Huh we really had a good time in Tokyo and are planning to go back next year.
I lived in Singapore for 3 years and found the city great (still find it great). Lots of things to do and plenty of local color.
I preferred Bangkok for just going out and having fun.
Taipei is pretty good as well. Tokyo I went 10+ times and not quite as good for me.
That whole area will be increasingly under the shadow of China.
Video wont load completely ... Have Elon taken over already?
That idea is so crazy it just might work!No I take it back, Belarus should enter the war just for comedic value.
These sorts of threats and boasts are just pathetic and embarrassing. The west is concerned about Russian aggression against its neighbors - it is not at all concerned about Russian aggression against western democracies themselves as we would annihilate those 10-15 million people very easily.
The only thing Russia has that the west is genuinely afraid of is nuclear weapons. Their conventional forces are a joke and the whole world knows it.
There's guerilla engineering, which I like . . . but is more simian engineering.That idea is so crazy it just might work!
I disagree. When you are attacked on your home soil it is drastically different then when you are sent to a different country to fight a war that someone has chosen for you. The resolve is very different.It is entirely possible that Ukraine could run out of manpower before Russia does. In a girding war of attrition, Russia still has opportunities. The war is on Ukrainian soil, meaning they grow weaker by the day. Every bomb, every death, all the fear and the damage done. It crushes Ukraine economically, technologically, culturally. Every day that passes, Western nation's support for Ukraine will weaken. If Putin can buy enough time before Russia's total military collapse, then Russia can regroup, rearm, and try again. In the months and years ahead, it is very likely that Russia could grind out a win. To reach the Polish border.
If we wait long enough for Republicans to side with Russia. To dismantle European support. Russia can still overwhelm a nation that it has invaded and shattered. Much of Ukraine will go without heat or electricity this winter. Due to constant bombardment of cities throughout Ukraine. That pain compounds over time. Millions of refugees fleeing leaves Ukraine weaker and more dependent upon our support. Which Putin is paying millions to subvert from within. Putin is betting on Asia's support for his war of genocide. And many of them won't care so long as they can benefit.
We are the weak link. While we can, we must strike Russian forces with all our might. They cannot be left standing the day we betray Ukraine. And you have to know that day is coming.
I disagree. When you are attacked on your home soil it is drastically different then when you are sent to a different country to fight a war that someone has chosen for you. The resolve is very different.
No disrespect intended.
THAT IS GODDAMN AMAZING!
Zelenskyy was talking with an Italian journalist.can I get more context tho? I don't read orc, and I don't know this context.
I disagree. When you are attacked on your home soil it is drastically different then when you are sent to a different country to fight a war that someone has chosen for you. The resolve is very different.
No disrespect intended.
If that happens I'm looking to move from US soil, no question.By 2025 we might openly declare for Putin. This war must come to a favorable and decisive conclusion long before we can betray them.
Can you list a war of attrition that was won by the aggressor? And further where that victory was maintained.I do not like where the attrition is heading.
It will greatly hurt Ukraine.
- Putin has already killed 70,000 Russians.
- Russians do not care. They are slaves for a meat grinder of their master's choosing.
- He can throw another 100,000 Russians to their deaths.
Especially if it delays the Ukrainian advance until western nations give up supplying Ukraine. Or we refuse to continue to do so at a level that is required. And how long will Ukraine command and control function without electricity? How long will their trained men and equipment last before their NATO quality forces are spent? You can mobilize a million men, but at some point Ukraine will be battered and bloodied to a point where attrition degrades them down to Russia's level. Or worse, as Russia is largely unharmed and Ukrainian cities are bombed daily.
It's a lot easier to blow something up than to rebuild it. Ukraine's infrastructure is suffering. Winter is upon us, and many may freeze or flee.
I respect that many of them will want to fight. I am concerned over their ability to take this beating and I am GREATLY concerned over our willingness to be their ally for however long it takes. America has a sickness that will grow over the next few years. By 2025 we might openly declare for Putin. This war must come to a favorable and decisive conclusion long before we can betray Ukraine.
And crowd sourced training...
Seems it wasn't the smartest thing to send all your trainers and training gear to the front.
Winter war:Can you list a war of attrition that was won by the aggressor? And further where that victory was maintained.
IIRC, that was Japan's mistake regarding their pilots in WW2. They sent all the best ones into battle, where of course they died and no one good was left to train their replacements.
The best thing about Singapore that I've noticed from travel shows are the food hawkers. I would just go for two days as a layover and just eat my way through all that stuff and then leave.
Thanks. I was thinking more total victory, but those are good examples of partial victories.Winter war:
Finland: 70,000 causalities
Russia: 350,000 causalities
Finland permanently lost the industrial city of Karelia, considerable territory, and a bunch of islands to Russia. 12% of the Finnish population would be permanently taken by Russia.
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Continuation War (round 2 of the Winter war):
Finland: 225,000 causalities
Russia: 920,000 causalities
result:
city and province of Petsamo permanently forfeited to Russia
Thanks. I was thinking more total victory, but those are good examples of partial victories.
I do think in a war of attrition Russia could keep their current gains plus a little. I don't think they would end up with all of Ukraine, though.
The FSB has funneled tens of millions of dollars from some of Russia’s biggest state companies to cultivate a network of Moldovan politicians and reorient the country toward Moscow, the documents and interviews indicate.