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NightWatcher

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32. I wonder if that's why they've been able to kia so many generals.
Mon Mar 14, 2022, 05:27 PM
Mar 2022

They wanted to be on the front lines for a picture but they got a ride home in a box.

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Preparing for Defeat [View all] elleng Mar 2022 OP
Thx for posting PortTack Mar 2022 #1
Lessons unheeded bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #2
"They only fight like Stalingrad when they're in Stalingrad. " - and there's no where else to go. erronis Mar 2022 #20
They made it to Berlin. Knock what they are doing now, not then. marie999 Mar 2022 #37
True, but then again Hitler was about as incompetent a strategist thucythucy Mar 2022 #64
Holy crap PatSeg Mar 2022 #3
They can wear the dress uniforms when their bodies are shipped back to Moscow for burial. sop Mar 2022 #4
I'll bet they never thought of that. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #6
I think most of them had no idea PatSeg Mar 2022 #8
Many thought it was just "exercises" is what I've seen. Then they were asked to invade and kill. Evolve Dammit Mar 2022 #34
Yes, that is what I heard as well PatSeg Mar 2022 #42
Yes, collateral damage in Putin's PatSeg Mar 2022 #7
The mobile cremation units will solve the problem. And anybody inside a Javelin-hit tank .... albacore Mar 2022 #9
Moscow (putin) doesn't want to see these "losers" (quoting trump). erronis Mar 2022 #22
No flag-draped coffins for these soldiers PatSeg Mar 2022 #38
I wonder if that's why they've been able to kia so many generals. NightWatcher Mar 2022 #32
You know, that could be the case PatSeg Mar 2022 #35
Thank You for Posting..K & R Stuart G Mar 2022 #5
I hope that assessment is correct JohnSJ Mar 2022 #10
I don't know who wrote this and I'm not clicking on the link to find out. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #41
So what would this catastrophic defeat look like? Chainfire Mar 2022 #11
Those Numbers Are Deceiving modrepub Mar 2022 #14
I agree with what you are saying, but you seem to believe that Russian leaders have any qualms about Chainfire Mar 2022 #15
History Is Full Of Dictators Who Overplayed Their Hand modrepub Mar 2022 #18
Well certainly leaders fail. Chainfire Mar 2022 #25
Just looked it up, Russia's population is 144m (2020). brush Mar 2022 #26
That may change depending on what number 8 on your list decides to do if P gets in a jam. Chainfire Mar 2022 #27
Thanks. I had to edit. It's not in the top 8. It's number 9. brush Mar 2022 #36
So far, mercenaries from Syria, Chechnya, and South Africa? keithbvadu2 Mar 2022 #16
Yes, that is scary. War hardened military as opposed to the raw Russian recruits. LiberalLovinLug Mar 2022 #28
The elite troops are being held back as a "palace guard" - when things get rough in the old USSR. erronis Mar 2022 #24
It's called ... Straw Man Mar 2022 #43
Large exercises in Norway are getting going right now relayerbob Mar 2022 #62
From your keyboard, 3Hotdogs Mar 2022 #12
From your keyboard to karma's ear! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #13
One would hope this to be accurate. n/t. NNadir Mar 2022 #17
The neocon (ex?) Francis Fukuyama does not exactly have the greatest predictive track record. Celerity Mar 2022 #33
Thanks. I didn't notice it was him. I almost logged into a lecture he was giving but happily... NNadir Mar 2022 #44
lol Celerity Mar 2022 #45
Icing on the cake..... multigraincracker Mar 2022 #19
...and people fighting over sugar in Moscow. roamer65 Mar 2022 #21
Shoot, people were fighting over toilet paper here not too long ago. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #23
good point. We are a very aggressive, selfish lot. Evolve Dammit Mar 2022 #39
This is a very good piece by Fukuyama. I remember his involvement with the NeoCons /Reagan erronis Mar 2022 #29
The Russian and Chinese strategies in WW2 were to trade land for time AZLD4Candidate Mar 2022 #30
My sons are rappers. They bought a lot of their beats from a young man from Russia. Mr. Ected Mar 2022 #31
He may be right about all of this, I have no way of knowing FakeNoose Mar 2022 #40
No XiJung Mar 2022 #46
LOL honest.abe Mar 2022 #49
Really, which parts? n/t XiJung Mar 2022 #51
Really, which parts support your comment? honest.abe Mar 2022 #54
All of them XiJung Mar 2022 #56
LOL.. I thought so. honest.abe Mar 2022 #57
You think that? n/t XiJung Mar 2022 #58
I am done with you once again. honest.abe Mar 2022 #59
Don't go away mad XiJung Mar 2022 #63
Be careful of wishful thinking n/t XiJung Mar 2022 #53
Putin should be preparing for defeat. CaptainTruth Mar 2022 #47
He's already lost. honest.abe Mar 2022 #48
One month from now, fill us on on how this prediction went dwayneb Mar 2022 #50
Pulverizing Ukraine is not winning. honest.abe Mar 2022 #55
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #60
I think if Moscow doesn't achieve a tactical, media victory by end-of-April, it's over. Torchlight Mar 2022 #52
Thanks for the link to the article relayerbob Mar 2022 #61
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