The US had being Working With Ukraine For Ukraine's counter-offensive

originally posted by: PraetorianAZ

You should join the Ukrainian Foreign Legion. They need good people dedicated to stopping the Russian Orcs. Can they count on you?

It is their country, so if they are willing to fight for their country then why not support them in that effort?

originally posted by: vNex92

America has done that well for the past 20 years with the wars in which they haven't won but created many mess in the middle east for a example.

You keep saying how much America sucks and how weak it is, so why care if they help or not. Big Bad Russia should have zero issues, right?

originally posted by: MisguidedAngel

The Taliban in Afghanistan & Al Qaeda in Iraq did a pretty darn good job with 1980s Toyota trucks and weapons from the 70s, 80s and 90s against the US

They kicked the Russians out first....

The war wasn't to own Afghanistan like Russia wanted, it was to create a regime change, and America kind of sucks at that. We are unwilling to kill every male over the age of 10 to make that happen. Seems we forgot it is a country with like 2000 years of warlord history and they are not stopping anytime soon. Winning a war and creating change are two totally different events.

originally posted by: Quintilian

Not surprising in any way. This is a war the US has planned for quite a while and is funding and directing (has been for almost a decade). Ukraine doesn't do anything unless directed to, or gains approval by the US. That it is a US - Russia war is no great scret, the US are just using (mostly) Ukrainians as the cannon fodder.

So the US told Putin to attack and then fail in the first month? lol If Putin's invasion wasn't so damn bad, to begin with, Russia would have Ukraine without anyone else getting involved. He failed big time and the world went holy SH!T WTF!! Russia just stalled out a 100-mile military convoy with no one attacking, let's have some fun now...

a reply to: PraetorianAZ

You should join the Ukrainian Foreign Legion.

No thank you I'm probably a little old for their liking being 47 with family and kids to take care of here at home in my own postcode.

Quite happily stick to defending my own nation should it ever be attacked ta very much.

And if more people stuck to that rule Putin would not have anybody bother to turn up and participate in his war and invasion of his peaceful neighbor by my guess.

They need good people dedicated to stopping the Russian Orcs.

What makes you think I'm a good person?

Can they count on you?

To do my own thing, most definitely.

Anyhoo and once again, freedom to Ukraine and down with Putin's failed ""special military operation"".

originally posted by: MisguidedAngel

originally posted by: Allaroundyou
a reply to: vNex92

Like hell they could stand up to a country like the US.

The Taliban in Afghanistan & Al Qaeda in Iraq did a pretty darn good job with 1980s Toyota trucks and weapons from the 70s, 80s and 90s against the US

We've known since Vietnam that the US' military doctrine is bad against guerrilla fighters. The same can be said for Russia's.

In a traditional warfare scenario, the US military is unparalleled. The fact that we've barely lifted a finger and Ukraine has fought the "#2 military power in the world" to a standstill is a testament to that fact.

Our military budget is over three times larger than our next closest competitor (China) and over ten times larger than Russia's.

The only reason Russia has the reputation that they do is because of their nukes. And with how Russia's equipment is holding up in this war, who knows if they even work.

a reply to: flice

What CIA assisted coup?

Yanukovych was elected on his promise to seek closer ties with the West. He went back on this promise and instead chose to take Russia's money. The citizens got pissed off and protested and Yanukovych was impeached.

And then Russia illegally annexed Crimea and sent terrorists to seize government buildings in the East. Which in turn prompted the anti-terror operation that eventually became the Ukrainian Civil War. A war that was exacerbated by Russia's funding of the separatists, who were led by Russians.

If there had been an actual coup, why was Yanukovych succeeded by Poroshenko? The US' pick to lead the country was Yulia Tymoshenko.

a reply to: vNex92
You know vNex92, if the West was as sinister as you think it is, we would RULE the Free World, not LEAD it. Fortunately for you, our politicians win or lose wars, not our Armed forces. President Truman launched the Cold War, by appeasing Joseph Stalin, instead of telling him to 'sit'. And all the rest they say, is history.

a reply to: Threadbare

Every piece of the expensive ordinance which is blown up, and every missile fired has to be replaced, if you follow the money it is a bonanza for the arms industry, it can't be put any other way, but it comes at the expense of everything else.On a macro scale, you could say that war is a great business for a certain sector of society. Now its a toss-up between arms and pharmaceuticals as the biggest growth industry, in the long run, it means nothing much else gets done or gets any investment.

originally posted by: Allaroundyou
a reply to: vNex92

So what, I hope they have been.
It's not like Russia hasn't been relying on other countries also.

Let's hope this doesn't turn into a ground war between a super power and a third rate power.
Russia can barely make ground in a mess of country.
Like hell they could stand up to a country like the US.

dats right brotha
russia would be defeated by the onslaught of our lgbtq+ soldiers and the brave trans generals in skirts leading them!!
go america!!
freedom!!