Bound to Lose (Ukraine War)

Substack ^ | 9/2/23 | John Mearsheimer

[EnderWiggin1970]

It is now clear that Ukraine’s eagerly anticipated counteroffensive has been a colossal failure.[1] After three months, the Ukrainian army has made little progress pushing back the Russians. Indeed, it has yet to get beyond the so-called “grey zone,” the heavily contested strip of land that lies in front of the first main line of Russian defenses. The New York Times reports that “In the first two weeks of the counteroffensive, as much as 20 percent of the weaponry Ukraine sent to the battlefield was damaged or destroyed, according to U.S. and European officials. The toll included some of the formidable Western fighting machines — tanks and armored personnel carriers — that the Ukrainians were counting on to beat back the Russians.”[2] According to virtually all accounts of the fighting, Ukrainian troops have suffered enormous casualties.[3] All nine of the vaunted brigades that NATO armed and trained for the counteroffensive have been badly chewed up on the battlefield.

[EnderWiggin1970]

The fascist forces of the Western elites are being destroyed, to no purpose but the satisfaction of their overlords in Washington and Brussels. When will Ukraine remember that no matter what, Moscow will be their neighbor and not Washington? They need to contritely mend fences after betraying Russia by accepting the Maidan coup and globalist domination.

[Sunsong]

how stupid can you get?

[Midwesterner53]

Your comments written in Moscow?

[MNDude]

from > Green equals what Ukraine captured since their epic 3 month counter offensive. What idiots charge that kind of defense with no air support? With the F16s they could have stood a chance. I suppose they'll have their F16 in 5 or 5 months, but probably too little too late for them.

[Boomer]

It’s a complicated situation but I do agree it well past time to end this proxy war using Ukrainians and others to fight for the DC war machine.

[Firehath]

Chicken fights

Chicken george

Kunte kinte

Obombo owns this

[Williams]

20% of battlefield equipment was at least damaged in a months long major offensive.
So???

[Williams]

Biden has been afraid to give them the F16’s.
The “Biden wants to attack Russia” mantra is total bullcrap.
Biden tossed Afghanistan to our enemies and tried to do the same with Ukraine.
And he’s striking a deal with Iran which is supplying Russia.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

We've reached a new strange phase of the war in which Ukraine will defeat Russia by fabricating victories on the battlefield. In the past week, we've seen reports from the Daily Telegraph, Forbes, and Yahoo that Ukraine has captured Rabotine, captured Verbove, and has broken through the Surovikin line. None of these reports are true. The UFA hasn't made contact with the Surovikin line, let alone breached it.

[entropy12]

You would think we would have learned from fiasco’s in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. But neocons love fighting unnecessary FOREIGN wars, spilling blood of young soldiers and draining the treasury and padding the already ugly yuge national debt.

[EnderWiggin1970]

Notice also the amount of reporting on strategically irrelevant escapades like the Crimean boat raids and drone strikes in Russia. These were clear indicators that the MSM was trying to distract from what was going on along the battlefront.

[EnderWiggin1970]

Try Oklahoma. Some of us slaves of the Washington elites are not so complacent.

[Morpheus2009]

Well the sad part is now it’s death by domestic corruption and crime in the homeland.

[Morpheus2009]

That’s the sad part of all this: you know the oligarchs don’t really care for much and it’s basically the experience of watching Vietnam for a new generation.

[entropy12]

Lot of increase in crime can be attributed to local politicians in control, mostly in blue cities. I see bigger danger in becoming a country drowning in debt (both government and private). Economically Weak and bankrupt country has less wherewithal to address critical issues.

[RockyTx]

without Wagner pmc,
Russians dont look so good

[Liz]

Biden gives Zelensky another $40 billion US tax dollaes.

“And I put $20 billion in an offshore account for you, Joe, just like Hunter told me to.”

[GOPJ]

Ukraine got their money’s worth when they bought Hunter and the Big Guy... too bad Americans weren’t smart enough to bribe that pair. Maybe we could have gotten the wall build.

[devere]

What’s obvious is that Russia has the world’s best propaganda, but only the second best army in Ukraine.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

Biden gives Zelensky another $40 billion US tax dollars.

So far, the U.S. House has not approved the additional $40 billion funding for Ukraine. I believe this is the prime reason we've seen a new level of desperation from Ukraine, the Biden Crime Family, and their Western media advocates. If Ukraine's counteroffensive is not achieving its objectives, then just make it up, report that Ukraine's counteroffensive is achieving its objectives.