Wow, Kelly! All I did was read about it; you (very nearly) lived it. Clancy was a master, mostly with Hunt for Red October, and especially, Red Storm Rising. The wrong book got made into a movie. Too bad he's not alive so that he could really tell us what the **** is going on inside that lunatic Putin's head.
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Russia vs Ukraine anyone watching this ignite?
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I'd have loved it if Red Storm Rising was made into a movie. The hill overlooking the harbor at Njardvik where the Icelander got smoked by the Soviet? That was Dead Man's Hill, across from where we lived. Kids would sled down it, they called it dead man's hill for a reason.
Camp Casey 92-93, 1/15th FA M109’s 155. Anytime we went to the field (which was a lot) we went around with M-16s with empty magazines. Our FASV’s (now called CATV’s, tracked ammo carrier) Were combat loaded all of the time. Full load of 155 rounds, powder canisters, fuses we even had a Copperhead round. The howitzers were only loaded up with whatever we were going to shoot for an exercise. FDC’s 557 hauled a trailer to the field with all of the small arm rounds, 5.56, 7.62, .50. If one of our monthly alerts turned out to be real, would be a cluster trying to load up. Supposedly our barracks was in artillery range of the Nork’s, would have been a cluster any way you sliced it. I participated in Team Spirit (I believe that was the last time it was held).
Team Spirit 93 was the last one.
Your version seems a bit one-sided. The reality seems to be neither side is very savory and who is pushing who does not seem terribly clear. Both sides have neo-Nazis with pro-Ukraine seeming to have more, but pro-Russia has the religious fanatics who believe they are on a holy mission for the ROC
Paramilitary Forces in Ukraine: Matches to a Powder Keg | Small Wars Journal
As the situation in the Ukraine rapidly deteriorates, little attention has been given to the presence of paramilitary forces that have operated on both sides of the conflict since 2014. These forces, ranging from militias-turned-professional units to volunteer battalions, will play a significant...smallwarsjournal.com
‘Persistent and grave’ human rights violations in eastern Ukraine – UN report
Serious human rights violations and abuses persist in eastern Ukraine, including shelling, executions, arbitrary and illegal detentions, torture, ill-treatment, human trafficking and the lack of justice and accountability, as well as deprivation of economic and social rights, deeply affecting...
Between mid-April 2014 and 30 May 2015, at least 6,417 people, including at least 626 women and girls, have been documented as killed and 15,962 as wounded in the conflict zone of eastern Ukraine,”
Shortly after that report Nov 7,2015 Azov militia joined the regular army,and the US began training Ukranian troops again(we had a ban in effect because of them prior to that). It was not that they disappeared,it is the opposite. They became legitimate troops,and stood against anything Russian so we could train them now. If you read any of the reports I posted you know they got worse not better. Sadly the reports and observers where stopped,and the OSCE pretty much took over all reporting,with a rather strong bias for the government of Ukraine. If you read the two you will see the stark contrast. The original reports where much more in depth and focused more on civilians.
Most get their news from social media or mainstream media. Trying to push back against that is nearly impossible. They will believe what they are told as the truth,and most already have for a very long time.
Many people can’t tell the truth from a lie, because a lie often sounds better than the truth. Lies often tell us what we want to hear, and never what we need to hear.
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Thankfully Zaporizhzhia isn't the troublesome RBMK type, but is the the much safer VVER type..
They don't have that idiot graphite design, and include stout containment structures (unlike the RBMK).. which designed to keep the nasty rads inside, would serve to keep unwanted errant shells out.
So as long as they scrammed the thing, and have enough power to deal with decay heat... should be fine.
They don't have that idiot graphite design, and include stout containment structures (unlike the RBMK).. which designed to keep the nasty rads inside, would serve to keep unwanted errant shells out.
So as long as they scrammed the thing, and have enough power to deal with decay heat... should be fine.
Didn't Nirvana have a song about that? "Smells like Team Spirit" or something?
Okay that was bad. Now I just feel stupid... and contagious.
Kamala Harris to travel to Poland amid Russia-Ukraine war
Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Poland Monday, where American troops are stationed to assist with Ukrainian refugees.www.foxnews.com
What could possibly go wrong?
PS: Comments are the best part of the article:
Kamala Harris went to Poland. Poland is a country in Europe. It is next to Germany, which is a slightly bigger country. It is also near Lithuania. Lithuania is also a country, but it is a smaller country. All these countries border the Baltic Sea. You could cross the Baltic Sea if you had a boat, but then you would be in a different country.
What can she say?
She already told them that her and the Pres got this.
No need to worry.
Part of George Washington's farewell address,it is much longer and pointed.I will post a link to it. Also,he was great seeing problems before they happened and warned us.
"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. ... In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded, and that in place of them just and amicable feelings toward all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur.....
Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people to surrender their interests."
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"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. ... In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded, and that in place of them just and amicable feelings toward all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur.....
Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people to surrender their interests."
George Washington and The Peril of Foreign Entanglements | History News Network
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