My God what a complete ignorant **** Jeremy Vine is.
Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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Soldato
The presenter after him, James O'Brien is about 10 times worse. Anything for a viral clip of him destroying a caller then cutting them off.
Essentially the russians appear as if the entire membership of OCUK, found military eqipment and decided to invade ukraine
This made me laugh a lot, but sums it up perfectly
Man of Honour
Cute bit of art, but the real cover is thankfully far less sensational:
https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1497010566581346307?t=gZd3pd0ZFsA970NVmcSB5Q&s=19
What are you replying to here? It's really not clear what you're adding to or objecting to - I'm well aware of what maps are???
Russia has generally had the notion of massive preparation for surviving and re-emerging from nuclear war - they do semi-regular drills civilian and military:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russians-drill-nuclear-strike/
Despite Snopes downplaying it a significant part of the drills revolved around a nuclear war type scenario.
There is also some degree of programs to build and stock shelters, etc. both military and civilian for example https://www.realcleardefense.com/ar...w_assured_survival_nuclear_bunker_651424.html
I would wonder if those close to Putin have sold him the notion these programs are far more advanced than they likely really are, as has happened with other aspects of this invasion, and that might affect his thinking.
Soldato
As much as I agree with the vast majority of his political views, he is unbearable to listen to. He constantly interrupts his guests and loves the sound of his own voice to the point where he may as well not have bothered getting callers on. Some days I can stomach it, some days I just have to turn him off almost immediately.
He never listens to anybody on anything and defends it as trying to crack down on fake news or people not bringing the full facts.
I purposefully try to expose myself to as many opposing views as possible. I hear them out in full then I make my own mind up, no matter how poor the opposing argument is. Instead James just cuts them off 3 seconds into a point and gets the caller bogged down on some triviality, puffs his chest out then fades the caller out. No thank you. That's not debate, thats an echo chamber.
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Soldato
I'm not alone then, I also agree with much of his political views but I'm not a fan for many of the same reasons you've stated, he's not a good flag to hold up for left leaning politics, he can barely be bothered to sit up straight half the time.
Maybe, though there could be reasons beyond the risk of nuclear war - he's gotta be at least a little bit paranoid about the prospect of a coup too.
Soldato
I disagree far more with Nick Ferrari but he is infinitely more listenable than O'Brien.
Quite a few rumours emerging that martial law could be implemented in Russia as early as tomorrow.
Putin will need a 'win' quickly as notbsure how long that will keep things from boiling over back home even as he tries to hide the realities of his 'war' from the people, as the economy and life comes crashing down around them surely that won't be sustainable for very long? When those police officers and others are struggling for their food and the same wider impacts as the rest of the population.
Wonder if we will see a diplomatic solution found over the weekend. Any further aggression without material progress in Ukraine would be a big indicator of where he is currently at.
Putin will need a 'win' quickly as notbsure how long that will keep things from boiling over back home even as he tries to hide the realities of his 'war' from the people, as the economy and life comes crashing down around them surely that won't be sustainable for very long? When those police officers and others are struggling for their food and the same wider impacts as the rest of the population.
Wonder if we will see a diplomatic solution found over the weekend. Any further aggression without material progress in Ukraine would be a big indicator of where he is currently at.
Soldato
Also the Carl Beech situation and the promotion he was given on the show leaves a very sour taste in the mouth when it comes to James O'Brien.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/james-o-brien-and-the-carl-beech-witch-hunt
Soldato
I wonder if Puty will still be breathing by the weekend? Surely its only a matter of time one of the generals does something. Puty is destroying Russia by the hour!
Soldato
I get images of the Zhukov vs Beria scenes in The Death of Stalin (incidentally but not unsurprisingly banned in Russia! Putin clearly has no sense of humour)
Soldato
You were explaining that the russians dont have many GPS, as a reason as to why they are lost many many pages back.
Russia doesn't rely on GPS, someone else mentioned it, here are some posts where I mentioned GPS:
I suspect they've got a lack of maps (that could also explain one of the MLRS strikes on civilian apartments that were formerly part of a military facility - old maps) but also various units getting lost after an ambush - if you break contact and end up several k away then a well-trained soldier ought to be able to still figure out where they are etc.. but some of these conscripts... not so sure and they don't have satnav to check.
I'm not quite sure what you're trying to point out in reply to this though, perhaps you misremembered what has been said, always best to quote just in case.
Biden: The UN General Assembly’s Condemnation of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Illustrates the Depth of Global Concern at the Assault on a Sovereign Neighbour and Demonstrates Unparalleled Global Solidarity.
https://twitter.com/phildstewart/status/1499176514084036610
https://twitter.com/phildstewart/status/1499176514084036610
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