Comments by "" (@obsidianjane4413) on "William Spaniel" channel.

@aidanm.655 Unless Russia actually goes to full mobilization, you are wrong. Vietnam is a very good analogy to the Ukraine war. An aggressor who lacks both popular support and full commitment vs a determined, fully mobilized country backed by powerful allies with vested strategic interests in supporting it for as long as it takes.
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It was. The plane was based in UK, but it regularly few all over the world carrying super sized cargos nothing else could carry.
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Its less victory conditions, more like not-lose conditions. Which is all Ukraine has to do as the defender. Remember what is being reported in the media (and online and in SM like... this YT channel) is only what the actual combatants want you to see and hear.
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@16:30 Its because Russia has a very weak NCO corps. Officers have to provide both the leadership and the supervision. Not just at high level but all the way down. The poor performance of the Russian Army is directly related to this deficiency.
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Ironic thing is that they were slated for demiling (destruction), because.... who would be stupid enough to start a major conventional war in the 21st century? But they hadn't gotten around to it yet for budgetary reasons.
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This is why the European ban on CBUs is kind of disingenuous. If poop happens and there is a sudden need for area effect weapons, Uncle Sam is there to provide tens of thousands of them. So their ban is purely symbolic.
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The Palestinian hydra already has an endless number of heads. At this point, and probably for many generations, there won't be any peace because the hate and cycle of violence is engrained in both sides. The leadership on both sides benefit from the perpetuation of the conflict.
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The biggest difference is that Ukraine will almost surely not use them in civilian areas since, you know, its their own cities nor across the border in Russian ones, since NATO has probably pretty firm put that "don't be the bad guy" condition on them. Russia of course had no such compunction and used cluster munitions and mines widely in civilian occupied cities and villages since the beginning.
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@danielbailey5849 whatabouted something. For one thing its (still) not confirmed that they were Ukrainian, since it IS confirmed that the "rebels" (Russian Spetsnaz) were using them in the same time and location. And another, you fail to notice that I was referring to use of donated US weapons.
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@Self-replicating_whatnot Actually read my entire post for context please.
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He is popular because people are socially conditioned to support whomever is in power in Russia in ways that are magnified as in few other even autocracies. Its probably a genetically inherited trait at this point considering what happened there last century.
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Its now known that an air-head at Hostomel would never have been practical because the Russian Air Force could never achieve air supremacy and SEAD control over it. So the VDV's failure to even secure the airport's grounds was just the first failure in the comedy of fail that was the Russian plan.
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Your premise is false. Ukraine is firing artillery faster than the West is supplying rounds from existing stocks. Production is ramping up and by the time stocks are actually depleted, new production will have caught up. Rational thought departed Russian decision making sometime in February 2022. Assuming "signalling" has any effect on it is not wise. Putin's government will continue the war even when it is irrational because its interests are in its (his) self-preservation, which probably will not survive an end to the war that can't be interpreted as "victory".
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