Ron DeSantis Calls Russia's Military 'Third Rate,' No Threat to NATO

Newsweek.com ^ | 2-20-23 | Jackson

[traderrob6]

WTF does that have to do with my inquiry?

[silent majority rising]

As the commies used to say, ‘running dogs’.

[TexasFreeper2009]

As usual DeSantis is spot on.

The Russians are a paper tiger, 3rd rate actually sums them up pretty well.

The Russian got their rocket tech from the germans and their nukes from American spies. And that’s all they have ever had. Russia is a big zero without those two things, and even with them is decades behind us.

[Robert DeLong]

Especially since NATO has been supplying arms & munitions, along with the U.S., making both also 3rd rate. With Biden at the helm, more likely below third rate.

[Vaduz]

He’s echoing Rino talk

[JZelle]

You’re good. 😂

[wardaddy]

I’ve never seen this exchange from a ways back over NATO and Russia is pretty good actually quite a reporter asking the questions

https://youtu.be/SKUtg-4BxMY

[Timber Rattler]

Their nukes don’t work anymore.

[Robert DeLong]

You’re not paying attention, apparently. Mitch McConnell has been saying that, ergo, DeSantis is brown-nosing him & the GOPe. If you’re betting he is not running, you just lost that bet.

[cgbg]

“they won’t dare use those, so that can generally be ignored”

Yeah—I keep hearing that from the “Russia experts” around here—none of whom speak the language and none of whom understand the inner workings of the Kremlin.

Another clean up on aisle 3.

[cgbg]

Hubris—you know that word?...

Modern version—no fear of nuclear weapons...

[Magic Fingers]

And frequently in the most insulting way possible. I think it’s a new low.

[devere]

It was unwise of DeSantis to explicitly call Russia third rate. He may have to deal with them some day as President, and that won’t help.

[dennisw]

Yuks!!!

[wiseprince]

And that’s no accident. He pays teams of people to keep him ambiguous on a number of hot topic issues. Politician at his core.

[cgbg]

If he was 100% certain that Russia was “third rate” I would have no problem with it.

My issue is I think he has been relying on pathological liars for his intel.

While the Russian military has many flaws enough of their nukes would work to turn Western Europe and the US into a zombie wasteland.

In nuclear war even a 10% success rate is overkill.

[TTFlyer]

DeSantis is channelling Moustache Man.

[Songcraft]

"An incredibly foolish statement from a man who appeared to have a great political future."

I agree with you 100%, faithhopecharity.   A wise man keeps his cards and most of his opinions to himself, especially ones like these.

It is widely believed that Biden's team triggered the destruction of the Russian pipeline.   Since then, the U.S. has suffered numerous bizarre, probably manmade disasters, such as train derailments, many food supply fires, fires that take out electric grids, and even the huge Florida fire this past week (see "Raging 5-acre Florida fire burns plastic pots outside Kissimmee nursery plant warehouse"), all of which have been declared due to "unknown causes".

Anybody who thinks that Russia is incapable of harming the U.S. in many ways and in many locations in retaliation, I have some prime swampland in Florida to sell you.   (The same holds true for China.)

[Jeff Chandler]

Doesn’t anyone want to give him credit for telling the truth?

It doesn't matter. Everyone has chosen sides on this and on Ukraine, and what we are witnessing is Mass Formation Teenage Oppositional Defiance.

[wiseprince]

You mean the Taliban. First of the first world because to be the best you’ve got to beat the best and no one was able to take Afghanistan. Facts and all that. All these militaries are ripping off their constituents when with trillions of dollars of spending neither thr Russians on the U.S can knock off militaries and insurgents that spend a fraction. I’d say the budgets of thr militaries world wide are way too high when you consider what you get for it. No results