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41. I see you are as proficient at Math as you are History

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #40)

Sun Feb 13, 2022, 04:53 PM

Feb 2022

The end of the 19th Century was exactly 122 years ago. Every one of my examples happened in the 20th Century (which just ended 22 years ago). And, most of those happened AFTER 1950.

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Just WOW...Thank you JHB for posting this [View all] Beachnutt Feb 2022 OP

Modern war between these two powers would be chaotic. So much firepower. BSdetect Feb 2022 #1

Hey pooty Beachnutt Feb 2022 #2

Prepare for cyber warfare Zorro Feb 2022 #3

Two can play at that game. GoCubsGo Feb 2022 #5

Yes we can Zorro Feb 2022 #7

That doesn't include Ukraine's military, either. GoCubsGo Feb 2022 #4

This one, Bayard Feb 2022 #6

Oh, I hadn't thought of that PatSeg Feb 2022 #26

Nuclear weapons count doesn't matter, one or two do it. Captain Zero Feb 2022 #32

Yes, sadly that is true PatSeg Feb 2022 #35

The actual fighting would be Russia vs Ukraine Martin Eden Feb 2022 #8

:) Well, it does help explain why Ukraine instead of Germany. Hortensis Feb 2022 #18

Russia is one unified dog. NATO is herding cats. keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #9

Dogs growl and bark. Cats quietly stalk housecat Feb 2022 #17

So the obvious question is wnylib Feb 2022 #10

My hope is that most of Pooty's money is stashed overseas and able to be frozen Wild blueberry Feb 2022 #11

Pootie's cookie jars may not be frozen yet FakeNoose Feb 2022 #22

Meaningless Comparison miffelplix Feb 2022 #12

Welcome to DU, miffelplix! calimary Feb 2022 #27

Precisely Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #36

True. North Korea has the largest army treestar Feb 2022 #42

I did not realize that NATO was militarily superior to Russia in almost every way. liberalla Feb 2022 #13

The issue is less likely to be "how many" than "where are they" and... TygrBright Feb 2022 #14

It's been suggested Putin has Parkinson's. Some cbabe Feb 2022 #15

It's the supply chain, just as Napoleon, Hitler, the Japanese learned erronis Feb 2022 #16

KnR for later Hekate Feb 2022 #19

IDK . . . Richard D Feb 2022 #20

Not sure why this is "Just WOW", unless the point of the video Gaugamela Feb 2022 #21

You nailed it Curtis Feb 2022 #24

Live free or Die. NutmegYankee Feb 2022 #25

And Curtis Feb 2022 #34

It is a creed of liberalism. NutmegYankee Feb 2022 #38

Too late Curtis Feb 2022 #39

Even Adolph Hitler used the word freedom 4 times in his first speech as Chancellor. NutmegYankee Feb 2022 #43

Lol. Panama was it and that lasted a weekend. jimfields33 Feb 2022 #28

You have a missed perception of history Curtis Feb 2022 #33

End of the 19th century? Good grief you are going back 200 years. jimfields33 Feb 2022 #40

I see you are as proficient at Math as you are History Curtis Feb 2022 #41

Willingness to sacrifice people in a war? Midnight Writer Feb 2022 #23

well they have more nukes... so there's that. IcyPeas Feb 2022 #29

A good defense randr Feb 2022 #30

Instead of just comparing hardware counts that don't mean all that much Otto_Harper Feb 2022 #31

Forgot one item. US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, 100, marie999 Feb 2022 #37

That looks good & all but William769 Feb 2022 #44