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Putin Says if West Wants to Defeat Russia on Battlefield, 'Let Them Try' (Original Post) Triloon Jul 2022 OP
Well Ok then. Let's kick some Ruskie ass! Meadowoak Jul 2022 #1
Toe toe Toe yesphan Jul 2022 #2
The very scene, you beat me to it Walleye Jul 2022 #4
He steals the movie EX500rider Jul 2022 #14
You can't trash talk us into a nuclear war Walleye Jul 2022 #3
In a conventional war, Mother Russia would get it's ass handed to them by the West, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2022 #5
It already is. Mr.Bill Jul 2022 #18
You're right. MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2022 #19
Reality check. Igel Jul 2022 #20
Here's another reality check, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2022 #24
Someone check his meds - some of those cancer drugs have weird side effects. n/t TygrBright Jul 2022 #6
Sounds like he is losing his mind with unhinged ranting JohnSJ Jul 2022 #7
Is he dressed in black suit of armor? BootinUp Jul 2022 #8
lol Shellback Squid Jul 2022 #22
That's What Saddam Said ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #9
Why would we do that? gratuitous Jul 2022 #10
The west doesn't need to do it. Layzeebeaver Jul 2022 #11
Yep. Triloon Jul 2022 #12
Your equipment falls apart and your troops are not motivated. lpbk2713 Jul 2022 #13
pos rockfordfile Jul 2022 #15
We won't try, we Will kick your ass. pwb Jul 2022 #16
The West doesn't want to defeat Russia on the battlefield, or anywhere else, for that matter DFW Jul 2022 #17
where's Earnest? Shellback Squid Jul 2022 #21
Yeah. BannonsLiver Jul 2022 #23

EX500rider

(10,849 posts)
14. He steals the movie
Thu Jul 7, 2022, 04:46 PM
Jul 2022

“Well boys, we've got three engines out, we've got more holes in us than a horse trader's mule, the radio's gone and we're leaking fuel and if we was flying any lower, why we'd need sleigh bells on this thing... But we've got one thing on those Ruskies… At this height, why they might harpoon us, but they dang sure ain't gonna spot us on no radar...”

Kubrick didn't tell slim Pickens it was a black comedy he thought it was a straight movie..lol

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,399 posts)
5. In a conventional war, Mother Russia would get it's ass handed to them by the West,
Thu Jul 7, 2022, 03:48 PM
Jul 2022

and the Russian military leaders are well aware of this, especially after the disastrous performance in Ukraine.

in a nuclear war, there are no winners, only the end of civilization as we know it.

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,399 posts)
19. You're right.
Thu Jul 7, 2022, 05:59 PM
Jul 2022

Russia must be hugely embarrassed by how their so called sophisticated weapons systems are being annihilated by Western weapons systems, and I'm quite sure the Russian military is sitting up and taking notice of the poor performance of those systems and the performance of their soldiers.

Igel

(35,320 posts)
20. Reality check.
Thu Jul 7, 2022, 09:13 PM
Jul 2022

The inferior "russkies" forced pull-back after pull back. They have most of Luhans'k province.

I despise this. It harshly interferes with my joie de vivre. Yet that's what's happened.

We'll see how the Donechshina works out.

I continue to hear how wonderful the counteroffensive to retake the Khersonschina is. Any day now. 48 business hours.

Yet I continue to see no actual territorial gains. Had I joie left, I'd would be violated.

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,399 posts)
24. Here's another reality check,
Thu Jul 7, 2022, 09:27 PM
Jul 2022

they have a lot more resources at this time than Ukraine, but they're still suffering huge losses in men and material and as more and more western systems flow in, it will get even worse than now, and there is no doubt that the west has technologically superior weapons systems.

Layzeebeaver

(1,624 posts)
11. The west doesn't need to do it.
Thu Jul 7, 2022, 04:32 PM
Jul 2022

Russia is doing it to themselves along with a little help from the Ukrainian military (and a bit of western support).

Triloon

(506 posts)
12. Yep.
Thu Jul 7, 2022, 04:40 PM
Jul 2022

11 dead russian generals, 8 additional dead commanders, 4000-7000 dead soldiers, flagship sunk, and they're dragging mothballed tanks built in the '60's out to fight.
We're mighty scared.

lpbk2713

(42,759 posts)
13. Your equipment falls apart and your troops are not motivated.
Thu Jul 7, 2022, 04:44 PM
Jul 2022


You might want to keep that sabre rattling down to a minimum.

DFW

(54,409 posts)
17. The West doesn't want to defeat Russia on the battlefield, or anywhere else, for that matter
Thu Jul 7, 2022, 05:50 PM
Jul 2022

Like the Ukrainians, they just want the Russians to go home--and that is NOT in Ukraine.

BannonsLiver

(16,396 posts)
23. Yeah.
Thu Jul 7, 2022, 09:26 PM
Jul 2022

I’m sure he believes that. But if there’s anything this war has demonstrated it’s that Russia’s conventional war machine is not that formidable relative to ours or the combined forces of NATO. They still have their nuclear triad. But I wonder what state some of those weapons are in. I’m imagining one of those Estes model rocket engines that’s been stored in a damp garage for 30 years.

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