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Why give them that much credit, given their biases? The truth is that any people, any where have the right to defend their country to the death. Whether they want to or not is their choice. Saying one side has won and the other side has been ground to bits isn't saying surrender explicitly. Just like how Jesus told Judas "whatever you have to do, do it quickly" didn't explicitly say "Go betray me to the Romans". The founding fathers had no rational reason for rebelling against the British. They were all rich, respected, and if you compared their financial and military resources against the British, they didn't have a prayer. But they did it anyway.

Meh, we can beat anybody except the Colts, and KC from time to time. KC without Hill is a whole different animal on offense so we'll see about that too. We should be favored in 95% of our games, with 11-13 wins a year minimum.

That's a more than reasonable concern, and I'm inclined to give Zelensky the benefit of the doubt *for now*. In light of the massacres that are being uncovered in Bucha and the rest of Kyiv Oblast's towns and villages, I hope he keeps a level head.

I was talking about how our leaders were obviously intimidated by Putin and his military hardware, and nobody predicted Russia's weakness or incompetence. What are you talking about?

The quote is from Col. Douglas MacGregor. He didn't say it was time for peace, he said it was time for peace because Ukraine has been ground to bits. I did get his rank wrong. “The war is really over for the Ukrainians,” Macgregor continued. “They have been grounded to bits. There’s no question about that despite what we report on our mainstream media. So the real question for us at this stage is, if there is an agreement, Tucker, are we going to live with the Russian people and their government? Or are we going to continue to pursue this sort of regime change dressed up as Ukrainian war?” Of course, which is why I said we didn't need Posobiec's "spin" in my post. Zelensky fired two generals, Jack said he "purged" them. Did he add anything meaningful to the article's content, or provide an insight with his retweet text?

I'd ask why you bother posting Jack Posobiec's useless opinions and spin, but it's a useless exercise. Like that General Tucker Carlson had on that said a week ago "Russia has won, Ukraine has been ground down to nothing, it's time for peace". Almost like Ukraine has a "duty to retreat" or something...

There are now videos of Russians panic buying gas in Belgorod, along with other essentials. They don't know what kind of fuel depot was hit, and they're afraid of it happening again. Lines of cars bumper to bumper for blocks.

The infuriating thing is that three presidential administrations (Bush II, Obama, Trump) bought into Russia's bluffing and bull####. It took Ukraine's resistance to show that Russia is a kleptocracy run by a con man who's started believing his own lies. How did we not kick these guys to the curb years ago, instead of inflating them to supervillain proportions. *****.

So the Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized Brigade just destroyed 4th Guards Tank Division and drove the remnants over the border. That's Russia's premier tank unit taken care of, and with it, Russian control of the territory between Sumy and Kharkiv.

I'm not a military man, but generally...it's bad when you're dug in, reinforced with tanks and APCs, and you still get overrun, right? Don't look now, but Ukrainian counter attacks are breaking the sieges of Chernhiv and Sumy. Hopefully they're completely successful. Mariupol though is still pretty *****.

Contrarian...more like too smart by half. With the way the rules are, it's harder and harder to win with size. But the Pats keep trying.

Rush of blood to the head. Russia can't win, but Ukraine can still lose given enough Russian brutality.

You know what's awesome? How badly Ukraine is kicking Russia's ass right now. Paper tiger "Great Power" led by an Emperor with No Clothes. It's like everyone in the Kremlin filled a paper bag with oven cleaner and are huffing away. To think they got away with this bluff, bluster and bully foreign policy for 20 years.

Russia hasn't budged on "Denazification, Demilitarization" and special protections for the Russian language. Whatever the ***** all that crap means. Ukraine's said that it will not trade people, land or sovereignty for peace. It will trade NATO membership, but wants Article 5 style protection from other countries. These countries would be obligated to commit real, live troops to Ukraine's defense in future invasions. The Turks said Russia is still demanding recognition of Luhansk, Donetsk and Crimea. Turkey described these demands as "maximalist" and "unreasonable". So we've moved on to the beginnings of horse trading, sorta. Russia is no longer demanding the end of Ukraine as an independent, sovereign country. That's progress. Edit: the last time Russia brought up "Demilitarization", they pushed for an 80% reduction in the size of Ukraine's army as their starting point. Now they're saying their withdrawal from the Kyiv area is a goodwill gesture. Which is bull####, they're getting their asses kicked around Kyiv and want to save the troops and supplies for operations in Donbas, where Russian attacks are making gains.

Why trade Tyreek Hill just to turn back around and blow the same wad on DK Metcalf?

Probably not, and we'd have gone on eating up Russia's bluffs. Their military is a thin coat of super modern equipment, on top of a mountain of ***** run by poorly trained, poorly led, poorly motivated soldiers. But all Trump saw was "Tough Guy" Putin and the fancy gear they hauled out for military parades, and was very, very impressed. Just like he was supposed to be. Trump got took by a "Very Savvy" guy. Of course, now we know that Tsar Vladimir the Insane has no clothes, no thanks to Trump...

I'd completely agree with you, had Putin not stated plainly that his goal is to reunite the Russian Empire, including the NATO countries. That moment was when he stopped be a cool customer and turned into Tsar Vladimir the Insane. You don't tell your enemies your plans if you think there's a chance they can stop you, or you're nuts.

Hi-Larious. So now that that the Russian offensive to seize Mikolayiv/Odessa has failed, and Ukrainian counter attacks are rolling it, back. And now that the Russian offensive to seize Kyiv has failed, and Ukrainian counter attacks are rolling it back (and threatening to ***** ENCIRCLE Russian troops in a pocket around Bucha and Hostomel)... Tsar Vladimir the Insane has decided all this was just about "liberating" the Donbass, and Russia's going to focus on "liberating" the Donbass. When in doubt, move the goal posts. In other news, Ukraine's stated that the reason why they didn't believe our intelligence that an invasion was imminent, was because they had penetrated the Russian army and saw 0 evidence of preparation on the tactical level. So because Russian units were utterly unprepared for offensive operations, the Ukrainians thought we were overhyping a Russian bluff. That's why they didn't start mobilizing until 24 hours prior to the offensive starting.

Sure the killing should stop as soon as possible, and both sides should return to status quo ante bellum. A permanent reduction in Ukraine's ability to defend itself or any additional compromises to it's sovereignty should be off the table. Russia should be allowed to pack up it's ball and go home. ...unless they think they're going to win, then all of this is just bull#### to score political points while they try to un***** their own mess.

Unfortunately for New England, Tyreek Hill is less than 30 years old and weighs less than 250 lbs. Those are red flags for Belichick.

It takes a lot of work to stop seeing the world through Red or Blue glasses, once you get started.

Ha, something I didn't know. Ukraine has legally been under China's nuclear umbrella since 2013. I guess China never envisioned Ukraine being anything other than Russia-aligned. Last I read, Ukraine's position was now 1991 Borders or no deal. So basically telling Russia "You have to nuke us, conquer us completely, or admit defeat. The Salami Tactics aren't working anymore".

One more thing. The Ukrainian constitution forbids the government from ceding any Ukrainian territory to another country without a national referendum in favor. So even if he wanted to, which he doesn't, Zelensky couldn't simply John Hancock a treaty giving Donbas and Crimea to Russia. Which is problem for the Russians, mainly because they assume all elections are always a sham where you count the votes until Tsar Vladimir the Insane's side wins.

Michael Flynn is pretty much in "Who the ***** is Michael Flynn and why should anybody care?" territory. His takes are all the same. Putin is invincible, Russian catastrophes are really 5D chess, Ukraine is collapsing and final victory is only a matter of time yadda yadda yadda. If he were paid by Custer, he'd be saying Sitting Bull is a coward, Crazy Horse is a pedophile, and being shot once in the chest and once in the head were part of Custer's 1000 IQ plan to win the Little Bighorn.

So 1/8 of the initial invasion force is in hospitals or pushing up daisies. Guess that explains why the Russians are pulling in troops from the far east and mobilizing 17 year old cadets.