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2022-03-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2022-03-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top
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#1 Russia is probably setting up fall guys for any atrocities.

Posted by ruprecht 2022-03-26 00:40|| 2022-03-26 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 They will do whatever it takes to wreck Ukraine. This matter is existential for Russia. They will not give up until Ukraine is in ruins. When will Biden and his people get it through their heads?

Posted by Dopey Angarong6485 2022-03-26 01:00|| 2022-03-26 01:00|| Front Page Top

#3

I have to ask:
What has happened to the Super Bad A$$ Russian Military that we were constantly told was a threat to world peace?

Did the USA Taxpayers really need to pump & dump $$ TRILLIONS of dollars into defending against this mess?

It seems clear Russia does not have:
* the claimed Ground Forces,
* the ability to quickly stage, mass and attack,
* lacks Skilled Sr. Level Combat Leadership,
* lacks tactical equipment in numbers needed for any mass Invasion of Western Europe. At best Russia, it seems, can pick off a smaller country every 5 to 10 years between rebuilding.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-03-26 07:21|| 2022-03-26 07:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Did the USA Taxpayers really need to pump & dump $$ TRILLIONS of dollars into defending against this mess?

The things were are not told. I recall the Intelligence Community was reportedly caught unaware of the events leading to the fall of the Soviet Union.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-03-26 07:38|| 2022-03-26 07:38|| Front Page Top

#5 NN2N1,
The EU knew it. That’s why they didn’t spend to defend them selves. Russia is a regional power with nucs. That is all.

Posted by Xyz 2022-03-26 07:57|| 2022-03-26 07:57|| Front Page Top

#6 "But, but, MUH NAZIS!"

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-03-26 08:01|| 2022-03-26 08:01|| Front Page Top

#7 "Russia's huge and threatening. Therefore we need to expand NATO to the edge of Russia."
"Russia's not a threat to us. Therefore we need to expand NATO the edge of Russia."

Posted by Zenobia Flase5021 2022-03-26 08:34|| 2022-03-26 08:34|| Front Page Top

#8 It's not like Russia wasn't spending huge amounts on its military -- they were just not bothering to spend it on training and maintenance. You assess threats on capability -- and on paper, the Russian military has huge capabilities -- not on performance.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-03-26 10:05|| 2022-03-26 10:05|| Front Page Top

#9 I don't think anybody had "Seven Russian generals will be killed in the first 30 days" on their Bingo card.

Posted by Matt 2022-03-26 10:14|| 2022-03-26 10:14|| Front Page Top

#10 I had 5. But I thought they'd be killed by Putin

Posted by Frank G 2022-03-26 10:15|| 2022-03-26 10:15|| Front Page Top

#11 So much for the theory that Putin was going to restore the Soviet Union...or the Russian Empire.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-03-26 11:40|| 2022-03-26 11:40|| Front Page Top

#12 Did the USA Taxpayers really need to pump & dump $$ TRILLIONS of dollars into defending against this mess?

OPFOR at the NTC.
However, the OPFOR practice many times a year with every unit that goes through the NTC.
OPFOR has contractor personnel to keep the vehicles running.f
OPFOR gets resupplied in the field.
OPFOR does not drive through kilometers of their own burning vehicles.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-03-26 12:42|| 2022-03-26 12:42|| Front Page Top

#13 If Russia/ Pootie "wins" , They will then have to pay to fix it. BRILLIANT!

Posted by Phusolet Gloluper1146 2022-03-26 20:20|| 2022-03-26 20:20|| Front Page Top

#14 OPFOR does not drive through kilometers of their own burning vehicles.

So you are saying we need to change up the training program at the NTC to keep it realistic?

Posted by SteveS 2022-03-26 20:57|| 2022-03-26 20:57|| Front Page Top

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