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Re: Ukraine
« Reply #210 on: March 31, 2022, 09:24:05 pm »
I agree with our enemies:

https://vdare.com/posts/cnn-talking-heads-none-of-them-american-born-you-must-believe-u-s-intel-on-russian-military-failure

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One talking head (Blitzer, I believe) said that U.S. intelligence claims that Vladimir Putin is being misled by his military leaders into thinking Russian forces are doing better than they really are. Blitzer and his guest talking heads explained that Putin has been dictator for 22 years, and people are afraid to tell him what he doesn’t want to hear.

And yet, the very same segment, with Amanpour doing most of the talking on the ground in Ukraine, showed that Russian forces have devastated the country.
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The segment also showed a huge, bombed-out apartment building, and aerial photos of a new Ukrainian city laid to waste (Irbin), and mention of the destruction the Russians have inflicted on Mariupol. Then there’s Kiev, Kharkiv, Volonavkha, etc. If that’s a failure of the Russian military, what would count as success for it?

So far, Russia has destroyed a lot of infrastructure on Ukrainian territory, whereas Ukraine has destroyed no infrastructure on Russian territory. Similarly, Russia has captured Ukrainian territory, whereas Ukraine has captured no Russian territory. By either of these serious measures, Ukraine is losing and Russia is winning. Absent a Ukrainian counter-invasion into Russian territory, this will continue to be the case. The only way Russia can be said to have lost this war is if it ends the war with less territory than it started it with. So far, I see no sign that anyone even seems interested in making this happen.