re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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You have an incredibly defeatist attitude.

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I’m not involved in the war in any way. I’m just an outside observer.

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If you can't win, why even play the game right? You think fighting back is pointless if you can't win?

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Your argument here lays bare your complete ignorance of geopolitical matters. The fact I’ve already on multiple occasions explained why suing for peace is sometimes the better move than to continue fight only makes your ignorance look worse because now you’re willfully ignorant.

First, you have to understand the nature of what war really is. War is a means for one nation to compel another to do something it would not necessarily do otherwise. I’ll give you a simple example:

Let’s say tomorrow the US demands Canada ceed British Columbia to us or we will invade. Canada rejects the demand and we invade. Canada resists, taking and causing terrible losses for both sides. But the US keeps advancing. The US has a much larger capacity to absorb losses than Canada. The US has much more military power than Canada. Within a few months it’s obvious the longer the fighting continues the weaker Canada will become and the more of British Columbia the US will take. It’s at this point Canada would be better served to sue for peace and begin negotiating an end of the war. You see, most wars end with a negotiated peace. How those negotiations go depends on the relative strengths and weaknesses of the negotiating parties. When peace talks do start, each country wants to come to the table to begin talks from as much of a standpoint of strength as possible. If one of the countries, Canada in this example, is losing negotiating power daily on the battlefield as long as the fighting continues, then they’re only hurting themselves by continuing fighting.

If you’re really a “fan” of Ukraine, then you’d be honest enough to asses the situation and conclude Ukraine has nothing left to gain and much to lose by continuing the war.

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I have no love for Russia. I’ve hated Russia since I was an 18 year old zit faced tanker in West Germany waiting on the Soviet 5th Shock Army to storm through the Fulda Gap. But I’m sorry, the only ones who benefit from this war continuing is Russia and Western politicians and defense contractors pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into Ukraine to keep an already lost war going. I’m sorry, that’s just the cold hard truth.

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We may disagree in general, but I appreciate your background and general lack of the Russian troll style responses, that have become so common in here, in your disagreement.

Genuinely asking because I’m interested, I have no point to make, but from what we’ve seen so far from Russia does it at all alter how you saw the Cold War? I respect your belief Russia will inevitably win, but the publicly available evidence they’re doing so very inefficiently paired with your experience has me interested. Genuinely curious because you lived it about as close as you can, at least that’s how I take your post.

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He thinks Ike was a pussy.

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Nah, OML is just inconsistent with his logic.

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If you’re really a “fan” of Ukraine

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At least the fatass reddit posters had the nerve to follow up on their convictions, and go try to fight.

Americans love war that kills other peoples kids.

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So long as they don’t directly attack a member of NATO, it is not inevitable. You need to convince me that Putin is a Hitler or Stalin before I think that’s inevitable.

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Putin has likened himself to Peter the Great who began the Russian empire that grew to encompass modern day Ukraine and the Baltics, which are NATO members…

That is one big dog.

Is it me, or all these people taking CIA/State Department crazy pills? Kissinger - who I respect but disagree with - is even on the side of no US involvement. But CircleK who apparently sells oil field equipment is all on board.

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No. I didn't.
You did, and you continue to.

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Not at all. You lied. You don't respect borders.

You only "respect borders" when its politically expedient for you.

Youre a hypocrite which isn't news to you.

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If you’re really a “fan” of Ukraine, then you’d be honest enough to asses the situation and conclude Ukraine has nothing left to gain and much to lose by continuing the war.

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But you are looking at this from only one point of view. By the same Clausewitzian metric, does Russia have anything to gain by abiding by any peace? They've been seemingly able to withstand sanctions, have more manpower, have key resources that parties not directly subject to the war need, and have a leadership structure that can withstand public pressure. What incentive do they have to abide by any peace agreement at this moment?

Another thing I want to ask you is about battle rate casualty patterns. The estimated rate for offensive operations depends on the specific theater, but in urban operations it is estimated that offensive operations will have a rate of 30-50 casualties per 1,000 troops per day. For defensive urban operations, the estimates are between 10-15 casualties per 1,000 troops per day. The estimates we have from sources for the Ukrainians suggest between 200 (around 6,000 a month) and 1,000 (would be around 30,000 a month, which beggars belief), are we seeing casualty pattern rates above estimates for defensive operations for the Ukrainians? And are casualty rates for Russia far lower than 30-50 casualties per 1,000 troops?

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You type well. I'm guessing 80 words per minute.

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Do you need me to type slower so you can catch up? I can 'hunt and peck' like a retard boomer so your lead-ridden brain can understand it too. I'm a man of many talents.

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Good. Lets do that all across the board. Start by returning all native land, including national parks, to the natives.

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?????????
Europeans took the land. The US bolted and we took some more,
That’s how things worked back then. Was it “right”? No.

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We promised Hungary help in a coup against the Soviets in 1956, and Ike chose to protect the American population and taxpayer first. That's why he's considered one of the best.

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And Russia kept pushing in Europe, Asia and in Cuba.
After decades of the Cold War do you think we saved money?