Posted on 10/19/2022 5:38:45 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine will be studied for centuries by military historians — as a master class in how not to fight. His latest tactic — bombing Ukrainian cities — is yet another desperate and despicable gambit that is likely to backfire.
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Well, the US Military seems to have a been taught that already.
That’s true. When you surround yourself with yes-men, all you get is one opinion: Your own.
If Russia is this bad…
Then the ukraine must be horrid!
Bristling with weapons, cash, intelligence, and trained military contractors, they haven’t reclaimed vast portions of their country… and they beg for money hourly. They beg for nato to nuke Russia. They beg for more vacation homes for Zelensky.
Russia, conversely, accordingly Zeeper prop, has had 367% of their generals killed, only has WWI tanks, drunks off the street as conscripts, sanctioned by the west, no ammo left, no missiles left, etc. yet they are still there preparing a new offensive.
Do Zeepers ever think through what they breathlessly post here?
Given all the lies and misinformation about Russia Gate, Covid and other recent stories, I don’t know how anyone could believe anything the media reports about the war and becomes a Fan Boy for one side or the other in the Ukraine/Russia War.
You see it here on FR where a handful of FReepers post one article after another advocating for Ukraine using sources that repeatedly been wrong about the war.
No. Because they aren't on this site out of concern about what is happening to the US. Its about promoting an agenda inimical to the well being of the United States, whether intentionally (ideology, on someone's payroll) or unintentionally (trolling for kicks, idiots).
“they haven’t reclaimed vast portions of their country”
They’ve reclaimed from Kyiv area all the way to Kharkiv. Just eye balling it, they’ve reclaimed nearly 50% of the land RuZZia occupied from Feb onward (not counting Crimea and Donbass areas occupied 2014-2022).
Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv.
Remember this map from March?
https://twitter.com/Nrg8000/status/1502656507967864832/photo/2
I hate the propaganda. If they were able to be truthful about what is really happening, that would be different. This isn’t a war for America and American citizen’s should not have to go broke to support a country that is really not our business.
If EU wants too, they can have at it.
Let's see how Russia has NOT fought a war....
-They have taken over and annexed and control over 20% of former Ukraine
-Knocked out 30% of Ukraine's power grid
-Killed or wounded 100,000 Uke soldiers
-Destroyed massive amounts of Uke military gear as noted by the constant groveling and begging for more by the clown Zelensky
-Bombed Ukraine with total impunity
-Sent the whole of the west into a recession with the highest inflation in 40 years
Now, that's really how NOT to fight a war! Facts - not fairy tales.
And, oh, by the way. The Russians are not fighting Ukraine. They are fighting the "woke" US, Europe and NATO and doing a very pretty good job for a third-world country that loses a general a day and a leader with one foot in the grave dying from cancer!
Why do these crazies continue to make these outlandish comments?
Do they expect us to believe their made-up fantasies to be real facts?
They must really take us for fools. Please stop insulting our intelligence with your crazy fairy-tale hoxes.
Like those same sources that were used that said Ukraine war would be over in 72 hours, that time and again, the Ukrainian army was surronded in a caludron and going to get wiped out, that said Ukraine could not launch a counterattack? That said Bakhmut was surronded a month ago (and it isnt)? That the bridge in kherson was not not damaged by himars?
those sources?
“What makes me not a conservative?”
Waiting for the list?
I’ve voted for Reagan, Bush Sr, Dole, Bush Jr, McCain, Romney, Trump.
Plenty of Conservatives support Ukraine over RuZZia. According to polls, a majority of Republicans and Democrats support Ukraine.
Kind of the way the Washington Post gives a master class in how not to be real journalists?
Yes, those same sources also extolled the heroism of the “Ghost of Kiev”, the brave Ukrainian Fighter Pilot singlehandedly taking down the Russian Air Force and the same media that said the Ukrainian Solders remaining on Snake Island that when given a chance to surrender to Russian Forces replied, “FU” and held out to the last man.
Yes, the very same sources.
The point is, we are being fed propaganda on an Industrial Scale and none of it should be believed about either side, one day the results will be known but until then it’s all propaganda.
If you choose to believe any of it, consider what PT Barnum said, “There is a sucker born every day”....
Ouch! Target, cease fire!
regards,
Oh, I left out Libya
Another shining example of NATO expertise in war
You miss the larger point speedy.
- Russian missile and drone strikes continue for over a week, knocking out much of Ukraine's electric grid;
- Ukraine is wasting precious small arms ammunition in failed attempts to counter Russian Geran-2 drones;
- NATO claims it will send means to counter them - nothing of substance actually revealed;
- Russian forces continue to advance in Bakhmut, indicating Ukrainian forces are stretched too thin;
- Russian General Surovikin is focused on the defense of Kherson which is being evacuated;
- Fighting may reach the city, Russia has in the past withdrawn forces rather than have them destroyed or captured;
- Whatever gains Ukraine makes will be temporary - Kiev is trading its entire army for territory hoping for a political resolution in its favor ahead of a military resolution in Russia's;
No surprise that Speedy would post something from notorious Trump hater Max Boot.
“Yes, those same sources also extolled the heroism of the “Ghost of Kiev”, the brave Ukrainian Fighter Pilot singlehandedly taking down the Russian Air Force and the same media that said the Ukrainian Solders remaining on Snake Island that when given a chance to surrender to Russian Forces replied, “FU” and held out to the last man.”
Those two things are trivial compared to putting outright lies about the military situation such as saying the Ukraine Army is cutoff and surrounded.
“Max Boot - the warmongering neocon from Russia who never served a day in the military but is a renowned expert on warfare.”
Indeed. Boot has no credibility whatsoever. Thirty plus years ago he posed as a full-spectrum conservative in the Berkeley college newspaper. More recently, he has gone fully woke embracing every form of race hustling, drag queen shows for kids, etc. As you say, the man never spent a day in the military yet never met a war he didn’t love or want this country to fight. He’s a sick, sick dude.
I for one appreciate your efforts. Make them eat their own swallop. Little r democrats are a drain on our existence.
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