https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/08/politics/ukraine-counteroffensive-us-briefings/index.html
Seems the russians managed a more comprehensive and capable defence then expected after digging in for 6 months there, while ukraine has too little material/experience to perform a proper combined arms...
Social media is having very negative effects.
But in general i am suprised just how fast American public support dropped for ukraine.
America squandered so much good will and leverage/influence by lying about Weapons of Mass Destruction and sitting in a desert for 20 years.
It is biting them...
fact:
Wasting trillions on the tax cut for the rich based on trickle down economics hoax.
Fact:
Wanting to spend even more on bloated military while US infrastructure is crumbling...
No that was ukraine using a handful of its russian speaking/foreign legion.
That would just be the start if Nato plays the same game as Putin.
I am afraid the polish border will be better guarded then that handfull of border guards russia had.
Dead wagners always cheer me up.
But Nato knows the deal. Using wagner in poland is a huge escalation that allows nato to do the same which russia/belarussia can ill afford.
It is also a good way to boost up war support against russia.
Most strategic is to keep threathening, freeze the front with mines /trenches…go heavy...
Well ofcourse not 100%. But would be nice if they give more then the half-1 percent they currently give.
So far this conflict is indeed in US benefit.
That is a different discussion
There is a reason russia has not harmed an inch of polish land despite it being a logistical and transport hub for ukraine.
There is a reason Russia gave nukes to Belarussia.
This is all hot air.
I actually hope Wagner/Putin is stupid enough to try something as it gives poland an excuse to...
Usa has sent:
135 of 6500 bradleys
31 of 5000 abram tanks
0 of 10.000 combat airplane.
How do you reconcile those facts with your conclusion:
“nato is a complete joke and cannot fight russia”
Hmmm?
Trump rich tax cuts costing the state 1 TRILLION.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/28/tax-cuts-trump-gop-analysis-430781
No suprise as we now have massive research results on how “trickle down economics” do not work...
Freedom of expression and thought in the form of social media is really being used against the western public.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/russia-is-having-less-success-at-spreading-social-media-disinformation/?amp=true
But Its not just dictatorships actively using it to...
“You know its bad when even cnn”
No thats allowing some freedom of independant press instead of jailing/murdering opposition leaders and sentencing anyone with a wrong opinion on the war to 15 years in prison.
Cnn conducts these polls regularly.
But it is a bad development that after 1,5...
There is a reason russia gave nukes to belarus.
Cause it is a joke of an army that would have seen its president kicked out by anti-dictator belarussians if not for russian intervention.
20.000 wagners are not going to do shit all against 200.000 polish army either.
And are you really...
Yeah. Thanks to all the sacrifices the ukranians made manning the defenses with the russians absolutely leveling the area with their 10:1 artillery advantage at start war.
We finally get to a point of reversal.
It would be nice if we also supply ukraine with thermobaric weapons to return the...
Russia seems losing its artillery advantage
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-kyivs-growing-counter-battery-advantage
I have no doubt that sustained Nato support, even half assed as it is currently is, would completely grind russia into oblivion militarily and...
Responses from ukraine and US officials seem to indicate a longer timeframe needed. Up until october/november.
Russians are weirdly eager to die as cannon fodder for the Tsars 3 day special operation, and with all the mines and trenches punching through has turned into a grinding affair.
It...
After two succesfull counteroffensives hopes were high. Though i saw nobody claim it was going to be easy?
Stop lying
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_ES-11/1...
In reality, developmental aid is stopped cause the niger military held a coup and ousted the democratically elected president.
The west, but also african nations, is applying pressure for the military to return back to barracks.
And definitely is under no obligation to keep handing over...
Poland has been donating old, almost obsolete soviet stock to ukraine, while massively boosting their military spending and are set to replace them all (and then some) with state of the art weaponry.
All flowing in already...
Oh no a few leftover wagner trash on the polish border.
A country that was ranked similar in military power as ukraine in 2022….
We all know how great Putins 3 day special operation went. I am sure russia is itching to take their current challenges and then *double* it.
(Assuming no Nato...
@khansaheeb,
Those figures from russia are mostly “on paper” though. Relating to their soviet stock that has been sitting there for decades.
What we see on the ground is russian airforce not showing up in force.
Which points to lack of pilots or that many planes are not in combat-capable...