Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

Russia's military and military systems are decades behind the West.

Ukraine has a combination of the same gear and limited Western gear, some of which is also older stock, but that limited old stock (old by Western standards) is vastly superior to what Russia has.

The proof is in the pudding, all you have to do is look at a map, the relatively miniscule gains Russia has made in three years, and the casulties it has sustained, the fact it could not establish air superiority, despite being a collossus versus a mouse in February 2022.

Now, what you're trying to do, is twist all that factual reality into a new "fact" - this is all part of Russias masterplan to grind down Ukraine, that it's deliberately "holding back", but no-one in the real world buys that.

These alternative realities are a common trait in those rabidly anti-US people who seem to side with all manner of despotic regimes simply because they're in opposition to US or US-allied interests.

I note you also referred to some people on this thread as "US apologists", interesting way to describe people in Ireland who are discussing Russia's illegal and unreservedly botched invasion of Ukraine.

For example, on the Israel-Hamas thread, there was a small number of people using the exact same language you are using here when referring to the IDF (paper tiger, and the rest), and amazingly, hyping up Iran as a vastly superior military to Israel via invented facts like Iron Dome does not and has never worked, Israel is terrified of Iran's airpower, and all that.

Again, not compatiable with reality either and based on absolutely nothing but an inner fantasy they are projecting outward. The world knows Iran has a ramshackle airforce dating to the 70's and a barely existant air defense system.

The mental gymnastics it must take to actually type out statements like Israel is running scared of Iran, or that the invasion of Ukraine is all proceeding to Putin's masterplan, defy logic.

"I'm off the opinion that if the Western media is reporting a significant artillery overmatch in Russias favour then loss ratios will be equally favorable in the Russian direction."

More word salad. Can you provide a translation in plain English?

Trump has spoken with Putin

All good points.

Trump would do well to remember though that having so many allies, customers and military bases in Europe is a huge benefit to the US. If he alienates other nations (it's not just the EU he's acting the d!ck with) too much he could end up with a situation where they develop much stronger domestic arms production industries and defence capabilities, to the point where they start asking what's the benefit to them allowing the US navy, air force and army to dock in their ports, refuel in their airfields and station in bases on their territories.

He may have been a master strategist when it came to commercial wheeling and dealing, but I think international diplomacy and geo-political manoeuvring are things that a novice octogenarian politician may find himself out of his depth on pretty quickly.

USAID sponsored the maidan revolution. Read all about the the extremists and terrorists sponsored by USAID where the USA wanted regime change. A small amount can go a long way when it goes to psychopaths.

Crocodile tears for Gaza? I suggest you read my history on that thread. You're wrong about that.

I am against genocide in Gaza but am not suggesting sending atacms to the Gazan people to exterminate the 'orcs'. It's a far worse situation in Gaza than Ukraine.

USAID started the troubles in Ukraine. USA money paid for the USA bombs that were supplied to the Israeli's to genocide Gaza.

Anyway… very little point saying anything here. I guess I'm wrong about everything and the saintly Ukrainian's who named so many streets in their country after Nazi collaborator Banderas that Israel complained to them will be victorious against the orcs. No point in rooting for an end to the war when it much better to look at snuff movies and cheer on hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian's to their death except it's much less because despite the balance of power being completely in Russia's favour the Ukrainian's have been killing 100 meat bags/ orcs for every Ukrainian casualty and to be fair the Ukrainian's probably all recover in hospital and grow back their amputated limbs.

Personally, I find it disgusting how people celebrate death and destruction on this thread. It's very sad that people are not shouting for peace in Ukraine instead of prolonging a stupid unnecessary war.

National traits are a common thing and "Russian" is neither a racial nor an ethnic group. Many races and ethnicities exist within the Russian Federation. So go away with your false claims of racism. Perhaps you're using the term incorrectly since handlers told you to avoid the term "Russophobia" since it's on everyone's bingo card for recognising your ilk? Debating in one's second language has got to be tough. Let's try and help you out with a lesson in English:

Coward

noun

1. a person who is contemptibly lacking in the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things.

While there's no doubt that Putin and his siloviki make it dangerous and unpleasant to oppose them, there's also no doubt that they make life deeply unpleasant for the ordinary people they've done their damndest to brainwash for a quarter of a century. That the Russians haven't revolted against him in large numbers makes the majority of them cowards by the dictionary description above.

Your attempt to assert that my opinion can't be taken to be sober betrays you comrade. Outside of your homeland, sobriety at lunchtime is the norm, not the exception (even in a country with a national trait of people enjoying the consumption of alcohol a bit much such as Ireland). Perhaps the word "coward" hit a nerve since I'm sure your compatriots being led to their slaughter by generals using WW1 tactics on the frontlines in Kursk consider the likes of you who do your "duty to the Motherland" from behind their keyboards cowards?

You're not wrong that the US were a late entry into the war but at least their entry to it was on the right side from the start. Let's not pretend that the USSR saw the light and joined the allies out of some damascan conversion. They did it because their Nazi partners betrayed them. Also, don't think your selective quoting of that line wasn't noticed: the UK also supplied USSR with arms and they were involved in the War as soon as Germany and the USSR invaded Poland.

So Putin and his war crime buddies get away Scott free for all their atrocities.

What a terrible deal.

Would that be the cretanous Chomsky from planet Thick-as-a-brick?

The ceding of any Ukrainian territory would be surrender, despite what Trump thinks.

Eastern European countries will know Russia would be back again later for a nibble so are more likely to throw even more resources towards Ukraine than towards their NATO membership.

I'll emphasize as I did with another poster. Russia was the aggressor, Russia invaded and you're justifying preventing states from engaging in basic self determination. If Ukraine wants to join the EU or NATO and meets the membership criteria, they should be allowed. It's called self determination. I would not be proudly justifying the actions of Russia as you are cause there is no justification and you are defending a genocidal state. You oppose Ukraine's right to self determination and to defend themselves from an invader.

incredible developments the last few days. American government ministers saying that ukraine has been set back 100 years by the war, that they were in effect 'hoodwinked' in fighting against Russia, that America are entitled to 500,000,000 worth of Ukrainian rare earths, that ukraine cannot join NATO, that European countries will have to pay for the rebuilding of Ukraine etc. etc. All, before presidents Trump and putin even start negotiating. Dizzying developments. What happens now, what future has Zelensky and Ukraine.

Jesus they are really out today