Seriously? One tank and the West is saluting victory? All the arms being sent to Ukraine will be blown up in transit or will be simply be confiscated a Russian general promised today. Little will make it to the āfrontā.
Russians are now incredibly angry that their orthodox religion is being attacked by the West. Just how many more stupid moves is the EU going to try? This conflict has long been planned, calculated, recalculated with every possibility taken into consideration.
Ukraine needs to NEGOTIATE and stop telling the world it has a chance of winning. CITIZENS will pay for this arrogance!
More of the same.
Arms are being sent into other nearby nation locations to stop Chinaās Belt & Road Initiative,
and to continue to surround Russia/Operation GLADIO 2.0?
Russian Generals lead in battle.
Not like the Westās Generals who are known by their own soldiers āa rear M.Fān echelon commandā.
Not hardened by real combat, w/your buddies on either side of you going down.
Russian Generals lead from the front w/bullets flying and grenades exploding around them.
Western Generals lead w/wi-fi, sipping piping hot coffee, viewing screens, and following AI orders.
[IMO]
[Woke infected]
Iām rereading Iron Mountain. War is definitely built into the human social fabric of existence.
Peace can never substitute for war, too many self interests for social engineering to combat.
Russia also relies less on āair powerā and employs absolutely devastating artillery on the field. Personally, Iāve been watching this play out in awe of Russiaās strategy and execution in UKR.
We, the US, have been fighting āthe poorsā since Korea. Our actual combat capability against a peer or even near-peer is purely speculative at the moment. Seems weāre edging closer and closer to a āF-around and find outā scenario.
Rumor has it another significant Russian naval asset has been badly hit today. If true, I worry that Putin will have a hard time convincing the more hard lined individuals in power to continue the āwhite gloved approachā to this. Itās likely Russia will dial up the pain significantly.
Sort of like the Cuban missile crisis days, where the cool heads prevailed;
all against a backdrop, of screaming Curtis LeMayās from both sides[USSR/USA].
By the way, who/where are the cool heads of today; beside Putin?
Nothing has changed in Russia since ever. Human life is not cherished there, including experienced, lifelong generals that compose of so called intelligensia or elite of the country. It is from Stalinās old script, who killed all the high-ranking officers in the mid 30ties of last century and 10 years later was faced with Germans at the gates of Kremlin. He used to say " Ń Š½Š°Ń Š»ŃŠ“ŠµŠ¹ Š±Š¾Š»ŃŃŠµ ŠŗŠ¾ŠæŠµŠ¹ŠŗŠø" which translates " we have more people than penniesā¦"