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Epic battle for Donbas predicted. (Original Post)
BootinUp
Mar 2022
OP
+1, and the JFO is where 90% of UKRs GDP doubling oil/gas reserves are. I proffer the real
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#4
Yes, China and Russia are ALWAYS trying to match the professionalism of US forces down to
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#6
Just so long as I can google the acronym i'm cool. On the spot made up ones throw me...
mitch96
Mar 2022
#7
Same, I've worked in IT since I was 13 so acronymizing is habitual. Got a link for you ...
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#8
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. That battle has been going on for years.n/t
BootinUp
(46,924 posts)2. Seems the place is about to get a little livelier.
Let slip the dogs of war.
EndlessWire
(6,373 posts)3. Yes, but
the port of Mariupol is in the Donetz region. I submit that their true intent is capturing that port with the corridor to Crimea. That significantly allows them to control the economics of the region (read, food control) and cuts Ukraine off from the Azov Sea. So, yeah, it's been going on, but now it is winner take all in that area.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)4. +1, and the JFO is where 90% of UKRs GDP doubling oil/gas reserves are. I proffer the real
... reason Putrid went into Ukr was to stop Ukr from developing these areas and taking over Russia's dominance of oil/gas on the EU.
Now the EU is going to move towards 21st century SMR nuke technology and I pray leads the way out of the darkness of fossil fuel oil
mitch96
(13,816 posts)5. ?JFO? Joint Forces Operations ?? nt
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)6. Yes, China and Russia are ALWAYS trying to match the professionalism of US forces down to
... acronyms.
Its creepy,
mitch96
(13,816 posts)7. Just so long as I can google the acronym i'm cool. On the spot made up ones throw me...
But I must admit they make me think...
Thinking is good and I try to do it on a daily basis
m
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)8. Same, I've worked in IT since I was 13 so acronymizing is habitual. Got a link for you ...