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Why the Russian Special Military Operation is failing
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-putin-revamped-military-ukraine-invasion-11647469602 ^

Posted on 03/17/2022 3:42:22 PM PDT by vmirog91

When I went through ROTC training we were were obviously taught to respect the numerical superiority of the Soviet bloc Armour units deployed across the Iron Curtain. But I remember some of our NCO instructors mentioned that Russian enlisted personnel lacked strong NCO guidance....that they were heavily dependent on top-down leadership. After all these years...this holds true today.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bidensbuttboys; bidenswar; hielputlerfanclub; neocons4biden; nevertrumpers; putinpufferparade; russia; russiaescapesthetrap; russiaisfree; stephenfidler; thomasgrove; ukraine; ukrainewar
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To: TonyinLA
More than a day after the airstrike, there were no reports of deaths

Pay careful attention. The news media reported the chance of death among women and children when the theater was bombed. Apparently the Russians who built it made the basement for use as a shelter so it held against the bombing above it.

That sounds like good news to me, I hate to see non-combatants get hurt anywhere in the world.

141 posted on 03/17/2022 7:59:12 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: escapefromboston

I don’t know…they are killing Russians. That’s what it’s all about. They could be evil critters who worship Baal. They kill Russians. Period.


142 posted on 03/17/2022 8:03:11 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: TonyinLA

I saw a video of a Russian without a head. That’s one fewer to kill.

One NLAW at a time.


143 posted on 03/17/2022 8:05:06 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: A strike
Who seriously thinks that if Putin had given the order Russian forces would not have already taken over the entire Ukraine? This is the army of Stalingrad.

Consider that perhaps your opinion of the Russian army is defined by the narratives you heard over the years. Maybe they are not that accurate. This is not the army of Stalingrad, those men are either dead or in nursing homes.

The Russian army in Ukraine is made up of young Russian men from today who maybe heard their grandfather talk about WW2.

144 posted on 03/17/2022 8:05:49 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: TonyinLA

I wonder why they are ethnically Russian?

Oh yeah…it’s because in 1908 the Russians killed the Jews. Then in the thirties, the Russians starved them by the millions.

They are ethnically Russian because they sent Russians there to resettle the land and grow wheat.

The Ukrainians who are there seem to want the Ruskies to leave. I say we oblige them by sending everything short of NATO troops.


145 posted on 03/17/2022 8:09:28 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Prince of Space
You may want to watch this lecture from a class given at West Point to our military by a person who spent a lot of time studying the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
146 posted on 03/17/2022 8:10:02 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: Prince of Space
Unless you’re on the ground in both Ukraine and Russia, you can’t possibly know what the reality is.

A good way to gather data is to look at Twitter and Telegram channels with images and video from the area. Google translate is helpful.

You can also use google maps to verify images if you want to spend the time and effort.

If you want you can gather data on Russian casualties by looking at the funerals announced in Russian local media.

147 posted on 03/17/2022 8:15:28 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: TonyinLA

It’s amusing you cry propaganda for those supporting Ukraine.

But your posts are all pro Russia.

What you seem to fail to understand is that it’s ALL propaganda.

The only fact that matters is the Russians invaded Ukraine. They don’t belong there. It’s pretty clear that the natives don’t want them there.

The next fact that is self evident is that the Ukrainians need to kill as many Russians as possible in order to get them to turn around and go home. Killing Russian soldiers is the solution to this problem.


148 posted on 03/17/2022 8:15:39 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt
Killing Russian soldiers is the solution to this problem.

Sad but true. The fastest way to end the conflict is for the Ukrainians to kill as many Russian soldiers as possible.

149 posted on 03/17/2022 8:17:42 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: TonyinLA

The friggin biolab information has been out there for, literally, decades.

Just because your sources can’t do basic research is not the truth’s fault. The program was named after Lugar and friggin’ Obama. Where is this a secret. Just because you and Tucker didn’t know doesn’t make it a lie.


150 posted on 03/17/2022 8:18:32 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Phoenix8

They failed because they bought their own story. They thought their troops were better than they are. They also thought once they got out of the Donboss that the people would be scared or ambivalent.

Finally, this is what happens when you don’t have an experienced NCO corps. Everyone goes into their crappy army…and leaves after 18 months. The 25 year SGTs don’t exist in a meaningful way in the Russian Army.


151 posted on 03/17/2022 8:23:39 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: rog4vmi

I would definitely love to hear about some of your stories. There are always interesting stories when Russians are involved.l - trust me, I have heard a bunch from family and acquaintances.

I’m not sure that the fact that Russia has no history of anything like democracy would impact whether or not we could have become friendly over time (as I said before, that possibility is now gone). We have been friendly with many other countries that have had no history of democracy, though to be sure it is more difficult. There is definitely a lot less in common that the people and leaders have when the political systems are so different. Nonetheless, I would like to think that at some point, with so much exposure to what is going on in the rest of the world, and the obviously high correlation between maximizing freedom and maximizing prosperity, that someday Russia will become a democracy of sorts. Clearly, that is clearly not going to happen for quite a while.


152 posted on 03/17/2022 8:24:30 PM PDT by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Zhang Fei

There is little to no misperception (fantasy) that “Putin is a champion of working class Whites” except among those willfully deluded or ideologically/politically to do so. Whether or not he gives a rat’s @$$ for 18 year olds or other elements of Russian population is not in question or even relevant in this context. But,

It is VERY clear that he is foremost a Russian nationalist and therefore he Must be hammered by world government,
in general an increase in war, instability, diminishment of the U.S. may be and probably is an even more important goal of S/S WEF/NWO


153 posted on 03/17/2022 8:25:59 PM PDT by A strike (Public Health 21st century murder by government. DoktorFauxiMengeleGates to a TerreHaute gurney now)
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To: TonyinLA

No it can’t.

Costs too much money, too much equipment, too much men. Three things that the Russians are running short of (as evidenced by it’s pleas to china, syria, etc)

Putin committed one of his most elite formations to this invasion the 4th
“Kantemirovskaya” Guards Tank Division.

This division (along with it’s sister 2nd “Taman” Guards Motor Rifle Division) are supposed to be hand picked, politically reliable, best trained, best equipped in the Russian military. Yet they’re having their butts handed to them.

Even the tank that ends all tanks... The vaunted T14 Armata is a joke. The Russians were supposed to have 2,500 of them by 2020. They have less than 50 as we speak.

Their “stealth” fighter the Su-57 is another program that has come up short. By 2020, they were supposed to have between 50 and 70 of the. They have exactly 14, and of those only 4 are mission capable.

All these other “wonder weapons” like their tsunami torpedo are just bluster.


154 posted on 03/17/2022 8:30:49 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying Too All.)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Once could say it is like punching an arm into the ocean...quickly the whole arm gets enveloped. These extremely long exterior lines....static lines at that....are completely open to ambush and attack. Additionally, the failure to coordinate a combined arms approach has added to it. In many ways, this is almost like Operation Barbarossa in reverse. The milestones have all been missed. At some point, the enemy is able to regroup and counterattack.


155 posted on 03/17/2022 8:31:12 PM PDT by rog4vmi (u)
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To: Zhang Fei

kinda like the worldwide planned “scamdemic” and “climate change”


156 posted on 03/17/2022 8:38:50 PM PDT by A strike (Public Health 21st century murder by government. DoktorFauxiMengeleGates to a TerreHaute gurney now)
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To: freeandfreezing

Not saying you’re wrong but how do you come by your opinion of the Russian Army? Tweets perhaps ?


157 posted on 03/17/2022 8:42:33 PM PDT by A strike (Public Health 21st century murder by government. DoktorFauxiMengeleGates to a TerreHaute gurney now)
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To: A strike

[It is VERY clear that he is foremost a Russian nationalist and therefore he Must be hammered by world government,]


Hitler was every bit the German nationalist that Putin is a Russian nationalist. Heck, Santa Anna and Pancho Villa were Mexican nationalists. All it means is they are using different vehicles to advance their personal ambitions, which are at odds with American national interests, not that you should support them.


158 posted on 03/17/2022 8:44:00 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Zhang Fei

“The worse, the better.” - V.I.Lenin


159 posted on 03/17/2022 8:46:41 PM PDT by A strike (Public Health 21st century murder by government. DoktorFauxiMengeleGates to a TerreHaute gurney now)
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To: Zhang Fei

Almost no one is supporting him.
Just recognize the alternate and ulterior motives in play.

The calls to expand this war are insane at the moment.


160 posted on 03/17/2022 8:55:51 PM PDT by A strike (Public Health 21st century murder by government. DoktorFauxiMengeleGates to a TerreHaute gurney now)
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