Posted on 08/10/2023 5:15:40 PM PDT by Mariner
President Joe Biden has claimed that the U.S.'s support for Ukraine "will not waver" amid its conflict with Russia, but new reports about the slow pace of Kyiv's counteroffensive highlight the costs of the fighting.
The New York Times reported last week that newly Western-trained Ukrainian brigades have failed to achieve any "sweeping gains," due to Russian artillery fire. Similarly, CNN has highlighted Ukraine's difficulty in penetrating Russian defenses, with one Ukrainian official calling the density of Russian mines "insane." And Politico reported Tuesday that U.S. officials expect the counteroffensive to last "at least through the fall and possibly into the winter."
These reports follow a July 25 story in The Wall Street Journal claiming that the failure of Ukraine's counteroffensive to achieve its objectives has many Western officials fearing an "open-ended conflict"—and pessimistic that conflict-ending negotiations will occur this year.
"We are not expecting that they will be able to recover all the territory that was lost to Russia, especially if you are considering Crimea and even the territory which was lost in 2014 with Donbas," one European official told the Journal.
"It's going on pretty much according to the way I thought it would," says Lyle Goldstein, a visiting professor at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. "It always seemed ridiculous that you could have armored elements advancing without air cover, never mind having a deficiency in artillery. And when you add the mines to it, it always struck me as a nearly impossible task."
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Every day there is more leaks of battlefield reality into the “official” news agencies NYT and WashPost.
They are getting ready to pull the plug.
I’m just waiting for Biden to say “We are 1000 percent behind them.”
“I’m just waiting for Biden to say “We are 1000 percent behind them.”
The US and NATO were NEVER willing to do what it takes to defeat Russia in Ukraine.
Never.
Russia has always been willing to do whatever it takes to win there. It was always strategically and essentially important to them.
The west was just there to party for a little while...
Another neocon victory.
“Political will in the West will soon start to crack, then crumble. Europe first, then the US.”
Germany, for sure, as they are really wondering if they’re the big loser. Ukraine (or what was Ukraine), will be rebuilt by some combination of Russia and/or the West (based on their respective areas). Russia is doing fine, as they quickly pivoted to the East (nice being a big country). The US is doing fine and has a new LNG Export, being Europe.
But what about Germany? We took away their CHEAP natural gas from Russia, and there is no talk about reparations from the US...they are getting killed now, economically.
If our military leaders were actually calling the shots in Ukraine as has been claimed, then I worry about our own military’s ability to wage war. Whoever has been directing Ukraine’s military has done a poor job.
You are right.
And that is what is so sick about the cowards of Globohomo sending the Ukrainians to die in massive numbers.
And then these FAGGOTS trash them for not being good enough soldiers.
No-one else (except the Russians) would still be willing to get into their vehicles and attack after what has happened in this Counter-Offensive.
The mighty transvestite, femme, fag armies of NATO would have already mutinied and disintegrated.
I hope that some day the Ukrainians get a shot at Globohomo EU NATO that have used and betrayed them.
Eh.
Ukraine is responsible for their own decisions.
After all, who could possibly believe the US would do
“whatever it takes” to ensure you win? Especially when the US has no real interests at stake. AND states from the onset they will not engage Russian forces.
Ukraine....has Biden's number.
Russia....already has most of the natural resources, a highly educated and competent citizenry, probably the most competent leader of these times, and only 140 million people occupying the largest land mass in the world — rich with natural resources. It already has a massive advantage, and a good relationship with its manufacturing powerhouse neighbor China
With its 11 local times, Russia is one of the countries with the most time zones worldwide. While France and its dependencies stretch across 12 time zones, Russia holds another world record:
10 of the country's 11 time zones cover a contiguous landmass—only the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, wedged between Lithuania and Poland, breaks that pattern.
It’s more like nonexistent!!
I’m just waiting for Biden to say “We are 1000 percent behind them.”
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I am waiting for another one of Senile Joe’s Afghanistan debacles….then “ Zelensky’s Revenge”….dumping of Senile Joe’s corruption documents….
It will be a glorious day!
Russia....already has most of the natural resources, a highly educated and competent citizenry, probably the most competent leader of these times, and only 140 million people occupying the largest land mass in the world — rich with natural resources. It already has a massive advantage, and a good relationship with its manufacturing powerhouse neighbor China
Beautifully explained.
Russia....already has most of the natural resources, a highly educated and competent citizenry, probably the most competent leader of these times, and only 140 million people occupying the largest land mass in the world — rich with natural resources. It already has a massive advantage, and a good relationship with its manufacturing powerhouse neighbor China
Beautifully explained.
The United States spent a lot of years preparing to fight The Soviet Union.
They had a huge conventional military force.
We beat them.
There is no more Soviet Union.
Russia is not The Soviet Union.
They do not have a huge conventional force.
While we need to respect the Russian Army, I don’t think we need to worry about this current Russian Army zipping through Europe.
Now, China is a different story.
Clearly, American wine & cat moms should be sending their few children to save demoncracy in the Ukraine.
We must cancel all military support for Ukraine. Maybe that will cut the money off to the Bidens.
The MIC got their profits. That's all that mattered to them.
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