The Russian Military is Not What You Think

The Russian military, the second largest military in the world, may not be what it looks like. Lies and systematic corruptions may in fact have dragged Russia into this war with Ukraine, which has been heavily backed up by the US and NATO. We will present the evidence, you make your own decision, because the Russian Army, is #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #longs

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00:00 Lying is a Problem in The Russian Military 1:27 The Biggest Lies of All 3:15 Fake Bulletproof Vests & Helmets 5:28 Rifles That Date Back to 1891 6:24 Consumer Cameras in Russian Drones 7:15 Russia Deployed 60-Year Old Tanks 8:31 Russian Airforce Looks Good on Paper 10:04 The Aircraft Carrier That is NOT an Aircraft Carrier 10:51 Russian Missiles Like to Come Back Home 12:21 But What About the Ukrainian Forces? 13:08 Where Did the Military Budget Go? 15:15 Why Russia Believed It Could Capture Ukraine in 3 Days? 19:19 It's All About Perception

“How big is the Russian army?”

it doesn’t matter. I can’t believe I have to explain this to a FReeper - but so many are stupid when it comes to this war.

It doesn’t matter how big Russia’s army is. It ONLY matters how big Russia’s army is INSIDE Ukraine. Thus, Russia’s vast military suddenly means nothing if it is not being committed to fighting in Ukraine. See how simple logic is? And the “big” army they are sending to Ukraine is made up of conscripts with little or no training, bad equipment, no incentive to fight, and extremely poor leadership. Oh, they might win by sheer volume, but that is not really strength - that’s just waste.

“The Russian military is one of the most powerful in the world.”

Yet in 8 full months it has not been able to defeat the poorest and most corrupt country in all of Europe. What does that tell? Do not cop out and say something about Ukrainians getting weapons from the West - of course that matters - but all of Russia’s supposed might should have easily compensated for that little aid that reached Ukraine in the earliest days. Russian commentators were saying it would all be over in a matter of days. We’re 8 months in and there’s no end in sight.

“Russia’s firepower is second only to the United States.”

The United States defeated and occupied Afghanistan more soundly in a few months than Russia did in a decade and the Russians were NEXT DOOR while we were thousands of miles away. Except for nukes the Russians have little real military power.

You exemplify the problem with conservative America today. Ignorant of history and geopolitics, but credulous and predisposed to flag waving jingoism.

Our country has been overtaken by 10000 commies a mile away, but you are worried about 1 (so called) commie in Russia 10000 miles away. The same folks that overthrew Ukraine in 2014 and pushed Zelensky for war against disenfranchised votes in the east and south, have overthrown our elections. Those who speak out against these commies will be treated like East and South Ukraine. Are you going to nuke us? Send your F-15s?

We keep the peace with Nuclear Russia for 70 years by staying out of their backyard…and they stayed out of ours. Yes, they are paranoid. I don’t blame them. America acted in the Gulf Wars out of self interest. Russia is acting in self interest by helping East and South Ukraine.

Yes, I am aware of problems within the USA but I am also able to read and according to what I read this topic was about the Russian military.

And respecting the rules of this forum I kept my remarks within the scope of the topic. I’d suggest you do the same or perhaps post a topic on the various things you’d prefer to discuss and then I’ll be happy to ignore it for you.

jumper on 19th November 2022
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4110440/posts?page=9#9
“The Russia Army is ready to utilize actual combat formations under one command and they are going to take Odessa;....It is going to be long cold winter and by the time the ground thaws the Russians will have dictated a peace with NATO in the absence of sane Ukrainian leadership.”

Jumper is consistently wrong — it’s nearly a year and the Russkies retreated from Kherson, forget about being able to take Odessa

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