Comments by "Kath" (@Kath-nd6pj) on "Zelensky refuses request for 500,000 troops | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast" video.

In the U.K. during ww2 we had conscription ages 18 - 41. Exemption for essential industries, medical, farming etc. objectors oftern did non combat stretcher work. National service between 1939 - 1960
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They are two separate roles. One has to work out military moves and possibilities, the other work out what is of interest for the people of country. How to supply the numbers of soldiers the military is asking for is the presidents Job. He said for each soldier it needs 6 tax payers, so that means his concerns also are about keeping the economy running. No easy task at times of war. He said he has economists to tackle that job, but I can see that the ultimate decision has to be his as job of President. The military does not run a country. They can make demands for what they need, but it is the government that has to work out what they can get and how. Then back to the top general to work out what he can do with what is made available. A continuous flux.
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Except the goals Putin broadcasts are fictional. His real goal hidden. To take control of Ukraine. Swallow it completely, then move on to Moldova and further. Defined in Dugin’s 1997 book and Putin’s own essay 2021.
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Stop or increase what?
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nd6pj 6 minutes ago Yes, and Churchil was for ever battling with one general or another. These people digging and making much of any conflict amongst the top desiders in Ukraine need to realise this is war, fast changing situations needing wide ranging imaginative solutions which need discussing.
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@timothykatende8484 Winter has barely begun. Make your reassessment at the end of February, just in time Putin’s 98% garanteed reelection.
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Get more mine eradicators in there would probably be a good first move.
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Tell Putin to take his men back home to Russia and that would stop the fighting. Simple. No one, East or West had any intension to invade Russia. This is all purely Putin’s egocentric ambitions.
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