Re: Ukraine's Curve Ball

On 2024-08-10, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

But this confirms me in my suspicion that russia, apart from the
front, is ridiculously ill defended.  The wagner rebellion almost
reached Moscow before they persuaded them to stop. And now this.  I am
convinced, that if Nato and/or Europe decided on a blitz in the early
spring, Moscow and Putin would quickly fall and the war will be over.
But it seems like the world wants to torture Ukraine by giving them
just enough military help and resources to allow them to barely
survive, but definitely not enough to win the war, thus ensuring the
maximum amount of pain and death.

I agree with you on all points.  Not arming Ukraine properly in the
beginning of the conflict is a tragedy. This could have been reduced to
a week's fighting if Western Europe and the USA had the stones to simply
jump in throwing punches.  Poor Ukraine.

As for Russia, I agree some day we'll pull back the curtain and find out
just how much of it was smoke and mirrors.  That said, Putin gets points
for being a hell of a better strategist than just about anyone.