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Personally, I think it's entertaining to go back and read some of the 'Russia is losing' comments here and from the corporate media from around the world.

Here's one such example from an Australian news source regarding the much vaunted Ukraine 'spring offensive,' which turned out to be a monumental bust.

What is Ukraine waiting for before beginning the much-anticipated 'spring offensive'?

(Posted Fri 12 May 2023 at 3:52pmFriday 12 May 2023 at 3:52pm, updated Sat 13 May 2023 at 12:43am)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-13/when-is-ukraine-spring-counteroffensive-coming/102317228

PS: the video posted in the article entitled "The Russians are in trouble": Mick Ryan predicts outcome of Ukrainian offensive is particularly comical, being that the 'expert' got just about everything wrong.

socal2 says

Russia can't keep up this level of loss for long.

ROFL! But Ukraine can!!

Ceffer says

"Ukraine is winning bigly! The Russians are defeated and don't know it!" Where is the Kool Aide coming from?

It's coming from the same evil people that orchestrated the disastrous war$ in Iraq and Afghanistan.

socal2 says

Russia can't keep up this level of loss for long.

What loss? They are outproducing the West big time. They are killing Ukeys 8:1 from fixed positions.

All your bullshit that makes you think otherwise is from Ukey propaganda 'sources'.

Even the captured propaganda fluffer MSM have been instructed to reverse engines. Guess the subscribers to the propaganda will have to start writing their own fantasies.

RayAmerica says

Personally, I think it's entertaining to go back and read some of the 'Russia is losing' comments here and from the corporate media from around the world.

Not as funny as reading all the pro Russian garbage by you and others making CONFIDENT claims of Ukraine's imminent fall.

Yet here we are nearing 2 years into Russia's total cockup and they will still have less Ukrainian land under control then they had the first week of their invasion.

The_Deplorable says

How can that be? They all die from myocarditis?

Because socal2 is spinning that the Russians can't be responsible!

CIA's Burns & SecDef Austin In Separate 'Urgent' Trips To Ukraine As War Effort Implodes https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/cias-burns-secdef-austin-separate-urgent-trips-ukraine-war-effort-implodes

socal2 says

Not as funny as reading all the pro Russian garbage by you and others making CONFIDENT claims of Ukraine's imminent fall.

We said that Ukey Nazi Land would lose this war. All that requires is them not being able to a) re-secure their lost territory and b) not having their manpower capacity attritted to fucking hell.

Whether Moscow invades and conquers the rest of it is ephemeral to the above.

Ukraine is fucked either way simply because of their war accelerated demographic disaster and destroyed production capacity.

socal2 says

Yet here we are nearing 2 years into Russia's total cockup and they will still have less Ukrainian land under control then they had the first week of their invasion.

This isn't about Russia. This is about Ukraine. Ukraine fucked up, wasted THREE armies w/o achieving their war objectives.

Meanwhile Russia's objectives of preventing NATO expansion in Ukraine while protecting ethnic Russians in Eastern Ukraine has been achieved.

PumpingRedheads says

Meanwhile Russia's objectives of preventing NATO expansion in Ukraine while protecting ethnic Russians in Eastern Ukraine has been achieved.

How many new NATO members are on Russia's border now?

Ukraine, despite what you think - is now one of the most experienced and most heavily armed militaries in Europe and are going to continue killing tens of thousands of foolish Russians trying to occupy their land.

socal2 says

How many new NATO members are on Russia's border now?

Too many as far as the Russians are concerned.

socal2 says

Ukraine, despite what you think - is now one of the most experienced and most heavily armed militaries in Europe

What a load of total factual crap.

socal2 says

How many new NATO members are on Russia's border now?

Are they in Ukraine? No.

Learn to fucking R-E-A-D:

What PumpingRedheads says

Meanwhile Russia's objectives of preventing NATO expansion in Ukraine

socal2 says

How many new NATO members are on Russia's border now?

Too many as far as the Russians are concerned.

socal2 says

Ukraine, despite what you think - is now one of the most experienced and most heavily armed militaries in Europe

What a load of total factual crap. They don't have any reserves and most of their front-line units are combat ineffective.

Their equipment is destroyed and they are out of arty.

That is REALITY, not Ukey propaganda bullshit.

socal2 says

How many new NATO members are on Russia's border now?

Are they in Ukraine? No.

Learn to fucking R-E-A-D:

What PumpingRedheads says

Meanwhile Russia's objectives of preventing NATO expansion in Ukraine

socal2 says

Ukraine, despite what you think - is now one of the most experienced and most heavily armed militaries in Europe and are going to continue killing tens of thousands of foolish Russians trying to occupy their land.

It's not too early to start hoping for another Ukraine Spring Offensive, being that the other one went so well. Keep drinking that Zelensky Kool Aide.

There was never a time that Ukraine was going to defeat Russia ... NEVER.

RayAmerica says

There was never a time that Ukraine was going to defeat Russia ... NEVER.

Absolute truth. Yet the Ukey Nazi Fluffers of the World exist in this bubble that sez otherwise.

Here's some AI generated hopium for Team Ukraine. Maybe they can manufacture a RealDoll to whisper it as sweet nothings.

Ceffer says

Here's some AI generated hopium for Team Ukraine. Maybe they can manufacture a RealDoll to whisper it as sweet nothings.

Once again, kiddies....

> Russian victory is impossible
> Russian victory unlikely
> Russia cannot be allowed to win
> Russia is winning but at what cost? (Bloomberg is here)
> Those damn Israelis! (Zelensky's bubble is here)
> Russian victory was inevitable
> Ukraine was a corrupt hellhole anyway (you were always here)

Viktor Orbán Threatens to Veto EU Funding for Ukraine, Calls for ‘Fundamental Debate’ on War Strategy

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written a letter to Brussels threatening to use his veto power to block EU funding for Ukraine and the accession process to admit the country into the bloc, demanding a “fundamental debate” about the bloc’s strategy on the war.

With European Union funding for Ukraine set to dry up at the end of the year and expansionist Eurocrats seeking to swiftly incorporate the partially-occupied state into their ranks, Brussels’ grand plans may be derailed by Budapest, with conservative leader Viktor Orbán vowing to not only block further military aid but also Ukraine’s ascension process unless the EU actually grapples with the realities on the ground.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/11/24/viktor-orban-threatens-to-veto-eu-funding-for-ukraine-calls-for-fundamental-debate-on-war-strategy/

We need a bunch of leaders like Viktor Orbán ...

RayAmerica says

We need a bunch of leaders like Viktor Orbán

Might want to hold off on the praise. They have bought off Orban before.

That is what the EU is all about. Redistribution of wealth to keep it together. A lot like Canada keeps itself together.

Thank God NAFTA isn't like that.

PumpingRedheads says

> Russian victory was inevitable

Hey @Socal2

If Ukraine has one of the most experienced and heavily armed militaries, then why are we preparing to throw them under the bus like we did to Afghanistan?

And why haven't you gotten off the NeoCon bamdwagon about this?


original link

Long but covers media coverage from last year/early this year compared to.now.

Pretty damning for Ukey Narrative Fluffers.

We will continue to support them to be in the strongest possible position at the negotiating table when the time comes

Translation: We are preparing you for when we throw Ukraine under the bus.



https://twitter.com/USNATO/status/1726615865980813706

PumpingRedheads says

Translation: We are preparing you for when we throw Ukraine under the bus.

Lost miserably, Ukraine will be partitioned, but we will gaslight that we didn't actually lose with the usual arrays of Satanic inversions and misdirections. Our propaganda addicts will buy that.

Ceffer says

Ukraine will be partitioned, but we will gaslight that we didn't actually lose

We are focused on setting the conditions for a just, durable and sustainable peace...and all those Fluffers who carried our bullshit water on PatNet and other sites, we thank you for totally fucking up your credibility so our shares of Raytheon could go up!

https://rudy.substack.com/p/ron-pauls-what-if-speech

I was reminded of this today, and figured it deserved its own post.

Remarkable.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. PAUL) is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. PAUL. Madam Speaker, I have a few questions for my colleagues.

What if our foreign policy of the past century is deeply flawed and has not served our national security interests?

What if we wake up one day and realize that the terrorist threat is a predictable consequence of our meddling in the affairs of others and has nothing to do with us being free and prosperous?

What if propping up repressive regimes in the Middle East endangers both the United States and Israel?

What if occupying countries like Iraq and Afghanistan—and bombing Pakistan—is directly related to the hatred directed towards us?

What if some day it dawns on us that losing over 5,000 American military personnel in the Middle East since 9/11 is not a fair trade-off for the loss of nearly 3,000 American citizens—no matter how many Iraqi, Pakistani, and Afghan people are killed or displaced?

What if we finally decide that torture—even if called ‘‘enhanced interrogation techniques’’—is self-destructive and produces no useful information and that contracting it out to a third world nation is just as evil?

What if it is finally realized that war and military spending is always destructive to the economy?

What if all wartime spending is paid for through the deceitful and evil process of inflating and borrowing?

What if we finally see that wartime conditions always undermine personal liberty?

What if conservatives, who preach small government, wake up and realize that our interventionist foreign policy provides the greatest incentive to expand the government?

What if conservatives understood once again that their only logical position is to reject military intervention and managing an empire throughout the world?

What if the American people woke up and understood the official reasons for going to war are almost always based on lies and promoted by war propaganda in order to serve special interests?

What if we, as a Nation, came to realize that the quest for empire eventually destroys all great nations?

What if Obama has no intention of leaving Iraq?

What if a military draft is being planned for the wars that will spread if our foreign policy is not changed?

What if the American people learn the truth: that our foreign policy has nothing to do with national security and it never changes from one administration to the next?

What if war and preparation for war is a racket serving the special interests?

What if President Obama is completely wrong about Afghanistan and it turns out worse than Iraq and Vietnam put together?

What if Christianity actually teaches peace and not preventive wars of aggression?

What if diplomacy is found to be superior to bombs and bribes in protecting America?

What happens if my concerns are completely unfounded? Nothing.

But what happens if my concerns are justified and ignored? Nothing good.

Patrick says

What if a military draft is being planned for the wars that will spread if our foreign policy is not changed?

Nahhh. They will just recruit foreigners like the Roman Republic did towards the end of their decline.

We actually do already, but from our internal population's non-citizens. I am talking expanding that like the French do with their Foreign Legion.

The first NATO nation to call for peace negotiations with Russia.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/unfortunate-news-for-kyiv-they-ve-lost-an-ally/ar-AA1kvTGI?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=b7bc448e78944ca2bfbdccd53fcb772c&ei=9

Misc says

The first NATO nation to call for peace negotiations with Russia.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/unfortunate-news-for-kyiv-they-ve-lost-an-ally/ar-AA1kvTGI?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=b7bc448e78944ca2bfbdccd53fcb772c&ei=9

I guess they didn't get this memo:

socal2 says

Ukraine, despite what you think - is now one of the most experienced and most heavily armed militaries in Europe and are going to continue killing tens of thousands of foolish Russians

See https://twitter.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1726622797118804153

The_Deplorable says

See https://twitter.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1726622797118804153

Once again, kiddies....

> Russian victory is impossible
> Russian victory unlikely
> Russia cannot be allowed to win
> Russia is winning but at what cost?
> Damn Israel! (Zelensky is stuck here)
> Russian victory was inevitable (Narrative is now here; Ukey Nazi Fluffers fucked)
> Ukraine was a corrupt hellhole anyway (you were always here)

The_Deplorable says

https://www.barrons.com/news/end-attack-on-ukraine-scholz-to-putin-in-first-g20-call-since-war-aff8be2c

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday he urged Vladimir Putin to end Moscow's war on Ukraine and withdraw all troops from the country, in the first G20 video call the Russian president participated in since the conflict.

"I called on President Putin to end his attack on Ukraine and withdraw troops from Ukraine's territory, so that this war can finally end," Scholz told journalists at a press conference in Berlin alongside Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

The_Deplorable says

Hahaha!

WTF @socal2 !

How does that square with this?

socal2 says

Ukraine, despite what you think - is now one of the most experienced and most heavily armed militaries in Europe and are going to continue killing tens of thousands of foolish Russians

HERE is what the fuck happened:

PumpingRedheads says

The_Deplorable says

See https://twitter.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1726622797118804153

Once again, kiddies....

> Russian victory is impossible
> Russian victory unlikely
> Russia cannot be allowed to win
> Russia is winning but at what cost?
> Damn Israel! (Zelensky is stuck here)
> Russian victory was inevitable (Narrative is now here; Ukey Nazi Fluffers fucked)
> Ukraine was a corrupt hellhole anyway (you were always here)

The_Deplorable says

I figure it's either that or we are intentionally limiting weapons system to Ukraine due to supply constraints on the consumables (ammunition). It's not like Russia is doing any better in that department. They can't make stuff either and have to beg North Korea for stuff. At least north Koreans have food and oil now.

zzyzzx says

I figure it's either that or we are intentionally limiting weapons system to Ukraine due to supply constraints

Or:
Ukraine does not have the manpower to win, and that fact is harder to hide. If we ship a massive number of weapons, we will have a repeat of what happened in Afghanistan, were Biden left $billions in war material for the enemy to collect.