Posted on 03/05/2022 12:39:15 PM PST by arthurus
Putin’s hubris, yes-men for generals, lack of fighting conviction among the men, poor logistics and strong Ukrainian leadership and determination have combined to turn the Russian invasion of Ukraine into a military quagmire.
Meanwhile, the West has upped the stakes in a financial war. The underlying assumption is that the Russian economy is weak and those of the Western allies are stronger. A few key metrics shows this is incorrect. The underlying resilience of the Russian economy and its financial system is not generally understood, and instead EU sanctions could end up undermining the whole euro system and the euro itself.
(Excerpt) Read more at goldmoney.com ...
I don’t know how strong our economy is when we are saddled with about $110,000 in national debt for every adult.
And that $110,000 figure doesn’t even include interest.
...And I didn’t get to spend a penny of it!
They started they military adventure about a week ago. That’s not a quagmire.
Want to see a quagmire? Let’s look at the war on poverty.
I nearly stopped reading this armchair QB right there. So far, whether you like it or not - in one week, the Russian army has been very successful.
While I have no favorite in this contest short of the poor civilians, I could hardly call an invasion of two weeks a “quagmire.”
Giggity Giggity Giggity
I kind of see it as a political quagmire.
Lets see what the status of the invasion is NEXT weekend.
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