The Economist is laying the groundwork for US/NATO/EU to force Ukraine to take a negotiated settlement.
And was absolutely pointless. Thank God noone does mechanized or airmobile warfare any more.So Zelensky wants to build about 1,400 miles of fortifications ... right now ... in the middle of a war.
The Maginot Line was 280 miles long and took France 9 years to build in peacetime.
They gonna build it out of air dropped pallets of $100 bills?So Zelensky wants to build about 1,400 miles of fortifications ... right now ... in the middle of a war.
The Maginot Line was 280 miles long and took France 9 years to build in peacetime.
Minus 10% for the big guyThey gonna build it out of air dropped pallets of $100 bills?
We need to build that on OUR southern border.So Zelensky wants to build about 1,400 miles of fortifications ...
Kill 10...
That's the very same sort of BS that Washington has been peddling since the Korean War.
May be we should ship some of our invaders to Ukraine to help the war effort ?
So Zelensky wants to build about 1,400 miles of fortifications ... right now ... in the middle of a war.
The Maginot Line was 280 miles long and took France 9 years to build in peacetime.
Hell if that's an option I can build Ukraine a fleet of Metal Gear for only $2 billion.No, he just wants the money to pretend build it. He doesn’t really plan on ever building anything.
It’s over! Ukraine won! Ah, the sweet, sweet smell of victory. And you didn’t even notice how fast Ukraine won, did you? Pay attention, silly.Over the past year — with U.S. military support flagging fast on Capitol Hill and Zelenskyy’s once-vaunted counteroffensive failing since it was launched in June — Biden has shifted from promising the U.S. would back Ukraine for “as long as it takes,” to saying the U.S. will provide support “as long as we can” and contending that Ukraine has won “an enormous victory already. Putin has failed.”
For fun, take a quick moment and imagine, if President Trump had said it, how differently Politico would have reported a quote that “Putin has already failed.” On second thought, don’t aggravate yourself. Anyway, deploying a hopelessly mangled anonymous quote to avoid sounding negative, Politico stated the obvious: As usual, Biden is lying about what’s really going on, as though “politics” were a complete justification for the moral failure of lying your butt off.Some analysts believe that is code for: Get ready to declare a partial victory and find a way to at least a truce or ceasefire with Moscow, one that would leave Ukraine partially divided.
On a quick aside, what on Earth does “granted anonymity” mean? How does keeping the speaker’s name out of the story help protect the integrity of peace negotiations? Here’s an idea: a quick way to improve the psyop media problem would be to reject the use of shady “anonymous” sources. But I digress.“Those discussions [about peace talks] are starting, but [the administration] can’t back down publicly because of the political risk” to Biden, said a congressional official who is familiar with the administration’s thinking and who was granted anonymity to speak freely. The Biden administration can’t appear to be handing the advantage to Putin after insisting since the war began in February 2022 that it stands fully behind Zelenskyy’s pledge of victory over Moscow.
Note the explicit recognition that Biden’s political fortunes are tied together with a good result for Ukraine.Biden faces political peril if the war goes badly for the Ukrainians.
A shift to defense could buy Ukraine the time it needs to eventually force Putin into an acceptable compromise (by) allowing the Ukrainians to conserve resources while making future Russian progress look unlikely. The European Union is also raising the threat of expediting Ukraine’s membership in NATO to “put the Ukrainians in the best situation possible to negotiate” with Moscow.
Ukraine buys 50,000 women’s military uniforms
Last month a Ukrainian MP said the government should consider drafting women if necessary in the conflict with Russiawww.rt.com
“For the first time, the Ministry of Defense purchased 50,000 sets of women’s uniforms, 100,000 electric heaters, and 15,000 active headphones,” Defense Minister Rustem Umerov wrote in a Facebook post on Monday.
Last month, Ukrainian MP Inna Sovsun said the government should consider drafting women if deemed necessary. She suggested the provision of uniforms for women as among the preparations needed to implement the plan. Last October, requirements for the military registration of women with a medical degree entered into force.
She would not even take a reduction in the bribes and payoffs she gets for supporting the war.
I think that was supposed to say front of the line to fill his pockets with stolen cash.Zelenskyy is on the front lines 🤣
Is that for all the trans women?
Ukraine is a bust out scam to launder money and weapons donated by the West. The longer the war, the richer the payoff for the elites.Ukraine apparently views losing the war as a negotiating advantage.
Ukraine obviously does not consider the possibility that Russia will give an ultimatum rather than negotiate.
And our stores of ammo are disastrously low... how convenient.Ukraine is a bust out scam to launder money and weapons donated by the West. The longer the war, the richer the payoff for the elites.
And our stores of ammo are disastrously low... how convenient.