Ukraine mega thread

[Alvin Walton]

That's a billion wasted dollars.
:-(

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

That's a billion wasted dollars.
:-(

The compassion on this board is inspiring.

[Alvin Walton]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

The compassion on this board is inspiring.

It has nothing to do with compassion.
If Putin decides to steamroll The Ukraine then that billion may well have been paintball guns we gave them.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

It has nothing to do with compassion.
If Putin decides to steamroll The Ukraine then that billion may well have been paintball guns we gave them.

It's not going to happen, but I personally doubt the Russian Army would steamroll the Ukranian army. In the Georgia episode, the Georgians shot down 20 of the Russians planes. I saw an infographic the other day that showed the comparable forces in the region, and Ukraine was at around a 3-1 disadvantage. That might mean Russia would win, but I think it would be very costly. I am personally a little surprised, and very glad, from a not wanting bloodshed point of view, that the Ukrainian government didn't respond with force.

[Monkeydad]

Hey, what's a billion dollars theses days. You can spend that on a website that doesn't work!

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Monkeydad

Hey, what's a billion dollars theses days. You can spend that on a website that doesn't work!

...or give it to old rich white guys so it can trickle down.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

...or give it to old rich white guys so it can trickle down.

At least it would stay in our own country.


Your brainwashed anti-rich posts are getting tiring.


That last one even had racist overtones. The former hippie, still pot-smoking colleges professors everywhere are proud of you.

[HailGreen28]

Viktor Yanukovych looks less and less like the legitimate President of Ukraine, to me. When the next elections happen, what will Putin do if a majority of Crimeans vote against the way the western Ukraine does?

[NC_Skins]

‘We control everything’: Crimea breaks ties with Ukraine - The Globe and Mail


LOL. Nobody believe this bullshit propaganda coming out of Crimea.

[HailGreen28]

Crimea’s new Prime Minister says he is taking control of all military forces and government departments in the territory, declaring an official break with Kiev.

[dmek25]

i agree with NCskins, and im not anti rich...im pro middle class

[dmek25]

^^^ i agree with this

[RedskinRat]

A couple of Ukrainian barracks had their weapons confiscated by the first wave of Russian Airborne, there won't be too much of a fight.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by RedskinRat

A couple of Ukrainian barracks had their weapons confiscated by the first wave of Russian Airborne, there won't be too much of a fight.

The first wave Russia had complete surprise. If they tried to fight a ground war I doubt very seriously that they would have any kind of air superiority and claiming and holding ground would be difficult. BUT that doesn't mean at this point Ukraine could re-take Crimea without a LOT of bloodshed. I think that is lost to them now, and economically that is a major blow.

[Alvin Walton]

Originally Posted by RedskinRat

A couple of Ukrainian barracks had their weapons confiscated by the first wave of Russian Airborne, there won't be too much of a fight.

Yup....it could be like France in WW2.
5,000 Russian tanks come rolling in to western Ukraine and they just lay down for them.
Putin sets up a new new pro Russian govt and then leaves and its like back in the good old soviet days.
And Putin will guarantee somehow that Sevastopol will always be open/pro Russian since its his home port for the black sea fleet which leads to the Med.

Either way its all about limiting westernization from coming to his doorstep.
A pro Russian Ukraine creates that buffer zone for him.