Russia - threadbanned users in OP

we are no longer neutral then we are the mammy of Nato, a warm jumper and a hot meal for all

From a strategic position Russia should have been able to take Ukraine in 2-3 days. Whats happening now is that the Russian Military is an embarrassment to Putin which is unfortunate as he will raise the stakes to save face and will result in more desperate attempts to take Ukraine(chemical warfare/whatever it takes).

Isn't he something like the most popular pundit on TV over there? It's like they are on another dimension that fragmented off reality sometime in the mid-90s. Is he just a professional contrarian? I grew up in the 1980s and I just can't get my head around Americans sitting in front of the TV and some dick is telling them to support Russia.

I’d say tripping over themselves to distance themselves from Putin now. From what I can gather amongst the grass roots republican Putin is a red rag to them. Traditionally they were fiercely anti communist/Russian so it would appear that natural instinct is still there and/or at least a return to it.

I also feel this has massively dented any hopes trump had of 2024. His Putin links will be thrown in his face at every juncture but will stuck much more now as Putin is in the front of world subconscious

I guess given the names many would have assumed he and the producer are Ukrainian?

Thats the part I dont get. Mc Carthyism still lives on in the grass roots Republicans. They fear the big red devil however Putin is the total opposite of what communism stands for. ...

Thats the difference between the US & Russia.

In the states you get a choice of what BS you watch......and you probably have to pay for it.

I think it's simple enough, the us, the west and the global capitalist liberal system, has the current world map tilted in their favour. It's in their interest to get through these rough patches without being forced to make any major moves or take risks. That is what NATO is hoping for, committing forces in a conventional war would tilt things slightly in china's favour. Both sides playing a very long game, Russia is just a stooge .

I'd say that these foreign mercenary's fighting with the Ukrainians have contributed massively to the sudden increase of the Nr of Russian senior army officers deaths... worth expending 30 cruise missiles on, which shows just how desperate they are getting.

President Zelensky said that Russia suffered more losses during the war in Ukraine than during the 2 wars in Chechnya

I think it's worth remembering what happened when Russia invaded Georgia. George W. Bush sent American troops to the capital of Georgia and Russian troops started to retreat. The US said they would not act to protect Georgia directly but if they were attacked or threatened they would respond. They also sent a flotilla of ships carrying aid, protected by the navy.

Cheney leaked that cruise missiles were locked and loaded…. and putin retreated…..

It was well co-ordinated, Condoleeza Rice publicly leaked that Lavrov demanded, during a private phone call, the removal of the democratic government as a condition for peace, but that she insisted this was not negotiable. The Georgian government were still there after the Russians left.