“Not at all, originally it was going to be a well-oiled modernized, restructured, Russian military pulling off a quick and clean low casualty operation, with some possible weeks of mopping up any stray resistance that resisted the new government, a display to the world of the new Russia and its new, modern military.”
That paragraph translates to Ruzzia is a threat.
“Nobody expected that it would turn into the bloodiest European war since WWII and that it would drag on for years and become a war of attrition that would drain the old Soviet stocks of armor and artillery and of massive Naval and Air losses.”
That translates to Ruzzia is not a threat.
Which paragraph is true Zeeper?
You don’t read very well, Russia is a threat, getting tied up in a quagmire for a few years or suffering setbacks does not change that, read those posts again.
I guess you don’t recognize that a strong national defense American with strategic views on the Russia/China threats can be just that, as I say, my interest is in the Russia and China threats, you seem to see Ukraine versus Russia as some sort of choosing teams for your rah-rah emotional trolling, that doesn’t appeal to me or interest me.