Comments by "Stephen47 22" (@Stephen-bq4nq) on "Task & Purpose" channel.

  1.  @Sun-Tzu-  The oil embargo was put in place after the Japanese started slaughtering civilians in China that's a fact that you can't wish away. The US forces showed up in north Africa at the end of 1942 and took part in the final campaign in Tunisia and I never said otherwise. North Africa was a theater of operations for combined western forces which then moved to Sicily and Italy while forces were being built up for the Normandy landings. Over time the US military become the main force on the western front they provided the bulk of the manpower and airpower. They also provided large numbers of armoured vehicles like the Sherman and grant which began arriving in north Africa in 1942. The equipment that was provided to Russia certainly had a big effect you think 6000 aircraft and 500,000 trucks is a joke you put 30 men on each truck that's a lot of soldiers not having to walk while German infantry were walking through Russia on foot. The supplies that were sent to Russia certainly helped in 1941-1942 when the Russians were under severe pressure. Without the western front which took away Germany's ability to have a meaningful reserve force the Russians wouldn't have won against Germany. By the end of the war the Russians had millions of men in the field but they were starting to send 15-16 year olds as infantry because they had suffered so many casualties there pool of manpower was starting to feel the pressure. If the Germans hadn't had to commit forces in the west they could have strengthened their forces in the east and fought a defensive war fighting the Russians to a stalemate at the very least. The constant bombing of Germany forced the Germans to commit more and more of their air force over Germany keeping it away from Russia in the end enabling the Russians to get air supremecy. The German air force was destroyed over Germany by allied air forces in a battle of attrition they lost most of their best pilot's by late 1944. The allied bombing campaign also pulled a lot of anti aircraft guns at least 15,000 away from Russia along with millions of rounds of ammunition and thousands of the guns were 88mm which could have been used to big effect in Russia against the Russian tanks forces. The Americans were the main force against the Japanese and the Russians were the main force against the Germans. On the western front by the time of the Normandy landings the US was the main force they provided the bulk of manpower and equipment. The Russians went into Poland with the Germans to carve the country up and the Russians murdered thousands of polish military. The Russians did a deal with the devil and payed the price . You like to say the US effort against Japan is nothing to be proud of well you could say the same about Russia based on what they did with the Germans in Poland.
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  2. No one forced Ukraine to attack the Russians at their strongest point in the South they made that dumb decision themselves and even with airpower they would have still struggled to get through the minefields
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  3. ​ @daninquin2732 the Ukrainian didn't understand the situation better they attacked the enemy at their strongest point and didn't concentrate their forces at one point for the maximum effect and the outcome was a failure
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  4.  @doublehelix7880  It's not about trying to send all the vehicles down a narrow corridor it's about concentrating the brigades on one area of the front to generate maximum combat. A lot of the vehicles wouldn't be going forward they would be operating in an overwatch position.
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  5.  @zemm9003  No there were other areas in the South that weren't as heavily defended the Ukrainian decided to attack at the strongest point because they wanted to break through to Tokmac. F16 could have been used to launch hit and run attacks with JDAM I agree if they tried to provide sustained close air support they would have been shot down
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  6.  @andreidarie4076  https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300383639/how-afghanistans-military-collapsed-illicit-deals-and-mass-desertions-to-the-taliban
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  7.  @darenzy  funny if you think the US runaway and are a laughing stock the Russians must be a laughing stock as well because they "runaway" from Afghanistan too. The reality is they were in Afghanistan 20 year's and could have stayed there another 20 and there was nothing the Taliban could have done about it. The Taliban don't engage with you in pitched battles they wait until you leave
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  8.  @theromanorder  yes I only come across another kiwi on here occasionally good to see you here. I'm 50 so in a totally different time of life the housing is a nightmare I don't own one I feel sorry for your generation as well so many will be renting for life it sucks knowing you're paying your landlords mortgage.
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  9. No one knows the numbers on either side people are just speculating
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  10. ​ @sullathehutt7720 belt fed machine guns can lay down suppressive fire
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  11.  @apollon011  I'm not a salesman the performance of the weapons systems are backed up by real world performance in Ukraine. I have watched the performance of the weapon systems closely and you can't refute anything I've said
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  12. You guys won't be starting anything while Biden is there. He would bend over and hold onto his ankles if his enemies told him too.
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  13.  @noelwilliams2165  you clearly don't have a clue about the Vietnam war. The civilian leadership decided that no US ground forces were allowed in North Vietnam so at that point all the war was is a holding action and they couldn't do that for ever it's a time limited strategy. If they wanted to win the war the only way to do it was to take out the North Vietnamese regime and they weren't prepared to do so. For that reason the war was lost from the day the first US forces set foot in Vietnam
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  14.  @snugglecity3500  funny they want the democracy and freedom now.
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  15.  @snugglecity3500  people did want it and they flocked to the polls to vote in elections for their leadership. Unfortunately for them their military was a drug addicted rabble that didn't want to defend their people from the Taliban so now they get to live under a bunch of thugs again.
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  16.  @zhamed9587  yep all the murdering the Taliban does and stripping people of their rights is really moral 🙄
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  17.  @rovari524  The Taliban wasn't created by American it was created in Pakistan by the ISI
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  18.  @snugglecity3500  it's some good news in dark days even if the US doesn't supply them with weapons I hope someone does.👍
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  19.  @snugglecity3500  Yep the Chinese are trying to get mining deals with the Taliban. Don't be surprised if they supply the Taliban with weapons
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  20.  @MesoMan77  bullshit the US lost 4500 killed in Iraq and won all the major battles
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  21.  @andyc3012  go look at a Map there is no way for America to surround China
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  22.  @andyc3012  to surround a country you need to do it from all directions unless the US is going to base forces in Russia China can't be surrounded
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  23.  @andyc3012  Russia is siding with China there is no way China can be surrounded. On top of that they have large numbers of long range missiles that can be fired from the mainland making it very costly for any navy operating close to the Chinese mainland. You do need to stop playing dumb.
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  24.  @andyc3012  you need to slap yourself if you think NATO is taking over a nuclear power like Russia your deluded. As for China they are going to have the biggest economy in the world backed up by the biggest military which is being armed with increasingly sophisticated weapons. No one is going to dominate China you need to stick to playing video games
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  25.  @andyc3012  clown you have been talking shit about the US surrounding and dominating China I pointed out the growing economic and military power of China no one is going to dominate them your living in a dream world. No one is invading Russia and no one is threatening war with Russia it's Russia that has amassed over 100,000 men around Ukraine threatening them with invasion. The US has supported Taiwan for decades and the people of Taiwan don't want to be ruled by the CCP. It's China that has militarized the South China sea not the US. The artic will be accessed by numerous countries for resources no one country is going to dictate to the others. Go back to your video games.
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  26.  @andyc3012  You muppet the only way South Korea can unify with North Korea is to submit to North Korean rule giving up all their freedoms to live under a dictatorship the South Korean population won't accept that.
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  27.  @andyc3012  it's a major international shipping lane you muppet everyone has been sailing through year for years civilian and military.
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  28.  @andyc3012  Turd you need to get out of your basement.
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  29.  @andyc3012  I'm not incorrect in my claims you think the US is going to subjugate Russia and gain a geo strategic advantage over China yet the US can't even secure its own border. The Chinese are going to have a bigger economy than the US and a military that is not only bigger than the US military but it's also getting better quality weapon systems that pose a genuine threat to US forces The Chinese are going to have their sphere of influence as will Russia.
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  30.  @andyc3012  I know what you said it's on here talking about getting a geo strategic advantage over China and subjugating Russia and I told you it's not going to happen. Russia and China are both nuclear powers as is the US these countries will all have their sphere of influence and will have to learn to live with each other. If Afghanistan was so important for the US in regards to China they wouldn't have left.
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  31. ​ @naysaynetwork5271 they're not winning the war is in a stalemate
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  32. No the Ukrainian aren't finished completely if the US stops supplying but they won't be able to sustain a conventional war they will have to change to an insurgency which requires less manpower and is cheaper and easier to supply because you don't need heavy weapons. Europe will be able to supply an insurgency
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  33. Enjoy you new masters🤡
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  34.  @jaytee5500  they don't have enough forces to surround all the cities some of them are huge.
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  35. Russia is building multiple defence lines with tank traps so they can defend in depth and try to grind the Ukrainian down like rhey did to the Germans at Kursk in 1943. Fingers crossed the Ukrainian can find a way through it
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  36.  @u2beuser714  the elites benefited from it but America didn't the country is heavily in debt
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  37.  @ltribley  you forgot the far left coup to take down a standing president which was carried out by the left wing news media and social media like face book Instagram, Twitter, Amazon.
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  38.  @Sun-Tzu-  BULLSHIT The west opened trade with china and allowed them into the WTO that allowed China to build it's self up. The Russians did next to nothing against Japan it was the US who destroyed there air force,navy and merchant marine cutting off Japan's supplies. The US had to fight from island to island on terrain that couldn't be used for mass tanks attacks which made the fighting slower and harder. The terrain in Manchuria was far eaiser to fight across than the smaller islands in the Pacific. The Japanese knew with the Nukes being dropped and facing invasion along with the Russians being against them as well that he war was over so they surrendered. The Russians from 1941 to 1945 did nothing against the Japanese until 1945 after Germany had been defeated.
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  39.  @Sun-Tzu-  the Japanese were committing genocide in china the oil embargo was the fight thing to do and even without the oil embargo in place the Japanese would still have attacked in the end because they wanted an empire and needed the resources. The US did the bulk of the fighting against Japan and become the main force on the western front when they arrive in north Africa in late 1942. They also produced more aircraft than anyone else and huge amounts of vehicles as well as food and a lot of it was sent to Russia. The Russians received 6000 aircraft and 500,000 trucks plus food while the Germans were walking through Russia. I don't wish anything to be true I deal in facts it's you that lives in a dream world
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  40. He didn't save his troops they got bogged down in a battle of attrition attacking the Russians at their strongest point
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  41.  @doublehelix7880  yeah I have looked at maps daily. When the Ukrainian made the decision to attack the strongest Russian position in the South which was always going to be a bad idea they had no choice but to concentrate the maximum amount of combat power there which includes artillery and MLRS not just armoured vehicles to have even minimal chance of success. Trying to attack to Tokmac was predictable and stupid the Russians knew they were going to attack there and we're well prepared. You never try to attack your enemies strength you look to attack weakness.
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  42.  @doublehelix7880  the Ukrainian airforce has already used JDAM and survived they were flying in low and fast then pulling into a steep climb letting the bomb go then dropping back to low altitude to escape. I read up on these subjects before commenting so don't worry about disappointing me
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  43. Hopefully Ukraine has armed drones going forward ro clear the path for the armour destroying russian anti tank teams
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  44. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died from fentanyl which has come into America from Mexico. The cartels can't be tolerared
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  45. The Niger government asked the US to provide forces because they couldn't deal with the Islamic militants crossing the border
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  46. ​ @Jarrod-t2s because the Biden Harris government didn't care
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  47. The ANA started doing deals with the Taliban as soon as the deal was signed between the Taliban and the US that the US were leaving The ANA knew they were going to have to fight without US support and they didn't have the confidence to do it. The Taliban sent people into the provinces and started doing deals with local politicians plus police and military as soon as the deal was signed with the US. That's why we saw all the cities falling one by one without a fight it has been planned well in advance.
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  48. Afghanistan wasn't worse off after the US run the Taliban out. They were given the chance for something better and it's over now they are going to live under a bunch of thugs again.
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  49.  @aryanpashtun416  do you think there will be an insurgency against the Taliban?
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  50.  @andreidarie4076  yep I saw an interview with lara Logan and she said there is high quality US equipment being dismantled by the Taliban and bring sent to Pakistan and Iran and the US is letting it happen and you have to ask why.
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