Random Chat Thread VIII (Aka the world politics shitfight thread)

[The Dark]

Warlord
aka
Simpkin By the Dock on the Bay
aka
Sweet Left Foot
aka
MaddAdam

I got the wild style, always been a foul child.

My guns go boom boom and your guns go pow pow

 

[Liam Boy]

****ing lmao. fart warns of the dangerous consequences of excessive bean consumption.

Reminds me of Harry Truman's "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex" on the way out. Ok, why didn't you do anything to address this malignant force in American politics while you were the ****ing president? Very similar presidencies in the end. Both had historic opportunities to right the course of the country, both were unfortunately just local shitkickers who rose far, far above their station after being picked for the vice presidency by much more talented politicians to ease the worries of the conservative wing of the party, fundamentally not up to the task before them.

 

[The Dark]

****ing lmao. fart warns of the dangerous consequences of excessive bean consumption.

Reminds me of Harry Truman's "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex" on the way out. Ok, why didn't you do anything to address this malignant force in American politics while you were the ****ing president? Very similar presidencies in the end. Both had historic opportunities to right the course of the country, both were unfortunately just local shitkickers who rose far, far above their station after being picked for the vice presidency by much more talented politicians to ease the worries of the conservative wing of the party, fundamentally not up to the task before them.

Yeah, classic chief of police who retires and immediately says all drugs should be decriminalised.

History will not remember Biden kindly, and he doesn't even have the opportunity to redeem his reputation post presidency like that other Democrat oncer in Jimmy Carter*

* Shawn's Dad.

 

[The Dark]

This report from RT inside Kurakhove is fascinating. The Russians are advancing steadily through the Donbas, and took Kurakhove in the last few weeks.

It was an important defensive position for the Ukranians and they fought hard to keep it, but didn't manage the years long defence they did in places like Avdeevka. Its also right at the edge of Donetsk Oblast - opens the way to Dnipropetrovsk.

Its very rare that we get to see what the average Russian does, and here we do.

Obviously it is propaganda - it isn't designed to be objective journalism - but what's so interesting for me is how stylistically and in terms of format, it is absolutely identical to Western "journalism" when we go on foreign adventures in Iraq, Libya etc etc.

An embedded journo, the grateful civilians, the wrecked enemy gear* and their dead - this could be CNN following troops into Nasirayah in 2003.

Its actually uncanny how identical they are as pieces of content.

* You can see where the RPG hit the US supplied APC and absolutely wrecked it. RPG shot from an upstairs window and an advancing APC in an urban environment - the Russians lost thousands of guys that way in the two Chechen Wars, and they certainly learned the tricks of urban fighting as a result.