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Ukraine’s Winter Could Turn Against Russian Troops
The Wall Street Journal ^
| January 21, 2023
| Alistair MacDonald and Oksana Pyrozhok
Posted on 01/23/2023 3:33:52 AM PST by Timber Rattler
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
Poor Russians don’t know how to fight in cold weather. Do they?
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posted on
01/23/2023 7:23:22 AM PST
by
Timber Rattler
("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
To: JonPreston
No one cares what you think, either.
No, “think” isn’t the right word. You obviously don’t do much thinking. Believing, now that you do a whole lot of.
But thinking and believing are two entirely different things.
L
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posted on
01/23/2023 7:27:08 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
The German army held drives begging for coats during the Winter of 1941-42. They were supposed to have defeated Russia prior to winter.
The clothes didn’t arrive until spring. Oops.
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posted on
01/23/2023 7:32:09 AM PST
by
rxh4n1
To: Timber Rattler
Right. Russians have no experience with cold weather. Sigh.
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posted on
01/23/2023 7:33:22 AM PST
by
libertylover
(Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
To: Lurker
Shoo, Neocon. Your war is over. Go find a new Biden foreign policy debacle to cling to, and don't bring your fellow GOPe Low IQ'ers.
To: alloysteel
It’s winter again in the Ukraine? Isn’t this where we came in? War is hell. War under a snow cover is even more hell. And yet, like two weary fighters in the ring, circling each other, neither able to land an effective punch to knock the other out, they shuffle, unwilling to quit or even make a truce of some kind.
Partner, u have hit a homerun with statement.
To: alloysteel
One side is being brutally invaded and fighting for survival on their own soil against a foreign invader.
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posted on
01/23/2023 8:35:52 AM PST
by
ansel12
(NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
They weren’t prepared for the winter war in Finland, and I would like to see how many Russians died from the cold during WWII, and they don’t seem prepared this winter.
People see the Russian hordes defeating the unprepared Germans, but were the Russians really adept at winter logistics, or merely doing what they do, ignoring their casualties and sending more bodies?
Millions more Russian soldiers died than Germans and I believe that the reasons are several, including losing a lot from cold.
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posted on
01/23/2023 8:43:13 AM PST
by
ansel12
(NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
To: alloysteel
"And yet, like two weary fighters in the ring, circling each other, neither able to land an effective punch to knock the other out, they shuffle, unwilling to quit or even make a truce of some kind."
That's because some folks are getting very rich by keeping the confrontation going.
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posted on
01/23/2023 8:46:58 AM PST
by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
To: Timber Rattler
https://twitter.com/AZgeopolitics?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎
@AZgeopolitics
·
19h
👩🪖📄🇺🇦In Odessa, men change into women's clothes in order to go grocery shopping and not accidentally go "cannon fodder" to war after receiving a summons
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posted on
01/23/2023 8:47:32 AM PST
by
Kazan
To: Kazan
Uh, is that supposed to be English?
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posted on
01/23/2023 8:48:46 AM PST
by
Timber Rattler
("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
To: JonPreston
“Shoo, Neocon.”
Hush, child. Grownups are talking.
L
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posted on
01/23/2023 9:43:44 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; Timber Rattler; PIF; dennisw; All
Yesterday I watched a football game on a snowy field. A lot of the larger men had bare arms.Some of the players would lie down and make snow angels. I don’t think they were Russians. ;-)
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posted on
01/24/2023 1:25:41 AM PST
by
gleeaikin
(Question authority!)
To: PIF; wildcard_redneck; canuck_conservative; Timber Rattler; Widget Jr; ought-six; All
Is that cute little guy a badger or some other critter? Besides, what fun is a war if you can’t play with the propaganda, and -ists.
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posted on
01/24/2023 1:32:30 AM PST
by
gleeaikin
(Question authority!)
To: Kazan; PIF; canuck_conservative; Widget Jr; ought-six; Timber Rattler; All
It sounds like men in Odessa have learned a lot from their Russian counterparts. That is why Ukraine will win. Faster learning curve.
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posted on
01/24/2023 1:48:33 AM PST
by
gleeaikin
(Question authority!)
To: rxh4n1; Lurker; Capt_Hank; PIF; SpeedyInTexas; ought-six; dennisw; Timber Rattler; All
Did the Russians ever find or find out about the missing million winter uniforms? Were they lost, never made, or sold off somehow? Ar least the Russian cannon fodder doesn’t have to worry about chickens—t stuff like having tidy identical uniforms and gear.
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posted on
01/24/2023 1:59:54 AM PST
by
gleeaikin
(Question authority!)
To: gleeaikin
Shiba Inu, the photo-shopped mascot of the North Atlantic Fellas Organization , NAFO
Wikipedia, and
knowyourmeme.com.
Its a spontaneous, loosely organized group opposing Russian trolls and Russian state sponsored web brigades over the invasion of Ukraine.
"NAFO expansion is nonnegotiable"
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posted on
01/24/2023 2:10:46 AM PST
by
Widget Jr
(🇺🇦 Sláva Ukrayíni 🇺🇦 - No CCCP 2.0)
To: Widget Jr
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posted on
01/24/2023 2:20:20 AM PST
by
caww
(O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
To: Timber Rattler
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posted on
01/24/2023 2:26:02 AM PST
by
Widget Jr
(🇺🇦 Sláva Ukrayíni 🇺🇦 - No CCCP 2.0)
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