Do you remember our proxy war in Ukraine, in which NATO pits its wits, logistics and manpower against Russia? Sure you do. That said, how's it working out for us? Good question.
The Russkies wren't the force we (I) were expecting, and the Ukrainians were and are a testament to NATO leadership. As LL put it, the Russkies should've cut through them like a "knife through butter." And they didn't.
That said, UKR's fabled counteroffensive fizzled miserably last year and it seems the Russians are learning; off they go, capturing towns and villages on the Kharkov front. What does this mean? I'll go out on a limb and call a significant Russkie breakthrough, with UKR lacking men and material to plug the gap. You see, as they rush reserves to Kharkov what have they got in Dontesk. Not so very much.
Russian TOS-1A "Solntsepek" and MLRS "Grad" fire on the positions of Ukrainian Forces in the village. Belogorovka.
— -- GEROMAN -- time will tell - 👀 -- (@GeromanAT) May 21, 2024
(Seversk Bulge) pic.twitter.com/xM1hS1uPfg
Of course this dismal state of affairs could be reversed if we went all-in and mobilized for war, Russia wouldn't stand a chance against the whole world, minus China, Iran, India, North Korea, maybe Turkey, Brazil et al. So, with the BRICS equation in mind, it'd be a close run thing. And then there's Europe.
The once vaunted UK can field a single, yes, one, and this is pathetic, all arms division. What about France? They can't even control their few remaining island colonies. Then there's Germany, that massive fighting force. Spain, Portugal and Ireland aren't even worth mentioning. So, if it wanted, a battle group/brigade could invade Gay Garden Europa and win? Heck, why not, what would stop it.
But maybe Poland will save us. And that's just it, stop dreaming. NATO is America and when that stops, as it must one day do, what then?
Your Call,
LSP
Draft all the politicians, of all genders, who are responsibility for this mess and send them to the front. Who would win? All the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteYou expected a feasible suggestion?
Politicians gathered in their masses.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we could all move to Switzerland. They must have cable TV by now.
ReplyDeletePoland is lost. The EU forced the right-wing conservative government out and now there's a more-EU friendly lefty government that is fully into cozying up to the EU bureaucrats.
ReplyDeleteSo, no, you can count on some or many of the Polish people, like you can count on the non-city French, but the Polish government, not so much.
The Russians have gains and will continue to fight to the last peasant. Do the Ukrainians on the front line think that the war can be won? That's the big question. Once they doubt that trading their lives for somebody else's real estate isn't worth it, they'll make a run for the OTHER border.
ReplyDeleteThese folks were all over the place when I was in the Balkans in 1996. I wonder why we (or I) never see them on the media etc.
ReplyDelete“Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe”
OSCE
https://www.osce.org/
Really … it’s as if I made this up.
Seamus, it's no easy thing. And oh my, let's put an end to gender based violence, pronto.
ReplyDeleteKyrie Eleison.
Very good call, LL.
ReplyDeleteThe Russkies went into this weak, imo, expecting a slighter battle, and have learned since.
I saw the Polish thing, Beans. Huh.
ReplyDeleteWill the Poles go to war for their rainbow rulers? Hey, they're the last real army Gay Garden Europa has.
So maybe they will.
I love Switzerland, Ritchie, it's like a postcard.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking that, Wild. I suspect you're psychic.
ReplyDeleteI think, WSF, that that's an excellent solution.
ReplyDeleteMy wife would probably say you misspelled "psychotic", sir, and she's NEVER wrong, God bless her.
ReplyDeleteWild, your wife, as mine, is ALWAYS correct.
ReplyDeletehttps://t.me/apwagner/23993?single
ReplyDeleteThanks, Anon.
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