Snautzer01
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True, but it is, with all i know of, this a good cause. You see, all the investments the US made in Europe will come back in jobs and whatever now. There is no sentiment against spending enormous amounts of money in hardware now feel needed. There are no protesters burning whatever flag over here, not even remotely anti sentiment against the USA getting somewhat involved. In fact i think there is consensus that it is honourable to supply. The people feel so, i think.Perhaps not an apt analogy but the First and Second World Wars did much to improve the U.S. economy.
Referencing a conspiracy theory pandering "alternative news" (their own words) website is hardly a way to justify a position
Zelensky has a close to 94% approval rating amongst Ukrainians, which is a staggering percentage if you look at other leaders' approval ratings abroad.I've read in a linked article somewhere in this thread that President Zelenskyy is doing a good job but I read just the one article. He certainly is safer from the hit squads that work for the oligarchs.
Ukraine doesn't have to 'win' by smashing the Russian military and clearing them from the battlefield. It merely has to survive to win in the long run as Russia's economy withers and its military resources run dry.Does this sound like Ukraine is 'winning'? Has Cavoli ben reading press clippings out of DC before yesterday? It HAD to have been cleared by DoD and POTUS. Are we about to see Zelenski twisting in the wind?
Losses in Ukraine are 'out of proportion' to what NATO has been planning for, the alliance's top general says
"Hard power is a reality," US Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli said in January. "If the other guy shows up with a tank, you better have a tank."www.businessinsider.com
Ukraine launching an offensive (per MSM) while conscripting 16 year olds? Sound like Germany 1945?
Watch: Kiev orders all boys aged 16 years+ to register for conscription as neocons purge Zelensky's inner circle for 3rd time - Daily Telegraph NZ
Conscription also extends to males suffering from 'infirmities', as key Zelensky ally Reznikov sacked as Minister of Defense.dailytelegraph.co.nz
A close friend and flag officer says that Ukraine has burned up 7 years of Total Raytheon production of ground precision munitions. Russia has boosted its manufacturing to war footing - but nobody on our side of the fence has. How long before WE replenish our inventories?
Zelensky just fired head of Ukraine Defense Department. How long will Zelensky last?
Below - Does anyone live at home in Washington? Just remember that Seymour Hersh is not a right wing/conservative voice. How early and how often did Administration underestimate Russia?
Nord Stream Sabotage Was CIA, US Navy Covert Op: Seymour Hersh Bombshell Prompts White House Response | ZeroHedge
And, most importantly, the US reincarnation of Clauswitz and MacArthur has opined what the Next Step should be for the US/
Alexander Vindman And The Road To World War III | ZeroHedge
What is the current line on earliest next event:
a.) Total collapse of Ukraine
or
b.) WWIII
or
c.) massive collapse of US economy
or
d.) China attacks Taiwan
I've just started a thread inspired by your comments here coinciding with something I've considered for sometime. I'd be interested in your 'what if' capabilities on the subject matter!Are there any more MiG-29s or Su-27s to be had on the global 2nd hand market? Didn't the Slovakians have some?
In other MiG-29 news….
Watch: How MIG 29K made its maiden landing on INS Vikrant | News - Times of India Videos
In another historic achievement for Indian Navy, MiG 29K landed on INS Vikrant on Feb 06. Apart from, Mig 29K, indigenous LCA Navy also made its maiden landing on the made-in India aircraft carrier. It demonstrated India’s capability to design, develop, construct & operate Indigenous Aircraft...timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Have you seen this?Does this sound like Ukraine is 'winning'? Has Cavoli ben reading press clippings out of DC before yesterday? It HAD to have been cleared by DoD and POTUS. Are we about to see Zelenski twisting in the wind?
Losses in Ukraine are 'out of proportion' to what NATO has been planning for, the alliance's top general says
"Hard power is a reality," US Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli said in January. "If the other guy shows up with a tank, you better have a tank."www.businessinsider.com
Ukraine launching an offensive (per MSM) while conscripting 16 year olds? Sound like Germany 1945?
Watch: Kiev orders all boys aged 16 years+ to register for conscription as neocons purge Zelensky's inner circle for 3rd time - Daily Telegraph NZ
Conscription also extends to males suffering from 'infirmities', as key Zelensky ally Reznikov sacked as Minister of Defense.dailytelegraph.co.nz
A close friend and flag officer says that Ukraine has burned up 7 years of Total Raytheon production of ground precision munitions. Russia has boosted its manufacturing to war footing - but nobody on our side of the fence has. How long before WE replenish our inventories?
Zelensky just fired head of Ukraine Defense Department. How long will Zelensky last?
Below - Does anyone live at home in Washington? Just remember that Seymour Hersh is not a right wing/conservative voice. How early and how often did Administration underestimate Russia?
Nord Stream Sabotage Was CIA, US Navy Covert Op: Seymour Hersh Bombshell Prompts White House Response | ZeroHedge
And, most importantly, the US reincarnation of Clauswitz and MacArthur has opined what the Next Step should be for the US/
Alexander Vindman And The Road To World War III | ZeroHedge
What is the current line on earliest next event:
a.) Total collapse of Ukraine
or
b.) WWIII
or
c.) massive collapse of US economy
or
d.) China attacks Taiwan
So Ukraine doesn't 'win' by retaking the donbass and crimea?Ukraine doesn't have to 'win' by smashing the Russian military and clearing them from the battlefield. It merely has to survive to win in the long run as Russia's economy withers and its military resources run dry.
Have you seen this?
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Rebuilding U.S. Inventories: Six Critical Systems
Are U.S. weapons inventories getting too low because of transfers to Ukraine? Although most inventories are acceptable, some key munitions will take many years to replace. Often, there are workarounds, but there may be a crisis brewing over artillery ammunition.www.csis.org
So Ukraine doesn't 'win' by retaking the donbass and crimea?
No, not necessarily. That is of course their ultimate objective - but how realistic it is in the face of Realpolitik remains to be seen. Perhaps sadly those regions are lost permanently. But for any nation invaded by another, preserving their capital, their government, their culture, their freedom and their borders at the time of that invasion is surely the first priority. Given they were expected by Putin - and not a small percentage of the same isolationist voices constantly predicting their imminent doom each week - to have folded like a pack of cards MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, where are we now? The Ukrainians have taken back a significant amount of territory despite all the apparent (but clearly inflated and inaccurate) odds.Have you seen this?
View attachment 706247
Rebuilding U.S. Inventories: Six Critical Systems
Are U.S. weapons inventories getting too low because of transfers to Ukraine? Although most inventories are acceptable, some key munitions will take many years to replace. Often, there are workarounds, but there may be a crisis brewing over artillery ammunition.www.csis.org
So Ukraine doesn't 'win' by retaking the donbass and crimea?
It seems pretty apparent that a large proportion of its purported strength has been purely paper in nature.
Nor did it reckon upon how quickly nations would wake up to not only the threat, but the paper-tiger nature of an arch brinksman who was finally having his bluff called in the most globally public way.
It is perhaps where the greatest long term danger of Russian failure and humiliation lies, eh?[...]
It's a Potemkin military, put on parade to impress the Tsar just as the facades of the village were redone to impress the Empress. The Russian MoD is currently struggling to retain credibility against Prigozhin.
Consider that for a moment: the Ministry of Defense there has fouled things up so much that a private contractor is regarded as a bureaucratic threat.
The fact that Prigozhin can mount this challenge by using convicts speaks volumes about the combat power of the Russian army.
The Russian military is a hollow vessel which has steered directly into a torpedo.
The Russian military is a hollow vessel which has steered directly into a torpedo.
It is perhaps where the greatest long term danger of Russian failure and humiliation lies, eh?
You missed "…that Russia, itself, launched." at the end of that statement.
That there are other potentially even nastier forces within Russia that could use nationalism to harness humiliation in Ukraine for their own political advancement.Not sure I'm getting you, might you clarify for a dumbass like me?
That there are other potentially even nastier forces within Russia that could use nationalism to harness humiliation in Ukraine for their own political advancement.
Sorry, 3rd gin - I tend to get obtuseI see now, gotcha.
Sorry, 3rd gin - I tend to get obtuse