@jeffowski Trump is powerless to stop Russia conventionally. Bluster is all he has unless the US goes nuclear.
@RegalBeagle --
Absolutely untrue. Where are the sanctions that keep getting promised if X doesn't happen in two weeks(and another two weeks, and another two weeks)? Where is the added support for Ukraine?
Trump TALKS a lot but doesn't actually DO anything.
He is supporting Putin with the Russian strategy of delay.
@jeffowski If sanctioned worked, we wouldn't need 18 rounds of them. Ukraine is toast. The only unknown is how much territory they will have to cede to Russia when this is all done and dusted.
@RegalBeagle --
LMAO... If sanctions didn't work, why is Russia begging for them to end?
If sanctions didn't work, why is the Russian economy in shambles?
The truth is that once this war is over, the Russian economy will need to finally reveal and balance the books and Russia will collapse.
In that truth, Putin only survives as long as this war does.
That's the truth.
That's why ceding any ground won't actually end the war. I MUST continue for Putin to continue.
@jeffowski We are clearly reading different reports. I don't see how one could think the Russia is imploding when they're out-manufacturing the entire NATO block in terms of missiles, aircraft, tanks, and drones. Desertion and fragging are at record highs in the Ukrainian Army.
If sanctions actually did anything, Russia would be winding down the SMO, not kicking it into over-drive.
@RegalBeagle -- The entire report is about how much more Trump can do in sanctions and other economic leverage that we haven't even applied yet.
But at the same time, Trump has given Putin two weeks... and 30 days... and another two weeks...
So Again, my point is that there is a lot more Trump can do and all we have are delays.
You need to bring some citations so we can know which Russian propagandist you're getting your information from. The fact that you're calling it an SMO reveals that.
@jeffowski If you're genuinely interested in what's really going on, Simplicius runs an excellent blog: https://simplicius76.substack.com/. NBC is not credible for Russian SMO updates.
I'm not doing your homework as it doesn't really matter. Neither you nor I can affect things. When Russia destroys the UA for the 4th time and accepts their unconditional surrender, just remember you heard it here first.
@nach @jeffowski Maybe I shouldn't have linked Simplicius's blog. It's still mostly free from NATO/NAFO shills, but does assume familiarization with IC jargon and workflows.
