Posted on 10/16/2023 8:00:23 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
Boy, that sure was a clever reply.
I don’t know why you guys keep acting like the money to build the wall is the same money that is being spent on national defense interests in this massive European war
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Because, being from Russia, they do not understand how Congress and appropriations works.
"It's not a good morning. At night, the crests attacked our airfield where the Army Aviation was based with ATACMS missiles. One of the most serious blows of all time in the Northern Military District. If not the most serious. There are losses in both people and technology. It’s pointless to write about the fact that “we need to draw conclusions so that this doesn’t happen again.” This will happen again as long as the war continues. We must be prepared for this."
Berdyansk and Luhansk airfields just got clustered.
“ Berdyansk and Luhansk airfields just got clustered.”
“One of the most serious blows of all time in the Northern Military District. If not the most serious”
Out of the deep targets most suitable for ATACMS loaded with cluster bomblets (airfields, ammo storage, Air Defense, EW), aircraft are probably the targets that the Russians could move away most quickly, once ATACMS attacks have begun. So it makes some sense to catch them in the first wave.
Also, as we have been discussing, the Artillery battle has been shifting toward Ukraine’s favor, and Russia has been having to rely on Air support more to achieve tactical effects. The sudden gap in Air capability will be felt quickly in the near battle on the ground, where both sides are struggling to lock in some gains before mobility is reduced by mud (rains have already started in Zaporizhzhia).
In addition to Air assets destroyed or damaged directly, more will be temporarily disrupted as they hurry to pull back out of range, and everyone has to move into new hooches. A little window of tactical opportunity.
Medusa: “In a morning report, Ukraine’s General Staff mentioned four strikes on concentrations of Russian personnel, weapons, and military equipment, saying that two helicopters and an ammunition depot were hit, among other things.”
Radio Free Europe: “ Ukrainian forces say they have destroyed Russian military equipment in missile strikes against military airfields in the occupied parts of two regions and reportedly launched a new drone attack on Crimea”
Independent (UK): “ Ukraine has claimed to have destroyed “helicopters, ammunition and equipment” in a series of strikes on Russian military airfields in occupied territories.
Their claims have not been confirmed but satellite imagery from the end of September showed more than 20 Russian helicopters positioned in Berdyansk, which was one of the airfields attacked overnight.
Footage of the aftermath in Berdyansk appears to show a fire raging through the airfield.”
He does think quite highly of himself, rarely adding “content”, but rather “funny” one liners.
God to know speedy is living rent free in his head
There is a vast difference between being able to do something (build wall, strengthen southern border….) and the political will to do so. Money is often given as the reason something can’t be done, but practically and politically that is just a smoke screen for “we don’t want to do it”
As the election looms, where the political winds blow(cracks are already appearing in dim strong holds like Chicago, nyc….) will be interesting to watch
Identity politics to quote Bongino is by its very nature canabalistic.
Favoring one group of your coalition over others causes issues
BLM over all other races”hey what about us”
Trans over all others “ what about my daughter being man handled by a “male” in name your sport…..
Unlimited “immigration” “ hey what about is where’s out checks and free phones”….
Sanctuary city “all are welcome but we are out of space and money so sorry nothing for you folks “
The border can be secured, Ukraine and Israel can be supported all at the same time, but where is the political will.
Just an aside, where are the republicans and their “outrage” over hundreds if not thousands of citizens still held under j6 bs charges
Again political will
The degrading of artillery and now air assets and capabilities appear to be having the desired effect.
Russians no longer have dominance in artillery that they once enjoyed, and are having to expose their air assets more and more to fill the gap
As a result more air asserts are being lost, and just like artillery loses is not sustainable for the Russians
If they lose both artillery and air dominance the Russian ground forces are in trouble
If atacms and possibly glsdbs are available the hurt, like last nights air field attacks will grow
Add new air assets and their capabilities and Russia has lots to worry about.
Whether or not Ukraine can make any great ground gains at this point is almost mute, degrade, destroy, starve and keep Ukrainian loses at a minimum till the time is right
Last price of the puzzle seems to be happening and that is beefing up air defenses, a solid full shield of air defenses will deprive Russia of one of the few advantages they still have
Attack air assets on the ground
Attack air defense systems
Attack command and control
Attack logistics way beyond front lines
Continue attacking ground assets like tanks artillery trucks… and troop concentrations as well as individual trench lines
Then the battlefield shaping is complete and advances can be made, or perhaps many “goodwill gestures” as well
Our immigration state is really human trafficking, it is dealing in human flesh, we aren’t carving out the wilderness and building a nation, today we are full and overpopulated, now we are simply importing human flesh for immediate greed and exploitation.
Human trafficking in various levels, from importing cheap labor to feed businesses, to a permanently dependent underclass that will forever feed the social program workers and their related social program industries, to a permanent voter base for Democrats and socialism, and larger government, a constant supply for the teacher’s unions and government schools, victims for the sex industry, youth and children for pedophilia.
Importing low-potential humans by the millions and tens of millions means money and power for so many parts of our nation, it even helps the anti-America revolutionaries and the chaos and crime help feed the law enforcement industry, cheap humans are like cheap oil, it feeds almost everything, except that oil builds true growth and improvement and happiness, while mass human migration to here is destroying us and literally erasing us and ending us and in that process creating a crime-ridden chaotic and unpleasant life for ever larger swathes of our population as the process takes place and as we know we are only in the early stages of this breakdown.
“”””Add new air assets and their capabilities and Russia has lots to worry about.””””
Oh yeah, as I was reading about the degradation and depletion of the Russian Air Force, I almost forgot that Ukraine is building up and adding to its Air Force, a revival that will be seen in the near future.
Along with the benefits to ground operations these attacks on Russian air create, Ukraine has also been getting things ready for its new jets coming in.
Nothing you said I disagree with, and one of the reasons I identify as a constitutional conservative(yup that puts me on a list), there is less than a dimes difference between demonrats and most repubes. The gum flapping on the southern invasion with little action and the near zero action on j6 citizens is depressing and shows the power of the deep state and uniparty we now “enjoy”
But the idea as I stated that we are incapable of supporting Ukraine and Israel against aggression and securing the border is a straw man argument.
As you stated with all your reasons, the uniparty does not want to secure the border, the only glimmer of hope is seeing all these self righteous “sanctuary city” types being dragged down into their own creation.
It was fine when Texas, Florida, New Mexico was suffering, but SOMETHING MUST BE DONE when it hits their towns
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