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Yeeeeeaaaaahhhh. Not good. Given how much penetration of the Russian military and government our intelligence apparatus has supposedly achieved... I'm wondering why clones of Kinzhals aren't rolling off a factory floor somewhere. Well in-line what Ukraine has taught us, if we bother to learn. I don't know how long it is until domestic microchip production ramps up, but it can't come fast enough.

What worries me is that long term, we could get a Russia with a rationalized MIC. Rather than the current fun house of corruption and ineffeciency. Agreed. Agreed. Hopefully they continue with Wolf Warrior diplomacy. Pivoting back to a more Deng Xiaoping inspired strategy would very bad for us. Especially since we show no inkling of converting our MIC from something that smashes third world countries and subsidizes congressional districts, to something that can sustain a near peer war for years.

You know, I want to turn this thread into the Let's Go Brandon circle jerk that the OP wants. But I'm enjoying the grown up discussion too much.

Luckily for you, the Draft no longer lasts more than four hours.

Absolutely ***** love this pick. About damn time!

Swole Beasely is going around too.

It's a free country and everyone's allowed to feel disappointed.

They sound like bouncers from Roadhouse.

Why do i feel something bad is in the offing?

Flowers.

Please Lord, WR or OL.

So who should I be hoping we pick at 27?

It's like there's a concerted effort to drain nuance from public discourse or something. And it's the other side's fault, of course.

I got called a Leftist for pointing out that people on the staff of Russia Today aren't reliable sources of information on the Ukraine War. We should start a club.

Do you know how much more fulfilling life is once you unplug from social media and stop following the 24hr news cycle Infoganda complex? My god, I wonder what my career would be like if I went into my bosses office every day, foaming-at-the-mouth screaming about every single problem I'd found.

China Walks Back Diplomat’s Apparent Questioning of Ex-Soviet States’ Independence. I really did think for a second that they would just double down.

TDS meets BDS. Or is it all just merging into Other Guy Derangement Syndrome?

China’s ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, said former Soviet republics have no “effective status” in international law Well that's quite a mouthful of foot Lu Shaye had there. Unless of course he just said China's quiet part out loud.

Ok, no worries. No they aren't. But all propagandists are the same in that they are counting on us, their targets, to 1. not bother to do their homework or 2. become jaded and give up trying.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/12/12/u-s-children-more-likely-than-children-in-other-countries-to-live-with-just-one-parent/ The UK has a comparable rate of SPHH, 21% for them, 23% for us. Do they have a comparable rate of gun violence?

4D Chess by Josh. He's letting everyone that his game is going to "mature"...so it's time to get serious about the OL.

Well, we can agree he's a dirtbag with..questionable...character to put it nicely. He doesn't though because he's a propagandist. His job is to get me to swallow the agenda he's pushing by any means necessary, and come to the conclusions he wants me to reach. If I want Op Eds on how the Interventionist agenda is a mound of *****, I go other places, like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Institute_for_Responsible_Statecraft. Or I read basically anything by Dr. Andrew Bacevich. He's a university trained historian who's been tearing Interventionism to bits since his only son was KIA in Iraq. His institute's perspectives run from guys like John Mearsheimer, who's position is basically to give Russia whatever they demand so the threat of a Great Power War goes away, and moderates from there. So honestly, I don't know why I should give Scott Ritter or anything he says the time of day, when there are so many other people articulating his POV without pushing his agenda, or carrying the sort of scumbag history around that he is. He's not worth your time defending.

Interesting. I dont think it's an Ad Hominem attack to disregard anything said by someone who works for a propaganda ministry. That in itself is disqualifying, but I'm interested in your thoughts to the contrary. Check Ritter's wiki page. He's a character.

Do I get included in the "left sheep" category because I pointed out that a sex offender on the staff of Russia Today is an unreliable source? When it's obvious the thread author thinks sex offenders on the staff of Russia Today have meaningful opinions?

I'd never heard of this guy until I came to this forum. His YT is a mountain of doomposting. But you know, since he churns out between 4-6 videos per day, you know everything is thoughtful, impartially researched, carefully considered, and measured in delivery...I almost said that with a straight face.