Posted on 12/20/2022 10:04:38 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Ukrainian leaders have vowed to retake all territory occupied by Russia, prompting a debate over what would be necessary for Ukraine to win and evict Moscow’s forces.
The answer is primarily military because Russia is only going to abandon its hard-won gains if its troops suffer catastrophic losses, military strategists say. Behind those talks about weapons and ammunition is a deeper political question as Ukraine’s battlefield fortunes rely heavily on the willingness of Western governments to continue their multibillion-dollar military assistance to Kyiv.
And pushing Russian forces out of the entrenched positions they hold in more than 15% of Ukraine’s territory will require an even greater flow of military support—possibly more than the West is willing and able to bear.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken told The Wall Street Journal last Monday that the U.S. would support Kyiv in recovering territory Russia has grabbed since launching its large-scale invasion on Feb. 24, suggesting that Washington might not back Ukraine militarily in retaking areas that Russia seized in 2014, including the Crimean Peninsula.
Ukrainian leaders have vowed to retake all territory occupied by Russia, prompting a debate over what would be necessary for Ukraine to win and evict Moscow’s forces.
The answer is primarily military because Russia is only going to abandon its hard-won gains if its troops suffer catastrophic losses, military strategists say. Behind those talks about weapons and ammunition is a deeper political question as Ukraine’s battlefield fortunes rely heavily on the willingness of Western governments to continue their multibillion-dollar military assistance to Kyiv.
And pushing Russian forces out of the entrenched positions they hold in more than 15% of Ukraine’s territory will require an even greater flow of military support—possibly more than the West is willing and able to bear.
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Love how according to you, defending an independent countries sovereignty is 'warmongering'. So I guess the Allies in WW2 were 'warmongering' when they declared war against nazi Germany after its invasion of Poland. Okay
Its amazing what kind of bs you spew. Russia is attacking and destroying a more Christian Ukraine. Ukraine is by every measure more religious than Russia. For instance, Ukraine has twice the church attendance of Russia and half the abortion rate.
Let’s not kid ourselves. America’s political leaders see this kind of thing as a glorious opportunity to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on welfare for white people … in both the U.S. AND Europe.
By ignoring peaceful solutions to this, you are a warmonger. Look it up.
Right, when Hitler invaded Poland the West should have looked for 'peaceful solutions' otherwise you're a 'warmonger'. Okay
“Now it’s our turn be be bankrupted...”
It is kinda ironic that Russia is one of the countries behind us being bankrupted. Along with China, the EU and a very compliant American government.
Killing all the Europeans (on both sides) paves the way for Muslims to move in.
And as an added benefit, you can tell blacks that they’re killing Europeans is a sort of reparations.
(don’t flame me. Its a JOKE!)
Who wins the Nuclear war when Russia,China,Iran,North Korea all fire nukes at the U.S.?
I didn't define the word. Look it up.
Danny, we have been telling you this for months. I have warned repeatedly that your fearless leader Biden could t pull it off. Look at what the senile old goat did in Afghanistan. If America keeps this up the economy of the West will collapse and there will not be enough weapons to fight off China’s territorial aggressions.
The question was not what to do when Hitler invaded Poland, because the “West” did the right thing - nothing.
The correct question was what to do when, 17 days later, the Soviet Union invaded Poland. And what the “West” did then was to help the USSR.
Did busek put all his trust in the DC swamp led by communists bloodsuckers?
Nonsense. That was the whole point of seizing Donbas and the southern oblasts, to control those resources and landlock Ukraine.
They did, which is how and why they stopped the Russians cold in February and March, despite being vastly outnumbered and outgunned.
Bozo the armchair warrior should go to the Ukraine and fight with a rifle,
I’ve seen a lot of nonsense in my day, but yours takes the cake for the most retarded post I’ve read in years.
Look up the word 'appeasement'. Putin annexed Crimea in 2014, the West set some limited sanctions. Putin in 2014 fermented a 'separatist' war in eastern Ukraine, Obama for two years, refused to send weapons saying he wanted peace negotiations with Russia to run their course before deciding to send “lethal defensive” arms to help Kyiv. Putin's reaction? In 2022 he invaded Ukraine completely trying to conquer the whole country including the capitol. Appeasement doesn't work, against warmongers like Putin.
F Ukraine. It’s not a NATO country and it’s a European problem not a US problem.
Britain and France stood by their guarantee of Poland's border and declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939.
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