A public poll by PBS. The article is linked.
"Something you pulled out of your backside"
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Was there a vote on this by something other than a twitter poll or whatever random numbers that you are allegedly quoting? As far as I know, the Americans didn't go to ballot so anything as close as 1% difference is meaningless. Give us links to something solid (and preferably not something that you pulled out of your backside)
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If US gives up,then everyone else will too
Other countries won't have the luxury of giving up. Poland won't be giving up, Finland won't be giving up, the Baltics wouldn't be giving up, Sweden wouldn't be giving up. Basically, every country laying in any way east of the old Iron Curtain line has good cause to be wary of a Russia seeking to reassert its Cold War era sphere of influence and could not afford to sit back and let it happen.
But this isn't even to mention that there are going to be a few times when what the military-industrial complex and what is morally correct align, and this is true in the case of Ukraine. Since that is one of the big money interests in the USA, they will have the lobbying power to ensure that aid to Ukraine continues, no matter who control the United States government. Additional to that, it remains that there is geo-political interest in the U.S. continuing to back Ukraine. A Ukraine which chases Russia out of its country, and becomes a member of the collective West would be a useful and relatively stable ally, especially after the rebuilding process was completed, and all of this achieved with no American soldiers deployed.
So, if Putin is waiting for U.S. interest to wane over Ukraine, he may be waiting a while.
"Americans are about evenly divided on sending government funds directly to Ukraine, with 37 percent in favor and 38 percent opposed, with 23 percent saying neither. The signs of diminished support for Ukraine come as President Joe Biden is set to travel to Poland next week
38 is a higher number than 37. Americans in the majority don't support funds being sent to Ukraine .
Just as I stated.
That poll you quote says evenly divided on financial aid. So, no, not 'more'. Evenly divided doesn't equal 'more'.
This is exactly what Putins war of attrition is about
He knew the US would slowly get tired of the support and elections coming up soon as well.
If Ukraine doesnt soon have a counter offensive and succeed in it,i think this war will end negotiating about the remaining occupied areas.
Ukraine only have one shot at this this spring/summer.
weaponry yes
Sending money no not really
Facts? Every attempt to increase aid to Ukraine by the current admin has succeeded. As they say here, anything presented without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
More are against than in favour. Others don't care either way
No, 2 is not a majority view in the US.
2 is correct also.
It will be a lot less difficult than bridging a river. Premade steel bridges dropped into place will make it easily navigable.
Of it was supposed to be a tank trap there should be 2-3 drains like it within 100 metres. The advantage of they would be that you would trap tanks and vehicles between the barriers. You could mine the areas in between. Even at that you need defensive positions just behind them.
Basically it's only a field drain. It's neither a defensive trench or a tank trap IMO
If it's wide enough, you need to bridge it, you can't guarantee that a hit from artillery would crater it sufficiently to allow vehicles to pass without some sort of mechanical intervention... which causes a choke point...
Bridging it also provides a point of weakness... allow people to cross thinking it's OK .... destroy it an create a no mans land of artillery...
It might look stupid, but will definitely be difficult to navigate under fire. Only way round it is having fire control which requires longer range weapons.
The doctors may as well put those years of ballistic injury experience from gangland crime to good use. I wonder if we'll see any interference from Orwell Rd.
Wounded Ukrainian soldiers being treated here in Dublin,not something you expect to see too often,
If it is a single, shallow and clearly visible trench on its own then ite probably not much use. But if its a part of a system of defensive fortifications then it make a bid difference. That pictured trench is a funny one, but given that the Russians have shown that they can build proper defesive lines elsewhere, unless the troops there are all mobilised and have limited training or command, I doubt they would be stupid enough to think thats sufficient.
As others have said it could be a tank trap or a forward observation post. Potentially it is an attempt to lure in Ukrainian fire and so waste their ammunition. Plenty of reasons to make it beyond it being an ordinary infantry trench.
The West need to come together as a whole and basically give an ultimatum to Russia, leave Ukrainian sovereign territory/cease hostilities/stop committing genocide (phrase it as diplomatically as they want) or else Ukraine will be provided with anything and everything they need/request to defend themselves.
I'd certainly like to see any money seized to start to be used to purchase arms for Ukraine. It's almost like Russia believes when the war finally ends, things can go back to normal. Russia will get back their seized assets, sanctions dropped etc... It seems lately the political pressure on Russia has lost it's voice.
Even if there's an eventual end to this war, as long as Russia keeps Ukrainian land, it will just enable the next authoritarian regime to do similar to another country etc...
Which probably translates as brought to a forest. A big hole dug and bullet to the back of the head.
Filtering and re-education camps something they have been doing since the invasion,we will eventually hear they were transported to Moscow and put on trial for crimes committed against Russians and sentenced to life in prison
This is depressing. Rwanda 1994 all over again. And the western world and EU just stand back and watch Russia do it.
+1000 for the Dune reference
They still serve a purpose , protection from artillery and if you can't build defensesive walls or burms you go low and build trenches,you can still move men and supplies through trench systems,
Surely trenches are useless? With drones nobody has to worry about elevation or line of sight ?
More on the extensive trench network the Russians have built in Ukraine,
Could well be laying down fiberoptic broadband for the Ukrainans, but we all that's not true 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Russians film their own tank getting hit
Well, they were trying to save a few bob on the cement...so instead of 3 to 1, its 9 to one... definitely not the same standard as the US ones in Afghanistan. They will last for many years yet.
Who was it who said that would be a 3 day operation, or 10 day day operation? For sure, the Russians had apparently only planned for a short military phase of their plans for Ukraine and did not expect to be bogged down in the Donbas a year later, but which Russian official said these exact words, or was it something being bandied about by talking heads on those ridiculous Russian propaganda shows on their state network?
Were these notices posted on 1st April?
So instead of an expected counteroffensive in the south, the Ukrainians are going to swarm the boder to the north and make blitzkrieg run for Moscow?
History repeating itself after a fashion...when a massive trench and fortification system was built to protect France from a German invasion after the first world war.
Its a slow war day so heres a message from Darth
https://twitter.com/DarthPutinKGB/status/1643879572516093953?s=20
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