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[Val Keating]

Good thread from a historian about why it’s a bad sign that Russian generals are being killed. Basically they all used to fight in the frontlines till about WW1 but then commanded from the rear because they need their knowledge so if generals are being killed in the rear it means the front line has been pushed back.

Don’t know if it can be used as a marker for how the war in Ukraine will play out, but it’s still an interesting read full of interesting history.

 

[Val Keating]

Jesus they’ve doxxed their spies now.

 

[DesertRoo]

Israel Adds Yuan to $206 Billion Reserves in ‘Philosophy’ Change

Israel’s central bank has made the biggest changes to its allocation of reserves in over a decade, adding the Chinese yuan alongside three other currencies to a stockpile that last year exceeded $200 billion for the first time ever.

www.bloomberg.com

Israel’s central bank has made the biggest changes to its allocation of reserves in over a decade, adding the Chinese yuan alongside three other currencies to a stockpile that last year exceeded $200 billion for the first time ever.

 

[DesertRoo]

Powerful speech

 

[Val Keating]

 

[Val Keating]

Powerful speech

Are they still trying to get rid of him?

 

[Val Keating]

Just our defence minster talking about a possible war with China on ANZAC day.

 

[ferball]

Just our defence minster talking about a possible war with China on ANZAC day.

He's just trying to win the election.

Pretty ****ed way to go about it imo.

 

[ferball]

The head of the Pentagon is the US Secretary of Defense. He's in Washington.

 

[Val Keating]

The head of the Pentagon is the US Secretary of Defense. He's in Washington.

Volodimir Zelensky met with the U.S. Secretary of State and the head of the Pentagon

Volodimir Zelensky, Ukrainian President, met in Kiev with Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin, U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense, respectively. According to an interview broadcast...

amp.marca.com

 

[Val Keating]

He's just trying to win the election.

Pretty f’ed way to go about it imo.

I spose it’s the same excuse people used for Russia invading Ukraine so maybe we should invade the Solomon Islands lol.

 

[ferball]

Volodimir Zelensky met with the U.S. Secretary of State and the head of the Pentagon

Volodimir Zelensky, Ukrainian President, met in Kiev with Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin, U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense, respectively. According to an interview broadcast...

amp.marca.com

What? Physically??

That's insane. Two of the US' highest ranking officials were in Kiev and the Russians couldn't do anything? Unless they knew and there is a peace process happening.... but that doesn't sound right. WOW. WE may as well attack Russia now because they are *en useless and they must know it so they'll only get stronger. Furthermore they are about to replace all their ICBMs so they probably don't work. might be the only opportunity there will ever be.

I spose it’s the same excuse people used for Russia invading Ukraine so maybe we should invade the Solomon Islands lol.

The reason the Russians invaded Ukraine was because the US and NATO were playing silly buggers with Ukraine and training their troops. Its not an excuse, its the reason.

 

[Val Keating]

What? Physically??

That's insane. Two of the US' highest ranking officials were in Kiev and the Russians couldn't do anything? Unless they knew and there is a peace process happening.... but that doesn't sound right. WOW. WE may as well attack Russia now because they are fu**en useless and they must know it so they'll only get stronger. Furthermore they are about to replace all their ICBMs so they probably don't work. might be the only opportunity there will ever be.



The reason the Russians invaded Ukraine was because the US and NATO were playing silly buggers with Ukraine and training their troops. Its not an excuse, its the reason.

Yes they were there. The US wanted to keep it a secret but Zelenskyy wanted everyone to know.

 

[ferball]

Yes they were there. The US wanted to keep it a secret but Zelenskyy wanted everyone to know.

This whole thing is a farce.

What a waste.

 

[travelli]

Just our defence minster talking about a possible war with China on ANZAC day.

This dude is really dangerous.

 

[ferball]

This dude is really dangerous.

He's a *en nutcase.

 

[Val Keating]

This whole thing is a farce.

What a waste.

 

[travelli]

He's a fu**en nutcase.

I know china has done some agressive posturing, but have they ever identified a looming war with Australia as a fact?

If you listen to Dutton it has pretty much started

 

[krakouers]

I don’t think Bigfooty is the place to tell you how to vote but I am honestly curious, is anyone actually sitting there with the 40 million Clive Palmer ads going, “what he is saying seems reasonable and despite 40 million ads plus all the crap personally coming out of his mouthpiece, I want to vote for him”

 

[DesertRoo]

French election protests are in full swing..

 

[Eggs11]

I don’t think Bigfooty is the place to tell you how to vote but I am honestly curious, is anyone actually sitting there with the 40 million Clive Palmer ads going, “what he is saying seems reasonable and despite 40 million ads plus all the crap personally coming out of his mouthpiece, I want to vote for him”

No.

 

[ferball]

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By waste i meant what's happened to Ukraine.

That's insane tho. How could the Russians let that happen...

 

[ferball]

I know china has done some agressive posturing, but have they ever identified a looming war with Australia as a fact?

If you listen to Dutton it has pretty much started

China doesn't want to fight wars everywhere. Maybe Taiwan and revenge on japan but that's about it. Its always mostly been an empire that preferred to work with soft power.

 

[Val Keating]

By waste i meant what's happened to Ukraine.

That's insane tho. How could the Russians let that happen...

How could they stop it?

 

[DesertRoo]

Russia warns Poland, Bulgaria of gas supply cuts on Wednesday

Russian energy giant Gazprom has told Poland and Bulgaria it will halt gas supplies from Wednesday, in a major escalation of Russia's broader row with the West over its invasion of Ukraine.

www.reuters.com