Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "'Putin can't resist interfering in the military planning' | James Heappey" video.

@doonewatts7155 Are you suggesting garlic and crosses should be part of the military aid packages being sent to Ukraine? 🧛‍♂️
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Hindsight is 20/20. Given the facts available and the political context at the time, NATO leadership’s decisions on aid to Ukraine made sense at the time. The West was giving military aid during the period in question. When we look at the history leading to the current moment, we must remember that political leaders respond to the crises of the moment, not crises beyond the horizon.
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@cowboyx9380 If Russia went into full war time mobilization, it could muster many more retired military with combat experience. Right now, Russia has a couple of hundreds of thousands of (ostensibly) combat capable soldiers in the theater. These numbers could be boosted into the millions if Putin changed the status of the war from “Special Operation” to “Full declaration of war”. But to do this, Putin needs to have public support that he doesn’t currently have. Which is why strikes on Russian territory are risky, as it would boost Putin’s popularity. We also have the risk that Putin will try to boost his popularity with false flag attacks on civilian targets. Look, Ukraine is within its rights to strike anywhere in Russia that it wants, using whatever means it wants. But that doesn’t mean it would be wise to strike Moscow. I think Ukraine must be careful of selecting targets in Russia, limiting attacks to disrupting Soviet, I mean Russian, logistics close to the border with Ukraine. For now anyway.
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@tybarnes895 Good points, but I think public support for Putin’s war is thin, but widespread. The Kremlin could deepen that support if buildings in Moscow start getting blown up. It could lose that support if Putin orders full mobilization. The sanctions are already beginning to wear down the public’s patience. I’m thinking about what happened to President Lyndon B. Johnson. The conflict in Vietnam and subsequent draft wore down the public’s patience, and he decided not to seek a second term. Contrast this with GWB at the point of the 2004 election—he had taken steps to avoid the appearance of public sacrifice for the Iraq war, even giving out tax breaks to gin up short term prosperity.
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