Chromdome35

Doesn't this map contradict what you posted 5 days ago?

https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/display.aspx?sp=124350163&s=2&p=119249783#124350163

In December of 2025, you posted other micro-scale maps of this same area, and it doesn't look like Russia has moved much at all. SIX MONTHS and they have barely moved forward.

I agree with the poster who said these micro-scale maps are worthless to understanding the war.

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We should mine the straight.
We would know where they are. Mine it and walk away until iran agrees to terms.

Pipelines being built. South American production increasing.
Prices will balance
Then sink like a rock when iran capitulate.
Play their game. Better...

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Here is a problem with that scenario:

If Iran says the SOH is open to any nation willing to pay the toll and Europe, China, etc... say ok we'll pay the toll. If we then mine the SOH, it becomes the US that is denying the world the oil, not Iran.

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There's no difference, can't you see that? The greatest threat to the US since 1945 - the primary reason you have two soldiers in your family - is being beaten and with our help can be destroyed. Without any US lives lost. That would be an infinitely better outcome for the US and the entire world.

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Russia isn't close to the top threat to the US. China is a far greater threat.

The Russian military is spent, it has no navy beyond a few subs, its Airforce is impotent, and its army is simply inept and out of the equipment required to wage war against Europe, NATO, or the US. Ukraine is unfortunate to be a next-door neighbor, because Russia lacks the capacity to project power beyond its immediate borders.

No, we are not in any shape or form Ukraine, to say we are, makes you look like an idiot.

I don't know what your talking about with the admins, I have never RA'd you.

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Because he's a coward. Those bullies at Pretoria Boys High did a permanent number on him. He will never be a full grown man. Time for a change.

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If the majority Ukrainian view of Musk is reflected in your statement, maybe Musk should turn off Starlink for Ukraine. Talk about a lack of self-awareness.

Have they determined who the courier was that brought the bomb? Were they an unknowing innocent or was it a suicide bomber?

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According to the scale on the ISW map, it appears Russia has advanced about 5km since December 10th of 2025. Let's call it 6km just to be fair.

In 8 months, Russia has advanced 6km in this area.

That works out to 750 meters per month, which equates to about 25 meters per day.

The distance from the outer edge of Kostyantynivka to the outskirts of Kramatorsk is 16km according to Google Earth Pro. At a pace of 25m per day, it will take Russia 640 days to reach Kramatorsk.

The real question that no map answers is what the cost was to both Ukraine and Russia for the 25 m per day advance through Kostyantynivka.

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I have heard that short of boots on the ground, the plan is to attrit the IRGC enough to allow the three armed guerilla groups to finish them off with the assistance of air power and limited special forces coordination.

Ghaddafi them in short.

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That could take years to develop and looks increasingly unlikely.

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We’ll never get the whole story but I bet it’s insane how this entire thing is being managed.

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How many of the Generals/Admirals who got fired in the run up to the Iran war were pushed out because they said, "You have to put boots on the ground to control the SOH" or "What do we do if Iran doesn't do what we want them to do?"

The former and retired officers probably won't talk while the war is in progress, but once it's over, I expect to see a lot of interviews/books discussing the decision making in the run up to the war and how we've managed it since it started.

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The Iran war and it's consequences just get more and more disastrous.

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This.

I'm struggling to see anything good that has come out of it so far...I think we'd be happy if we could just get back to the status quo that existed before the war.

I was very happy when we hit Iran; however, that was predicated upon my belief that we had a plan to win. Apparently, we didn't give that aspect of this any thought.

People who upvote their own posts…that’s who is running the world into the ground.

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So what are they?

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He has no idea. He is all hat and no cattle.