If you know some history, you know the Ukranians allied themselves with Hitler and stuck with it all the way to the end. And they were nasty about it. A lot of Uke participation in Einstatzgruppen, etc. They hated that miserable little Georgian and what he did to them.
We all know about the thousands of prisoners the Krauts took in Barbarossa and how close they came. It wasn't the winter that stopped the Krauts, but muddling through logistics, Hitler suddenly deciding Moscow wasn't all that important and sending the Panzers south for 3 months when Moscow was easily in his grasp, the Rasputitsa (the Fall and Spring rains that turn the country into a swamp) and Uncle Joe shooting anybody who even thought of retreat.
What isn't so well known is that Uncle Joe tried to sue for peace at one point and the Russkies' logistics were even worse than the Krauts and the Russkies couldn't go on the offensive until '44 when there were enough trucks and stuff from the US of A to make it possible.
And Mother Russia did even worse in A-stan.
Which brings us to today.
I've linked a video that lays out what's been going on the first day. It don't look too good for Poot.
Think about the business of the airfield mentioned in the vid. Airborne and airmobile troops are supposed to be the best in any army, but they don't seem to have held that field. Also think about the fact the Ukes are fighting back hard. The President may be a crook (and a stupid crook for trusting Brandon), but he hasn't flown to Paris and is rallying his country. He's voided the gun confiscation law and anybody who want to fight will be provided one.
Not exactly South Vietnam.
Also consider what the defense in depth angle means in terms of Russian casualties. It bought Stalin 3 years. It also turned places like Iwo, Peleliu, Saipan, and most of Italy into Hell on earth. Eisenhower lost more men in the hedgerows in 2 months than MacArthur did taking the SouthWest Pacific and the Philippines in 3 years.
What I said a few days ago about Poot not having the men to pull this off may or may not turn out to be the case, but the Ukes are united and Poot is facing a lot of pushback on this. That's important because, while he's not all that popular, he was still rolling along singing a song compared to all of Shih's troubles, the messed-up Olympics being only the latest. Now he's got a mess like A-stan on his hands. Now it's back to the Russians and the Red Chinese, just like the 50s.
When Zippy made his crack about the 80s wanting their foreign policy back, I'll bet he never dreamed he'd have to eat those words. And Brandon has shown once again what a corrupt fool he is and how his insistence he's always right* shows just how wrong he always has been.
Any shakeup in the New World Order just got a big boost if I read the tea leaves right and Idiot trying to put us in the middle of a war with Russia seems to be the icing on the cake.
* Old gag.
I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.
I'm here all week.
UPDATE Another clear, insightful video on the last day's fighting.
I'll keep it brief, but direct you to the facts that the Russians could not take the airfield they wanted so badly, even with VDV (comparable to our 101st Air Assault) troops. The Ukes destroyed it and pulled back; as the narrator notes, this is a major failure.
Also pay attention to the logistics issue, something Russkies have never done very well and how Zelensky turned down the US offer to be flown out of the country (I need anti-tank ammo, not a ride) - how many Democrats would say that?
The projection of a 4 day fight is not holding up (where have we heard this before?) and there is talk of a brokered settlement and, interestingly, Poot's health. There have been rumors he has Parkinson's or cancer and Putin may be suffering from spinal issues, perhaps as a result of previous injuries, which may be forcing Putin to take stronger painkillers that could affect his mental and psychological capacity.
The nature of his address justifying the invasion was a rambling, unhinged Brandonesque statement that raised Western eyebrows.
Which leads us to an interesting situation. What if the US and Russia are both being run by senile old men?
Chew on that for a while.
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Better to be married to Always than Itsmy or Pryciss.
Appreciating the historical perspective offered, along with your present take, edutcher.
When I went to Powerline today, I was surprised to find validation of what I've been experiencing. Ever since 1am Thursday, I've been on the receiving end of some of the livestream links coming in from Ukraine via twitter and reddit, emailed to me by SonM. They provide more and different context from what arrives via MSM news reports. (The same happened with the BLM protests as I watched Kenosha burn in real time). While it's hard to know who or what to believe in the fog of war, what's coming through without media filtration from people who are experiencing it first hand can be hard to watch. It's also hard to dismiss. In Powerline's collection of links, their inclusion of the verbal exchange with the Russian tank out of fuel (labeled "priceless" is telling and fun. " Can I tow you back to Russia?"
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/02/live-from-ukraine-on-twitter.php
From a Feb 10 Reuters article on Macron's take on Putin after their meeting together:
...the sources said Macron had been struck by how different Putin was to the man he had met in his summer residence on the French Riviera three years ago.
"(Putin) gave him five hours of historical revisionism," said one of the two sources, describing how the Kremlin leader laid out his belief that the West had broken commitments to Russia since 1997 with the enlargement of NATO to include former Soviet bloc states.
"So he goes on for hours rewriting history from 1997 on. He drowns you in these long monologues. And the president (Macron) kept on going back to the issues of the day," said the source."
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