Russo-Ukrainian War - 2022 Edition - Part 7

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Cosmik Debris

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buka001 said:
Shows how stupid the ANC and theor supporters are.

https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/africa/southern-africa/south-africa

Bi-lateral trade with the US is in the Billions of dollars. Far more than Russia. Would be tragic if the US decided to wind that down.
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There's also this:

Since its enactment in 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has been at the core of U.S. economic policy and commercial engagement with Africa. AGOA provides eligible sub-Saharan African countries with duty-free access to the U.S. market for over 1,800 products, in addition to the more than 5,000 products that are eligible for ...

To meet AGOA’s rigorous eligibility requirements, countries must establish or make continual progress toward establishing a market-based economy, the rule of law, political pluralism, and the right to due process. Additionally, countries must eliminate barriers to U.S. trade and investment, enact policies to reduce poverty, combat corruption, and protect human rights.

African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)

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rietrot said:
Okay I will tell you how the US being on Ukrainians side and supplying them with weapons capable of targeting Moscow is escalating the war.
Currently Moscow has not been a target, if it is targeted that increases the theater of operations and escalates the war by definition by including more targets and people and longer range weapons.
By definition if Ukraine just lost without US help the war would be over the opposite of an escalation.
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But Moscow hasn't been targeted. Neither has any closer Russian city.
 
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Kaapie said:
You again 'start' your take on this saga on chapter 13.

The very basis of your perspective is skewed. Anything that follows is then off.

ie: You all post/argue from the bias / presumption that states are not equal. America, Britain, Israel etc enjoy this blanket of 'specialness'
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Never once said that, I have more than enough criticism for the UK and the US, especially the Iraq war debacle which I condemn in the same way I condemn this invasion, weird how all your arguments fall back to "what about what the US did in the past"...

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If you accept that states have the same rights/equality of sovereignty, security, values (though they may differ), ie, What is good for the goose is good for the gander...then you must acknowledge how poor your position is.
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You don't address any of the specific questions I raise about the article in question... If you want to criticise what the US did in the past, start a new thread. Defending what Russia is currently doing because other countries did bad things in the past is a terrible argument.

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Case in point: Cuban Missile crisis
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Is that it or are you actually going to talk about why that is relevant to this war?

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If Zelensky was a 1/10th of the person media is shoving down our throats, he would have made the best, hard decisions for the security and safety of his people, not to appease his benefactors. What kind of corrupt callous **** knowingly allows this situation. And if he didn't know, then he is an idiot he shouldn't have been in the position.
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Okay, since you are such an expert, what do you think he should have done differently?

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Like I stated previously: He is an actor fulfilling a paid for role.
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And you want people to take what you say seriously? :ROFL:
 
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Cray said:
Never once said that, I have more than enough criticism for the UK and the US, especially the Iraq war debacle which I condemn in the same way I condemn this invasion, weird how all your arguments fall back to "what about what the US did in the past"...


You don't address any of the specific questions I raise about the article in question... If you want to criticise what the US did in the past, start a new thread. Defending what Russia is currently doing because other countries did bad things in the past is a terrible argument.


Is that it or are you actually going to talk about why that is relevant to this war?


Okay, since you are such an expert, what do you think he should have done differently?


And you want people to take what you say seriously? :ROFL:
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Isn't a public Putin appearance a 4 in 5 chance of beeimg a body double / actor.
 
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Blu82 said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1618144097658609665
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Let's put it out of twitter:

UK Ministry of Defence intelligence report:

As previously reported, Russia has worked to prepare a small number of T-14 Armata main battle tanks for the type’s first operational deployment in Ukraine.

However, in recent months, deployed Russian forces were reluctant to accept the first tranche of T-14 allocated to them because the vehicles were in such poor condition.

It is unclear exactly what aspects of the vehicles prompted this reaction, but within the last three years, Russian officials have publicly described problems with the T-14’s engine and thermal imaging systems.

In 2021, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu described the planned production run for 2022 as only an “experimental-industrial” batch. Therefore, it is unlikely that any deployed T-14 tanks will have met the usual standards for new equipment to be deemed operational.

Where is the troll that claimed over 100 Armata's to be deployed?
 
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