tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post1828859902211414376..comments2024-03-28T09:26:11.184-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: Heavy MetalAesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-33948293165082781972022-06-21T07:54:41.703-07:002022-06-21T07:54:41.703-07:00Western Europe is seriously worried about freezing...Western Europe is seriously worried about freezing in the dark next Winter. They have even overruled their own "well thought out" Green Energy Plans and are allowing Coal plants to run. The fact that they are telling the Greens to shove off now, in June tells you how afraid they are for next winter. <br /><br />https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/netherlands-activates-energy-crisis-plan-removes-cap-coal-plants-2022-06-20/<br /><br />Germany and the Netherlands are back to using more eeevil Coal. Netherlands is even pumping their own natural gas again!<br /><br />RDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-80471553739180916882022-06-19T17:46:49.730-07:002022-06-19T17:46:49.730-07:00No one can see the future. But I think Russia mig...No one can see the future. But I think Russia might have gone over the rails a bit. I am more concerned with escalation involving nato members. I think Biden would love to have a war to distract from his failed presidency. <br /><br />No. I don’t see this ending well. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708868713277676628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-34076501581731582162022-06-19T16:11:31.088-07:002022-06-19T16:11:31.088-07:00I note that all the people who keep up the "u...I note that all the people who keep up the "ukraine will collapse any minute now!" mantra have a vested interest in the continued existence of a russian boogeyman.<br /><br />either selling equipment, or for geopolitical reasons.Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18113393195056382332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-66161148395032766222022-06-18T16:03:31.430-07:002022-06-18T16:03:31.430-07:00I'll be surprised if The Usual Suspects aren&#...I'll be surprised if The Usual Suspects aren't still assuring us then that "Any day now, Russia wins, because Vladpoleon!"<br />I think Russia missed getting their asses handed to them in A-stan, and decided to try it again, but closer to home, and with no inconvenient language barrier.<br />This is the definition of "slow learner".Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-9203553909296382082022-06-18T08:37:55.339-07:002022-06-18T08:37:55.339-07:00This is going to be a long, long war. We will lik...This is going to be a long, long war. We will likely be arguing about it next June too. After Ukraine has expelled the Russians from the Kiev, Sumy and Chernihiv regions, it has settled down into a slugging match over the Donbas Region. <br /><br />So much for Putin's 3-Day Special Operation.<br /><br />RDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-12445345274235566972022-06-18T06:14:14.391-07:002022-06-18T06:14:14.391-07:00My mistake, you are correct. Was looking at info t...My mistake, you are correct. Was looking at info that stated they aren't allowed to join military or political alliances, and the quote wandered into Switzerland's EU info. Economic alliances for Austria are apparently okay.<br /><br />WRT NATO, they're prohibited by treaty signed after WWII from joining, and must remain strictly neutral. Switzerland does the same by absolute choice, going back centuries.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-83043995184492067712022-06-18T06:04:37.260-07:002022-06-18T06:04:37.260-07:00Austria is a member of EU, although not of NATO......Austria is a member of EU, although not of NATO...jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-60765185401969498532022-06-18T01:38:42.279-07:002022-06-18T01:38:42.279-07:001) Austria is not a member of NATO nor the EU, and...1) Austria is not a member of NATO nor the EU, and remains officially neutral. This is apparently news to you, despite it being their national policy for 77 years. So now we know who's been at the bottle before posting.<br />2) The M777s don't fire existing Ukrainian 152mm ex-Soviet rounds, they fire NATO 155mm rounds, so one has nothing to do with the other. This is also apparently something you overlooked while drinking your dinner.<br />3) Russia can continue to fire 60K shells a day. They're barely gaining anything, in return for expending stocks of ammo in hours which they can't replace in years.<br />4) China will do what China will do. China is asshoe. Besides pablum pronouncements, is China actually supplying anything to Russia? If not, WhoGAF what they say?<br />5) I expressed no such pessimism, nor danced on Russia's grave. I'm simply pointing out that in return for a massive expenditure of blood and treasure, they're totally destroying the area they want to claim, and taking, to date, 115 days to still not do it. And counting. And this is just to gain control over the area that was supposedly <i>already on their side.</i><br /><br />If you can't tell the difference between being defeated (which I've never claimed), and squandering military might by the metric fuckton, I can't help you.<br /><br />Russia, from a 10:1 initial advantage, is embarrassing itself with its own military impotence, and making Pyrrhus look like a military genius.<br />Try this again when you sober up.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-63179001779921143092022-06-18T01:18:40.854-07:002022-06-18T01:18:40.854-07:00Rose fertilizer...<a href="https://sonar21.com/" rel="nofollow">Rose fertilizer...</a>Robin Dattahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15358491380192365005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-65916779754892423432022-06-18T00:22:33.615-07:002022-06-18T00:22:33.615-07:00Wait. An Austrian military officer is a "disi...Wait. An Austrian military officer is a "disinterested third party"? Have you been drinking? And the Ukrainians don't have enough ammo for their existing tubes, much less 114 additional tubes. Meanwhile, Ukrainian sources report (in the NYT no less) the Russians are firing up to 60k shells a day, with no sign of letting up. And China just publicly backed Russia, explicitly. Can I say, it's fascinating that your analysis of the Russian position/prospects is orders of magnitude more pessimistic than Martin Van Crevald's, a man who is a legitimate military genius. He's not all roses for Russia, but you're preemptively dancing on Russia's grave like a demented tasmanian devil. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com