The Russians have gone in
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My thoughts exactly. While Russia's revenues come from oil and gas - which the rest of the world needs - China's revenues come from cheap manufactured items we don't have to buy. My guess is the Chinese are shocked at the world's reaction to this invasion, and Taiwan is much safer as a result.
Seems like a nice opportunity for China to gain the upper hand over Russia
The Norseman
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My thoughts too! I'm glad you said this. Now we need
to get the Affluent Russian Families kids out here…..
you know, for their safety and our Nation's Defense.
My thoughts too! I'm glad you said this. Now we need
to get the Affluent Russian Families kids out here…..
you know, for their safety and our Nation's Defense.
I don't buy any of their **** willingly.
AJ
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I try to buy only U.S. made items, but sometimes "Made In China" stuff slips through.
Today China warned the US against forming a Pacific NATO, and to put a hard stop on supporting Taiwan. China is a much stronger enemy then Russia, which has an economy the size of Texas, is buying up Africa mineral resources, and is consistently violating Australian and other southern hemisphere countries territorial waters. We will be tangling with China for decades to come.
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If you could look into the future and see what country is THE world super power it would be China.
My gf has a Russian colleague who once told her, "Russia is a dying country." He is very uncomfortable with the current situation as he still has family back home.
If you can access it (sometimes possible for one or two articles) the NY Times recently did an article by Thomas L. Friedman entitled "The Cancellation of Mother Russia is Underway" They also mention the question of China.
I know nothing about this website, but I see the same article is discussed here.
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That is a thought provoking article.
That is a thought provoking article.
cmj8591
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I think they said the same thing about Afghanistan in the 70's. How did that work out?
Hmmm. I didn't realize that Afghanistan had once been a part of the Russian empire that the Russians wanted to reaquire.
Gen HR McMaster thinks Putin is gonna lose. Says Russians can't perform in close in combat and hence resorting to long range shelling and bombing of civilian centers. Says there is much more that the West can do to support Ukraine, including providing additional drones, and highly effective mid range surface to air missiles from France.
Link under the photo:
H.R. McMaster: 'I believe Ukraine can win the war' • FRANCE 24 English - YouTube
Link under the photo:
H.R. McMaster: 'I believe Ukraine can win the war' • FRANCE 24 English - YouTube
Absalom
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McMaster is making some of the same points that I've heard from other generals with invasion and occupation experience, like Petraeus and McCaffrey:
Putin's army just does not have the capabilities and the troops to pull off what he planned. So they're increasingly just substituting explosives.
Just look at simple numbers:
The active-duty strength of Russia's army is given as roundabout 900,000. That's not a lot of soldiers for a major land war. During the Cold War, West Germany alone had 500,000 on active duty, and that was for a 100% defensive posture. In contrast, Putin wants to overrun and control a sizable country where everybody resists.
And urban combat can be brutal, as long as the defenders are willing to die. Blitzkrieg-intoxicated historians have tended to skip over this, but when the Wehrmacht rolled into Poland in 1939, it took them eight days to reach the outskirts of Warsaw; then they got stuck for three whole weeks in the suburbs because the blitzkriegers turned out to be lousy urban warriors, and the Poles fought.
Considering how close Kyiv and Kharkov are to the Russian border, I think we're witnessing a re-run of that scenario. Except that in contrast to the Nazis, whose Soviet partners-in-crime attacked and sealed Poland's fate, Putin has nobody to help his army get unstuck.
Putin's army just does not have the capabilities and the troops to pull off what he planned. So they're increasingly just substituting explosives.
Just look at simple numbers:
The active-duty strength of Russia's army is given as roundabout 900,000. That's not a lot of soldiers for a major land war. During the Cold War, West Germany alone had 500,000 on active duty, and that was for a 100% defensive posture. In contrast, Putin wants to overrun and control a sizable country where everybody resists.
And urban combat can be brutal, as long as the defenders are willing to die. Blitzkrieg-intoxicated historians have tended to skip over this, but when the Wehrmacht rolled into Poland in 1939, it took them eight days to reach the outskirts of Warsaw; then they got stuck for three whole weeks in the suburbs because the blitzkriegers turned out to be lousy urban warriors, and the Poles fought.
Considering how close Kyiv and Kharkov are to the Russian border, I think we're witnessing a re-run of that scenario. Except that in contrast to the Nazis, whose Soviet partners-in-crime attacked and sealed Poland's fate, Putin has nobody to help his army get unstuck.
But the Ruskies have asked the Syrians to loan some soldiers...bet that's real successful.
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