Both of you make good points. But, I will add: Gorbachev was no Putin or Stalin.

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Both of you make good points. But, I will add: Gorbachev was no Putin or Stalin.

Author: NedoftheHill (44466 Posts - Joined: Jun 29, 2011)

Posted at 5:29 pm on Jun 2, 2025

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But, if Ukraine (hopefully) and Afghanistan and Vietnam show us anything, it is that Biden was wrong, and a motivated militia can make victory impossible for a superpower even when that militia doesn't have F-15s and nuclear weapons. So, Ukraine has a chance if it stays motivated...and that is entirely up to them, of course.

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Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.

Replies to: "Both of you make good points. But, I will add: Gorbachev was no Putin or Stalin."

After yesterday's Ukraine strike on Putin's nuke arsenal... where is the Doomsday clock at today? [LINK] - Curly1918 - 8:30am 6/2/25 (19) [View All]
- It wasn’t an attack on Russia’s nuclear arsenal. - Chris94 - 9:18am 6/2/25
  - True but some of those heavy bombers hit could carry nukes, yes? [NT] - Frank L - 9:24am 6/2/25
    - Yes. But they have plenty of them. And far more ICBMs. [NT] - Chris94 - 10:46am 6/2/25
      - True, but they don't make many of those bombers any more. - NedoftheHill - 2:05pm 6/2/25
      - So Russia would destroy the world for the sake of the fantasies of an insecure crypto-czar? [NT] - Curly1918 - 11:41am 6/2/25
        He’s not saying that. He is saying that the Ukes didn't attack their nuclear arsenal and that is - Frank L - 12:41pm 6/2/25
- Ukraine hits air bases and planes. Putin hits and kills old ladies and kids. What Eli, Cole, and MAS - Frank L - 9:15am 6/2/25
- Yeah...I would expect a massive air attack by Russia - NedoftheHill - 8:37am 6/2/25
  - They will pay a heavy price for their audacity but knew that and did it anyway. Admirable. - Frank L - 9:30am 6/2/25
    - Agreed on your title. Takes more than a million casualties to slow Russia down if history is a guide [NT] - NedoftheHill - 2:03pm 6/2/25
      - Times have changed and this isn’t WW2… - Domer From Hell - 3:43pm 6/2/25
        They withdrew after 40K casualties. Again like that war, and unlike WWII, a UKE survival isn’t - Frank L - 4:22pm 6/2/25
        Precisely. WW2 for Russia was a fight for survival kind of like the Ukraine… - Domer From Hell - 4:35pm 6/2/25
        Both of you make good points. But, I will add: Gorbachev was no Putin or Stalin. - NedoftheHill - 5:29pm 6/2/25
        I think you and maybe Old Joe underestimated the Ukraine military. T’aint no militia. - Frank L - 7:17pm 6/2/25
        Good thing you were an expert on Ukraine from the beginning. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 7:20pm 6/2/25
        I wasn’t but I learned pretty fast how good they are. To call them a militia like you are now is - Frank L - 7:27pm 6/2/25
    - Cole and Eli look forward to further Russian savagery [NT] - Domer From Hell - 11:03am 6/2/25
      - Putin has ignited the fuse of hyper-nationalism and it's tough to imagine how he snuffs it. [LINK] - Curly1918 - 11:39am 6/2/25