Quadibloc <
jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in news:
2daf913d-91bb-42b4-9c97-a5e978217096n@googlegroups.com:
On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 11:54:45 PM UTC-7, Ninapenda
Jibini wrote:
It's basically a race to see which side exhausts their ability
to continue the conflict, with one side being supplied by
outsiders, and the other side . . . not.
The only reason the Ukraine is able to fight at all is because
Russia held off on its initial missile attacks on the Ukraine.
Perhaps because they know their missiles don't work too well. Or
perhaps they're afraid of outright mutinty if they give those
orders.
You don't know.
While things look good at the moment - the Russian troops have
low morale, while the Ukrainians are fighting for their lives -
Russia has conventional missiles and air superiority
No, they really don't have air superiority. And whatever edge they
have is evaporating, as more and more countries send more and more
planes, which will be, apparently, based in Poland, which *is* a
member of NATO. Attack that, and Article 5 is automatically
invoked. Failure on the part of the US to meet its NATO obligations
will see the end of the Democratic Party for generations.
with which
it _could_ dramatically change the balance of the conflict, if
it isn't too concerned about the... propaganda implications.
Unless the Russian economy collapses completely, and the troops in
Ukraine - which are already abandoning equiopment, including
*tanks*, because they lack supplies - surrender because the other
side will at least be able to feed them. (Remember the Gulf War?)
Fighting a war of aggression when half your country's foreign
exchange reserves happen to be in banks located in countries
that disapprove... also happens to be a less than clever move.
Quite a few people who are experts in their field, who know Putin
personally, are beginning to question his mental competence. I
haven't seen the words "lost his shit" yet, but there are people
saying the same thing in more polite terms.
So far, the Ruble has lost 30% of its value.
And their state bank just raised interest rates to 20%.
But that just makes
the Russian man in the street mildly annoyed. We are _not_
seeing desperate frenzied mobs of starving masses trying to
overthrow the government with their bare hands just yet.
Yet is a very big word for so few letters.
So which is more likely -
a) The Russian military decides it's had enough, and overthrows
Putin in a coup.
b) Putin withdraws Russian forces from the Ukraine, and steps
down as Russia's leader for the good of the country.
c) Putin ramps up military operations in the Ukraine so as to
turn the tide of the conflict in his favor.
Sadly, my money's on (c). The agony of the Ukrainian people is
not over by a long shot. And there's very little we can do about
it.
Orders for (c) may well lead to (a). There's rumors of mutinous
units *now* .
Which is why we should have made it impossible _while we still
could_, long before this happened.
You keep using that word "we." I do not think it means what you
think it means. Canada *never* could have done anything to even get
Putin's attention. And the US is run by people who are either
criminally incompetent and corrupt, or actively in the pay of
Russia. It's hard to tell the difference any more.
By bringing the Ukraine into
the American defense perimeter
They had the opportunity to join NATO, and said no. Would you
literally invade and conquer them to *force* them in? I supposed
you would, in your insane, violent fantasy world.
- ideally, after the Crimean
incursion, and certainly after Russia entered the Eastern
Ukraine *after having told us he had no more ambitions in the
Ukraine*.
I will note that this invasion, and the siezure of Crimea, both
occured during Democratic adminstrations. It's almost like Putin
knows what cowardly, sycophant weasels the left are.
The fact that he *lied* to us should have been recognized
as a very strong indication that the full invasion that's
happening now would be coming later.
What leads you to believe it wasn't? What leads you to believe the
current US administration doesn't actively approve of what Putin's
doing? Certainly none of their actions suggest that.
So line the borders with American troops, so that we're the ones
who gets to tell Putin that if he tries something, the nukes
fly. Instead, Putin has the _fait accompli_ and we have to bow
to such threats.
Democrats have been sucking Putin's dick for years, and love the
taste.
--
Terry Austin
Proof that Alan Baker is a liar and a fool, and even stupider than
Lynn:
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration
(May 2019 total for people arrested for entering the United States
illegally is over 132,000 for just the southwest border.)
Vacation photos from Iceland:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/collection/QaXQkB
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