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In another sign of Russia's manpower problems, they are wanting over 40s to be able to enlist, because apparently when you turn 40 you magically become expert at using complex military equipment.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...rce=reddit.com
""For the use of high-precision weapons, the operation of weapons and military equipment, highly professional specialists are needed. Experience shows that they become such by the age of 40–45," it said."
Or, more accurately, their equipment is so old people younger than that have no experience with it.
On the other hand the over 40s probably haven't used it for 20 years since they were conscripts so I doubt they remember how to use it either.
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It's almost certain that their claims of expertise are simply covers for manpower shortages and the need to scrape the bottom of the barrel.
For a long time according to pretty much everyone. Russia can't win but declaring a 'win' won't work either as Ukraine will just keep on fighting back, with full support from the West
About the only thing that would end it would be Putin dying or being overthrown, and even that is no certainty.
not sure about these putin is really sick rumors. Either wishful thinking or full death of stalin stuff going on here.
The rumours are persistent and, given his age, it's not entirely improbable. If you add the videos available of him where he shakes, fidgets and looks quite out of shape then is not unreasonable to say, 'I wonder...' and yeah, I wouldn't put it beyond them to go full death of Stalin. I'm no physician, and I'm not privy to intelligence reports, so we'll just have to wait and see. If I had to guess though I'd say there's a reasonable chance he's got *something*.
We should rather throw turkey out of NATO. It's not a democratic country, it's committing genocide among kurds, attacking neighbouring sovereign countries to kill kurds and funds IS. Gimme sweden and finland over that any time.
Turkey is not in the position to demand anything. But if Erdogan wants to walk the way of the Putler, let him.
Last edited by XDurionX; 2022-05-21 at 08:29 AM.
Erdogan is a scumbag as I have said a thousand times. He will stand trial for treason and crimes against humanity. But stop with that kurdish stuff. We so much genocide them that my brother in law is a kurd, my uncle is a kurd, my brorher is a teacher in Sirnak, my dean back in unviersity was a kurd, my classmates, my girlfriend etc. That there are over 15 million (or was it 25?) of them everywhere we live together in turkey.
Fuck erdogan and his party. They are the worst kind of scum and would sell everything to save the day. But please stop with the bolded part. It is a lie. PKK and all the people I am with are different.
Last edited by Gref; 2022-05-21 at 09:56 AM.