Russia invades Ukraine

I get the feeling you’ve never actually dealt with a fire and it seems pretty clear your understanding of international diplomacy and conflict is somewhat lacking too.

We can do without any more Unavoidable World War Three cheerleading, thanks.

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If there’s a fire in the kitchen, I just stay in the bathroom until it’s burned out, right? /s

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Fill the bath, stay under, eventually you won’t have to worry about the fire.

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Letting a fire burn out where it is and concentrate on compartmentalisation is a standard tactic.

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Yeah, my father’s father had a Russian birth certificate. He was born in Warsaw.

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Your analogy is fundamentally flawed.

This is not an out-of-control natural fire. It is an avowed arsonist making it clear he will continue to light fires whenever and wherever he fancies. Until someone removes his fuel, he will carry on.

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Letting Ukrainians burn is not an option people will look kindly upon and nor should they.

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I refer you to my post above.

There is far to much which can and will go wrong.

Also, this is not a bush fire. This is a war. Don’t get caught in your own metaphors.

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Have a nice day.

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Wars aren’t fires, they are directed acts of human violence. And human lives aren’t kindling we should abandon to the flames in the hopes of containing the damage.

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Thread on how to neutralise tanks:

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And now for the sport segment of this topic:

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Yup. And if you can’t get Styrofoam, laundry detergent makes it pretty sticky too.

I hate that this feels like useful knowledge.

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Thread on why things don’t seem to be going too well for the Russians:

tl;dr: they expected to advance quickly and didn’t worry about logistics

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In case this hasn’t made it to BB yet:

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Did Cheney defect and I didn’t hear about it? Did they capture the ghost of Donald Rumsfeld in a bottle?

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