The US needs to disengage from the Ukraine war. It is going to be a loss. Short of troops on the ground RU will attrite them to bare bones and US and NATO aid will dry up.
So far Ukraine has not won, despite every bit of hardware and money dumped there.
Ukraine will in time run out of both and men.
Congress will eventually see reality as it did in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq and turn their support off, then the Ukrainian's will have to do some fast dancing and negotiate a peace.
The Russian has not used it's full military forces, it has a reserve that if it's full might is focus there and not on defending from NATO in Europe could crush this war out quickly.
The US doesn't have the military it did and we would face a war on Three fronts, Russia, Serbia and China.
Poland wants parts of Polish Ukraine back and they like Ukraine cannot hold back with out US dollars and weapons.
Bakhmutt is not bashing itself to death it is a win.
Now the war goes asymmetrical cross borders raids and artillery duels.
Ukraine hasn't lost either. Unlike Vietnam and Afghanistan, the war is not a factional one fighting over the internal control of a country, rather it is a case of a foreign invasion force. Usually in those types of wars, stalemate and long conflicts benefit those defending their homes against invasion.
If the defenders of Putin have to resort to such ridiculous arguments as "Russian has not used it's full military forces" as a reason why the Russians will prevail despite their fractious C2, poor logistics, poor operational planning, weak and homogenous economy, and unstable regime structure; then they are grasping at straws. Russia can feed as many troops into the meat grinder as they want. As long as the aforementioned problems exist, they will not find success, especially over the long term.
BS, analysists need to stop looking at what the CCP tells foreign audiences in English, and start looking at what they tell their own people in Mandarin. The CCP could not be more clear about what future they want or what they are willing to do in order to achieve it.
"China simply may fail in achieving even its foremost national and foreign-policy goals"
Perhaps, but this failure does not advert war. The PRC ATTEMPTING to achieve policy goals, particularly their revanchist attempt to re-capture former Qing territory will cause war if its even attempted.
The US needs to disengage from the Ukraine war. It is going to be a loss. Short of troops on the ground RU will attrite them to bare bones and US and NATO aid will dry up.
We must focus on China.
China is the enemy and the threat, not Russia.
So far Ukraine has not won, despite every bit of hardware and money dumped there.
Ukraine will in time run out of both and men.
Congress will eventually see reality as it did in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq and turn their support off, then the Ukrainian's will have to do some fast dancing and negotiate a peace.
The Russian has not used it's full military forces, it has a reserve that if it's full might is focus there and not on defending from NATO in Europe could crush this war out quickly.
The US doesn't have the military it did and we would face a war on Three fronts, Russia, Serbia and China.
Poland wants parts of Polish Ukraine back and they like Ukraine cannot hold back with out US dollars and weapons.
Bakhmutt is not bashing itself to death it is a win.
Now the war goes asymmetrical cross borders raids and artillery duels.
Fanbois are PITA on both sides.
Ukraine hasn't lost either. Unlike Vietnam and Afghanistan, the war is not a factional one fighting over the internal control of a country, rather it is a case of a foreign invasion force. Usually in those types of wars, stalemate and long conflicts benefit those defending their homes against invasion.
If the defenders of Putin have to resort to such ridiculous arguments as "Russian has not used it's full military forces" as a reason why the Russians will prevail despite their fractious C2, poor logistics, poor operational planning, weak and homogenous economy, and unstable regime structure; then they are grasping at straws. Russia can feed as many troops into the meat grinder as they want. As long as the aforementioned problems exist, they will not find success, especially over the long term.
"its intentions are indeterminate"
BS, analysists need to stop looking at what the CCP tells foreign audiences in English, and start looking at what they tell their own people in Mandarin. The CCP could not be more clear about what future they want or what they are willing to do in order to achieve it.
"China simply may fail in achieving even its foremost national and foreign-policy goals"
Perhaps, but this failure does not advert war. The PRC ATTEMPTING to achieve policy goals, particularly their revanchist attempt to re-capture former Qing territory will cause war if its even attempted.