Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "Ukraine advances with only limited gains | DW News" video.

Let's be real: We, in the west have urged the Ukrainians to go ahead with their counter-offensive in a way no western country would ever do. The militaries of today’s world would only attempt a counter-offensive with Bombers to carpet bomb the mine fields, Warthogs to strafe enemy trenches and take out tanks, G-9 Bulldozers to plow through dragon's teeth and hidden mine fields and trenches, Attack Helicopters to mow down advancing enemy forces and take out ground support vehicles and artillery emplacements and finally fighter planes to take out missile loaders far behind enemy lines and keep the enemy's choppers and fighter planes at bay. Boys and girls, we have asked the Ukrainian military to do something none of our countries in the west would even attempt to do and we have the gall to posit why progress is slow. Defense Secretary Austin along with the defense secretaries of all NATO member countries have known since Russia took Crimea that this war was going to happen and yet they have failed in getting the Ukrainian military up-to-speed for the crucial counter-offensive needed to push Russia back to its borders. They all must resign and let capable military specialists take over.
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@chriswilde7246 GGGGGGGGGreat to hear from you. You are right of course, and the Ukraine military commanders should have put the gas pedal to the floorboards all those years ago. It is so easy to look back at what should or should not have been done, but the reality is that the Ukraine counter-offensive is the only counter-offensive in modern times to go ahead without air superiority and the like. Drones have of course made modern warfare into a new ball game which is why the Ukrainians have carved out a new niche for themselves in military history by actually going ahead with their counter-offensive using limited arms. What lies ahead is of course what is on all of our minds.
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