I’m inclined to agree. CNN’s Hertling is doing what his employers want - selling a rah-rah narrative - rather than saying what he really thinks. Shame on him. I’m sympathetic to the Ukrainian cause, but some of the optimistic hyperbole is just off-the-wall.
Information that sounds somewhat reasonable and realistic.
Wild!
I read this earlier today. It is a sober message.
There is a lot of hope around the underdog story here. But in the end, Russia—for all their military shortcomings—will prevail.
Here comes the pivot. Kiev will fall and all the talking heads will be changing the tune
Putin is crazy, but it kind of is failing, because the whole strategy was for it to end before it even began. The fact that Russia didn’t role through in a rout was not good for them.
Is a Pyrrhic victory really a victory?
If Putin manages to take Ukraine at the cost of tens of thousands of dead young Russians who only months ago were drinking beer, dancing in clubs and playing video games
plus large numbers of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians casualties
and destroying beautiful European cities like Kiev and Kharkiv and Odessa
earning the enmity of the world, don’t count out China ultimately distancing itself from Putin
His only allies Venezeuala, Syria, Cuba, Myanmar
Reducing his own people to mere subsistence living in a total police state
I was against involvement, from a military perspective, of NATO in this conflict. I believe it will be bloody and probably horrific to watch. The only thing that I am certain of, is that Putin will do it all again to the next country.
With that belief, I am not sure that we get a better opportunity to destroy Half their military than we have now. I sincerely doubt the Russians would recover after amputating the armored columns sitting in place in Ukraine. If Russia is going to go nuclear, then it won’t change the stakes with the next county he invades.
Perhaps we should consider the opportunity since the stakes don’t change.
Bill Roggio is definitely not fluent in Newspeak, and the Ministry Of Truth is really upset.
He’s right but we can’t let that get in the way of freeper slugfests can we
The author of this piece, Bill Roggio, did great War reporting from Afghanistan, and has Military experience.
He is very credible in my book, even when just airing his opinions.
This is a huge volte-face for the Daily Mail. What gives?
Over the last 6 days, there hasn’t been a Ukraine meme they didn’t publish - from the Ghost Pilot to the Ukraine Models who signed up to fight.
I spent 30 years looking at how the Russians fight.
I am not surprised by how they are fighting.
If Putin’s goal is to destroy Ukraine he can do it. If his goal is to conquer the Ukrainian people he has a long and costly way to go.
“Ukraine is being LIBERATED by Russia, not attacked. The are removing the Khazarian mafia, the US biological weapons labs, and the Biden/Obama money laundering operations. My organizations speaks to dozens of people currently living in Ukraine and they are so happy that liberation has finally come. DO NOT LISTEN TO THE MEDIA....ALL STORIES ARE LIES. The enemy is in the gates, not in Russia. CLUE IN”
-Nick Sylvester
Putinesta defending the Leader
Wow! DM sobered up.
I am hoping, perhaps naively, that Russia did not deliver a one time knock out blow because they didn’t want a high civilian death rate.
They are fellow Russians after all.
I don’t know that this was the motivation. Just would like to think so.
If Zelensky had run away, Nord Stream 2 would still be in business and Germany would not have committed to increase military spending to 2% of GDP. Germany has gone from offering 5,000 helmets to providing 500 stingers. Quoting the coroner of Munchkinland, Germany's relationship with Putin is "no only merely dead, its really most sincerely dead." And, that is very good news.
Roggio's last sentence is about helping Ukraine, which may be a lower priority than hurting Russia.
