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Bound to Lose (Ukraine War)
Substack ^ | 9/2/23 | John Mearsheimer

Posted on 09/03/2023 11:35:50 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970

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To: Sunsong

John Mearsheimer blames the USA for starting the war, so you can guess what he’s going to write today, facts or no facts.


21 posted on 09/03/2023 1:04:23 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: Williams

So how do you feel about the proven fact that your military genius hero Joe Biden got rich off of Ukrainian corruption and bribes?


22 posted on 09/03/2023 1:08:08 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

So how do you feel about the proven fact that your military genius hero Joe Biden got rich off of Ukrainian corruption and bribes?


23 posted on 09/03/2023 1:09:08 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: Sunsong

So how do you feel about the proven fact that your military genius hero Joe Biden got rich off of Ukrainian corruption and bribes?


24 posted on 09/03/2023 1:09:28 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: Midwesterner53

So how do you feel about the proven fact that your military genius hero Joe Biden got rich off of Ukrainian corruption and bribes?


25 posted on 09/03/2023 1:09:43 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: entropy12

You seem to be confusing us fighting wars with us not fighting in a war.


26 posted on 09/03/2023 1:33:18 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: MNDude
What idiots charge that kind of defense with no air support?

The same folks that........

* broke their promises not to expand NATO...and then proceeded to double the size right up to Russia's border
* brokered two agreements with the Ruskies (Minsk Agreements) to avoid conflict and broke same
* send Victoria Nueland and John McCain to instigate and pour gasoline on the Maidan fire
* elect a corrupt clown-actor to set up a kleptocracy -- and make kleptocracy work
* send $200 billion of our tax money, which we don't have, into that black hole -- one of the most corrupt countries on the planet
* sent numerous "game changer" weapons to overturn the war (none of which succeeded)

Let me get this straight.

Are you telling me that one more set of game-changing weapons will make any difference? I hope you are not naive enough to believe that Russia will not wipe out the F16s in about a week. Then what?

That's good. Just keep upping the ante until we are shooting nukes at each other.

Who wins then? I know. NOBODY!

27 posted on 09/03/2023 1:50:30 PM PDT by icclearly
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To: entropy12

I know it just feels bad when our intimidation of Russia for almost a decade eventually didn’t work and now we have this mess.


28 posted on 09/03/2023 1:53:59 PM PDT by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!s)
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To: icclearly

It really hurts to see how much our own politicians care about them. Actions speak louder than words.


29 posted on 09/03/2023 2:15:08 PM PDT by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!s)
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To: EnderWiggin1970
Did you get an extra serving of pelmeny in the cafeteria today?

The author of the article is a hard core leftist, of course he supports Putin:

"In 2019, Mearsheimer said his preferred candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary was Bernie Sanders.[88] He has said that economic inequality in the United States was the greatest problem faced by the nation.[88]"

Source

30 posted on 09/03/2023 2:29:21 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: 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.

If those reports are not true why are Russian sources saying they are true, and why are Russians shelling Robotyne and the areas near Verbove where the Ukrainian forces have shown themselves in video and photographs?

31 posted on 09/03/2023 2:31:34 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: icclearly

OTOH, whether you want to call it luck or the grace of God, make your pick, but thankfully not even Vietnam, the Cold War, or the Soviet Breakup caused the nuclear matchstick to be lit.


32 posted on 09/03/2023 2:39:20 PM PDT by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!s)
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To: Midwesterner53
Your comments written in Moscow?

No, he’s merely speaking truth. Which is why you are offended
33 posted on 09/03/2023 2:49:10 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: EnderWiggin1970
LOL, Mearsheimer, the gullible idiot who in his lecture said “Putin rarely lies to foreign audiences” or "In all of Putin's public statements leading up to the war there is not a scintilla evidence that he was contemplating conquering Ukraine and making it part of Russia, much less attacking other countries in Eastern Europe."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qciVozNtCDM

34 posted on 09/03/2023 3:16:13 PM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: Jan_Sobieski

The doubting Thomas’s clearly did not read the entire article.

“One battalion commander reported that his casualties were so high that he had “to replace the members of his unit three times.”[11]

“In addition to the 300,000 reservists mobilized in October 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry, reports that 231,000 people enlisted ( volunteered) in the military during the first seven months of 2023.[25]

“The Ukrainian counteroffensive faced another huge problem: lack of close air support for the attacking forces.” ( destroyed Air Force)

“The Wall Street Journal reported after the counteroffensive had begun that “Western military officials knew Kyiv didn’t have all the training or weapons—from shells to warplanes—that it needed to dislodge Russian forces. But they hoped Ukrainian courage and resourcefulness would carry the day.”[42]”

“General Mick Ryan, a retired Australian general, put it well when he described Russia’s defensive architecture as “much more complex, and deadly, than anything experienced by any military in nearly 80 years.” [45]”

“Ukraine has suffered huge casualties and lost large amounts of weaponry in three months of fighting.[47] ”

….and “Western elites are now scrambling to find a way to rescue the deteriorating situation. …”

Ukraine 1991-2023 RIP


35 posted on 09/03/2023 3:27:43 PM PDT by delta7
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To: freeandfreezing
I wouldn't brag about the scumbags who support the war. Biden, Soros, Nuland, Romney and many more lowlifes. These pieces of garbage work night and day to destroy America and enrich themselves. They don't care about the Ukrainian people. They only care about the corrupt money that gets laundered there.
36 posted on 09/03/2023 3:33:00 PM PDT by Rdct29 (The Democrats Are The New Nazi Party )
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To: Nervous Tick

link please


37 posted on 09/03/2023 3:43:06 PM PDT by Sunsong
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To: Williams

A better analysis….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnjGS0zrkuk

Over the war I thought this guy was leaning Ukie, probably still is but he is currently reporting massive, devastating Ukie losses. Reality.


38 posted on 09/03/2023 3:46:50 PM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

The Pole he interviewed says “ Western equipment is going up like matches”, no surprise if you discard the Western narrative and MSM.


39 posted on 09/03/2023 3:52:40 PM PDT by delta7
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To: Morpheus2009
....thankfully not even Vietnam, the Cold War, or the Soviet Breakup caused the nuclear matchstick to be lit.

I'm sure God was looking out for us -- then. But He sure didn't mind pulling away from Israel a few times and watching them annihilate themselves.

I'm not so sure that is true in the state we've progressed to now (walking away from God).

Also, in the instances you mentioned, one side was soundly defeated -- us in Vietnam and the USSR in the Cold War.

The fools running our country now are totally clueless, and this incremental escalation is like the proverbial frog in a boiling pot of water. Slowly turn up the heat until it all ends. That's what we've got now!

40 posted on 09/03/2023 4:36:09 PM PDT by icclearly
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