Comments by "Louis Giokas" (@louisgiokas2206) on "New Russian Tactics: Glide Bombs and Double-Tap || Peter Zeihan" video.

What I find interesting is the targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure in the hopes of getting your adversary to surrender. How did that work in WWII? How about Vietnam? It kind of shows your adversary how much of bastard and an existential threat you are to them. Kind of the opposite effect that you are going for. Those resources should be targeted at military targets. In the end, the purpose of a military operations in a war is to destroy the opposing military. Once you have done that you can walk into whatever territory you want. The best example of this was Operation Barbarossa in WWII. The initial goal was to do just that, destroy the Soviet Army. The Germans were wildly successful at that at first. They just underestimated the size of their opposition. They really started to take it on the chin when they tried to hold territory simply because Hitler didn't want to give it back. His generals were constantly rebuffed when they asked for permission to withdraw to more defensible positions. Despite a kill ratio of about eight to one, they suffered defeat after defeat. There is a good parallel here. The world press and commentariat make a big deal out of the few places Ukraine has had to withdraw from (Bakhmut and Advika) recently. Neither of these were significant, and quite frankly the cities and towns along the front lines are no more valuable than the farm fields and forests around them, except that in some cases they provide some cover. Ukraine has done it right and used these situations to attrit the Russians and then move back to prepared positions. What they need now is air power to help them take advantage of situations for counterattack. Soon, right?
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