The latest in bad news for Ukraine:
“The Ukraine war ‘bubble’ is deflating as the U.S. and Europe reach the bottom of the arms ‘inventory barrel’.”
https://strategic-culture.org/news/2022/10/17/leviathan-super-cycle-ends-western-leaders-pretend-they-didnt-notice/
I have been keeping a long list of these type article, this being the latest admission.
I think he expresses what many Europeans are. But they do not underestimate Biden’s strong-arming threats if they don’t play along. So most do not speak up. What they are DOING is slow on delivering to Ukraine what was promised - dragging their feet and stalling. Which is why recently the Administration grumbled about Europe needing to do more....for Ukraine.
“The Ukraine war ‘bubble’ is deflating as the U.S. and Europe reach the bottom of the arms ‘inventory barrel’.”
I suspect that our geniuses running NATO figured that a war with Russia would either quickly end or quickly go nuclear.
Problem for our geniuses running NATO was that it assumed that Russia would play by their rules and also quickly end or escalate the war. Well, Russia didn’t read the NATO rule book and has now pretty much cleaned out all of the excess weapons that NATO has (for this type of warfare) and is forcing NATO to compromise both training an operational readiness in other areas.
One OBVIOUS way to tell is the near-silence of the HIMARS attacks for the past 2 months or so. These weapons were blowing up Russian stuff (including bridges and weapons depots) left and right...and now nothing*. Oh well, I guess our NATO geniuses were wrong regarding a war with Russia.
*hint, it take several years to complete even a relatively small production run of most NATO weapons - so if NATO can hold out in Ukraine for another 2 years, they might start getting more weapons in Ukraine.
Exceptionally good analysis of current reality. Even quotes the Indian former ambassador...:-)
One of the biggest disappointments of Free Republic is that the posting crowd has an allergy to clicking on articles. It is a genuine shame that they will not be seeing this whole article because he covers ever facet of the upcoming disaster for the West.
Thanks very much for posting it.
The territory controlled maps tell a different story from your story.
It appears that the Russians have another Afghanistan with a lot smarter foe.
BFL
Thanks for the link.
One of the better articles I have read here and really nails it down.