Re the drive to destroy Russia, and the covid lockdown catastrophe - unless the architects, AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND THEM, are strung up, there will be repeats. Republicans in the US are to blame for allowing these turns of events - they stood by, and worse, colluded. In God they DO NOT trust.
In what conditions is Russia ready to stop? My guess when they have take 2/3rds of Ukraine. Based on the current speed of their advance, when would they be? Perhaps years?
F16's stationed in Poland in Romania. Need to be close to the border if I understand correctly based on fuel usage and payload. Does this bring NATO in as an aggressor?
Meanwhile Prez Z is globe trotting on Air France to kibitz with the G7 unity party. While Ukraine's Supreme General Zalzuhny has been missing.
Similar to what I wrote last week- the Neocons expected the war to end quickly with either Russian winning quickly or losing their nerve quickly and withdrawing. What they didn't expect was to have to pour billions of dollars of weapons, goods, and just dollars themselves for more than a few months. Now it 16 months with no end in sight.
I must give a smack in the head to Paul Craig Roberts who at one time I considered wise and intelligent. The constant whine about russia is going too slow, the war is widening , they should do shock and awe shows just how out of touch American thought towards war is.
Yancey Ward is spot on. The neo-cons have a very short attention span. Too much inner breeding amongst the chosen people.
The West expected Desert Storm casualties for the Ukrainians, with the superior Western Training and equipment used from fortified positions to bleed the Russians out. Plus economic sanctions to destroy the Russian Economy.
End result bleeding Russia and causing regime change.
What they got was an industrial war where Ukraine is bleeding men, and the West is bleeding equipment and money. And Russian costs are minimal.
To me, the fact that Zelensky hasn't set foot in Ukraine for going on a month suggests the war is already lost. He must now be running out of summits and conventions to turn up at but I'll be surprised if he returns to Kiev.
Exactly. What kind of war leader goes on a world tour? Mercouris was saying the Zelensky really had nothing to say in Japan--his trip there appeared to be nothing but an excuse to extend his stay outside Ukraine.
Perhaps Jasina's statement is a sign that the Polish regime is starting to feel public anger over the flood of Ukrainians into Poland. Sy Hersh has recently claimed that Poland is leading a number of countries who are looking for a negotiated end due to this very serious problem.
Shortly after the point of the above link Doug Macgregor says that the Polish population is increasingly restive about the war, precisely because of the 'Ukrainiazation' of their country. After WW2 Poland was transformed into a highly homogeneous country--it had in previous history always had large and frequently restive minority populations that were dominated by the Polish nobility/landowners. Poles after WW2 had become used to living in a almost entirely Polish country, even if it was dominated by the USSR. This has now changed--most Ukrainians who left Ukraine no longer intend to return.
Re the drive to destroy Russia, and the covid lockdown catastrophe - unless the architects, AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND THEM, are strung up, there will be repeats. Republicans in the US are to blame for allowing these turns of events - they stood by, and worse, colluded. In God they DO NOT trust.
Simplicius on the Fall of Bakmut.
https://open.substack.com/pub/simplicius76/p/sitrep-52023-bakhmut-falls-artemovsk?r=x010m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Why would Russia trust the West and stop, when they are winning and were lied too?
Merkel and Hollande admitted Minsk was just to buy time for the Ukrainian military to prepare for war with Russia.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/12/22/ffci-d22.html
How long till Western support stops?
And how soon after that does Ukraine collapse?
In what conditions is Russia ready to stop? My guess when they have take 2/3rds of Ukraine. Based on the current speed of their advance, when would they be? Perhaps years?
According to the re entry concluded G7 support won’t stop. In fact it will escalate.
G7 support won’t stop till Russia forces it with facts on the ground in Ukraine, and there is enough pain in the Western Economies.
F16's stationed in Poland in Romania. Need to be close to the border if I understand correctly based on fuel usage and payload. Does this bring NATO in as an aggressor?
Meanwhile Prez Z is globe trotting on Air France to kibitz with the G7 unity party. While Ukraine's Supreme General Zalzuhny has been missing.
https://www.politnavigator.net/has-the-commander-in-chief-of-the-ukrainian-army-been-liquidated-zaluzhny-disappeared-from-radar-after-strike-on-ukrainian-army-headquarters.html
And Macron's comments at the G7... "calls for a common front against China". Geez. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-17/g-7-nations-show-united-front-on-china-after-macron-controversy#xj4y7vzkg
Right. The range for F-16's is a very big problem.
Similar to what I wrote last week- the Neocons expected the war to end quickly with either Russian winning quickly or losing their nerve quickly and withdrawing. What they didn't expect was to have to pour billions of dollars of weapons, goods, and just dollars themselves for more than a few months. Now it 16 months with no end in sight.
I must give a smack in the head to Paul Craig Roberts who at one time I considered wise and intelligent. The constant whine about russia is going too slow, the war is widening , they should do shock and awe shows just how out of touch American thought towards war is.
Yancey Ward is spot on. The neo-cons have a very short attention span. Too much inner breeding amongst the chosen people.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/paul-craig-roberts-united-states-has-been-destroyed-its-ruling-elites
True; and it's going to get worse...
The West expected Desert Storm casualties for the Ukrainians, with the superior Western Training and equipment used from fortified positions to bleed the Russians out. Plus economic sanctions to destroy the Russian Economy.
End result bleeding Russia and causing regime change.
What they got was an industrial war where Ukraine is bleeding men, and the West is bleeding equipment and money. And Russian costs are minimal.
To me, the fact that Zelensky hasn't set foot in Ukraine for going on a month suggests the war is already lost. He must now be running out of summits and conventions to turn up at but I'll be surprised if he returns to Kiev.
He's the epitome of a coward and a bully.
Like a NEOCON
Exactly. What kind of war leader goes on a world tour? Mercouris was saying the Zelensky really had nothing to say in Japan--his trip there appeared to be nothing but an excuse to extend his stay outside Ukraine.
Maybe Zelensky has no choice?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia
Perhaps Jasina's statement is a sign that the Polish regime is starting to feel public anger over the flood of Ukrainians into Poland. Sy Hersh has recently claimed that Poland is leading a number of countries who are looking for a negotiated end due to this very serious problem.
https://youtu.be/IkVZq485kfQ
Shortly after the point of the above link Doug Macgregor says that the Polish population is increasingly restive about the war, precisely because of the 'Ukrainiazation' of their country. After WW2 Poland was transformed into a highly homogeneous country--it had in previous history always had large and frequently restive minority populations that were dominated by the Polish nobility/landowners. Poles after WW2 had become used to living in a almost entirely Polish country, even if it was dominated by the USSR. This has now changed--most Ukrainians who left Ukraine no longer intend to return.