"Right now, Ukrainian soldiers (and civilians) are dying for your and my liberty. It is not their intention to do so, but their actions are having a net positive effect for us by thwarting Putin, revealing Russia to be a second-rate power with a third-class strategy, and degrading Russian military assets. And don't confuse the Ukrainian govt. with the Ukrainian people!
Ukraine isn't doing anything but bleeding and dying in a pile of rubble... hahahaha
"my liberty" isn't dependent on Ukrainians but I do agree that useful intel is being gleaned by looking at tactics and how technology is changing strategic and tactical movement to combat for massed troops in attack and defense in depth.
Drones, precision guided anti-tank/anti-aircraft shoulder fired weapons and sigint with satellites, drones and monitoring web reports for up to date intel on movements/damage and targeting.
It's a new world on the battlefield with Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukrainian conflict giving us video evidence of the changing face of battle.
I chuckled when you said how Russia is exposed as a "second-rate power with a third-class strategy" and how Russian military assets are being "degraded".....I wonder what others are saying about our Armed Forces when they study our military efforts in Vietnam, Korea and Afghanistan........
With that statement, you demonstrate a level of callousness that I had not expected.
In your multiple postings in this thread, you have repeatedly enjoined us to try to understand what Putin wants / what is motivating him. You have repeatedly exhorted us to attempt to empathize with him and "see things from his position."
But at no point did you express any sympathy with the Ukrainian people, or empathize with the tremendous suffering they are experiencing as a consequence of Putin's "Special Military Operation."
You haven't really acknowledged the enormous human suffering - deaths of innocent men, women, and children - which Putin has caused.
There is a huge conflagration currently taking place right smack dab in the middle of Eastern Europe, and the fact that that represents a gross violation of the post-WWII norms and standards of behavior among civilized states doesn't seem to register with you.
Your apparent callous disregard for the blatant immorality of Putin's aggression gives me pause.
I chuckled when you said how Russia is exposed as a "second-rate power with a third-class strategy" and how Russian military assets are being "degraded"
I'm sorry, but I fail to be amused by the vast loss of life and destruction currently being wrought by the Russian invaders. I am now beginning to wonder about your motives.
Regards,