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Post by Bill in the rain on May 9, 2023 8:49:34 GMT
So the real reason they've cut back on the parades isn't fear of terrorist attacks, or even fear of protests, it's that they only have one tank left. lol.
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Post by lordofthedunce on May 14, 2023 14:29:54 GMT
Hoping for a favourable result in Turkey and no shenanigans. Could be very interesting for Sweden's entry to NATO.
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Post by technoish on May 14, 2023 14:48:39 GMT
Hoping for a favourable result in Turkey and no shenanigans. Could be very interesting for Sweden's entry to NATO. Sweden and Finland have already been approved, right?
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Post by skalpadda on May 14, 2023 15:36:29 GMT
Finland yes, Sweden no, and our current government is going amusingly nuts about it.
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Post by cubby on May 14, 2023 15:42:19 GMT
They've just won eurovision so it should be a slam dunk.
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Post by Bill in the rain on May 15, 2023 1:21:11 GMT
Finland yes, Sweden no, and our current government is going amusingly nuts about it. They should tell Edrogan that they don't want to join after all.
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Post by skalpadda on May 15, 2023 11:17:13 GMT
Finland yes, Sweden no, and our current government is going amusingly nuts about it. They should tell Edrogan that they don't want to join after all. Well, I doubt reverse psychology would work, but being a bit calmer would probably have helped. The right wing coalition we have in government since November have wanted to join NATO forever but there's never been a serious chance to make it reality until now, so they're kind of desperate to get it done. Desperation isn't helpful when you're dealing with countries like Turkey and Hungary who see these things as purely transactional, especially when that desperation is mostly political and not felt by most of the population.
It's entirely possible that public opinion will actually shift if this ends up dragging on. Not to the point where the application is retracted, but it might be get very difficult for Swedish governments to actually do anything to move it forward as any further concessions will look very bad both for the government and for NATO.
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Post by Blue_Mike on May 19, 2023 18:03:15 GMT
"Engineering firm" my arse, I bet he dug them himself, back and forth with the wheelbarrow like a more well funded Fred fucking West.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2023 18:18:53 GMT
I could have dug that much in a day ...
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Post by technoish on May 19, 2023 18:47:25 GMT
I reckon we're due a total collapse of Russian army some time soon.
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Post by Vortex on May 19, 2023 19:54:30 GMT
Here's hoping.
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Post by Youthist on May 19, 2023 20:04:06 GMT
Then Putin totally backed into a corner with no other options other then the one with no return for anyone? Can’t wait !
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Post by skalpadda on May 21, 2023 14:30:47 GMT
I could have dug that much in a day ... It's doing the working and the thinking that wears a fellow out.
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Post by Bill in the rain on May 22, 2023 1:36:51 GMT
I could have dug that much in a day ... Only if you've managed to craft the Diamond pickaxe
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Post by RumMonkey on May 22, 2023 12:32:49 GMT
Seems groups of Russian freedom fighters have started taking settlements in Russia. Might be the beginning of the end for Putin.
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Post by dasbooter on May 22, 2023 12:44:31 GMT
Seems groups of Russian freedom fighters have started taking settlements in Russia. Might be the beginning of the end for Putin. Source?
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Post by quadfather on May 22, 2023 12:55:49 GMT
It doesn't appear to be in the news yet, but there's quite a few videos and articles about it on 9gag.com/trending (shitty meme site, but it does have random bits of news normally earlier than official news sites)
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Post by quadfather on May 22, 2023 13:00:35 GMT
i.e.,
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Post by quadfather on May 22, 2023 13:03:50 GMT
And -
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Post by dogbot on May 22, 2023 13:04:09 GMT
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Post by quadfather on May 22, 2023 13:05:36 GMT
I can believe it - the propaganda levels are off the chart, so christ knows what's actually going on.
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Post by quadfather on May 22, 2023 13:10:48 GMT
Yeah, it's on sky news now as well
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Post by Fake_Blood on May 22, 2023 13:12:10 GMT
I’ve got an article on a Flemish news site but that’s of no use to you guys, they are quoting Russian telegram channels. They do say that their leader used to be a football hooligan and is a neo nazi.
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 22, 2023 13:13:45 GMT
Russia really can't escape it's own history replacing one arsehole for another time and time again.
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Post by dfunked on May 22, 2023 13:31:40 GMT
i.e., What a concise and perfectly clear headline
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Post by technoish on May 22, 2023 13:48:07 GMT
The Guardian Ukraine live feed has a few posts about it. Russia called it Ukrainian saboteurs.
Ukraine saying "not us guv".
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Post by dogbot on May 22, 2023 13:56:02 GMT
Too late for a February revolution, too early for October.
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Post by Fake_Blood on May 22, 2023 14:03:45 GMT
We’re at the point where even CoD mission creators go nah, seems a bit far fetched.
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Post by technoish on May 22, 2023 15:17:54 GMT
The videos are pretty real. It's a massively brazen attack through the actual border post in day light, with drone footage shared straight away for maximum effect. But is also looks shambolic enough not to be Ukraine led.
Russian military forces are so focused/depleted at front line, and the rest are doing internal crowd control / protecting Putin, they probably are quite weak/vulnerable to this kind of uprising.
It still seems destined to fail though unless it grips larger population centres, but that would require lots of bored / resentful soldiers to be in the vicinity and they aren't.
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Post by dam on May 22, 2023 15:30:54 GMT
Russia really can't escape it's own history replacing one arsehole for another time and time again. I reckon they could bring in Harry and Meghan as the Tsar and Tsarina. Sod Brexit, we can just create Brissia.
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