Most liked posts in thread: World war 3....

A simple google search of civilians killed by NATO will tell you that NATO is not a 'defensive' army/organisation.

 

When, or if this war ever does come to a conclusion, i wonder who gets the spoils of victory? Cos Ukraine have got one massive aid package to pay off. And how exactly will that 'debt' be paid off? Lets face it, war is down to economics at the end of the day and theres untold riches been made out of this conflict. A lot of countries have taken advantage by getting rid of old near obsolete stock like Britain with the old scorpions for example. And these countries have been buying up new tanks, fighting vehicles, howitzers to replace them, its like Christmas has come early for the weapons manufacturers.

 

Soldiers do not win wars factories do, The side that can produce more weapons will always win,(War Factories Programme) This will be tight though as the big hitters in NATO are supplying Ukraine, Russia has retreated to a position it can hold over winter while replacing weapons lost while also hitting Ukraine's infrastructure including power and water hoping to erode the will to fight before the next offensive

 

"It's amazing how many problems you can solve once you are no longer tethered to reality."

A great line from the linked video by Perun, who has put out a by-now lengthy series of detailed analyses of the war, all of which are well worth viewing. This one talks about the Russian culture of lying, vranyo, and how that has contributed to the Potemkin army that now passes for the Russian army, as well as how it may have influenced the decisions made by Putin himself.

The piece is an hour long, but if you have the time I highly recommend it and the rest of his works.

Executive summary: Garbage In, Garbage Out.

Vranyo means you tell people, especially your superiors, what they want to hear rather than what they need to hear. But decision-makers need the truth, or their decisions will be bad: you order an assault because all the reports say that your units are at full strength, the men are all excellent shots, the vehicles are all in good working order, the enemy is weak and their location is poorly defended...and then you get hammered, because all that information was actually wrong.



RCB

 

With the amount of available social media and up to the minute worldwide media reports it would be foolish to imagine Putin is been fooled by his military as to the state of events. What is obvious now to Putin is the state of the Russian army and how far it has fallen behind the west in technology in arms and troop training. It is a lesson that will not be ignored

 

Well it is nearly inevitable now! Putin is a complete mad man!!

 

Poland have confirmed they were Russian made missiles.

As awful as it was, I suspect a stray missile and not an intentional attack on Poland.

NATO has to act with caution over this otherwise we know what happens next

 

The missile was Ukrainian anti aircraft missile that either went astray or hit a Russian missile and went astray. Interesting this was known last night as a reliable source online gave it's make and chassis/ engine number confirming it was Russian made but was owned by the Ukraine military.

 

What will be the effects of this rebellion by Wagner mercenaries', Putin now has two problems on his hands, watching his latest interview Putin looks a very worried leader.

 

Let's hope they can get him before he presses that red button.....

 

I can't see that happening Tony what would it achieve, there would be no positives from a nuclear war.

 

Putin asking Muscovites not to travel and anti terrorist measures are being put in place, surely Wagner won't attack Moscow. if they do it will weaken Putin's control of Russia, could it become a civil war within Russia, worrying times as Yevgeny Prigozhin's looks more unbalanced than Putin. now Yevgeny Prigozhin's having access to the red button would be a different story.

 

More like 11pm going by progress and needing to stop to fuel up all those vehicles at some point.

 

Looks like its all hunky dory Putin withdraws all criminal charges and there will be no prosecutions against Yevgeny Prigozhin's, I bet that will make him he'll sleep sounder in his bed at night, be careful what you eat, drink or touch Yevgeny your a dead man walking.

 

Superb analysis

 

Yes; his writings, I've found, are well worth reading. For those who don't know him, he's an american historian, Balliol-educated and currently a professor at Yale, specialising in Central/Eastern European history.

RCB