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They are limited in numbers and range. Biden has screwed up in this war and made it go on much longer. This piecemeal approach allows the Russian to learn from their mistake and adapt to the weapon systems. It’s seems like Biden wants a stalemate.

This is the worst situation. As soon as the republicans get in power and get their sh#$ together they will withdraw all support. All the Europeans all follow. Putin will see this as weakness and move on to the next objective.

This!

Ukraine gets just enough to make a splashy PR move while Russia gets to figure out another NATO weapon system. Rinse and repeat. We're basically training Russia how to fight NATO.

LOL, is this the best right wing trolls can come up with?

"Clearly having their troops mowed down by advanced weapons systems is a good thing for Russia. After our main adversary is finished having their trained military age population get wiped out for pennies on the dollar and zero loss of US life they will have valuable experience to look back on, and doesn't that make them the real winners?"

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Anonymous wrote:

They are limited in numbers and range. Biden has screwed up in this war and made it go on much longer. This piecemeal approach allows the Russian to learn from their mistake and adapt to the weapon systems. It’s seems like Biden wants a stalemate.

This is the worst situation. As soon as the republicans get in power and get their sh#$ together they will withdraw all support. All the Europeans all follow. Putin will see this as weakness and move on to the next objective.

This!

Ukraine gets just enough to make a splashy PR move while Russia gets to figure out another NATO weapon system. Rinse and repeat. We're basically training Russia how to fight NATO.

Ridiculous. NATO hasn't engaged. And the only Russian commanders who had any opportunity to learn anything are mostly already dead.

actually what Ukrainians are saying is that all the dumb Russian soldiers are mostly dead; the only survivors were the smart ones, and they are the ones fighting today.

Not really. For example many of Russia's most highly trained soldiers have also gotten wrecked at the front. Airborne, spetznaz etc, it will take Russia many years to recover from losses already incurred.

DP.

+1 on an Operational/Theater POV, but strategically there are bigger games afoot.

It makes sense Putin is in Beijing, since there's trouble in BRICS-land. The Yuan is the de-facto foreign exchange currency of Russia.

"The Indian government's reluctance to permit state-controlled refiners to pay for Russian oil imports with Chinese currency has led to payment delays for at least seven shipments"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/104467988.cms?from=mdr&utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

This is a big deal, since the Indian Government could force the transaction, but didn't. What it probably means is that the Indian government is worried that the Rupee will be torn down along with the Ruble. This will put even more pressure on the Yuan and probably something Xi isn't wild about given his domestic situation.

Putin looking weak is a political liability for Xi, since Xi put a lot of personal capital in propping up Russia. True, Biden is a mess compared to Putin, yet the mess is doing better than Putin? Guessing the Putin-as-a-crab meme is more popular than ever. Lately, Upper Management is making way too many mistakes.

For example, the war in Israel is probably not playing out in Russia as Putin would've hoped.

"The Russian instructor of the “Storm Z” criminal combat squads, military correspondent Svyatoslav Golikov, in his Telegram channel, spoke about the huge losses of the Russian army and the incompetent command of the Russian Armed Forces, which actually sends Russians to slaughter at the front. Golikov brought charges against the Russian general Andrei Sychev, saying that he killed 1,500 Russian troops near Bakhmut in September alone."
"According to him, the attempt to storm Avdiivka stalled so quickly precisely for this reason: the Russian Federation does not have enough people at the front and there is simply no one to replace the dead."
https://ukrainetoday.org/2023/10/17/a-new-scandal-erupted-in-the-russian-army-due-to-heavy-losses-and-retreat-near-bakhmut/

In an interesting twist, Solovyov claims Russia is on the side of Israel? I suppose it is consistent with the "Ukes are Nazis" theme?

"the world has plunged into absolute, horrifying, man-hating Nazism, which we, the Russian people, oppose"
https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1714318991336886555

But Russia supports Syria and Egypt (think Arab 'Yom Kippur' allies), which could invade Israel at any time and screw up Russia's "Ukes are Nazis" theme. So why would Solovyov do this?

Solovyov: "I am a Jew. I never tried to hide it."
"I said that if a war were to start in Israel, as a Jew, I would travel there to defend my people."
"If Russia wasn't waging a special military operation, I would have gone to Israel."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1eHHycgMdE

Marharita Simonyan's hard swallow at [1:19 / 1:20] says it all. I think he'll be off-air soon. Maybe even found face down in the Moskva by Christmas?

Simonyan herself is in a similar situation. Her ties to Armenia turned into a liability a few months back.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hawkish-russian-broadcaster-simonyan-says-she-has-been-banned-armenia-2022-10-26/

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They are limited in numbers and range. Biden has screwed up in this war and made it go on much longer. This piecemeal approach allows the Russian to learn from their mistake and adapt to the weapon systems. It’s seems like Biden wants a stalemate.

This is the worst situation. As soon as the republicans get in power and get their sh#$ together they will withdraw all support. All the Europeans all follow. Putin will see this as weakness and move on to the next objective.

This!

Ukraine gets just enough to make a splashy PR move while Russia gets to figure out another NATO weapon system. Rinse and repeat. We're basically training Russia how to fight NATO.

Ridiculous. NATO hasn't engaged. And the only Russian commanders who had any opportunity to learn anything are mostly already dead.

actually what Ukrainians are saying is that all the dumb Russian soldiers are mostly dead; the only survivors were the smart ones, and they are the ones fighting today.

Not really. For example many of Russia's most highly trained soldiers have also gotten wrecked at the front. Airborne, spetznaz etc, it will take Russia many years to recover from losses already incurred.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They are limited in numbers and range. Biden has screwed up in this war and made it go on much longer. This piecemeal approach allows the Russian to learn from their mistake and adapt to the weapon systems. It’s seems like Biden wants a stalemate.

This is the worst situation. As soon as the republicans get in power and get their sh#$ together they will withdraw all support. All the Europeans all follow. Putin will see this as weakness and move on to the next objective.

No offense but you don’t sound like you know anything.

Actually pp is one of the more thoughtful posters and right in the money. If the Ukrainians had a large supply of ATACMS they would have destroyed Russian columns sitting in the open on roads. You on the other hand have offered no insight.

Wrong. Not strategic thinking. Just look at Avdiivka and before it, Vuhledar. Ukraine has no problem taking out Russian columns using their regular artillery. The ATACMS and Storm Shadows are for much much more strategic targets. For example the threat of Storm Shadows is a big part of what caused Russia to withdraw the Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol. And if ATACMS can be used to take out aircraft, helicopters and airfields that strikes a much bigger blow to Russia than columns of armor, because then Russia has no more close air support.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They are limited in numbers and range. Biden has screwed up in this war and made it go on much longer. This piecemeal approach allows the Russian to learn from their mistake and adapt to the weapon systems. It’s seems like Biden wants a stalemate.

This is the worst situation. As soon as the republicans get in power and get their sh#$ together they will withdraw all support. All the Europeans all follow. Putin will see this as weakness and move on to the next objective.

This!

Ukraine gets just enough to make a splashy PR move while Russia gets to figure out another NATO weapon system. Rinse and repeat. We're basically training Russia how to fight NATO.

Ridiculous. NATO hasn't engaged. And the only Russian commanders who had any opportunity to learn anything are mostly already dead.

actually what Ukrainians are saying is that all the dumb Russian soldiers are mostly dead; the only survivors were the smart ones, and they are the ones fighting today.

There was a paper on the adaptation of two forces fighting. One force was highly technical with state of the art equipment and weapons. The other force with limited knowledge and obsolete equipment. So think Vietnam, Afghanistan, British against Zulus, etc.
The authors of the paper showed an adaptation curve for the lesser force that was pretty consistent. Over a certain time and number of engagements the lesser force adapted fighting styles and the advantages enjoyed by one side were less and less effective. It is similar to resistance to antibacterials.

They recommend go full in with all your advantages to win before the other side can adapt not a slowly raising the temperature.

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Anonymous wrote:

They are limited in numbers and range. Biden has screwed up in this war and made it go on much longer. This piecemeal approach allows the Russian to learn from their mistake and adapt to the weapon systems. It’s seems like Biden wants a stalemate.

This is the worst situation. As soon as the republicans get in power and get their sh#$ together they will withdraw all support. All the Europeans all follow. Putin will see this as weakness and move on to the next objective.

No,
Ukrainians are given exactly enough to continue to slowly drain Russia without angering it too much. Its victory is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is breaking up the dead while without too much splatter.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They are limited in numbers and range. Biden has screwed up in this war and made it go on much longer. This piecemeal approach allows the Russian to learn from their mistake and adapt to the weapon systems. It’s seems like Biden wants a stalemate.

This is the worst situation. As soon as the republicans get in power and get their sh#$ together they will withdraw all support. All the Europeans all follow. Putin will see this as weakness and move on to the next objective.

This!

Ukraine gets just enough to make a splashy PR move while Russia gets to figure out another NATO weapon system. Rinse and repeat. We're basically training Russia how to fight NATO.

Ridiculous. NATO hasn't engaged. And the only Russian commanders who had any opportunity to learn anything are mostly already dead.

actually what Ukrainians are saying is that all the dumb Russian soldiers are mostly dead; the only survivors were the smart ones, and they are the ones fighting today.

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lol. This should have been done in January, of 2022.

I’m not sure who runs the US; but they are morons. Biden barely knows he was elected to something so he is not making any serious decisions.

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Biden 1 - Putin 0

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They are limited in numbers and range. Biden has screwed up in this war and made it go on much longer. This piecemeal approach allows the Russian to learn from their mistake and adapt to the weapon systems. It’s seems like Biden wants a stalemate.

This is the worst situation. As soon as the republicans get in power and get their sh#$ together they will withdraw all support. All the Europeans all follow. Putin will see this as weakness and move on to the next objective.

No offense but you don’t sound like you know anything.

Actually pp is one of the more thoughtful posters and right in the money. If the Ukrainians had a large supply of ATACMS they would have destroyed Russian columns sitting in the open on roads. You on the other hand have offered no insight.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They are limited in numbers and range. Biden has screwed up in this war and made it go on much longer. This piecemeal approach allows the Russian to learn from their mistake and adapt to the weapon systems. It’s seems like Biden wants a stalemate.

This is the worst situation. As soon as the republicans get in power and get their sh#$ together they will withdraw all support. All the Europeans all follow. Putin will see this as weakness and move on to the next objective.

No offense but you don’t sound like you know anything.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They are limited in numbers and range. Biden has screwed up in this war and made it go on much longer. This piecemeal approach allows the Russian to learn from their mistake and adapt to the weapon systems. It’s seems like Biden wants a stalemate.

This is the worst situation. As soon as the republicans get in power and get their sh#$ together they will withdraw all support. All the Europeans all follow. Putin will see this as weakness and move on to the next objective.

This!

Ukraine gets just enough to make a splashy PR move while Russia gets to figure out another NATO weapon system. Rinse and repeat. We're basically training Russia how to fight NATO.

Well, Russians haven't learned anything yet. ATACMS were used to hit airfields in Berdyansk and Luhansk last night. They're reporting 9 helicopters destroyed, damaged runways, and ammo depots that went boom. Very significant hit

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They are limited in numbers and range. Biden has screwed up in this war and made it go on much longer. This piecemeal approach allows the Russian to learn from their mistake and adapt to the weapon systems. It’s seems like Biden wants a stalemate.

This is the worst situation. As soon as the republicans get in power and get their sh#$ together they will withdraw all support. All the Europeans all follow. Putin will see this as weakness and move on to the next objective.

This!

Ukraine gets just enough to make a splashy PR move while Russia gets to figure out another NATO weapon system. Rinse and repeat. We're basically training Russia how to fight NATO.

Ridiculous. NATO hasn't engaged. And the only Russian commanders who had any opportunity to learn anything are mostly already dead.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

They are limited in numbers and range. Biden has screwed up in this war and made it go on much longer. This piecemeal approach allows the Russian to learn from their mistake and adapt to the weapon systems. It’s seems like Biden wants a stalemate.

This is the worst situation. As soon as the republicans get in power and get their sh#$ together they will withdraw all support. All the Europeans all follow. Putin will see this as weakness and move on to the next objective.

This!

Ukraine gets just enough to make a splashy PR move while Russia gets to figure out another NATO weapon system. Rinse and repeat. We're basically training Russia how to fight NATO.

Anonymous wrote:

They are limited in numbers and range. Biden has screwed up in this war and made it go on much longer. This piecemeal approach allows the Russian to learn from their mistake and adapt to the weapon systems. It’s seems like Biden wants a stalemate.

This is the worst situation. As soon as the republicans get in power and get their sh#$ together they will withdraw all support. All the Europeans all follow. Putin will see this as weakness and move on to the next objective.