Duh. I knew that after about 2 weeks of putin’s disaster.
“Denazification” and “demilitarization” we’re the two stated objectives at the start. These are being met.
Bad news for the Ukraine
don’t like this guy, but he IS correct this time ...
Russia tried to capture all of Ukraine - failed
Russia tried to make the Ukrainian Government collapse, and the Army lose its will to fight - failed
the whole operation was supposed to be over in 1 month, before Western countries had any time to organize in opposition - failed
the quick operation would ensure Russia maintained its reputation as a peaceful, civilized country - failed
operation was supposedly to stop NATO from expanding to Russia’s borders ... instead, Finland - acountry right on Russia border! - is about to enter NATO - so, FAILED
multiple failures by Russia! with more to come, because the same idiots are still in charge!!
LOL! These are the dumbest people ever to occupy DC. And that’s saying something.
Milley Vanilly was more authentic than this Milley Vanilly.
I misread the title and thought it was a thread about Miley Cyrus’ next song.
Bad writing, didn’t scan.
Spetsnaz GRU be like a wrecking ball!
Wagner never hit so hard in love!
All Z wanted was to break Kho-kols!
See? Like that.
“The war is not over, but so far the Russian strategic objectives have been defeated,” Milley said
Pre-midterm spin for the administration.
So Russia’s strategic objective didn’t include Luhansk province?
I believe they control the two contested states and a fair chunk of strategic territory.
The russkies haven’t won (and certainly not Putins original states objectives)
But it’s a lie to say they’ve completely failed and unless Milley wants to start drawing up plans for an EU civil war (not that he hasn’t already) he may want to actually show some of his military acumen and start getting Ukraine to get Russia out and put this war to an end because all I see here is Vietnam.
Don’t bet on it.
Did Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army tell him it was okay to say that?
Hardly, Milley...you old silly!
Great! Can we stop funding Ukraine’s Government and 50% of its GDP now?
Well, then, I don’t see any reason Biden need the $2.8 billion in additional aid for Ukraine.
I want to re-emphasize some critical points: 1. Russia attacked Ukraine with a small force that was one-third the size of the defending Ukrainian force. Advantage Ukraine and yet, despite the fact that Russia was outnumbered, Russia steadily pushed Ukraine back, taking Mariupol, Kherson and Luhansk.
2. At no point did Russia declare any kind of timeline for accomplishing its stated mission of demilitarization and denazification.
3. The bulk of the fighting from the Russian side is being handled by the militias from the Donbas. Russia has committed only a small fraction of its troops.
4. Despite a massive influx of western military aid, Ukraine has been unable to force the Russians to retreat. Those who want to point to the current Ukrainian offensive as a stunning success are ignoring Ukraine’s massive losses in men and equipment during the past week. Capturing a couple of isolated, unihabited rural villages is not exactly a 21st Century version of Omar Bradley’s Operation Cobra, which was led by General Patton and broke out of hedge row country in Normandy.
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You know how worried the Russian Government is about the progress of the operation in Ukraine? Putin and his top Generals spent a week on Russia’s east coast, i.e. the Pacific, conducting a 50,000 man joint force military exercise with China and Vietnam.
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et me suggest an alternative explanation for Russia’s slow, methodical approach in Ukraine. Russia is committed to the demilitarization of Ukraine. Russia’s current campaign not only is destroying Ukraine’s army and the tanks, planes, helicopters and vehicles, but it also is forcing the United States and NATO to strip themselves of weapons that will not be quickly replaced in the near term. In other words, without risking a direct confrontation with NATO, Russia also is weakening NATO. And Putin does not have to turn Ukraine into a smoldering, nuclear wasteland with millions of dead Ukrainians. Seems like a reasonable approach to me.
The weakening of NATO also is being accelerated with economic weapons–i.e., cutting off the sale of gas and oil. Without gas and oil, Europe’s war industry is grinding to a halt. I do not know if this is part of the Russian plan for the Special Military Operation or just a happy serendipity that serves Russia’s interests. Regardless, the effect hurts NATO.
I do not pretend to know what plan Russia’s General Staff is following. What I do know is that none of the weapons supplied by the United States and NATO have changed the strategic goal of Russia to demilitarize Ukraine and eliminate a NATO threat on the western border. That means Russia’s ability to continue moving west is not eliminated and Ukraine’s prospects grow more bleak.
“How much was your cut to say this?”
Free eye shadow for the rest of its days.