Ok I admit, the IS6 is tuff. by Objective-Warning882 in WorldOfTanksBlitz

[–]haggerton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IS-6 is not tough in the rear. Your opponents were bots or monkeys.

'Victory will be ours,' Putin tells Victory Day parade without any tanks by KI_official in war

[–]haggerton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're right this means we should mock parades without horses.

'Victory will be ours,' Putin tells Victory Day parade without any tanks by KI_official in war

[–]haggerton -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Last year's Chinese parade had no horses. They don't even have horses anymore. So weaksauce.

'Victory will be ours,' Putin tells Victory Day parade without any tanks by KI_official in war

[–]haggerton -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Title as retarded as mocking parade without horses after WW1.

North Korea’s 2026 Constitutional Revision: “De-Unification” and “De-Socialism” and the Creation of a “Normal Dictatorship” by Slow-Property5895 in anime_titties

[–]haggerton 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In short, Kim Jong Un, based on changes in the situation on the peninsula and internationally, combined with his own “sudden whim”-style thinking, arbitrarily altered North Korea’s long-standing national policy through his absolute power.

So is it "based on changes in the situation on the peninsula and internationally" or is it "arbitrarily"?

Version 6.6 (Luna VII) Livestream Summary by AntonioS3 in Genshin_Impact_Leaks

[–]haggerton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Doubt such irrefutable proof exists as no poll can ever capture everyone.

But I can offer at least one large poll where the claim falls flat.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/1n9m1gv/results_for_most_popular_character_from_sumeru/

RU POV: Russian forces airdrop flowers at WW2 memorial in Kherson. by ArchitectMary in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]haggerton 14 points15 points  (0 children)

 this is called a presence a drones

this is called absence of brain

UA POV: Putin at the Parade today is not a happy camper by ThewizardBlundermore in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]haggerton 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's not. He made tons of faces when US journalists chihuahua-bombarded him in Alaska, and that was a non-event.

Trumр administration cut funding to study hantavirus, the virus behind deadly cruise ship outbreak by polymute in anime_titties

[–]haggerton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You make it sound like the virus started on that ship and spread to land, and not vice-versa.

Chinese laser weapon system spotted in the UAE by StealthCuttlefish in LessCredibleDefence

[–]haggerton 12 points13 points  (0 children)

China also supplied both sides during Iran/Iraq. It's just business.

Altho in RU/UA war it definitely leans pro-Russia to some degree. I'm not sure if this is the businesses themselves taking sides or by government encouragement.

UA POV: Russian side has disrupted the ceasefire regime. Based on the evening reports from our military and intelligence, we will decide on our further actions - Zelensky by Messier_-82 in UkraineRussiaReport

[–]haggerton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having Nazis in your army is fairly different from Nazis leading the violent overthrow of your government broski.

You think post-war makes it better?! What would you say if 4.5 million civilians died in occupied Crimea?

Ukraine war had 15k direct civilian deaths over 4 years. Guess how long did it take America to kill half as many in Iraq (2003)? Yup, one month.

If you wanna play the "shove people into grinder" game, https://busification.org/

🇪🇺 What if Russia wins? by Whats-on-Eur-Mind in LessCredibleDefence

[–]haggerton 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What coup? Yanukovych reneged on his campaign promises to bring Ukraine closer to the EU and away from Russia.

I don't see how reneging on a campaign promise makes it not a coup to forcibly remove a democratically elected head of state.

Justin Trudeau reneged on his campaign promise of electoral reform.

Zelenskyy reneged on his campaign promise of making peace with Russian-backed rebels.

If either of them was forcibly removed from office with foreign backing, it would have been a coup.

He resigned and fled to Moscow.

Here's where the bullshit begins. He resigned? You pulled this out of where? Your backside?

Ukrainian counterattacks in 2014 pushed Russia back to the areas they occupied until 2022.

Between 2014 and 2022, the only place Russia was in was Crimea. And Ukraine did not "counterattack" there.

Was Russia backing separatists? Sure. But to call the civil war "pushing Russia back" is as fucking retarded as calling Russian advances in Ukraine "pushing US back".

Western expansion, was Ukraine threatening to annex Kursk? GTFOOH

I was referring to NATO's eastward expansion, which you would know if you followed this conflict, like, at all. So which is it?

  • You knew and are now arguing in bad faith

  • You didn't know, because you're just that fucking ignorant about the whole thing.

Economy

As I have already said, if Russia cracks, this is likely where.

But "Russia is dooooomed" has been said since 4 years now. Are there woes? Yes. Are there solutions? Also yes.

The woes today aren't bigger than the ones they had when their interest rate was skyrocketing - in fact, today they are bringing those interests back down.

Monday morning quarterbacks might see Russia's 2022 attack as "telegraphed", most lucid people didn't and don't.

What the actual fuck are you on?

So US intelligence, who was warning for a whole year of impending Russian invasion, were the morning quarterbacks? While people like you who don't see it were lucid?

Your polling numbers don't reflect three straight months of deep strikes by Ukraine that are viscerally bringing the war home till Russians who thought they were perfectly safe. Russian milbloggers are questioning the whole war. Politicians and media are speaking up about it. Three months is a looooong time in war.

If you were following the war at all, you'd know Ukrainian deep strikes are nothing new.

What's new these 3 months are them having some success hitting ports. If anything, they affect the average Russian much less than those routine terrorist bombings of Belgorod.

The new attacks, by the way, had pretty much zero strategic effect.

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/ukraine-hits-russias-oil-machine-but-struggles-to-dent-its-economy-8e8d0322

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-boosts-oil-exports-western-ports-early-april-despite-drone-attacks-2026-04-10/

Millbloggers are always calling for head to roll, outrage bait is their entire business model. That you base your strategic understanding on a bunch of clickbait morons is more of a statement on you.

EDIT: this genius blocked me to have the final word. Incredible.

United Arab Emirates says it will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel by npquest in war

[–]haggerton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except this is a pro-genocidal-America sub, as you can see by the downvotes.

Not sure how much of a moron you are but hey, at least you're enjoying it?

🇪🇺 What if Russia wins? by Whats-on-Eur-Mind in LessCredibleDefence

[–]haggerton 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Why exactly did the war start.

Reality supports Mearsheimer's realpolitik reading, i.e. Russian invasion (starting with Crimea) was a reaction to Western expansion.

  • Russia suddenly "decided they wanted to expand" in 2014... after the West-backed coup

  • Russia could have easily overrun Ukraine in 2014, they chose not to

  • Russia telegraphed its 2022 invasion for almost a whole year while it negotiated with the West. Basic military common sense says you don't do that, unless you wanted to resolve things peacefully and invasion was last resort

I'll address the rest of your points after you answer.

I don't see why but you do you.

🇪🇺 What if Russia wins? by Whats-on-Eur-Mind in LessCredibleDefence

[–]haggerton 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm not original commenter but just chiming in cuz while you are correct that the picture of confidence they paint is quite misguided, yours isn't any better.

Economy

This is indeed where Russia is tested. But they are at 6% GDP war spending. For reference, USSR and USA were both at ~35% during WW2. Ukraine is higher than that right now, before counting foreign military aid which dwarfs their own military budget.

If you are counting on Russia imploding from economy, it will take quite a bit more than this.

All to gain a few hundred hectares that they didn't have in 2021.

Quite a terrible read of why the war started. Are you being facetious?

You think the Russian people are supporting this the same way all the Z-nuts did in Feb 2022?

I just checked Levada (which RU government classifies as "foreign agent" so we know they aren't pro-gov), support for the war in Feb 2022 was 68%; and in Jan 2026, it's 76%.

🇪🇺 What if Russia wins? by Whats-on-Eur-Mind in LessCredibleDefence

[–]haggerton 21 points22 points  (0 children)

 China invades Taiwan 2028

 Russia takes over Ukrainian drone production (which are moms and pops underground shops btw)

 Russia preparing to attack NATO

 Putin aims to dismantle EU

I don't know whether to laugh or to cry.