Comments by "Dale Crocker" (@dalecrocker3213) on "Maria Zakarova, the russian defence spokesman says there is no military advantage" video.

You are becoming increasingly paranoid, Professor. Which is a shame, because you are clearly a decent person. I am not a Russian troll, though often being accused of being one simply because I can fully understand Russia's position in this conflict. Whether others who roughly share my opinions are "Russian trolls" or not, I cannot say. But I tend to doubt it. In this particular instance, to be confused about Ukraine's sudden invasion of Russian territory and being unable to see any immediate strategic advantage in it is entirely understandable. It looks very much like a last-ditch effort to obtain some fragile advantage before - at last - getting to the conference table. The only alternative is that Ukraine has vastly superior resources available than has been thought, and than Russia actually is on its last legs. Otherwise we are just looking at further needless bloodshed.
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@issigonis975 The fact that you are entirely wrong about me shows that you are entirely wrong about everything else. Check my account to see who I am - which is to say a 75-year-old Englishman, born and bred.
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@Sokrates66 They might well put up with them being there, so long as they don't take important targets. Expert opinion is divided. We will have to wait and see if this gamble pays off.
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