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Putin is NOT crazy and the Russian invasion is NOT failing.
Daily Mail ^ | 3/2/2022 | Bill Roggio

Posted on 03/02/2022 3:00:48 PM PST by FreedomForce

Sympathy for the outnumbered and outgunned defenders of Kyiv has led to the exaggeration of Russian setbacks, misunderstanding of Russian strategy, and even baseless claims from amateur psychoanalysts that Putin has lost his mind.

A more sober analysis shows that Russia may have sought a knockout blow, but always had well-laid plans for follow-on assaults if its initial moves proved insufficient.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: biden; billroggio; dailymail; putin; russia; thedailymail; ukraine; vlad
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To: packrat35
Well Crimea is part of Russia now and not Ukraine.

Which it was since the time of Catherine the Great.

121 posted on 03/02/2022 6:03:54 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: linMcHlp

Correct. Biden is not in charge and the whole world knows it.

What is laughable is the Leftist kooks in charge in America thought they could steal the election and then run the world but they cannot in reality manage a hot dog stand. They think running the world is as easy as managing a college dorm social calendar.

Everything the Left touches turns to S**t !


122 posted on 03/02/2022 6:08:33 PM PST by Gnome1949
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To: wildcard_redneck
just before Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula.

Uh, the Crimea was part of Russia back at the time of the American revolution.

123 posted on 03/02/2022 6:17:49 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

“Uh, the Crimea was part of Russia back at the time of the American revolution.”

So was Alaska.


124 posted on 03/02/2022 6:27:45 PM PST by Fuzz
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To: Fuzz

Russia sold Alaska. Kruschev assigned the Crimea administratively to Ukraine when it was and administrative district of the USSR.


125 posted on 03/02/2022 6:30:13 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: americas.best.days...
Information that sounds somewhat reasonable and realistic.

That is NOT allowed here! Hit the Report Abuse button!

126 posted on 03/02/2022 6:30:55 PM PST by Fury
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To: AndyJackson

“Russia sold Alaska. Kruschev assigned the Crimea administratively to Ukraine when it was and administrative district of the USSR.”

And?


127 posted on 03/02/2022 6:32:33 PM PST by Fuzz
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To: AndyJackson

Yes I am aware of that. Many here on FR don’t seem to understand it though.


128 posted on 03/02/2022 6:37:35 PM PST by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: Zhang Fei

But it looks more like Russia’s plans are that of surrounding the cities only at this point...other than perhaps some small teams to search it out.


129 posted on 03/02/2022 6:38:36 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: AndyJackson
"Uh, the Crimea was part of Russia back at the time of the American revolution."

Sigh. The Black Sea gas deposits were not discovered until AFTER the Ukraine broke from Russia/Soviet Union in 1991. They Ukrainians were in the process of developed the gas fields when Russia invaded and re-took the Crimea in 2014. Google it.

130 posted on 03/02/2022 6:44:22 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (Welcome to leftist Planet Lab Cage where are YOU are the rat)
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To: Fuzz

And.... the Russians think it is theirs because it has always been theirs.


131 posted on 03/02/2022 6:48:30 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: wildcard_redneck

Sigh.....go grab your rifle and pack, parachute in and take it back if you think it is not theirs. I will support you the whole way.


132 posted on 03/02/2022 6:49:38 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Afghanistan is unlike any other country, been independent for 1000 yrs all the great powers over the years have tried and failed.


133 posted on 03/02/2022 6:50:25 PM PST by prov1813man
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To: AndyJackson

I get it, but you said:

“Uh, the Crimea was part of Russia back at the time of the American revolution.”

Would it be acceptable for Russia to invade Alaska based on this principal? Would you accept Mexico’s invasion of Texas?


134 posted on 03/02/2022 6:51:41 PM PST by Fuzz
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To: AndyJackson
"Sigh.....go grab your rifle and pack, parachute in and take it back if you think it is not theirs. I will support you the whole way."

Explaining historical facts is not taking a position one way or the other, grow up.

135 posted on 03/02/2022 6:53:04 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (Welcome to leftist Planet Lab Cage where are YOU are the rat)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

“Who was in the room with Biden and Putin when the strategy was discussed?”

People ought to be demanding the release of the full unredacted transcript.


136 posted on 03/02/2022 7:27:07 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying Too All.)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

>>People ought to be demanding the release of the full unredacted transcript.<

Politely as Lt Col Vindman for a copy; tell him you plan to use it against DJT.


137 posted on 03/02/2022 7:51:23 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Hey, hey, ho, ho Fidel Trudeau Has got to go!)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

“I’m sorry I’m so behind the technology, but what the heck is the flame coming out of the back of the launcher, when there’s nothing coming out of the missile? How does the launcher work?”

It’s a booster that pushes the missile clear of the launch tube before the sustainer motor kick in.


138 posted on 03/02/2022 7:55:43 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying Too All.)
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To: packagingguy; MinuteGal; M Kehoe

“Is taking the country really the objective? Or is the goal to force Ukraine to become a non-aligned buffer state? Or to install a Russia-friendly government? Or to push Russia’s border further from Moscow? I don’t have the answer.”

Yes you do. It’s all of the above.


139 posted on 03/02/2022 8:01:34 PM PST by flaglady47 (Donald J.Trump, President in 2024 - DeSantis for VP (or Senior Advisor))
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To: allendale; MinuteGal; M Kehoe

“Are there not any daring imaginative Ukrainian commanders?”

The Ukranians attacked and destroyed the very front of the column, on a two lane road, thus bringing to a stop the entire column as the wreckage precluded the column from proceeding forward. So for the moment, the column is stalled; the Russians are bringing in reinforcements.


140 posted on 03/02/2022 8:06:59 PM PST by flaglady47 (Donald J.Trump, President in 2024 - DeSantis for VP (or Senior Advisor))
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