It's a good thing the bill was passed. Not that it is coming from a country that is key to Ukraine even winning, as The Grand Nudger said something along the lines of, but it is good that it has been passed nonetheless, as it will help Ukraine.
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April 21, 2024 at 10:22 pm
(This post was last modified: April 21, 2024 at 10:28 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(April 21, 2024 at 4:16 pm)ShinyCrystals Wrote: It's a good thing the bill was passed. Not that it is coming from a country that is key to Ukraine even winning, as The Grand Nudger said something along the lines of, but it is good that it has been passed nonetheless, as it will help Ukraine. My readings indicate that if Ukraine can mass air defense around their planned expansions of defense plants being built, more air-defense will help them better able to help themselves. More Patriots, that'll do it. That would be an investment and not a sunk cost Also, by releasing more ATACMs, we help them extend the range of threat to surface targets, helping to interdict logistics. And of course $61B could see American F-16s being refurbished and sent over, on top of those donated by the Danes and others, which helps both aims -- long-range interdiction and surface-attack both. RE: Russia and Ukraine
April 22, 2024 at 11:35 am
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2024 at 11:36 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Another year, another political demand for the russian military to grasp at by victory day. This time it's Chasiv Yar. Maybe they'll pull it off, but if previous v days are any indication, it will end with a single t34 on a flatbead re-christened chasiv yar and paraded alone down the streets of moscow until it falls off the truck like a section of looted plumbing.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Quote:The Kremlin warned that American support for Ukraine could turn into a decade-long folly, urging the U.S. to not oppose its invasion of the country as Congress appears set to pass a $60 billion aid package. https://thehill.com/policy/defense/46100...ghanistan/ That is breathtaking irony, given that their own defeat in Afghanistan presaged the dissolution of the USSR, and given that they are ignoring their own struggles in Ukraine. Even if they win out militarily in Ukraine, they will face the same sort of insurrection that destroyed their nation 35 years ago.  (April 22, 2024 at 12:12 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:Quote:The Kremlin warned that American support for Ukraine could turn into a decade-long folly, urging the U.S. to not oppose its invasion of the country as Congress appears set to pass a $60 billion aid package. I can imagine. But yeah, it does seem to me that Russia’s government is trying to do this just to make them not look bad to its people so that government could avoid all the possible things you said. (April 22, 2024 at 12:38 pm)ShinyCrystals Wrote: I can imagine. Putin's regime will find it harder and harder to ride herd on Russian public opinion as the war goes on and the casualties pile up. (April 22, 2024 at 1:13 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(April 22, 2024 at 12:38 pm)ShinyCrystals Wrote: I can imagine. Yeah, they can only do so much to control the public of their own country. I mean, that is probably obvious enough, yet that is also true, is it not? Speaking of Russia, may I ask how they are doing in this war?
Not well.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
 (April 22, 2024 at 3:33 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Not well. That’s not very charitable. They're only 785 days behind schedule. Boru
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
April 22, 2024 at 3:48 pm
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2024 at 3:49 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(April 22, 2024 at 1:18 pm)ShinyCrystals Wrote: Speaking of Russia, may I ask how they are doing in this war? In a nutshell, badly. After taking Avdiivka over the winter at enormous cost, they are now fought to a standstill while still suffering several hundred casualties per day. They're combing out prisons, tricking foreigners, and denuding other borders in order to maintain sufficient manpower in Ukraine. They have numerous logistical issues ranging from being mostly tied to railroads to having Crimea close to being cut off, supply-wise. Meanwhile, they have to stay on the offensive because they're in a race against time with the arrival of the aid recently approved in Congress and about to be approved by the EU. I would suggest they're already in the middle of a "loud and humiliating fiasco". |
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