11 Bravo (16,847 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024589806
To those advocating US military intervention in the Ukraine: I guarantee you ...
that there's a recruiting office somewhere in your ZIP code. And if you can't find it, PM me and I will send you the requisite enlistment papers.
(But before you do, if you might allow this tired old fart to offer up a bit of wisdom based on personal experience ... getting in the middle of someone else's ****ing civil war ain't all it's cracked up to be.)
There are times I miss TiT. !!B (b is for badass) wants all you chicken hawks to join up! It helps if you are flamingly gay. They are turning recruits away...
Berlin Expat (621 posts)
23. Czech media
has been recounting various Russian atrocities that occurred here during the 1968 Warsaw Pact Invasion.
The Chairman of the Czech Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Commitee, Karel Schwarzenberg, straight-up said that Putin is pulling the same thing that Hitler did in both Austria and Czechslovakia. He pretty much said, publicly, Putin=Hitler.
The Poles are saying similar things as well.
Damn those people who are saying things that are real...
The Wizard (7,645 posts)
7. Roger that Bravo
We've heard enough from the chickenhawks. The assholes who thought invading and occupying Vietnam had no chance of going themselves. Funny how that happens. Punks like Bill Kristol would wet their pants if they had to spend a night in the NDP (night defensive position). And Ted Nugent would have been handed a PRC 25 radio, a compass, binoculars and a map, that is if he didn't have an "unfortunate accident" first.
The Wizard pretends to be a vietnam vet.
Enthusiast (26,902 posts)
64. I believe that is the best explanation I've heard yet.
The proposed military cuts are what has generated all this Russian panic/concern.
The truth of the matter is the MIC doesn't have a reason to exist at this level. Not at a fraction of their present size. And they know the American people are asking about the size of the military.
So we can expect some very serious talking heads on the TV acting scared and telling us about the vast Russian nuclear arsenal. "Oh, my, how will we ever stay safe!"
So, basically, the great minds on DU are saying the Russian intervention into the Ukraine is a GOP/MIC false red flag event?
smokey775 (51 posts)
20. Chickenhawks always yell the loudest for war,
not those of us who have seen actual war up close and personal.
smokey pretends to be a Desert Storm vet.
nadinbrzezinski (130,229 posts)
22. Let me add another piece of wisdom
It matters little what you or me want. If they elites and those in the corridors of power want one, they'll get it.
We only do the dying, they do the enriching.
And if this goes real hot, them chicken hawks will get their chance to find out what you and I and others know. Unless they are lucky enough and draw a
RAMF (Rear Area Mother ****er) assignment. Just in case the chicken hawks don't have a clue. Yes, the equivalent exists in Spanish.
yes, nads gets spanked on the fuqued up RAMF... plonk!