How should west respond to Russian invasion of Ukraine?

[barbos]

ha ha ha. That's just an absurd figure. Do you really believe that.

That figure is accepted by Kiev regime.
You really are clueless.

 

[barbos]

Richard Sakwa

Richard Sakwa is a British political scientist and a former professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent and an honorary professor in the Faculty of Political Science at Moscow State University.

Another Russian mouthpiece.

Attack the message not the messenger.
Of course he has all kinds honors in Russia. We like to honor good people.

Any trash on 96 year old Jack Matlock from the honorary Lindsey Graham butt licker?

Anyone in Russia who uses international media is only allowed to do so because they are favorable to the Russian government. It's propaganda.

You are the same.

Any trash on 96 year old Jack Matlock from the honorary Lindsey Graham butt licker?

 

[barbos]

The estimates that I hear that a million Russian soldiers are dead. That would mean 30 million Ukrainians?

You believe every lie your government tells you.

 

[barbos]

Unmanned Systems Forces strike 20 Russian vessels in Black Sea

I understand Kiev Regime reaction to closing Odessa port which was done in response to NATO regime stupid attacks on russian grain shipping in Caspian Sea.
It was mega stupid on NATO's part. They now lost Odessa port.

 

[Tigers!]

Unmanned Systems Forces strike 20 Russian vessels in Black Sea

I understand Kiev Regime reaction to closing Odessa port which was done in response to NATO regime stupid attacks on russian grain shipping in Caspian Sea.
It was mega stupid on NATO's part. They now lost Odessa port.

I'm sure Ukraine will find Odessa in yours or Putin trouser pockets.

 

[barbos]

OK, that's hilarious and sad at the same time. Watch to the end, the keyword is "end"

 

[barbos]

"When your opponent is too busy planting flags, assist them"
- Zelen Tzu

 

[steve_bank]

Sun Tzu Art Of War. A factious Chinese general.

Sun Tzu - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Sun Tzu (/ˌsʊnˈsuː/; traditional Chinese: 孫子; simplified Chinese: 孙子; pinyin: Sūnzǐ) was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period (771–256 BC). Sun Tzu is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, a Classical Chinese text on military strategy from the Warring States period, though the earliest parts of the work probably date to at least a century after him.[1]

The Ultimate Triumph: "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."

Self-Awareness: "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."


Preparedness: "Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."


The Opportunity in Crisis: "In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."


Foundational Strategy: "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat."


Adaptability: "Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt."


Action & Execution: "Opportunities multiply as they are seized."

Sun Tzu Quotes (Author of The Art of War)

1303 quotes from Sun Tzu: 'Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.', 'The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.', and 'If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy...

www.goodreads.com

Feel free to forward the Art Of War PDF to Vlad, with my compliments.

https://sites.ualberta.ca/~enoch/Readings/The_Art_Of_War.pdf

 

[bilby]

Now, I don’t blame him cause he run and hid,
But the meanest thing that he ever did,
Was before he left, he went and named me Tzu.

 

[steve_bank]

19th century Shaka Zulu in Africa is a good study. Known for his military tactics.

AI Overview
Shaka Zulu's famous pincer tactic, known as the "Buffalo Horns" (or impondo zenkomo) formation, was a devastating military maneuver that revolutionized 19th-century warfare in Southern Africa. It effectively trapped and overwhelmed enemies from all sides.

Shaka - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In ten first Gulf War Schwarzkopf used deception and other tactics. During the build up in Saudi Arabia in the run up to the war he selectivity embedded reporters in units to make it look like he had more troops on the grounding than he had. If you watched the new yiou would see what seemed like a lot of troops and vesicles on the move.


‘Stormin’ Norman’

AI Overview
During the First Gulf War, General Norman Schwarzkopf used an elaborate deception campaign called the "Left Hook". By convincing Saddam Hussein the main attack would be an amphibious assault from the Persian Gulf and a direct push up the Wadi al Batin, he fixed Iraqi troops in place while secretly maneuvering Coalition armored divisions deep into western Iraq.

AI Overview
Yes, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf and the U.S. military actively used the press to mislead Iraqi forces about coalition ground strategy during Operation Desert Storm. This psychological and operational deception campaign was highly orchestrated.


AI Overview
Yes, military academies absolutely study Sun Tzu's The Art of War. It is a foundational text in officer education programs worldwide, studied alongside later Western theorists like Carl von Clausewitz and Antoine-Henri Jomini.

Then there are failures to learn from.

AI Overview
Conceived by British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Operation Market Garden (September 17–25, 1944) was an ambitious Allied attempt to bypass the Siegfried Line, cross the Rhine, and force an end to the war by Christmas. The failed campaign cost the Allies up to 17,200 casualties.

I winder what Russians study in their military academies. Their WWII tactics were mostly mass attack and win by attrition. My jaw dropped the first time I read a summary of WWII casualties and deaths, Russian losses were staggering.

Putin should have studied the faulted Nazi push on Moscow. Guderian, the German Patton, was there.

AI Overview
The Nazi push on Moscow, known as Operation Typhoon, was a massive German offensive launched in October 1941 during World War II. The German army advanced to within 18 miles of the Kremlin before a brutal winter, stretched supply lines, and fierce Soviet resistance halted them and forced a retreat.

AI Overview
General Heinz Guderian commanded the 2nd Panzer Army, leading the southern spearhead of the German advance on Moscow during Operation Typhoon in late 1941. His armored thrust made rapid initial progress but ultimately failed due to severe logistical breakdowns, the infamous autumn mud, stiffening Soviet resistance, and early winter conditions.

I read Guderian's book on tank tactics Achtung Panzer.

 

[TV and credit cards]

Wanna know what Laura Loomer thinks?

 

[Harry Bosch]

ha ha ha. That's just an absurd figure. Do you really believe that.

That figure is accepted by Kiev regime.
You really are clueless.

Yea, I think that your source is bullshit. They can't even spell the name of the capital city of Ukraine. You getting your info from Steven Segal again? What is your source for this?

 

[Harry Bosch]

Wanna know what Laura Loomer thinks?

Wow, that's a shocker. Laura is back on her meds, listening to reason?

 

[barbos]

I think that it was a difficult call for Zelensky. Fedorov is only 35 years old, and his main expertise is in asymmetric and drone warfare.

His expertise is PR. The guy's educations is .... sociology.

 

[barbos]

ha ha ha. That's just an absurd figure. Do you really believe that.

That figure is accepted by Kiev regime.
You really are clueless.

Yea, I think that your source is bullshit. They can't even spell the name of the capital city of Ukraine. You getting your info from Steven Segal again? What is your source for this?

What part of "Kiev regime accepted it" you do not understand?

 

[laughing dog]

Russian soldiers only live an average of 20 to 30 minutes on the battlefield because of Ukraine’s artificial-intelligence attack drones, CIA Director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday.

And yet accepted (by Ukraine) body exchange ratio is 30 to 1 in favor of Russia.
That is 30 dead ukrainin soldiers per 1 russian dead soldier.
CIA director is a liar, this is in his job description.

Not just his job description.

Also, it is clear Putin would be ecstatic if the body exchange rate was 3O dead Russians per Ukrainian.

 

[Harry Bosch]

ha ha ha. That's just an absurd figure. Do you really believe that.

That figure is accepted by Kiev regime.
You really are clueless.

Yea, I think that your source is bullshit. They can't even spell the name of the capital city of Ukraine. You getting your info from Steven Segal again? What is your source for this?

What part of "Kiev regime accepted it" you do not understand?

I didn't say that I don't understand what you said. I understand English very well. I'm questioning your source. Clearly its someone who dosn't know the area well as they can't even spell the capital of Ukraine. Who is your source saying that 30 Ukranians are dying to every Russian soldier?

 

[barbos]

ha ha ha. That's just an absurd figure. Do you really believe that.

That figure is accepted by Kiev regime.
You really are clueless.

Yea, I think that your source is bullshit. They can't even spell the name of the capital city of Ukraine. You getting your info from Steven Segal again? What is your source for this?

What part of "Kiev regime accepted it" you do not understand?

I didn't say that I don't understand what you said. I understand English very well. I'm questioning your source.

The source is both Russian government and Kiev Regime.

Who is your source saying that 30 Ukranians are dying to every Russian soldier?

You clearly don't understand english. The source did not say what you think it said.

 

[barbos]

someone who dosn't know the area well as they can't even spell the capital of Ukraine

I spell it correctly. And the funny part is, while you spell it the way nazi regime in Kiev does, you can't really pronounce it.
Nazis can not order to change russian language. In Russian language it's Kiev.

 

[TV and credit cards]

I think that it was a difficult call for Zelensky. Fedorov is only 35 years old, and his main expertise is in asymmetric and drone warfare.

His expertise is PR. The guy's educations is .... sociology.

Kicked your ass.