Poking the Bear Again

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Re: Poking the Bear Again

Post by Smitty-48 » Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:09 pm

this was actually America's edge against the Soviets

in the Cold War, the Soviets were faking it

but Curtis Lemay wasn't a meme, he was ready to go all the way

in the face of that, the Woke Soviet academics capitulated
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Re: Poking the Bear Again

Post by Haumana » Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:12 pm

Smitty-48 wrote:
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because everything is a postmodern meme detached from realpolitik

it's not that the Russian military is invincible, it's just that American doesn't have the resolve to go all the way

Russian escalation dominance will prevail in the face of an America which is faking it
Exactly. I have zero confidence in the people manning the helm right now. But given the current state of US military.... they ain't about that life. Russia all day, ever day as it stands right now.

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Re: Poking the Bear Again

Post by Haumana » Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:13 pm

Smitty-48 wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:09 pm
this was actually America's edge against the Soviets

in the Cold War, the Soviets were faking it

but Curtis Lemay wasn't a meme, he was ready to go all the way

in the face of that, the Woke Soviet academics capitulated
There was a time. Now we are riding that wake. People just don't know and are being actively taught otherwise.

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Re: Poking the Bear Again

Post by Smitty-48 » Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:19 pm

Haumana wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:13 pm
Smitty-48 wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:09 pm
this was actually America's edge against the Soviets

in the Cold War, the Soviets were faking it

but Curtis Lemay wasn't a meme, he was ready to go all the way

in the face of that, the Woke Soviet academics capitulated
There was a time. Now we are riding that wake. People just don't know and are being actively taught otherwise.
thus, let's extrapolate what the result of the theatre war might be

America bluffs, the Russians call the bluff, then the Emperor has no clothes, then the Chinese make their move

it probably doesn't get to the breach, until after America gets her ass handed to her

you don't really get to Thucydides Trap until America spirals down to desperation

Dixie shall rise again, but only after the Russians & Chinese lay a whupping on them Yankees

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Re: Poking the Bear Again

Post by Haumana » Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:31 pm

Smitty-48 wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:19 pm


thus, let's extrapolate what the result of the theatre war might be

America bluffs, the Russians call the bluff, then the Emperor has no clothes, then the Chinese make their move

it probably doesn't get to the breach, until after America gets her ass handed to her

you don't really get to Thucydides Trap until America spirals down to desperation

Dixie shall rise again, but only after the Russians & Chinese lay a whupping on them Yankees

Bloody scrap indeed. It does really get to a reductive equation quickly. And I don't have any confidence in the current "leadership" of the US to steer away from the iceberg. M5M be damned. Chiner already has done the ground work. Russia, could be, at this point be their way to dominate. As a horse race bettor, too many times I have watched the 2nd come in first. Draft the lead horse until the last furlong. Let them do the hard work. M5M is making it easier.

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Re: Poking the Bear Again

Post by Smitty-48 » Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:39 pm

Haumana wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:31 pm
Smitty-48 wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:19 pm


thus, let's extrapolate what the result of the theatre war might be

America bluffs, the Russians call the bluff, then the Emperor has no clothes, then the Chinese make their move

it probably doesn't get to the breach, until after America gets her ass handed to her

you don't really get to Thucydides Trap until America spirals down to desperation

Dixie shall rise again, but only after the Russians & Chinese lay a whupping on them Yankees

Bloody scrap indeed. It does really get to a reductive equation quickly. And I don't have any confidence in the current "leadership" of the US to steer away from the iceberg. M5M be damned. Chiner already has done the ground work. Russia, could be, at this point be their way to dominate. As a horse race bettor, too many times I have watched the 2nd come in first. Draft the lead horse until the last furlong. Let them do the hard work. M5M is making it easier.
the American empire is a burden, America has to be all things to all people

once America is back to being just one of the pack, only then can it really be a fortress America

that's the advantage the Russians have right now, they are not burdened by a global agenda

America will be stronger when it is backs against the wall, hard times breed better men

so bring it on I say, let's get to the other side of the Neoliberal hegemony

let them Yankees hang themselves with their own rope, yeehaw

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Re: Poking the Bear Again

Post by Smitty-48 » Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:01 pm

the Russians in the Donbass have reportedly been shelling Ukrainian positions

Ukrainian President Zelensky meeting with Erdogan in Turkey, there's that vector I was speaking of

the Ukrainians are not in NATO, but they are courting the Poles & Turks to breakaway with them

the Turks have been supplying the Ukrainians with the Bayraktar drones used in Nagorno-Karaback

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Re: Poking the Bear Again

Post by Martin Hash » Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:51 pm

I’m sure Hanny will be posting why a dementia patient should be in charge of this shitshow rather than Nuclear Hitler Trump.
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Re: Poking the Bear Again

Post by Smitty-48 » Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:53 pm

Martin Hash wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:51 pm
I’m sure Hanny will be posting why a dementia patient should be in charge of this shitshow rather than Nuclear Hitler Trump.
in most cases these guys are just picking up where Trump left off

that Trump was a bulwark against the NeoCon agenda is a fantasy, people projecting what they want to see
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Re: Poking the Bear Again

Post by Martin Hash » Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:55 pm

Smitty-48 wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:53 pm
Martin Hash wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:51 pm
I’m sure Hanny will be posting why a dementia patient should be in charge of this shitshow rather than Nuclear Hitler Trump.
in most cases these guys are just picking up where Trump left off

the idea that Trump was a bulwark against the NeoCon agenda is a fantasy, people projecting what they want to see
Dude, you’re talking about me.

Biden is weak and discombobulated. Putin & China were held in check by bombastic Trump. I can interpret that much.
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