crimea oblasts/territories. They are going to want these ethnically Russian territories. 

1 minute ago, Archy1221 said:

As you stated, those countries should be providing a disproportionate amount of aid as they are the ones next to the lions den and in harms way.  
 

Along those lines, many of those European countries are now starting to feel insecure, because maybe they haven’t  spent enough valuable resources building up their military advancement and instead relied on the hope that the US would be the worlds peace keepers and cover any insufficiencies.  

It’s been too long we have been the world keepers. These countries have profited on the backs of our tax dollars. It’s time for them to do their part.

3 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

So, you're squarely in the camp of..."just let Russia have what they want".

I’m squarely in the camp of Ukraine needs to come to reality and come to the table because they have 0 hope of reclaiming s#!t. All this is doing is killing more men, women, & children. Would I love Ukraine to win? Yes. f#&% Russia, f#&% putin, f#&% Wagner, f#&% the war dogs. But Ukraine is not going to be able to do this.  
 

If you think the USA is doing this to be just you’re hilarious. They are doing this to degrade Russian war capacity for starters. Also, politicians and big heads of wartime profiteers are beating the drum bathing in the profit of murderous wartime production

5 minutes ago, commando said:

last year at this time the US was producing about 14,000 artillery shells per month.    we had production up to 28,000 per month by november of last year.   and it is expected to be 36,000 per month by march.   that is in america.  we also funded facilities in canada, india, and poland to increase their 155mm shell production.   there are shells out there.

And even with artillery Ukraine will at best keep them at bay. They are not going to ever be able to conquer anything meaningful. Although it will help them defend. This war is just the bloodletting of the Russian and Ukrainian states all for a bloody stalemate for Ukraine.

also an FYI: In November of 2023 Ukraine was using around 7,000 shells per day. And they would love to shoot a lot more. Granted not all of those are 155mm. But a lot are. It is still not enough. Russia is far outpacing this figure of manufacturing. 

4 minutes ago, commando said:

the reason russia is advancing now is due to the artillery ammo shortage for ukraine.    

Because the west is bitterly unprepared for a modern war with mixed modern targeting systems and ammo & old style “dumb” ammunition. We don’t have enough shells to give. Russia is all in on artillery while the United States puts vast resources into smart weapons and planes/bombs. We are learning you still need to make dummy ammunition to win modern wars against standing armies. And capacity to make such things is way down. 
 

and even then..the counteroffensive was a massive flop. Ukraine needs hundreds more tanks alone, thousands more of vehicles, planes, & artillery to make ANY kind of serious dent into Russian held territory. They aren’t gonna get s#!t. The United States is content on trading Ukrainian lives for Russian equipment and manpower. They know ukraine can’t win. 

1 minute ago, teachercd said:

Agreed...and any non-win for russia is a huge loss for them.  they thought this war would be over in 6 weeks.

 

And the debt, sooooo true.  Ukraine will never pay back any of that.

Their “special military operation” sure moved goalposts didn’t it. From their objective of

conquering Kyiv and overthrowing their government & installation of a modern Russian puppet state to pure settlement. 

3 minutes ago, teachercd said:

russia is donezo...they just don't know it yet.  

Russia is making territorial gains. Avdiivka most recently. I will tell you how the Ukraine/Russian war will end. Russia takes Crimea & the Luhansk, Donetsk, regions from Ukraine or at least large swaths they have now conquered. Ends in a stalemate with Ukraine in massive debt and losing land. Russia parades this as a victory for their “special military operation” and they move the pillars so far as to claim they achieved the objectives. 

5 minutes ago, teachercd said:

Poland would love the shot to beat the s#!t out of russia. 

 

 

Poland doesn’t have enough man power or equipment to invade Russia. Not even close. Even with Ukraine in the fold. Their best hope would be to draft conscripts and help wear down the Russian war capacity or pray putin is ousted. 
 

This is disregarding Russian nukes as well.

2 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

They are the ones with the biggest threat after Ukraine.  So, how do they defend themselves then?

Mass buying of wartime equipment and supplies as a deterrence factor & donations to grind down Russian manpower and equipment. Also stationing of NATO troops in their region. However, Latvia, Estonia, & Lithuania have 0 hope of not being conquered if Russia invaded. Not a chance in the wind. It would take months for the United States to mobilize and reach European soil at full capacity. Not sure if the Russian army has that ability anyway but in a theoretical scenario.

18 hours ago, teachercd said:

Crossfitters!!!!  

 

They are nuts

The vegans of the lifting community

11 hours ago, teachercd said:

They COULD ALL end the only real threat in Europe...they could.  Don't defend that.

 

As a pole, I am a bit sad that they have not attacked those commies (still shocking that some here refuse to call them that) on their own.  But, in time, those commies will be gone.

Not only would Poland lose but it would also trigger WW3. At least potentially. The USA would not come to their side nor would it trigger the rest of NATO to respond (a guess). The very thing we are trying to prevent. 

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

So, they are doing what you are trying to say they aren’t. 
 

Im actually very nervous about these countries giving all their military equipment to Ukraine. Sure seems like it would be easy for Putin to invade them now. 

They are the ones as reflected in the top of the chart. I think they should give about all they have if they feel like Russia is this big of a threat. As I stated above they are the ones who will suffer so therefore they should be the ones doing so. 

19 minutes ago, commando said:

well...they gave ALL of their artillary and ammo to Ukraine.   they also gave f-16's.    they are a very small country but the % they are giving is huge.

More so reflecting to NATO as a whole. Poland & the northern former eastern bloc countries have donated more as they are in direct pathway to Russia. 

20 minutes ago, commando said:

well...they gave ALL of their artillary and ammo to Ukraine.   they also gave f-16's.    they are a very small country but the % they are giving is huge.

Also again a rather great trade off. 

Shouldn’t they be doing more? They are the ones who COULD be invaded by Russia so trading equipment & Ukrainian lives is better than those from your own country. Not to be a d!(k but yeah. Quite a few of those countries militaries are in a state of decay & they aren’t (or previously were not) funding the basic minimum into NATO. Because big brother USA will pay. They should absolutely be paying more % of their GDP because they are the ones who are in the direct path of Russia. 

3 minutes ago, ZRod said:

Gear, not roids. Gear.

Correct. If you say roids you are gonna be looked at as an instant narc/cop. Ask for the Tren-bologna sandwiches. 

1 minute ago, teachercd said:

Haha!

 

"Hey, bro, I noticed you are making some nice gains...do you have some roids I can buy?"

Not that I would ever use them or condone the usage of them it’s pretty easy to spot. And most of them are usually the nicest guys in the gym. At least in my experience as a veteran gym rat.