Posted on 07/12/2023 9:31:53 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter is touring Russian cities and claiming Ukraine will lose the war. Why do he and other disgraced Americans insist on defending Putin's rhetoric?
Russian propaganda outlets have loved quoting Americans they believe are arguing in Moscow's favour ever since the 2014 invasion of Ukraine, and even more so since the full-scale attack launched in February last year.
While the concept of Western intellectuals kowtowing to Soviet leadership – and downplaying their crimes – was relatively common during the Cold War, it has gained new momentum since Russian President Vladimir Putin made clear his plans to either break up or occupy the entirety of Ukraine.
Ritter is a convicted sex offender, having been caught exposing himself to minors online on several occasions. He served a year and a half in prison. Despite this, he claims he was being targeted by the US administration for his opposition to the war in Iraq.
(Excerpt) Read more at euronews.com ...
Re: 75 - Not sure what your point is?
Macgregor was the S3 of 2/2 ACR. His book “Warrior’s Rage: The Great Tank Battle of 73 Easting” published by USNI Press is considered the definitive work regarding that battle.
Truth is the Truth.
The Truth is not pro anything
A proof is a proof, right Jean Chretien (good friend of Pierre Trudeau, Justin from Canada’a stepdad, and all around good commie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsgA77j5LyY
Why is most of Uke related crap posted here from decades disgraced western sources pro administration propaganda?
There are no “good guys” in war.
Just people who pretend there are.
Because Scott Ritter is willing to whore himself.
Because Scott Ritter is willing to whore himself.
The Ritter fans believe themselves right and everyone else wrong. They actually believe they’re fighting Nazis and neocons.
They post Ritter because they are looking for a reinforcement for their insistence that everything we are doing in Ukraine is wrong.
“Ironically Russia is still morally pure, and does not allow drugs or “rainbow” tranny homosexual grooming. “
You are correct about them not embracing those but that is a far cry from being morally pure. Millions of people have been killed by the morally pure Stalinist. Many sent to their deaths in camps because they did not think the right way. Marxist are evil.
I’m thinking that the age of armor is over. Big targets with too many weapons ranged against them. The Russians had the same problem when they invaded Ukraine. The Uks used drones and anti-tank grenades to destroy tanks.
Neocon Klan gathering. Boohoo.
So, was Ritter wrong when he exposed the corruption that relegated him to Russia to remain alive?
They have the highest abortion rate in the world, and serious alcohol and drug abuse problems.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/abortion-rates-by-country
No country is morally pure.
Ritter calls the military situation as he sees it as a former military officer and anslyst.
Because the situation does not favor Ukraine, he must be personally discredited and censored.
I’ve listened to him, not knowing about his personal life.
He’s really one of the few people out there, making sense.
IOWs I’ve believed him.
So, let’s ignore the personal stuff about him, are we not going to believe him?
And you zelbots have The Daily Mail. FFS
“I’m thinking that the age of armor is over.”
I don’t think anything is ‘over’, more like dormant. Take drones - they’re not better weapons and aircraft, just far cheaper and so they can swarm and wipe out an air defense system without firing a shot - by making air defense expend their ammo, which is what the Russians did to the Patriot System at Kiev Airport (I don’t expect we be letting Ukrainians operate those systems again!). And with air defense gone, aircraft come back into us.
But what if a an effective system is developed for countering drones - say a laser that quickly zaps them, or electronic countermeasures? Then tanks arr back in business...
Since he is disgraced, why talk about him? Just ignore him. Nobody knew what he was doing, or really cared, until you wrote this story lady.
Nice turn of a phrase. I have been likening neocons to a coven of vampires. Yours is less over the top.
"No country is morally pure." One observes that the data presented at that site comes from 2004, whereas the web page is titled 2023.
Apparently, the abortion rate rose and now is dropping rather quickly.
Source: https://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/ab-russia.html
Apparently, "Putin's Next Target Is Russia's Abortion Culture"
The interesting thing about so many op-ed themes like this today is that much is in flux, day to day as year to year.
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