Russia Says It Could Target Western Arms Supplies To Ukraine

Radio Free Europe / AP / AFP ^ | March 12th, 2022 | uncredited

[WoofDog123]

this sounds like we would have won!

can you describe what victory would have looked like?

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Putin's biggest mistake was not stopping at the Donbass and Crimea. When he expanded the war beyond that, the strategic balance tipped against him.

The smartest thing he could do at this point is declare victory by claiming he has defeated the "Ukrainian military threat", pull back to those areas, and then negotiate. The rest of the world will know he lost in Ukraine, but that might be enough for public consumption within Russia.

[DownInFlames]

Flying them across the border would be picked up on radar. Partial disassembly of the wings and ship via train covered by tarps would be easier to avoid

[ProtectOurFreedom]

BOston, KentuckY, and Great Britain.

Sure.

[Kevmo]

Yeah, but Russia had 600 nukes and we had 6000+ in the early 60s.
***Yup. I read that in a book but I can’t remember the name nor the author.

[DownInFlames]

Putin is not a military leader. Like Hitler, he’s making the mistake of a 2 front war.

[Jim Noble]

If a country chooses not to be neutral in this, they shouldn’t be surprised when things start flying their way

I went to high school 1964-1968 and I learned a ton about war - history, tactics, principles, analysis - all in regular history classes, some taught by WW II or Korea veterans.

My kids who have recently gone to high school learned the lyrics to "Imagine". Without some basic knowledge about military concepts - the "laws and usages of war" - what is happening in Ukraine and the potential ramifications of it - is impossible to understand.

Just look at all the people clamoring for a "no fly zone". Like it was a restraining order.

[discostu]

There’s a long standing tradition of “we don’t feel like fighting in this war, but we sure hope you win, here’s some stuff”. Both sides did it in the Cold War. Europe really perfected it though, they were always feeding each other’s wars.

[2big2fail]

Oh you are so right.

[rdcbn1]

I grew up living within the primary blast radius of one of the top 5 nuclear targets during the cold war and I remember duck and cover practice and air raid sirens testing at 1 pm every Saturday. Did not advocate any attack against the Russians, just pointed out that their troops could easily be in a world of hurt if Russia should decide to start attacking American assets and we are forced to retaliate. And it would difficult to prove we were even there. This needs to be made clear to Putin as he is pushing to see how far he go without provoking an American response. Russian jets in Syria gave areas patrolled by US F-22s a wide berth. Russian military doctrine is push and bully to achieve objectives but to keep the situation below a serious military response from the world community

[BobL]

“Just look at all the people clamoring for a “no fly zone”. Like it was a restraining order.”

LOL...very true. But the people to blame start with the ‘Greatest Generation’, who were too busy with their own lives to bother seeing what was happening to their kids.

[McGruff]

but Russia had 600 nukes and we had 6000+ in the early 60s.

That's some scary logic there.

[odawg]

“We were ready to go nuclear over Russian missiles in Cuba.”

That is because the Russians were placing ICBMs in Cuba to destroy us. Very quickly. Kennedy had no choice. When someone points a loaded gun at you, you either accept your death or make a move.

[McGruff]

When someone points a loaded gun at you, you either accept your death or make a move.

Could be what Putin's thinking is.

[Mr. K]

I’m pretty sure that’s how Russia would feel about NATO putting nukes in Ukraine.

[dfwgator]

We went to war with Germany because Germany was putting out an offer to Mexico to ally with them, we didn’t wait for it to actually happen, even though the chances of it ever happening were virtually nil.

[McGruff]

Got CNN’s attention:

From CNN’s Maija Ehlinger

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned the United States about the potential consequences of transferring weapons to Ukraine, saying convoys with foreign weapons would be “legitimate targets.”

[Sequoyah101]

I hope your crystal ball is a good one.

He may not want it but he is backing himself into a corner of his own making that his pride and arrogance will not let him out of. One slip is all it will take.

[Sequoyah101]

Good point but there is a fix for that and nobody but putin has uttered it.

[DCBryan1]

this sounds like we would have won! can you describe what victory would have looked like?

Last lines of the Book Alas! Babylon!:

So who won? We did, we really clobbered the Soviets!......not that it matters.