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To: AU72
Kind of scary. They wouldn't last long on their own.


7 posted on 03/10/2014 11:23:57 AM PDT by McGruff (Republicans need to show Obama some RSPECT.)
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To: McGruff
The correlation of forces is why the Soviet Union backed in Cuba in 1962, Kruschev hoped for a fait-accompli but got caught.

We are inviting blood bath with our pin-pricks.

9 posted on 03/10/2014 11:27:08 AM PDT by AU72
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To: McGruff

There are loyalty issues in the Ukrainian military, that are sure to complicate issues should they come to blows with Russia. Many units will defect to Russia, and many will not have the stomach to fight (Especially those from the East).


11 posted on 03/10/2014 11:37:52 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: McGruff

This is not about troops and materiel ratio. Russia’ economy will crumble under the weight of war, occupation and having to feed the occupied territories population. For Russia it will be a war of aggression, for Ukraine -the war of liberation. Not everybody in Russia has the stomack for it. Us does not have to get involved militarily.


16 posted on 03/10/2014 11:48:50 AM PDT by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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To: McGruff

The tank number is interesting to me. Ukraine is very “heavy” on paper.

Of course, most of the Ukraine troops in the area will not fight.

This is a civil war. We would be wise to stay out of it.


18 posted on 03/10/2014 12:09:10 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: McGruff

Your still thinking obsolete, this is the age of 4th generation warfare. Its why Russia lost in Afghanistan.

The key is the people - if they are willing to fight it will be too costly for Russia like it was in Afghanistan despite their military superiority.


24 posted on 03/10/2014 1:21:57 PM PDT by Mechanicos (When did we amend the Constitution for a 2nd Federal Prohibition?)
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