Alexander Mercouris: Ukrainian massive losses, European economic crisis

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[ganeemead]

Total collapse of US/EU/NATO policy both military and economic, damage to European society may be irreparable

[crz]

Below zero? Is that all?

Try 30 below plus during WW2. And the Russians never let up. Unlike the Germans who froze to death and the machinery wouldnt work because it froze...that included the actions on their weapons.

NEVER oil your actions on your weapons in that cold. Clean the oil off it and fire it without.

[DannyTN]

"Russia has 30,000 tanks in long term storage.

LOL, the numbers keep growing everytime I talk to y'all.

Here's a reality check. Note this is from 2020 and Russia only had 2650 total including those in storage. Now they have about 1650. And they apparently sent their most modern and upgraded tanks into Ukraine. Which means the stuff in storage is crap.

Russian Army has fewer than 3000 tanks - Sept 2020

There is a reason Russia hasn't been sending more tanks to replace their losses in Ukraine.

[Night Hides Not]

What made it so great was that I had no personnel issues whatsoever. It wasn't my great leadership, oh no...lol. There was a tourist town 5 miles off base that came to life every summer. I've never seen a greater concentration of newly divorced women in my life.

We were a novelty, the only Americans for 200 miles, and home base for me was 400 miles to the South. My CO was gone most of the time, due to marital problems...leaving me in charge. LOL, by then I'd been a platoon leader and XO for 2 1/2 years, it was no big deal.

I had great senior NCOs that handled the day to day stuff, leaving me free for twice weekly 3 hour trips to Bremerhaven, and shadowing visiting Battalion Commanders the rest of the time. Shortly after arrival, we correctly determined that if we did our jobs right, we'd be working 4 day weeks.

I was lucky, there was no combat during 76-84, and I can't recall any "hairy situations", even during REFORGER 77.

[Night Hides Not]

I hear ya, General Winter would kick Corn Pop’s ass.

[Bulwyf]

Seems people have a death wish and keep saying they hate commies. Who’s running the west? I’ll give you a hint. Commies!

[Bulwyf]

I’m now convinced you’re just a child who’s watched too much western propaganda.

[Bulwyf]

Nobody is trying to appease Russia! It is not our damn business!

[Bulwyf]

Graphite.

[hardspunned]

I’ve been asking since February. When did Russia attack the US? Are we talking Hillary’s Russia, Russia, Russia fantasies? When did Russia attack NATO? Where in NATO’s charter is any of this sanctioned? If the Russians react to a virulently anti Russian NATO behemoth, preaching Moscow regime change, sitting on their border, 300 miles from Moscow, they are portrayed as a revanchist Soviet Union. The US can project more massive, more deadly force 5000 miles away as we can go on a brutal 20 year rampage through Iraq looking for Saddam’s yellow cake and we are just spreading the western way. Of course, the Iraqis never attacked us either. There are no good guys involved in this Ukrainian quagmire. It’s a dirty, bloody plus but at least DC is using Ukrainian boys as cannon fodder this time rather than our precious American boys.

[kiryandil]

There was a tourist town 5 miles off base that came to life every summer. I've never seen a greater concentration of newly divorced women in my life.

John Denver could have written a song:

Almost heaven, Westphalia...

[kiryandil]

They think it's Star Wars, and that the Ukie grifters are the Rebel Alliance.

The Ukrainians and the Westerners got that spin out there first, leaving the Russian messaging in the dust.

I don't think that the Russians actually have Underdog Come From Behind fairy tales like we have in the West.

[crz]

They didnt have that back then. They do now, but I still wouldnt put anything on it.

The one thing an old German guy once told me was that if they got their MG42s running, they could often run entire belts through without stopping.

[familyop]

Winter will not likely be on the side of the foreign invading force. What’s more, many of its recruits know that participants in “special operation” are cursed.

[In_Iowa_not_from]

Both sides are propped up by communists of one flavor or another. Notice bust of LENIN in WEF Schwab's library.

[DannyTN]

Yeah I expect winter will be far worse on the Russians than the Ukrainians.

[familyop]

The car of an official of the Russian General Staff was set on fire in Moscow. The curses are returning home to roost.

[Jumper]

A Sergeant in my aitborne infantry company held a PHd in nuclear physics and his father was currently serving as an AF 2 star General working at the Space and Missile Test Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base. When you have 29 year old E5 that is already bald you wonder. He says he got in an argument with dad who always said Paratroopers were dumb. He proved daddy wrong with a 4 year enlistment in 72 refusing an Air Force commission the Viet Nam War.

[Neanderthal]

"Now we know you favor communists"

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The real communists are in DC and Russia is kicking their asses in Ukraine.

[redcatcherb412]

Well said.

[NorseViking]

LOL. I think you meant “Ukie trolls”, but misspelled.