Ukraine (54 Viewers)

[Crzycjunx76]

I think it was a couple videos, one of them being the Speak the Truth video I posted (or the one I watched and didn't post). And yes, you can't just up and decide to throw an army together and it be effective. They are reservists and will need some training. They also don't have any equipment that isn't 20 years older than they are.

And they will be throwing themselves at a supremely well supplied, well trained and coordinated, combat tested force, defending their home and soveringty.

How long can Putin feed the meat grinder and not lose support at home and/or with his military leaders.

 

[SamAndreas]

I think it was a couple videos, one of them being the Speak the Truth video I posted (or the one I watched and didn't post). And yes, you can't just up and decide to throw an army together and it be effective. They are reservists and will need some training. They also don't have any equipment that isn't 20 years older than they are.

I watched the parade this morning, and in it were a handful of modern tanks, and a few other modern vehicles that have been developed years ago but have not been manufactured in large enough numbers to be deployed.

This was the tank I saw, the T-14, this was the 7th year that the tank has been in the parade. They planned to have over 2,000 of them by 2020, but they only have made about 20 of them thus far. Apparently the turret design of the T-14 would fix the problem of the ammo cooking off that blows the turret high into the sky that has been ruining the old T-72's that they have thousands of.

They have that problem of their government gangsters stealing too much of their annual military budget to build a modern army.

T-14 Armata - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[rail]

 

[Eeyore]

Front row to see Gallagher?

 

[SamAndreas]

 

[Tapxe]

Front row to see Gallagher?

‎The Russian ambassador to Poland was doused with paint, which symbolizes the blood of Ukrainians. The shameful reputation of infanticides will now haunt Russians around the world‎

After translation according to the search returned to me.

 

[Sailorsaint]

And I want to know what is going on in Germany. They had a planned, peaceful protest in Berlin against the war and Germany banned the use of any representation of the Ukrainian flag to be shown. Along with other banners such as the swastika and Russian battle flag.

 

[rail]

 

[BooBirdSaint]

This one maybe ?




I'd generally agree, you can't just will an army into existence.

Think of how long it took the US to get going in WW2 before the first major offensive - it was nearly a year (Operation Torch, November 1942). And we had plenty of advance warning and had started preparing well before then - at least as far back as mid 1940. So it was more closer to two years.

Mobilization and modernization won't help their ineffective leadership. Ukraine has had less of everything in this war (except Western Anti-tank missiles) yet their leadership and esprit de corps of their troops have smashed Russia at every turn. At whatever point Russia declares victory they will be hanging on by a thread because they lack leadership and their troops don't believe in what that ineffective leadership is selling.

 

[baarbogast]

This is why dogs are man’s best friend.

 

[Sailorsaint]

 

[SamAndreas]

 

[Zztop]

here is a video of the Russian ambassador mentioned above ^

 

[sfidc3]

Good for Poland....I mean at least to me it's pretty clear what Putin is doing, it happens here in this country as well....accuse others of doing exactly what you are doing.....

 

[mjcouvi]

So your solution is to "close ranks" and let the under-supplied, over-matched Ukrainians deal with it?

Question...if your child is friends with another child who is being bullied, do you tell your child " dont get involved" or do you tell your child " stand up for your friend"?

When figuring out where moral lines are drawn, I look into myself, and I ponder philosophical questions about how to capture the place for those moral lines.

Ukranians are in trouble. Newsworthy narratives don't capture the origin of what's happening. If one looks at this problem and cannot discern America's role as some part of the source of it, then I don't think one is being honest about the whole situation and I don't believe this American-nationalistic-based thinking provides useful solutions. I simply don't buy the American anger over the situation as legitimate when there are things this country could so obviously do to save lives, only by changing policy.

I think that the metaphor you provide is not particularly relevant, but I'll answer. I would tell my child it is his or her choice, up to his or her judgment, and he or she should think about it thoroughly prior to taking action, because actions have consequences that are more complicated than the immediacy of what one would like to achieve.