what i find amazing is that the west expects Ukraine to single-handedly take down russia -- to oppose which NATO was in fact conceived. do you really think after Ukraine wins we will need NATO? or we would ask for permission to reinstate our nuclear program? like, literally - _why_ would we?
ps.
all the west's hand wringing over possible nuclear attack looks extremely hypocritic -- taking into account the support (and arms) it provides to Israel which uses it to attack russian bases in Middle East -- with no nuclear attacks so far.
The point of no return was in my opinion passed on the day Kherson and Zaporozhzhia were annexed. Once these territories became formally a part of Russia, it is hard to imagine that Putin would agree to withdraw from them. And Ukraine of course cannot agree to an agreement that would require them to withdraw from a large chunk of territory that they control even today.
Ukraine lacks the resources, manpower, willpower, or military competence to keep fighting successfully. Russia can't keep it up forever but they don't have to. It's a no win situation ending in surrender, partition, and an accelerated Weimar period for Ukraine or total occupation/vassalization after the front collapses
Yes, I do have something to say: The West should do its job and give Ukraine the weapons and leeway it is asking for, unless and until it says it is ready to do a deal. Otherwise, Western countries are risking exactly the sort of outcomes I warn about toward the end of my essay: (1) A Ukraine unbound, fighting by methods which will backfire on the West, or (2) an insurrection that continues the war against Russia. Really, I'm not sure how you think any of these recent events undermine my point (and, sorry, but the front is not "collapsing").
Western aid wont make a difference, and all the "Tankies" are gonna be proven right when this war ends with a shattered nation full of heavily armed fascists screaming for vengeance. Ine of which would have happened without Maidan which, even of you discount the false flag stuff, was useless for the cause of Ukrainian working people or independence
In lieu of spending your days rooting for a country to be overrun by an avowedly genocidal state, one which you have no apparent personal connection to and even less knowledge of, might I suggest finding a hobby?
I'm not rooting for shit. I was and in my own way still am pro Ukraine, but I dont like being lied to. I dont like being duped into supporting nazis. I dont like everyone in thought I could trust turn out to be dupes too, and I dont like smug liberal hypocrites posting distortions of reality
You are supporting nazis. Moscow is home to both old classic and neo Nazis of the world and the epicenter of the Nazi-Bolsheviks. They call themselves NazBols. They chanted "Russia for [ethnic] Russians, Moscow for moskovites" in the 1990s, now they are running the country where I live and you have never been to for real (Moscow is not Russia). BTW: You recognize that chant?
You're typing here like you have served in a military for 20 years, and not like an armchair anonymous troll who has never been to Russia or Ukraine, nor could find Ukraine on the map without google it in 2021.
what i find amazing is that the west expects Ukraine to single-handedly take down russia -- to oppose which NATO was in fact conceived. do you really think after Ukraine wins we will need NATO? or we would ask for permission to reinstate our nuclear program? like, literally - _why_ would we?
ps.
all the west's hand wringing over possible nuclear attack looks extremely hypocritic -- taking into account the support (and arms) it provides to Israel which uses it to attack russian bases in Middle East -- with no nuclear attacks so far.
The point of no return was in my opinion passed on the day Kherson and Zaporozhzhia were annexed. Once these territories became formally a part of Russia, it is hard to imagine that Putin would agree to withdraw from them. And Ukraine of course cannot agree to an agreement that would require them to withdraw from a large chunk of territory that they control even today.
Early ‘22?
Maybe check this out if you're interested in actual critical engagement https://www.philippelemoine.com/p/the-russo-ukrainian-war-and-the-end
Ukraine lacks the resources, manpower, willpower, or military competence to keep fighting successfully. Russia can't keep it up forever but they don't have to. It's a no win situation ending in surrender, partition, and an accelerated Weimar period for Ukraine or total occupation/vassalization after the front collapses
Lot of unexamined assumptions crammed into that paragraph.
As the front collapses and Ukrainian men become scarcer, do you have anything to say?
As the "Victory Plan" has been rejected, do you have anything to say?
Yes, I do have something to say: The West should do its job and give Ukraine the weapons and leeway it is asking for, unless and until it says it is ready to do a deal. Otherwise, Western countries are risking exactly the sort of outcomes I warn about toward the end of my essay: (1) A Ukraine unbound, fighting by methods which will backfire on the West, or (2) an insurrection that continues the war against Russia. Really, I'm not sure how you think any of these recent events undermine my point (and, sorry, but the front is not "collapsing").
You expect people who have to be kidnapped off the street to go fight are gonna resist of their own accord?
Western aid wont make a difference, and all the "Tankies" are gonna be proven right when this war ends with a shattered nation full of heavily armed fascists screaming for vengeance. Ine of which would have happened without Maidan which, even of you discount the false flag stuff, was useless for the cause of Ukrainian working people or independence
In lieu of spending your days rooting for a country to be overrun by an avowedly genocidal state, one which you have no apparent personal connection to and even less knowledge of, might I suggest finding a hobby?
I'm not rooting for shit. I was and in my own way still am pro Ukraine, but I dont like being lied to. I dont like being duped into supporting nazis. I dont like everyone in thought I could trust turn out to be dupes too, and I dont like smug liberal hypocrites posting distortions of reality
You are supporting nazis. Moscow is home to both old classic and neo Nazis of the world and the epicenter of the Nazi-Bolsheviks. They call themselves NazBols. They chanted "Russia for [ethnic] Russians, Moscow for moskovites" in the 1990s, now they are running the country where I live and you have never been to for real (Moscow is not Russia). BTW: You recognize that chant?
I have no illusions that Russia is a)Nazi free or b) genuinely anti-fascist in word or deed
Enlighten me
You're typing here like you have served in a military for 20 years, and not like an armchair anonymous troll who has never been to Russia or Ukraine, nor could find Ukraine on the map without google it in 2021.