Posted on 09/28/2023 12:15:33 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
“Analysts have said that the Russia expected to finish off its invasion of Ukraine within a week-and-a-half, making sweeping gains in the initial days of the invasion that started on February 24, 2022. But this failed to materialize in the face of what experts have called Ukrainian defiance that took the Kremlin by surprise.”
The ONLY analysts who pushed ( and continue to push) this “ 3 days to conquer Kiev” story….were our own Pentagon and military think tanks. ( I suspect the CIA knew better). This is the same clown car of experts that predicted Russia would run out of missiles in weeks, fall to its knees from economic sanctions, and bury Vladimir Putin due to a fatal illness.
Lol…they claimed Russia sent a limited “invasion” force to conquer Kiev ( with 3 times the Russian troop strength) …
then when Russia pulled back its armor and troops ( having achieved the limited objectives of securing Chernobyl, Zaporozhye NPP, the US funded biolabs, and displaying a fixing force that made Kiev keep troops at its capital and in the north rather than sending them to reinforce the real front in Eastern Ukraine and Crimea)…this same analyst clown cabal declared that because Russia didn’t capture Kiev in 3 days…..Ukraine won the Battle of Kiev ( which never occurred)
Our own embarrassing CJCS Milley still propagates this line, but then, after his dismal duty performance, he has no credibility to lose
the elite Russian paratroops that were wiped out at the airport had their parade uniforms packed
admit it ... Russia expected a short conflict and got repulsed
that’s called a “fail”, in any country
Jens Stoltenberg said months ago that if the arms shipments from the West ceased, the war would be over nearly instantaneously.
I myself am beginning to enjoy the successful efforts of the Russians to elevate the collective IQ of the world Ukrainian community by winnowing the stupid ones by the bloody dumpster load on the Eastern Front.
I was appalled at first - until I realized that eliminating the retarded sheep in the AFU was the only way.
beating our ploughshares
into hari kari knives
usa - dnc suicide
Please provide an example of a country that holds democratic elections while being invaded.
Elections are meaningless when 20-30% of your territory is under enemy occupation and the rest is subjected to daily bombardment.
Putin’s authoritarianism, on the other hand, was established in peace time.
Quite the strategy they have, running face-first into artillery fire.
I thought Putin was supposed to be dead by now. Ditto Hillary for that matter. You can even toss in Carter.
Maybe if Putin knew you were expecting him to impress you with a 10-day blitz, he would have bombed the crap out of Kiev ala Belgrade or Baghdad style, then sent the million troops it would take to capture and hold a city of 3 million hostile urbanites
Guess he just missed his chance with you….
“Western experts”
“RAND”
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100% warmonger group RAND. War on terror ended, Ukraine proxy WWIII initiated and profits for the weapons providers restored, but it is insufficient as a standalone. Stay tuned…
Surely an solid indicator the elite paratroopers intended to capture a city of 3 million people and hold a victory parade on Bandera Avenue.
Ah well. The best laid plans of an inferior race of orcs were no match for slava ukraini
zzzeeepers post
manchurian mantras
from flashing tarot cards at them
from the penny candy store gum too
Do you think maybe he has been slow to advance because he simply’s can’t? I think that makes more sense than saying “Putin could push his troops all the way to Poland, but he just does not want to.”
Well my FRiend, because during war-time he is at risk of assassination, most likely from the CIA. I have no love for Putin, I am just tired of this manufactured war along with it’s propaganda subterfuge and illicit profiteering.
Well, it’s Newsweak, so…
All you need to do is take a look in the mirror. During the civil war neither side became a dictatorship.
Okay, stop with the pesky facts.
Double-digit IQs will limit you to "strategies" like that.
If they can hold out till next year, the West might be able to produce enough 155mm ammo to reduce the artillery imbalance to a 6-to-1 exchange ratio.
LOLOL
do you fall for conspiracy theories much lol
Doncha just love these near-zero circulation propaganda rags who just happen to be in the room for conversations between Putin and his generals, Putin and his mistress, Putin and Medvedev, etc...?
Funny, that’s exactly what RAND said about Trump.
And is this the same RAND that published their report on using Ukraine and a war to overextend and unbalance Russia in 2017. They laid out the plan to provoke a war and followed it.
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