It is. It is.
Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)
- Thread starter ParadiseLost
- Start date
The Bible has something to say about such an attempt. It does not end well for Russia.
Putin Signs Law Allowing Those Who've Committed Serious Crimes To Join Military
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing the military mobilization of people who have committed serious crimes as the Kremlin continues to amass troops for its war in Ukraine amid several recent setbacks.
www.rferl.org
Good Christian Folk aren't they. As in they are not good Christian folk.Wow, they're stealing even the shit that IS bolted down.
Anatoly Karlin (@powerfultakes)
GDP & manpower disparity is primary reason why I was certain Russia would win even if the war degenerated into a slugfest, never in my wildest dreams did I imagine 8 months in kremlins will be spending ≤5% of GDP on the war that's going to determine Russia's fate this century.
nitter.1d4.us
Russia's fate this century is going to be unenviable either way: Either it becomes an appendage of the Greater American Empire (GAE) or in the unlikely event that it wins its war in Ukraine, it inherits a huge and probably permanent Northern Ireland-style problem on steroids.
That's his admission of having no idea about how wars work. GDPs and demographics don't fight wars, armies fight wars. How efficiently a country converts one into another can vary a whole lot, and in case of highly corrupt countries, it's not pretty, though you do end up with a lot of pretty yachts and mansions as a side effect of the process though.Anatoly Karlin (@powerfultakes)
GDP & manpower disparity is primary reason why I was certain Russia would win even if the war degenerated into a slugfest, never in my wildest dreams did I imagine 8 months in kremlins will be spending ≤5% of GDP on the war that's going to determine Russia's fate this century.
Russia's fate this century is going to be unenviable either way: Either it becomes an appendage of the Greater American Empire (GAE) or in the unlikely event that it wins its war in Ukraine, it inherits a huge and probably permanent Northern Ireland-style problem on steroids.
Ironically Russian technocrats in charge of the fiscal policy are one of very few areas of Russian government respected for what they achieve even in the West. It's not choice between that and some hypothetical war economy that will flood Russian army with supplies and hardware WW2 style (nevermind that China doesn't feel like sending them free shit like USA in WW2). It''s a choice between what they have now and a collapsed economy.
NATO never bothered with similar cheapass munitions due to their relative uselessness against any military targets remotely protected against airstrikes, and for political reasons probably won't anyway.Russopessimism from a pro-Russian:
If NATO decides screw politics and escalation is wanted, Ukrainian F-16's can be arranged, and if that's not enough, said Ukrainian F-16's can start sending JASSM-ER's through the Kremlin's windows.
FWIW, if Ukraine will expel the allegedly 800,000 Russians who moved to Crimea since 2014, then it will apparently be following in France's post-WWI footsteps, when France apparently expelled the 400,000 Germans who have moved to Alsace-Lorraine between 1871 and 1918 along with their descendants:
nitter.1d4.us
I wonder if such a Ukrainian move would be classified as a crime against humanity. It's an interesting question. Michael Mills has previously said (I think on the Axis History Forum and/or on Historum) that by post-WWII Nuremberg standards France's post-WWI actions in Alsace-Lorraine could have qualified as a crime against humanity. Not that France ever actually got punished or prosecuted for this in any way, of course.
Anatoly Karlin (@powerfultakes)
Why not? Expulsions of ethnic Russians are a permanent enough solution, not like even Russian nationalists still dream of Belostok oblast (34% Polish in 1897).
nitter.1d4.us
I wonder if such a Ukrainian move would be classified as a crime against humanity. It's an interesting question. Michael Mills has previously said (I think on the Axis History Forum and/or on Historum) that by post-WWII Nuremberg standards France's post-WWI actions in Alsace-Lorraine could have qualified as a crime against humanity. Not that France ever actually got punished or prosecuted for this in any way, of course.
U.S. privately asks Ukraine to show it’s open to negotiate with Russi…
archived 6 Nov 2022 00:27:01 UTC
Are those Ruskie motherfuckers trying to outdo our beloved Squaddies? Fucking modern day heresy! smhWow, they're stealing even the shit that IS bolted down.
Seriously though, I get the feeling the troops looting all this shit aren't doing it for "Mother Russia"/Putin but for, well, pay/compensation for their being shoved out there. It's a lot like what Napoleonic-era troops used to do -- looting from the enemy was basically most of their pay.
That French soldier that's dying on the dirt? Nice watch, I'll take it. That English, Scots, or Irishman resting against the wall with his ribcage blown open by a musket ball? That's a fancy pair of cufflinks you have there, said the French soldier. Yoink!
Hell, they even used to steal enemy teeth to make dentures, hah.
There is always the modern popular alternative that achieves the same result. Don't expel them outright, but treat them in a way that will convey the message that they aren't going to enjoy their stay at all, so they are better off self-deporting before their house catches fire due to unknown but probably patriotic preps catching which is not a priority for the police.
Which if they are really cheeky, will include the local police chief being a National Guard veteran who served in the Azov Battalion
It's so legally under the radar that islamists are even getting away with using it in the shitty parts of the capitals of some european countries.
They can also cause trouble to them over holding Russian citizenship, as quite a few countries aren't fans of dual citizenship with some or all countries and UN says nothing about it.
Last edited:
Ukraine’s Secret Mission to Snatch Crimea Back From Vladimir Putin’s …
archived 6 Nov 2022 04:09:59 UTC
So, they can get a choice: Loyalty oath to Ukraine plus giving up their Russian citizenship or getting expelled back to Russia?
Last edited:
Ghost of Kyiv Strikes Again.
Rest in Peace
Rest in Peace
And yet it is Russia who is behaving like a Neo-Nazi/Fascist state in seeking to conquer Ukraine for its human capital!
Anatoly Karlin (@powerfultakes)
Sure, expectation was positive though. Russia had to gamble hard after 20C to even stay in the game.Not everyone can win in Civilization. In fact, vast majority will lose.
nitter.1d4.us
Yes, just like Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan had to gamble hard during the 1930s in order to ensure that their countries would remain relevant geopolitical players as their own unique civilizational spaces rather than simply becoming parts of the Greater American Empire (GAE) lol!
Yet ironically Germany, Italy, and Japan all produce more elite science than Russia does right now even though the former are parts of GAE and the latter is not, at least not yet. Maybe being a part of GAE is not so bad after all, then?Comrade Karlin went full Antifa right there, it's a statement any comrade from Seattle or SF would sign under. This should be a lesson for all the western right wingers who think Russian imperialists\revanchists are their friends.
Less human capital, more real estate to divide between cronies (Russia's vast real estate naturally already is all spoken for in their status quo so can't be gifted around without taking down VIPs and all the political effects of that), any human capital stupid enough to stay and be a serf is just a bonus.
Italy is doing worst out of these 3, and ironically it's Germany having more involvement in that than USAAnatoly Karlin (@powerfultakes)
Sure, expectation was positive though. Russia had to gamble hard after 20C to even stay in the game.Not everyone can win in Civilization. In fact, vast majority will lose.
Yes, just like Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan had to gamble hard during the 1930s in order to ensure that their countries would remain relevant geopolitical players as their own unique civilizational spaces rather than simply becoming parts of the Greater American Empire (GAE) lol!
and ironically it's Germany having more involvement in that than USA
Do you mean in elite science production? Because the US also has a lot of elite science production:
Nature Index 2020
UPDATE - Emil Kirkegaard has kindly graphed all these trends at his RPubs blog. Has been released. Here is the updated \
www.unz.com