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2022-07-25 Europe

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Posted by 3dc 2022-07-25 03:52|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 ...Keep that armor in mind. The men in those tanks are the spiritual heirs of the men who charged Nazi machine guns while on horseback, carrying lances.

I sincerely doubt the Russians are smart enough to remember that.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-07-25 04:44|| 2022-07-25 04:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Equipment ETA isn’t going to be in the next six months

Posted by Slenter Panda4300 2022-07-25 05:44|| 2022-07-25 05:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah this order will be showing up all this decade.

But, it is proof the Polish will not depend on western nations to prevent them from getting invaded again.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-07-25 09:13|| 2022-07-25 09:13|| Front Page Top

#4 memories of the unending agony and devastation of the German and Russian collars for much of the twentieth century are far fresher there. Like the Israeli's, this reflects a never again attitude and the increasing awareness of the decline of US power to defend Europe or defeat China I fear. The question is, did they wake up in time.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-07-25 12:41|| 2022-07-25 12:41|| Front Page Top

#5 If there are enough thorns, the rose will be left unplucked. Switzerland mastered that long ago.

In the meantime, it seems to me, the question for Russia is the difference between a Pyrrhic victory and a Pyrrhic defeat.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-25 16:36|| 2022-07-25 16:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Putin's Russia trying to avoid NATO on its border

Not exactly. The goal is a defensible position against NATO forces on its border. Ukraine is big and flat. From the Russian point of view, the defensible areas are along the Dnipro River in the east or the narrow portion of the Ukr/Polish border over in the west.

Posted by SteveS 2022-07-25 21:16|| 2022-07-25 21:16|| Front Page Top

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