Buckshot Bear Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 (edited) Surely Putin wouldn't take on the Finns?? Russia ‘seen moving military equipment towards Finland after warning country not to join NATO’ https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/russia-seen-moving-military-equipment-towards-finland-after-warning-county-not-to-join-nato/news-story/48fedd850a231cd51108136624360735 Edited April 12 by Buckshot Bear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Putz May have weapons but evidence suggests that his army is a paper Tiger. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Finland, the ignorant of history thing? That didn't work well for the Nazis. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 If true, it just shows that Putin didn't learn much from WWII. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 46 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: Surely Putin wouldn't take on the Finns?? Russia ‘seen moving military equipment towards Finland after warning country not to join NATO’ https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/russia-seen-moving-military-equipment-towards-finland-after-warning-county-not-to-join-nato/news-story/48fedd850a231cd51108136624360735 He doesn't seem to be much of a student of history. Neither was Schickelgruber. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 After the Winter Wars, the Finns fought on the side of the Germans until they decided it was to their advantage to fight the Germans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 2 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: After the Winter Wars, the Finns fought on the side of the Germans until they decided it was to their advantage to fight the Germans. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend” Sometimes 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 The last time the Russians invaded Finland in 1939 it did not work out to well for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: The last time the Russians invaded Finland in 1939 it did not work out to well for them. But then they retreated, regrouped and went at it again. The Finns had to sign a treaty and give up about 10% of their border territory. The Soviet’s claimed they were provoked by a Finland and that the Finns were supported by the western countries and Russia had no choice. Deja vu. Edited April 13 by Utah Bob #35998 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Yay for Simo Häyhä the Finnish sniper. 584 Russians killed in less than 100 days. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Here’s to going the Finns haven’t become paper tigers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 12 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Putz May have weapons but evidence suggests that his army is a paper Tiger. Ok, paper bears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Is he really that stupid? If NATO approves the Finns, Swedes, et al, he'd be asking for Article 5 reaction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Somebody needs to tear him a new @$$h*le. JHC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 2 hours ago, Trailrider #896 said: Is he really that stupid? If NATO approves the Finns, Swedes, et al, he'd be asking for Article 5 reaction! Isn't that kinda like how we - and a whole bunch o' other folks - ended up involved in WW I....? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 NATO and Russia playing chicken with nukes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Creek,5759 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 No nukes. Disrupting the Electrical Grip would do tremendous harm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 (edited) It remains to be seen just what Putin will do when his plans are in tatters. He is not a stupid man. But he is brutal, immoral, and egotistical. Many more will die before he is finished. The cries of “Never again” grow faint when he holds the nuclear sword over everyone’s head. The only hope is that the people will remove him, but for the time being that seems unlikely. The German people never rose up against Hitler, even when their cities were Burt out heaps of rubble and their sons were dying in Africa, Italy, France, in the skies and on the sea. And they had more access to the truth than the average Russian today. Edited April 14 by Utah Bob #35998 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 I'm still waiting each morning to read that Putin "died from a (9mm) aneurysm". 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 1 hour ago, Buckshot Bear said: I'm still waiting each morning to read that Putin "died from a (9mm) aneurysm". Not so likely... that dude prob'ly has tighter security than the Pope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 But even if putzin was taken out, there's a whole cadre of wannabe's waiting in the wings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 5 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said: I'm still waiting each morning to read that Putin "died from a (9mm) aneurysm". It used to be referred to as "the Russian Flu." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 There are reports that Putin has called for 135,000 troops to be drafted. Does he have money for that many uniforms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 16 hours ago, .44bang said: I guess its time to see if NATO truly worth anything. Every bit as much as NATO is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I'll be those liberal socialist European countries are beefing up their military spending now. They are suppose to be spending 2% of their GDP on military defense. Most have been way short for many years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 It may take weeks for the Finns to apply to NATO. In the meantime, if Putin decides to threaten or attack them, it would be "nice" for "His Woosiness" to call on the hotline and say, "If you cross that line, I'm going to DEFCON3!" Won't happen, of course. Meanwhile, back at the ranch...the Wholesale Price Index for the U.S. is at 11.4% inflation! I will say that the price of a gallon of gas in Denver had dropped slightly below $4.00 a gallon. Of course, since I have to use mid-grade, I'm still paying about $4.359. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 5 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: There are reports that Putin has called for 135,000 troops to be drafted. Does he have money for that many uniforms? They may look funny in Chinese uniforms. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 57 minutes ago, Trailrider #896 said: It may take weeks for the Finns to apply to NATO. In the meantime, if Putin decides to threaten or attack them, it would be "nice" for "His Woosiness" to call on the hotline and say, "If you cross that line, I'm going to DEFCON3!" Won't happen, of course. Meanwhile, back at the ranch...the Wholesale Price Index for the U.S. is at 11.4% inflation! I will say that the price of a gallon of gas in Denver had dropped slightly below $4.00 a gallon. Of course, since I have to use mid-grade, I'm still paying about $4.359. Gas here down to 3.899, one year 3 months ago 1.899. Milk down to 3.99 a gallon, one year 3 months ago 2.19. Hamburger (90/10) at 6.99 a pound, one year 3 months ago 3.99. Chicken breasts at 3.09 a pound, one year 3 months ago 1.99. Primers at SW (none available) at $55/1K, one year 3 months ago 35. Could go on and on but how the heck do they figure 11.4% inflation!?!! Oh that's right, food and fuel are excluded from their calculations! Must be the new math. Regards Gateway Kid BTW what changed one year 3 months ago? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 3 hours ago, Trailrider #896 said: It may take weeks for the Finns to apply to NATO. In the meantime, if Putin decides to threaten or attack them, it would be "nice" for "His Woosiness" to call on the hotline and say, "If you cross that line, I'm going to DEFCON3!" Won't happen, of course. Meanwhile, back at the ranch...the Wholesale Price Index for the U.S. is at 11.4% inflation! I will say that the price of a gallon of gas in Denver had dropped slightly below $4.00 a gallon. Of course, since I have to use mid-grade, I'm still paying about $4.359. Ummm we have been at Defcon 3 for months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 If Russia now understands how tough Ukraine is...they will definitely want to avoid the Finns. The Soviet Union found that out, in the 20th century, much to their dismay. Considering the "successes", the Russian army has had, thus far in Ukraine, I would not try to tackle the Finns, if they had any sense...which, looks like, they don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 16 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: They may look funny in Chinese uniforms. I expect the generals to cheat and pocket the rubles for winter unis because “the war” will be over before winter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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