Bobby_2021

"Indications" "US official says"

Only for one Russian teenager to come with a jammer technology to render the whole "army" useless. Over reliance on tech for will have more than one ways to backfire hard.

These pictures have little significance given the total control of the media ecosystem by western NGOs. Is it that simple of a narrative? After the evil Assad sun set, the Jolani sunrise and here are the times of peace and prosperity. This is too much of a contrived and propped up narrative.

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/32704-document-1-wayne-merry-dissent-channel-cable-american-embassy-moscow Declassified just a week ago. Americas predatory and intrusive approach to post soviet Russia would end up in adversial relationship in the future and would harm long term US interests. Beautiful elaboration.

It's asking more from a single person who are all engaged in fight for a lesser pie.

Russians already use jamming to counter the drones. There was never that threat in the first place. Still warmongers keep talking about this to keep the demand high for arms sales. High tech weapons will not have the ground level impact you think it might have. As far as cheap weapons are considered, it is making it easier for broke countries to have a bigger shot at winning. The difference is made in numbers, not in how much advanced tech you can compress into a single device. NATO cannot use high tech to escape the poor decisions made by it's leadership and it's not ready for attrition warfare. Even 5k dead soldier coming back in body bags is enough to traumatise the collective western psyche. And people will call out the bluff for what it is and call to end the war. And that's how the Russians will ultimately win. By making it as bloody as possible. You can't hide behind tech. And NATO never engaged in a head to head bloody combat with a worthwhile opponent so we never know their true capabilities. I wouldn't overestimate it to be honest.

You don't know the competency of NATO unless you see them in an actual war. US has not had a conclusive victory in any of the conflicts it has engaged in since ww2. [Carpet bombing an entire country in a fighter jet like a coward don't count.] There is no threat from direct threat from Russia as of now. But just imagine, Russia despite all it's incompetence defeating NATO/Ukraine. This is destabilizing NATO from the inside. At the end of the day it's all about accomplishing the set objectives. The only things that matter is if meet your objectives.

There is more to the story. Why cannot IDF defeat Hamas despite having so many resources poured into it? Apparently, they claim to be the best high tech military in the whole world. All these advanced militaries have little experience with an actual head-to-head ground level bloody conflict. All NATO, US flexing is about fighter jets dropping bombs from above, levelling places to the ground or specialized military operations. In actual ground level conflict, what matters is real experience fighting head-to-head. Attrition. Drone warfare. Do you really think western gen z is patriotic enough to lose their lives over some stupid conflict? They do not have what it takes to sustain a long bloody conflict. And Ukraine Russia war is a NATO Russia war. Pretending that the Russians are fighting a "colony of ants" is gross reductionism, unless that colony of ants is NATO. NATO is not merely funding the war; they are coordinating it as well. They are providing intel support. NATO personal is helping fire ATACMS missiles that are deeply integrated with NATOs own command and control.

And NATO got whopped by the Taliban, what is your point? The only thing that matters is that they set out objectives and they got it.

Any war with Russia is going to be a battle of attrition, fought face to face and NATO will lose. Russia has more artillery and simple things like that is going to make all the difference.

This might be a hint to why people actually vote red. Dems only care about the ultra-wealthy.

The elites running the country are not dumb. They are smart. But when they say seemingly stupid things, it is often the case that they know something more than you. I have racked my brain for hours for why the west paint Putin as the boogeyman when there is no obvious threat from Russia. Literally Zero. This goes against all common sense. They constantly say Russia is a paper tiger and then they say they are scared of Russia invading Europe lol. Unsurprisingly, the answer is, as always private interests of the defense industrial complex. They always wanted to get EU to spend more on the military. They are actively manufacturing consent from the gullible public for the insane defense spending which is already over the roof. They do not want you to have proper heating in your house and good health care rather need more bombs and missiles to fight against boogeyman Russia. This is why they do not really care about the Ukrainian people either. This is why Boris Johnson sabotaged the peace talks on April of 2022 asking Ukraine to fight on. This is literal blood money they are playing with. Such rotten state of the world we are living in. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/12/20/7490081/ They are going to soon push EU nations into an insane 5% of GDP on defense spending when most nations are barely spending 2%. This is coming at a time of already great economic struggle. This eerily feels like US are the present-day Soviets. They are going to militarize themselves to death. Are you are saying that because this is objectively NOT a special military operation? Genuinely trying to understand here. OH well, I guess you are right. Especially considering that over 500k people might have lost their lives. Claude is quite impressive in how it convinces me fr.

It is an invasion too, but that does not make it, not a special military operation. The invasion has limited objectives, least of what they are interested in is land grabbing. In the Ukraine situation the initial aggression started on 2013 Nov. From there on, Russia responded and here we are right now. -----

Their strategy is to balkanize it in the long term. Weaken it and remove it of all Sovereignty.

Typical propaganda hit piece.

Because of western sanctions. These sanctions complicate the financial transactions and the black market will boom will only lead to more corruption. You pretend sanctions don't exist at all? How come you don't have a problem with US occupying Syrian oil fields? This is broad daylight stealing. This doesn't qualify as selling out? Israel and US is already occupying and bombing your country's military assets more than Assad in a period of 10 days and you are totally chill about it.

Give the long-term foreign policy of the US, post Yeltsin, to seek the strategic defeat, containment, dismembering, disenfranchisement of Russia, obviously to funnel trillions in resources back to the west with their neoliberal policies, would you be in favor of such policy or not? This is the same foreign policy that made US rich in the first place, at least had a lot to do with it. More wealth means more development especially food security, fuel security and everything else. I mean this is the developmental direction of states according to SD right? I also remember you saying that the reason lower developed states are targeted is because they are lower developed than their higher developed counterparts. How does all this factor in dictating the foreign policy of the US?

@integration journey Assad has deeply penetrated the psyche of the Syrian people and will continue to influence Syria. 2 Decades of rule was not for nothing. Allowing Israel, Turks and US to steal Syrian land is peak Syrian for you. Also was that Jolani guy even born in Syria or even lived in it enough to understand to govern it? --- One thing is for certain, the coordinated yet unexpected clash of events suggest only one thing. The highest levels of decision making from the Axis of resistence knows what they are doing. This is not the win that the west thinks they have got. They are unknowingly walking into another Afganistan, although this is certainly a win in the short term for them.

Afd could never get elected democratically. Else we will get to see another coup and re elections till we see the right party. Everything is perfectly democratic of course. Democracy is the pillar of the free world.

Thank you so much for stating the obvious. The Chinese are more than happy for a peaceful resolution with some special arrangements. But if the west keeps using Taiwan as a tool for containin China like they did with Russia using Ukraine, we are all cooked.

Is that really so? Even the collective NATO military got smoked by Taliban. Does that mean American military is a paper tiger? No. A good operation needs good leadership, clearly stated goals and a well defined path to accomplishing those goals. What were all the military accomplishments of the US/NATO that met all the stated goals? Did the US meets it's goals in Vietnam? What about the dubious goals of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? This is not an all out war against the west that Putin declared. It's a special military operation with limited objectives namely 1) Liberation of Donbass 2) Prevent Ukraine from joining NATO. 3) Demilitarize Ukrainian Army. All goals are going exactly according to plan as Putin is inching closer to his stated goals every single day. Western propaganda outlets have convinced their gullible consumers that Putin couldn't capture Ukraine in 3 days, hence the SMO is a failure. Putin never wanted the whole of Ukraine buddy. Putin never said it. But the west is happy setting dubious goals for Russia and spinning it as a loss for Russia when they fail to meet the westen projection of Russian interests. ---- Regarding Russian Military being a paper tiger...since when have US military have won a trench warfare since ww2? In fact US/NATO army could only work in situations with high air superiority where they could bomb tf our of places in their billion dollar fighter jets. Russia has shown them that modern warfare is more about attrition and good old artillery and high tech drones. All of which Russia and China are the masters at. If Russia could drive west closer to war in Ukraine by draining all their resources while China stops selling drone to Ukraine, and they can easily use Russian help with invading Ukraine. This is plausible winning strategy. Not commenting on much, but this is enough to show they are more than just paper tigers. Note that the war in Ukraine is not just Ukraine Vs Russia. It's NATO vs Russia already if you actually follow the actual mechanics of the war. The Kursk operations, ATACMS missiles are all NATO joint operations. And NATO is on the losing side as of now.

The Tiktok videos also consists of preserving the whales, not wage slaving your life away and actually having a life if not for the economic realities dictated by the boomers in power. The equivalent of TikTok videos for boomers was locker room talk of beating up their wives if they didn't get a full sized meal when they come home among other things. I am not shitting on them for it. Boomer were spoiled because they grew up in a time where one man with subpar skills with a little hardwork can live comfortably without fomo, marry a cute women in 20s itself, provide for an entire family, buy a house on SINGLE INCOME. Now how many younger generations even do have this available as an option. Now the young people of today need multiple income, multiple languages, multiple skill sets, sales diversification and whatever bullshit it takes just to have a shot, which is not guaranteed because the boomers are the ultimate gatekeepers of opportunities and of course they will have nepotism. There are the ground level economic realities of an average boomer vs average gen z. Imagine studing coding and watching multi billion corporates are pouring billions into replacing you at the start of your career. Should feel nice.

I can't help but draw parallels to all the situations in the past where the exact same pattern happened in cartoonish like similarly. 1. Iran 1953. CIA overthrew Mossadegh and installed a western puppet shah, which ultimately led to the Islamic revolution of 1979. Now Iran is the biggest pain in the ass to the westen led order. 2. CIA supporting and funding Mujahedden in Afganistan in the 80s to lure the soviets in. Now they are known as the Taliban and they became a humiliation and waste of Trillions to the west. 3. Israel supporting and finding radical extremist groups in to counter the moderate PLO. Now hamas is their biggest pain in the ass. All of them work in Timelines of a couple of decades. 4...... Now they are supporting and making relations with (ex?) Al-quada leader who even killed American soldiers. This guy literally praised 9/11. This radical headchopper and internationally recognised terrorist who had experience in insurgency is supposed to be better in governance of a complicated society than some eye doctor? Syria is going to be another long term quagmire for western conquest that is going to economically bankrupt them. Putin is playing 4d chess here. Think long term. Syria being a complicated society makes it all the while more important that you don't do regime changes there because it's hard to properly govern a complicated society. For a final say, where are all the die hard Palestine warriors on this fourm? The palestinian cause is good as dead now. Now when shit hits the fan, don't come asking Russia or Iran for help because there will not be.

You guys are making a false equivalency here between generations. Yes there is laziness and self bias. The the degree to which boomers have destro the young generations hopes gauged in actual numbers is unfathomable. Millennials are more closer to boomers than gen z I feel. Which is why I also made it clear that I am not super bullish on millennials. Millennials are slightly better off and slight improvements are significant considering the sheer scale. Gen z would be in a perfect position to bring forth actual change in my opinion. This is a developmental thing and nuanced. There are real psychological differences in the minds of young folks compared to older ones.

Well articulated. The efforts you put in your writings is commendable.