[Winnipegger]

What's up with the left leg of the guy in shorts? It looks like an artificial leg from the knee down. And why are all the soldiers looking into the camera?

[raydan]

Winnipegger Winnipegger:

What's up with the left leg of the guy in shorts? It looks like an artificial leg from the knee down. And why are all the soldiers looking into the camera?

Knee bent, foot off the ground, wearing sandals...

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I see you like puzzles On this picture you can see block post of terrorists, which check every passing vehicle. (Right now, they are trying to surround car like hungry monkeys surround banana tree). And behind them you can see Ukrainian police, who are with them

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[Winnipegger]

I see the border with Russia is coloured more red. Legend: "Place of armed clashes between Border and terrorists". And you now have red dashed lines from "military units of the Russian Federation" in Russia to clashes in Ukraine.

[PostFactum]

Winnipegger Winnipegger:

I see the border with Russia is coloured more red. Legend: "Place of armed clashes between Border and terrorists". And you now have red dashed lines from "military units of the Russian Federation" in Russia to clashes in Ukraine.

Some cities we take from them, they take it back, we take again....circle. They attack border all the time, some parts of it we do not control at all.

[Winnipegger]

Would those members who are experts with platoon tactics care to give some advice?

[Zipperfish]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Winnipegger Winnipegger:

The word "infantry" is based on the word "infant", meaning child. Children have been used as soldiers for as long as history can remember. Sad.

Infantry comes from the Latin infante which means a foot soldier.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=infantry

$1:

infantry (n.) 1570s, from French infantrie, from older Italian, Spanish infanteria "foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry," from infante "foot soldier," originally "a youth," from Latin infantem (see infant). Meaning "infants collectively" is recorded from 1610s

Interesting. I never even thought of the connection before.

[BartSimpson]

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

Marine comes from the old cooking term marinate ... to soak in booze, etc.

[Zipperfish]

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

Marine comes from the old cooking term marinate ... to soak in booze, etc.

Brilliant.

[BartSimpson]

In other news the Russians are moving up another 19,000 to 25,000 troops to the Ukrainian border, they've committed another 20 AA units to the front, and NATO is anticipating a Russian invasion of the eastern part of Ukraine sometime in the next week given that Ivan can't sustain this kind of operational tempo for too long.

Also, Japan has joined in on sanctions against Russia.

The Russians are reportedly chattering about closing Russian airspace to all western airlines and the closure would include the former Soviet republics that are not in NATO. Meaning the Russians might close Ukrainian airspace and start enforcing a no-fly zone.

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BartSimpson BartSimpson:

The Russians are reportedly chattering about closing Russian airspace to all western airlines and the closure would include the former Soviet republics that are not in NATO.

Monkey sits on branch and cuts it with chainsaw. Soon, Russians will use catapults for flying.

[BartSimpson]

Putin is determined to bring back the Cold War and he's also determined to bring back the Soviet Empire.

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BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Putin is determined to bring back the Cold War and he's also determined to bring back the Soviet Empire.

That's utopia. Sometimes I wonder, how such strong and glory nation as Russians were transformed into sick rams in a few years. I thought that after 1991 they should become sober, but no, they are still drunk.