Posted on 08/02/2025 6:53:25 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Let’s give it a few more months and I think I will become clear
“Forced” how many months to take a prewar town of 12k?
Next your going to tell me putin is still “holding back”
Another oldie but goodie
Read up on attrition wars and you’ll understand why the Neocons are in a state of ABJECT PANIC right now regarding Ukraine.
Pretty aware, think Russians are panicking, but of course we won’t agree
“Pretty aware, think Russians are panicking, but of course we won’t agree”
Maybe not you, but plenty of people here claiming the above...for 42 months now. The crash of Russia is ‘just around the corner’ - for 42 months.
I think the evidence is pretty clear that the Russian economy is in trouble, the idea that it hasn’t collapsed so far is not unreasonable with the war chest pitin had developed, but that fund is depleting, Soviet legacy stocks are disappearing, revenue is down and expenses are through the roof so as the saying goes
Things go slow till they go fast
Don’t think many thought in 1990 that the Soviet Union would collapse a short time later. I am old enough to remember folks even at that time talking about the Soviet miracle, passing US….
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