> They were perennially angered that the Americans couldn’t, or wouldn’t, give them all of the weapons and other equipment they wanted. That was the plan from

> They were perennially angered that the Americans couldn’t, or wouldn’t, give them all of the weapons and other equipment they wanted. That was the plan from the start, I believe. They were never going to be allowed to win. They won't be allowed to lose either, at least not too quickly. One example I like to use, is say, you're sick, and you need $10k for a life-saving surgery. Your friend sends you $7k. That's very generous, you should thank your friend, of course. But you'll still die. It's kind of like what's happened here. Ukrainians got the $7k. But then were receiving a few hundreds here, and another hundred there over a longer period of time. Russians were at first unprepared and couldn't control their troops well, but they learned soon enough. They use drones with fiber-optic control, glide bombs, they dug in well. People were laughing at Surovikin's "line", they are not laughing at it now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortifications_of_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortifications_of_the_Russian_...