20099

I used exactly the same source as you used further up the thread to roundly disprove your assumptions about the state of readiness of the mobilised troops. I see no source presented by yourself to disagree with Perun’s statements in his video about such readiness states (other than your simplistic bold assumption that it must be so) so it’s difficult to “dismiss any sources” you have presented.

20100

True, though more like 1918. We declared war in April, 1917 but Pershing’s AEF didn’t really become combat ready until the next year IIRC.

20101

What is the world coming to where Russia has to get weapons from Iran.

20102

I can’t imagine Israel is going to sit around and let Iran field test Ballistic missiles that were developed to attack them.

20103

Rather than speculating about the Russian mobilization, let’s at least hear what the Russians are saying - not that they are to be trusted but that they let slip an enlightening detail that they have no reason to lie about:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/28/russia-mobilization-complete-war-ukraine/

So good right? Here’s the tell though:

“The average age of those mobilized is 35 years,” Shoigu added.”

Thirty five years!? That’s terrible. The average age of a U.S. army soldier in WW2 was 26. I think this one stat alone tells us how this is going. If they mobilize this supposed million, what’s the average age going to be - 45, 50, 55?

20104

One would also think they wouldn’t do the same things Nazi Germany did to them to another race, but here we are. I’m afraid Netenyahu is too buddy buddy with Putin to lift a finger to help Ukraine at all. Those two are like twins.

20105

He’s an Iran Hawk first and foremost - the slightest hint that Iran is getting one over on Israel it’ll be blood in the water. He can’t afford that.

20106

Missiles don’t grow on trees.

20107

As much as I like the idea of their neighbours eyeing Russia’s resources, any action in that vein is how we see what strategic weapons deployment looks like.

20108

I assume the Pentagon is secretly in the tank for Ukraine. /s

Yeah, an offensive into Russia is a whole different animal. Even before you consider their nuclear arsenal.

China or the US could do it, but neither wants to. China can use economic levers to get anything they wanted much easier.

20109

The thing is, Russian propaganda did a good job explaining how some places that are not technically part of Russia should be Russian. If Ukraine gets back all its internationally recognized terriotories it would be the biggest loss for Russia sinceб I don’t know, WW1? Well that was quite different as technically other states did not annex Russian territory at that time, so… I dunno, even in the Russian-Japanese war Russia didn’t technically lose territory but rather revoked claims on part of Sakhalin. I’m not sure, might be the first time Russia loses territory to another state since the 18th century.

20110

Depends on what you consider territory. Territory you don’t control and never controlled is rarely considered yours as a rule.

But it is kind of hilarious that they’re the ones that set up this historic failure, so I’m fine going along with it.

20111

Now that I think about it Soviet Russia technically lost half of Belarus and Ukraine to Polish imperialist aggression in 1921. But it was a time of civil war, Poland basically started to establish their borders, and both Belarus and Ukraine were kind of independent states at the start of this war. Not sure if it counts, Russians certainly don’t reminiscent of it. Even Russians who don’t like Russia rather remember Russo-Japanese war or Finnish campaign.

But in any case, it would be fun to see all the mental gymnastics explaining the biggest failure in a century. Putin once said that the Fall of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century. Will he be able to beat this record?

20112

See, it’s a very complex but devilishly clever plan to modernize Russian forces.

  1. Lose all your old crap.
  2. Order a bunch of new stuff.
  3. ?
  4. World domination!
20113

Something is happening, or about to happen in the Kherson region. Too many pessimistic messages on Russian Telegram.

Update - there are a number of reports of Russian troops blowing up bridges and fortifications north of the Dnipro, among other things.

20114

To be sure, I think that part of the tweet is rather nonsense right now.

The important part and the reason I posted it: confirmation of the depletion of Russia’s missile stockpile.

20115

I figured as much and didn’t put any real stock in that comment, but I felt like I had to comment on it :)

20116
20117

Have they also started running short of windows?

20118

There are windows in cars, so you can beinf the window to the…errr…guest…