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You've got a lot of opinions for someone who hasn't paid any attention to the conflict. For those who have been following, it's pretty clear it's been disastro

by lawn 3y ago

You've got a lot of opinions for someone who hasn't paid any attention to the conflict. For those who have been following, it's pretty clear it's been disastrous for Russia.

kornhole 3y ago
If you ask US Colonel Douglas MacGregor, who has been following this war vary closely, he puts Ukrainian deaths at over 315K with about 5 to 7 dead Ukrainians per every Russian. Russia can not lose this war and will throw everything at this fight which they see as an existential threat.
- lawn 3y ago
  MacGregor is hopelessly pro-Russian and it's impossible to take what he says seriously. This quote from the beginning of the war did not age well for instance: > If they don't surrender in the next 24 hours, I suspect Russia will ultimately annihilate them. Or how to he thought the Russian military was "too gentle" (after the countless reports of rape, torture and murder of the civilian population). Stop listening to Russian propaganda, or those who repeat it.
  - kornhole 3y ago
    He is a colonel of the US military with much combat experience and a PHD in foreign relations. You are telling me not to listen to anyone questioning or disagreeing with neocon NATO propaganda. OK will do..
    - lawn 3y ago
      The counter to NATO propaganda isn't Russian propaganda...
netbioserror 3y ago
A cheery declaration. You definitely seem "invested," and I do mean that pejoratively. For everyone "invested" in this conflict, their first thought is to the first-order effects on Russia. Never mind the disastrous worldwide second- and third-order effects the war (and its proxy involvements) are having on the average person in the rest of the world. And since I can already hear the response that it's all on Putin's shoulders, I should remind you that we're the ones printing hundreds of billions in USD, sending veritable mountains of arms and aid to spin the woodchipper even faster.

by lawn 3y ago

You've got a lot of opinions for someone who hasn't paid any attention to the conflict. For those who have been following, it's pretty clear it's been disastrous for Russia.

kornhole 3y ago

If you ask US Colonel Douglas MacGregor, who has been following this war vary closely, he puts Ukrainian deaths at over 315K with about 5 to 7 dead Ukrainians per every Russian. Russia can not lose this war and will throw everything at this fight which they see as an existential threat.

lawn 3y ago
MacGregor is hopelessly pro-Russian and it's impossible to take what he says seriously. This quote from the beginning of the war did not age well for instance: > If they don't surrender in the next 24 hours, I suspect Russia will ultimately annihilate them. Or how to he thought the Russian military was "too gentle" (after the countless reports of rape, torture and murder of the civilian population). Stop listening to Russian propaganda, or those who repeat it.
- kornhole 3y ago
  He is a colonel of the US military with much combat experience and a PHD in foreign relations. You are telling me not to listen to anyone questioning or disagreeing with neocon NATO propaganda. OK will do..
  - lawn 3y ago
    The counter to NATO propaganda isn't Russian propaganda...

netbioserror 3y ago

A cheery declaration. You definitely seem "invested," and I do mean that pejoratively. For everyone "invested" in this conflict, their first thought is to the first-order effects on Russia. Never mind the disastrous worldwide second- and third-order effects the war (and its proxy involvements) are having on the average person in the rest of the world. And since I can already hear the response that it's all on Putin's shoulders, I should remind you that we're the ones printing hundreds of billions in USD, sending veritable mountains of arms and aid to spin the woodchipper even faster.