Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "Fareed's take: The West risks failure in Ukraine" video.

  1. You have hit the nail on the head with this very spot-on analysis of what is happening in the Ukraine. What is hardest of all for the Ukrainians of course is for oridinary people to endure the senseless constant shelling, missile attacks resulting in loss of precious infra-structure, appartment buildings, and entire cities turned into rubble. Not to mention of course the horrendous loss of life in the cilivilian and military sectors. Wars are traditionally unpredictable, but I think we have reached a new era in how wars are going to fought in the future. FOs are now drones and drones can be shot down, but no one is hurt or killed anymore reporting on enemy positions. The drones also give coordinates that are so precise artillery can zero-in on enemy targets kilometers away. What does all this mean? It means the war in the Ukraine is not going to drag on for years----in my humble opinion and I have no military experience---but what I think we will see is when the Urkainian armed forces go on the offensive----and they will need a 3 to 1 advantage before they can do it----they will be able to drive quicker and deeper and more ferociously into enemy lines than in conventional warfare of bygone years. Once Russia loses Mariupol or another major city it has decimated, the balance of fighting will tilt in favor of the Ukrainians and force the Russians to retreat to their border. We are probably going to see Belarusi send the first salvos of nuclear-armed missiles because they have certainly already been delivered to Lucanshenko in spite of what Putin says. Lucashenko will be the willing or most probably (unwilling) fall-guy and this will give the Russians the excuse that it wasn't them who ordered the nuclear strike. Fareed, we have to prepare for limited nuclear war from now on, because it is going to be Putin's last ace in the hole---and to stay in power and not lose face he'll order Lucashenko to let fly these missiles of indescribable destructive capacities that will incinerate whole cities. The only thing Putin and Lucashenko don't want to think about---let alone talk about---is that the west is not going to stand around and do nothing when mushroom clouds hover over the land: it will give back whatever Putin throws at it. The human community has reached the threshold of a new era of atomic war; it is now visible on the horizon; it's the unfortunate destiny of the human race for deciding if the world goes on as an autocratically-led planet or where democracy has the final word.
    13
  2.  @joepro3562  GGGGGGGGGGGGreat to hear from you. You are right and it scares anyone to think of anything that even sounds like an atomic bomb. We live 2,000 kilometers from Kiev and it feels like the war is getting closer by the day. Lucashenko was recently on TV saying Russia should use its nukes. There comes a time when you realize that this is going to happen sooner than later. We have to accept this outcome and not cave-in when they use these weapons of mass destruction. We have to let the Russians know that we are ready to handle whatever they throw at us. This is the only language they listen to. Ukraine is the determiner of whether western cilivization continues on or not. What the Ukrainians need are bombers, why a western country isn't giving them at least one bomber is something I will never understand?
    1
  3.  @francisconzaupuna1175  GGGGGGGGGGGreat to hear from you. You have a point; it's certainly going to be difficult to drive the Russians back to their border. But this war changes the rules; FOs are now drones and relay information back to waiting artillery batteries. This war is going to be a battle of the best high tech. No one has ever been able to predict the outcome of the war, but I think we are going to see more and more upgraded weapons systems playing a key part in deciding who wins or loses.
    1
  4.  @rkpriest6614  GGGGGGGGgreat to hear from you. You are right. The war needs to stop. The Russians won WW II; no one is saying they are not using the best equipment and hi-tech drones. There is a problem with this war from the Ukrainian point of view: they want all of their territory back in Ukrainian hands. For Putin however, this is unacceptable. Zelensky and Putin need to see eye to eye for the war to end 87% of Ukrainians do not agree to giving the Russians land for peace. It of course means it will be a war of attrition fought hard and with devastating consequences for both sides. The million dollar question is who is going to win...
    1
  5.  Armando Tarziu  GGGGGGGGGGGreat to hear from you. Please use the English corrector. You need to have English written for everyone to understand.
    1
  6.  @karsaorlong3761  GGGGGGGGGGreat to hear from you. War is impossible to predict. We are going to see the first nuclear war according to some experts and this will mean that both sides will have horrible losses. It's a new era in fighting a war.
    1