1. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Honestly the people simping for Russia are proving Yuri Bezmenov right.
  2. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    I mean, I don't consider the Little Bighorn to have been a loss. :D
  3. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    To be fair, in my home state, if it is incorporated, it is called a "city" in my state, no matter how many or how few people live in it.
  4. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    They could have, and then when they lose control of the dam, the Ukrainians simply close the sluice gates, and while it takes some time to recover from that, it is not as difficult as having to repair a dam before they can even begin any other kind of effort.
  5. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    If that's the case, then there's the real reason for the "success" of Japanese isolationism. :cautious: The Soviet Union. You obviously aren't all that familiar with the Japanese then. :sneaky: In any case, their isolationism was driven by insanity and their method of enforcing it was also...
  6. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Japan's isolationism didn't work because of continuity of government or something like that, it worked because its leaders feared outside influence enough to order the death of any foreigner who stepped on Japanese soil, regardless of the circumstances (i.e. shipwrecked sailors), and the people...
  7. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Yeah, how'd that work out in the end? Oh, right, they stagnated and were eventually overtaken technologically by the rest of the world, and it is only thanks to the approach the US took at the time to open them up again that they were given a chance to catch up. They recognized at the time...
  8. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    I'm curious, if I called you a dog-eater, would you consider it an insult?
  9. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    I guess I'll just point out that while Russia is desperate for manpower, have raised the age limit for their draft, will over-react to draft-dodgers and people who refuse to fight, and that we've seen the Russian troops and their families complain about the lack of supplies and equipment...
  10. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Wow, are they nucking futs? Plus, there actually have been plenty of pictures and videos from the troops themselves, as well as from some foreign journalists even very early on in this invasion. I specifically remember a British group getting shot at and being forced to abandon the car they...
  11. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Not to mention the troops running around with Soviet flags, or the Soviet flags put up in the parts of Ukraine they occupied on government buildings and the like.
  12. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    And I would say look in a mirror. But take those rose-tinted glasses off first. :ROFLMAO:
  13. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    The representative Republican system that they came up with. The problem with our system is that it has become corrupted, not that it is a Republic. Frankly, I see little difference between the unaccountable protected class that has taken root within our system and a system with monarchy...
  14. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    No, but they were certainly correct about monarchs and aristocracy. One should not rule over others based on accident of birth, and I'm really not a fan of protected classes. This is why SJWs earn my ire as well. It's frankly the same attitude of being better than and above others. Unless...
  15. Captain X

    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    You can argue for monarchy all you want, and I'll just point at basically all the documents the US's founding fathers wrote.
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