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Trapped in the trenches of Ukraine ~ an extensive New Yorker Article ~ long and informative w/ pics

DawgOfTheAges
DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,754 Founders Club
edited March 2023 in Tug Tavern
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/02/trapped-in-the-trenches-in-ukraine
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  • Goduckies
    Goduckies Member Posts: 8,004 Standard Supporter
    Cliff notes
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  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,481 Founders Club
    Goduckies said:

    Cliff notes

    Putin is Hitler.
    Zelensky is the HERO Ukraine needs.
    PGOS sheds a tear of joy and yells up to his two dads w glee.

    5. Profit.


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  • trublue
    trublue Member Posts: 3,042
    edited March 2023
    Made it through the first three paragraphs of horseshit . . . Military vet (Iraq, Afghanistan) with degree in Computer Science and Linguistics from Columbia University . . . He was disillusioned by President Trump and the social media, so he quit his job at Google and went to fight in Ukraine.

    The author is quite impressed by his barrel chest, beard and scar on his neck from a bar fight in NC.

    Blah, Blah, Blah . . . Vomit
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  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,754 Founders Club
    edited March 2023
    trublue said:

    Made it through the first three paragraphs of horseshit . . . Military vet (Iraq, Afghanistan) with degree in Computer Science and Linguistics from Columbia University . . . He was disillusioned by President Trump and the social media, so he quit his job at Google and went to fight in Ukraine.

    The author is quite impressed by his barrel chest, beard and scar on his neck from a bar fight in NC.

    Blah, Blah, Blah . . . Vomit

    Don’t be an airhead, Read the thing or don’t bother to comment… the author takes his time and takes you behind them scenes into combat with pictures and describes what is actually happening… it‘s brilliant but it takes more than the microsecond that you spent evaluating it.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 114,189 Founders Club
    TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:

    trublue said:

    Made it through the first three paragraphs of horseshit . . . Military vet (Iraq, Afghanistan) with degree in Computer Science and Linguistics from Columbia University . . . He was disillusioned by President Trump and the social media, so he quit his job at Google and went to fight in Ukraine.

    The author is quite impressed by his barrel chest, beard and scar on his neck from a bar fight in NC.

    Blah, Blah, Blah . . . Vomit

    Don’t be an airhead, Read the thing or don’t bother to comment… the author takes his time and takes you behind them scenes into combat with pictures and describes what is actually happening… it‘s brilliant but it takes more than the microsecond that you spent evaluating it.
    Welcome to the Tug. Tweets are the coin of the realm. I welcome all but this place isn't always welcoming. Thanks for posting
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    edited March 2023
    I guess it’s hard for me to give 2 fucks to risk his life to go fight for the one of the most corrupt countries in the world. I do feel for the rank and file of Ukraine. It’s sad that their lives mean nothing to the MIC and those in Congress that enable them.

    But that’s just the same as it ever was. Isn’t it.
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  • Goduckies
    Goduckies Member Posts: 8,004 Standard Supporter
    Putin takes off gloves

    https://l.smartnews.com/M3nE6/dMeb8a
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    Goduckies said:

    Putin takes off gloves

    https://l.smartnews.com/M3nE6/dMeb8a

    I’m hearing the Granny’s with Molotov cocktails have ceded the line.
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  • trublue
    trublue Member Posts: 3,042
    edited March 2023
    TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:

    trublue said:

    Made it through the first three paragraphs of horseshit . . . Military vet (Iraq, Afghanistan) with degree in Computer Science and Linguistics from Columbia University . . . He was disillusioned by President Trump and the social media, so he quit his job at Google and went to fight in Ukraine.

    The author is quite impressed by his barrel chest, beard and scar on his neck from a bar fight in NC.

    Blah, Blah, Blah . . . Vomit

    Don’t be an airhead, Read the thing or don’t bother to comment… the author takes his time and takes you behind them scenes into combat with pictures and describes what is actually happening… it‘s brilliant but it takes more than the microsecond that you spent evaluating it.
    Sorry, dude. I gave it my best shot. The author’s style of writing is flowery and overly descriptive. The author loved the nicknames (Doc, Turtle, etc.) of the various members of the International Foreign Legion and was certain to list their educational credentials . . .

    I’m not interested in propaganda from either side in this fight.

    We seem more interested in this proxy war than our NATO allies we are “protecting” . . . $$$ and manpower.

    BTW: New ways of killing people don’t interest me much.

    What did our wanna-be & real Commanders in Chief do when it was their turn to fight for their country, to wit: Bill Clinton (Vietnam); Joe Biden (Vietnam); Donald Trump (Vietnam)? I won’t even get into the dangers faced by John Kerry, George W. Bush (a pilot assigned to AF Reserves or National Guard stateside) and Al Gore in Vietnam.

    Best of luck the rest of the way!
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  • trublue
    trublue Member Posts: 3,042
    edited March 2023
    As an aside, please read the bonafides of the author before recommending horseshit.

    https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/luke-mogelson

    This contributing author covered the uprising in Minneapolis after the murder of George Floyd; the Jan. 6th Insurrection on the Capitol; During the Pandemic, he covered the social tumult in the United States.

    Geezus!
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  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,754 Founders Club
    edited March 2023
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  • trublue
    trublue Member Posts: 3,042
    edited March 2023
    Sorry for hijacking your post . . . I was out of line.

    I didn’t intend to stifle discussion of what you proffered.
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  • DawgOfTheAges
    DawgOfTheAges Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,754 Founders Club
    edited March 2023
    No problem, you were civil, you just didn’t like what I posted And said so and then said why.
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  • RoadTrip
    RoadTrip Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,171 Founders Club
    I cunt heer you
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  • RoadTrip
    RoadTrip Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,171 Founders Club
    TheRoarOfTheCrowd said:

    No problem, you were civil, you just didn’t like what I posted And said so and then said why.

    Survive the tug and poast moar
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