Comments by "PNH 6000" (@PNH-sf4jz) on "Russia Suffers Another Humiliating Defeat" video.
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I believe that Chancelor Scholz and the German government may have come under possibly unfair but resonable attack given what has appeared to have been the circumstances regarding German military support for Ukraine.
Although there has been a great deal of criticism projected toward Germany, there may have been good reason for their delays in providing weapons and other support for Ukraine untill support had been prepared by other countries, so that the support was provided at a particular time and in an integrated, uniform and timely manner. The delays in provision of weapons by Germany and some others may have been conceived in order to sow reasonable doubt in the minds of the Russians about the uniformity and concensus among the countries offering assistance and support to Ukraine. These have been my thoughts since late last year (2022).
Whatever the reasons may be, Germany certainly seems to have recently contributed, quantity and quality, in line with resources provided by other countries.
Reasons for "Considered, Measured and Proportional Response."
There is, effectively, a conference of countries of which the UK, the US; in accordance with their commitments made under the provisions of the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine of course, Poland, Germany, and approximately 50 other countries, are members. The decisions made are arrived at by consensus among the participating countries, with Ukraine having the deciding voice. One of the issues that appears to have been clear is the concept of "Measured and Proportional Response".
Issues to be considered in the provision of hardware and resources are logistics, supply lines, facilities for repair - {Repairing tanks is not like taking the SUV to the local repairer for brake disc and pad replacement}, combinations of other support vehicles and even aircraft; consideration of how the hardware is to be used and, probably most important of all, adequate training and experience for the personnel who will be operating the hardware and equipment.
While I acknowledge and understand the frustration that millions of people are experiencing, the consequences of escalating beyond what is referred to as a "proportional response", may be even greater devastation and hardship for Ukrainians than they are already experiencing.
Such a possibility may be difficult to conceive, but Ukraine would be the first likely target if the RuZZians decided to really test the resolve of the "west" or "free world". And if the RuZZians were to fire a small number of tactical nuclear weapons against the major eastern cities of Ukraine, I leave it to you to web-search information about the possible consequences.
The article, in the website below, provides some details on what the response, by western nations, but specifically by the US, to the firing of a nuclear weapon by RuZZia would be. You may wish to read and consider the details, as the possibilities concern us all.
What If Russia Uses Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine?
A look at the grim scenarios—and the U.S. playbook for each
By Eric Schlosser June 20, 2022 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/russia-ukraine-nuclear-weapon-us-response/661315/
{RuZZia refers to the RuZZian Nazi-Fascist style regime that appears to be acting against the interests of their own population and those of other countries, particularly Ukraine at the present time.}
====== Russian Nuclear Weapons Targets.======
Russia, through Putin and others, claims that it has numerous city targets around the world that it can attack with nuclear weapons.
However, the "Achilles' heel" for Russia, particularly because of the immense size of the country, is that there are only two cities to target, Moscow and St. Petersburg. If both of those cities were to be annihilated, it would decimate the Russian Federation.
The country currently identified as the Russian Federation would simply revert to being controlled by the ethnic and national identities and groups, of which the current federation is comprised.
Then Putin, if he survived and could find a horse, would need it to help him hunt for food. His capacity to exercise power would no longer exist, except in a very limited region, and he would be the focus of recrimination and responsibility for the devastation that would have been exacted on Russia with western conventional weapons because of the Russian pre-emptive strike. The "west" are most UN-likely to respond with nuclear weapons, but neither would they need to.
Putin would have to be aware of the high probability of this outcome, which would very likely be the only reason that would matter to him.
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