marathon @marathon0@qoto.org

Analyst opinion on the Special Operation in Ukraine:
https://youtu.be/m2G6FxAeCHA

@eionmac
They (like most other NATO countries have given most of the stockpile to Ukraine. Can't say they've been responsible for those supplies either. Most is ending up on the Blackmarket too. 🤨

@MobyGrape@mastodon.social
OK, saved for later viewing. Gotta watch the Azov documentary 1st. ;-)

@MobyGrape@mastodon.social
Yup the Russian Front probably allowed for the 'Allied' landings in France. Also the Baltics that were released from Nazi occupation are busy tearing down the monuments to the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War. Very disgraceful!

Crazy that the UK wants to get into the Ukrainian conflict using the Ukrainian attacks on the Nuclear Power Plant as a pretext! Some sobering stats from two military experts, whom I respect.

“Just to put the current conflict in Ukraine into perspective:

In 1991 Iraq, USA has fired 60,000 rounds for the entire gulf war.

Russia fires this in one day.

The NATO industrial base is not capable of such production numbers.

Europe is not capable of producing an arsenal capable to stand up to the Russian military.

Expert opinion:
According to ex-US marine corp officer Scott Ritter, the British would run out of ammunition in 2 weeks in a war against Russia. Scott Ritter said they would “not even last 2 weeks because they’d lose their entire army by then.”

According to Scott, NATO has been demilitarized. Even the United States,
According to Scott, has run out of rounds for their most important systems which are meant to break down the russian military — in event of conflict.

Scott says that the Russian military, according to leaked documents by Ukrainian ministry of defense itself — inflicted 250,000 casualties onto the Ukrainians. This is 3x the size of Britain’s entire standing army.

Scott estimates that before the war, no European military would stand in a conflict with the Ukrainian army. He explains that the Ukrainian military would decimate Poland, Germany, Romania, etc.

Having internal knowledge due to his US military background/connections, Scott is aware of the level of support, training and supplies to the Ukrainian military since 2014. Scott describes the pre-2022 Ukrainian military as best combat equipped in Europe with more battle experience than any other army in Europe.

Scott Ritter estimates 15,000 combined casualties for Russia and its allies, this is inline with our previous estimation.

Ukrainians are losing thousands of men without ever seeing a Russian soldier face to face. This is inline with the videos we saw from various Ukrainian units who refused to fight and called on the Ukrainian authorities to pull them out of battle. They said the exact same thing. The casualty ratio between Russia and Ukraine is simply jaw dropping. These are numbers we have not seen in modern history.

Russia is doing this with 200k men, a peace time economy. Russia has not mobilized. Russia has employed 20% of its capability.

One more thing to add: while looking at maps, we only see “small advance” arrows. Small advance arrows accomplish one thing, they demilitarize Ukraine and inflict heavy casualties on the Ukrainians without putting Russian lives at danger. Russia is not on a timed schedule here. They have no reason to rush. Anyone who studied history, especially WW2 battles — is aware that big arrow map moves cost big casualties. Thousands of men die. There’s simply no reason for this. In fact, the longer Russia drags this out, the more they demilitarize Europe and drain the United States military supplies and funds.

At the same time, the Russian military is now the most combat experienced military in the world. The longer this drags on, the more soldiers get combat experience due to rotations. The more pilots get to perfect their skills, navy, intelligence, etc.

No modern military has fought a war even remotely similar to the Ukrainian war. This is not a war where the enemy gets bombed to oblivion by aviation, cities get turned into rubble and soldiers then move in like heroes with minimal resistance— this is ground warfare in its purest form; artillery battles, territorial conquest. This is where individual skills and strategy are crucial.

The world has not seen anything like this since WW2. Russia will demilitarize Ukraine. Russia will reach its goals. No magical weapon can change that. No one with military background doubts this.”

T.me/asbmil

@MobyGrape@mastodon.social
Well maybe right, but unproven. We'll never know what happened to JFK in our lifetime, methinks. I was around when it happened.

#ukraine On August 14, the #Azov Brain Rot documentary premiered. The film features exclusive footage and eyewitness accounts, as well as filmed testimonials by captured Azov militants and foreign mercenaries who surrendered in #Mariupol.
https://video.qoto.org/videos/watch/5411b543-f669-41cc-975b-8b50f8eddc6b

@MobyGrape@mastodon.social
Mm probably more their financial backers - I don't really subscribe to the deep state running things theory. It's always big money IMHO.

@MobyGrape@mastodon.social
I wonder if Biden is running things—what's your opinion? He seems frail mentally.

It's a sad country, not run any better than before the Maidan coup.

#ukraine war veterans on how Kiev plundered US aid, wasted soldiers, endangered civilians, and lost the war - The Grayzone https://thegrayzone.com/2022/08/18/ukraine-veterans-us-aid-soldiers-war/

This worries me. Am I the only one that thinks the Russian government is saner, more responsible, than our leadership in the collective West?
I truly, hope that the following report is false, bc if true, this sets a new precedent in modern warfare.

“The Russian Defence Ministry has reported that on 31 July, Russian servicemen performing tasks in #Zaporozhye region were taken to a military hospital with signs of poisoning.

As a result of an examination, a toxic substance, botulinum toxin type B, was found in the servicemen's body.

On the fact of chemical terrorism backed by the Zelensky regime, the Russian Federation is preparing supporting documents with the results of all the analyses.

An additional investigation is also being conducted into the poisoning with military poisoning agents of the head of Kherson Region's interim administration.

t.me/Slavyangrad /@rian_ru/

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@eqyo
>So maybe you’d call me naive, but I think most of these professionals are simply trying to do what’s best for their patients. Even if not out of the goodness of their hearts, then to avoid malpractice lawsuits.

I'm thinking back to the early 80s when social workers, psychologists/psychiatrists had this idea that one could “let out” repressed memories. It turned out to be quite the disaster as many parents were imprisoned and had their reputations destroyed, and charged with child rape etc., all on the words of these experts in the medical field.
When it comes to subjective interpretation, I don't think any of the medical community has better insight than the common man. Psychiatry is still witchcraft and **far** from an exact science.
So, I don't have the faith you have, as I've seen it before.

In my opinion, sex change steroids and surgery should only be done when children reach the age of majority. In my country, that would be 18 years of age. Even then I think it's too young, but if one is able to die for their country at that age, then I suppose yours truly can't argue against it.

@valleyforge
Didn't find the clutch slipping either? Brings back memories. 😀