[Joe Biden's Escalation, Water Wars in Donetsk, The State of the Local Militias, Russell Bentley and Crime in Donbass, Drone Warfare and Its Consequences, Where are the Norks? and More!]
If NATO is a true friend of Ukraine they should have been able to fire into Russia at will , fighting with one hand tied behind their backs is stupid and counter productive. As for the territories only Russia claims them as part of Russia , the international community does not , only North Korea has recognised it as far as I know ,so how does Russia deal with that? Also the escalation has come from Putin with the introduction of North Korean troops into Europe , does he expect NATO to just forget about that , pretend it is not happening? Putin has fucked up big time and his only hope is Trump saving him. Trump will still make demands I don't expect he will just kneel for Putin and it is too late to think of turning Russia into an ally from China. So the war will go on and possibly Trump will need to escalate also if Putin will not surrender some of the terrirory which has been taken illegally anyway.
Realistically what can Putin do? Fight a war with the whole of Europe? Stalin barely beat Hitler. Putin certainly won't be beating Poland, who has the largest *active* army in Europe, and naturally this time Russia doesn't have total Global Support, they have North Koreans... who are an average Height of 5'8.
The whole thing is perplexing, the US gives permission for Ukraine to use its 30-year-old military surplus ATACMS missiles - once destined for the scrapyard - to hit targets at its maximum range of 300 km. Big deal - when Ukraine has its own drones and missiles which routinely hit targets at much farther ranges - including St Petersburg, Murmansk - north of Moscow, Izhevsk, Kazan, and places in Siberia. It seems like a distraction, a chance for Mr Putin to be Tough In Public, to justify his continued presence ... keeping public attention away from that anomalous and unmolested Gazprom pipeline running across Ukraine, for which Mr Putin pays Mr Zelenskyy in excess of $1 billion USD per year... and other such anomalies.
Its part of the theatre spiel, Ukraine is building up its own weapons industry with Western help and based on western tech and innovation. Red line was crossed a long time ago.
They don't need western tech and innovation - the rocket motors for the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces were designed and built in Kiev - and the rockets built in Donetsk. It would not be surprising if at least some of that expertise and capability remains today. Putin was surrounded by incompetents before and during the invasion - Gerasimov chief among them - and the master thief, Shoigu - and his "intelligence" services told him what they thought he wanted to hear instead of the truth of the matter, which has resulted in the current debacle. Imagine - the Russian Army unable to quickly subdue Ukraine... No one in the West believed that this result could come about, most thought that Ukraine would survive for one week at best. It has been nearly three years of fighting - which is how long it took the Red Army to defeat Nazi Germany - yet today an advance of 25 kilometers is presented as a major victory. God help Russia if China decides to take the Far East and most of Siberia, Russia's incompetence and corruption will spell its doom.
They need western guidance systems tho. And its worse than that, its the celebration of fields and bombed out buildings at this point. As for China i think Putin is fooled by this temporary Chino-Russo alliance. Xi's own economy is more dependant on the West more then ever, he will back stab Putin when he gets the chance i am sure of it.
Agree completely. The mandarins in Beijing are licking their chops each passing day this war—er, “Special Military Operation”—persists, awaiting their propitious moment to pounce on the Siberian territories they’ve coveted since failing to seize them back in 1969.
One thing i noticed about the Chinese is they love money and gambling. Russia has cheap resources, but in the west is where the money is made. They rather go roll their dice with the west then trade with Russia and the now almost worthless ruble. Also China has done this before, after the Vietnam war ended they invaded their ally Vietnam themselves after it was weakened. And also the Soviet-Chinese border conflict is a good indicator that China will strike if it feels its neighbour is weak enough.
Yeah i am expecting for the Russians to leave an escape route open for the Ukrainians to withdraw and escape intact. I don't know why the guy gets so excited about this tho. When was the last time the Russians encircled Ukrainian units? It was only at the start in Mariupol because Ukraine was caught by suprise. The fact that everyone is talking about negotiations means that the war is unwinable and became too costly. Cannonfodder is running out and if Putin and Zelensky mobilise more then they risk riots and a coup.
like, you could round up the gypsies and send them over. two birds, one stone. same with the millions of other migrants. they wont do it for some reason though. i wonder why.
Some Pro Zanon tried to tell me the other day that Putin was rounding up all the illegal immigrants and sending them to the front and that white Russians were not not dying and only made up the officer class.
Dark subject matter but I'm very happy to see you releasing podcasts again.
Hopefully he remains clueless, as that’s the only way to stay alive there…
savage
Yes, truth is savage
Congratulations on getting an interview with Lancaster.
he was pretty open to it! hopefully he recommends me back!
If NATO is a true friend of Ukraine they should have been able to fire into Russia at will , fighting with one hand tied behind their backs is stupid and counter productive. As for the territories only Russia claims them as part of Russia , the international community does not , only North Korea has recognised it as far as I know ,so how does Russia deal with that? Also the escalation has come from Putin with the introduction of North Korean troops into Europe , does he expect NATO to just forget about that , pretend it is not happening? Putin has fucked up big time and his only hope is Trump saving him. Trump will still make demands I don't expect he will just kneel for Putin and it is too late to think of turning Russia into an ally from China. So the war will go on and possibly Trump will need to escalate also if Putin will not surrender some of the terrirory which has been taken illegally anyway.
Realistically what can Putin do? Fight a war with the whole of Europe? Stalin barely beat Hitler. Putin certainly won't be beating Poland, who has the largest *active* army in Europe, and naturally this time Russia doesn't have total Global Support, they have North Koreans... who are an average Height of 5'8.
you will treat the norks with respect in my citadel.
they answered the call when no one else did.
the last true bastion of resistance to ZOG.
HONOR THEM.
Sorry Chairman Kim, lesson learned. The last Battle of the 53rd Parallel.
North Koreans soldiers make for smaller targets in a modern war !
Make peace
I hope so.
The whole thing is perplexing, the US gives permission for Ukraine to use its 30-year-old military surplus ATACMS missiles - once destined for the scrapyard - to hit targets at its maximum range of 300 km. Big deal - when Ukraine has its own drones and missiles which routinely hit targets at much farther ranges - including St Petersburg, Murmansk - north of Moscow, Izhevsk, Kazan, and places in Siberia. It seems like a distraction, a chance for Mr Putin to be Tough In Public, to justify his continued presence ... keeping public attention away from that anomalous and unmolested Gazprom pipeline running across Ukraine, for which Mr Putin pays Mr Zelenskyy in excess of $1 billion USD per year... and other such anomalies.
Its part of the theatre spiel, Ukraine is building up its own weapons industry with Western help and based on western tech and innovation. Red line was crossed a long time ago.
They don't need western tech and innovation - the rocket motors for the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces were designed and built in Kiev - and the rockets built in Donetsk. It would not be surprising if at least some of that expertise and capability remains today. Putin was surrounded by incompetents before and during the invasion - Gerasimov chief among them - and the master thief, Shoigu - and his "intelligence" services told him what they thought he wanted to hear instead of the truth of the matter, which has resulted in the current debacle. Imagine - the Russian Army unable to quickly subdue Ukraine... No one in the West believed that this result could come about, most thought that Ukraine would survive for one week at best. It has been nearly three years of fighting - which is how long it took the Red Army to defeat Nazi Germany - yet today an advance of 25 kilometers is presented as a major victory. God help Russia if China decides to take the Far East and most of Siberia, Russia's incompetence and corruption will spell its doom.
They need western guidance systems tho. And its worse than that, its the celebration of fields and bombed out buildings at this point. As for China i think Putin is fooled by this temporary Chino-Russo alliance. Xi's own economy is more dependant on the West more then ever, he will back stab Putin when he gets the chance i am sure of it.
Agree completely. The mandarins in Beijing are licking their chops each passing day this war—er, “Special Military Operation”—persists, awaiting their propitious moment to pounce on the Siberian territories they’ve coveted since failing to seize them back in 1969.
One thing i noticed about the Chinese is they love money and gambling. Russia has cheap resources, but in the west is where the money is made. They rather go roll their dice with the west then trade with Russia and the now almost worthless ruble. Also China has done this before, after the Vietnam war ended they invaded their ally Vietnam themselves after it was weakened. And also the Soviet-Chinese border conflict is a good indicator that China will strike if it feels its neighbour is weak enough.
Yeah i am expecting for the Russians to leave an escape route open for the Ukrainians to withdraw and escape intact. I don't know why the guy gets so excited about this tho. When was the last time the Russians encircled Ukrainian units? It was only at the start in Mariupol because Ukraine was caught by suprise. The fact that everyone is talking about negotiations means that the war is unwinable and became too costly. Cannonfodder is running out and if Putin and Zelensky mobilise more then they risk riots and a coup.
i think there's still plenty of cannon fodder.
like, you could round up the gypsies and send them over. two birds, one stone. same with the millions of other migrants. they wont do it for some reason though. i wonder why.
Some Pro Zanon tried to tell me the other day that Putin was rounding up all the illegal immigrants and sending them to the front and that white Russians were not not dying and only made up the officer class.
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Please invite Archie Melakoyan
yeah we can do an encore but later ive got 5 ppl on the list atm