Posted on 11/16/2022 4:46:13 PM PST by marcusmaximus
Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Mark Milley urged Kyiv and Moscow to find a "political solution" as the winter months loom, warning that the chances of a total military victory was "unlikely."
"You want to negotiate from a position of strength. Russia right now is on its back," Milley told reporters following the 7th session of the Ukraine Contact Group. "The probability of Russia achieving its strategic objectives of conquering Ukraine…is close to zero."
But he also warned that Russia’s ability to pull more men into its ranks despite substantial losses and the fact that it still occupies roughly 20 percent of Ukraine meant the war would not end any time soon.
"Now Ukraine has had great success," he continued referring to recent gains in Kharkiv and Kherson. "But Kherson and Kharkiv are relatively small.
"So in terms of probability, the probability of a Ukrainian military victory, defined as kicking the Russians out of all of Ukraine, to include what they claim is Crimea…is not high, militarily," he added.
Milley made headlines last week when he suggested peace talks could begin between Kyiv and Moscow after Ukraine’s armed forces saw another major success when Russian withdrew from Kherson.
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Milley February 2022 Flashback:
Gen. Milley says Kyiv could fall within 72 hours if Russia decides to invade Ukraine
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told lawmakers that Kyiv could fall within 72 hours if a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine takes place, multiple congressional sources tell Fox News.
Milley told lawmakers during closed-door briefings on Feb. 2 and 3 that a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine could result in the fall of Kyiv within 72-hours, and could come at a cost of 15,000 Ukrainian troop deaths and 4,000 Russian troop deaths.
Time the “The” Ukraine to launch another missile.
This time they better make sure it hits an major city in Poland.
Milley Kabul Flashback 2021
‘Nothing I saw indicated a collapse of this government in 11 days’: Milley on Afghanistan
Top US General Mark Milley says he wasn’t aware of any intelligence reports indicating the Afghan military and government would collapse in just 11 days — despite claims officials had been warning for months of a quick Taliban takeover.
https://nypost.com/2021/08/18/milley-says-no-one-couldve-predicted-afghan-collapse-in-11-days/
W.
T.
F.
You spent TRILLIONS of our tax payer dollars - put the US in grave danger and destroyed the world order, setting China and Russia into an alliance and NOW you’re telling Ukraine to surrender?!
FUM!
The Ukraine gets to launch one missile a day, sometimes two on Sunday, if they’re lucky.
Tiny DanZer should have negotiated terms of peace before the invasion.
He failed millions of citizens.
Milley “White Rage” flashback 2021
Gen. Mark Milley: ‘I want to understand White rage’
“I do think it’s important, actually, for those of us in uniform to be open-minded and be widely read,” Milley said. “And the United States Military Academy is a university. And it is important that we train and we understand – and I want to understand White rage. And I’m White… So, what is it that caused thousands of people to assault this building and try to overturn the Constitution of the United States of America? What caused that? I want to find that out.”
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/gen-mark-milley-i-want-to-understand-white-rage
Did Milley finally get his call to the Rooskies go through so he could get his needed eye-liner tips completed?
Gen. Milley is in a close race with Dick Morris to see who can be wrong about the most things the most often.
I feel like such things shouldn’t be made public.
Kissinger told Ukraine to give up the two areas....way back in March...and cut their losses.
Milley Flashback 2019:
Milley: No Problem with Transgender Troops
Turkey tried early on to broker a peace deal and Washington and London said no.
Milley and Kissinger. Two compromised Putinpuffer peas in a gay pod.
LOL. The US wants out of the proxy war, which is a bottomless money pit. Now that the Reps will gain control of the House, DOD will have to defend this tar baby. How long can they defend borrowing money to send to Ukraine while the US military goes to sh*t. Where are the billions of dollars going to?
By 2029, our debt servicing costs will exceed our defense budget.
I would not listen to Milley about anything.
He screwed the pooch when he objected to Trump holding up the Bible in front of St. John’s church in Dee Cee.
There is no chance at ANY victory. Russia owns the air space. Ukraine has no air defense. Russia is continues to keep the Ukrainian electric grid crippled. The Ukrainian economy is completely dependent on handouts from us.
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