Comments by "James Reefe" (@jpr1370) on "Kyiv Post" channel.

  1. the burning question in the russia military right now is - howdy I get to Kursk - so I can surrender? (And avoid a POW prisoner swap - cause being swapped back is a nightmare)
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  2. putin been screwing up relentlessly for 24 years. past time russians got piss at the serial blunderer. I mean let's face - putin will never improve. putin will never get better. Serial offenders always just keep getting worse.
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  3. Horrid Russia losses is not a problem for Ukraine. It is a problem for Russia. Let Russia worry about it.   The Movie Patton opener. "I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won the war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country". https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxQe7MntLEy3DwhAypYc8AdVww6w2W-sQq?si=kydprjnIs6n6vTRV.
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  4.  @ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available  pragmatic reality. putin’s destiny pursues him. You cannot screw up as often and as bad as putin and expect a favorable outcome. You just can’t
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  5.  @LunarJim69  maybe tomorrow. Maybe tonight.
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  6. 2014 - putin invades his neighbors. 2016 - putin sponsors Brexit in the UK 2016 - putin sponsors trump in the US 2022 - putin invades Europe in Ukraine 2023, Nov - Putin decides to run Jill Stein for US President - Again. 2023, Dec? Putin had a lot of fun at the expense of Europe and the USA. Probably past time to take the fun out of it for him. Raise the costs for his Cat in the Hat Bad Tricks.
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  7. Two minutes in - Ukraine military is going to Lean Process Management. Zelenski makes the classic description of it.
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  8. If you got a plan for victory - no point keeping it a secret.
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  9. Jan 2022 when putin had massed his military on the Ukraine border and in Belarus - it was transparently obvious - putin was about to go to war with NATO and there was no scenario where lowly russia could or would prevail against NATO. russia deluded itself it could prevail because putin had been using nuclear coercion - the nuclear protection racket against the world for 2 full decades at that point. Without a nuclear in hand russia would never had consider to invade Ukraine and in that regard those nuclear weapons served putin - poorly. In 2022 By extension it was nakedly obvious that facing certain defeat putin would be forced to reach for the nuclear weapons card. There was much russia intent troll talk about nuclear weapons and tactical nuclear weapons. There is no such thing as a tactical nuclear weapon. There is only nuclear war. Which with certainty escalates into Global Thermo Nuclear War. Walk the sceanrios. russia uses a nuclear. The west responds not at all or with conventional. Seeing it as weakness putin uses more nucs. Eventually NATO will a nuclear weapon - there is no choice because putin having used one once - won;t be able to stop himself. The west will be forced to vaporize russia west of the Ural Mountains. St Pete and Moscow and anywhere putin could be standing on planet earth will be vaporized. And so it goes.  Putin is not the issue. Why? Because this problem is never going away. Until mankind vaporizes mankind - or - Mankind goes through a Rite of Passage. The Rite of Passage that a million civilizations across the cosmos have gone through - once they obtain the ability to self destruct. Putin is a specific example of the general case. In that regard - Humanity is at the pivot point. The inflection point. We will evolve - or die. Until now humanity seems loath to evolve - fighting it tooth and nail. The day of reckoning may soon be upon us. But this we know now - putin is the Degenerate case for humanity. The failure case. there retrograde case. The Neanderthal Cro Magnon Case. The poster child for humanities inability to progress and inability to self police.
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  10. trump taking power in the USA is the same as putin taking over the USA. No Difference. The mistake trump and putin made last time was not over reaching. Their mistake last time - was they were too tentative. too restrained. They know that now and will not make the same mistake again. last time trump nakedly ran putins foreign policy from DC. I expect much more Overt putin control this time. Consider. putin had all the vision. putin did all the planning. putin did all the logistics. putin did all the execution. trump was just the front man. Now trump gets to take all the bows. everyone fawns over trump. everyone sucks up to trump. nobody give a rip about stinky old moldy putin. See anything wrong there? putin does. Ukraine plight and Europes situation are Identical. If Ukraine mounts an effective resistance against russia - turmp and by trump I mean putin will bring the USA into the war on the side of russia. Guaranteed. ukraine is going to fall if either putin survives past Jan 20 or don trump takes office on jan 20. Gaurantted Ukraine falls. Then putin and trump and by putin and trump I mean option - runs the nuclear protection racket on Europe and takes whatever countries he wants - and forces the others to pay protection - from putin. Set the countdown clock. The free world has 72 days to intervene to save itself. putin certainly - the root cause of all the problems - a single mortal person - has to go. Should gone a long time ago but - Obviously russia does not have the belly to do the job. Biden did his surrender speech on Thursday. So it won;t be Biden. In this war ukraine far exceed the expectation of every "Expert" on Planet Earth. That shows you what expert Option is worth. Nothing. Once again ukraine must do the world's dirty work. only the extraordinary get the calling and only the Extraordinary have the Fortitude and wherewithal to get the job done. There is a Job needs getting done. - Putin - Gone and there is a Hard Deadline. 72 Days. Ukraine can fiddle around blowing up ship in the Caspian - or Ukraine can act decisively - the Tip of the Spear Surgically to end the war. 72 Days . it is that simple. It means breaking the rules. - kind Like Invading Kursk 0- the First invasion of a Nuclear Superpower in Human History. A few short months Later - time to break the rules - again.
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  11. putin always targets conservatives globally - not because conservative are the bastion of intellect and wisdom - because they ain't. Globally conservatives are always - the weakest link. Simplistic of mind and thought singlur ideas - one dimensional. Power lsut and money lust. Not much else - it makes them easy to manipulate. so putin always goes there.
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  12. Russians keep more treasure in Europe protected by NATO than in Russia. Nato protects more Russia treasure than the Russia military. Yacht, Villas, Townhouses you name it. Russia princesses still live the EU high life clubbing in Paris - no idea why the EU allows it. There is War in Europe after all. This free ride for Russia moneyed class - only extends the war by giving the monied a free ride in Europe.
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  13. russia infiltrate Europe? Much good it has done them. The problem? Russia inferiority Complex. putin in power for 24 years has no concept of how to create greatness or even anything good. Same rot as I the Soviet Era. No different. So putin is left to sponge off the accomplishment of others. The problem - the Soviet Mindset. In 1917 Germany pulled Lenin out of a Swiss bar and sent Lenin to Russia to destroy russia. It worked. Judging by events to date - the damage is - permanent. Cannot be undone. russia is permanently damaged. Shocking one guy and an idea can destroy an entire culture. And that is exactly what happened. Name one good thing russia did for mankind in the past 100 years. A tougher challenge - Name one authentic thing russia did good for mankind in the past 100 years. Nothing. And that is why russian infiltrate Europe. China follows a similar paradigm. But - China did build the permanent High Speed Rail Service on Planet Earth - all since 2009. I think China should built it out in Africa and South America - For Free. Gratis. Completemente Gratis.
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  14. You mean can Ukraine's advance be stopped?
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  15. Russia doesn’t want the PoWs back and the PoWs don’t want to go back. Why would they want to go back? They’re in an Ukraine country club compared to life in Russia. And Russia’d just send them back to the front.
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  16. Since 2018 No Other country on Earth did more in the Defense of Democracies Global - than Ukraine. Really? How? Why? In 2018 don trump in service to the dictator putin - executed russia foreign policy out of the US Oval Office in a Elegant Scheme to compromise Ukraine in a multiple dimensions - while aiding russia and subverting Joe Biden in the USA at the same time. How did it work? Don trump did a shake down on Ukraine trying to force Ukraine to announce and investigation of Joe Biden for Burisma Corruption - in exchange for Javelin Missle - need for defense of Ukraine from the russian invasion. Since putin knew about the shakedown it compromised the Ukraine position in pending negotiations with russia about the occupied zones. Because putin knew trump could pull support from Ukraine at any moment. Ukraine detected the stench of putin on it and told BOTH The USA - don trump and Russia putin - NO. Go Pound Sand. Think about that for a moment. Peaceful Ukraine - just trying to make a buck selling grain to parts of the world who desperately need it - Little old Ukraine - Told Both the USA and russia - NO. Tell me what other country on planet Earth could have or would have done that? In 2020 russia - in a an action that in history will be consider one of the dumbest - stupidest things ever done - putin invaded Ukraine - for no reason - other than he though he could do a naked land grab on Ukraine and it would work and he could get away with it. The best day of the invasion for putin was the day before russia military crossed the Ukraine border in Feb 2022. Everyday after that is an unmitigated disaster for russia. Every single day. Since Feb 23 2022 - Ukraine stepped into the breach in East Europe and Gifted to Europe and NATO time - and security. Time for NATO to come out of it coma. Time for the EU to pull its head out of its butt. Time for Joe Biden to figure out the difference between shirt and straight up. Time for Joe Biden to figure outage difference between shirt and Shinola. That gift of two years to Europe and NATO is Gold in their hand. Since 2018 and the turmp shake down of Ukraine - when Ukraine told don trump and the dictator putin - NO. No other country on Earth has done more in the service of Global Demcocracy than Ukraine - None. No one else comes close.
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  17. Did y'all see that russia kept syria as a drug dealing cartel operation? Looks lie that was the sole puporse of Syria. manufacture and distribution of illicit drugs. means putin is no better than a common drug lord. and should be treated no better. Lose of revenue from the lost operations must be astronomical. On the order of oil revenue numbers? Nah. But boat loads of money. With the russian drug oerpation in Sryia out of business - what will the former drug syndicate - do for a living? They will need to find a replacement for the revenue streams - pretty quick. I wonder how Islamic Fundamentalist feel about living large on drug revenues? You wonder why the USA blows up ISIS leaders in the desert - but leaves the russia drug operations - untouched. For at least a decade.
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  18. I'd say if putin is still in power - with millions of russians hating patinas guts - then Ukraine is just going about things the wrong way. plenty of russians have a grudge with putin where putin screwed them over. Find a couple of them and get some action going. putin doesn't has massive security because he loved and cherished by the russian people. putin has massive 24/7 security because he is almost universally hated and despised by the russian people. All Ukraine has to do is - give russians a reason to roll the dice on the post putin era. And Ukraine should be constantly talking about the Post -putin era. In the Post putin era we will do this. In the post putin era we will do that. In the post putin era russia nd europe this in the post putin era Russian and Europe that. In the post putin era russia and Ukraine this and in the post putin era russia and Ukraine that...... Make russians BELEIVE that the post putin era is - Overdue.
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  19. MAGA is trump. putin owns trump. putin owns MAGA by the transitive property. It is that simple. Foxnews is the RT equivalent in the USA. I expect Biden is supplying Ukraine regardless of the public view. it the USA weren't;t supplying Ukraine - they'da run out of stuff already. Right. But - the deal is Ukraine can win 1005 alone. How ? Geurrilla warfare. Mobilize All of Ukraine to conduct society wide - Guerrilla resistance of the russia occupation.
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  20. the problem Ukraine is trying to solve is repatriation of Ukraine land. The war is for Land. The problem putin is trying to solve is to occupy and retain that land. I note that in WWI the tzar got terminated for his failure directing the russia military and the massive losses versus Germany. Ukraine must raise the cost to russia for putin war. terminating invaders on the battlefield is one way. Destroying russia revenue streams - like puts attacks Ukraine grain - is another. Resistance in the occupied regions like the French resistance in WWII is another. But the most effective way to raise the cost to putin is for Ukraine to take land, take ground, take territory. Just as putin knows no limits on his plan to occupy and subdue Ukraine, Assignation attempts, and so on. Ukraine should feel no constraint in Defense of Ukraine. Keep in mind - Ukraine is one of the largest countries in Europe. And needs to act like it. You say russia is bigger. Yeah - but mostly empty. You say russia has more people. - Ukraine only concern is to reduce russia life expectancy in Ukraine to a few hours. Not weeks, not months. not years. Hours. Ukraine has the Right of Self Defense. Ukraine has the right - to Stand its Ground. Ukraine chooses for Ukraine.
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  21. putin is russia's fidel castro. a man on a mission - to nowhere. putin will die knowing his goals will be realized in just one more week.
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  22. Ukraine must accept mental its new role. Ukraine is a player in Europe. Powerful in its own right. The most powerful battle tested military in Europe. NATO support is good and welcome but the bare fact is Ukraine does not need NATO to defeat russia and end the occupation. Media and Bureaucrats want to focus on big budget military - expensive flashy systems. and world war style conflict. But the bare face is - the paradigm for Ukraine is Afghanistan and not WWI. WWI is massed militaries in trench warfare fighting war of attrition. That benefits putin. That is not the path to victory for Ukraine. The path to Ukraine victory is the Geurrilla Warfare. Small Cheap and Effective.. Geurrilla warfare and insurrection inflicted on a russia military no more capable than the one that capitulated in Afghanistan. Fact is the Taliban model is - undefeated. The USA used it in the War for Independence and with the French Leader Marquis de Lafayette defeated the most powerful military on Earth at that time. Mujahadeen outlasted russia. Taliban outlasted the USA. Toyota Pickup is the Taliban fighting vehicle. Talban - two guys two up on a two wheeler in robes wearing sandals with RPGs, AK,s and IEDs to light up russia convoys throughout the occupied zones. Drop bridges to meed logistics. Hit and run. And Ukraine innovation. Drones. Sea drones. Flying drones. Innovate. Improvise. No Safe Haven. For russians in Ukraine. And there is absolutely nothing putin can do to stop it. Nothing.
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  23. Can putin be stopped? I'll say it again. "Does a wild bear ashit in the woods?" Why could potion be stopped? putin is not a very bright guy. I'll tell you why. Putin: - got russia kicked out of the G8 - day 1035 of putins 3 days war. - got Ukraine elevated to a major player in Europe. - got Sweden and Finland Both integrated into NATO - In Record Time. - figured out how to get nuclear armed russia invaded by a neighbor he said he would defeat in 3 days. A feat every conventional typical war expert on planet earth woulda said was impossible the day before it happened. Now it is historical fact. The first invasion of russia since WWII. It is a bold Ukraine vision unique in Europe and NATO. - figured out how to get Top Tier Nuclear Armed NATO countries to authorize the use of their weapons inside Nuclear Armed russia. - stole $2.5 trillion from russia and stashed most of it in Europe. Now Europe is using it to bankroll the Ukraine War Effort. - Sacrificed 800K russian casualties face down the mud of Ukraine - wasted 3/4 of russia real military capability to take maybe 10% for Ukraine in 1035 days that he said he'd win in 3 days - figured out how to destroy the russia energy business with Europe. Can't sell gas in Europe - now threatens to cut off gas to Moldova. Further reducing revenue? - figured out how to get the russia navy to flee Ukraine ports in Crimea - partnered with Iran to start a Hamas war in the middle east to distract Europe and Biden from the putin disaster in Ukraine. (It worked 100%) - but then - Lost Syria - figured out how to drive russia birth rate negative. - got a $10M yacht - he can;t sail anywhere cause he wouldn't;t survive the trip ? ? ? - got villas and houses in Europe he cannot visit because he got himself banned from Europe. - went pan handling to North Korea to get North Koreans to die for his war for no reason in Ukraine.
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  24. putin said, "The war ends over my dead body" The russia people who hate putins guts say, ""Your proposal is accepted"
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  25. Nope. You need know k=nothing about putin to defeat putin. You need only know your own mind the outcome you desire and then move inexorably toward that goal. In plain fact, putin is irrelevant. Misguided respect and admiration and reverence for putin - is the product of pro putin propaganda and only serves him. The speaker intros article is a victim. It is exactly the wrong approach. completely wrong.
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  26. Europe sending troops to Ukraine to fight Russia is a WWI idea. Europe should never fight WWI for a second time in Ukraine. It only helps russia. Fast forward to The Gulf War. 2 August 1990 – 17 January 1991 Operation Desert Shield. 17 January – 28 February 1991 Operation Desert Storm. The war was televised live on CNN. CNN told us the strategy - directly go after Command and Control. Air Superiority. The Gulf War is the Template. Not WWI. punt wants to fight WWI because it is the only scenario where he has a chance to prevail. Ukraine has a better idea. Skip the Front. Hit the russia navy - directly - in port or on the water. For two years russia did missile bombardment on Ukraine. Now Ukraine uses russia size against russia - to hit russia military sites across russia and in Crimea. Directly. That is the way to do it. You know it is effective - when the USA calls and asks you to stop hitting russia oil business. That tells you your idea was a good one and effective. Very Effective. If russia can do missile strikes on Ukraine - then Ukraine has the right, the duty, and the obligation to strike bac.k. If russia targets Ukraine grain, then Urkaine can target russia oil. The USA called the wrong country. Crying to Ukraine about Ukraine hitting the russia oil business. If the USA has heartburn about it - call russia and ask them to withdraw from Ukraine. If I am Ukraine - I make no token strikes. Every strike is part of a plan that takes me closer to a tangible goal. With laser focus. Good job Ukraine - Do not fight WWI. If Europe wants to help - then Europe can mobilize to help Ukraine hit russia command and control - just like in the gulf war. Go after command and control.
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  27. Ethnic Tensions in Russia Are Boiling Over. Don't. Throw a few logs on the fire. Russia is too big. And the most diverse. Russia should probably be 17 different countries. One countries in the East called West Korea. On Central Country called North Kazakstan. Then 5 more countries west of the Ukraine Mountains. One called North Georgia. Another called East Ukraine. Another called East Finland. One Called East Baltic and One called Boyarland. and 10 more.
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  28. day 684 of putin's 3 days war - everyone in russia knows it was a stupid idea. Like dumber than dog dirt. But - they expect Ukraine will fix its own problem and not expect the russia people to solve it for them. Because that is not how russia is wired.
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  29.  @thesolarengineer  At this point putin is fortifying his location - in Moscow - meaning he is ftelingthe heat personally. Keep in mid - putin made million of enemies in russia. A lot of people want a piece of putin before he cashes in his chips.
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  30. Gas light BS. trump is the face of Putin's war on the West in the USA. trump is Putin Sponsored.   Jul 27, 2016, Russia if you're Listening...I need...You will be rewarded. And ptuin was rewarded with trump running Putins foreign policy out of the US Oval Office including the Ukraine Arms for announcement of Investigation shake down scheme that got trump impeached.  ALFA Bank Trump Tower Spectrum Healthcare datalink. pin is galled by the fact he got caught. Still galls him. pin is still running from it - trying to discredit the exposure. Why? Because getting caught is what amateurs do. Saying trump is better for Ukraine than Biden is identical to saying Putin is better for Ukraine than Biden.   Total Gaslighting BS Nonsense. Idiotic. Imbecilic. Moronic.
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  31. General Zaluzhny sounds like General Miley crying the blues about how it is a tough fight. The idea of win or loose is the naive idea. For Ukraine the goal is to exponentially raise the cost to Russia for invasion of Ukraine. Right now the problem for Ukraine is Russia runs the protection racket to constrain the conflict to Russia liking. To constrain NATO and the EU, Russia promise to escalate if Ukraine and NATO step outside of Russia carefully construct parameters. Parameters that only favor Russia. If there is stalemate it is only because NATO and the EU go along with it and then put constraints on Ukraine to follow the rules - and Ukraine goes along with it.  The secret - Russia fears escalation and NATO and the EU fear escalation. That is the trump card Ukraine holds. Escalation of the conflict. On purpose of inadvertent. Ukraine position is incredibly strong - If Ukraine folds - then putin is on the doorstep of Central Europe and a much greater threat. Ukraine holding the breach is Gold in the hand of Every EU leader including Orban and Egrogan. They count on Ukraine stable rational behavior every day. With Ukraine holding the breach - they can talk and act big. Ukraine folded and it is a new ball game. NATO says to get help - you must allow Russia to invade you - but you cannot enter Russia. - WTF is that? Clearly Russia has never mined the fields in Russia - so If I am Ukraine. I drive into Russia and come at the Russia military lines in Ukraine - from the rear. How else would you do it? Drive through 20KM of mine fields. I don't think so. Then hear a US general at the pentagon say - Oh, no. You mustn't do that. That might piss off putin. If I am Ukraine - I figure out ways to piss off putin - every single day. Drop the Kerch Bridge. Cut all rail lines between Russia and Ukraine. Liberate Ground held by the invaders since 2014. Synchronized waves of drone mayhem over Russians in Donsek City. Dam the Dnipro at Kherson and drive across to Crimea. Pick a single occupied location in Ukraine and make it uninhabitable by the enemy.  If you shoot me power grid - I will shoot at yours. And so on... My ace in the hole? Escalation. Find a way to escalate. Use the doctrine of Stand My Ground, The Right to Self Defense, and Hot Pursuit of Criminal Enemy invaders and allow them no sanctuary. And so on... Seems like there is abundant unexplored ground worth examining that can benefit Ukraine.
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  32. putin is trapped in a war he started but cannot end. The fine line putin walks is to constantly provoke Europe and NATO - just below threshold that causes Europe and NATO to act decisively. Because if NATO acts decisively - putin who can barely mount a war in his border in Ukraine - will be quickly and decisively overwhelmed by NATO using air power forcing putin to resort to nuclear weapons resulting in the vaporization of Moscow and St Petersburg.
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  33. russia spies in NATo militaries? Then why didn't russia know Ukraine was about to invade? Guess those spies are worth less than we thought.
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  34. Ukraine can ask the USA - are you OK, if I ask China for Help? China? Yes China. The last thing China wants is trump to win in 2024. and the last thing China wants is russia to prevail in Ukraine. Am I sure about that? 100%. putin has a gift for killing business with the West. And China has a trillion dollar per year trade surplus with th e USA and Europe. All putin can do for that is fork it up. And that I amber odf 100% sure about. How? name 1 thin. One single thing that putin ever did - that benefited mankind. Yes. That's right - absolutely forking nothing. Never. Not once. Why? he does not know how to. Why? putin is infected with Soviet malignancy. The cancer of Soviet mindset. There is nothing more self destructive than the soviet mindset on planet earth - unless you live in North Korea. Always remember - in 1989 - Russia could go full democracy in social and economic partnership with Europe - ands failed. russia, putin Failed to Seize the day. And now russia circles the drain. China? wanting to circle the drain with russia? Why? Why in God's name would China with a trillion dollars per year trade surplus with the USA and Europe - choose to flush that all down the toilet - for russia? 5000 years of civilization - China learned a thing or two. Like don't follow the clueless soviet relic down the toilet. I am pretty sure Ukraine can get some help from China. All you gotta do is - ask. Tell them - fair deal now - partners for life.
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  35. Um, Ukraine can now lay waste to russia positions across from Kherson. it is the place closet to Crimea and furthest from russia.
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  36. russians want to win the war - not lose the war. Does Ukraine want to win the war? is Ukraine afraid to win the war. Is Ukraine afraid to do what is necessary to win the war. Is it conceivable to a Ukrainian who lived during the Soviet Occupation of Ukraine - that Ukraine can win the war? or is putin doing a gaslight on Ukraine to convince Ukraine it cannot win - inspire of all of the overwhelming evidence that Ukraine is the dominant force in the war. Once Ukraine decides it can win- Ukraine will do the necessary to prevail. Walking a low cost low risk strategy to prosecute the war - will only take you so far in life. Although I must say in recent months - Ukraine is getting far more efficient at actions that russia has no defense for - geurrilla ops and insurrection and resistance are all improving. And that is a path to victory - that russia has no answer for and cannot defend against. Ukraine must raise the cost to russia so that Russia will never again consider to invade Ukraine. It is done through insurrection and resistance.
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  37. I fully expect Biden to supply Ukraine - unconditionally. Biden has a constitutional mandate to defend and protect. I do not believe that a blockade in Congress relieves him of that duty. It is simply a matter of US National Security. Biden has no choice but to supply Ukraine. Unconditionally.
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