Comments on: Zelya in the bunker https://didacticmind.com/2023/11/zelya-in-the-bunker.html Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sun, 05 Nov 2023 18:17:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: furor kek tonicus ( the US has far less justification to be in Syria than Russia has to be in Ukraine ) https://didacticmind.com/2023/11/zelya-in-the-bunker.html#comment-8440 Sun, 05 Nov 2023 18:17:26 +0000 https://didacticmind.com/?p=19261#comment-8440 I have never understood, at any point in this conflict, why Western pundits continually elevated Gen. Zaluzhnyi to the lofty heights of a Napoleon or Waterloo.
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because it’s propaganda ( every bit as much as mRNA jabs, only racist-sexist-homophobes hate new Star Wars or global warming / green energy ) and his actual abilities and ( lack of ) accomplishments are completely irrelevant to the narrative the media is going to spin up.
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and i would actually give him some credit for his analysis of the situation; that neither side can make much on-the-ground progress without suffering horrendous losses.
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which is borne out by the simple fact that neither side actually has made much progress in the last year. with the caveat that Russia is the only party to the conflict that really has a choice in this but at the same time realizing that Russia also needs to hold back enough reserve to dissuade NATO countries from doing something really stupid.
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and negotiate an honourable peace
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i would quibble and say that Biden wants an out that is hopefully not as embarrassing as the Afghanistan withdrawal. “honor” has nothing to do with it.

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