Posted on 03/30/2024 3:58:42 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
Russia cannot defeat Ukraine or the West - and will likely lose - if the West mobilizes its resources to resist the Kremlin. The West’s existing and latent capability dwarfs that of Russia. The combined gross domestic product (GDP) of NATO countries, non-NATO European Union states, and our Asian allies is over $63 trillion.[1] The Russian GDP is on the close order of $1.9 trillion.[2] Iran and North Korea add little in terms of materiel support. China is enabling Russia, but it is not mobilized on behalf of Russia and is unlikely to do so.[3] If we lean in and surge, Russia loses.
The notion that the war is unwinnable because of Russia’s dominance is a Russian information operation, which gives us a glimpse of the Kremlin’s real strategy and only real hope of success. The Kremlin must get the United States to the sidelines, allowing Russia to fight Ukraine in isolation and then proceed to Moscow’s next targets, which Russia will also seek to isolate. The Kremlin needs the United States to choose inaction and embrace the false inevitability that Russia will prevail in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s center of gravity is his ability to shape the will and decisions of the West, Ukraine, and Russia itself. The Russian strategy that matters most, therefore, is not Moscow’s warfighting strategy, but rather the Kremlin’s strategy to cause us to see the world as it wishes us to see it and make decisions in that Kremlin-generated alternative reality that will allow Russia to win in the real world.
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“if tomorrow every western nation declared they would send massive military support to Ukraine”
Not going to happen.
Russia signed a deal in 2023 leasing land in Cuba for 30 years.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/americas/cuba-russia-relations-navy-ship-havana-intl-latam/index.html
When Demonrats fight each other, whole cities burn. When white people fight each other, whole continents burn.
Not going to happen.
BUT if it did happen, would Russians "fight forever"? We both know the answer is no. So there ARE situations in which the Russians WOULD leave.
a deal which...if you read the article..
“....allowing Russia to lease land in Cuba for up to 30 years, develop beachside tourist facilities near Havana, open a supermarket with Russian products and supply the island with badly needed fuel”
Even CNN can’t seem to find a military base in there
Okay, AND if the Russians built one, would the US invade? We wouldn't.
not like we haven’t actually tried that before...
It’s money and center of effort that should be devoted to maritime defense.
Now look up and post a map of the Eurasian Steppe, imbecile.
Says Macgregor eh?
LOL!
Throwing out insults doesn’t make you superior. It makes you look like an a-hole.
Considering where your credibility is for asserting that Ukraine is in Asia, that actually may be appropriate.
The Eurasian landmass is made up of Europe and Asia.
So please post a map of the Eurasian Steppe, imbecile. Comprehending this point matters. The Nazis and Napolean ruined themselves not getting this issue.
Thank you. Now post the map showing how stupid it is to fight an Asian land power on the Eurasian Steppe, which includes Ukraine the map will show when you post it. Countries west of the Carpathians don’t share this crippling geographic debility.
GDP is a corrupt statistic which few question
NY city’s GDP is claimed to be $1.5 Trillion. The size of Spain and Canada, and only 20% below Russia’s
Does NY City produce ANYTHING except financial trading? How would they fare in a war with Russia?
So post a map showing the. Eurasian Steppe and where it ends at the Carpathian Mountains.
So if Russia can win this war by threatening nuclear war and convincing people like you that the threats will be carried out, then there is no limit to their power.
All Americans are to be sacrificed for the inbred Kagan Klux Klan of NeoCon supremacists.
EVERY INCH of territory that Russia liberated and wanted in this war was annexed by September of 2022.
This propaganda is merely an attempt to move the goalposts and claim Russia wanted all of Ukraine but NATO and Ukraine stopped it from taking it.
But, if there isn't a Ukrainian surrender, the Russians will keep going and take as much land mass as necessary to protect Russian Federation territory. Nothing will stop them from doing so.
There would have been no need for a peace deal if Ukraine hadn't reneged on the Minsk Accords.
A peace deal was reached two years ago in Turkey but killed by Boris Johnson.
Keep lies north of the border.
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