Ukrainian War Developments

gelgoog said:

Scott Ritter, Andrei Martyanov. Also some US general I can't remember the name. The Russian Army also made an official announcement on losses recently which claims an even more disproportionate ratio.

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james smith esq said:

And, now, the Senile One calls for regime change:

Biden says Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ as he assures Ukraine: ‘We stand with you’​

'For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,' Biden said during a speech from Warsaw, Poland​

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You’ve heard of Idocracy, well, this is an Idiodyssey, and we’re all (except for China and North Korea, Lol) sailing on ships Captained by fools!

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Botnet said:

First one is a sex offender and frequently posts RT op-eds. Second one is a clear anti-US partisan that claimed "Russia had caught up with the US". Anonymous US general lol. Yes, because the Russian Army has no reason to push their narrative.

This is as silly as the 15 to 1 kill ratio the Ukrainians have been pushing

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sferrin said:

You don't think North Korea is run by fools? Maybe you'd like to move there? No? I didn't think so.

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Lapin said:

"First one [Scott Ritter] is a sex offender and frequently posts RT op-eds ..."

Argumentum ad hominem. Yes, Scott Ritter was convicted of sexual offenses in the USA.
How is that supposedly relevant to his military or political analysis?
Should WikiLeaks be completely ignored or censored because Julian Assange was accused of rape?

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Lapin said:

Scott Ritter regularly wrote (past tense) for RT. So did more than a few other Westerners.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, however, he has written nothing (as far as I know) for RT.
Indeed, almost all Westerners who used to write for RT have fallen silent, either by choice or because they are no longer welcome.

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Lapin said:

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, who became close to Ritter in the 1990s and appeared as a character witness at his April 2011 trial, said that
Ritter "understands the Arab world in a way that few Westerners I know do. You have no idea how smart he is"."
--Wikipedia

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Atomicfrog said:

Moderators will need to do some kind of clean-up... it's just turning into a mud fest in the past few days.

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Lapin said:

That phallocentric rhetoric is gratuitous and sexist.
Unfortunately, that's too common and accepted in male-dominated spaces.

Here are some comments by Melissa Chan (criticizing John Mearsheimer's views on Ukraine):

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1507702814612541448

"Mearsheimer’s argument is basically the “she wore a short skirt” justification."

"As a woman covering foreign policy, and simply as a woman in society who sees regular justification of male violence, in this case it’s
Putin’s toxic masculinity against Ukraine — but Mearsheimer’s position isn’t just a “take,” it is morally deplorable and based on misogyny."

I don't necessarily agree with Melissa Chan on many issues, but I concur that there's regular condescension (at best)
toward women who dare to think independently and express their views in male-dominated spaces.

I often have heard that women are too soft and too emotional to think objectively about war or military history.
So it's better to stick to having babies.

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Temstar said:

I think Melissa Chan here is missing the point about realism. Realism cares not for your feelings or morality or toxic masculinity or any of that, realism looks at historical patterns and nature of people and use it to predict the future. Historical pattern says when a small nation next door to a large nation gets uppity and start causing trouble, sooner or later it will be slapped down. It happened to Cuba, it happened to Vietnam and now it's happening to Ukraine. Is it fair? Maybe not? But realism is not concerned with fairness or niceties. You can say Mearsheimer’s argument is basically the “she wore a short skirt” justification, but guess what? He predicted there will be a war in Ukraine decades ago and he was right on the money. Can you say his theory is wrong? Just because it hurts your feel feels?

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Botnet said:

Apparently Patriots do have dubious accuracy.

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sferrin said:

You don't think North Korea is run by fools? Maybe you'd like to move there? No? I didn't think so.

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