Putin doesn't need cheerleaders. He needs troops that will fight with the will and determination of the Ukrainians defending their country,
Which he has in abundance in comparison to the Ukraine.
I notice he's had to open Russian prisons to get enough troops, and almost a million young Russian men have fled to the west to avoid conscription. That's pretty grim for Putin.
Yet despite this narrative the Russian Military continues to grow and I have not seen the sort of forced conscription used in Russia that Ukraine has used in order to get recruits. This is why I don't take you or Neocons like you seriously. You're living in a world where Russia is Soviet Union and Nazi Germany combined, and Putin is in the Bunker on meth unable to perceive reality. When it's actually you who is unable to see the reality. Russian society is largely unified around Putin, the same can't be said of the USA which is not having much success in being able to recruit. Perhaps because people don't want to fight brown people in the Middle East so the rainbow flag can be flown in Kabul.
Running low on ammunition. But now more is coming. Not a very good sign for Putin.
And you think it's enough? Aid resolutions take time and the West has continued to admit it does not have the production capabilities in order to actually support Ukraine in terms of Military aid. Like I'm curious what you think the Ukrainian path to victory is. If they lose what will you say? Will you actually question your worldview? Probably not. You're the type of Neo con who would say the USA didn't stay in Afghanistan long enough.
Most of whom are not fit for combat,
Russia sent hundreds of thousands of troops into its war in Ukraine and suffered immense casualties. Some were drawn from prisons, both officially and through a private military company called the Wagner Group. With the support of the Pulitzer Center, Simon Ostrovsky and Yegor Troyanovsky...
www.pbs.org
Most are not convicts. Most new recruits are volunteering and receiving at least a years of training. Ukrainian soldiers do not have that luxury.
Women, children and old people. But the young men are fighting. In Russia, nearly a million of them fled to avoid conscription.
And? You keep repeating yourself. Men have been fleeing Ukraine as well and Ukraine even has women on the frontlines. Being an Egalitarian I'm sure you think this is a good thing, but I am not an egalitarian and do not believe women fighting on the frontlines of any conflict is a good sign. You present a simplistic narrative of Russians fleeing Russia in droves but they aren't. Russian society is largely stable. The predictions of Western intellectuals that the Russian economy would fall apart and Putin would be ousted have been proven to be wrong.
Hitler used the same arguments Putin is using. And the difference is, the world isn't standing by enabling Putin. Appeasement never works. If he can conquer Ukraine, other nations will be next. And the Ukrainians don't need soldiers; they need ammunition to defend themselves from the aggressor. Im tired of it and so are most people. It gets old every time its used.
Again, not every leader is Hitler and I am tired of Neo cons like yourself arguing that every enemy the USA fights is Hitler. I would also remark that fighting Hitler in WW2 didn't actually work out well for Britain or Poland and instead of making a smart decision to build up and deal with a power they were unequipped to deal with they did the stupid decision and guarantee Poland.
Ukraine does need soldiers and quite desperately but I suppose you're the type to actually believe Zelensky when he says they have only lost 310000 troops. But the scenario you are presenting where Putin gets wins and then proceeds to march to Berlin simply won't happen. There's no strategic reason to do so and drag the world into WW3. You get tired as a Neo con of constantly propagating conflicts by intervening in regional disputes which shouldn't really concern you. But I get it, Americans must dominate the globe and all other regimes besides the USA have been evil and are evil and must be inevitably destroyed. It's how empires operate, but it's never worth it, the cost in lives and the human misery it brings. It just makes things worse.
Awww... he's mad and calling names. A good troll never lets his intended victim to make him so angry he can't think straight.
Again, it's magical thinking to believe Putin would just end this conflict. No ruler would do that, especially since I believe the battlefield conditions favour him and he knows he it. This is why negotiated settlements where both sides don't necessarily get everything they want can be beneficial and actually end a conflict. But your terms, the terms of the USA, are basically your way of the highway. In that effort you will allow Ukraine as a country to die, economically and it's people. Not to mention that if the Ukraine were to win militarily it would cease to be Ukranian inevitably as Western influence forces the country to encourage the immigration of foreign non-Ukrainian populations into the country as is happening in a good deal of Europe.
We see your denial, but your behavior gives you away.
Again, I'm not a Putin shill no matter what you say. He's made mistakes and Russia has made mistakes throughout this conflict. It doesn't change the overall trajectory of how things will end and the fact that Russians are capable of learning from their mistakes in this conflict. One of the interesting things is that this is actual war, with frontlines, defensive positions and some parity between forces. We haven't seen conflict like this since WW2 so all sides are learning things about what is actually needed to achieve victory. The Ukrainians and the Russians. This is what war forces on both sides, to improvise and out maneuver the opponent and make the most out of the military and political situation.
I bought into the western side of this conflict in thinking Russia was going to lose this conflict but I saw the predictions of the West fall apart and the things they promised would happen haven't happpened. I have been proceeded to hear contradictory accounts about the war and what's happening. You can think what you like about me, but at least I'm not a Neocon shill.
We don't need to intervene. As Zelensky said "I don't need a ride, I need ammunition." Which is not an unreasonable request for a nation fighting an aggressor.
Actually it is, especially if he loses. Because the conditions imposed on him and the Ukraine will be harder than they otherwise would have. Strategically it makes no sense for Ukraine to be anything other than a neutral country. Spheres of influence are a real thing and you may crow on about how countries can determine their own foreign policy but they can't. Big countries ultimately determine what little countries are able to do.
But you can't. For reasons everyone now understands.
At this point, it's pretty clear that you worship Putin. We all get that. Seriously, what distinguishes you from any other Russian neocon at this point?
Except I don't worship Putin. I have listened to criticism of him and largely agree with it though not from a liberal western point of view. More of a reactionary dissident right point of view. I find with Putin he is an older style of liberal leader within the Russian context who in his historical reading of things tries to tie the Soviet Union in with Russian history generally. I can perhaps understand the sentiment but cannot agree with him and his reading on certain aspects of history. At the same time he is at least a man who has thought about history and his nation's place in the world as a nation. He doesn't look at Russia as an economic zone to be bought out by foreign buyers (like in the 90s) but a civilization he has some duty to. I can respect that in Putin if nothing else.
Also, when I call you a Neocon it is not a slur but a genuine description of your position. I was listening to a debate between Scott Horton and Bill Kristol the other day and it reminded me of our discussions here. You virtually have every position Bill Kristol does and that should terrify you if you have any ounce of libertarianism left in you. But I suspect you don't, like most Americans when war comes you fall in line and then 5 years later when it was revealed to not be worth it and a waste of life and time, then and only then, you regret it. Like coming out a drug fueled orgy, it felt good at the time but looking back on it, it just wasn't worth the stds and the crippling Meth addiction. Go listen to that debate if you want to see yourself reflected in Bill Kristol.
