Preparing for Defeat
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*1.Russia is heading for an outright defeat in Ukraine. Russian planning was incompetent, based on a flawed assumption that Ukrainians were favorable to Russia and that their military would collapse immediately following an invasion. Russian soldiers were evidently carrying dress uniforms for their victory parade in Kyiv rather than extra ammo and rations. Putin at this point has committed the bulk of his entire military to this operation—there are no vast reserves of forces he can call up to add to the battle. Russian troops are stuck outside various Ukrainian cities where they face huge supply problems and constant Ukrainian attacks.
2.The collapse of their position could be sudden and catastrophic, rather than happening slowly through a war of attrition. >>>
https://www.americanpurpose.com/articles/preparing-for-defeat/?
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They brought their "dress uniforms" with them to wear in Kyiv for their victory parade? That is really some hubris.
Most of them are probably too young to remember Afghanistan and the aftermath.
Hitler may have made a good corporal, but he failed mightily as a Field Marshall.
We know that Putin is not a chess master, but I just find it hard to believe that Putin would sacrifice his queen in the opening moves of the game. Maybe he did...time will tell. Perhaps by my comment that I don't think he is an idiot, it may prove that I am. 
Putin will never be put out to pasture, he would be too dangerous; he is far more likely to succumb to sudden onset lead poisoning or a massive heart attack.... The stress of saving the Motherland you know...
And they are expected to default on Wednesday!
Ty, Ellen!
A decided turn towards authoritarianism, to offset popular dissent, is arguably becoming a defining feature of politics in Asia, the Middle East, and South America, and indeed in the democratic West, as well.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/12/19/how-huntington-and-fukuyama-got-the-21st-century-wrong
What is going on in the 21st-century world of international politics? With very few exceptions, national elections are revealing degrees of partisanship and ideological polarisation among voters never seen before. It seems not to be a rare occurrence these days that the losers are either claiming that they are actually the winners or that the results have been rigged by their opponents and can therefore be disregarded.
This is the farcical game outgoing President Donald Trump is currently playing in the United States, despite there being little or no evidence that President-elect Joe Biden and the Democratic party committed the widespread electoral fraud he wildly accuses them of. As Republican Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland has openly lamented, today the US risks being seen as a “banana republic” rather than as the leader of the democratic world.
Despite this, hordes of Republican supporters continue to rally behind the anti-democratic narrative that President Trump continually tweets. As one newspaper article pointed out, the “United” States has become the “Divided” States of America.
If the recent examples of Belarus and Myanmar are anything to go by as well, it would seem that opposition parties have little faith in the mechanism of democratic elections reconciling alienating differences or bringing citizens closer together. Creating divisiveness seems to be the order of the day, even in established democratic countries.
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...I had to pet the cat and couldn't make it.
But I do know one thing: Pootie will NEVER call this a defeat.
As long as he's alive, he'll find some way to call it some kind of victory. Even when he knows he's lost, he'll never say it. In that way, Pootie's a lot like Chump. (Or maybe it's vice versa.)
I really, really hope this leads to the Russian people (including the military) finally finishing him off. Wouldn't that be a great way to end this, once and for all?
You have nothing.
