Ukrainian War Developments
- Thread starter james smith esq
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His sentimentality for Ukrainian "brotherhood/kinship" is what I believe blinded the man for taking a military action in such a haphazard way. He's military intelligence either misled or miscalculated the Ukraine's ability and will to resist the Russian actions or Putin was too sure of his own kool-aid that he may have dismissed the advice given to him from a combination of group think (afraid to give bad news to the leader) and Russian hubris.
But the war must succeed at all cost otherwise what the f..k was the point of executing such a ham fisted operation if the best he could extract from all the losses Russia is experiencing is a measly little territory.
No matter how one look at this situation the Russian so called "special operation" which is essentially an invasion is unmitigated strategic disaster. And as you said, it definitely exposed the glaring weaknesses in the Russian military which was one of Russia's strategic asset in terms of protecting power, and the ability to intimidate European nations into capitulation pre-Russian invasion. Now, with the embarrassing losses of the once vaunted Russian military nations that used to fear Russia has seen that credibility withered away, and if it wasn't for Russian nuclear power, NATO would have definitely gotten involved in the conflict and that would have been very difficult for Russia to manage, ditto for NATO.
I don't know why Putin took this action with such immediacy without considering all the geopolitical ramifications his actions entail. Putin, if he has any semblance of strategic acumen left ought to reevaluate the people he has surrounded himself with which means, he should now see the value in retaining people with great skills, and further more people that has enough courage to speak up against dumb ideas (Russian invasion of Ukraine) and to commit one's armed forces in trying to achieving one's goal must no be hijacked by nonsensical sentimentality (Russians are loved by Ukrainian people) and not all Ukrainians want to be Russians to avoid the stupid severe constraints placed on the Russian military ROE.
As usual, white people tend to be willfully blind toward endemic racism that non-white people readily observe.
And white people like to regard themselves as the ultimate authorities on racism--and everything else.
Academic studies (including some made by white people) have found a major double standard in how the media
in white-dominated societies (at least in the USA) covers violence toward white and non-white people.
Put simply, non-white lives usually receive less attention and be less valued than white lives, allowing for other
factors (such as age, class, gender, etc.) being equal.
As usual, white people demand that racism never be mentioned because it's 'divisive' and makes them uncomfortable.
Fair enough. You see this is the problem with anecdotal evidence, because I have no way to ascertain your position except to make assumptions without you stating it explicitly. And for every anecdotal evidence you propose I can find another one that contradict it and we both have no way to verify each others claim anyway.
This is why anecdotal evidence is utterly worthless, I hope it doesn't take advanced mathematical training to understand that.
So before you criticize me for my reading comprehension, the onus is on you to make sound argument not on me to try to make sense of your jumbled words.
Again you put words into my mouth like you accuse me of, when had I expressed "intellectual superiority"? Care to point that out?
I'm stating the fact that I am being objective and rational, which has nothing to do with "intellectual superiority". Even an intellectually challenged person can strive for rationality, perhaps you should try it.
"he [Putin] should now see the value in retaining people with great skills, and further more people that has enough
courage to speak up against dumb ideas."
Few organizations sincerely encourage people to be very critical of their superiors, particularly the leader at the top.
And that's true whether the organization's in a democracy or a dictatorship.
I have attended work meetings where the boss boasts that he's doing a great job and most of his subordinates eagerly
chime in to assure him that he's doing a great job, even when they privately say the opposite to me.
When I have spoken out 'against dumb ideas' at work, I almost always have been ignored (at best), demoted, or sacked.
Later, someone else may say exactly what I did and get praised for it, but it's too late to erase my 'original sin'.
Please explain to me how I am racist based upon the colour of my skin?
That sounds entirely hypocritical to me.
Piss off, you're just a Kerbal little green dudes
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