There are plenty of educated, middle class Ukrainians serving. Who do you think keeps coming up with innovative drone tactics and other things that have miliitary tacticians around the world sitting up and taking notes? Why do you think Ukraine has been so much better at combined arms and coordinated attacks than Russia has? Why do you think Ukraine has been able to integrate and adapt foreign weapons systems so much more quickly than anticipated? |
Yes. Outside of Moscow, St. Petersburg and a handful of other cities Russia is all Dagestan and Ingushetia. Impoverished, repressed and backwards. And it's only gotten worse since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. |
But Ukrainians are also dying. Why not just deal a big blow to Russia and end it? I don’t get it |
Simply because they can't. The Ukraine is likely not able to launch attacks of any size anymore. It would take NATO troops months to even begin to stage in sufficient number to do anything. And despite the propaganda about ancient weapons and starving troops, it would be incredibly costly to NATO to try and dislodge Russia from the Donbass. It would be a bloody and costly conflict right before an election season kicks off. And that's assuming no one uses nukes and China doesn't get involved. |
Yeah, this is why Russia isn't really keen on negotiating right now. They know people like you (Nuland, Blinken, Nadler, Schumer, etc..) run US foreign policy. |
You’re describing an imaginary war and an imaginary army. |
I don't think it makes sense to attempt to "finish Russia", even if it were possible. What would emerge in the aftermath? I think the resulting mess might present a larger set of problems, risks, and dangers than Russia in its present form. |
+1 PP is clueless and detached from reality. |
Yes it would make too much sense and go against your republican narrative. Its sad watching conservatives sheep rally around Putin now that Fox and trump have been shown for what they are. Sheep are always unthinking followers. |
Don't be those sheep, be these sheep! Am I right? There is only so much true information available to any observer, and very few are able to synthesize what is actually going on from such limited data. Most people are going to be groping in the dark. |
You're out of touch if you think it's imaginary. |
"but but but Mogelson said...." shut up with all that crap of yours. Mogelson isn't even remotely the only source of information from the front. |
So you don't know who's doing the intelligence and guidance data for the Ukrainian army? You're too adorable, honestly. |
Of course he isn't. But: he's one of the very, very few writers in the mainstream media who was allowed to deviate from the "heroic army boys performance for the betterment of Great Republic of Ukraine" narrative. It almost makes one curious about the reason this ran. |
You are just as angry about anyone who goes against YOUR narrative. You're just convinced that your narrative is true and theirs isn't. But guess what - so are they! |