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Ukraine’s commander-in-chief on the breakthrough he needs to beat Russia - General Valery Zaluzhny admits the war is at a stalemate
The Economist ^ | 11/01/23 | The Economist

Posted on 11/02/2023 7:25:29 AM PDT by Fury

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To: janetjanet998

Military Summary on YT is the best. My only go to source after trying many over the past 1 1/2 years.


41 posted on 11/02/2023 8:51:48 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: MeganC

If you don’t like people responding to your ravings, then by all means avoid posting on this very public forum. The only person dodging anything is you, who cannot answer a very simple logic question.
If Russia is no superpower as you point out (and i agree with), and given,the fact that they haven’t made significant gains in territory for 6 months, how is it at the same time that Russia is this existential threat to western Europe? Why does the USA need to bankroll this thing?


42 posted on 11/02/2023 8:52:42 AM PDT by KobraKai
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To: MeganC

Shut Up Meg!


43 posted on 11/02/2023 8:54:28 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: MeganC

The Russians purposely retreat, let the Ukes roll in and then mow them down.


44 posted on 11/02/2023 8:55:47 AM PDT by dforest
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To: KobraKai

“If you don’t like people responding to your ravings”

If you don’t like being called out as suspicious because you and EPU write pretty much the same things at the same time then try being original for a change.

As to both of you maligning my mental state you do know that accusations of mental illness are a hallmark of Russian trolls, right?

They consider this an effective way to shut down opposition because in Russia political opposition is traditionally deemed insane and they get committed to insane asylums.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_the_Soviet_Union

Therefore in the Russian context an accusation of mental illness is also a threat against the person the accusation is directed to.

Consequently, those who impulsively trot out insults about mental illness are making themselves candidates for suspicion.


45 posted on 11/02/2023 9:03:08 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: dforest

“The Russians purposely retreat”

Good. Now if they’d be so kind as to retreat their way out of Ukraine and Georgia we could get back to our regularly scheduled FR program of hating the liberals and the Marxists.


46 posted on 11/02/2023 9:05:38 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: MotorCityBuck

Military Summary on YT is the best. My only go to source after trying many over the past 1 1/2 years.

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That is military summary, he is on Rumble too

Please don’t mention that you only watch it on YouTube giving Google traffic and ad revenue. It makes me sad :(


47 posted on 11/02/2023 9:11:48 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: janetjanet998

Oh please. Rolls Eyes.


48 posted on 11/02/2023 9:15:11 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: fireman15

I don’t know if you’re aware of the facts, so I’ll be civil.

The F-35 is at $82mil per copy. Less than the new F-15EX.

Anyone whoever told you one was shot down over Syria lied to you...because it’s bullshit.

And anyone who proposes giving that platform to the Ukrainians should be summarily shot. It’s already too widely distributed.


49 posted on 11/02/2023 9:38:36 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You missed my sarcasm.


50 posted on 11/02/2023 9:54:09 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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The Russians are not trying to take land.They are working to kill Ukrainian soldiers. Therefore, you don’t see much movement - they let the Ukrainians come to them. The Ukrainians are trying to spin this into another donation opportunity - just X Billions more juicy American taxpayer dollars to break the non-existent ‘stalemate’.


51 posted on 11/02/2023 10:08:51 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: Mariner
I don't know if you're aware of the facts, so I'll be civil.

So glad you decided to be civil. This must be difficult when people contradict your view of the world.

The F-35 is at $82mil per copy. Less than the new F-15EX.

“The F-35’s price per unit, including ancillary costs like depot maintenance, ground support equipment, and spare parts is $110.3 million per F-35A, $135.8 million per F-35B, and $117.3 million per F-35C. Those totals do not include the nearly $1.3 trillion in life cycle costs to operate and sustain the aircraft over its 66-year life cycle, making it the most expensive weapons system in U.S. history.”

https://armscontrolcenter.org/f-35-joint-strike-fighter-costs-challenges/

Anyone whoever told you one was shot down over Syria lied to you...because it's bullshit.

I doubt that this will be covered by the MSM but it has been reported and repeated in many locations, and other than you I have not seen any denials... maybe some will be forthcoming soon.

“The Iranian Ministry of Defense confirmed earlier this week that it successfully shot down an Israeli F-35 stealth fighter jet in Syrian airspace. This incident aroused global attention and doubts, and had a profound impact on the stability of the Middle East and international relations.”

https://min.news/en/military/48ff7341e9d83c539cb5ec85315ff486.html

It wouldn't surprise me if the brilliant strategists in the Biden administration deployed them to Ukraine. They might even make as much of a difference that the recent delivery of M1A1 Abrams tanks have... I hear the column is now headed down the muddy roads to Moscow killing everything in their path. /s

Since you are an aviation expert maybe you could tell us how many fighter pilots are currently residing in Ukraine? And how many of those know how to fly an F35, one of the most advanced fighter aircraft in the world? The problem with armchair warriors is that they know how to quote slanted numbers, but often seem to have no concept of logistical considerations.

52 posted on 11/02/2023 10:11:02 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: Fury

Then it’s TIME FOR PEACE TALKS!!! NO MORE MONEY TIL PEACE TALKS TAKE PLACE!


53 posted on 11/02/2023 10:12:34 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sorry, I missed it. I couldn’t make heads or tails of her post and so I didn’t understand your response.


54 posted on 11/02/2023 10:26:34 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: fireman15
Great post. Thanks for the information.

I feel sorry for the Ukrainian people.

Zelensky ran and got elected as the peace candidate. Then, he got into office and sold out to "the liberal world order" and betrayed the promises he made to those that elected him.

The people in Ukraine have a right to hate us and NATO more than the Russians. We've used and abused them. And, that the proxy war has failed, we're going to abandon them and leave them from smaller and far less prosperous country. And, never mind, the hundreds of the thousands of lives that have been thrown away.

55 posted on 11/02/2023 10:27:01 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Fury

Extinction

Will eliminate

Grooming - human trafficking

Go back to peace - heterosexualism

Diversity - obombobotism is a lost dnc cause

Especially in the UN


56 posted on 11/02/2023 10:38:16 AM PDT by Firehath (Quackery - An irrelevant simplification / undetected Complex problem - attacking symptoms)
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To: Kazan

Same tactics as hamas

Take down Israel

Putin doesn’t take the bait

Let the lib - blm crazies escalate themselves to death

There’s an endless supply

of autistic vaccine zombie recruits for the street - frontlines


57 posted on 11/02/2023 10:45:52 AM PDT by Firehath (Quackery - An irrelevant simplification / undetected Complex problem - attacking symptoms)
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To: JonPreston

Re: 25 - LOL!

You obviously do care as you responded. I’m flattered.

And whatever you think of Powell, put a little intellectual heft behind your answer. Otherwise, your response comes across as emotional and impulse driven. Not the best look.


58 posted on 11/02/2023 10:52:06 AM PDT by Fury
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To: JonPreston

Sorry, I missed it. I couldn’t make heads or tails of her post and so I didn’t understand your response.


59 posted on 11/02/2023 10:56:58 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Mariner

Send an F35 to Ukraine and the Chinese will be all over it within minutes. And the Russians too once the Ukes figure how to do it more secretly.


60 posted on 11/02/2023 11:03:36 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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