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And given that the tanker was carrying US military cargo and was stationary in broad daylight.
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Yes but it gets worse. The tanker wasn't carrying oil but aviation fuel belonging to the US military. The tanker was stationary. The Russian crashed a cargo vessel into it at high speed in clear daylight. Nothing suspicious there eh? And now... an apparent coordinated silence.
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Elvis didn't write songs. He recorded what he was given.
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Well they're not wrong.
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That would be a disaster. Threads is a data harvesting op. Unless they can cross reference you with activity across their wider platform, they close your account. It happened to me.
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This is true. Religious arguments are ludicrous and should be dismissed. Its is legally and philosophically complex but I think people (who aren't lawyers or philosophers) fully realise that. The idea is sound. Everybody would accept that effective safeguarding is the only real issue to be discussed
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Most people are aware of the associated risks and the need to manage them. This is an emotional intelligence debate. Grasping philosophical elements isn't really essential. Ordinary people have watched others die slowly. They know it isn't right. We don't necessarily allow it for pets.
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I don't think a collection of European nations would decide to join the war. It would be more like a domino effect. They'd be pulled in one-by-one. UK residents mightn't support a war to save Ukraine but they would to save Germany. Like wise the Germans with Poland etc
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We'll see but one thing's for sure: Europe's armies could easily flatten Putin's forces and backed up by a nuclear deterrent too. The US has shouldered much of the financial burden of supporting Ukraine to date but at enormous huge cost. Its pragmatic proxy-warring has been disastrous for civilians.
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Only if the Europeans allow it. Putin's military is incredibly poor. Of that there's no doubt. Even if just Poland joined the war, Putin's forces would be rolled right back to the border and defeated. Will Poland do that? What of all the others, including the two European nuclear powers?
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Because Putin crossed the line years ago when it came to targeting civilians so it's not news. So long as there are no nuclear warheads attached, it's logical enough that he uses these missiles. It's actually a non story. He's doing nothing that he wasn't doing before, just bigger missiles.
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I think it was 'three days' actually
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Perhaps. Biden has held back the European response to Putin's invasion. The US backing out could be the best or the worst thing for Putin. There is no doubt that the Europerans could flatten Russia and they have nuclear weapons too. It simply depends on their appetite if/when the crunch comes.
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Ukraine should attack it. Air defence will not be able to save it from the heavy western missiles. I suspect western backers won’t be so keen though. They’ll say it has too little military value to justify the effort and expense.
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Yes, it’s a highly symbolic rather than key military target. Its destruction would humiliate and annoy Putin. I doubt western governments would sanction use of their missiles for such an attack. High risk, low reward.
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Nobody needs to knock the bridge down completely. If several concrete deck sections can be destroyed, the bridge will be totally out of use with repair unviable at least for the remains duration of the conflict. Storm Shadows or ATACMs could do that easily.
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He is a shit bag who has been appeased enough. Time to ratchet up the pressure on this sick psycho bastard.
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Good. We have appeased Putin quite enough.
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A very underrated album. Easy to pick holes in it when comparing it to their very best but taken on its own terms, a great collection of songs. I like (most of) the Phil Spector production too.
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They use US-owned real-time satellite data for guidance. It's what makes them so accurate and what enables the US to veto use.
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Yes, I think it's the US-owned satellite guidance systems used by these missiles which enables the US to effectively veto their use. Why countries spend billions developing such missiles knowing they wont have full autonomy on use is beyond crazy.
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Despite the facts that both those cities are capitals of nations with at sea submarine-based nuclear arsenals and therefore guarded against huge pre-emptive strikes.
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That's all he does. Not backing down to threats is fundamental in managing a nuclear deterrent. We have failed repeatedly in that and encouraged Putin's aggression in doing so. It is appeasement.
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They should let them use them however they see fit. It's their war. The west have taken on too much responsibility for the use of supplied weapons and the results of their use. No wonder Putin sees us as weak. I'm sure the Russians didn't sit stressing about outcomes when supplying the Vietcong.
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Possibly not. I doubt Biden would just allow all long range missiles (ATACM and Storm Shadow/Scalp) to be used at Ukraine's discretion. The permission could apply to ATACMs only and it could stipulate ranges and targets. I really hope that's not the case but I suspect it might be.
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A tipping point has been reached. So long as the infrastructure here holds out, there'll be no turnaround to this.
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Bluesky (already) and Twitter (soon) will be echo chambers but as discussion with the right has become impossible, it's probably for the best. At least this place is sane and conducive to kindness and good mental health.
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I think we've seen a tipping point reached already. The left and right are indeed separating to different platforms. That's probably for the best as reasonable discussion is no longer possible on Twitter due to the right's casual use of lies and fabrication. Leave and keep them there.
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Not enough red. This will always be a problem with Adidas kits due to the thick stripes on the sleeves.
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You'll need another monitor, or a see-through cat.