tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post9167204291363258865..comments2024-03-28T12:29:39.525-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Early impressions of the war in the UkraineEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-9344236169209808342022-03-01T19:51:26.816-05:002022-03-01T19:51:26.816-05:00I swear, I believe I remember that thread. I speci...I swear, I believe I remember that thread. I specifically remember, as former armored crew, that I'd never seen so much derp as I saw from the "tanks be invulnerables" crowd. Something that was proven true less than a decade later.<br /><br />It's way easier to immobilize and kill a tank than anyone believes. It takes iron will, a couple of crowbars and some home-made thermite. I suspect the Ukrainians have all three in plenty. And there are other ways....The Freeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989697995675652792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-38325895269702889022022-02-28T16:49:57.468-05:002022-02-28T16:49:57.468-05:00"...ideological hegemony *hadn't* been ....."...ideological hegemony *hadn't* been ..."<br />Fixed it.ruralcounselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193188081686431709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-79740583763441653982022-02-28T16:47:17.060-05:002022-02-28T16:47:17.060-05:00Listening to NPR today and I noticed they kept on ...Listening to NPR today and I noticed they kept on about the Ukrainian civilians becoming armed, digging defenses, making Molotov cocktails. And then they started talking about civilian casualties.<br /><br />Once civilians take up arms, they become combatants, and are no longer civilians.<br /><br />Prepare to be inundated with stories about civilian casualties, Russian atrocities toward civilians. I'm sure it's in the propaganda mill now as it spins up.<br /><br />Once they take up arms, they are legitimate combatants. NOT CIVILIANS. It makes no difference if they were former beauty queens, grandmothers, or Ukrainian presidents. Pick up a weapon and find out.<br /><br /><br />It would have been nice if the Ukrainians and Russians could have reached an agreement to avoid war. It would have been nicer if our western foreign policy of ideological hegemony had been such a total clusterfuck and we hadn't been so intent to play in the Russian's sandbox to cause them grief, because it pushed them into doing what they kept telling us they would do.ruralcounselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193188081686431709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-7490470499302655662022-02-28T07:23:53.501-05:002022-02-28T07:23:53.501-05:00What we know about the war in Ukraine that can be ...What we know about the war in Ukraine that can be trusted is basically nothing. Are the Ukrainian civilians valiantly fighting back? Don't know. Are the Russians "winning"? Don't know. Basically it is a propaganda war as viewed from the West.Arthur Sidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-82852792077510087912022-02-28T05:08:06.793-05:002022-02-28T05:08:06.793-05:00Regarding the stopping of armor, Back around 1998,...Regarding the stopping of armor, Back around 1998, talk.politics.guns had a thread on citizen resistance. Lots of good opinions, lots of bluster and discussion, a good time had by all and they're all probably on a watch list.<br />In a search for the thread, I came across this:<br />http://groups.google.com/group/talk.politics.guns/browse_thread/thread/c86a4ec84e07acf0/435a44b44bd7765d?lnk=gst&q=%22favorite+titty+bar%22+insubject%3Atanks+insubject%3Ain+insubject%3Acityscapes&rnum=1#435a44b44bd7765d<br /><br />the relevant(IMHO)excerpt:<br />>The public doesn't have anything to defeat a M1a1 abrahms with<br />>reactive armor. You can try but you'll be dead long before you could<br />>hurt it.<br /><br />Go right on believing that... and make sure you're driving the lead<br />vehicle.<br /><br />Of course the M1s don't roll when the drivers get shot in the back of<br />the head when they go to the john in their favorite titty bar....<br /><br />Stay safeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-1733521145783698542022-02-28T00:11:16.089-05:002022-02-28T00:11:16.089-05:00Our "elite" are incapable of learning fr...Our "elite" are incapable of learning from real world lessons. They WILL double down on their assaults on us and our freedom. Count on it. Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-14387035814361776132022-02-27T18:02:44.667-05:002022-02-27T18:02:44.667-05:00"What everybody knows" is almost always ..."What everybody knows" is almost always wrong.<br /> For example, the Russian army has been through years of budget cut and has mostly old equipment. The press releases and propaganda they put out don't take the place of trained motivated troops with good equipment.<br />Personally, I don't see how the 150k troops they deployed will be enough.<br /><br />Also, don't forget that Ukrainians fought a guerrilla war against the Nazis during WWII and against the Soviets for a decade after, anyone who thinks they'll roll over hasn't read their history.Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-61489727603453578192022-02-27T17:58:13.232-05:002022-02-27T17:58:13.232-05:00Well said!Well said!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-77235916672628061862022-02-27T17:32:37.465-05:002022-02-27T17:32:37.465-05:00Afghani WomenAfghani WomenReltney McFeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011729095372202178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-45801053565072061422022-02-27T17:32:19.704-05:002022-02-27T17:32:19.704-05:00And, should the invaders follow that script, those...And, should the invaders follow that script, those invaders might, when caught out individually, pray for Kipling's Afghani wen to find them. Reltney McFeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011729095372202178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-57457109352100528322022-02-27T17:18:15.605-05:002022-02-27T17:18:15.605-05:00The money and the garden don't pull the string...The money and the garden don't pull the strings as much as the love of a good woman and three little kids to feed . Most of us will turn into Vlad the Impaler if you mess with the wife and kids . The Russian Army has been notorious for raping mom , grandma , and the kids after they conquer a people . I don't know if they will win but I can tell you they will fight . Robert Oriansnoreply@blogger.com