Comments by "Frederick Miles" (@frederickmiles8815) on "Why Russia Miscalculated in Ukraine: A Self-Inflicted Disaster in Three Acts" video.

  1. If you think that is bad - wait until you see the PLA, they make the Russians look competent. Only ~60% of the PLA is funded by CCP, audit rights. Many of us who watched the Russians in Syria real time - realized they were trash, there was a massive disconnect between DC, think tanks, and ivory tower IR folk and those of us who served in CENTCOM the last few years. The CIA soft side knew - but were not listened to; plus our military mostly ARNG, soft (tier1), and active folk have been training the Ukraine forces since 2016ish on the basics, they are western from boots up (TLP's, OPSEC, fundamental soldiering skills, etc).
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