No idea if this has been covered yet, but here it is:
And here I was thinking the FSB was having a “Cake Wrecks” moment.
so I was trying to find this paper that I read earlier in the day, which has somewhat low resolution pictures of the verification tanks equipped with concrete rollers
Lessons from the Past:
The Rapid Clearance of Denmark’s Minefields in 1945
and when you do a google search,. all sorts of related articles and papers pop up, including thiis one
I think the declaration is meant to encourage non-NATO countries along Russia’s borders to join NATO.
Is that how it works? Seems a bit ass backwards.
“Look what you’re going to make me do.”
It’s stunning how any discussion about indiscriminate use of brutal weapons always, just always has an example from Fallujah. What a stain on the US that assault was.
They think we don’t remember Nixon?
Untold story? There’s a whole feature film about it!
ETA: clicked on the link and I see that the article was inspired by that movie.
Certainly the Russians want us to believe they may be crazy enough to use nukes in this conflict, but just because they want us to believe it doesn’t necessarily mean it isn’t true. Sure, they may be bluffing and I definitely hope that’s the case, but Putin has already done more violent, irrational stuff while in office than Nixon did. (With the possible exception of declaring war on drugs)
Unfortunately, that might still be debatable. The bombings of Laos and Cambodia, the intentional sabotage of the peace process in 1968–all of that led to hundreds of thousands of deaths. Putin will catch up, for sure. But at this point it’s neck-and-neck.
Fun fact: Nixon was already well on his way to being impeached for the Operation Menu bombings and cover-up when Watergate intervened.
Fair enough! (Although he entered office in 1969.)
But he was working against the peace process before becoming president.
