War in Ukraine

LMAO.

No doubt you'll be claiming that Russia is still "winning" when Putin is castrated and thrown out of window.

Enjoy this lull in activity before Ukraine counters bigly and f****** smashes your p*ssy Russian troops right out of the f****** country.

Ukraine is just bleeding them out in Bakhmut. Basically a rope a dope move until they're trained and ready to hit the gas on the leopards and Bradleys.
 
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200 years from now, they are going to be using the Hitler/Neville Chamberlain example to justify ANY preemptive or interventionist action. And 200 years from now, we still will not have diplomats in the US. Incredible that a one-off event is being used and abused in this manner.

I would prefer you tell us what's going to happen in the next six months so we can have a good laugh in September.
 
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Interesting discussion. He thinks the spring/summer won't at all reflect what is happening now, and downplayed the difference fancy western tanks will make (the value is more in quantity than quality).

 
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I blame conspiracy theories. I think he, and some of the others fell into that trap.

To be fair, conspiracy theorists are hitting for a pretty decent average lately; while the US government and MSM are struggling to make contact. They should have been sent down for a rehab assignment a long time ago.
 
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I'd just like to know what's going to happen in the stock market in the next 6 months, who GAS about politics.

I'm hoping some more people get burned playing the oil game in the commodity market. I love it when they can't keep it up, and oil price collapses around their ears. Unfortunately there will always be plenty more jerks willing to buy low and ride prices up, and we'll pay the price at the pumps, and in the grocery, and everywhere else ... again.
 
Ukraine is just bleeding them out in Bakhmut. Basically a rope a dope move until they're trained and ready to hit the gas on the leopards and Bradleys.

Russian troops will simply be RUN OVER by the forthcoming UAF offensive. The Russians have no ability to stop a combined offensive of the armored vehicles / troops that will be used.

Better yet, the Russian "defensive lines" they've built in their rear areas are LAUGHABLE. Seriously, their leadership is mentally stuck in civca 1918 warfare mentality.

Pathetic.
 


That ICC "toilet paper" is more bite than bark. Of the 7 arrest warrants issued against world leaders by the ICC, 5 of them have ended in arrests.

I'd wager ICC will once again bag its man... IF Putin's not killed by his own countrymen.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday became the latest high-profile figure against whom the International Criminal Court announced an arrest warrant.AFP looks at the biggest names to be targeted by the court of last resort for the world’s worst crimes, when countries cannot or will not prosecute suspects, although not all of them have been detained.


JOSEPH KONY
The ICC issued arrest warrants for Joseph Kony and other commanders of Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in 2005 for crimes against humanity and war crimes, including the use of child soldiers and sex slaves.
But Kony has never been arrested and remains on the run.



THOMAS LUBANGA
In its first-ever verdict after taking up its role in 2003, the Hague-based court in 2012 sentenced Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga to 14 years in prison for conscripting children into his rebel army in 2002-2003. It upheld the decision on appeal in 2014.


Lubanga was transferred in 2015 to Kinshasa to serve the rest of his sentence and was freed in 2020.


JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA
Former Democratic Republic of Congo vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba was jailed in 2008 after the ICC convicted him over crimes committed by rebels under his command in the Central African Republic in 2002-2003.


But the court overturned his sentence on appeal in 2018.

OMAR AL-BASHIR
In 2009, Sudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir became the first serving head of state to be targeted by an ICC arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the western Darfur region.


Fighting erupted in Darfur in 2003 between ethnic minority rebels and Bashir’s Arab-dominated government.

Two years after his fall from power, Sudan in 2021 announced it would hand over Bashir to the ICC, but the pledge has not been followed through.

Bashir has been held in Khartoum’s Kober prison since his ouster.

LAURENT GBAGBO
Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo was the first former head of state to be tried by the ICC in 2016.He was sought by the ICC over violence that rocked Ivory Coast in 2010-2011, after Gbagbo refused to recognise the result of an election where his rival Alassane Ouattara claimed victory.





The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Gbagbo in 2011 after the violence left thousands dead in the West African country, and he was transferred to a detention centre in The Hague.

But he was acquitted of crimes against humanity following a three-year trial and freed in 2019.

Gbagbo returned to Ivory Coast in 2021 after his acquittal.

SEIF AL-ISLAM KADHAFI
Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libya’s former dictator Moamer Kadhafi, has since 2011 been the subject of an arrest warrant for crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the repression of the revolt that led to his father’s ouster.


He was arrested in Libya in 2011 but is considered to be on the run as the Libyan authorities do not know the location of his detention.

His release has been announced on several occasions but confusion continues to shroud his whereabouts.

In a surprise announcement in 2021, Seif became the first heavyweight candidate to register to run for president, but his bid was rejected by the election commission.


UHURU KENYATTA

The ICC suffered a major setback in 2014 when its highest-profile case — over former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta’s involvement in the inter-ethnic violence that broke out after disputed 2007 elections — collapsed.

Kenyatta, elected in 2013, reluctantly appeared before the court, the first sitting head of state to do so, but the prosecutor was forced to drop the case amid allegations of witness intimidation and bribery.
 
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Russian troops will simply be RUN OVER by the forthcoming UAF offensive. The Russians have no ability to stop a combined offensive of the armored vehicles / troops that will be used.

Better yet, the Russian "defensive lines" they've built in their rear areas are LAUGHABLE. Seriously, their leadership is mentally stuck in civca 1918 warfare mentality.

Pathetic.

The impregnable and heavily fortified (maybe with vodka)"Imaginable Line"?
 
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That ICC "toilet paper" is more bite than bark. Of the 7 arrest warrants issued against world leaders by the ICC, 5 of them have ended in arrests.

I'd wager ICC will once again bag its man... IF Putin's not killed by his own countrymen.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday became the latest high-profile figure against whom the International Criminal Court announced an arrest warrant.AFP looks at the biggest names to be targeted by the court of last resort for the world’s worst crimes, when countries cannot or will not prosecute suspects, although not all of them have been detained.


JOSEPH KONY
The ICC issued arrest warrants for Joseph Kony and other commanders of Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in 2005 for crimes against humanity and war crimes, including the use of child soldiers and sex slaves.
But Kony has never been arrested and remains on the run.



THOMAS LUBANGA
In its first-ever verdict after taking up its role in 2003, the Hague-based court in 2012 sentenced Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga to 14 years in prison for conscripting children into his rebel army in 2002-2003. It upheld the decision on appeal in 2014.


Lubanga was transferred in 2015 to Kinshasa to serve the rest of his sentence and was freed in 2020.


JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA
Former Democratic Republic of Congo vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba was jailed in 2008 after the ICC convicted him over crimes committed by rebels under his command in the Central African Republic in 2002-2003.


But the court overturned his sentence on appeal in 2018.

OMAR AL-BASHIR
In 2009, Sudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir became the first serving head of state to be targeted by an ICC arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the western Darfur region.


Fighting erupted in Darfur in 2003 between ethnic minority rebels and Bashir’s Arab-dominated government.

Two years after his fall from power, Sudan in 2021 announced it would hand over Bashir to the ICC, but the pledge has not been followed through.

Bashir has been held in Khartoum’s Kober prison since his ouster.

LAURENT GBAGBO
Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo was the first former head of state to be tried by the ICC in 2016.He was sought by the ICC over violence that rocked Ivory Coast in 2010-2011, after Gbagbo refused to recognise the result of an election where his rival Alassane Ouattara claimed victory.





The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Gbagbo in 2011 after the violence left thousands dead in the West African country, and he was transferred to a detention centre in The Hague.

But he was acquitted of crimes against humanity following a three-year trial and freed in 2019.

Gbagbo returned to Ivory Coast in 2021 after his acquittal.

SEIF AL-ISLAM KADHAFI
Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libya’s former dictator Moamer Kadhafi, has since 2011 been the subject of an arrest warrant for crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the repression of the revolt that led to his father’s ouster.


He was arrested in Libya in 2011 but is considered to be on the run as the Libyan authorities do not know the location of his detention.

His release has been announced on several occasions but confusion continues to shroud his whereabouts.

In a surprise announcement in 2021, Seif became the first heavyweight candidate to register to run for president, but his bid was rejected by the election commission.


UHURU KENYATTA

The ICC suffered a major setback in 2014 when its highest-profile case — over former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta’s involvement in the inter-ethnic violence that broke out after disputed 2007 elections — collapsed.

Kenyatta, elected in 2013, reluctantly appeared before the court, the first sitting head of state to do so, but the prosecutor was forced to drop the case amid allegations of witness intimidation and bribery.

Unfortunately the ICC like obama doesn't quite get that wars are not civil matters, and lack of civility in wartime isn't a matter to be dealt with in a civil courtroom. In fact, it really elevates a war criminal to the status of a thug who knocks off the corner liquor store. Just shoot the POS and get on with it.
 
That ICC "toilet paper" is more bite than bark. Of the 7 arrest warrants issued against world leaders by the ICC, 5 of them have ended in arrests.

I'd wager ICC will once again bag its man... IF Putin's not killed by his own countrymen.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday became the latest high-profile figure against whom the International Criminal Court announced an arrest warrant.AFP looks at the biggest names to be targeted by the court of last resort for the world’s worst crimes, when countries cannot or will not prosecute suspects, although not all of them have been detained.


JOSEPH KONY
The ICC issued arrest warrants for Joseph Kony and other commanders of Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in 2005 for crimes against humanity and war crimes, including the use of child soldiers and sex slaves.
But Kony has never been arrested and remains on the run.



THOMAS LUBANGA
In its first-ever verdict after taking up its role in 2003, the Hague-based court in 2012 sentenced Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga to 14 years in prison for conscripting children into his rebel army in 2002-2003. It upheld the decision on appeal in 2014.


Lubanga was transferred in 2015 to Kinshasa to serve the rest of his sentence and was freed in 2020.


JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA
Former Democratic Republic of Congo vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba was jailed in 2008 after the ICC convicted him over crimes committed by rebels under his command in the Central African Republic in 2002-2003.


But the court overturned his sentence on appeal in 2018.

OMAR AL-BASHIR
In 2009, Sudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir became the first serving head of state to be targeted by an ICC arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the western Darfur region.


Fighting erupted in Darfur in 2003 between ethnic minority rebels and Bashir’s Arab-dominated government.

Two years after his fall from power, Sudan in 2021 announced it would hand over Bashir to the ICC, but the pledge has not been followed through.

Bashir has been held in Khartoum’s Kober prison since his ouster.

LAURENT GBAGBO
Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo was the first former head of state to be tried by the ICC in 2016.He was sought by the ICC over violence that rocked Ivory Coast in 2010-2011, after Gbagbo refused to recognise the result of an election where his rival Alassane Ouattara claimed victory.





The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Gbagbo in 2011 after the violence left thousands dead in the West African country, and he was transferred to a detention centre in The Hague.

But he was acquitted of crimes against humanity following a three-year trial and freed in 2019.

Gbagbo returned to Ivory Coast in 2021 after his acquittal.

SEIF AL-ISLAM KADHAFI
Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libya’s former dictator Moamer Kadhafi, has since 2011 been the subject of an arrest warrant for crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the repression of the revolt that led to his father’s ouster.


He was arrested in Libya in 2011 but is considered to be on the run as the Libyan authorities do not know the location of his detention.

His release has been announced on several occasions but confusion continues to shroud his whereabouts.

In a surprise announcement in 2021, Seif became the first heavyweight candidate to register to run for president, but his bid was rejected by the election commission.


UHURU KENYATTA

The ICC suffered a major setback in 2014 when its highest-profile case — over former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta’s involvement in the inter-ethnic violence that broke out after disputed 2007 elections — collapsed.

Kenyatta, elected in 2013, reluctantly appeared before the court, the first sitting head of state to do so, but the prosecutor was forced to drop the case amid allegations of witness intimidation and bribery.
So they bagged leaders in 3rd World/Global South countries. Good luck with that in Russia.

If anything, this ICC list you posted illustrates the bias and absurdity if itself if George W. Bush, Obama, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton are not treated in the same manner.
 
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