Posted on 06/15/2023 6:38:30 PM PDT by Lancerdancer
Bashar al-Assad posts a letter of support from a Virginia state senator
Officials react to Va. state senator's letter to Syrian president
Outspoken Virginia state senator travels to Syria in support of Assad
US senator claims Britain's MI6 is planning a fake chemical weapons attack on Syria
Well, win some, lose some. Better luck next time!!!
if you stand with Russia, you stand with the murderous lying thugs
DPA war channel is out of Singapore and about as neutral a source as I know and he says it’s about even so far. Not a good thing if you are gambling an all out offensive on a big victory.
Still there is time for change.
Ohh really short like 2 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdcMs-YUxiw
Some of the directions that we are taking relative to China are unnecessarily provocative
Col. Richard Black: U.S. created the illusion of Chinese aggression
The Illusion of Russian and Chinese Aggression Around the World
At least his parents had a good sense of humor.
Probably shouldn’t have been yapping about it weeks in advance.
Ukraine: Come for the nazis, stay for the sex change operations
Virginia state Senator Richard Black served in the state legislature from 1998 to 2019, initially in the lower house, He retired at the end his his 2016-2019 term. Senator Black also served in the U.S. military, on active duty and in the reserves, retiring at the rank of Colonel. He is a social conservative and a long-time critic of U.S. foreign policy. He is like U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, only with a social conservative inclination in domestic policy, instead of a libertarian inclination. So, I count him as a good guy, even though, as I argue below, I think he’s wrong about Ukrainian loses.
Regarding his statement that the Ukrainian counter-offensive has hit “an iron wall,” and that the Ukrainians have suffered massive casualties, this appears to be based on images from multiple angles of a relatively small number of Ukrainian loses.
While recognizing that each life is precious, these losses haven’t been massive. I think Ukraine has lost exactly two German Leopard tanks and something like twenty U.S. Bradley Fighting Vehicles. These losses were sustained in two separate incidents:
(a) A convoy in the attack was caught in a minefield when the lead vehicle, designed for mine-clearing, was knocked out.
(b) A separate convoy in a rear area moving to the front, was caught by Russian artillery when it was halted in something of a traffic jam.
Even in these cases, many of the crews and passengers in the vehicles survived because western armored vehicles are designed to be “survivable.” For example, ammunition is kept in compartments that are designed to blow out.
Furthermore, the vehicles themselves were recovered by the Ukrainians and, so, can be repaired or, worse case, cannibalized for parts. The two Leopard tanks are already evacuated to Poland for repair; and, the Bradleys that can be repaired are being repaired in Ukraine.
Ukraine is better able to recover vehicles in part because it is on the offensive (and, so, overtakes prior battlefields) and in part because it is better equipped with recovery vehicles.
While some armored vehicles are involved in this counter-attack, the counter-attack is mostly being conducted by infantry in small groups, using infiltration tactics. The bulk of Ukraine’s forces equipped with western-made armored vehicles are currently being held in reserve, presumably to exploit a breakthrough achieved using infiltration tactics.
There actually aren’t enough western-made armored vehicles in the counter-attack for Russian claims to even possibly be true. The Russians are liars, but they aren’t good liars.
more desperate Russian propaganda
guess your Kremlin doofus’s “simple little 3-day conquest” isn’t working out so well for you guys, huh
“master war planner” ... LOL
A random twitter post from some guy who was a former state legislature...posted as “news”?
Could also just say “Russia: Ban evangelism, stay for the prostitutes and the murderous tyrants.”
1. Evangelical churches are not the church Jesus founded so who cares
2. Putin was elected and prostitutes are Ukrainian
Oh who cares - it is narrative that matters - not facts!
Uh...what?
2. Putin was elected and prostitutes are Ukrainian
Uh...what?
So no argument? Ok then I guess that means you agree I am right
Hey! You’re gonna get Snake overly excited with that picture.
“ Regarding his statement that the Ukrainian counter-offensive has hit “an iron wall,” and that the Ukrainians have suffered massive casualties, this appears to be based on images from multiple angles of a relatively small number of Ukrainian loses.”
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