Ukraine Always Get What You Want

It's a fundamental tenant of Populist GOP beliefs: Whatever Dems are for, the GOP must be against.

Ukraine better find a way to win before President Orange reclaims the White House next year.

 

One interesting thing (I said interesting, not necessarily good) about the Trump era is the resurgence of Republican isolationism Bob Taft would have been proud of. I don’t think it was any kind of grand strategy on Trump’s part, but he brought back something that Regan appeared to have buried for good.

 

*tenet

He won’t.

 

It’s overt populism.

 

Former NATO Chief: Trump Could Sabotage the War

 

Journalism!

 

The Pentagon released footage of the Russian jet colliding with our drone over the Black Sea.
Also reports that the Russians are already in the area where it went down, finding bits of it and making a show of force about recovering it. We wouldn't have any way of getting salvage equipment in there to get it unless Turkey consents to let us in.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...showing-collision-with-russian-su-27-released

 

I don't know if we're this forward thinking... but any chance we put up a decoy of sorts that we wanted the Russians to take down?

 

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Xi, Cast as Peacemaker, Wades Into Russia’s War in Ukraine

 

Not great.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/13/ukraine-casualties-pessimism-ammunition-shortage/

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine — The quality of Ukraine’s military force, once considered a substantial advantage over Russia, has been degraded by a year of casualties that have taken many of the most experienced fighters off the battlefield, leading some Ukrainian officials to question Kyiv’s readiness to mount a much-anticipated spring offensive.

U.S. and European officials have estimated that as many as 120,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or wounded since the start of Russia’s invasion early last year, compared with about 200,000 on the Russian side, which has a much larger military and roughly triple the population from which to draw conscripts. Ukraine keeps its running casualty numbers secret, even from its staunchest Western supporters.

 

OK

 

Any estimation that has 120K vs. 200K is so suspect, it's laughable.

The whole Russian doctrine has become throwing bodies at the problem. And those are the estimates thrown out there?

GTFOH.