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If west provided modern jets last year, if west provided long range missiles last year, and mainly: if Ukraine was allowed to use them against invader's militar
by ponector 3y ago
If west provided modern jets last year, if west provided long range missiles last year, and mainly: if Ukraine was allowed to use them against invader's military target on their soil - there would not be a stalemate now.
There are airports, ammo depots and other facilities less than 100 km from Ukrainian cities, and Russians are safe(mostly) there.
While at the same time Russians every day continuing their terrorist attacks on Ukrainian cities.
Russia is a terrorist state, but world doesn't care if they can have profits from Russia.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoAt first I felt like maybe this was a reasonable strategy from the west, because it allowed NATO to escalate capabilities slowly without at any point performing actions that would have looked like a direct attack on Russian home soil, justifying military action against the west, etc. But after this summer of letting the Ukrainians flounder along the front in a stalemated counteroffensive, I am frustrated. The F16s should have been there this summer. And now Avdiivka will become this winter's Bakhmut and the US could very well end up with a Putin-allied Trumpler in the Whitehouse next year.
- ponector 3y agoI have a feeling that west doesn't want Ukraine to win. They want to bleed Russia, to make it weak, but to stay in one piece and with current government. Unfortunately for Ukraine, there is no powerful politician like Reagan nowadays. Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times. We had decades of peace and prosperity and now hard times are coming.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoWe don't need strong men, we need strong people.
- mdavid626 3y agoIt’s not only about weapons, jets etc. You need personell and expertise to use them. Does Ukraine have that?