Poll of the Day > Ukraine is looking more and more like Gondor as Putin recruits Syrian mercenarie

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Mercenaries to try and take it over.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/25/russia-war-syrian-mercenaries-car-ukraine/

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/8/7/AAckHXAADFs7.jpg

Can't wait for Zelensky to enter the ruins of Chernobyl to recruit the irradiated ghosts of fallen nuclear engineers and flank the Syrians with them.

adjl posted...

Can't wait for Zelensky to enter the ruins of Chernobyl to recruit the irradiated ghosts of fallen nuclear engineers and flank the Syrians with them.

lmao. Its funny because theyre green, too.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/1/0/AAckHXAADFtS.jpg

Putin is a little bitch, wars lost? Let's hire some outside help to prolong this L

Muscles posted...

Putin is a little bitch, wars lost? Let's hire some outside help to prolong this L

Im making a LotR joke but the truth is that its not far off. The mercenaries hes bringing in are savage in their tactics and will test the spirits of the Ukrainian people, whose spirits are already at a breaking point.

We have two options either step in and risk WWIII or stay on course and watch a massacre.

All jokes aside, I pray that the Ukrainian people are strengthened and protected.

So now Ukrainian civilians won't just be slaughtered, but tortured and raped as well.

Accrovideogames posted...

So now Ukrainian civilians won't just be slaughtered, but tortured and raped as well.

Thats what Im saying these guys theyre bringing in dont abide by some military code or any reason code of ethics.

The situation has gone from bad but with a chance of success for the Ukrainians to impossible for them to beat.

Makes me think of that scene in Young Guns when theyre holding their own against local corrupt police but then the army arrives:
https://youtu.be/CbTBsIpF9lw

HornedLion posted...

We have two options either step in and risk WWIII or stay on course and watch a massacre.

I don't think WWIII is really a risk at this point, if Russia needs a bunch of hired thugs to take out its vastly smaller neighbor after failing to do so themselves what the fuck are they gonna do to any world power? This whole debacle has only proven russia's incompetence

Accrovideogames posted...

So now Ukrainian civilians won't just be slaughtered, but tortured and raped as well.

Unfortunately, rape and torture are already happening

Muscles posted...

I don't think WWIII is really a risk at this point, if Russia needs a bunch of hired thugs to take out its vastly smaller neighbor after failing to do so themselves what the fuck are they gonna do to any world power? This whole debacle has only proven russia's incompetence

Really? It scares me more. Cause if theyre not competent enough to intelligently take out a smaller, weaker neighbor then they dont have the brains necessary to effectively gauge the consequences of nuclear war.

We HOPE that they wont go nuclear if we physically intervene. But you have to always calculate that in because it is a possibility.

Think of it this way. If we intervene, they might go nuclear with the hopes that we[rest of the world] will be the smarter ones and choose not to.

Trying to predict what will happen is nothing but self cuddling. Everything is on the table, and thats why this is so difficult.

Muscles posted...

I don't think WWIII is really a risk at this point, if Russia needs a bunch of hired thugs to take out its vastly smaller neighbor after failing to do so themselves what the fuck are they gonna do to any world power? This whole debacle has only proven russia's incompetence

What is WW3? How do you define it? Would it be a war where multiple countries are playing? Because isn't that what's happening right now?

Some say "It'll be on when NATO is involved." Because the countries of NATO would be "allied powers" fighting against Russia. But moreso, if NATO gets involved, this war might get nuclear. US on the field will embolden Putin to use what nukes he has. And then we'll have to use what nukes we have.

I don't like to be one of those guys who's like "This is just like that book or movie of video game I like," but this really reminds me of Peace Walker, and the test of how far human beings are actually willing to take things when nuclear war is on the table. Would Putin fire nukes if the US jumped in? And if the US got nuked, would we really nuke back? Or would we, for fear of plunging the world into armageddon, say "Okay, haha, fair enough Russia you can have that one but let's play nice from now on?"

HornedLion posted...

Really? It scares me more. Cause if theyre not competent enough to intelligently take out a smaller, weaker neighbor then they dont have the brains necessary to effectively gauge the consequences of nuclear war.

We HOPE that they wont go nuclear if we physically intervene. But you have to always calculate that in because it is a possibility.

Think of it this way. If we intervene, they might go nuclear with the hopes that we[rest of the world] will be the smarter ones and choose not to.

Trying to predict what will happen is nothing but self cuddling. Everything is on the table, and thats why this is so difficult.

Ironic coming from somebody who thinks nuclear war is possible.

Russia's nukes likely don't even work, judging from the state of the rest of their stuff

Adam_Savage posted...

Russia's nukes likely don't even work, judging from the state of the rest of their stuff

I heard theyve been friendly firing their own planes out the sky! . Bro, how the fuck!?

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That sounds more like wishful thinking than it does a calculation.

papercup posted...

Unfortunately, rape and torture are already happening

I looked it up and you're right.

HornedLion posted...

I heard theyve been friendly firing their own planes out the sky! . Bro, how the fuck!?

It's true. The Russians are so disorganized that friendly fire is common among their ranks. Then again, friendly fire during wars is already pretty common.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_friendly_fire_incidents

That's not just a random group of Syrian mercenaries.

They're part of the Wagner Group. Genuinely the scariest and most badass motherfuckers on the planet.

DocDelicious posted...

That's not just a random group of Syrian mercenaries.

They're part of the Wagner Group. Genuinely the scariest and most badass motherfuckers on the planet.

Seems like pretty high praise, who do they got in there? Michael Myers, Darth Vader and Sauron?

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He wouldn't be turning the key(s) anyway, just giving the order. No country with nuclear arms is stupid enough to give the actual means to launch a nuke to a single individual. Not even North Korea.

Muscles posted...

Seems like pretty high praise, who do they got in there? Michael Myers, Darth Vader and Sauron?

It wouldn't surprise me.
These guys are essentially Putin's private army and have a reputation for being suicidal fighters. They're literal ghosts. You'll never find information on current members, and none of them are allowed to use social media.

DocDelicious posted...

These guys are essentially Putin's private army and have a reputation for being suicidal fighters. They're literal ghosts. You'll never find information on current members, and none of them are allowed to use social media.

I dunno why but the last part made me laugh out loud. It's like you can't talk about how scary and badass someone is and then end it with "he's not even on Facebook."

Zareth posted...

I dunno why but the last part made me laugh out loud. It's like you can't talk about how scary and badass someone is and then end it with "he's not even on Facebook."

Not having an internet presence, at all, is kind of scary, no? They may as well not exist.
Means there's little to no accountability for their actions.

DocDelicious posted...

That's not just a random group of Syrian mercenaries.

They're part of the Wagner Group. Genuinely the scariest and most badass motherfuckers on the planet.

Oh shit! I read up on those guys now that you mentioned them.

I made the wrong comparison. Basically if Putin is Xerxes then the Wagner Group are his Immortals.

Zelensky is Leonidas.

DocDelicious posted...

Not having an internet presence, at all, is kind of scary, no? They may as well not exist.
Means there's little to no accountability for their actions.

Just like everything before the internet may as well not have existed? Was accountability only created when the internet came along?

Muscles posted...

Just like everything before the internet may as well not have existed? Was accountability only created when the internet came along?

Accountability was up to your fellow man.
In this case your fellow man is just as vile, and has the money/talent to scrub all information of your actions.

It's like a murder happening in the wilderness in the late 1800's. No one will ever hear about it.

HornedLion posted...

I heard theyve been friendly firing their own planes out the sky! . Bro, how the fuck!?

That sounds more like wishful thinking than it does a calculation.

Sounds like your wishful thinking is that Putin will use them.