Where are you getting the idea that we would need to occupy Ukraine like we did those nations?At the end of the day I would like it for Ukraine to win.
But I don't want america to put boots on the ground there, particially because I'm tired of 20 years of war and also because I think we would fuck it up like with did with both Iraq and afganistan.
Edit:
So looks like Rogozin's probably going to die soonish. Heard the injury was 'below his lower back', so Ukraine may have literally blown Rogozin's ass off.
Russian volunteer Murz on why Russia is not ready to defend Ukrainian winter offensive • WarTranslated
Below is a translation of a long blog post by the Russian volunteer Murz whom we’ve covered extensively during the past several months. In this post, Murz, who has been previously critical of the way the Russian Army is conducting the “special operation”, goes over the potential of a Ukrainian...wartranslated.com
I'd caution against a truly massive winter offensive on Ukraine's part, but if they wanted to make some gains I just don't see how the Russian Army can stop them. Their troops are demoralised, cold, tired, badly equipped, and badly led. A battle hardened Ukrainian force would fall on them like a hammer smashing glass.
I sort of already know the answer, but I still have to ask, why is Putin even bothering by this point?
I sort of already know the answer, but I still have to ask, why is Putin even bothering by this point?
Half of Russia's population looks to support the war; the other half want Putin, most military leaders right down to the squad level, politicians backing this quagmire, and propagandists strung up from the nearest street lights.I think what Putin actually means here is that he's willing to sacrifice 99.9% of the Russian people in the interest of his own aggrandizement.
The question is, how do we help the latter half get the job done.Half of Russia's population looks to support the war; the other half want Putin, most military leaders right down to the squad level, politicians backing this quagmire, and propagandists strung up from the nearest street lights.
The question is, how do we help the latter half get the job done.
Yeah -- except for Germany (which had massive help from other Allied powers, like the UK), Japan, and South Korea (the only two success stories), every attempt by the US to rebuild other nations in their image/according to their values has failed in the most spectacular fashion.we don't.
Russia isn't nearly close to its breaking point, and messing about with their internals can backfire hard. I can respect wanting to remove Russia from the board as a great power, but america's record on both nation building and regieme change is fucking terrible and we would likely just make things even worse then they are now.
Yeah -- except for Germany (which had massive help from other Allied powers, like the UK), Japan, and South Korea (the only two success stories), every attempt by the US to rebuild other nations in their image/according to their values has failed in the most spectacular fashion.
If there is covert assistance to these elements to help Russia basically collapse, when Russia does collapse, they'll have to work shit out on their own again.
America trying to stick its dick into that frozen hellhole will just result in a frostbitten dick.
Meh. They did try in Soviet Union as much as they could, how much did it help, hard to say, but there was no mythical backfiring either.Yeah -- except for Germany (which had massive help from other Allied powers, like the UK), Japan, and South Korea (the only two success stories), every attempt by the US to rebuild other nations in their image/according to their values has failed in the most spectacular fashion.
If there is covert assistance to these elements to help Russia basically collapse, when Russia does collapse, they'll have to work shit out on their own again.
America trying to stick its dick into that frozen hellhole will just result in a frostbitten dick.
I'd caution against a truly massive winter offensive on Ukraine's part, but if they wanted to make some gains I just don't see how the Russian Army can stop them. Their troops are demoralised, cold, tired, badly equipped, and badly led. A battle hardened Ukrainian force would fall on them like a hammer smashing glass.
I sort of already know the answer, but I still have to ask, why is Putin even bothering by this point?
Look at all his other plans, like Belarus and in the Caucasus, and you see the idea. Putin wants his legacy of being the next "tsar" who made Russia a great power again in recovery from the fall of Soviet Union, or at very least put it on the way there for his successor.Few possible explanations:
1.He is fucking KGB - so it is part of his plan to take over world,or at least Ukraine.No,i am not joking,in case of KGB we must be paranoid.
2.He want destroy his state for some reason - maybe he is China plant?
3.He knew,that after lost war somebody kill him - so he is trying to win no matter what it cost others.
4.It is part of global conspiracy to made NWO ,althought dunno how loosing war on Ukraine could help it.
I am sure,that there is more logical explanations to your question.
we don't.
Russia isn't nearly close to its breaking point, and messing about with their internals can backfire hard. I can respect wanting to remove Russia from the board as a great power, but america's record on both nation building and regieme change is fucking terrible and we would likely just make things even worse then they are now.
Look at all his other plans, like Belarus and in the Caucasus, and you see the idea. Putin wants his legacy of being the next "tsar" who made Russia a great power again in recovery from the fall of Soviet Union, or at very least put it on the way there for his successor.
Being a loser who couldn't take Ukraine is not part of that plan obviously. So if there is even a 5% chance he can salvage the situation by doubling down and making it a war of endurance, he will take it, even at the risk of making the failure a bigger disaster than it would be if he backed down.
It is a truth long established that it is me and bro against coz, and me and bro and coz against everybody else.Look at Ukraine itself as an example -- pre-invasion Ukraine was bitterly divided between pro-West and pro-Russian factions to the point of bordering on civil war, but when Russia actually tried to push things over by direct intervention, the pro-Russian faction pretty much disappeared overnight with only a handful of the most hardcore pro-Russian Ukrainians becoming traitors and collaborating with the invaders.
Naturally, it is a pain for those losing the deposits, and it is making Putin stronger. On second thought he has decided that he won't be asking them if they want to give up everything to support the war, just assumed they will and went along with it, why bother people by asking when they are so patriotic.Is "Pain Makes Stronger!" in the Ministry of Defence text about forcible conversion of deposits into loans real?