It may be nothing, but it bears mentioning that this is how Vietnam started. Remember the time we thought we could defeat a foe which was fighting out of its own backyard ? US Poised To Send 60 Additional 'Military Advisers' To Ukraine | ZeroHedge
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/10/poli...shell-production-us-europe-ukraine/index.html One more example of how Russia, on a full war footing, is outproducing the ENTIRE WESTERN WORLD in artillery shell production. Just one more reason why it is SO IMPORTANT to keep then pinned down in Ukraine.
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev held a working meeting with Cuban Interior Minister Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas in Moscow. Not the first one recently. Who knows what this means ? But hey, if the U.S. won’t let Russia have its Monroe Doctrine, why should the U.S. have its Monroe Doctrine ?
ISW telling Ukrainians to rub some dirt on it and get back in the game … https://responsiblestatecraft.org/russia-ukraine-war-isw/
Russia with a major offensive assault if the report is to be believed. About 25,000 Russians trying to storm Chasiv Yar (msn.com) "Russian paratroopers from the 217th Guards Airborne Regiment of the 98th Airborne Division are fighting against us on the frontline segment opposite Chasiv Yar. Around 20-25,000 Russian troops are trying to storm Chasiv Yar and the vicinity of settlements near it." Voloshyn explains that despite losses in personnel and technological capabilities, the Russian army continues to try to take the city; however, the situation is under the control of Ukraine's Defence Forces. "There is no Russian [...] army in the city. As of now, the town is ours. Although complicated, the situation around the city is under control." Voloshyn also mentioned that although the Russians are continuously attacking Ukrainian lines, they are unable to seize ground and forced to withdraw. He claims that the Ukrainian troops deal crushing blows to the Russians while they undertake reconnaissance and search for gaps in Ukrainian defence lines.
I wondered about that. Once the senate approves and Biden signs the aid bill, armaments will get into Ukraine fast. Russia has a small window.
There is a glitch in GC's website that occasionally allows a poster you've blocked to see that you have posted. The blocked person can't actually read the post, but they can still rate it. Orange_and_Bluke loves to rate "in the blind." It is obviously the source of great power.
Obviously, you don't know what any of this means. How many Army divisions did the U.S. invade Cuba with? How many elderly, women and children were killed in the U.S. invasion? How many torture centers did the U.S. open in Cuba?
Nice. Apparently I’ve become a verb to some. I’ll take a stab at it. If you’ve placed me on block, but I happen to pull up your post…I zap your ass with a ‘come on man’. Pretty cool huh?
I feel bad for the guy, to only be able to communicate via gifs has got to be hard. Dinner with the fam must be interesting.
U.S. think tank believes Russian economy will start unraveling in another 18 months if the war continues. The problem is that it will get more and more difficult to maintain a stable economy, maintain reasonable living standards, and fund the military while it is at war in Ukraine. Russia's economic strength will last another 18 months before unraveling as Putin grapples with policy 'trilemma,' think tank says
You lose credibility when you continue to post the gloom and doom predictions that never come to pass. Maybe try setting the magic 8 ball down for a few months and let what happens - happen.
Obviously, the West have large investment opportunities in Ukraine and are soaking the flames with kerosine with all the new aid packages being approved. It'll be no different than the trillions we needlessly spent on stimulating an economy that was already more than stimulated. Like inflation, we'll end up paying a collateral toll in Ukraine that far exceeds what we invested into it. Much less all of the death and destruction. For the life of me, I cannot understand why even the most ardent proponents of more Ukraine aid don't at least consider the possibility of massive fallout in the region after watching the failed ventures in Afghanistan and Iraq. In fact, it is more likely Ukraine becomes even more an unmitigated disaster than it already is, considering our own troops aren't the ones doing the fighting on the ground. The assumption that the renewed aid will somehow turn the tide baffles me. Could it, in theory? Sure, but what real evidence do you have that it will? We have plenty of evidence both from Ukraine and past experience that it won't. We have a long history of blowing hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign lands with nothing to show for it. Note that our government doesn't bat an eye at this. But our citizens should, because it will have to be paid back in one form or the other.
Look, I’m all about causing Russia economic problems as part of a whole-of-government response to Russian aggression. But it’s complete liberal internationalist fantasy to think that economic measures are going to defeat Russia. What is needed is more military pressure. And I mean beyond more material aid, because even an infinite amount of aid is only going to hurt Russia, not defeat it.
