Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Ukraine: Biden says Putin 'banking' on US aid lapse | DW News" video.

  1. You don't "defeat" an attack, you repel one. Considering that both parties are repelling one another's attacks, it's fair to call the situation a stalemate, or a draw. Having said that, Russia has suffered such staggering losses while having its recent attacks repelled that they have a taste of defeat to them.
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  2.  @levismith7444  China needed no invitation to buy US treasury bonds. I suppose they won't be such avid investors anymore, with so many evergrandes to bail out.
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  3.  @mistressfreezepeach  Kissinger was a self-fulfilling prophecy in this respect.
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  4.  @DennisTheInternationalMenace  Thanks for confirming my point.
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  5. ​ @duncansmith7562  1. Actually, I did a tour with KFOR with bomb damage assessment as one of my responsibilities. I received training for it from the Americans. I'm inclined to believe their reports on Russian losses, because in Kosovo, we found preciously little evidence of Serbian losses as a result of NATO's massive air campaign, and that's what the Americans duly reported. What's your expertise in matters military, if I may ask? 2. No, Russia is begging. Successfully, from rogue states Iran and North Korea, but without success from its erstwhile arms buyers. Russia was meekly asking them if they could spare some of the kit that they had delivered earlier. Pathetic. 3. Russia has no prospect for bringing the war in Ukraine to a graceful end that would justify the immense cost incurred. That's a Pyrrhic victory (read: defeat) at best. Mark my words, sooner or later Russia will ask for peace terms. They won't be favourable to Russia, but Russia will accept them all the same. The question is, will Russia be so broke that once again, the West will need to provide financial assistance?
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  6. Oh, don't you worry. A war-weary and economically-ravaged Russia will ask for peace terms. Undoubtedly those terms will be unfavourable to Russia, but not quite unpalatable considering Russia's dire condition. Historians will be quick to conclude that it amounted to a Ukrainian victory. Did you think every war ends with the capture of the capital of the defeated party?
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