Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Daly and Wallace cannot see ( or don't want to see) the forest on account of the tree's.

Very interesting points. We've heard a lot about how this invasion has only led to the expansion of NATO on Russia's borders despite that being used as a pretext for the invasion. This is the first time I have seen anyone point out that the Demilitarization of Ukraine, as a pretext has also spectacularly back-fired. He's right too. Even going back to before the invasions in 2014 - I heard on a podcast recently that the UAF at that time only had a few thousand active servicemen. That grew rapidly from that year on after the initial invasions and absolutely exploded in growth since the full on invasion.

Nobody has done more for the militarization of Ukraine than Vladimir Putin.

Do you think Russia will continue to leave its border and towns defenceless against further raids? Will it have to assign forces to protect it? Or keep back a reserve to respond more quickly next time?

And that will mean less troops actually fighting in Ukraine.

He Also came out and said the F16 training had already began only for the Americans to come out and say no it hasn't.

Safe to say that this is Likely not true or no where near the number he claimed

Clip from Daly's appearance the other day. She's campist-splaining to an actual Ukrainian refugee....

Russia has 2 million reservists just sitting around really that could be sent to the front but haven't?

Sure they do.

Also, we don't know how many casualties were actually taken by the raiding force as opposed to what Russia claims.

diversionary attack 

Definitions of diversionary attack

1. noun an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack

diversionary attack

An attack wherein a force attacks, or threatens to attack, a target other than the main target for the purpose of drawing enemy defenses away from the main effort. See also demonstration.

Examples from history:

Waterloo 1815. Napoleon launched an initial attack against the chateau on Wellington's right in order to draw reserves away from the allied cantre. (Unsuccessful)

Chancellorsville 1863: Lee launched ongoing demonstrations against Hooker's Union forces to keep them from noticing the large scale flank attack that was coming. (Successful)

Normandy 1944: The German response to the landings was delayed because of Hitler's conviction that the Normandy operation was a feint and the real attack was still to come.

And every man sent to protect the border is one less man that can be sent to Ukraine (if not actually deployed from there). Simple maths. Less Russians in Ukraine makes it easier to liberate.

The men in the first raid chose their entry point perfectly: protected on one flank by a river meant their retreat back across the border could be carried out relatively easily. Yes, I'm sure lives have been lost on this activity but they've also managed to:

• Kill Russian soldiers
• Destroy Russian equipment (apparently including taking down a military helicopter)
• Promote insurgency among their fellow Russians
• Distract Russian command from activities in Ukraine
• Blow up the local FSB headquarters
• Re-define the battle lines for Russian command - now they have a much larger border to worry about.

In a war where thousands of infantry have been sacrificed at Bakhmut in order to grind down multiples of their own losses from the Russians, equipping some Russian born soldiers with light arms and a few vehicles to carry out these raids seems a relatively cheap win.

I just saw Clare Daly's face again. Now my day is ruined.

A country with 2 million reservists that it can trot out as needed does not look to prisons for bodies when they realise they need to ramp up the numbers.

This war has also been massively dictated by information, misinformation and propaganda. And for every story that gets spun about how these raids are only going to lose them favour with western allies, there's as many and more talking about how Russians are likely to start realising that they are not invincible within their own borders, and more worryingly for them, the western support has not dried up, and if Biden's recent comments are anything to go by, the support will continue and Russians should be worried

It is totally irellavent where they came from . The point being made by Tow is that the photo is a set up or equivalent. He made a very good shot at it with photos of backup points to back up his argument.

The conclusion for that debunking is very dubious.

For every single life lost, be it Ukrainian or Russian, Military or Civilian, every single one of them put the blame squarely where it lies, on the evil head of Vladimir Putin. And no one else because he gave the orders.