Ukraine conflict

A Fox reporter asked Donny what he would do about Ukraine:



The eloquence! Can’t believe we voted him out.

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A Fox reporter asked Donny what he would do about Ukraine:



The eloquence! Can’t believe we voted him out.

I’m actually glad Harris gets thrown into all the areas where she lacks familiarity, so she sounds less like Trump when he’s talking out his ass. If Biden kicks the bucket, she’s got the reins.

Here are two pieces saying that Ukraine is actually winning militarily.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/ukraine-is-winning-war-russia/627121/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/21/ukraine-is-winning-war-russia-offensive-putin/

Both behind pay walls unfortunately. Maybe you have some free views remaining.

Russian losses spiralling, claims Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities have released the latest estimates for Russian loses since the start of the invasion of Ukraine.

They claim the Russian losses are as follows:

- Personnel - about 15000 killed

- Tanks - 498

- APV - 1535

- Artillery systems - 240

- Multiple launch rocket systems - 80

- Anti-aircraft warfare systems - 45

- Aircraft - 97

- Helicopters - 121

- Vehicles - 969

- Boats / cutters - 3

- Fuel tankers - 60

Russian GRU intelligence officer is killed in Ukraine – the latest of 12 senior figures to have now lost their lives during Russian invasion

Chilling footage shows mobile crematorium which could be used for Russia soldiers

The takeaway I get from Trump's quote above is that unlike Biden he was and would be completely out of his depth as commander in chief.

And to think this schmuck attended military school.

Joe is steady, reasonably cautious, not a pussy, and Putin knows it: that's why Vlad Dracul propped up his butt boy instead of old Joe, his long time nemesis.

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The takeaway I get from Trump's quote above is that unlike Biden he was and would be completely out of his depth as commander in chief.

And to think this schmuck attended military school.

Joe is steady, reasonably cautious, not a pussy, and Putin knows it: that's why Vlad Dracul propped up his butt boy instead of old Joe, his long time nemesis.

He went to the New York Military Academy (not West Point despite the similar name or any official military school or academy), its just a private boarding school (High School) that requires participation in JROTC and is structured to be disicpline. The kind of place rich parents send kids who they can't control and don't want to deal with.

Ironically the school went into bankruptcy some years ago and is now owned/controlled by a Chinese Investment fund (my guess is they thought they were buying an actual government thing, because they like to buy out various levels of governments that are in financial difficulty, for example a lot of parking and toll programs -a popular thing for cities/counties to sell- are owned by China or some other funds, so if you pay a parking ticket in some cities it quite possibly is funding a foreign investment).

But, all of that aside, somebody in JROTC (a high school program) boasting about military experience is silly (if somebody in High School does it they generally get laughed at, if somebody in their 70s does it, well that is just another level....)

If they have enough dry army rations type food in these heavily bombed cities the fighters there could last a long time. And the fewer non-fighters left, the better off they will be as far as their food supplies. Food that spoils won't be much use to them with no electricity.

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If they have enough dry army rations type food in these heavily bombed cities the fighters there could last a long time. And the fewer non-fighters left, the better off they will be as far as their food supplies. Food that spoils won't be much use to them with no electricity.

From what I was told, a lot of Russians were sent with rations (what we would call MREs) already long expired. And, some news stories seem to affirm this. This is one reason that there is such a food shortage, they were sent with a supply of food that was bad to begin with. Such rations can last 3-10 (or more) years, so this means, that Russia was probably drastically outdated on their ration storage before invading (and they were probably thinking this would be so fast that needing weeks of rations was not necessary, forget months....).

This is a pretty poor idea, as since early history food supplies have been critical for invasions, there is the famous, "An Army runs off of its stomach" quote by Napolean. Counting on quickly winning and being able to "live off of the local land" is always a recipe for disaster the second you get delayed for even one day longer than planned....

MREs last a long time, I see Youtube videos of people opening American MREs from the days when cigarettes were inside and eating them, so if Russia's are not just expired, but so long expired that even the Russians won't eat them, it means that they have a very dated inventory (or thought this war would be instantly won and were trying to get rid of a lot of dated MREs through signing them off to field units as an excuse to empty their inventory).

This war has to be a real embarrassment for Russia, given their ineptness played out for all the world to see on the news and social media.

They are coming off like logistical amateurs.

The Russian bear has weak claws. and decayed, rotting teeth.

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This war has to be a real embarrassment for Russia, given their ineptness played out for all the world to see on the news and social media.

They are coming off like logistical amateurs.

The Russian bear has weak claws. a decayed, rotting teeth.

But, that is the real problem.

Its an old saying, the wounded bear wreaks the most havoc before falling.