Play Nice The NM Devils Chessboard thread.

[Del191229]

It’s the only thing that makes sense.

Yeah, problem is they have plan B which is treat it like a proper military operation, which in Russia means flatten everything in your path with artillery.

 

[Val Keating]

Apparently the shirts are selling very well.

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That’s just dumb. Russia is full of neo Nazis as well.

 

[Val Keating]

Yeah, problem is they have plan B which is treat it like a proper military operation, which in Russia means flatten everything in your path with artillery.

Yeah I know. It’s what I’ve been worried about the whole time.

 

[CharlieMortdecai]

This Rory Stewart bloke has sure had a pretty interesting life.
Its quite refreshing to hear an erudite conversation between two mavericks from either side of the political divide. There should be more of it.
I sometimes wonder whether there is anything left that separates the most conservative ALP MP from the most progressive Liberal party MP, aside from whether they like unions or not. Which, given the plurality of challenges facing us as a society at the moment, seems like a pretty arbitrary differentiator of political identity in 2022.

Good point. I'm not sure that there would be much to separate Trent Zimmerman from Penny Wong for example.

 

[Val Keating]

And as bad as the Nazis were the Soviets didn’t mind a genocide either. Starlin and Lenin were monsters.

 

[Makeshift Park]

I'm no engineer, but this doesn't sound very good.

 

[Makeshift Park]

 

[Tectonic]

That’s just dumb. Russia is full of neo Nazis as well.

Profile: Who are Ukraine’s far-right Azov regiment?

The regiment, which has been accused of neo-Nazi ties, has since been absorbed in the national army.

www.aljazeera.com

900 people in a country of over 40 million

It's like saying we deserve to be invaded cos these folks exist;

A Dialectical Approach to Online Propaganda: Australia’s United Patriots Front, Right-Wing Politics, and Islamic State

This article examines how the United Patriots Front (UPF), an Australian far-right organization, has communicated its ideology with reference to right-wing politics in Australia, Western Europe, an...

www.tandfonline.com

Australian Defence Force elite linked to neo-Nazis - NZ Herald

Explore the latest world news, international affairs, and global insights with the NZ Herald. Stay informed on the top headlines and developments.

www.nzherald.co.nz

 

[Val Keating]

Profile: Who are Ukraine’s far-right Azov regiment?

The regiment, which has been accused of neo-Nazi ties, has since been absorbed in the national army.

www.aljazeera.com

900 people in a country of over 40 million

It's like saying we deserve to be invaded cos these folks exist;

A Dialectical Approach to Online Propaganda: Australia’s United Patriots Front, Right-Wing Politics, and Islamic State

This article examines how the United Patriots Front (UPF), an Australian far-right organization, has communicated its ideology with reference to right-wing politics in Australia, Western Europe, an...

www.tandfonline.com

Australian Defence Force elite linked to neo-Nazis - NZ Herald

Explore the latest world news, international affairs, and global insights with the NZ Herald. Stay informed on the top headlines and developments.

www.nzherald.co.nz

There’s probably neo Nazis in Israel lol.

There is. Or at least there was in 2007

Police bust violent Israeli neo-Nazi gang

In a case that would seem unthinkable in the Jewish state, police said Sunday they have cracked a cell of young Israeli neo-Nazis accused in a string of attacks on foreign workers, religious Jews, drug addicts and gays.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Marcel Proust]

Marcel, how's the Ukraine discussion going over on your board?

No idea tbh

 

[Del191229]

Good point. I'm not sure that there would be much to separate Trent Zimmerman from Penny Wong for example.

Yep.

The reality is that Australian politics is simply the continuation of stupol feuds from the 80s and 90s.

 

[Makeshift Park]

 

[Val Keating]

Putin is now bombing the largest nuclear facility in Europe. Nah he’s not a madman…

 

[Val Keating]

Basically calling Putin a pussy. I like this bloke more every day.

 

[Val Keating]

 

[Makeshift Park]

Putin is now bombing the largest nuclear facility in Europe. Nah he’s not a madman…

Creating a nuclear disaster on your own doorstep to own the libs.
Its Dr Strangelove level stuff.

 

[Val Keating]

Creating a nuclear disaster on your own doorstep to own the libs.
Its Dr Strangelove level stuff.

It’ll be a bigger disaster then Chernobyl if they destroy it. Absolutely criminal.

 

[Makeshift Park]

 

[Del191229]

 

[Val Keating]

Doesn’t matter, if they blow it up it’s bad. There’s a lot of “we don’t know” in that thread. Attacking a nuclear plant is just plain bad.

What’s it going to take? Ukraine is massive. I wouldn’t be surprised if he drops a nuclear bomb in a place where the damage won’t be as extreme just as a threat. Once that lines crossed then it really is a game changer.

 

[Val Keating]

Now Georgia is trying to join the EU and NATO. Wonder if Vlad saw that coming.

 

[Del191229]

Doesn’t matter, if they blow it up it’s bad. There’s a lot of “we don’t know” in that thread. Attacking a nuclear plant is just plain bad.

What’s it going to take? Ukraine is massive. I wouldn’t be surprised if he drops a nuclear bomb in a place where the damage won’t be as extreme just as a threat. Once that lines crossed then it really is a game changer.

I read this as a very cynical but rational strategy by the Ukrainians as well.

Its a kind of suicide bomber meets put your command posts in hospitals strategy.

Its a brutal business - but the Ukrainians are doing a version of Israel's long time strategy of "if we go, we're taking the world with us", the Samson strategy.

 

[Makeshift Park]

Deutsche Welle looked at this precise scenario just a few days ago.

 

[Val Keating]

Georgia announces it will 'immediately' apply for EU membership

Georgia's decision comes soon after a similar move by Ukraine was welcomed by European Union member states.

www.sbs.com.au

 

[Val Keating]

I read this as a very cynical but rational strategy by the Ukrainians as well.

Its a kind of suicide bomber meets put your command posts in hospitals strategy.

Its a brutal business - but the Ukrainians are doing a version of Israel's long time strategy of "if we go, we're taking the world with us", the Samson strategy.

How can you possibly come to the conclusion that the bombing of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant is part of Ukrainian strategy. They can’t be responsible for any of this. They’re defending their country.