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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Carpian ✶  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Ukraine War Slowly Turning To Favor Ukraine
Date: 04/05/26 11:57 PM
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Momentum is shifting as Ukraine re-takes territory, strikes deep into Russia and increases Russian losses to the point that such losses cannot be maintained for much longer.

It gets worse. A PBS report last week portrayed an ugly picture of what's going on in the Russian military these days.

pbs.org - Russian corruption fuels massive casualties in ukraine

In Russia's military, men learn quickly to fear their commanders more than their foe. This is the treatment awaiting those who refuse to hand over their pay.

Hundreds of videos circulating on Russian social media reveal horrific punishments by superiors extorting money from their men. Soldiers report being locked in cages, electrocuted and sexually assaulted. Those wounded, but lucky enough to survive, must pay thousands more to be declared unfit for service, or they're forced to literally limp into battle.

...One of the report's authors is Seth Jones, a former senior official in the Department of Defense. He said many Russians are dying because they're unable to pay bribes and are being sent to the front lines to be killed.

Seth Jones, Center for Strategic and International Studies: They're being used as bait, so they draw fire. And when there's artillery that goes off, Russian artillery or Russian drones are able to, say, spot where Ukrainian locations are.

Simon Ostrovsky: One of the things I have been struck by as I have looked at the video footage that's come out of this war is that you often see soldiers who are totally unfit for duty. I'm talking about people who are on crutches, people who are missing limbs.

Coming soon to a country near you. Think it couldn't happen here? How many things are happening here that most of us thought could never happen here? Anyone want to say that Trump/Hegseth et al wouldn't do this if they thought they could get away with it?

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