Russia on brink of ... NOPE! Russia INVADES Ukraine!

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IronWing

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The upstream gates are closed, right? Maybe dig back into the ammo stores a little deeper and find one of them WWII bouncing bombs?
 
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K1052

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The upstream gates are closed, right? Maybe dig back into the ammo stores a little deeper and find one of them WWII bouncing bombs?

The upstream gate appears to be a large single vertical gate, which is presently closed. Though I suspect somewhat less than totally water tight already given it is a nearly 70 year old piece of Soviet construction.
 
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kage69

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Wonder what country the CIA is using as a go between to get this stuff. So far the Iranians appear unbothered this is happening.

Interdicted toys for the Houthi I would imagine, or 3rd parties in Iraq maybe. Lots of Shia stuff going down right now.

You can pack a lot into a dhow, and man are they easy to catch. The embargo hasn't been lifted that long, the list of potential buyers can't be that big.
 
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Stokely

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The upstream gate appears to be a large single vertical gate, which is presently closed. Though I suspect somewhat less than totally water tight already given it is a nearly 70 year old piece of Soviet construction.

One only needs to watch the war documentary "The Two Towers" to understand how to deal with such fortifications. You need a really whacked out orc to carry a big bomb. We've got Trump we can lend them if they need an orc, though I'm not sure he could run far or fast enough.
 

Fenixgoon

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One only needs to watch the war documentary "The Two Towers" to understand how to deal with such fortifications. You need a really whacked out orc to carry a big bomb. We've got Trump we can lend them if they need an orc, though I'm not sure he could run far or fast enough.
Just tell him there's a whole bunch of beautiful people who can't wait to meet the fittest and smartest president to have ever graced the office of the POTUS. And they're really impressed by his hand and crowd sizes. Also, they have McDonald's.

Also, in the opposite direction are a bunch of nasty women and illegal immigrants, led by none other than Hillary herself.

That should get him moving!
 

DaaQ

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You like to quote Strelkov aka Girkin's pessimistic posts here. Read this post of his as well:


How it was covered by Ukrainian popular news feed:
"Thirteen people were killed after the shelling of Donetsk by the Rashists.
The occupants shelled Baku Commissars Square in the Kuibyshevsky district of the city. The Rashists themselves blame the Ukrainian Armed Forces."
In all such cases, the laughing smiley used to have the advantage, but now it has been removed from the reaction options.

Who do you think the people of Donetsk blame for the shelling? This is one of the shelling that has been going on for over eight years. What do they think of the Ukrainian government when they see the Ukrainian version of events and these smiley faces?
How is it you are Russian, but able to post outside of Russian controlled internet? How do yu get outside of the "wall" firewall so to speak?
 

[DHT]Osiris

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Do we feel flattered? That ATPN is important enough to get an Yuri allocated?
Shrug, I'm open to alternative explanations as to why a competently English-speaking pro-Russian account with prolific, well cited information (regardless of honesty) might be willing to dive into our board, and only this thread (literally, check his post history), counter only specific talking points with other specific talking points (all of which are logical fallacies or outright fabrications) and ignore/turn tail to anything else. Until then, I'm willing to accept that a reasonably active tech board that isn't reddit might be worth targeting by at least one individual, if not more.
 

cytg111

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Shrug, I'm open to alternative explanations as to why a competently English-speaking pro-Russian account with prolific, well cited information (regardless of honesty) might be willing to dive into our board, and only this thread (literally, check his post history), counter only specific talking points with other specific talking points (all of which are logical fallacies or outright fabrications) and ignore/turn tail to anything else. Until then, I'm willing to accept that a reasonably active tech board that isn't reddit might be worth targeting by at least one individual, if not more.
flattered it is ;)
 
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