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I don’t discount the possibility that Ukraine is running out of troops. But if ganeemead told me the sun was shining I’d still go outside and look for myself.

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--- "I don't discount the possibility that Ukraine is running out of troops. But if ganeemead told me the sun was shining I'd still go outside and look for myself."

Given this is generally an anonymous forum, this individual's posting the Hindustan Times' rather tasteless videos (I can't stand the background music personally) is not enough to pretend to know him.

In court one takes testimony from many sides, and does not discount without cause. In the same way, as I have mentioned on other threads, I have read Mein Kampf but am not a Nazi, and read The Communist Manifesto but am no Communist. I have read a large portion of the Koran and a number of Hadiths, but detest Islam. Being informed means to me reviewing much, to better frame notions and ideas.

It seems the war of attrition is not in favor of the Z-government, and therefore not in favor of Ukrainians, in the same way that the mess made by Obama and Biden is not in favor of our nation's future, long term, and therefore not in our favor in the moment.

It becomes time for many changes in the world. I prefer to take the testimony of many to weigh together. For this, one extremely pro-Z thread has said my views are "agitprop" and the like.

I am with those who comment that there is much we cannot see in the moment because of all the "messaging." What is sure is that the current proxy war (West versus Russia) is not going well for the West for a variety of reasons, and that our US military is facing enormous recruitment problems because many are unfit and many others unwilling to serve in a military where homosexuality, transsexuality and cosplay are represented in the "officer ranks" these days.

When "male America great again" becomes "domestic terrorism," we have problems aplenty. The attritional war between Z and P has drawn off much American and European materiel and treasure which we cannot afford.

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Federal Budget Deficit Grew to $2 Trillion in FY 2023 Tax Foundation, 12 October 2023

Saner heads must prevail. I fear they are not, in the moment.

I don’t discount the possibility that Ukraine is running out of troops.

Probably true. But you don't need that many troops to maintain your defenses in the front. It's like WWI but with drones.