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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:04pm On May 02, 2024
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WriiterNg:
⚡Macron stands by his refusal to rule out sending Western ground forces to help Ukraine.

“If the Russians were to break through the front lines, if there were a Ukrainian request - which is not the case today - we would legitimately have to ask ourselves this question,” French President Macron says.
Little Macron wants to witness a match of Russian forces on the streets of Paris. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:56pm On May 02, 2024
WrriterNg:
⚡A whistleblower who accused a Boeing supplier of ignoring defects in the production of the 737 MAX has died, family members and his lawyer have said.

Joshua Dean, a former Spirit AeroSystems employee who alleged he was fired in retaliation for flagging lax standards at the company’s Wichita, Kansas, manufacturing plant, died on Tuesday after a sudden illness, his aunts and sister said in posts on social media.

Dean’s lawyer Brian Knowles said his client’s death was a “loss to the aviation community and the flying public”.


“He possessed tremendous courage to stand up for what he felt was true and right and raised quality and safety issues. Aviation companies should encourage and incentivise those that do raise these concerns. Otherwise, safety and quality are truly not these companies’ top priorities,” Knowles told Al Jazeera.

Spirit AeroSystems said the company’s thoughts were with his family.

“This sudden loss is stunning news here at Spirit and for his loved ones,” a spokesperson told Al Jazeera.

Dean’s mother wrote in a Facebook post last month that her son was “fighting for his life” after contracting pneumonia and suffering a stroke following an MRSA infection.
As usual, they have silenced him.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:44pm On Apr 30, 2024
seunny4lif:
The USA have removed sanctions on Russian banks.
This is the latest move by the USA government to battle the high cost of energy which is affecting productions.

This came as a shocked to USA allies as the USA government did not informed them.
When Hungary said the current sanction war against Russia is unsustainable, backdoor and outdated so-called economic experts like Ibime said the likes of Orban were just being Putin stooges and leftists.

How does it sounds now. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:15pm On Apr 30, 2024
lanre316:
Religion was created by people.
Religion is perpetuated by people.
Religion's holy books are written by people.
The people who are the conqueror, colonizer and enslaver enforced their religion on the conquered, colonized and enslaved people.
Religion is defended and fought over by people.
Religion is indoctrinated into future adult people (children) by current adult people.
Religion is easily usable by religious leaders to scam people of their money/resources and easily usable to move people lay down their precious lives to kill and get killed in wars

It's laughable to attempt to separate religion from people.
No one is separating religion from people. Religion cannot exist without people. Don't misquote me.

The underlying goal of religion is to chart a humane, disciplined, and happy life for humanity. This was what I was insinuating on my earlier reply to you. It's people that makes religion appear bad by how they practiced it.

You can't boldly say religion is a scam just because some practice it in a way that convey such negative viewpoints. But there are others that practice same religion in a way that makes others to emulate them positively.

It's like when some persons would say education is a scam in Nigeria because of the useless leaders will have. But, that doesn't take away the fact that education is the best legacy you can give to a child.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:57pm On Apr 30, 2024
seunny4lif:
President Biden is reportedly working on a 10 year deal to send Ukraine $1 trillion in military aid and $500 billion in reconstruction loan guarantees and would prevent the next two presidents from cutting off aid.

Imagine a nation that doesn’t have money for free healthcare, free rent/housing, and student loans but giving out billions to a foreign countries yet the Russia they are fighting have all those things.
Still surprised that out of all those advanced countries, only USA don’t have any of those things yet their citizens are not protesting about it but always complain like Nigerians
The MIC and its agents of death holds the US government by the balls.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:50pm On Apr 30, 2024
WriiterNg:
⚡White House says that the International Criminal Court has 'no jurisdiction' in Israel-Hamas war
Just imagine. But it has jurisdiction in the Russian and Ukraine war....?? Disgraced clowns. These events has exposed them for who they truly are before the eyes of the global world.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:47pm On Apr 30, 2024
dvkot:
rule for thee and not for me 😂
Yeah...same rules that some of our brainwashed brethren over here called western democracy.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:43pm On Apr 30, 2024
WriiterNg:
⚡The US threatens the International Criminal Court in The Hague:

"If you send an arrest warrant to Netanyahu and his ministers, there will be no cease-fire" - Bloomberg reports

The US and its allies are concerned that the International Criminal Court may issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials just as the country is getting closer to a cease-fire agreement with Hamas, potentially jeopardizing a deal, people familiar with the matter said.
Shameless.

I would like to see a situation where the whole of Africa and other states from other continent stop recognizing the legality of the Hague as an international court of justice.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:37pm On Apr 30, 2024
WriiterNg:
⚡US eased sanctions on at least 10 Russian banks, including the Central Bank, to allow energy-related operations as energy costs soar, Bloomberg reports
Ediots.

When you're big, you're big. You can't tame a boss as Russia. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:35pm On Apr 30, 2024
WriiterNg:
⚡Police arresting protesters at UT Austin in Texas
If this was done in places like China or Russia, the lamestream media would have gone on overdrive calling it antidemocracy and government brutality against free speech and the right to protest.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:31pm On Apr 30, 2024
WrriterNg:
Do you the link for this? Please share.

Wanna read more on it. I'm bored lol.
I will try and get my old system to come up...I saved most of the information on it.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:25pm On Apr 30, 2024
Balogunodua:
That is why I laugh each time when people quote US defence budget as compare to China when debating.
Many people are just ignorant.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:30pm On Apr 29, 2024
WriiterNg:
800 billion this, 900 billion that.

That amount is not even enough to maintain over 800 bases worldwide

60% of that money will be used to line up the pockets of corrupt officials and defense contractors.

So where will money for weapons research even come from?
You can describe the US MIC as a racketeering organization for the deep state. They have the US government and the general populace caged in a repeated circle of unprecedented corruption via bloated military budgets in the name of war.

The Military Industrial Complex is the economic paradise of defense contractors. And guess what.

The bulk of the US military budget goes to defense contractors. Troops and veterans don't even come second in the sharing schemes.

These contractors have their agents within and around all areas of the government machinery. Most of those senators and reps you see all the time on a war footing are not not called war Hawks for nothing. They represent different interests (defense contractors) within the MIC, and of course, they all get their percentage.

. The MIC has a great influence on American foreign policy, because it serves as the link through which they can create so-called 'enemies' for America, then wars for America to go after those enemies. That way, they reap in the big bucks continuously. And the cycle continues.

This was exactly what formal US president Dwight Eisenhower warned the American people against in his farewell speech in 1961. Today, the MIC has become so influential as such that the president must be someone that goes along with their interests. Otherwise, all hell would break lose. That was why they don't like Trump. That was why they killed John F. Kennedy who before his death said that some persons were trying to control his government.

The corruption in that sector is beyond anything you can imagine.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:41pm On Apr 29, 2024
WriterrNg:
⚡Finland has asked the EU for money to support the regions bordering Russia.

At a meeting with von der Leyen, the Finnish Prime Minister asked the EU for help for the eastern regions affected by the closure of borders with Russia.

The Finnish politician asked the head of the EC to contribute to the allocation of €10 billion. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo also asked the EU for help for the eastern regions bordering Russia during the visit of the President of the European Commission to the country.

He voiced the request during a press conference with the head of the EC.

"It's a security issue, it's a lack of investment issue. Eastern Finland is suffering now. We need the EU to help Eastern Finland, which has suffered from Russian behavior (more precisely, from the imposition of sanctions against Russia by Finland)."
These guy's are shameless. He even have the guts to say "Russian behavior". You placed sanctions on Russia and closed your borders with the country, forgetting that, much of your people in that part depends overwhelmingly on Russia for their basic necessities and economic survival. Now, you're begging for help and blaming Russia for your folly. This is comic tragedy.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:34pm On Apr 29, 2024
lanre316:
@bolded 😂😂😂😂😂
grin grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:22pm On Apr 29, 2024
WrriterNg:
⚡Ukrainian Air Force F-16s will be based in bunkers and underground infrastructure, Ukrainian Air Force speaker Yevlash says.
He forgot to mention Russian bunker bursting missiles. Clown. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:18pm On Apr 29, 2024
lanre316:
Sad truth.

Religion is the oldest scam ever
Religion is not a scam. It is the people who practice it that makes it look like a scam.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:15pm On Apr 29, 2024
WrriterNg:
⚡BBC reporter to US Secretary of State Blinken:

There's catastrophic loss of life in Gaza. In China, where you are visiting now, the US is described as hypocritical.

You ask China to stop sending Russia not even weapons, but components that can be used to make weapons, but you continue to send weapons to Israel.

This erodes the credibility of the US. Not only here in China but all over the world. What do you say?
He would have nothing to say, of course. What do you expect from a two-faced hypocritical bigot.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:52pm On Apr 29, 2024
Jovi10:
When NATO member states did it, it was nice shey? First to do no dey pain na grin grin grin
They're just so emotional. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:48pm On Apr 29, 2024
WrriterNg:
Has anyone noticed that all US warships look really old compared to Russian warships.

I've scoured the whole internet I've not seen a new US warship commissioned in the last 6 years.

Russia on the other hand continue to produce and commission new ships even as at yesterday.
Many people don't even know that much of the US gigantic military budget goes to maintenance and only a part translate into real new armaments. This practice in its current form is unsustainable and is one of the reasons the US would collapse like the Roman empire did.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:42pm On Apr 29, 2024
Alamkir:
Stupid Africans, why would your national gold be in a foreign country in the first place? I also heard that most of our foreign reserve are in US Treasury securities or deposits in US banks.
It's true.

Immediately president Good luck Jonathan said he would convert half of Nigeria's foreign reserve from dollars to Yuan, the western media particularly CNN went on overdrive against his administration with all sorts of concorted stories and lies. Those guys are terrible.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:37pm On Apr 29, 2024
Vl3ly:
Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Senegal, Algeria and Saudi Arabia have begun withdrawing their national gold reserves from the United States
Hmmmm. The Simpsons predicted a huge financial/economic crunch in America.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:35pm On Apr 29, 2024
Kingsnairaland:
What ever turkey test the data will show in Russia data collection center lol

USA is doomed
You can bet the S-400 has a backdoor feedback to Russia.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:29pm On Apr 29, 2024
WriterrNg:
⚡In 2020, Turkey tested its first Russian-made S-400 Triumph systems on F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II fighters.

The test results were not disclosed, but judging by the lack of complaints, it can be assumed that the country is completely satisfied with the systems.

The two batteries of Russian-made S-400 air defense systems are deployed at the Myurt airbase. They were tested at least three times on American stealth fighters. AviaPro news agency indicates that not only F-35 aircraft, but also more classified F-22s appeared in the detection range of systems.


The “targeted” American fifth-generation fighters were sent to rotation in the Middle East through the Black Sea and directly Turkey. Their route ran approximately 170-200 kilometers from the Turkish Air Force Airbase of Myurt. Therefore, the Turkish side had a great opportunity to test its S-400s for aerodynamic purposes.

This was not the first test of Turkish S-400 over American fighter: in November 2019, video footage appeared showing the testing of the S-400’s radar on F-16s and F-4E Phantoms.
This is not new na. cool

The real reason that prompted Turkey to go all in for the S-400 was the event that took place over the Euphrates in 2016.

After the brouhaha with Turkey following the downing of the SU-24, and then the US sending 57 Tomahawk cruise missiles directly against the Assad regime, the Russian missile forces in Syria declared that beginning from that day and onward, they would start targeting any plane that flies across and around the Euphare area, which include the Turkish and Iraqi sides of the area. A month or so later, a memo leaked by an insider revealed how the US DoD was complaining bitterly that "all" their planes (stealth and non-stealth) were being "painted" by Russia's SAM defense systems located in Syria. cool For those who understands the military terminology of fighter jets being "painted," you would agreed why they US was mad. cheesy

Well, the Turkish military that knows about everything that is happening in and out of the Icirlik airbase in Turkey where US strategic fighter planes were stationed, instantly seize the opportunity to buy the S-400.

And the US went even madder. cool

The Turks got to confirmed the words of the Russian general in Syria who said that, "...and the myth of invisible planes would be met with disappointing realities." cool.

It was after this reality that the US introduced the CAATSA law, which is aimed at discouraging states particularly in the Middle East and across Asia from purchasing the Sophisticated arms like the S-400 from Russia and other related advanced tech from states like China. cool

For you to know how potent the S-400 is, the US has on several occasions asked Turkey to give the weapon to Ukraine in exchange for several Patriots batteries and a place in the F-35 stealth program. Guess what...

The Turks told them to Bleep off. grin because they already knew from their findings that with the S-400, the F35 and F22 Raptors are flying coffins. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:29pm On Apr 29, 2024
WriterrNg:
⚡In 2020, Turkey tested its first Russian-made S-400 Triumph systems on F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II fighters.

The test results were not disclosed, but judging by the lack of complaints, it can be assumed that the country is completely satisfied with the systems.

The two batteries of Russian-made S-400 air defense systems are deployed at the Myurt airbase. They were tested at least three times on American stealth fighters. AviaPro news agency indicates that not only F-35 aircraft, but also more classified F-22s appeared in the detection range of systems.


The “targeted” American fifth-generation fighters were sent to rotation in the Middle East through the Black Sea and directly Turkey. Their route ran approximately 170-200 kilometers from the Turkish Air Force Airbase of Myurt. Therefore, the Turkish side had a great opportunity to test its S-400s for aerodynamic purposes.

This was not the first test of Turkish S-400 over American fighter: in November 2019, video footage appeared showing the testing of the S-400’s radar on F-16s and F-4E Phantoms.
This is not new na. cool

The real reason that prompted Turkey to go all in for the S-400 was the event that took place over the Euphrates in 2016.

After the brouhaha with Turkey following the downing of the SU-24, and then the US sending 57 Tomahawk cruise missiles directly against the Assad regime, the Russian missile forces in Syria declared that beginning from that day and onward, they would start targeting any plane that flies across and around the Euphare area, which include the Turkish and Iraqi sides of the area. A month or so later, a memo leaked by an insider revealed how the US DoD was complaining bitterly that "all" their planes (stealth and non-stealth) were being "painted" by Russia's SAM defense systems located in Syria. cool For those who understands the military terminology of fighter jets being "painted," you would agreed why they US was mad. cheesy

Well, the Turkish military that knows about everything that is happening in and out of the Icirlik airbase in Turkey where US strategic fighter planes were stationed, instantly seize the opportunity to buy the S-400.

And the US went even madder. cool

The Turks got to confirmed the words of the Russian general in Syria who said that, "...and the myth of invisible planes would be met with disappointing realities." cool. After that statement, Australia ran away from
Syria and the US and her partners in crimes stopped targeting the Assad regime forces directly. cool

It was after this reality that the US introduced the CAATSA law, which is aimed at discouraging states particularly in the Middle East and across Asia from purchasing the Sophisticated arms like the S-400 from Russia and other related advanced tech from states like China. cool

For you to know how potent the S-400 is, the US has on several occasions asked Turkey to give the weapon to Ukraine in exchange for several Patriots batteries and a place in the F-35 stealth program. Guess what...

The Turks told them to Bleep off. grin because they already knew from their findings that with the S-400, the F35 and F22 Raptors are flying coffins. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 4:45pm On Apr 29, 2024
WriterrNg:
⚡Soldiers of the Russian Battlegroup Tsentr are evacuating the US-made Abrams tank from the special military operation zone to Moscow, where it will be shown at an exhibition of trophies on Poklonnaya Hill, according to Russian media.
The Abram tanks are outdated and incapable of standing up in the face of real test in a near-peer hotly contested environment because, the manufacturers have forgotten that, God has changed the name 'Abram' to 'Abraham'. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 4:39pm On Apr 29, 2024
WriterrNg:
⚡Lmaoo But these same clowns say the Baltic Sea is now automatically a NATO lake.

Only a tiny piece of Russia is in the Baltic but they've turned it to their backyard lol.
Jay in kyiv should be the one to first blockade Kalinigrad and watch how Russian SS-18 Satan missiles sinks major cities across Europe.

As for those pigmies on this thread doing life in Langley's prison of misinformation that believes NATO has Russiaornered, they only need to see a map, but unfortunately, they can't even think for themselves not to mention going over a map.

Pathetic.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:04am On Apr 28, 2024
WrriterNg:
⚡EMBARRASSING:

Blinken went home and ONLY THE US AMBASSADOR said farewell!

The lowest of the low in international diplomacy etiquette.

Not a single Chinese official came, WOW.
Everyone, including the Saudis are fed up with the Biden's led US administration. This would never happen if trump was in office.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:59am On Apr 28, 2024
WrriterNg:
Bastard pikin!

My post dey as e dey. Instead make u bow ur head in shame u dey here still dey rant.

Sometimes e good to dey give una hot hot. No be only una sabi insult.

Una no fit write one complete sentence without insult.
Just add him to the SIO list and move on. It's better to avoid being subjected to his level of person than to take to their kiddergathen style of rants and insults just to prove a point. I hardly read their post these days.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:49am On Apr 28, 2024
WrriterNg:
⚡China is influencing the U.S. elections, says Blinken.
It's now China. I thought it was just Russia interfering.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:00pm On Apr 27, 2024
Vl3ly:

[🖼 🇵🇸Exhumation of bodies in mass graves continues in Palestinian Khan Yunis

The bodies of more than 700 people were found in three excavated mass graves.

❗️Signs of torture and organ removal were found on the bodies of Palestinians. Many were also shot in the head.
Organ harvesters and their sympathizers.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:56pm On Apr 27, 2024
WrriterNg:
Mumu.

Every Russian embassy in Europe and US right now has Russian tanks and equipment displayed in front of it for citizens to go and worship.

Infact they were the ones that gave the Russians this idea. They did it first.
I must commend the patience you guys have debating that guy. He is neither here nor there, and the worst of it all is that he never sound sensible.

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