Russia-Ukrainian War

[cubsfan]

18 minutes ago, Sweet said:

Cubs, with respect, MANY have been saying exactly that for years.  It’s not a ‘few’ who have called this out.  

Why the leaders of European nations have not taken decisive action is the question that ‘few’ have the answers to.

 

I was once told by a guy who worked for intelligence, that Russians have been funding and infiltrating the green movement in Europe.  Net zero and deindustrialisation weakens Europe and relatively strengthens Russia.  Who knows for sure though.

 

I agree with you 100%. Europe needs new leadership. 

[james22]

Funny how this is still so hard for some to understand.

 

Trump’s statements are not intended to be historically accurate but to shock Europeans into action.

 

 

 

 

[John Hjorth]

Enjoy your fun,  James [ @james22 ],

 

Reuters - World - Europe [February 20^th 2025] : Exclusive: US refusing to co-sponsor UN motion backing Ukraine ahead of war anniversary, diplomats say.

 

Why do you consider it funny that someone reacting to that they can't take the words of your POTUS at par? What is actually funny about that?

[Parsad]

7 hours ago, John Hjorth said:

 

I agree with @Gamecock-YT here, above.

 

Mike [ @cubsfan ],

 

It's a behavioral problem - of yours - while discussing in this topic. Have you even thought about how you're actual phrasing of the content of your posts lately appear condecensing and patronizing, all while you - constantly, on and on - ignore and disregard the points brought up several times, by several CofB&F members, including me, about the trustworthyness of Putin, ref. the concept of 'lasting peace'.

 

In short, you're by many European CofB&F members and others considered naive, short term, or both.

 

 

 

+1!  Cheers!

[Spekulatius]

4 hours ago, JoJo1 said:

POTUS is an idiot. Putin will never, ever give a cent to Trump. Never.

And why? Trump gives him everything for a promise, an illusion of cooperation. in the Arctic, pah.

 

If the Germans understand that instead of 11000 cars a day they can also build 100 tanks, 10 million drones, optics, laser and horny, small robots, a day; finally organize 20 satellite launches every week again ... and if the Germans then talk intensively with their Jewish friends about military technology, laser, quantum optics, I see potential there.

 

It's time too. who needs a tesla if can having a bmw.

Petersburg and Moskau, end of russia

This is in German but if you understand the language the it’s worthwhile. It from the CEO of Rheinmetal and pretty impressive. Had clearly says they can build a lot of Lynx vehicles , air defense system that make short work of drones etc. They have capacity to produce 1M rounds of artillery ammo and are building factory in the Ukraine in JV’s. They have a blanket order to build 100 Lynx for Italy and build 150/ year but that’s because the order is structured that way and they could easily build twice as much. 

I think Germany has better means to quickly ramp up weapons manufacturing on an industrial scale than the US quite frankly. There is an amazing about of resources available.

 

I know for example Thales a bit and they have deeper internalized manufacturing integration than US aerospace cos like Boeing and other defense primes. It can be a bit of a hindrance to some extend and does not comply with the asset light operating model of the US primes but it does allow them to remap better and make them more resilient in term of supply chains.

 

There is a tremendous amount of technical , industrial and financial resources that Europe can draw from but it takes a common vision and political will to do so.

 

FWIW, Rheinmetal stock  is close to a 20x bagger from the COVID-19 lows.

Edited yesterday at 01:34 AM by Spekulatius

[John Hjorth]

On 2/21/2025 at 2:32 AM, Spekulatius said:

This is in German but if you understand the language the it’s worthwhile. It from the CEO of Rheinmetal and pretty impressive. Had clearly says they can build a lot of Lynx vehicles , air defense system that make short work of drones etc. They have capacity to produce 1M rounds of artillery ammo and are building factory in the Ukraine in JV’s. They have a blanket order to build 100 Lynx for Italy and build 150/ year but that’s because the order is structured that way and they could easily build twice as much. 

I think Germany has better means to quickly ramp up weapons manufacturing on an industrial scale than the US quite frankly. There is an amazing about of resources available.

 

I know for example Thales a bit and they have deeper internalized manufacturing integration than US aerospace cos like Boeing and other defense primes. It can be a bit of a hindrance to some extend and does not comply with the asset light operating model of the US primes but it does allow them to remap better and make them more resilient in term of supply chains.

 

There is a tremendous amount of technical , industrial and financial resources that Europe can draw from but it takes a common vision and political will to do so.

 

FWIW, Rheinmetal stock  is close to a 20x bagger from the COVID-19 lows.

 

 

It's actually a very good point about the situation for Germany by now, @Spekulatius, 

 

In every challenging situation is also the basis and foundation of a new opportunity, if one looks sufficiently around. It's time for some tailwind for Germany on the bicycle path, in stead of headwinds, that appear without end.

 

There wil be a lot to do, all while European defense budgets are swelling and going beserk.

[Xerxes]

From CSIS:

 

something that has not been mentioned here in this thread is Putin’ advance age and desire to shape his legacy. Given his advance age, contrary to popular believe that the Russia will come again for round 3 w/ Ukraine after any ceasefire, may not be totally correct. 
 

Meaning that his scope of ambitions for round 2 maybe much higher than “hit pause and re-arm” school of thought. 
 

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/russian-roulette/id1112258664?i=1000694809666

 

 

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/russian-roulette/id1112258664?i=1000694520512