Buckshot Bear Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Putz May have weapons but evidence suggests that his army is a paper Tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Finland, the ignorant of history thing? That didn't work well for the Nazis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 If true, it just shows that Putin didn't learn much from WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 The last time the Russians invaded Finland in 1939 it did not work out to well for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Yay for Simo Häyhä the Finnish sniper. 584 Russians killed in less than 100 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Here’s to going the Finns haven’t become paper tigers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Is he really that stupid? If NATO approves the Finns, Swedes, et al, he'd be asking for Article 5 reaction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Somebody needs to tear him a new @$$h*le. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 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....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 NATO and Russia playing chicken with nukes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Creek,5759 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 No nukes. Disrupting the Electrical Grip would do tremendous harm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 I'm still waiting each morning to read that Putin "died from a (9mm) aneurysm". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Mosby Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 But even if putzin was taken out, there's a whole cadre of wannabe's waiting in the wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 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." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 There are reports that Putin has called for 135,000 troops to be drafted. Does he have money for that many uniforms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 16 hours ago, .44bang said: I guess its time to see if NATO truly worth anything. Every bit as much as NATO is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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