re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Despite that we expanded it to the point of preparing to include Ukraine. I don’t agree with Russia invading Ukraine, but the writing was in the wall when we continued expanding east.

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I love how this is always framed as the US "expanding" east as if we are conquering these independent countries and forcing them in

As opposed to independent countries and people's with their own free will and agency who freely chose and pushed for entry into NATO

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So basically the same situation that we faced in Iraq instead we captured Baghdad in under a month and Russia got defeated going for Kyiv

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Yes

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and has decided to move to a stalemate just waiting for a peace where they get to keep what they currently hold

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It's not a stalemate, they'll probably take most of the country when this is done.

The Russians have an overwhelming advantage in firepower, and they have very short supply lines, fighting where they are in eastern Ukraine. The border is very close, and they have good roads and close rail lines. The Ukrainians are aware that losing territory will endanger Western support, and they understand that they probably won't recover anything they lose, and so they've committed to try and holding every inch of Ukrainian territory against the Russians, even if the terrain doesn't favor it. The problem, is that this has resulted in a largely one-sided exchange of casualties which will eventually break them, and that's what you're seeing now.

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Interesting dichotomy there between military capabilities

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On the other side, we could not fight a conventional war like this for this long. Our industrial base could not support it.

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As party of that same deal, we guaranteed Russia that NATO would not expand east. Despite that we expanded it to the point of preparing to include Ukraine. I don’t agree with Russia invading Ukraine, but the writing was in the wall when we continued expanding east.

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Please provide a link to the signed treaty supporting this statement. You can't because it wasn't part of the agreement.

This is what the agreement that was signed by the US, Russia and China provided for from Wikipedia

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According to the three memoranda,[6] Russia, the US and the UK confirmed their recognition of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine becoming parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and effectively removing all Soviet nuclear weapons from their soil, and that they agreed to the following:

1) Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders (in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act).[7]

2) Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the signatories to the memorandum, and undertake that none of their weapons will ever be used against these countries, except in cases of self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.

3) Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus and Kazakhstan of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind.

4) Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used".

5) Not to use nuclear weapons against any non - nuclear-weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, except in the case of an attack on themselves, their territories or dependent territories, their armed forces, or their allies, by such a state in association or alliance with a nuclear weapon state.[8][9][10]

6) Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments.[11][12]

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and they have very short supply lines

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It's over 4,200 miles from Pyongyang to Dontesk

ETA: It's only 1,100 miles from Tehran though

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I love how this is always framed as the US "expanding" east as if we are conquering these independent countries and forcing them in

As opposed to independent countries and people's with their own free will and agency who freely chose and pushed for entry into NATO

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Russia is an authoritarian kleptocracy. 30% of their population lacks toilets. 40% of their roads are unpaved.

The "deep-thinking" mid-wits seem confused as to why European countries look west instead of looking to Russia.

IDK, maybe being tolerant of the gays is better than shitting outside?

Russian Railway Has a Shortage of Locomotives Due to a Lack of Imported Parts

Western sanctions on high tech equipment and new or replacement parts for locomotives have reduced the Russian state-run rail system's ability to move freight.
by Kyiv Post | February 7, 2024, 3:27 pm

Russian state-run railroads suffer from reduced freight capacity due to Western sanctions on parts supplies that reduce locomotive engines available for cargo transport, especially in the last six months.

Since the end of 2023, the state-owned Russian railway (RZHD) has been facing a shortage of locomotives, as the volume of rolling stock repairs and their duration have increased significantly due to a lack of sanctioned imported parts.

The RZHD report is confirmed by sources of the Russian publication Vedomosti.

According to the representative of the state monopoly, the situation “particularly worsened” in the fourth quarter of 2023 and now RZHD is trying to solve this problem with service companies “as quickly as possible.”

The source explained that nominally there are enough locomotives for cargo transportation, but in fact the ability of the Russian railway to transport them is decreasing.

The Sverdlovsk railway suffers the most due to massive downtime of locomotives in repair.

The Kyiv Post

Question. Why do you want Russia to overrun a sovereign country? Does it please you? Russia claims it’s fighting Nazis but they sure are doing some Nazi shite just rolling into other countries and claiming them as theirs.

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I love how this is always framed as the US "expanding" east as if we are conquering these independent countries and forcing them in

As opposed to independent countries and people's with their own free will and agency who freely chose and pushed for entry into NATO

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Yeah. Eastern Europe didn't have a choice in being Soviet satellites, but they sure didn't want to face that threat again.

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My ultimate top line reason, the neocons are evil, and they are impoverishing and destroying this country. I want them to lose, and I want to see them run out of this country.

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Is Joe Biden, Barrack Obama, or Hillary Clinton neocon?