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Monty I originally thought you were from Sweden and you were a little embarrassed to mention that but you said you werent from Sweden So I am going to guess, you from Denmark? Am I right?

Those were definitely the good old days when locals came out happily to greet the US Navy ....another thing liberals and the left has destroyed

https://www.thedailybeast.com/they-deceived-us-at-every-step-south-ossetian-troops-blast-russias-war-in-ukraine?via=twitter_page A good read highlighting some of the failures from a " on the ground " perspective of Putins War from Russian soldiers

Wormie !!! Stop being naughty You breaking our solemn code, you remember the code? You and I never disagree with each other when it comes to games.....we always like the same games I like BG3, you like BG3. I like Elder Scrolls games, you like Elder Scrolls games. You like DS games, I like DS games The code has existed since the dawn of time and we cannot break it. Gamers globally rely on us to adhere to the code. Without it their will only be chaos and we dont want that

@Amentep Please be honest....you also want to know Gfted1 Chile story...you know you do

But Gfted1 dont leave me hanging, surly you know me by now Why are they the kindest, what happened that you remember this so emphatically ...their must be a good story their? Its a women you met right, I dont blame you. South American women are really beautiful

This is my point, its another indictment on the Russian army where you dont want to be taken alive

The Ukrainians have apparently turned the underground bunkers into a militarized area Its going to be very costly for the Russian army especially because the Ukrainians know its likely if they captured alive they will get killed anyway I would think like that if I was one of those Ukrainian soldiers...rather die in battle than be executed or abused as a prisoner. And we know their are several cases of captured Ukraine soldiers being executed so its very likely

Russian soldiers have apparently entered that Steel factory in Mariupol. I imagine the Ukrainian soldiers left will make a final stand, I admire their bravery and sacrifice in the face of tyranny for the freedom of their country

Nice, is that where you had such fond memories of Chile?

Yes I agree, I am sure it will be overturned. Its a Conservative aligned SC and the US is going through Culture Wars so its almost guaranteed Its just this particular reason I heard on CNN I find strange

When you were in the navy which countries did you travel to and how long were you at sea for before you had shore leave? And how long was shore leave, I have always though of the Navy as a good choice for military service. It always sounds such fun, especially the shore leave

Gfted1 you making me blush, you never took any right because you dont believe in sex before marriage

Post some links tomorrow, I want to see if we missing anything in SA where we have a huge problem with teenage pregnancies from 12 years up

Great read. I wonder if the Donbas campaign will succeed and even if it does how are the Ruskies going to maintain control?

Its interesting to me how some men in SA and on forums like Codex blame women for falling pregnant and say things like " women fall pregnant in order to trap men" and " men are victims of devious women ". These views are more part of the culture wars and what I find incredulous is if you worried about being " trapped by devious women " use a condom and take some personal responsibility as a man. But whats your view on the whole argument that R vs W can be legitimately overturned because the word abortion doesn't exist in the Constitution. Does that make sense ?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-proposes-banning-russian-oil-065832312.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall More Russian banks are going to be cutoff from SWIFT and further moves to end EU dependency on Russian energy Great news, the sooner the Russian economy collapses the quicker Putins War will end

Come on its not that bad, I spent 300 hours on the single player version and about 1150 on the online game I dont understand some of the other criticism towards the game. Their are lots of activities outside the missions that include hunting, bounty-hunting, train robberies, kill the KKK and fishing. In fact here is an interesting list of 101 things to do https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/11/21/101-things-you-can-do-in-red-dead-redemption-ii Money has a purpose to upgrade weapons and buy expensive horses and upgrade your camp. Its no different to GTA4&5 meaning its typical Rockstar design and mechanics

I must add I have just heard a weak argument from some Republican commentators about the overturning of Roe vs Wade According to them its justified because the word abortion doesnt exist in the US Constitution which is why the original ruling was unconstitutional in the first place But surly when the US Constitution was first created words like gender equality, LGBT and abortion didnt really exist or were used so how can that be a justification to overturn R vs W?

I would but I was told not to do that

The objective of overturning Roe vs Wade and the GOP controlled states pushing this ideological view is based on several reasons. Some of it is unhelpful culture wars and the GOP pandering to this and some of it is a legitimate belief that abortion is murder. I respect that even if I personally dont believe it. This view is common in SA and many other countries throughout Africa and the world I was watching on CNN pro-choice protests in Washington and all the anger and people saying " we wont accept this " But the US is a Democracy and a Federal system. I dont understand what their is to accept? If people arent happy dont vote for the GOP ....thats how Democracy works and we all have choices around who we want to vote for if we not happy with any political policy I can guarantee you their are many women who support the Republicans and they pro-choice but they wont vote for the Democrats because of what they consider are controversial and concerning far left policies But end of the day we all have to accept the overall will of the people and if the majority of people in GOP states are fine with Roe vs Wade being overturned then Im not sure what anger on the streets is going to do ? Protests dont change peoples ideological and political views, they just highlight what people who are protesting already think

" frog eaters " Frog is delicious by the way, its a white meat and tastes similar to chicken wings

QFT Their is no status quo since Putins War started and no way this will end until Putins War is over and Russia has retreated. Russian apologists would happy appease Putin until every East European country is back under the control of Russia because someone who lives in Spain has no historical memory or interest in how bad things were under Communism So of course you will hear unconvincing fears about a "Nuclear war " and we "mustn't provoke the Russian Bear " and other hyperbole And as usual this type of argument ignores the obvious reason why we here, Russia invaded a sovereign country. This is on Putin and nothing is going change that ever

Azdeus we cant dwell on the past and any historical political views. This is a brand new world since Ukraine was invaded and the EU is making new security arrangements to address this global threat from Russia We would all feel much better knowing that Sweden is part of NATO, you guys are part of the EU family and the thought of you guys being excluded from NATO just doesn't feel right?

Elerond you must never think badly about your country doing the right thing Its in the best interests of the stability and security of Finland to join NATO. I watched an interview on CNN last night with a Finnish minister who sits on a EU\Finnish security council (I cant remember her name ) and she corrected Christiane Amanpour by saying " Finland is not neutral, we sit firmly in the Western camp and we are opposed to Putins War " Finland joining NATO is a progressive move and we should all be supporting it