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Why Russia must win the Ukraine War:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705918997156241834

Russia must fight to the end, despite having already inflicted heavy casualties on the Ukrainian military.

Ukraine lost around 85% of its initial mobilized force: Field general​

A Ukrainian combat general says of each 100 individuals conscripted last year only 10-20 remain while others are either dead or disabled.
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Finally, the Ukrainians should know for whom they are fighting and dying for.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705958792091914429

I guess a "housing crisis" is much better than a homeless crisis.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705705027170623973
 
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RobertC

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There it is. Straight out of the foreign establishment mouthpiece

U.S. Provided Canada With Intelligence on Killing of Sikh Leader​

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Retired Indian diplomat M.K. Bhadrakumar provides a scathing analysis at
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All in all, the Nijjar affair takes the lid off the acute contradictions in India’s foreign policies. The assumptions driving the foreign policy’s China-centric thrust turn out to be delusional; the “westernist” trajectory has landed in a cul-de-sac; the assiduously propagated larger-than-life global image of India turns out to be a mirage; foreign policy built on personality cult and opportunism rather than rational and consistent principles attuned to the world in transition got battered; and, most important, the hubris in India’s diplomacy boomeranged.

The Nijjar affair poses an existential dilemma. Surrendering to the US diktat will make India look a surrogate state and a laughing stock in the Global South. Indians won’t approve of it.

On the contrary, ignoring the diktat will be hugely consequential. Make no mistake, Five Eyes had a gory history against the Soviet Union; in the post-cold war era, it all but destabilised Hong Kong, and is today an active player in Myanmar and Thailand in India’s neighbourhood. Its entry in the subcontinent is ominous.
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He also noted a inflexion point in the Ukraine conflict
[Indian foreign policy] cannot be anymore dumb-witted than that. The Biden Administration is nowadays courting China with a view to get President Xi Jinping to visit the US and agree to a summit meeting with Biden, which the latter is keenly seeking with an eye on the November 2024 election.

It’s a desperate attempt to get China to persuade Russia to agree to a dialogue process in Ukraine so as to stave off the military defeat of NATO during its 75th anniversary celebrations in July next year in Washington, which the White House is choreographing as a triumphal moment for the Biden presidency’s transatlantic leadership.
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It’s a desperate attempt to get China to persuade Russia to agree to a dialogue process in Ukraine so as to stave off the military defeat of NATO during its 75th anniversary celebrations in July next year in Washington, which the White House is choreographing as a triumphal moment for the Biden presidency’s transatlantic leadership
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It’s also an attempt to get Xi into an embarrassing position. Biden will seek to stand at the podium next to Xi and preach about Uyghur genocide, Taiwanese democracy, Intellectual Property Rights, and Freedom Of Navigation.
 
BoraTas

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Just leaving this here. Because Americans are pretending they are doing EVERYTHING in Ukraine. Just EU aid is higher and that doesn't include independent donations by European nations. It also doesn't include arbitrary methods the US uses for evaluating values of weapons. For example, they adjust costs of weapons produced years ago and nobody know which formula they use.

Of course, it would be better if we were smart enough to prevent this war or facilitated a peace.

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RobertC said:
Retired Indian diplomat M.K. Bhadrakumar provides a scathing analysis at
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He also noted a inflexion point in the Ukraine conflict
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They are courting China because China actually has a remote chance of being able to solve the mounting financial and diplomatic pressure whereas India has no chance.
 
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Retired Indian diplomat M.K. Bhadrakumar provides a scathing analysis at
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He also noted a inflexion point in the Ukraine conflict
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This article is very good, this part was interesting. The US also has big notebook, it remembers who tries to de-dollarize.
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was that he was asked to comment on Modi government’s approach to the Nijjar case being of a kind with recent Indian policies, viz., that Delhi is challenging America’s vital interests — “economic aggression… they [Modi government] made a deal with 18 countries to not use dollars to trade… India has — is on a U.S. watchlist for intellectual property theft of US companies. India has been — is part of BRICS.”

Sullivan responded that “where we have concerns with India, whether it comes to issues related to the very watchlist that you’re describing or otherwise, we make those concerns clear. And we defend US interests, as we do with every country in the world.
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I see Modi's only option now (to get reelected next year) is to fully bow down to the west, probably provoking China over the border again. The Indian media is keen to show Modi getting along with Xi for the past two years but the reality is anything but. Indian newspapers always highlight Modi's interactions with Xi, while the Chinese newspapers rarely mention it.

This was last G20
This was BRICS
 
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gelgoog

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BoraTas said:
Just leaving this here. Because Americans are pretending they are doing EVERYTHING in Ukraine. Just EU aid is higher and that doesn't include independent donations by European nations. It also doesn't include arbitrary methods the US uses for evaluating values of weapons. For example, they adjust costs of weapons produced years ago and nobody know which formula they use.

Of course, it would be better if we were smart enough to prevent this war or facilitated a peace.
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Not only that but much of the EU financial aid is actually funds which do not need to be repaid, while US financial aid comes with interest. The US basically granted loans to Ukraine. If you also compare the military aid, I frankly do not see how the US gets to those grossly inflated numbers.
 
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gelgoog said:
Not only that but much of the EU financial aid is actually funds which do not need to be repaid, while US financial aid comes with interest. The US basically granted loans to Ukraine. If you also compare the military aid, I frankly do not see how the US gets to those grossly inflated numbers.
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Loans which will never be repaid...I guess if makes it easier on taxpayers if they're told they will be getting the money back eventually.

America has a much bigger military stockpile than all of the EU combined, so it's natural they give more.

I don't see why you find it hard to believe, war is expensive. If anything, the chart underestimates how much America has given. Congress sets a budget of how much aid can be given, and the US government allocates according to that. Most of it has already been bought so they can set the value of what they are sending to whatever they want without accounting for inflation. E.g. an F-16 with the 80s price of $10 million instead of the $100 or so it would actually cost.

When the time comes to refill America's stockpile, we'll see how much the war actually cost them.
 
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