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by srikandan
17 Mar 2022 03:28
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Mort Walker: What I don’t understand is why the Russians didn’t lay various cities to waste early on. Going by the areas they attacking, it looks like they are focussing on cutting off Ukraine's access to the Black Sea ports, so if/when they capture Odessa upto moldovian border, there is no reason ...
by srikandan
17 Mar 2022 02:39
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

MajuJ: I think it's really the other way around. Please avoid posting rumors and 'news' from dubious sites.
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What's dubious is flooding only the US/NATO POV on this thread to the exclusion of all other POVs. That makes for a great echo chamber.
by srikandan
17 Mar 2022 01:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

USA clearly needs to motivate Ukrainians to go die, else the war is over, so they present this picture of Russian forces about to collapse, or russian soldiers not having food to eat, even if it is detached from reality. Keeping the morale of Ukrainian army is clearly important, given that they are ...
by srikandan
16 Mar 2022 23:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

US just announced a big aid package to Yemen. Probably a reaction to the snub by Saudi and talk of accepting yuan. KSA has been moving away from the US after the abrahamic accords (KSA, UAE, israel), which is not recognized by the US, since Trump spearheaded that accord. This Biden move targets bot...
by srikandan
16 Mar 2022 23:33
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Next step here is to wink at Iran acquiring nuclear weapons -- Biden's Iran deal is to enable Iran to escalate war with Yemen/KSA. And then pretend it was unavoidable -- the stage is being set for conflict escalation in West Asia.
by srikandan
16 Mar 2022 23:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

https://indianexpress.com/article/world ... y-7820166/

"world court" it seems. Along the lines of "international community". "World Kangaroo Court" is the correct title here.
by srikandan
16 Mar 2022 22:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

https://twitter.com/tanvi_madan/status/1504111481142534146?cxt=HHwWhICzgYnb1t8pAAAA pakis of Indian Origin in the USA playing down G2 as if it is a figment of Indian imagination. Nice gaslighting by this coconut. this one seems to be the replacement for Stephen Cohen in Brookings. Glad that racist b...
by srikandan
16 Mar 2022 21:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Y.Kanan: How will the Americans treat us after they've broken Russia? They'll make an accomodation with the Chinese and turn on us, that's how.
Absolutely. That is the game.
by srikandan
16 Mar 2022 21:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

John: Not sure what you mean US imports less than 9% of Oil in 2019 with most of it from Canada and with oil prices this high lot of oil production via fracking is restarting but labor shortages are slowing that down a little bit. I am saying that walked into the war without making alternate arrang...
by srikandan
16 Mar 2022 20:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/15/china-ambassador-us-where-we-stand-in-ukraine/ Putin may have check-mated himself, but Bythen admin has walked into this war without making alternate arrangements for oil, and is now scrambling. That must seem very smart to all the pro-western cabal...
by srikandan
16 Mar 2022 19:29
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Replies: 1811
Views: 667752

Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015

US hates Putin because he refused to work with USA's plan for Russia as drafted in Washington DC after the cold war. Putin is ver bad for not rolling over and dying when asked to. No reason why the strategy used by USA against Russia cannot be used against India down the line with chinese connivance.
by srikandan
16 Mar 2022 19:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3181472

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

FB has many pro-INC entities, this seems like Sonia dog-whistling to her western friends to tilt the scales. Sonia and her kids have gone all paki or have been paki since 1947 going by the Kashmir Files, so we can expect more treason and treachery from the Nehru clan, aided by human cockroaches like...
by srikandan
16 Mar 2022 01:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Russia started offloading Dollars and moving to Gold right after maidan revolution in 2014 and completed dumped all US dollars by 2020, and increased gold holding by 33% in that same period. Russia/Putin clearly expected an US escalation in the Ukraine post-maidan, or at least were prepared for it.
by srikandan
16 Mar 2022 01:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

https://twitter.com/MapsUkraine/status/ ... uqxN4pAAAA

Seems to be talking about the Russian bombing of the foreign legion training center a few days ago.
by srikandan
16 Mar 2022 00:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

American overlords are ready to sanction India it seems. do it already. https://www.stimson.org/event/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-indias-stakes-and-policy-considerations/ Russia’s invasion of Ukraine poses a dilemma not only for European security but also countries like India that seek to balance up...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 23:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3181472

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Zero-loss Kapil Sibal called this out, so he is out of favour of the Sonia-Mafia as that is an unpardonable sin in the INC.

https://www.news18.com/news/politics/ga ... 77573.html
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 22:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3181472

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

use it every day. I am slowly checking it more than Twitter... works fine so far. Don't want to derail thread, but I have been on koo, following people. What does not work for me is people search -- I am not interested in koo's recommendations and would like to look up people I would like to follow...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 22:14
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3181472

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

zynda: Seriously, I would hate to be an employee of Koo or any such organisation...no support from your own brethren and eventually may have to shut shop...so demotivating... They tried to scale up too fast. They should start small with an invite-only set of users, and fix all the problems as they ...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 21:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2022/03/14/foto-dnia-devushka-s-plakatom-v-efire-pervogo-kanala Wish I knew russian. the translation sucks. This paper won a Nobel peace prize last year, so they are not pro-Russia given that the Nobel is political recognition by the noble white race, by their own ad...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 18:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3181472

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

chetak: petty ameriki revenge will surely follow but they know that consequences will spin out beyond US and EU control This US govt. decided to shut off oil from Russia before going and trying to get oil from Venezuela. If they were smarter they would have lined up alternate supplies before shutti...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 18:25
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Weaponizing Corporations & Trade - Countermeasures
Replies: 54
Views: 8674

Re: Weaponizing Corporations & Trade - Countermeasures

pratyush:This should tell us, that it's not just about Ukraine. It's about preservation of western dominated global order. Don't believe that is a secret. Domination of the global order is the stated policy goal for the expansion of NATO to the ex-soviet states (Starting with Carter's State Dept).
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 08:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Ah. But my question is, would they? Information warfare is part and parcel of combat every side is doing it...We all believe what we want to believe. So if the Russians are fighting this information warfare are reporting that they are arresting people for holding placards that works against Putin's...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 08:00
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

There is a total blackout of any Russian sources of news so claims of events happening in Russia, especially items that pretend Russian army is short of food and anti-putin sentiments are high to the exception of any other views or news. Seems Rather convenient for the guardians of freedom and democ...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 07:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Mort ji, my only point here is to be skeptical of news items that are not reported by all sides. In this case, as ks_sachin ji points out, why would TASS report something that works against Russia in Psy war terms? Maybe Marina O. Really exists and worked at Russia One. But did Marina O. actually ap...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 07:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Ks_sachin ji, Please pay attention to the posts by reading them. The claim is that TASS reported this incident. They did not .TASS cited a law enforcement source as saying the woman has been detained and could be charged under legislation banning public acts that aim to "discredit the use of Ru...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 05:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

https://m.yenisafak.com/en/world/russian-state-run-news-agency-tass-down-after-cyber-attacks-3590387 TASS website was attacked. No such news of woman with placard. Just do a web search and pick one non US/EU/UK website that has this news. Just tried that with multiple search engines. This is manufac...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 04:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

That is RFE-RL (Radio Liberty) USA's propaganda Arm -- no other non USA or non UK source of news has this.
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 04:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

That's the telegraph another british source -- the tweet I posted earlier is the origin of this BS. The video is clearly manipulated given the complete lack of reaction from the reader when the woman starts yelling behind her, and other clues. Terrible even as fakes go. :roll: The standard MO of the...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 04:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Sure. It is in the BBC so it must be true. No need to apply common sense.
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 03:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

tanaji: (Post was not directed to you srikandanji) of course, tanaji saar. Did not think it was. To your point, if Indian media started showing all the ugly american warts, like the miles long homeless people along highways in LA today, or the american underclass who are nomads because they cannot ...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 03:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

A blank sign is not a blank sign these days -- it is a precursor to create memes with some random person holding a sign with photoshopped text. Next thing you know you have this woman in central moscow holding a sign that says whatever narrative needs to be spread. This women holding the bl;ank plac...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 01:59
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

dnivas: It's better to spend 10K lives now and get Ukr under control than wait anoher 20 years and lose all of Russia. India should have done the same with the jihadis up north but somehow we missed that opportunity. well said, saar. Putin did not have a choice other than invade ukraine now because...
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 00:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3181472

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Kejriwal's AAP is not even in charge and Khalistan is alive again. Just great.

https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1503424353245233157
by srikandan
15 Mar 2022 00:29
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terroristan - April 15, 2021
Replies: 2853
Views: 844980

Re: Terroristan - April 15, 2021

China is just as predatory as the USA, so nothing they say can be trusted -- only way is to watch what they do. Meanwhile, pakis of Indian Origin in the USA have similar questions like their fellow countrypeoples.

https://twitter.com/tanvi_madan/status/ ... zNlN0pAAAA
by srikandan
14 Mar 2022 21:19
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

ldev: Could not find a screenshot of this in the PEW survey that I looked at. Was it a different survey? Will appreciate if you can post a screenshot or link. Thanks. ldev ji: Just quoting the numbers from the survey you posted. A "favorable view of the USA" is equivalent to "is a fr...
by srikandan
14 Mar 2022 21:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

putnanja:Also, seeing many Indians in US liking/sharing posts on Ukraine and being very pro-Ukraine. Not wrong and I don't have any issues. But looks like the one-sided propaganda is having its effects. No one seems to question how Iraq was demonized as having WMD and justifying war, by these very ...
by srikandan
14 Mar 2022 20:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1
Replies: 14901
Views: 3181472

Re: 2021 Strategic and Political Analysis-1

Rudradev: All it needed was small groups of people motivated by absolutely fanatical intolerance... exactly as you saw with Islam around 400 years later. Islam seems to have been a reaction to Christian fundamentalism and violent intolerance inflicted on the people of Western Asia, and it mirrored ...
by srikandan
14 Mar 2022 19:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

https://twitter.com/OpIndia_com/status/ ... TI9twpAAAA

Urgent regime change in Russia required to "solve" Russia, is the latest bit of gas from the anglo-saxons. Should be easy given how swimmingly well their ukraine project has gone so far.
by srikandan
14 Mar 2022 19:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]
Replies: 5804
Views: 1032003

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine [Feb 6th 2015]

Deans: Announce that they will sell seized weapons like MAPADS and AGTMs to whoever pays (i.e. ISIS. Al-Q etc). Never a good idea to handle lethal weapons to wackjobs -- may as well hand it to a chimp since the target selection will be just as arbitrary. Next thing you know some civilian target wil...