As for recruitment, they're able to sustain their losses, since you've got plenty of Russians in miserable poverty that see the hiring bonuses as sufficient incentive despite the risk, around 150,000 prisoners that have taken the offer of a pardon, and conscripts who see no way out of their predicament. Terrible as their manpower losses sound, it is nevertheless sustainable. A total mobilization where millions are drafted would change this dynamic and lead people with much less to lose rising up.
The true number of Russian losses is secret, perhaps even unknown to the shambolic Russian army. Russia has, at best, 7-8 million military age males. Of that number, many are drug addled, have AIDS, are alcoholic, and mentally unbalanced, not that that would keep them out of the Russian army. A huge number of Wagner PMC prisoners are HIV positive. Drug use and alcohol abuse are rampant on the front line. Russia is a country with more grandparents than teenagers; more abortions than live births! The ethnic minorities that make up a huge percentage of Russian dead have meant ethnic unrest across the country. The working class is being decimated. Who will work in Russia's factories, farms, and maintain the already poor infrastructure? Are they going to bring in poorly skilled North Koreans?
The Russian army is still handing out substandard body armor, much of it useless.
Medical care in Russian army is terrible. Many Russian soldiers have endured entirely unnecessary amputations because of poor medical treatment.
Russia is throwing tons of substandard munitions at the Ukrainians, but it has sacrificed its economy to do that much.
I have serious doubts about Russia being able to sustain any of this. Ukraine has been devastated, but so has Russia. And worse, Russia is now an isolated pariah nation. Putin is gambling that Western oil demand will bring acceptance of Ukrainian losses and normalization. I don't see that happening.
And a bullet between Putin's eyes is the quickiest way out of all of this. And the people around Putin know this. Everyone knows this.
Can't argue with any of this. Russia is in similar situation to Austria-Hungary in late 1914. And like in that situation, their "up and coming" ally (China) will support them.
On the other side, Ukraine does have problems too.
The average Ukrainian soldier is in his 40s. They are great at defending, but not good at attacking as they have families, want to live, and understand the risks inherent in attacking. So they don't press attacks (which are usually costly in terms of casualties).
Then there is the west getting tired of supporting Ukraine (which, IMHO, is certainly self-defeating), and the personnel drama in the Ukrainian high command (Zelensky about to fire his widely respected Army chief).
Have you ever read the epistle to the Galatians?
I bet you use the term "Judeo-Christian"
They laugh at people who can't figure this out, behind closed doors.
When criticized during congressional testimony last week for his absolute failure to secure the border, Homeland chief Mayorkas played the Holocaust card as a defense. I don't honestly know what the Jewish Holocaust has to do with open borders, but to me, and everyone else online, it was BS response. This is the DEI response. Outrageous. Mayorkas should have been fired immediately.
But Biden won't do that.
So when he reminded the Republican congressman that he was Jewish and the the child of Holocaust survivors, are we supposed to beg forgiveness and say open borders are alright? Are we supposed to treat tens or even hundreds of millions of economic migrants like Jews fleeing Hitler? Is that what this debate has come down to?
If this is the case, then the American government has TOTALLY ABANDONED the American people and America is toast.
What a BS answer.
And white Americans are supposed to join the US army and die defending this of garbage?!!!
NO WAY! NO WAY! NO WAY, Jose!
When you realize that posts on this board are censored, having to do with this subject, you know this site is OVER
Bye bye, enjoy your overlords and for the last time, listen to VOLTAIRE ... or don't
"Look at who you can't criticize in your society ... and understand that is who rules over you."
The Elders in fact run it and they hate God, like that Bobby character does, because their Father is someone who is not God our Father.
Even within the narrative of Neocon Republican war-hawks, Ukraine has turned from an 'easy victory' into an embarrassing monetary black hole. We are at something of a "neutral point" in terms of outward sentiment towards Ukraine, as the American machine prepares for Trump.
As the year drags on, acknowledgment that Ukraine is indeed "The Most Corrupt Country in The World" - as a pre-war Guardian headline stated - will be used to explain the military defeat of what was portrayed in the 2023 narrative as the collective might of NATO / US arms.
There are pulitzer prize contender level stories being sat on by journalists waiting for the pro Ukraine mood to sour sufficiently for their stories to get recognition. When needed, the domestic Ukraine narrative will be washed away in a tsunami of misappropriation allegations.
You know who controls the narrative, "Guest."
Continuous war is the plan. It's funny to think that the older Americans here are this clueless as to what has happened to their country.
It's weird that I even get pushback on that topic from a lot of the people here.
Not from me.
I've come to the conclusion that America, in the form it is now, is over.
Why do you suppose many (not all) of the members here dislike and/or censor me, guest?
The form of America right now is sickening, which is one of the parts that I try to tell people here - they didn't realize that it was really over shortly after WW2, when it changed to anti-traditional, anti-founder, anti-european and eventually frankly anti christian.
He's quoted in John's book in the war section. And he did have some good contributions. But name calling and petty squabbles made him get mad at 'everyone' here and leave. Kinda like you. You've had good contributions. And bad.
He's quoted in John's book in the war section. And he did have some good contributions. But name calling and petty squabbles made him get mad at 'everyone' here and leave. Kinda like you. You've had good contributions. And bad.
No, the most important thing is what you are witnessing right as we speak. You're being left behind.
He's quoted in John's book in the war section. And he did have some good contributions. But name calling and petty squabbles made him get mad at 'everyone' here and leave. Kinda like you. You've had good contributions. And bad.
No, the most important thing is what you are witnessing right as we speak. You're being left behind.
He's quoted in John's book in the war section. And he did have some good contributions. But name calling and petty squabbles made him get mad at 'everyone' here and leave. Kinda like you. You've had good contributions. And bad.
No, the most important thing is what you are witnessing right as we speak. You're being left behind.
Not informative, and par for the course.
I've been too accurate on too many things to explain them all over again here.