Amen. Been there more than I’d like.Anyone, anywhere, going through CIF is not only going to look miserable, they WILL be miserable.
" Sorry, can't take that canteen pouch, the snap is the wrong colour....."
Amen. Been there more than I’d like.Anyone, anywhere, going through CIF is not only going to look miserable, they WILL be miserable.
" Sorry, can't take that canteen pouch, the snap is the wrong colour....."
Sad but truesending convicts and ethnically undesirable draftees into a conflict. Ukraine is doing Russia a favor by killing these people
It would be very dangerous if Russia spun up its full capabilities instead of sending convicts and ethnically undesirable draftees into a conflict. Ukraine is doing Russia a favor by killing these people and Russia can win the war of attrition.
Russia is saving its A game for the Suwarki Gap invasion, which will happen before China even thinks about seriously taking Taiwan by force. They're happy to trade 1:1 casualties in Ukraine because Ukraine runs out of people first and Russia learns more about future tactics in the Baltics.
A nation's military potential isn't measured by AD soldiers today but the amount of fighting aged adults available. Ukraine doesn't stand much of a chance in a protracted conflict. The West is hoping that the conflict will become unpopular in Russia and Putin will withdraw due to domestic political pressure to preserve his power before Ukraine crumbles. That's a pipe dream.
I have PTSD from my final CIF checkout prior to retirement. For some reason, the VA wouldn't give me a rating on that condition. 😆Anyone, anywhere, going through CIF is not only going to look miserable, they WILL be miserable.
" Sorry, can't take that canteen pouch, the snap is the wrong colour....."
Anyone, anywhere, going through CIF is not only going to look miserable, they WILL be miserable.
" Sorry, can't take that canteen pouch, the snap is the wrong colour....."
Many of the anti-Ukraine people are not isolationist, they argue that Russia can't take Ukraine now, so Ukraine can't fall to it. Many also view Ukraine and Zelensky as no better than Russia (I disagree with this but it's a view many on the Right hold). Many also resent the money being spent on Ukraine while the southern border is wide open.I'm sure they'll integrate well into that well-oiled Russian meat grinder.
The fact that isolationists ignore stuff like this, and are willing to sacrifice UKR is appalling. The West should be calling their bluff, and allow our weapons to be used for deeper strikes, IMO....I'm willing to bet we won't all die in a nuclear fire, if we do.
If we let RUS, China, DPRK, Iran prevail in UKR, it will be a stain on our country, and not end there.
Spun up their full capabilities? Pretty sure they already have spun them up about as much as they can. If Putin could be pumping out tens of thousands of just T-34s to bum-rush the Ukrainians with, I'm sure he would. Also I would dispute that they could win a protracted conflict. Maybe right now, but if Ukraine gets better weapons and supplies and develops true airpower capability, they could probably hold off any Russian meat assaults.The argument to negotiate a truce isn't about isolationism, although it makes a good sound bite on TV for voters who can't understand nuance.
It would be very dangerous if Russia spun up its full capabilities instead of sending convicts and ethnically undesirable draftees into a conflict. Ukraine is doing Russia a favor by killing these people and Russia can win the war of attrition.
A nation's military potential isn't measured by AD soldiers today but the amount of fighting aged adults available. Ukraine doesn't stand much of a chance in a protracted conflict. The West is hoping that the conflict will become unpopular in Russia and Putin will withdraw due to domestic political pressure to preserve his power before Ukraine crumbles. That's a pipe dream
Russia is saving its A game for the Suwarki Gap invasion, which will happen before China even thinks about seriously taking Taiwan by force. They're happy to trade 1:1 casualties in Ukraine because Ukraine runs out of people first and Russia learns more about future tactics in the Baltics.
And OBTW we were supplying the Soviets in WW 2…on the order of thousands of tanks.Spun up their full capabilities? Pretty sure they already have spun them up about as much as they can. If Putin could be pumping out tens of thousands of just T-34s to bum-rush the Ukrainians with, I'm sure he would. Also I would dispute that they could win a protracted conflict. Maybe right now, but if Ukraine gets better weapons and supplies and develops true airpower capability, they could probably hold off any Russian meat assaults.
By this point in the Second World War, the Soviet military had gone from basically using bum-rush tactics of tanks and troops against the Germans to having reversed and inflicted massive defeats on the German forces. In terms of tactical skill, professionalism, deception, and logistics, they had massively improved over what they had been when Germany (well the German-led Axis) first invaded.
Putin's forces, however, are still pretty much just as bad as they were back when they first invaded February 24, 2022. They don't seem to have learned a whole lot. So I am pretty sure that this "is" about the extent of their A game. They have wasted precious tanks and vehicles, tens of thousands of them, all lost due to ineptitude.
Thousands of tanks (although the Soviets also produced tens of thousands of their own tanks), but also tons (literally) of food, fuel, hundreds of thousands of Jeeps and trucks, boots, radios, machine tools, steel, locomotives and box cars and rails, airplanes, etc...And OBTW we were supplying the Soviets in WW 2…on the order of thousands of tanks.
Excuses, excuses. Old guys are the ideal:Liked only because I am too old and too fat to get into the fight. But I fear the comment is shockingly close to the truth.
Funny. I remember reading once about a geriatric serving in WWI as a sniper and most felt his success was based on his age…he was patient and didn’t feel the need to move around too much!Words…