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Russian tank ace, 25, crowned world champion in international war games contest is killed after Putin sends him into real war in Ukraine
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 7 May 2022 | Will Stewart

Posted on 05/07/2022 6:38:33 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

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To: Lurker

Okay:)


61 posted on 05/07/2022 7:55:42 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Berlin_Freeper

the difference btwn a oneway and both-ways rifle range...


62 posted on 05/07/2022 7:56:00 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Lurker

Negative. You NeoCons got the Russians beat by thousands of deaths, trillions of dollars, and several Forever Wars.


63 posted on 05/07/2022 7:58:02 AM PDT by TTFlyer (Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
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To: PIF

> its easy to see why tankers would rather destroy their own tanks rather than face actual warfare <

Along those lines, by late 1944 the Allies had pretty much perfected anti-submarine warfare. German U-boats were being sunk at a great rate, and it almost became suicide for those boats to go out to sea. So at least some U-boat crewmen took to sabotaging their own engines while they were in port.


64 posted on 05/07/2022 7:58:59 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

What a horrible waste of a promising young life.


65 posted on 05/07/2022 8:02:23 AM PDT by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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To: DSH

> The war racket... <

It’s that, of course. But here’s another thing. The Navy loves their carriers because that’s where the promotions are. You get extra stars on your shoulder by commanding a carrier battle group. You don’t get them by commanding some supply depot somewhere.

This is, of course, nothing new. A hundred years ago the exact same thing could have been said about battleships.


66 posted on 05/07/2022 8:07:50 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
"I won!"


67 posted on 05/07/2022 8:07:58 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Berlin_Freeper

You don’t get do-overs in real war...


68 posted on 05/07/2022 8:08:59 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: NorseViking

If you are to continue with dehumanizing

So calling you what you are is de-humanizing? And occasion to make threats (which just happen to be against FR policy)?
How’s your warm milk?
Your cookie supply holding put?
How does the internet signal get through the safe room you live in at FSB HQ?


69 posted on 05/07/2022 8:13:04 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Lurker

The term for sending young and even highly competent soldiers into battle is “cannon fodder”.

This meat grinder war is turning into a real test of grit and determination. And the Ukraine under Zelenskyy has more grit and determination than the Russian Federation under Putin.


70 posted on 05/07/2022 8:17:51 AM PDT by alloysteel (There are folks running the government who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches - Will Rogers)
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To: PIF

What threats? What am I?


71 posted on 05/07/2022 8:17:53 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Daily Mail? I guess the old adage is true: there’s a sucker born every minute! 🤣


72 posted on 05/07/2022 8:24:26 AM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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To: rrrod

Actually, it’s on NATO, the EU, and the US State Department. They’ve been warned for years now.


73 posted on 05/07/2022 8:26:23 AM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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To: NorseViking

Don’t worry about the name calling and over-the-top rhetoric. It’s all they have left when they can’t debate the facts. 🤣


74 posted on 05/07/2022 8:28:35 AM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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To: Prince of Space

The “elfs” are above debate.


75 posted on 05/07/2022 8:30:48 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Prince of Space

Seriously? The Young Putineers have called me a warmonger, motherf*cker, and a fag for the crime of opposing Putin’s aggression. So get off your high horse.


76 posted on 05/07/2022 8:31:48 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It’s all fun and games until the real bullets start flying.


77 posted on 05/07/2022 8:32:13 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: NorseViking

And they’re being dealt with like pests.

Hey, how’s that Black Sea fleet doing?

L


78 posted on 05/07/2022 8:41:05 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: shotgun
60+ days in and they don’t even have air superiority over a country that has less than a 1/10th of their air capabilities.

This alone should initiate show trials and public executions - that being the Russian way.
79 posted on 05/07/2022 8:43:04 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: TTFlyer

Oh stuff it.

L


80 posted on 05/07/2022 8:44:15 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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