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Anonymous wrote:This thread has become ridiculous. No new info or analysis, just trolls calling each other out and long ass newspaper quotes

As the war drags on and Ukraine gets destroyed and Russia inevitably wins this thread will get to 1000 pages.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread has become ridiculous. No new info or analysis, just trolls calling each other out and long ass newspaper quotes

As the war drags on and Ukraine gets destroyed and Russia inevitably wins this thread will get to 1000 pages.

Anonymous wrote:This thread has become ridiculous. No new info or analysis, just trolls calling each other out and long ass newspaper quotes

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There is only one thing positive and refreshing about war. It can’t be stopped, affected or censored by liberal narrative control. The truth and reality is finally getting its day. The other area where truth and reality is in the beginning stages of taking control is in the economy and budget deficit. Inflation has emerged and the consequences are quickly taking spending power away from the censors and propaganda brigade in the government. The fake manipulated CPI which under-reports inflation by at least half isn’t stopping the bond vigilantes from realizing they aren’t going to get the same money they lend the government back and they have taken control of rate hikes.

Inflation has eased a lot. Are you posting from 2022? Also, the mendacity of the skilled Russian and Ukrainian spokespersons/propagandists has nothing to do with a liberal narrative. It's who they are.

Putin and the Russian Central Bank says it is, so why are you contradicting them?

Putin: "I once again draw the attention of the government and the Bank of Russia to the importance of effective, coordinated action to reduce inflation,"
"It directly affects the well-being of Russian families and our citizens,"
https://www.barrons.com/news/putin-urges-officials-to-act-as-inflation-rises-7f2aff3a

"The central bank has reacted aggressively to surging inflation, the falling ruble and the imminent increase in government spending. It hiked the base rate on Friday by two full percentage points, from 13% to 15%, and signalled there was little likelihood of rates coming back down again before spring or summer 2024."
https://en.thebell.io/central-bank-tips-economy-towards-recession-to-stem-inflation/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
There is only one thing positive and refreshing about war. It can’t be stopped, affected or censored by liberal narrative control. The truth and reality is finally getting its day. The other area where truth and reality is in the beginning stages of taking control is in the economy and budget deficit. Inflation has emerged and the consequences are quickly taking spending power away from the censors and propaganda brigade in the government. The fake manipulated CPI which under-reports inflation by at least half isn’t stopping the bond vigilantes from realizing they aren’t going to get the same money they lend the government back and they have taken control of rate hikes.

Inflation has eased a lot. Are you posting from 2022? Also, the mendacity of the skilled Russian and Ukrainian spokespersons/propagandists has nothing to do with a liberal narrative. It's who they are.

Anonymous wrote:
There is only one thing positive and refreshing about war. It can’t be stopped, affected or censored by liberal narrative control. The truth and reality is finally getting its day. The other area where truth and reality is in the beginning stages of taking control is in the economy and budget deficit. Inflation has emerged and the consequences are quickly taking spending power away from the censors and propaganda brigade in the government. The fake manipulated CPI which under-reports inflation by at least half isn’t stopping the bond vigilantes from realizing they aren’t going to get the same money they lend the government back and they have taken control of rate hikes.

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Anonymous wrote:https://time.com/6329188/ukraine-volodymyr-zelensky-interview/

{Blah, blah, blah, and other blah..}

Since the start of the invasion, Ukraine has refused to release official counts of dead and wounded. But according to U.S. and European estimates, the toll has long surpassed 100,000 on each side of the war. It has eroded the ranks of Ukraine’s armed forces so badly that draft offices have been forced to call up ever older personnel, raising the average age of a soldier in Ukraine to around 43 years. “They’re grown men now, and they aren’t that healthy to begin with,” says the close aide to Zelensky. “This is Ukraine. Not Scandinavia.”"

Does that sound like a nation inflicting 4X casaulties on Russia?

Hey, I don't mean to burst your bubble or anything, but.. yeah, it does.

"It is already raising the upper age limit for men to be called up for compulsory military service to 30 from 27, and has made it much harder for young men to avoid the draft by dodging recruiters handing out call-up papers. The law passed on Tuesday allows men who have completed their compulsory service without any further commitment to be mobilized up to the age of 40, 50 or 55, depending on their category, the State Duma or lower house of parliament said on its website. In all cases the age limit was raised by five years. Russia also maintains a "mobilised reserve" of men who have signed up to receive periodic military training and a stipend after their compulsory or professional service ends. The new law means that those from this reserve with the highest ranks can now be called back into service up to the age of 70 rather than 65, other senior ranks up to 65, junior officers up to 60 - and all others up to the age of 55 rather than 45."
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-extends-eligibility-military-call-up-by-least-five-years-2023-07-18/#:~:text=The%20new%20law%20means%20that,of%2055%20rather%20than%2045.

Russia is also shanghaing migrants and forcing them into conscription to send them to the front. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/1/is-russia-recruiting-muslim-migrants-to-fight-its-war-in-ukraine

If Russia is winning so handily and has such an advantage, then why are they resorting to bottom-of-the-barrel desperation tactics?