[tennmountainman]

Only 31,000 Ukies Dead?
LOL
Ruzzia will win war of attrition.
I suggest Macron deploy 50,000 French Surrender Monkeys
to help YouCrayne.

[MeganC]

“Ruzzia will win war of attrition.”

LOL, you realize you just denounced the Ruzzian war as a “war of attrition””, right?

That’s quite the condemnation as you’re conceding several things here:

1. Russia is only capable of small actions on a localized scale.
2. Russia is incapable of the kinds of broad, coordinated actions across a large front that are the hallmark of modern military tactics.
3. Russia is not using her men to their best tactical advantage but instead are content to use Russian men as a means of wearing down Ukrainian defenses and ammunition (meat wave attacks).
4. Russia doesn’t stand a chance in hell against NATO which will not be employing World War One tactics against Russian forces.
5. The Russian military is effectively on par (equal) with the Ukrainian military and thus can only win a war of attrition.
6. Russia has no hope of overcoming Ukrainian defenses with anything better than clumsy, blunt force attacks.

Seriously, that is quite the concession on your part whether you’re consciously aware of it or not.

[BroJoeK]

tennmountain: "Only 31,000 Ukies Dead?
LOL
Ruzzia will win war of attrition"

US estimates were roughly double that number, though the differences could be in how various terms are defined and counted.

For examples, which of the following deaths are included? --

1. Killed in battle
2. Died later of wounds
3. Died non-battle related accidents
4. Died from illnesses
5. Friendly fire incidents
6. Missing, presumed dead

tennmountain: "I suggest Macron deploy 50,000 French Surrender Monkeys to help YouCrayne."

I'd say, if we look at the US war record in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, we don't need to be calling the French "Surrender Monkey's".

Indeed, overall, the French war record is rather good:

1. Since the French Revolution in 1790, the French war record is 94 wins and 17 losses.

2. Since the Third Republic in 1870, the French have scored 57 wins and 7 losses.

3. Since the end of WWII in 1945, the French have won 22 victories against 5 losses.

For comparisons: the USA since 1945 is 17 wins, 8 losses.

Russia/USSR since 1945 is 17 wins, 3 losses.

In addition to the above, all have several inconclusive and/or ongoing wars not yet resolved.

As for sending French or other NATO troops to Ukraine, I think the threat is meant to be taken seriously, and will likely happen should it prove necessary -- i.e., if Ukraine's lines begin to collapse.