Comments by "David Himmelsbach" (@davidhimmelsbach557) on "How does the Ukraine war compare to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and 1941 Operation Barbarossa?" video.

  1. I could not believe Putin's timing -- because MUD was so soon to come. I only realized that Putin's invasion was certain on 2-18-2022. He gave a 'tell.' I flatly reject the crazy notion that the GRU was caught napping. Putin simply would not hear contrary intel -- so his toadies didn't dare bring such naughty items up to their boss. Now they're under house arrest. Because of levée en masse, Zelenzkyy has a larger army than Putin. It merely lacks training, uniforms, boots, helmets... and weapons. Heh. So long as the West keeps sending in Smart ATGMs -- Putin is toast. Mud + Smart Munitions => a sticky death for any mechanized army. Sanctions have actually shut down Putin's two biggest tank factories. They had become reliant upon Western imports. (microchips & bearings) Reserve tanks have been revealed to be inert upon call-up. Oops. For such a modest invasion army, Putin's boys have lost a very hefty fraction of their front-line combat power. During Barbarossa, all panzer accounts stressed that the campaign was a 'road-war.' That's all that they controlled. During Iraq, (2003) the American Army also conducted a 'road-war.' Putin, right now, is stuck in his own 'road-war.' He does not control the vast expanses that all the maps show -- just the paved roads. BTW, the Crimea is directly connected to the Kuban with twin bridges: rail and highway. Putin does not need ports on the Sea of Azov, but they would be handy.
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