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On July 18 2014 04:49 JudicatorHammurabi wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 01:04 Steveling wrote:On July 18 2014 00:57 ahswtini wrote: Sources from the Ukrainian Interior ministry say it was a Buk missile fired by Ukrainian rebels. As for why, most likely an accidental downing, they probably thought it was a Ukrainian military cargo plane I don't trust their propaganda. I'll wait for Putin to say something. lol mate, Putin? That's about as bad propaganda.
Well, between 2 evils... xD Plus I think the russians/rebels are right in this whole conflict but that's offtopic.
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Kennigit
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On July 18 2014 04:52 Enzymatic wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 04:49 Plansix wrote:On July 18 2014 04:43 Nyxisto wrote:On July 18 2014 04:41 Plansix wrote:On July 18 2014 04:37 whiteLotus wrote: basically what kennigit is saying in short, russia has all of them in their deep pockets, and no one can do ANYTHING ,even if another 5 planes will be shot down and 1000 will die. NOTHING. Military action isn't an option and never has been. Its not like the EU can go crashing in there without running right into the warm embrace of Russia. No one is willing to do that. Something needs to be done honestly. What's Russia going to do if the West stops the separatists? Attack? If no body reacts to what Russia has been doing here they're going to escalate and escalate as long as they please. Military action is not a solution at this point. Russia has said they will not tolerate it and the US and EU do not have the public will for a full scale military engagement. Really, sanctions are the only solid route through this that doesn't involve everyone getting dragged into a larger conflict. Russia is calling the separatists their own separate entity, and saying that they aren't supporting, motivating, or promoting their actions in Ukraine. Send some "peacekeepers"/military into Ukraine to eradicate the separatists (whatever nation(s)), Russia shouldn't have any problem with that considering they have nothing to do with it, right? You can't send (UN) peacekeepers into Ukraine , because Russia has Veto power on the UN Security Council
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On July 18 2014 04:42 skaffaNL wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 04:39 TheBloodyDwarf wrote: sanctions will hurt Finland most of all EU countries Who cares, you guys are rich as hell. These bastards need to get some punishment. I disagree with that very much. Finnish economy is going deeper and deeper into crisis all the time. Russia situation is not helping it at all.
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In other news, Israel has just started ground operations in Gaza. Talk about ee han timing :/
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On July 18 2014 04:55 Kennigit wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 04:52 Enzymatic wrote:On July 18 2014 04:49 Plansix wrote:On July 18 2014 04:43 Nyxisto wrote:On July 18 2014 04:41 Plansix wrote:On July 18 2014 04:37 whiteLotus wrote: basically what kennigit is saying in short, russia has all of them in their deep pockets, and no one can do ANYTHING ,even if another 5 planes will be shot down and 1000 will die. NOTHING. Military action isn't an option and never has been. Its not like the EU can go crashing in there without running right into the warm embrace of Russia. No one is willing to do that. Something needs to be done honestly. What's Russia going to do if the West stops the separatists? Attack? If no body reacts to what Russia has been doing here they're going to escalate and escalate as long as they please. Military action is not a solution at this point. Russia has said they will not tolerate it and the US and EU do not have the public will for a full scale military engagement. Really, sanctions are the only solid route through this that doesn't involve everyone getting dragged into a larger conflict. Russia is calling the separatists their own separate entity, and saying that they aren't supporting, motivating, or promoting their actions in Ukraine. Send some "peacekeepers"/military into Ukraine to eradicate the separatists (whatever nation(s)), Russia shouldn't have any problem with that considering they have nothing to do with it, right? You can't send (UN) peacekeepers into Ukraine , because Russia has Veto power on the UN Security Council
Which goes back to what Enzymatic said - why would Russia veto if they aren't supporting the separatists?
N.B. - I know very little about the conflict as a whole.
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this day has gotten completely out of control news-wise
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On July 18 2014 04:53 Steveling wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 04:49 JudicatorHammurabi wrote:On July 18 2014 01:04 Steveling wrote:On July 18 2014 00:57 ahswtini wrote: Sources from the Ukrainian Interior ministry say it was a Buk missile fired by Ukrainian rebels. As for why, most likely an accidental downing, they probably thought it was a Ukrainian military cargo plane I don't trust their propaganda. I'll wait for Putin to say something. lol mate, Putin? That's about as bad propaganda. Well, between 2 evils... xD Plus I think the russians/rebels are right in this whole conflict but that's offtopic. Nah, they're both wrong, violent, unbelievably inane, and full of themselves, with meanwhile the US mostly failing at slapping its "allies" in Europe with its dick to justify our century-long goal to hurt Russia at any opportunity.
On July 18 2014 04:57 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 04:55 Kennigit wrote:On July 18 2014 04:52 Enzymatic wrote:On July 18 2014 04:49 Plansix wrote:On July 18 2014 04:43 Nyxisto wrote:On July 18 2014 04:41 Plansix wrote:On July 18 2014 04:37 whiteLotus wrote: basically what kennigit is saying in short, russia has all of them in their deep pockets, and no one can do ANYTHING ,even if another 5 planes will be shot down and 1000 will die. NOTHING. Military action isn't an option and never has been. Its not like the EU can go crashing in there without running right into the warm embrace of Russia. No one is willing to do that. Something needs to be done honestly. What's Russia going to do if the West stops the separatists? Attack? If no body reacts to what Russia has been doing here they're going to escalate and escalate as long as they please. Military action is not a solution at this point. Russia has said they will not tolerate it and the US and EU do not have the public will for a full scale military engagement. Really, sanctions are the only solid route through this that doesn't involve everyone getting dragged into a larger conflict. Russia is calling the separatists their own separate entity, and saying that they aren't supporting, motivating, or promoting their actions in Ukraine. Send some "peacekeepers"/military into Ukraine to eradicate the separatists (whatever nation(s)), Russia shouldn't have any problem with that considering they have nothing to do with it, right? You can't send (UN) peacekeepers into Ukraine , because Russia has Veto power on the UN Security Council Which goes back to what Enzymatic said - why would Russia veto if they aren't supporting the separatists? N.B. - I know very little about the conflict as a whole. Why does the US directly back Islamic terrorists and support Islamic monarchical dictatorships to the hilt? Same reason. There's something called political and strategic interests.
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Based upon what I've seen, the evidence very clearly points to Russian Rebels shooting down the plane.
- 2 previous Ukrainian planes shot down in the same region in the last week, which the RRs have taken credit for. This proves they have the weaponry to pull something like this off, AND are actively trying to do it in general.
- The plane was flying from the West to the East. Therefore it makes sense that the RRs would think it was a Ukrainian plane. It makes no sense for Ukraine to shoot down a plane that has already flown over 80% of their country up to that point..
- The social media postings from RRs in this thread, which were all taken down after the fact ofc, are damning.
- CNN reported that her "source" was telling her that American intelligence picked up discussions between RRs that they had shot down a plane followed by concern that it may have been a passenger plane.
There goes the optics, or at least what were left of them, for Russia and the separatists.
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isnt russia/rebel been wrong since the soviet times when they "converted" ukraine (along with other nations in the area)?
i mean, korea could have been what ukraine is, speaking japanese and shit.
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Kennigit
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Question: Do you think the SBU is good enough to intercept Russian radio traffic by themselves, or do you think they had help (Western). Give me your uninformed gut feelings and lets talk about it friends.
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On July 18 2014 04:57 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 04:55 Kennigit wrote:On July 18 2014 04:52 Enzymatic wrote:On July 18 2014 04:49 Plansix wrote:On July 18 2014 04:43 Nyxisto wrote:On July 18 2014 04:41 Plansix wrote:On July 18 2014 04:37 whiteLotus wrote: basically what kennigit is saying in short, russia has all of them in their deep pockets, and no one can do ANYTHING ,even if another 5 planes will be shot down and 1000 will die. NOTHING. Military action isn't an option and never has been. Its not like the EU can go crashing in there without running right into the warm embrace of Russia. No one is willing to do that. Something needs to be done honestly. What's Russia going to do if the West stops the separatists? Attack? If no body reacts to what Russia has been doing here they're going to escalate and escalate as long as they please. Military action is not a solution at this point. Russia has said they will not tolerate it and the US and EU do not have the public will for a full scale military engagement. Really, sanctions are the only solid route through this that doesn't involve everyone getting dragged into a larger conflict. Russia is calling the separatists their own separate entity, and saying that they aren't supporting, motivating, or promoting their actions in Ukraine. Send some "peacekeepers"/military into Ukraine to eradicate the separatists (whatever nation(s)), Russia shouldn't have any problem with that considering they have nothing to do with it, right? You can't send (UN) peacekeepers into Ukraine , because Russia has Veto power on the UN Security Council Which goes back to what Enzymatic said - why would Russia veto if they aren't supporting the separatists? N.B. - I know very little about the conflict as a whole. Enzmatic was being sarcastic. Russia is supporting, arming and providing volunteers for the terrorists.
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On July 18 2014 05:01 Kennigit wrote: Question: Do you think the SBU is good enough to intercept Russian radio traffic by themselves, or do you think they had help (Western). Give me your uninformed gut feelings and lets talk about it friends.
Who's sbu? The rebels?
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On July 18 2014 05:01 Kennigit wrote: Question: Do you think the SBU is good enough to intercept Russian radio traffic by themselves, or do you think they had help (Western). Give me your uninformed gut feelings and lets talk about it friends.
No. I think they have had Western help for a while.
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Ofc US helped intercept the calls if they are indeed real.
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On July 18 2014 05:03 Steveling wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 05:01 Kennigit wrote: Question: Do you think the SBU is good enough to intercept Russian radio traffic by themselves, or do you think they had help (Western). Give me your uninformed gut feelings and lets talk about it friends. Who's sbu? The rebels?
Ukraine Secret Service
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On July 18 2014 05:01 Kennigit wrote: Question: Do you think the SBU is good enough to intercept Russian radio traffic by themselves, or do you think they had help (Western). Give me your uninformed gut feelings and lets talk about it friends. If I was a Western intelligence agency I wouldnt trust the SBU, its infiltrated with Russians and has been over-staffed with personnel loyal to Yanukovich personally
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On July 18 2014 05:03 Sub40APM wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 04:57 jcarlsoniv wrote:On July 18 2014 04:55 Kennigit wrote:On July 18 2014 04:52 Enzymatic wrote:On July 18 2014 04:49 Plansix wrote:On July 18 2014 04:43 Nyxisto wrote:On July 18 2014 04:41 Plansix wrote:On July 18 2014 04:37 whiteLotus wrote: basically what kennigit is saying in short, russia has all of them in their deep pockets, and no one can do ANYTHING ,even if another 5 planes will be shot down and 1000 will die. NOTHING. Military action isn't an option and never has been. Its not like the EU can go crashing in there without running right into the warm embrace of Russia. No one is willing to do that. Something needs to be done honestly. What's Russia going to do if the West stops the separatists? Attack? If no body reacts to what Russia has been doing here they're going to escalate and escalate as long as they please. Military action is not a solution at this point. Russia has said they will not tolerate it and the US and EU do not have the public will for a full scale military engagement. Really, sanctions are the only solid route through this that doesn't involve everyone getting dragged into a larger conflict. Russia is calling the separatists their own separate entity, and saying that they aren't supporting, motivating, or promoting their actions in Ukraine. Send some "peacekeepers"/military into Ukraine to eradicate the separatists (whatever nation(s)), Russia shouldn't have any problem with that considering they have nothing to do with it, right? You can't send (UN) peacekeepers into Ukraine , because Russia has Veto power on the UN Security Council Which goes back to what Enzymatic said - why would Russia veto if they aren't supporting the separatists? N.B. - I know very little about the conflict as a whole. Enzmatic was being sarcastic. Russia is supporting, arming and providing volunteers for the terrorists.
I know he was being sarcastic - Russia has claimed not to be supporting them. Which, if that were true, they wouldn't care if the separatists were dealt with from outside sources. But, as Kennigit said, Russia would veto, suggesting they do have vested interest.
It was more of a "I don't know much about the situation, is there a reason that Russia would veto other than the (fairly obvious) fact that they are supporting the separatists?"
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On July 18 2014 05:00 jinorazi wrote: isnt russia/rebel been wrong since the soviet times when they "converted" ukraine (along with other nations in the area)?
i mean, korea could have been what ukraine is, speaking japanese and shit.
I don't precisely understand what you're trying to say, but there always was a Ukraine. It was just part of the Soviet Union as Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (that goes for the other ex-Soviet republics as well). It's just that there's also been a large Russian-speaking minority in Ukraine. As for why people are talking about Russians being the insurgents (I assume this is part of what you're asking), some (but nothing close to all and some would fantastically claim) of the insurgents are Russian good-for-nothings, Chechens, and apparently even wanted criminals, actually from Russia who literally have nothing better to do than go to Ukraine and make matters worse.
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On July 18 2014 04:57 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On July 18 2014 04:55 Kennigit wrote:On July 18 2014 04:52 Enzymatic wrote:On July 18 2014 04:49 Plansix wrote:On July 18 2014 04:43 Nyxisto wrote:On July 18 2014 04:41 Plansix wrote:On July 18 2014 04:37 whiteLotus wrote: basically what kennigit is saying in short, russia has all of them in their deep pockets, and no one can do ANYTHING ,even if another 5 planes will be shot down and 1000 will die. NOTHING. Military action isn't an option and never has been. Its not like the EU can go crashing in there without running right into the warm embrace of Russia. No one is willing to do that. Something needs to be done honestly. What's Russia going to do if the West stops the separatists? Attack? If no body reacts to what Russia has been doing here they're going to escalate and escalate as long as they please. Military action is not a solution at this point. Russia has said they will not tolerate it and the US and EU do not have the public will for a full scale military engagement. Really, sanctions are the only solid route through this that doesn't involve everyone getting dragged into a larger conflict. Russia is calling the separatists their own separate entity, and saying that they aren't supporting, motivating, or promoting their actions in Ukraine. Send some "peacekeepers"/military into Ukraine to eradicate the separatists (whatever nation(s)), Russia shouldn't have any problem with that considering they have nothing to do with it, right? You can't send (UN) peacekeepers into Ukraine , because Russia has Veto power on the UN Security Council Which goes back to what Enzymatic said - why would Russia veto if they aren't supporting the separatists? N.B. - I know very little about the conflict as a whole. Because they are saying they don't support the separatists publicly, while totally supporting the separatists. People don't end up with that many identical assault rifles without a little help.
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