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Fiendish Thingy

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15. It's not the number of troops that matters as much as artillery and planes

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Sun Apr 10, 2022, 10:50 AM

Apr 2022

The countries bordering Russia need to have the ability to lob artillery deep into Russia, as well as planes to attack advancing troops, rather than boots on the ground to fight Russians once they cross the border.

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NATO will deploy a permanent full-scale military force on its border with Russia to combat a future [View all] Native Apr 2022 OP

Do you get the sense that Putin's whole scheme has badly backfired? MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2022 #1

Possibly.. if Le Pen wins.... things may start to turn in a different direction. HUAJIAO Apr 2022 #3

Don't be discouraged over the first round of voting. Native Apr 2022 #8

last time le pen went to 2nd round with macron drray23 Apr 2022 #19

He has shown Russia to be a paper tiger. Phoenix61 Apr 2022 #6

Assuming Russia is a "paper tiger", would be a very bad mistake. What they are doing in Ukraine JohnSJ Apr 2022 #11

They have shown they can't plan a military campaign. Phoenix61 Apr 2022 #14

Respectfully, You are using the term wrong. Bombing the shit out of people is not a threat, but an JohnSJ Apr 2022 #16

The threat was Russia had a military Phoenix61 Apr 2022 #23

Not yet. James48 Apr 2022 #24

They will never have the troops to hold all of Ukraine Phoenix61 Apr 2022 #28

They also will not teach the next generations about their mistakes. Delmette2.0 Apr 2022 #17

They need to stay tough. blm Apr 2022 #9

Putin pooped himself Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2022 #10

Yes, as far as conquering Ukraine yes. But unfortunately a fair amount of success in other areas PortTack Apr 2022 #13

Putin PROVED the NEED for NATO. blm Apr 2022 #2

Exactly. Spectacular putZin failure in so many ways. Now even Swiss aren't neutral in this. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2022 #7

+1 pandr32 Apr 2022 #18

What they should do is henbuck Apr 2022 #4

THIS Marthe48 Apr 2022 #5

Not this Polybius Apr 2022 #26

Hard to stand by and watch Marthe48 Apr 2022 #29

It's not hard at all to me Polybius Apr 2022 #35

I presume you're just letting off steam. That would be the worst thing to do. PSPS Apr 2022 #20

I disagree. EndlessWire Apr 2022 #27

Then we all die Polybius Apr 2022 #25

VietNam, Iraq, Afghanistan - none truly threatened our way of life and Democracy IMO - NoMoreRepugs Apr 2022 #12

It's not the number of troops that matters as much as artillery and planes Fiendish Thingy Apr 2022 #15

Exactly. Don't let Russian military get within artillery range of the border. lagomorph777 Apr 2022 #30

Russian militry can go right up to the border. It's their country. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2022 #31

They've demonstrated that they will fire artillery across the border. lagomorph777 Apr 2022 #32

That's the "cold war" part. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2022 #33

Then, shortly, cold after they fire. lagomorph777 Apr 2022 #34

I hope all of NATO and our combined defenses are ready for anything. So fucking sad but we didn't Evolve Dammit Apr 2022 #21

Well, Pooty blue-wave Apr 2022 #22

This is yet another indicator of how forward thinking President Wilson was tirebiter Apr 2022 #36

Very interesting! I had no idea. Native Apr 2022 #37