I reluctantly agree.He probably is a bot. Unfortunately there is probably some truth in what he says. Unless we fully commit, then there will have to be some negotiation and concessions.
I now think it’s actually quite likely, lamentably.Feel free to make a reasoned argument in response as to why the suggested is not likely to become reality.
Nah, it’s just your wish that anyone who questions the ability of Ukraine to ‘win’ - as if there are any winner in war - is pro-Russian.You are very pro Russian in your views, which isn't very popular on a western Internet forum where 99.9% of its contributors champion democracy and freedom of choice.
I disagree, you have consistently come across as pro Russian and anti Ukraine in your views on here. Whether it looks as if Ukraine will win or not is irrelevant to how you come across.Nah, it’s just your wish that anyone who questions the ability of Ukraine to ‘win’ - as if there are any winner in war - is pro-Russian.
Unfortunately I’ve been saying for 6 months how this was likely to go - to pretty consistent claims of being pro russian, of talking bollocks etc etc - and it’s now seemingly coming to pass. It’s to ‘the west’s shame that Ukraine only got the scraps from the obsolescence pile but at the same time they are up against a dictatorship with unbelievable resources at hand to throw away and the offensive was always likely to be a one-shot deal.
It’s a clear mistake to let Russia off the hook as we will ultimately have to stop them anyway in a few years time but with the turnover of governments across the EU and potentially the US, a sustained United commitment is a monumental task to hold together.
The US certainly can afford another spring offensive. They can continue to support this war as long as they want to, and if they had the desire, they could seriously up the anti. They are choosing not to. There is a worrying wing of the republican 'American first' mindset that seems to almost buy into how Putin runs Russia, we all know the orange man aspires to have that sort of stranglehold on his own country.I mean the words from Stoltenberg that Ukraine hasn’t had the artillery it needed and is unlikely to get it, Petraeus saying you can’t beat the sort of defences the Russians have built without air superiority (and luck, and artillery) and the White House saying the boxed off funds that MAGAts can’t interfere with have almost run dry feel like a pretty transparent soft announcement of what has seemed likely for a long time now.
Namely, the US can’t/won’t fund another offensive next spring and with the US out, France and Germany will disappear into the shadows and Ukraine will be forced to the negotiating table sooner rather than later, Crimea ‘officially’ lost, Ukraine brought into NATO and the EU and Moldova invaded in pretty short order.
I think that is correct, and it's deliberate, to ruin the russian economy, it's general population, and render it useless as a war machine for decades to come, and whilst Ukraine won't see many victories, nor will russia, and in fact russia's attrition will continue to be high.The US certainly can afford another spring offensive. They can continue to support this war as long as they want to, and if they had the desire, they could seriously up the anti. They are choosing not to.
Ukraine have been very successful in opening up the Black Sea lanes, Russia had to move the Black Sea fleet away from Crimea they holed and sank a few Russian ships (smart move)
I think that is correct, and it's deliberate, to ruin the russian economy, it's general population, and render it useless as a war machine for decades to come, and whilst Ukraine won't see many victories, nor will russia, and fact russia's attrition will continue to be high.
Before this all started they had a serious "pinch point" in the demograph of their poulation, and this is making that worse day on day.
What I don't understand is why russia can't see this ?
The US certainly can afford another spring offensive. They can continue to support this war as long as they want to, and if they had the desire, they could seriously up the anti. They are choosing not to. There is a worrying wing of the republican 'American first' mindset that seems to almost buy into how Putin runs Russia, we all know the orange man aspires to have that sort of stranglehold on his own country.
Let's not pretend this is any sort of success for Russia though, this war was meant to end pretty much instantaneously. The only factor they have to gain any sort of advantage is a war of attrition & a slave minded population that go to their pointless deaths like quite no other in the modern world.