Posted on 10/21/2022 7:31:04 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
The Western media for decades has hailed Vladimir Putin as a great strategist. But if the past eight months have proved one thing, it’s that this strategic wizard often achieves the opposite of his intentions.
...Mr. Putin should look to history. During World War I, Russian authorities tried to conscript Muslims from Central Asia. The result was a major uprising in summer 1916, which took months and tens of thousands of Russian troops to suppress. In the end, none of the Muslims were sent to battle—and, by withdrawing army units from the front to confront the internal uprising, Russia expedited its eventual defeat. Less than six months later, the czar and his government were forced to resign.
By sending poorly trained non-Russian men to Ukraine, Moscow may soon meet a similar fate. Centuries of pent-up bitterness and frustration over rule by Moscow may spill into a military confrontation and civil war. Given Russia’s current military defeats, this isn’t a distant prospect. If and when that happens, Russia will fall apart as the empire of the czars and Soviet Union did. It would be ironic if the man who wanted to revive the U.S.S.R. instead ushers in the twilight of Russia’s last empire.
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"DO YOU WANT TOTAL WAR?" - Joseph Goebbels, 1943
Who can say? Everything is spin and propaganda from both sides.
—”One thing for sure is that America is being ruined and that is what I care about.”
In the beginning, I did have some feelings for the Russian people and the unfortunate Grunts riding on top of armored vehicles, I was wounded in one such event on an APC.
Now, a wasted division of Russian troops is so sad.
The entire Russian federation is down the tubes, who cares.
Would be nice if Putin had an accident and was severely disabled, needing 24/7 assistance, and surviving for a very long time in pain and misery. Seeing his handiwork.
Yes it is, and your response is 'support Putin?'
Don't wait up for the payment, though... 
If Trump had remained in office, this useless war in Ukraine would have never started. They needed him out to complete their decades of work
-”Who is Michael Khodarkovsky and how many wars has he predicted the outcome of successfully?”
And you never learned how to search on your computer?
Your masters do not allow internet access?
Or do you have difficulty getting a fork to your mouth and doing other simple tasks?
So sad and too bad about your disabilities.
So I will help:
Professor Khodarkovsky is a University of Chicago Ph.D. and has a B.A. from Kalmyk State University in Elista, Russia. At Loyola he teaches courses in Russian empire, comparative empires, colonialism, and Western civilization.
Because of your disabilities, you never learned about the relation of history and the future.
Too bad, so sad.
“Looks and acts like Zelesnky to me.”
Cross the border of an independent nation with what passes for a modern Russian Operational Maneuver Group and head for the capital, one should expect a big fight.
Thats like you saying you dont support your RINO candidate for office, so vote for the dem candidate. Good strategy...
You got it the other way round.
—”If history has taught us anything, it’s that one baddie will replace another.”
I tend to agree, more so in Russia.
BUT!
As noted above much of the natural resources are NOT held in pur-sang Russia. And the very long pipelines...
Having a major income is a force multiplier, while it lasts.
—”The battle for world supremacy a hundred years from now might feature China and the Muslims going at it. “
An old and well-educated friend convinced me after much dispute, that in the end, it would be US and Russia opposing the Chinese.
His main argument was we share race and religion.
I wish he were around to state his new position.
—”They don’t want to be ruled over by Moscow again either.”
An old rumor had it that NATO was needed most to keep Poland from attacking Russia!
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