Posted on 08/08/2023 8:49:09 PM PDT by RandFan
@DougAMacgregor
The only people willing to go public and make ridiculous statements that Putin has lost the war are President Biden and perhaps his NSA.
This is nonsense, he absolutely hasn't and everyone knows that.
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deepstate is in too deep to ever admit anything otherwise. publicly anyway. everything they have is invested in Russia’s defeat.
He’s doing what Vivek is doing-trying to get noticed.
Hey, he may are right but what does it cost him if he’s wrong?
The Ruble has been drifting lower.
It was only lower on the day of the invasion.
This despite an uptick in oil/gas prices.
Most of the invasion the Ruble was higher than pre-invasion.
Ofc it hasn’t crashed so there is no outcome.
Search Ruble to USD chart and see for yourselves-it’s the only accurate barometer.
Based on Russia’s stated goals at the outset of the conflict Russia has indeed lost.
The goals were to remove Ukraine’s leadership and keep NATO from Russia’s borders.
Today all pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine have no chance of power, and NATO rockets are daily pounding the Russian Army.
Putin may not have lost the war, but he certainly hasn’t won it yet.
As far as keeping nato away from it’s borders, if it conquers Ukraine, it will have nato on it’s border.
Not everyone.
MacGregor is in the public relations business for Russia, rather than acting as a serious military analyst.
Why hasn’t Putin pulled out (literally) the big guns and put an end to it already? All the tit for tat is just dragging it out and getting more killed.
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Based on Russia’s stated goals at the outset of the conflict Russia has indeed lost.
The goals were to remove Ukraine’s leadership and keep NATO from Russia’s borders.
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These were not the stated goals. The stated goals are what is actually in speeches, not what some reporter imagines was meant in the latest bit of mindreading.
The purpose has been stated to de-nazify and de-militarize Ukraine. This would seem clearly to be in progress.
Putin is hyper focused on Russian demographics. His directions to the army have been to emphasize low Russian casualties and maximize those of the opponent. That clearly is taking place.
The actual bottom line here is Russia has essentially infinite oil and that is what defines actual money, not whimsical creation by the Federal Reserve (though unlike the Soviet Union, Russia now also has a central bank empowered to QE all the money they need).
There’s nothing anyone can do about this. Geology decides this. Not videos.
It has become a war of attrition. Who will break first—USA, Nato or Russia. I contend that as long as Russia has Chinese support—Putin can not lose. He can hurt us and Europe in many ways. Look at Niger, Syria, North Korea? Nato is starting to crack—American public support is slacking off. All Putin must do is wait and keep Ukraine from retaking the lands he holds and he will win what he wants at the Peace Table. Watch as this goes well into 2024 and the election. If the Democrat power brokers see the War as a losing issue—they will drop Kiev like they did Kabul.
If you are for Ukraine, they are winning. If you are for Russia, they are winning.
Who will de-nazify Russia? They have their own Nazi problem
I’m pretty sure he is the one who said Hillary was going to be locked up and Trump will be in office after the congress throws out the electoral vote
I’m amazed at how many Freepers hate Ukraine and support Russia.
I’m amazed at how many Freepers hate Ukraine and support Russia.
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
I wouldn’t mind getting Travis’ opinion.
He’s an expert on Russia unlike many who talk nonsense especially CNN, etc?
Every few generations the Europeans go nuts and kill each other for various reasons. The last big blow up was supposed to have been bad enough to prevent future episodes of 'conquer neighbor for profit'. That's why the whole of NATO needs to be in Ukraine backed with tactical and strategic nuclear weapons. Those weapons were supposed to prevent this type of 'conquest-for-profit' done in Georgia, Crimea and now Ukraine.
Putin has sucked the west into a black hole of asset draining and our leadership is to stupid to realize it...
...could it be they’re under a spell of a delusion sent from above? Developing...
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